In 1979, music fans had no idea what was on the horizon with the advent of the 1980s. But in 1979, the music was a combination of the iconic sounds of the 70s, along with an emerging new take on rock music. With that in mind, these are three of the best songs that came out in 1979, songs that likely every 70s kid can still sing by heart today.<\/p>\n
\u201cMama Can\u2019t Buy You Love\u201d by Elton John<\/p>\n
A Top 10 hit for Elton John, \u201cMama Can\u2019t Buy You Love<\/a>\u201d is on John\u2019s The Thom Bell Sessions EP. The song is one of the few John ever released that he didn\u2019t write. \u201cMama Can\u2019t Buy You Love\u201d was written by LeRoy Bell and Casey James instead.<\/p>\n \u201cMama Can\u2019t Buy You Love\u201d says, \u201cCan\u2019t you see that it\u2019s love you really need? \/ Take my hand, and I\u2019ll show you what a love could be \/ Before it\u2019s too late \/ Mama don\u2019t want you \/ Daddy don\u2019t want you \/ Give it up, baby, baby \/ Mama can\u2019t buy you love.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAfter The Love Has Gone\u201d by Earth, Wind & Fire<\/p>\n When Earth, Wind & Fire released \u201cAfter The Love Has Gone\u201d, they were still riding the wave of popularity from their massive 1978 hit, \u201cSeptember\u201d. A heartbreaking ballad, \u201cAfter The Love Has Gone\u201d appears on Earth, Wind & Fire\u2019s I Am album.\u00a0<\/p>\n Written by David Foster and Jay Graydon, \u201cAfter The Love Has Gone\u201d says, \u201cAnd oh, after the love has gone \/ How could you lead me on \/ And not let me stay around\u00a0 Oh, after the love has gone \/ What used to be right is wrong \/ Can love that\u2019s lost be found.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCrazy Little Thing Called Love\u201d by Queen<\/p>\n One of Queen\u2019s biggest hits, \u201cCrazy Little Thing Called Love\u201d appears on their eighth studio album, The Game. The song is written by Queen\u2019s lead singer, Freddie Mercury. <\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Crazy Little Thing Called Love\u2019 took me five or 10 minutes,\u201d Mercury later says<\/a>. \u201cI did that on the guitar, which I can\u2019t play for nuts. And in one way, it was quite a good thing because I was restricted, knowing only a few chords. It\u2019s a good discipline because I simply had to write within a small framework. I couldn\u2019t work through too many chords. And because of that restriction, I wrote a good song, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCrazy Little Thing Called Love\u201d says, \u201cThis thing (this thing) called love \/ It cries (like a baby) in a cradle all night It swings, it jives \/ It shakes all over like a jellyfish \/ I kinda like it \/ Crazy little thing called love.\u201d<\/p>\n