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Tracks Include I Don't Like Mondays by Boomtown Rats https://hits-of-the-70s.blogspot.com/2013/12/in-1970s-boomtown-rats.html Message In A Bottle and Walking On The Moon by Police https://hits-of-the-70s.blogspot.com/2016/08/uk-no1-singles-of-1979.html Lucky Number by Lene Lovich https://hits-of-the-70s.blogspot.com/2016/07/uk-top-40-8-14-july-1979_20.html One Step Beyond by Madness https://hits-of-the-70s.blogspot.com/2010/11/70s-music-artist-watch-madness.html The Eton Rifles by The Jam Recorded at Townhouse studios and released on 26 October 1979, it became the band's first top ten hit in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 3. Ghost Town by The Specials Urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment and violence in inner cities, the song is remembered for being a hit at the same time as riots were occurring in British cities.
