POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 23, 1978
1

Le Freak

Chic

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 2

2

Too Much Heaven

Bee Gees

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 3

3

You Don't Bring Me Flowers

Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 1

4

My Life

Billy Joel

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 5

5

I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'round)

Alicia Bridges

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 31 wks • Prev: 6

6

I Just Wanna Stop

Gino Vannelli

↓ 2

Peak: 4 • 21 wks • Prev: 4

7

Sharing The Night Together

Dr. Hook

↑ 1

Peak: 6 • 22 wks • Prev: 8

8

Y.M.C.A.

Village People

↑ 4

Peak: 2 • 26 wks • Prev: 12

9

(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away

Andy Gibb

—

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 9

10

Hold The Line

Toto

↑ 3

Peak: 5 • 21 wks • Prev: 13

11

Ooh Baby Baby

Linda Ronstadt

↑ 7

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 18

12

How You Gonna See Me Now

Alice Cooper

↑ 4

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 16

13

Promises

Eric Clapton And His Band

↑ 6

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 19

14

Time Passages

Al Stewart

↓ 7

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 7

15

MacArthur Park

Donna Summer

↓ 5

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 10

16

Strange Way

Firefall

↓ 5

Peak: 11 • 19 wks • Prev: 11

17

We've Got Tonight

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

↑ 4

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 21

18

September

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 13

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 31

19

A Little More Love

Olivia Newton-John

↑ 7

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 26

20

Please Come Home For Christmas

Eagles

↑ 25

Peak: 18 • 17 wks • Prev: 45

21

I'm Every Woman

Chaka Khan

↑ 2

Peak: 21 • 16 wks • Prev: 23

22

Every 1's A Winner

Hot Chocolate

↑ 6

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 28

23

New York Groove

Ace Frehley

↑ 2

Peak: 13 • 21 wks • Prev: 25

24

Sweet Life

Paul Davis

↓ 7

Peak: 17 • 21 wks • Prev: 17

25

Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls

Queen

↑ 2

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 27

26

Shake It

Ian Matthews

↑ 4

Peak: 13 • 19 wks • Prev: 30

27

Lotta Love

Nicolette Larson

↑ 14

Peak: 8 • 19 wks • Prev: 41

28

Fire

The Pointer Sisters

↑ 4

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 32

29

How Much I Feel

Ambrosia

↓ 15

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 14

30

I Was Made For Dancin'

Leif Garrett

↑ 5

Peak: 10 • 21 wks • Prev: 35

31

Straight On

Heart

↓ 16

Peak: 15 • 18 wks • Prev: 15

32

Don't Hold Back

Chanson

↑ 8

Peak: 21 • 16 wks • Prev: 40

33

Instant Replay

Dan Hartman

↑ 1

Peak: 29 • 17 wks • Prev: 34

34

I Will Be In Love With You

Livingston Taylor

↑ 5

Peak: 30 • 14 wks • Prev: 39

35

My Best Friend's Girl

The Cars

↑ 2

Peak: 35 • 15 wks • Prev: 37

36

Part-Time Love

Elton John

↓ 14

Peak: 22 • 10 wks • Prev: 22

37

A Man I'll Never Be

Boston

↑ 11

Peak: 31 • 12 wks • Prev: 48

38

The Gambler

Kenny Rogers

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 22 wks • Prev: 42

39

Take Me To The River

Talking Heads

↑ 4

Peak: 26 • 17 wks • Prev: 43

40

Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

Rod Stewart

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 21 wks

41

Don't Cry Out Loud

Melissa Manchester

↑ 9

Peak: 10 • 23 wks • Prev: 50

42

Mary Jane

Rick James

↑ 4

Peak: 41 • 12 wks • Prev: 46

43

Home And Dry

Gerry Rafferty

↑ 10

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 53

44

Got To Be Real

Cheryl Lynn

↑ 11

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 55

45

One Last Kiss

The J. Geils Band

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 13 wks • Prev: 49

46

Hold Me, Touch Me

Paul Stanley

↑ 1

Peak: 46 • 12 wks • Prev: 47

47

You Thrill Me

Exile

↑ 5

Peak: 40 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

48

The Dream Never Dies

Cooper Brothers

↑ 11

Peak: 48 • 13 wks • Prev: 59

49

You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth

Meat Loaf

↑ 5

Peak: 39 • 13 wks • Prev: 54

50

Radioactive

Gene Simmons

↑ 11

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 61

51

Double Vision

Foreigner

↓ 22

Peak: 2 • 20 wks • Prev: 29

52

The Power Of Gold

Dan Fogelberg/Tim Weisberg

↓ 28

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 24

53

Love Don't Live Here Anymore

Rose Royce

↑ 14

Peak: 32 • 11 wks • Prev: 67

54

Soul Man

Blues Brothers

↑ 14

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 68

55

Shattered

The Rolling Stones

↑ 23

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 78

56

Baby I'm Burnin'

Dolly Parton

↑ 20

Peak: 25 • 14 wks • Prev: 76

57

Somewhere In The Night

Barry Manilow

↑ 18

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 75

58

In The Bush

Musique

↑ 2

Peak: 58 • 13 wks • Prev: 60

59

You Need A Woman Tonight

Captain & Tennille

↑ 12

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 71

60

Your Sweetness Is My Weakness

Barry White

↑ 2

Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 62

61

Alive Again

Chicago

↓ 41

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

62

Easy Driver

Kenny Loggins

↑ 4

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 66

63

Miles Away

Fotomaker

↑ 2

Peak: 63 • 6 wks • Prev: 65

64

Dancin' Shoes

Nigel Olsson

↑ 15

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 79

65

I Don't Wanna Lose You

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↑ 9

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 74

66

Light The Sky On Fire

Jefferson Starship

↑ 4

Peak: 66 • 6 wks • Prev: 70

67

Got To Have Loving

Don Ray

↑ 6

Peak: 44 • 16 wks • Prev: 73

68

I Believe You

Carpenters

↑ 4

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 72

69

Well All Right

Santana

—

Peak: 69 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

70

Lost In Your Love

John Paul Young

↑ 10

Peak: 55 • 9 wks • Prev: 80

71

Shake Your Groove Thing

Peaches & Herb

↑ 12

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 83

72

Silver Lining

Player

↑ 10

Peak: 62 • 6 wks • Prev: 82

73

You've Really Got A Hold On Me

Eddie Money

↑ 4

Peak: 72 • 8 wks • Prev: 77

74

Run For Home

Lindisfarne

↓ 41

Peak: 33 • 14 wks • Prev: 33

75

Blue Morning, Blue Day

Foreigner

★ NEW

Peak: 15 • 14 wks

76

I Will Survive

Gloria Gaynor

↑ 11

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 87

77

No Tell Lover

Chicago

★ NEW

Peak: 14 • 15 wks

78

Dancing In The City

Marshall Hain

↑ 11

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 89

79

There'll Never Be

Switch

↓ 43

Peak: 36 • 13 wks • Prev: 36

80

Dancin' Shoes

Faith Band

↑ 10

Peak: 54 • 9 wks • Prev: 90

81

Forever Autumn

Justin Hayward

↓ 17

Peak: 47 • 13 wks • Prev: 64

82

Free Me From My Freedom/Tie Me To A Tree (Handcuff Me)

Bonnie Pointer

↑ 4

Peak: 58 • 14 wks • Prev: 86

83

What You Won't Do For Love

Bobby Caldwell

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 20 wks

84

Who Do Ya Love

KC And The Sunshine Band

↑ 4

Peak: 68 • 8 wks • Prev: 88

85

This Moment In Time

Engelbert Humperdinck

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 6 wks

86

You Can Do It

Dobie Gray

★ NEW

Peak: 37 • 11 wks

87

Change Of Heart

Eric Carmen

↓ 43

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 44

88

Animal House

Stephen Bishop

★ NEW

Peak: 73 • 5 wks

89

Moment By Moment

Yvonne Elliman

★ NEW

Peak: 59 • 6 wks

90

Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord

Boney M.

★ NEW

Peak: 85 • 5 wks

91

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

The Blend

—

Peak: 91 • 5 wks • Prev: 91

92

Ain't That Enough For You

John Davis And The Monster Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 89 • 4 wks

93

A Little Lovin' (Keeps The Doctor Away)

The Raes

—

Peak: 61 • 9 wks • Prev: 93

94

Can You Fool

Glen Campbell

↓ 56

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

95

Don't Want To Live Without It

Pablo Cruise

↓ 44

Peak: 21 • 16 wks • Prev: 51

96

You Needed Me

Anne Murray

↓ 40

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 56

97

You Never Done It Like That

Captain & Tennille

↓ 39

Peak: 10 • 22 wks • Prev: 58

98

Ready To Take A Chance Again

Barry Manilow

↓ 41

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 57

99

Hot Child In The City

Nick Gilder

↓ 36

Peak: 1 • 31 wks • Prev: 63

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