POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 20, 1979
1

Le Freak

Chic

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 2

2

Too Much Heaven

Bee Gees

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 1

3

My Life

Billy Joel

—

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 3

4

Y.M.C.A.

Village People

↑ 3

Peak: 2 • 26 wks • Prev: 7

5

Hold The Line

Toto

—

Peak: 5 • 21 wks • Prev: 5

6

You Don't Bring Me Flowers

Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 4

7

Ooh Baby Baby

Linda Ronstadt

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

8

A Little More Love

Olivia Newton-John

↑ 3

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 11

9

Promises

Eric Clapton And His Band

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 10

10

Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

Rod Stewart

↑ 12

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 22

11

Every 1's A Winner

Hot Chocolate

↑ 4

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 15

12

September

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 2

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 14

13

We've Got Tonight

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

—

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 13

14

Fire

The Pointer Sisters

↑ 5

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 19

15

Lotta Love

Nicolette Larson

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 19 wks • Prev: 16

16

New York Groove

Ace Frehley

↑ 1

Peak: 13 • 21 wks • Prev: 17

17

Somewhere In The Night

Barry Manilow

↑ 10

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 27

18

I Was Made For Dancin'

Leif Garrett

↑ 2

Peak: 10 • 21 wks • Prev: 20

19

Shake It

Ian Matthews

↑ 2

Peak: 13 • 19 wks • Prev: 21

20

Sharing The Night Together

Dr. Hook

↓ 14

Peak: 6 • 22 wks • Prev: 6

21

Soul Man

Blues Brothers

↑ 7

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 28

22

(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away

Andy Gibb

↓ 13

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 9

23

Got To Be Real

Cheryl Lynn

↑ 13

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 36

24

Don't Hold Back

Chanson

↑ 2

Peak: 21 • 16 wks • Prev: 26

25

How You Gonna See Me Now

Alice Cooper

↓ 13

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 12

26

Please Come Home For Christmas

Eagles

↓ 8

Peak: 18 • 17 wks • Prev: 18

27

No Tell Lover

Chicago

↑ 11

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 38

28

The Gambler

Kenny Rogers

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 22 wks • Prev: 32

29

Don't Cry Out Loud

Melissa Manchester

↑ 4

Peak: 10 • 23 wks • Prev: 33

30

Take Me To The River

Talking Heads

↑ 4

Peak: 26 • 17 wks • Prev: 34

31

A Man I'll Never Be

Boston

—

Peak: 31 • 12 wks • Prev: 31

32

Home And Dry

Gerry Rafferty

↑ 3

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 35

33

Shattered

The Rolling Stones

↑ 4

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 37

34

Love Don't Live Here Anymore

Rose Royce

↑ 5

Peak: 32 • 11 wks • Prev: 39

35

I Will Survive

Gloria Gaynor

↑ 14

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 49

36

Baby I'm Burnin'

Dolly Parton

↑ 4

Peak: 25 • 14 wks • Prev: 40

37

Blue Morning, Blue Day

Foreigner

↑ 9

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 46

38

One Last Kiss

The J. Geils Band

↑ 5

Peak: 35 • 13 wks • Prev: 43

39

You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth

Meat Loaf

↑ 2

Peak: 39 • 13 wks • Prev: 41

40

Heaven Knows

Donna Summer With Brooklyn Dreams

↑ 37

Peak: 4 • 19 wks • Prev: 77

41

You Need A Woman Tonight

Captain & Tennille

↑ 3

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 44

42

Dancin' Shoes

Nigel Olsson

↑ 6

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 48

43

You Thrill Me

Exile

↑ 2

Peak: 40 • 11 wks • Prev: 45

44

Shake Your Groove Thing

Peaches & Herb

↑ 7

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 51

45

I Don't Wanna Lose You

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↑ 5

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 50

46

The Football Card

Glenn Sutton

↑ 6

Peak: 46 • 5 wks • Prev: 52

47

Radioactive

Gene Simmons

—

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 47

48

What You Won't Do For Love

Bobby Caldwell

↑ 9

Peak: 9 • 20 wks • Prev: 57

49

I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'round)

Alicia Bridges

↓ 26

Peak: 5 • 31 wks • Prev: 23

50

Every Time I Think Of You

The Babys

↑ 20

Peak: 13 • 16 wks • Prev: 70

51

Dancing In The City

Marshall Hain

↑ 10

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 61

52

Lady

Little River Band

↑ 26

Peak: 10 • 20 wks • Prev: 78

53

You Can Do It

Dobie Gray

↑ 10

Peak: 37 • 11 wks • Prev: 63

54

My Best Friend's Girl

The Cars

↑ 1

Peak: 35 • 15 wks • Prev: 55

55

Sing For The Day

Styx

↑ 11

Peak: 41 • 8 wks • Prev: 66

56

Lost In Your Love

John Paul Young

↑ 2

Peak: 55 • 9 wks • Prev: 58

57

Dancin' Shoes

Faith Band

↑ 2

Peak: 54 • 9 wks • Prev: 59

58

This Moment In Time

Engelbert Humperdinck

↑ 6

Peak: 58 • 6 wks • Prev: 64

59

Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls

Queen

↓ 35

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

60

Stormy

Santana

↑ 7

Peak: 32 • 10 wks • Prev: 67

61

Moment By Moment

Yvonne Elliman

↑ 11

Peak: 59 • 6 wks • Prev: 72

62

Time Passages

Al Stewart

↓ 37

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 25

63

Instant Replay

Dan Hartman

↓ 34

Peak: 29 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

64

I Will Be In Love With You

Livingston Taylor

↓ 34

Peak: 30 • 14 wks • Prev: 30

65

Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet

Gonzalez

↑ 10

Peak: 26 • 12 wks • Prev: 75

66

I Just Wanna Stop

Gino Vannelli

↓ 24

Peak: 4 • 21 wks • Prev: 42

67

I'm Every Woman

Chaka Khan

↓ 13

Peak: 21 • 16 wks • Prev: 54

68

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

Bonnie Pointer

↑ 11

Peak: 58 • 14 wks • Prev: 79

69

You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

Sylvester

↑ 16

Peak: 36 • 10 wks • Prev: 85

70

Who Do Ya Love

KC And The Sunshine Band

↑ 11

Peak: 68 • 8 wks • Prev: 81

71

A Little Lovin' (Keeps The Doctor Away)

The Raes

↑ 11

Peak: 61 • 9 wks • Prev: 82

72

Crazy Love

Poco

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 14 wks

73

What A Fool Believes

The Doobie Brothers

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 20 wks

74

Lonely Wind

Kansas

★ NEW

Peak: 60 • 5 wks

75

You Stepped Into My Life

Melba Moore

★ NEW

Peak: 47 • 7 wks

76

Get Down

Gene Chandler

↑ 4

Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 80

77

I Go To Rio

Pablo Cruise

↑ 11

Peak: 46 • 8 wks • Prev: 88

78

Pops, We Love You (A Tribute To Father)

Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson & Stevie Wonder

★ NEW

Peak: 59 • 8 wks

79

I Don't Know If It's Right

Evelyn "Champagne" King

↑ 4

Peak: 23 • 16 wks • Prev: 83

80

Superman

Herbie Mann

↑ 10

Peak: 26 • 18 wks • Prev: 90

81

Chip Away The Stone

Aerosmith

★ NEW

Peak: 77 • 3 wks

82

Silver Lining

Player

↓ 20

Peak: 62 • 6 wks • Prev: 62

83

Take That To The Bank

Shalamar

↑ 4

Peak: 79 • 6 wks • Prev: 87

84

Not Fade Away

Tanya Tucker

★ NEW

Peak: 70 • 4 wks

85

Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord

Boney M.

↑ 1

Peak: 85 • 5 wks • Prev: 86

86

Run Home Girl

Sad Cafe

↑ 3

Peak: 71 • 9 wks • Prev: 89

87

Every Which Way But Loose

Eddie Rabbitt

★ NEW

Peak: 30 • 11 wks

88

Goodbye, I Love You

Firefall

★ NEW

Peak: 43 • 9 wks

89

Our Love Is Insane

Desmond Child And Rouge

★ NEW

Peak: 51 • 11 wks

90

Chase

Giorgio Moroder

★ NEW

Peak: 33 • 12 wks

91

The Dream Never Dies

Cooper Brothers

↓ 38

Peak: 48 • 13 wks • Prev: 53

92

Double Vision

Foreigner

↓ 27

Peak: 2 • 20 wks • Prev: 65

93

Mary Jane

Rick James

↓ 25

Peak: 41 • 12 wks • Prev: 68

94

Easy Driver

Kenny Loggins

↓ 34

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 60

95

Strange Way

Firefall

↓ 26

Peak: 11 • 19 wks • Prev: 69

96

How Much I Feel

Ambrosia

↓ 25

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 71

97

MacArthur Park

Donna Summer

↓ 41

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 56

98

Hold Me, Touch Me

Paul Stanley

↓ 1

Peak: 46 • 12 wks • Prev: 97

99

Animal House

Stephen Bishop

↓ 26

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 73

100

Straight On

Heart

↓ 26

Peak: 15 • 18 wks • Prev: 74

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