POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 18, 1979
1

Good Times

Chic

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 2

2

My Sharona (From "Reality Bites")

The Knack

↑ 2

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 4

2

My Sharona

The Knack

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 4

3

The Main Event/Fight

Barbra Streisand

—

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 3

4

Bad Girls

Donna Summer

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 1

5

After The Love Has Gone

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 14

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 19

6

When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

Dr. Hook

—

Peak: 6 • 25 wks • Prev: 6

7

Ring My Bell

Anita Ward

—

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 7

8

The Devil Went Down To Georgia

The Charlie Daniels Band

↑ 13

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 21

9

You Can't Change That

Raydio

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 22 wks • Prev: 10

10

Mama Can't Buy You Love

Elton John

↑ 2

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 12

11

I Was Made For Lovin' You

KISS

—

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 11

12

Sad Eyes

Robert John

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 13

13

Lead Me On

Maxine Nightingale

↑ 2

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 15

14

Don't Bring Me Down

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 4

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 18

15

Makin' It

David Naughton

↓ 7

Peak: 5 • 24 wks • Prev: 8

16

I'll Never Love This Way Again

Dionne Warwick

↑ 4

Peak: 5 • 24 wks • Prev: 20

17

Suspicions

Eddie Rabbitt

↑ 5

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 22

18

Gold

John Stewart

↓ 13

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 5

19

Hot Stuff

Donna Summer

↓ 10

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 9

20

Goodbye Stranger

Supertramp

↑ 6

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 26

21

Is She Really Going Out With Him?

Joe Jackson

↑ 2

Peak: 21 • 15 wks • Prev: 23

22

Lonesome Loser

Little River Band

↑ 3

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 25

23

Let's Go

The Cars

↑ 8

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 31

24

Hot Summer Nights

Night

↑ 11

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 35

25

Heaven Must Have Sent You

Bonnie Pointer

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 23 wks • Prev: 28

26

Morning Dance

Spyro Gyra

↑ 4

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 30

27

One Way Or Another

Blondie

↓ 3

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 24

28

I Do Love You

GQ

↑ 4

Peak: 20 • 17 wks • Prev: 32

29

Highway Song

Blackfoot

↑ 5

Peak: 26 • 14 wks • Prev: 34

30

Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

Robert Palmer

↑ 8

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 38

31

I Want You To Want Me

Cheap Trick

↓ 17

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 14

32

Born To Be Alive

Patrick Hernandez

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 19 wks • Prev: 36

33

Cruel To Be Kind

Nick Lowe

↑ 30

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 63

34

Driver's Seat

Sniff 'n' the Tears

↑ 12

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 46

35

Oh Well

Rockets

↑ 4

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 39

36

Different Worlds

Maureen McGovern

↑ 4

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 40

37

Sail On

Commodores

↑ 31

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 68

38

You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else

The Jones Girls

↑ 3

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 41

39

Girl Of My Dreams

Bram Tchaikovsky

↑ 4

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 43

40

The Boss

Diana Ross

↑ 5

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 45

41

Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

McFadden & Whitehead

↓ 25

Peak: 13 • 18 wks • Prev: 16

42

Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

Journey

↑ 10

Peak: 16 • 20 wks • Prev: 52

43

Hold On

Triumph

↑ 4

Peak: 38 • 14 wks • Prev: 47

44

Saturdaynight

Herman Brood

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

45

Shine A Little Love

Electric Light Orchestra

↓ 28

Peak: 8 • 15 wks • Prev: 17

46

Young Blood

Rickie Lee Jones

↑ 4

Peak: 40 • 9 wks • Prev: 50

47

Rise

Herb Alpert

↑ 20

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 67

48

Turn Off The Lights

Teddy Pendergrass

↑ 3

Peak: 48 • 6 wks • Prev: 51

49

Baby I Want You

Funky Communication Committee

↑ 8

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 57

50

Lady Writer

Dire Straits

↑ 8

Peak: 45 • 7 wks • Prev: 58

51

Pop Muzik

M

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 61

52

Totally Hot

Olivia Newton-John

↑ 8

Peak: 52 • 6 wks • Prev: 60

53

Got To Give In To Love

Bonnie Boyer

↑ 6

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 59

54

You've Got Another Thing Coming

Hotel

↑ 1

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 55

55

Why Leave Us Alone

Five Special

↑ 1

Peak: 55 • 5 wks • Prev: 56

56

Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love

Lobo

↑ 6

Peak: 23 • 17 wks • Prev: 62

57

What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'

Stephanie Mills

↑ 9

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 66

58

Boogie Wonderland

Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions

↓ 31

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 27

59

Rock And Roll Dancin'

Beckmeier Brothers

↑ 10

Peak: 53 • 6 wks • Prev: 69

60

Ain't That A Shame

Cheap Trick

↑ 12

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

61

This Is Love

Oak

↑ 4

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 65

62

Love Me Tonight

Blackjack

↑ 2

Peak: 62 • 6 wks • Prev: 64

63

Gone, Gone, Gone

Bad Company

↑ 8

Peak: 56 • 6 wks • Prev: 71

64

Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough

Michael Jackson

↑ 9

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 73

65

Children Of The Sun

Billy Thorpe

↑ 10

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 75

66

Do It Or Die

Atlanta Rhythm Section

↓ 33

Peak: 19 • 14 wks • Prev: 33

67

Firecracker

Mass Production

↑ 10

Peak: 43 • 10 wks • Prev: 77

68

Get It Right Next Time

Gerry Rafferty

↑ 14

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 82

69

Does Your Mother Know

ABBA

↓ 40

Peak: 19 • 14 wks • Prev: 29

70

Dependin' On You

The Doobie Brothers

↑ 13

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 83

71

I Know A Heartache When I See One

Jennifer Warnes

↑ 10

Peak: 19 • 22 wks • Prev: 81

72

Best Beat In Town

Switch

↑ 4

Peak: 69 • 8 wks • Prev: 76

73

This Night Won't Last Forever

Michael Johnson

↑ 5

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 78

74

Ghost Dancer

Addrisi Brothers

↑ 11

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 85

75

Getting Closer

Wings

↓ 1

Peak: 20 • 10 wks • Prev: 74

76

Hey, St. Peter

Flash And The Pan

↑ 3

Peak: 76 • 4 wks • Prev: 79

77

Good Friend

Mary Macgregor

↑ 9

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 86

78

Just Another Night

Ian Hunter

↑ 11

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 89

79

Spooky

Atlanta Rhythm Section

↑ 11

Peak: 17 • 14 wks • Prev: 90

80

H.a.p.p.y. Radio

Edwin Starr

—

Peak: 79 • 5 wks • Prev: 80

81

Rolene

Moon Martin

★ NEW

Peak: 30 • 11 wks

82

Remember (Walking In The Sand)

Louise Goffin

★ NEW

Peak: 43 • 9 wks

83

Rocky II Disco

Maynard Ferguson

↑ 1

Peak: 82 • 4 wks • Prev: 84

84

Do It Good

A Taste Of Honey

↑ 3

Peak: 79 • 4 wks • Prev: 87

85

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

Toby Beau

↑ 3

Peak: 57 • 9 wks • Prev: 88

86

Groove Me

Fern Kinney

★ NEW

Peak: 54 • 8 wks

87

Found A Cure

Ashford & Simpson

★ NEW

Peak: 36 • 13 wks

88

So Good, So Right

Brenda Russell

★ NEW

Peak: 30 • 17 wks

89

I've Got The Next Dance

Deniece Williams

★ NEW

Peak: 73 • 5 wks

90

Frederick

Patti Smith Group

★ NEW

Peak: 90 • 3 wks

91

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

Long John Baldry & Kathi MacDonald

—

Peak: 89 • 3 wks • Prev: 91

92

Reunited

Peaches & Herb

—

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 92

93

Crank It Up (Funk Town) Pt. 1

Peter Brown

★ NEW

Peak: 86 • 6 wks

94

People Of The South Wind

Kansas

↓ 57

Peak: 23 • 12 wks • Prev: 37

95

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

—

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 95

96

Last Of The Singing Cowboys

The Marshall Tucker Band

↓ 54

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 42

97

We've Got Love

Peaches & Herb

↓ 53

Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 44

98

Love You Inside Out

Bee Gees

—

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 98

99

I Can't Stand It No More

Peter Frampton

↓ 50

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 49

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