POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 25, 1979
1

My Sharona (From "Reality Bites")

The Knack

↑ 1

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 2

1

My Sharona

The Knack

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 2

2

Good Times

Chic

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 1

3

The Main Event/Fight

Barbra Streisand

—

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 3

4

After The Love Has Gone

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 5

5

Bad Girls

Donna Summer

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 4

6

Don't Bring Me Down

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 8

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 14

7

The Devil Went Down To Georgia

The Charlie Daniels Band

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 8

8

Lead Me On

Maxine Nightingale

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 13

9

Mama Can't Buy You Love

Elton John

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 10

10

Sad Eyes

Robert John

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 12

11

When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

Dr. Hook

↓ 5

Peak: 6 • 25 wks • Prev: 6

12

Ring My Bell

Anita Ward

↓ 5

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 7

13

You Can't Change That

Raydio

↓ 4

Peak: 9 • 22 wks • Prev: 9

14

I'll Never Love This Way Again

Dionne Warwick

↑ 2

Peak: 5 • 24 wks • Prev: 16

15

Suspicions

Eddie Rabbitt

↑ 2

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 17

16

I Was Made For Lovin' You

KISS

↓ 5

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 11

17

Let's Go

The Cars

↑ 6

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 23

18

Goodbye Stranger

Supertramp

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 20

19

Lonesome Loser

Little River Band

↑ 3

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 22

20

Hot Summer Nights

Night

↑ 4

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

21

Is She Really Going Out With Him?

Joe Jackson

—

Peak: 21 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

22

Heaven Must Have Sent You

Bonnie Pointer

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 23 wks • Prev: 25

23

Sail On

Commodores

↑ 14

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 37

24

Morning Dance

Spyro Gyra

↑ 2

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 26

25

I Do Love You

GQ

↑ 3

Peak: 20 • 17 wks • Prev: 28

26

Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

Robert Palmer

↑ 4

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 30

27

Highway Song

Blackfoot

↑ 2

Peak: 26 • 14 wks • Prev: 29

28

Born To Be Alive

Patrick Hernandez

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 19 wks • Prev: 32

29

Driver's Seat

Sniff 'n' the Tears

↑ 5

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 34

30

Cruel To Be Kind

Nick Lowe

↑ 3

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 33

31

Makin' It

David Naughton

↓ 16

Peak: 5 • 24 wks • Prev: 15

32

Different Worlds

Maureen McGovern

↑ 4

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 36

33

Oh Well

Rockets

↑ 2

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 35

34

Rise

Herb Alpert

↑ 13

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 47

35

Gold

John Stewart

↓ 17

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 18

36

The Boss

Diana Ross

↑ 4

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 40

37

Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

Journey

↑ 5

Peak: 16 • 20 wks • Prev: 42

38

Girl Of My Dreams

Bram Tchaikovsky

↑ 1

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 39

39

Pop Muzik

M

↑ 12

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 51

40

Hold On

Triumph

↑ 3

Peak: 38 • 14 wks • Prev: 43

41

Young Blood

Rickie Lee Jones

↑ 5

Peak: 40 • 9 wks • Prev: 46

42

Saturdaynight

Herman Brood

↑ 2

Peak: 35 • 11 wks • Prev: 44

43

Hot Stuff

Donna Summer

↓ 24

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 19

44

One Way Or Another

Blondie

↓ 17

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 27

45

Lady Writer

Dire Straits

↑ 5

Peak: 45 • 7 wks • Prev: 50

46

What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'

Stephanie Mills

↑ 11

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 57

47

Got To Give In To Love

Bonnie Boyer

↑ 6

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 53

48

Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love

Lobo

↑ 8

Peak: 23 • 17 wks • Prev: 56

49

Baby I Want You

Funky Communication Committee

—

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 49

50

Ain't That A Shame

Cheap Trick

↑ 10

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 60

51

Get It Right Next Time

Gerry Rafferty

↑ 17

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 68

52

Totally Hot

Olivia Newton-John

—

Peak: 52 • 6 wks • Prev: 52

53

Rock And Roll Dancin'

Beckmeier Brothers

↑ 6

Peak: 53 • 6 wks • Prev: 59

54

Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough

Michael Jackson

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 64

55

Children Of The Sun

Billy Thorpe

↑ 10

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 65

56

Gone, Gone, Gone

Bad Company

↑ 7

Peak: 56 • 6 wks • Prev: 63

57

Firecracker

Mass Production

↑ 10

Peak: 43 • 10 wks • Prev: 67

58

This Is Love

Oak

↑ 3

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 61

59

Dependin' On You

The Doobie Brothers

↑ 11

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 70

60

I Know A Heartache When I See One

Jennifer Warnes

↑ 11

Peak: 19 • 22 wks • Prev: 71

61

I Want You To Want Me

Cheap Trick

↓ 30

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 31

62

Spooky

Atlanta Rhythm Section

↑ 17

Peak: 17 • 14 wks • Prev: 79

63

Ghost Dancer

Addrisi Brothers

↑ 11

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 74

64

You've Got Another Thing Coming

Hotel

↓ 10

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 54

65

This Night Won't Last Forever

Michael Johnson

↑ 8

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 73

66

Rolene

Moon Martin

↑ 15

Peak: 30 • 11 wks • Prev: 81

67

You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else

The Jones Girls

↓ 29

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

68

Just Another Night

Ian Hunter

↑ 10

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 78

69

Good Friend

Mary Macgregor

↑ 8

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 77

70

Dim All The Lights

Donna Summer

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 21 wks

71

Best Beat In Town

Switch

↑ 1

Peak: 69 • 8 wks • Prev: 72

72

Remember (Walking In The Sand)

Louise Goffin

↑ 10

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 82

73

Midnight Wind

John Stewart

★ NEW

Peak: 28 • 12 wks

74

The Topical Song

The Barron Knights

★ NEW

Peak: 70 • 3 wks

75

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

Toby Beau

↑ 10

Peak: 57 • 9 wks • Prev: 85

76

Groove Me

Fern Kinney

↑ 10

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 86

77

Found A Cure

Ashford & Simpson

↑ 10

Peak: 36 • 13 wks • Prev: 87

78

So Good, So Right

Brenda Russell

↑ 10

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 88

79

H.a.p.p.y. Radio

Edwin Starr

↑ 1

Peak: 79 • 5 wks • Prev: 80

80

Do It Good

A Taste Of Honey

↑ 4

Peak: 79 • 4 wks • Prev: 84

81

Get A Move On

Eddie Money

★ NEW

Peak: 46 • 8 wks

82

Rocky II Disco

Maynard Ferguson

↑ 1

Peak: 82 • 4 wks • Prev: 83

83

Arrow Through Me

Wings

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 10 wks

84

Where Will Your Heart Take You

Buckeye

★ NEW

Peak: 63 • 5 wks

85

I've Got The Next Dance

Deniece Williams

↑ 4

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 89

86

Please Don't Go

KC And The Sunshine Band

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 26 wks

87

If You Remember Me

Chris Thompson & Night

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 19 wks

88

Street Life

The Crusaders

★ NEW

Peak: 36 • 16 wks

89

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

Long John Baldry & Kathi MacDonald

↑ 2

Peak: 89 • 3 wks • Prev: 91

90

Frederick

Patti Smith Group

—

Peak: 90 • 3 wks • Prev: 90

91

Crank It Up (Funk Town) Pt. 1

Peter Brown

↑ 2

Peak: 86 • 6 wks • Prev: 93

92

Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

McFadden & Whitehead

↓ 51

Peak: 13 • 18 wks • Prev: 41

93

Shine A Little Love

Electric Light Orchestra

↓ 48

Peak: 8 • 15 wks • Prev: 45

94

Turn Off The Lights

Teddy Pendergrass

↓ 46

Peak: 48 • 6 wks • Prev: 48

95

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

—

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 95

96

Why Leave Us Alone

Five Special

↓ 41

Peak: 55 • 5 wks • Prev: 55

97

Boogie Wonderland

Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions

↓ 39

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 58

98

Love Me Tonight

Blackjack

↓ 36

Peak: 62 • 6 wks • Prev: 62

99

Do It Or Die

Atlanta Rhythm Section

↓ 33

Peak: 19 • 14 wks • Prev: 66

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