POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 8, 1979
1

My Sharona (From "Reality Bites")

The Knack

—

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 1

1

My Sharona

The Knack

—

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 1

2

Good Times

Chic

—

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 2

3

After The Love Has Gone

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 4

4

Don't Bring Me Down

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

5

The Devil Went Down To Georgia

The Charlie Daniels Band

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 6

6

Lead Me On

Maxine Nightingale

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 7

7

Sad Eyes

Robert John

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 8

8

The Main Event/Fight

Barbra Streisand

↓ 5

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 3

9

I'll Never Love This Way Again

Dionne Warwick

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 24 wks • Prev: 10

10

Lonesome Loser

Little River Band

↑ 2

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 12

11

Mama Can't Buy You Love

Elton John

↓ 2

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 9

12

Sail On

Commodores

↑ 2

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 14

13

Suspicions

Eddie Rabbitt

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Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 13

14

Let's Go

The Cars

↑ 1

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 15

15

Goodbye Stranger

Supertramp

↑ 1

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

16

Rise

Herb Alpert

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 19

17

Heaven Must Have Sent You

Bonnie Pointer

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 23 wks • Prev: 20

18

Hot Summer Nights

Night

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Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 18

19

Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

Robert Palmer

↑ 2

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

20

Driver's Seat

Sniff 'n' the Tears

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 22

21

Bad Girls

Donna Summer

↓ 10

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 11

22

I Do Love You

GQ

↑ 1

Peak: 20 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

23

Born To Be Alive

Patrick Hernandez

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 19 wks • Prev: 25

24

Cruel To Be Kind

Nick Lowe

↑ 3

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 27

25

Different Worlds

Maureen McGovern

↑ 3

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 28

26

Pop Muzik

M

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 31

27

When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

Dr. Hook

↓ 10

Peak: 6 • 25 wks • Prev: 17

28

The Boss

Diana Ross

↑ 4

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 32

29

Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

Journey

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 20 wks • Prev: 33

30

Oh Well

Rockets

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Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 30

31

What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'

Stephanie Mills

↑ 5

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 36

32

Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough

Michael Jackson

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 35

33

Morning Dance

Spyro Gyra

↓ 9

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

34

Highway Song

Blackfoot

↓ 8

Peak: 26 • 14 wks • Prev: 26

35

Saturdaynight

Herman Brood

↑ 3

Peak: 35 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

36

Get It Right Next Time

Gerry Rafferty

↑ 5

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 41

37

You Can't Change That

Raydio

↓ 3

Peak: 9 • 22 wks • Prev: 34

38

Hold On

Triumph

↑ 1

Peak: 38 • 14 wks • Prev: 39

39

Spooky

Atlanta Rhythm Section

↑ 11

Peak: 17 • 14 wks • Prev: 50

40

Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love

Lobo

↑ 4

Peak: 23 • 17 wks • Prev: 44

41

Ring My Bell

Anita Ward

↓ 12

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 29

42

Ain't That A Shame

Cheap Trick

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 46

43

Got To Give In To Love

Bonnie Boyer

—

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

44

Dependin' On You

The Doobie Brothers

↑ 10

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 54

45

Children Of The Sun

Billy Thorpe

↑ 6

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 51

46

Dim All The Lights

Donna Summer

↑ 11

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 57

47

Ghost Dancer

Addrisi Brothers

↑ 6

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 53

48

Firecracker

Mass Production

↑ 4

Peak: 43 • 10 wks • Prev: 52

49

I Know A Heartache When I See One

Jennifer Warnes

↑ 6

Peak: 19 • 22 wks • Prev: 55

50

Rolene

Moon Martin

↑ 9

Peak: 30 • 11 wks • Prev: 59

51

This Night Won't Last Forever

Michael Johnson

↑ 7

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 58

52

Good Friend

Mary Macgregor

↑ 8

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 60

53

Midnight Wind

John Stewart

↑ 8

Peak: 28 • 12 wks • Prev: 61

54

Young Blood

Rickie Lee Jones

↓ 14

Peak: 40 • 9 wks • Prev: 40

55

Remember (Walking In The Sand)

Louise Goffin

↑ 7

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 62

56

Found A Cure

Ashford & Simpson

↑ 7

Peak: 36 • 13 wks • Prev: 63

57

Girl Of My Dreams

Bram Tchaikovsky

↓ 20

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 37

58

Groove Me

Fern Kinney

↑ 7

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 65

59

Get A Move On

Eddie Money

↑ 7

Peak: 46 • 8 wks • Prev: 66

60

So Good, So Right

Brenda Russell

↑ 7

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 67

61

Good Girls Don't

The Knack

↑ 21

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 82

62

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

Toby Beau

↑ 10

Peak: 57 • 9 wks • Prev: 72

63

Arrow Through Me

Wings

↑ 10

Peak: 29 • 10 wks • Prev: 73

64

Where Will Your Heart Take You

Buckeye

↑ 10

Peak: 63 • 5 wks • Prev: 74

65

Dirty White Boy

Foreigner

★ NEW

Peak: 12 • 14 wks

66

Please Don't Go

KC And The Sunshine Band

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 76

67

If You Remember Me

Chris Thompson & Night

↑ 10

Peak: 17 • 19 wks • Prev: 77

68

Just Another Night

Ian Hunter

—

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 68

69

Street Life

The Crusaders

↑ 9

Peak: 36 • 16 wks • Prev: 78

70

You Decorated My Life

Kenny Rogers

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 18 wks

71

Hold On

Ian Gomm

↑ 10

Peak: 18 • 12 wks • Prev: 81

72

I've Never Been In Love

Suzi Quatro

★ NEW

Peak: 44 • 8 wks

73

I've Got The Next Dance

Deniece Williams

↑ 2

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 75

74

One Fine Day

Rita Coolidge

↑ 10

Peak: 66 • 7 wks • Prev: 84

75

Hello, Hello, Hello

New England

↑ 10

Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 85

76

Girls Talk

Dave Edmunds

↑ 10

Peak: 65 • 6 wks • Prev: 86

77

Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)

Pat Travers

↑ 10

Peak: 56 • 7 wks • Prev: 87

78

Sure Know Something

KISS

↑ 10

Peak: 47 • 11 wks • Prev: 88

79

Come To Me

France Joli

↑ 11

Peak: 15 • 16 wks • Prev: 90

80

Voulez-Vous

ABBA

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Peak: 80 • 3 wks • Prev: 80

81

Reason To Be

Kansas

★ NEW

Peak: 52 • 8 wks

82

Fins

Jimmy Buffett

★ NEW

Peak: 35 • 11 wks

83

Must Have Been Crazy

Chicago

—

Peak: 83 • 5 wks • Prev: 83

84

Killer Cut

Charlie

★ NEW

Peak: 60 • 6 wks

85

Stillsane

Carolyne Mas

★ NEW

Peak: 71 • 5 wks

86

You're Only Lonely

J.D. Souther

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 21 wks

87

In Thee

Blue Oyster Cult

★ NEW

Peak: 74 • 4 wks

88

Crank It Up (Funk Town) Pt. 1

Peter Brown

↑ 1

Peak: 86 • 6 wks • Prev: 89

89

For Love

Pousette-Dart Band

★ NEW

Peak: 83 • 4 wks

90

Gotta Serve Somebody

Bob Dylan

★ NEW

Peak: 24 • 12 wks

91

Gold

John Stewart

↓ 27

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 64

92

Makin' It

David Naughton

↓ 50

Peak: 5 • 24 wks • Prev: 42

93

Lady Writer

Dire Straits

↓ 48

Peak: 45 • 7 wks • Prev: 45

94

Baby I Want You

Funky Communication Committee

↓ 47

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 47

95

Is She Really Going Out With Him?

Joe Jackson

↓ 47

Peak: 21 • 15 wks • Prev: 48

96

I Was Made For Lovin' You

KISS

↓ 47

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 49

97

Gone, Gone, Gone

Bad Company

↓ 41

Peak: 56 • 6 wks • Prev: 56

98

Best Beat In Town

Switch

↓ 29

Peak: 69 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

99

The Topical Song

The Barron Knights

↓ 29

Peak: 70 • 3 wks • Prev: 70

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