POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 15, 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

After The Love Has Gone

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 3

3

The Devil Went Down To Georgia

The Charlie Daniels Band

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 5

4

Don't Bring Me Down

Electric Light Orchestra

—

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 4

5

Lead Me On

Maxine Nightingale

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 6

6

Sad Eyes

Robert John

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 7

7

Lonesome Loser

Little River Band

↑ 3

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 10

8

I'll Never Love This Way Again

Dionne Warwick

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 24 wks • Prev: 9

9

Good Times

Chic

↓ 7

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 2

10

Sail On

Commodores

↑ 2

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 12

11

The Main Event/Fight

Barbra Streisand

↓ 3

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 8

12

Rise

Herb Alpert

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 16

13

Mama Can't Buy You Love

Elton John

↓ 2

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 11

14

Let's Go

The Cars

—

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 14

15

Goodbye Stranger

Supertramp

—

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 15

16

Heaven Must Have Sent You

Bonnie Pointer

↑ 1

Peak: 11 • 23 wks • Prev: 17

17

Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

Robert Palmer

↑ 2

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 19

18

Driver's Seat

Sniff 'n' the Tears

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 20

19

Pop Muzik

M

↑ 7

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 26

20

Born To Be Alive

Patrick Hernandez

↑ 3

Peak: 16 • 19 wks • Prev: 23

21

Cruel To Be Kind

Nick Lowe

↑ 3

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

22

I Do Love You

GQ

—

Peak: 20 • 17 wks • Prev: 22

23

Different Worlds

Maureen McGovern

↑ 2

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 25

24

Hot Summer Nights

Night

↓ 6

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 18

25

The Boss

Diana Ross

↑ 3

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 28

26

Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

Journey

↑ 3

Peak: 16 • 20 wks • Prev: 29

27

What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'

Stephanie Mills

↑ 4

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 31

28

Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough

Michael Jackson

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 32

29

Suspicions

Eddie Rabbitt

↓ 16

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 13

30

Spooky

Atlanta Rhythm Section

↑ 9

Peak: 17 • 14 wks • Prev: 39

31

Bad Girls

Donna Summer

↓ 10

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 21

32

Get It Right Next Time

Gerry Rafferty

↑ 4

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 36

33

When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

Dr. Hook

↓ 6

Peak: 6 • 25 wks • Prev: 27

34

Morning Dance

Spyro Gyra

↓ 1

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 33

35

Saturdaynight

Herman Brood

—

Peak: 35 • 11 wks • Prev: 35

36

Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love

Lobo

↑ 4

Peak: 23 • 17 wks • Prev: 40

37

Dependin' On You

The Doobie Brothers

↑ 7

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 44

38

Ain't That A Shame

Cheap Trick

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 42

39

Dim All The Lights

Donna Summer

↑ 7

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 46

40

Oh Well

Rockets

↓ 10

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 30

41

Children Of The Sun

Billy Thorpe

↑ 4

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 45

42

Rolene

Moon Martin

↑ 8

Peak: 30 • 11 wks • Prev: 50

43

I Know A Heartache When I See One

Jennifer Warnes

↑ 6

Peak: 19 • 22 wks • Prev: 49

44

Firecracker

Mass Production

↑ 4

Peak: 43 • 10 wks • Prev: 48

45

Ghost Dancer

Addrisi Brothers

↑ 2

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 47

46

This Night Won't Last Forever

Michael Johnson

↑ 5

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 51

47

Good Friend

Mary Macgregor

↑ 5

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 52

48

Midnight Wind

John Stewart

↑ 5

Peak: 28 • 12 wks • Prev: 53

49

Good Girls Don't

The Knack

↑ 12

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 61

50

Dirty White Boy

Foreigner

↑ 15

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 65

51

Remember (Walking In The Sand)

Louise Goffin

↑ 4

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 55

52

Found A Cure

Ashford & Simpson

↑ 4

Peak: 36 • 13 wks • Prev: 56

53

Get A Move On

Eddie Money

↑ 6

Peak: 46 • 8 wks • Prev: 59

54

Young Blood

Rickie Lee Jones

—

Peak: 40 • 9 wks • Prev: 54

55

So Good, So Right

Brenda Russell

↑ 5

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 60

56

Arrow Through Me

Wings

↑ 7

Peak: 29 • 10 wks • Prev: 63

57

Groove Me

Fern Kinney

↑ 1

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 58

58

Please Don't Go

KC And The Sunshine Band

↑ 8

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 66

59

Hold On

Ian Gomm

↑ 12

Peak: 18 • 12 wks • Prev: 71

60

You Decorated My Life

Kenny Rogers

↑ 10

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 70

61

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

Toby Beau

↑ 1

Peak: 57 • 9 wks • Prev: 62

62

If You Remember Me

Chris Thompson & Night

↑ 5

Peak: 17 • 19 wks • Prev: 67

63

Where Will Your Heart Take You

Buckeye

↑ 1

Peak: 63 • 5 wks • Prev: 64

64

I've Never Been In Love

Suzi Quatro

↑ 8

Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 72

65

Street Life

The Crusaders

↑ 4

Peak: 36 • 16 wks • Prev: 69

66

Girls Talk

Dave Edmunds

↑ 10

Peak: 65 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

67

Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)

Pat Travers

↑ 10

Peak: 56 • 7 wks • Prev: 77

68

Sure Know Something

KISS

↑ 10

Peak: 47 • 11 wks • Prev: 78

69

Come To Me

France Joli

↑ 10

Peak: 15 • 16 wks • Prev: 79

70

Fins

Jimmy Buffett

↑ 12

Peak: 35 • 11 wks • Prev: 82

71

Reason To Be

Kansas

↑ 10

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 81

72

One Fine Day

Rita Coolidge

↑ 2

Peak: 66 • 7 wks • Prev: 74

73

Hello, Hello, Hello

New England

↑ 2

Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 75

74

Killer Cut

Charlie

↑ 10

Peak: 60 • 6 wks • Prev: 84

75

Stillsane

Carolyne Mas

↑ 10

Peak: 71 • 5 wks • Prev: 85

76

You're Only Lonely

J.D. Souther

↑ 10

Peak: 7 • 21 wks • Prev: 86

77

You Can't Change That

Raydio

↓ 40

Peak: 9 • 22 wks • Prev: 37

78

Highway Song

Blackfoot

↓ 44

Peak: 26 • 14 wks • Prev: 34

79

Hold On

Triumph

↓ 41

Peak: 38 • 14 wks • Prev: 38

80

Gotta Serve Somebody

Bob Dylan

↑ 10

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 90

81

Hell On Wheels

Cher

★ NEW

Peak: 59 • 5 wks

82

Got To Give In To Love

Bonnie Boyer

↓ 39

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

83

Girl Of My Dreams

Bram Tchaikovsky

↓ 26

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 57

84

For Love

Pousette-Dart Band

↑ 5

Peak: 83 • 4 wks • Prev: 89

85

In Thee

Blue Oyster Cult

↑ 2

Peak: 74 • 4 wks • Prev: 87

86

Crank It Up (Funk Town) Pt. 1

Peter Brown

↑ 2

Peak: 86 • 6 wks • Prev: 88

87

Plain Jane

Sammy Hagar

★ NEW

Peak: 77 • 7 wks

88

Rainbow Connection

Kermit (Jim Henson)

★ NEW

Peak: 25 • 17 wks

89

Beautiful Girls

Van Halen

★ NEW

Peak: 84 • 4 wks

90

All Things Are Possible

Dan Peek

★ NEW

Peak: 78 • 5 wks

91

Gold

John Stewart

—

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 91

92

If You Want It

Niteflyte

★ NEW

Peak: 37 • 13 wks

93

Voulez-Vous

ABBA

↓ 13

Peak: 80 • 3 wks • Prev: 80

94

Just Another Night

Ian Hunter

↓ 26

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 68

95

Ring My Bell

Anita Ward

↓ 54

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 41

96

Must Have Been Crazy

Chicago

↓ 13

Peak: 83 • 5 wks • Prev: 83

97

I've Got The Next Dance

Deniece Williams

↓ 24

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 73

98

You Stepped Into My Life

Wayne Newton

★ NEW

Peak: 90 • 8 wks

99

Baby I Want You

Funky Communication Committee

↓ 5

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 94

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