POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 22, 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

—

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 2

3

The Devil Went Down To Georgia

The Charlie Daniels Band

—

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 3

4

Rise

Herb Alpert

↑ 8

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 12

5

Lead Me On

Maxine Nightingale

—

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 5

6

Sad Eyes

Robert John

—

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 6

7

Lonesome Loser

Little River Band

—

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 7

8

I'll Never Love This Way Again

Dionne Warwick

—

Peak: 5 • 24 wks • Prev: 8

9

Sail On

Commodores

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 10

10

Don't Bring Me Down

Electric Light Orchestra

↓ 6

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 4

11

Good Times

Chic

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 9

12

Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough

Michael Jackson

↑ 16

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 28

13

Cruel To Be Kind

Nick Lowe

↑ 8

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

14

Heaven Must Have Sent You

Bonnie Pointer

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 23 wks • Prev: 16

15

Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

Robert Palmer

↑ 2

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 17

16

Driver's Seat

Sniff 'n' the Tears

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 18

17

Pop Muzik

M

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 19

18

Born To Be Alive

Patrick Hernandez

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 19 wks • Prev: 20

19

The Main Event/Fight

Barbra Streisand

↓ 8

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 11

20

I Do Love You

GQ

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 17 wks • Prev: 22

21

Different Worlds

Maureen McGovern

↑ 2

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 23

22

The Boss

Diana Ross

↑ 3

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 25

23

What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'

Stephanie Mills

↑ 4

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 27

24

Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

Journey

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 20 wks • Prev: 26

25

Goodbye Stranger

Supertramp

↓ 10

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 15

26

Spooky

Atlanta Rhythm Section

↑ 4

Peak: 17 • 14 wks • Prev: 30

27

Dim All The Lights

Donna Summer

↑ 12

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 39

28

Get It Right Next Time

Gerry Rafferty

↑ 4

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 32

29

Let's Go

The Cars

↓ 15

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 14

30

Dependin' On You

The Doobie Brothers

↑ 7

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 37

31

Good Girls Don't

The Knack

↑ 18

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 49

32

Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love

Lobo

↑ 4

Peak: 23 • 17 wks • Prev: 36

33

Hot Summer Nights

Night

↓ 9

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

34

Mama Can't Buy You Love

Elton John

↓ 21

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 13

35

Dirty White Boy

Foreigner

↑ 15

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 50

36

Ain't That A Shame

Cheap Trick

↑ 2

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 38

37

You Decorated My Life

Kenny Rogers

↑ 23

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 60

38

Rolene

Moon Martin

↑ 4

Peak: 30 • 11 wks • Prev: 42

39

Arrow Through Me

Wings

↑ 17

Peak: 29 • 10 wks • Prev: 56

40

I Know A Heartache When I See One

Jennifer Warnes

↑ 3

Peak: 19 • 22 wks • Prev: 43

41

Children Of The Sun

Billy Thorpe

—

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 41

42

This Night Won't Last Forever

Michael Johnson

↑ 4

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 46

43

Firecracker

Mass Production

↑ 1

Peak: 43 • 10 wks • Prev: 44

44

Good Friend

Mary Macgregor

↑ 3

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 47

45

Midnight Wind

John Stewart

↑ 3

Peak: 28 • 12 wks • Prev: 48

46

Remember (Walking In The Sand)

Louise Goffin

↑ 5

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 51

47

Found A Cure

Ashford & Simpson

↑ 5

Peak: 36 • 13 wks • Prev: 52

48

Get A Move On

Eddie Money

↑ 5

Peak: 46 • 8 wks • Prev: 53

49

Please Don't Go

KC And The Sunshine Band

↑ 9

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 58

50

So Good, So Right

Brenda Russell

↑ 5

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 55

51

Hold On

Ian Gomm

↑ 8

Peak: 18 • 12 wks • Prev: 59

52

Bad Girls

Donna Summer

↓ 21

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 31

53

Suspicions

Eddie Rabbitt

↓ 24

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

54

I've Never Been In Love

Suzi Quatro

↑ 10

Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 64

55

When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

Dr. Hook

↓ 22

Peak: 6 • 25 wks • Prev: 33

56

Groove Me

Fern Kinney

↑ 1

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 57

57

If You Remember Me

Chris Thompson & Night

↑ 5

Peak: 17 • 19 wks • Prev: 62

58

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

Toby Beau

↑ 3

Peak: 57 • 9 wks • Prev: 61

59

Street Life

The Crusaders

↑ 6

Peak: 36 • 16 wks • Prev: 65

60

Sure Know Something

KISS

↑ 8

Peak: 47 • 11 wks • Prev: 68

61

Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)

Pat Travers

↑ 6

Peak: 56 • 7 wks • Prev: 67

62

You're Only Lonely

J.D. Souther

↑ 14

Peak: 7 • 21 wks • Prev: 76

63

Come To Me

France Joli

↑ 6

Peak: 15 • 16 wks • Prev: 69

64

Fins

Jimmy Buffett

↑ 6

Peak: 35 • 11 wks • Prev: 70

65

Reason To Be

Kansas

↑ 6

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 71

66

Girls Talk

Dave Edmunds

—

Peak: 65 • 6 wks • Prev: 66

67

Killer Cut

Charlie

↑ 7

Peak: 60 • 6 wks • Prev: 74

68

Gotta Serve Somebody

Bob Dylan

↑ 12

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 80

69

Where Will Your Heart Take You

Buckeye

↓ 6

Peak: 63 • 5 wks • Prev: 63

70

Hello, Hello, Hello

New England

↑ 3

Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 73

71

One Fine Day

Rita Coolidge

↑ 1

Peak: 66 • 7 wks • Prev: 72

72

Hell On Wheels

Cher

↑ 9

Peak: 59 • 5 wks • Prev: 81

73

Stillsane

Carolyne Mas

↑ 2

Peak: 71 • 5 wks • Prev: 75

74

Ghost Dancer

Addrisi Brothers

↓ 29

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 45

75

Morning Dance

Spyro Gyra

↓ 41

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 34

76

Broken Hearted Me

Anne Murray

★ NEW

Peak: 12 • 17 wks

77

Oh Well

Rockets

↓ 37

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 40

78

Rainbow Connection

Kermit (Jim Henson)

↑ 10

Peak: 25 • 17 wks • Prev: 88

79

In Thee

Blue Oyster Cult

↑ 6

Peak: 74 • 4 wks • Prev: 85

80

Please Don't Leave

Lauren Wood

★ NEW

Peak: 24 • 15 wks

81

Let Me Know (I Have A Right)

Gloria Gaynor

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 13 wks

82

I'm So Anxious

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes

★ NEW

Peak: 71 • 4 wks

83

For Love

Pousette-Dart Band

↑ 1

Peak: 83 • 4 wks • Prev: 84

84

Dancin' 'round And 'round

Olivia Newton-John

★ NEW

Peak: 82 • 2 wks

85

Angeleyes

ABBA

★ NEW

Peak: 64 • 5 wks

86

Beautiful Girls

Van Halen

↑ 3

Peak: 84 • 4 wks • Prev: 89

87

Plain Jane

Sammy Hagar

—

Peak: 77 • 7 wks • Prev: 87

88

Do You Think I'm Disco?

Steve Dahl And Teenage Radiation

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 6 wks

89

Hold On To The Night

Hotel

★ NEW

Peak: 80 • 4 wks

90

All Things Are Possible

Dan Peek

—

Peak: 78 • 5 wks • Prev: 90

91

Must Have Been Crazy

Chicago

↑ 5

Peak: 83 • 5 wks • Prev: 96

92

If You Want It

Niteflyte

—

Peak: 37 • 13 wks • Prev: 92

93

You Stepped Into My Life

Wayne Newton

↑ 5

Peak: 90 • 8 wks • Prev: 98

94

Saturdaynight

Herman Brood

↓ 59

Peak: 35 • 11 wks • Prev: 35

95

Ring My Bell

Anita Ward

—

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 95

96

Young Blood

Rickie Lee Jones

↓ 42

Peak: 40 • 9 wks • Prev: 54

97

You Can't Change That

Raydio

↓ 20

Peak: 9 • 22 wks • Prev: 77

98

Highway Song

Blackfoot

↓ 20

Peak: 26 • 14 wks • Prev: 78

99

Girl Of My Dreams

Bram Tchaikovsky

↓ 16

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 83

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