POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 20, 1979
1

Rise

Herb Alpert

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 2

2

Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough

Michael Jackson

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 1

3

Pop Muzik

M

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 7

4

Sail On

Commodores

—

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 4

5

I'll Never Love This Way Again

Dionne Warwick

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 24 wks • Prev: 6

6

Dim All The Lights

Donna Summer

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 8

7

Sad Eyes

Robert John

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 3

8

My Sharona (From "Reality Bites")

The Knack

↓ 3

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 5

8

My Sharona

The Knack

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 5

9

Heartache Tonight

Eagles

↑ 6

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 15

10

Still

Commodores

↑ 28

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 38

11

Heaven Must Have Sent You

Bonnie Pointer

—

Peak: 11 • 23 wks • Prev: 11

12

You Decorated My Life

Kenny Rogers

↑ 2

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 14

13

Lonesome Loser

Little River Band

↓ 4

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 9

14

Dirty White Boy

Foreigner

↑ 4

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 18

15

TUSK

Fleetwood Mac

↑ 25

Peak: 8 • 15 wks • Prev: 40

16

Please Don't Go

KC And The Sunshine Band

↑ 12

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 28

17

Spooky

Atlanta Rhythm Section

—

Peak: 17 • 14 wks • Prev: 17

18

Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

Journey

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 20 wks • Prev: 20

19

Good Girls Don't

The Knack

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

20

Hold On

Ian Gomm

↑ 6

Peak: 18 • 12 wks • Prev: 26

21

Get It Right Next Time

Gerry Rafferty

—

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 21

22

Come To Me

France Joli

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 16 wks • Prev: 24

23

Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love

Lobo

—

Peak: 23 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

24

I Know A Heartache When I See One

Jennifer Warnes

↑ 3

Peak: 19 • 22 wks • Prev: 27

25

This Night Won't Last Forever

Michael Johnson

↑ 7

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 32

26

Babe

Styx

↑ 16

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 42

27

Gotta Serve Somebody

Bob Dylan

↑ 6

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 33

28

Midnight Wind

John Stewart

↑ 3

Peak: 28 • 12 wks • Prev: 31

29

Cruel To Be Kind

Nick Lowe

↓ 17

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

30

After The Love Has Gone

Earth, Wind & Fire

↓ 20

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 10

31

Dependin' On You

The Doobie Brothers

↓ 6

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 25

32

If You Remember Me

Chris Thompson & Night

↑ 13

Peak: 17 • 19 wks • Prev: 45

33

So Good, So Right

Brenda Russell

↑ 4

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 37

34

Broken Hearted Me

Anne Murray

↑ 7

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 41

35

Ships

Barry Manilow

↑ 22

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 57

36

Found A Cure

Ashford & Simpson

—

Peak: 36 • 13 wks • Prev: 36

37

You're Only Lonely

J.D. Souther

↑ 6

Peak: 7 • 21 wks • Prev: 43

38

Fins

Jimmy Buffett

↑ 9

Peak: 35 • 11 wks • Prev: 47

39

Don't Bring Me Down

Electric Light Orchestra

↓ 26

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 13

40

Rainbow Connection

Kermit (Jim Henson)

↑ 8

Peak: 25 • 17 wks • Prev: 48

41

Born To Be Alive

Patrick Hernandez

↓ 25

Peak: 16 • 19 wks • Prev: 16

42

Street Life

The Crusaders

↑ 4

Peak: 36 • 16 wks • Prev: 46

43

Please Don't Leave

Lauren Wood

↑ 7

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 50

44

The Boss

Diana Ross

↓ 25

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 19

45

Victim Of Love

Elton John

↑ 9

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 54

46

Arrow Through Me

Wings

↓ 17

Peak: 29 • 10 wks • Prev: 29

47

Sure Know Something

KISS

↑ 2

Peak: 47 • 11 wks • Prev: 49

48

Let Me Know (I Have A Right)

Gloria Gaynor

↑ 5

Peak: 42 • 13 wks • Prev: 53

49

Half The Way

Crystal Gayle

↑ 11

Peak: 15 • 16 wks • Prev: 60

50

5:15

The Who

↑ 11

Peak: 45 • 7 wks • Prev: 61

51

Lead Me On

Maxine Nightingale

—

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 51

52

Reason To Be

Kansas

—

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 52

53

Dreaming

Blondie

↑ 3

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 56

54

Take The Long Way Home

Supertramp

↑ 16

Peak: 10 • 15 wks • Prev: 70

55

Better Love Next Time

Dr. Hook

↑ 13

Peak: 12 • 19 wks • Prev: 68

56

Starry Eyes

The Records

↑ 11

Peak: 56 • 6 wks • Prev: 67

57

Dream Police

Cheap Trick

↑ 12

Peak: 26 • 10 wks • Prev: 69

58

Do You Think I'm Disco?

Steve Dahl And Teenage Radiation

—

Peak: 58 • 6 wks • Prev: 58

59

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)

Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 15 wks

60

My Forbidden Lover

Chic

↑ 12

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 72

61

I Need A Lover

John Cougar

↑ 12

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 73

62

Damned If I Do

The Alan Parsons Project

↑ 3

Peak: 27 • 17 wks • Prev: 65

63

I Want You Tonight

Pablo Cruise

↑ 11

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 74

64

If You Want It

Niteflyte

↑ 12

Peak: 37 • 13 wks • Prev: 76

65

Who Listens To The Radio

The Sports

↑ 10

Peak: 45 • 7 wks • Prev: 75

66

Rolene

Moon Martin

↓ 36

Peak: 30 • 11 wks • Prev: 30

67

Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

Robert Palmer

↓ 33

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 34

68

Driver's Seat

Sniff 'n' the Tears

↓ 33

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 35

69

Cruisin'

Smokey Robinson

↑ 10

Peak: 4 • 25 wks • Prev: 79

70

Highway To Hell

AC/DC

↑ 12

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 82

71

It's All I Can Do

The Cars

↑ 13

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 84

72

Ladies Night

Kool & The Gang

↑ 11

Peak: 8 • 24 wks • Prev: 83

73

Cool Change

Little River Band

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 18 wks

74

Pretty Girls

Melissa Manchester

↑ 11

Peak: 39 • 10 wks • Prev: 85

75

Confusion

Electric Light Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 37 • 8 wks

76

Love Pains

Yvonne Elliman

↑ 11

Peak: 34 • 13 wks • Prev: 87

77

Plain Jane

Sammy Hagar

↑ 4

Peak: 77 • 7 wks • Prev: 81

78

Slip Away

Ian Lloyd

↑ 10

Peak: 50 • 9 wks • Prev: 88

79

We Don't Talk Anymore

Cliff Richard

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 20 wks

80

In The Stone

Earth, Wind & Fire

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 7 wks

81

Get It Up

Ronnie Milsap

↑ 11

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 92

82

This Is It

Kenny Loggins

★ NEW

Peak: 11 • 23 wks

83

Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

↑ 3

Peak: 79 • 5 wks • Prev: 86

84

Good Friend

Mary Macgregor

↓ 45

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 39

85

Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Rupert Holmes

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 21 wks

86

Do That To Me One More Time

Captain & Tennille

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 27 wks

87

Touch Me When We're Dancing

Bama

↑ 4

Peak: 86 • 5 wks • Prev: 91

88

I've Never Been In Love

Suzi Quatro

↓ 44

Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 44

89

Train, Train

Blackfoot

★ NEW

Peak: 38 • 14 wks

90

She's Got A Whole Number

Keith Herman

★ NEW

Peak: 87 • 4 wks

91

Fooled By A Feeling

Barbara Mandrell

↓ 2

Peak: 89 • 5 wks • Prev: 89

92

You Stepped Into My Life

Wayne Newton

↓ 2

Peak: 90 • 8 wks • Prev: 90

93

It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)

The Isley Brothers

★ NEW

Peak: 90 • 2 wks

94

Different Worlds

Maureen McGovern

↓ 39

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 55

95

Since You've Been Gone

Cherie & Marie Currie

★ NEW

Peak: 95 • 3 wks

96

I Do Love You

GQ

—

Peak: 20 • 17 wks • Prev: 96

97

The Devil Went Down To Georgia

The Charlie Daniels Band

↓ 35

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 62

98

What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'

Stephanie Mills

↓ 35

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 63

99

Angeleyes

ABBA

↓ 35

Peak: 64 • 5 wks • Prev: 64

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