POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 27, 1979
1

Rise

Herb Alpert

—

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 1

2

Pop Muzik

M

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 3

3

Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough

Michael Jackson

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 2

4

Dim All The Lights

Donna Summer

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 6

5

I'll Never Love This Way Again

Dionne Warwick

—

Peak: 5 • 24 wks • Prev: 5

6

Sail On

Commodores

↓ 2

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 4

7

Heartache Tonight

Eagles

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 9

8

Still

Commodores

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 10

9

TUSK

Fleetwood Mac

↑ 6

Peak: 8 • 15 wks • Prev: 15

10

You Decorated My Life

Kenny Rogers

↑ 2

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 12

11

Sad Eyes

Robert John

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 7

12

Dirty White Boy

Foreigner

↑ 2

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 14

13

Please Don't Go

KC And The Sunshine Band

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 16

14

Babe

Styx

↑ 12

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 26

15

Good Girls Don't

The Knack

↑ 4

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 19

16

Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

Journey

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 20 wks • Prev: 18

17

Come To Me

France Joli

↑ 5

Peak: 15 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

18

Hold On

Ian Gomm

↑ 2

Peak: 18 • 12 wks • Prev: 20

19

My Sharona (From "Reality Bites")

The Knack

↓ 11

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 8

19

My Sharona

The Knack

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 8

20

Ships

Barry Manilow

↑ 15

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 35

21

Heaven Must Have Sent You

Bonnie Pointer

↓ 10

Peak: 11 • 23 wks • Prev: 11

22

I Know A Heartache When I See One

Jennifer Warnes

↑ 2

Peak: 19 • 22 wks • Prev: 24

23

This Night Won't Last Forever

Michael Johnson

↑ 2

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 25

24

Broken Hearted Me

Anne Murray

↑ 10

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 34

25

Gotta Serve Somebody

Bob Dylan

↑ 2

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 27

26

Lonesome Loser

Little River Band

↓ 13

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 13

27

Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love

Lobo

↓ 4

Peak: 23 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

28

Midnight Wind

John Stewart

—

Peak: 28 • 12 wks • Prev: 28

29

If You Remember Me

Chris Thompson & Night

↑ 3

Peak: 17 • 19 wks • Prev: 32

30

Spooky

Atlanta Rhythm Section

↓ 13

Peak: 17 • 14 wks • Prev: 17

31

So Good, So Right

Brenda Russell

↑ 2

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 33

32

Get It Right Next Time

Gerry Rafferty

↓ 11

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 21

33

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)

Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer

↑ 26

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 59

34

Rainbow Connection

Kermit (Jim Henson)

↑ 6

Peak: 25 • 17 wks • Prev: 40

35

You're Only Lonely

J.D. Souther

↑ 2

Peak: 7 • 21 wks • Prev: 37

36

Fins

Jimmy Buffett

↑ 2

Peak: 35 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

37

Dream Police

Cheap Trick

↑ 20

Peak: 26 • 10 wks • Prev: 57

38

Please Don't Leave

Lauren Wood

↑ 5

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 43

39

Street Life

The Crusaders

↑ 3

Peak: 36 • 16 wks • Prev: 42

40

Victim Of Love

Elton John

↑ 5

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 45

41

Don't Bring Me Down

Electric Light Orchestra

↓ 2

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 39

42

Dreaming

Blondie

↑ 11

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 53

43

Take The Long Way Home

Supertramp

↑ 11

Peak: 10 • 15 wks • Prev: 54

44

Let Me Know (I Have A Right)

Gloria Gaynor

↑ 4

Peak: 42 • 13 wks • Prev: 48

45

Half The Way

Crystal Gayle

↑ 4

Peak: 15 • 16 wks • Prev: 49

46

5:15

The Who

↑ 4

Peak: 45 • 7 wks • Prev: 50

47

Sure Know Something

KISS

—

Peak: 47 • 11 wks • Prev: 47

48

Better Love Next Time

Dr. Hook

↑ 7

Peak: 12 • 19 wks • Prev: 55

49

My Forbidden Lover

Chic

↑ 11

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

50

Cruel To Be Kind

Nick Lowe

↓ 21

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 29

51

I Need A Lover

John Cougar

↑ 10

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 61

52

Damned If I Do

The Alan Parsons Project

↑ 10

Peak: 27 • 17 wks • Prev: 62

53

I Want You Tonight

Pablo Cruise

↑ 10

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 63

54

Who Listens To The Radio

The Sports

↑ 11

Peak: 45 • 7 wks • Prev: 65

55

Confusion

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 20

Peak: 37 • 8 wks • Prev: 75

56

Starry Eyes

The Records

—

Peak: 56 • 6 wks • Prev: 56

57

If You Want It

Niteflyte

↑ 7

Peak: 37 • 13 wks • Prev: 64

58

Cruisin'

Smokey Robinson

↑ 11

Peak: 4 • 25 wks • Prev: 69

59

Cool Change

Little River Band

↑ 14

Peak: 10 • 18 wks • Prev: 73

60

Do You Think I'm Disco?

Steve Dahl And Teenage Radiation

↓ 2

Peak: 58 • 6 wks • Prev: 58

61

Dependin' On You

The Doobie Brothers

↓ 30

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 31

62

It's All I Can Do

The Cars

↑ 9

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 71

63

Ladies Night

Kool & The Gang

↑ 9

Peak: 8 • 24 wks • Prev: 72

64

Pretty Girls

Melissa Manchester

↑ 10

Peak: 39 • 10 wks • Prev: 74

65

Love Pains

Yvonne Elliman

↑ 11

Peak: 34 • 13 wks • Prev: 76

66

Do That To Me One More Time

Captain & Tennille

↑ 20

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 86

67

We Don't Talk Anymore

Cliff Richard

↑ 12

Peak: 7 • 20 wks • Prev: 79

68

Slip Away

Ian Lloyd

↑ 10

Peak: 50 • 9 wks • Prev: 78

69

Highway To Hell

AC/DC

↑ 1

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 70

70

In The Stone

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 10

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 80

71

This Is It

Kenny Loggins

↑ 11

Peak: 11 • 23 wks • Prev: 82

72

Get It Up

Ronnie Milsap

↑ 9

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 81

73

After The Love Has Gone

Earth, Wind & Fire

↓ 43

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 30

74

Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Rupert Holmes

↑ 11

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 85

75

Found A Cure

Ashford & Simpson

↓ 39

Peak: 36 • 13 wks • Prev: 36

76

Born To Be Alive

Patrick Hernandez

↓ 35

Peak: 16 • 19 wks • Prev: 41

77

Plain Jane

Sammy Hagar

—

Peak: 77 • 7 wks • Prev: 77

78

What Can I Do With This Broken Heart

England Dan & John Ford Coley

★ NEW

Peak: 50 • 6 wks

79

Train, Train

Blackfoot

↑ 10

Peak: 38 • 14 wks • Prev: 89

80

Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

↑ 3

Peak: 79 • 5 wks • Prev: 83

81

Don't Let Go

Isaac Hayes

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 21 wks

82

(Not Just) Knee Deep - Part 1

Funkadelic

★ NEW

Peak: 77 • 4 wks

83

Good Friend

Mary Macgregor

↑ 1

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 84

84

Pow Wow

Cory Daye

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 3 wks

85

I Still Have Dreams

Richie Furay

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 11 wks

86

Touch Me When We're Dancing

Bama

↑ 1

Peak: 86 • 5 wks • Prev: 87

87

Wait For Me

Daryl Hall & John Oates

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 19 wks

88

She's Got A Whole Number

Keith Herman

↑ 2

Peak: 87 • 4 wks • Prev: 90

89

Fooled By A Feeling

Barbara Mandrell

↑ 2

Peak: 89 • 5 wks • Prev: 91

90

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

The Isley Brothers

↑ 3

Peak: 90 • 2 wks • Prev: 93

91

You Stepped Into My Life

Wayne Newton

↑ 1

Peak: 90 • 8 wks • Prev: 92

92

The Boss

Diana Ross

↓ 48

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 44

93

Arrow Through Me

Wings

↓ 47

Peak: 29 • 10 wks • Prev: 46

94

Lead Me On

Maxine Nightingale

↓ 43

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 51

95

Since You've Been Gone

Cherie & Marie Currie

—

Peak: 95 • 3 wks • Prev: 95

96

Reason To Be

Kansas

↓ 44

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 52

97

Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

Robert Palmer

↓ 30

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 67

98

I've Never Been In Love

Suzi Quatro

↓ 10

Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 88

99

Driver's Seat

Sniff 'n' the Tears

↓ 31

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 68

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