POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 8, 1979
1

Babe

Styx

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 2

2

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)

Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 1

3

Still

Commodores

—

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 3

4

Please Don't Go

KC And The Sunshine Band

—

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 4

5

Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Rupert Holmes

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 6

6

Send One Your Love

Stevie Wonder

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 7

7

Heartache Tonight

Eagles

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

8

You're Only Lonely

J.D. Souther

↑ 3

Peak: 7 • 21 wks • Prev: 11

9

Ships

Barry Manilow

—

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 9

10

Do That To Me One More Time

Captain & Tennille

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 14

11

Take The Long Way Home

Supertramp

↑ 2

Peak: 10 • 15 wks • Prev: 13

12

Broken Hearted Me

Anne Murray

—

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 12

13

Ladies Night

Kool & The Gang

↑ 2

Peak: 8 • 24 wks • Prev: 15

14

Pop Muzik

M

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 10

15

Cool Change

Little River Band

↑ 3

Peak: 10 • 18 wks • Prev: 18

16

Half The Way

Crystal Gayle

↑ 5

Peak: 15 • 16 wks • Prev: 21

17

We Don't Talk Anymore

Cliff Richard

↑ 3

Peak: 7 • 20 wks • Prev: 20

18

Head Games

Foreigner

↑ 5

Peak: 14 • 14 wks • Prev: 23

19

Dim All The Lights

Donna Summer

↓ 11

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 8

20

Better Love Next Time

Dr. Hook

↑ 2

Peak: 12 • 19 wks • Prev: 22

21

Rock With You

Michael Jackson

↑ 8

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 29

22

TUSK

Fleetwood Mac

↓ 6

Peak: 8 • 15 wks • Prev: 16

23

I Want You Tonight

Pablo Cruise

↑ 2

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 25

24

Cruisin'

Smokey Robinson

↑ 4

Peak: 4 • 25 wks • Prev: 28

25

You Decorated My Life

Kenny Rogers

↓ 6

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 19

26

Jane

Jefferson Starship

↑ 4

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 30

27

This Is It

Kenny Loggins

↑ 8

Peak: 11 • 23 wks • Prev: 35

28

If You Remember Me

Chris Thompson & Night

↓ 11

Peak: 17 • 19 wks • Prev: 17

29

I Need A Lover

John Cougar

↑ 2

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 31

30

Coward Of The County

Kenny Rogers

↑ 6

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 36

31

Dreaming

Blondie

↓ 4

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 27

32

Damned If I Do

The Alan Parsons Project

↑ 2

Peak: 27 • 17 wks • Prev: 34

33

The Long Run

Eagles

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 15 wks

34

Love Pains

Yvonne Elliman

↑ 4

Peak: 34 • 13 wks • Prev: 38

35

Wait For Me

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↑ 5

Peak: 18 • 19 wks • Prev: 40

36

Don't Let Go

Isaac Hayes

↑ 5

Peak: 18 • 21 wks • Prev: 41

37

Don't Do Me Like That

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

↑ 17

Peak: 10 • 18 wks • Prev: 54

38

Third Time Lucky (First Time I Was A Fool)

Foghat

↑ 7

Peak: 23 • 15 wks • Prev: 45

39

Chiquitita

ABBA

↑ 7

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 46

40

I Wanna Be Your Lover

Prince

↑ 36

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 76

41

Video Killed The Radio Star

The Buggles

↑ 3

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 44

42

Deja Vu

Dionne Warwick

↑ 11

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 53

43

I Still Have Dreams

Richie Furay

↑ 4

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 47

44

Rainbow Connection

Kermit (Jim Henson)

↓ 18

Peak: 25 • 17 wks • Prev: 26

45

Train, Train

Blackfoot

↑ 4

Peak: 38 • 14 wks • Prev: 49

46

Rise

Herb Alpert

↓ 14

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 32

47

Highway To Hell

AC/DC

↑ 1

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 48

48

Peter Piper

Frank Mills

↑ 3

Peak: 48 • 9 wks • Prev: 51

49

Please Don't Leave

Lauren Wood

↓ 25

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

50

No Chance

Moon Martin

↑ 2

Peak: 50 • 7 wks • Prev: 52

51

Rapper's Delight

Sugarhill Gang

↑ 10

Peak: 36 • 12 wks • Prev: 61

52

Rotation

Herb Alpert

↑ 7

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 59

53

Ready For The 80's

Village People

↑ 2

Peak: 52 • 9 wks • Prev: 55

54

I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love

Rita Coolidge

↑ 8

Peak: 38 • 10 wks • Prev: 62

55

Savannah Nights

Tom Johnston

↑ 8

Peak: 34 • 12 wks • Prev: 63

56

Yes, I'm Ready

Teri DeSario With K.C.

↑ 14

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 70

57

Good Girls Don't

The Knack

↓ 24

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 33

58

Forever Mine

The O'Jays

↑ 14

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 72

59

Pretty Girls

Melissa Manchester

↓ 20

Peak: 39 • 10 wks • Prev: 39

60

Mistrusted Love

Mistress

↑ 6

Peak: 49 • 9 wks • Prev: 66

61

Since You Been Gone

Rainbow

↑ 7

Peak: 57 • 8 wks • Prev: 68

62

If You Want It

Niteflyte

↓ 25

Peak: 37 • 13 wks • Prev: 37

63

This Night Won't Last Forever

Michael Johnson

↓ 21

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 42

64

She's In Love With You

Suzi Quatro

↑ 10

Peak: 41 • 11 wks • Prev: 74

65

I Just Can't Control Myself

Nature's Divine

—

Peak: 65 • 7 wks • Prev: 65

66

You Know That I Love You

Santana

↑ 12

Peak: 35 • 13 wks • Prev: 78

67

The Shape Of Things To Come

The Headboys

—

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 67

68

Roller-Skatin' Mate (Part I)

Peaches & Herb

↑ 11

Peak: 66 • 4 wks • Prev: 79

69

Get It Up

Ronnie Milsap

↓ 26

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 43

70

Romeo's Tune

Steve Forbert

↑ 14

Peak: 11 • 19 wks • Prev: 84

71

Lonely Eyes

Robert John

★ NEW

Peak: 41 • 11 wks

72

Dream Police

Cheap Trick

↓ 16

Peak: 26 • 10 wks • Prev: 56

73

Voices

Cheap Trick

★ NEW

Peak: 32 • 11 wks

74

Do You Love What You Feel

Rufus And Chaka Khan

↑ 11

Peak: 30 • 15 wks • Prev: 85

75

Slip Away

Ian Lloyd

↓ 15

Peak: 50 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

76

It's All I Can Do

The Cars

↓ 18

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 58

77

Message In A Bottle

The Police

—

Peak: 74 • 7 wks • Prev: 77

78

Confusion

Electric Light Orchestra

↓ 21

Peak: 37 • 8 wks • Prev: 57

79

Money

The Flying Lizards

↑ 11

Peak: 50 • 10 wks • Prev: 90

80

Dig The Gold

Joyce Cobb

↑ 11

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 91

81

Move Your Boogie Body

Bar-Kays

★ NEW

Peak: 57 • 7 wks

82

Lost Her In The Sun

John Stewart

★ NEW

Peak: 34 • 13 wks

83

Last Train To London

Electric Light Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 11 wks

84

Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough

Michael Jackson

↓ 20

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 64

85

I Do Believe In You

Pages

↑ 4

Peak: 84 • 3 wks • Prev: 89

86

Lay It On The Line

Triumph

↑ 2

Peak: 86 • 7 wks • Prev: 88

87

Come To Me

France Joli

↓ 18

Peak: 15 • 16 wks • Prev: 69

88

Glide

Pleasure

★ NEW

Peak: 55 • 10 wks

89

Dirty Water

The Inmates

★ NEW

Peak: 51 • 10 wks

90

An American Dream

The Dirt Band

★ NEW

Peak: 13 • 19 wks

91

Street Life

The Crusaders

↓ 5

Peak: 36 • 16 wks • Prev: 86

92

Cruel Shoes

Steve Martin

↑ 4

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 96

93

Let Me Know (I Have A Right)

Gloria Gaynor

↓ 12

Peak: 42 • 13 wks • Prev: 81

94

You're Gonna Get What's Coming

Bonnie Raitt

★ NEW

Peak: 73 • 6 wks

95

I Call Your Name

Switch

—

Peak: 83 • 15 wks • Prev: 95

96

The Second Time Around

Shalamar

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 23 wks

97

What's A Matter Baby

Ellen Foley

↓ 5

Peak: 92 • 4 wks • Prev: 92

98

With You I'm Born Again

Billy Preston & Syreeta

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 29 wks

99

Dirty White Boy

Foreigner

—

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 99

100

So Good, So Right

Brenda Russell

↓ 13

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 87

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