POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 22, 1979
1

Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Rupert Holmes

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 4

2

Please Don't Go

KC And The Sunshine Band

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 3

3

Babe

Styx

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 1

4

Send One Your Love

Stevie Wonder

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 5

5

Still

Commodores

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 2

6

Do That To Me One More Time

Captain & Tennille

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 8

7

You're Only Lonely

J.D. Souther

—

Peak: 7 • 21 wks • Prev: 7

8

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)

Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

9

Ladies Night

Kool & The Gang

↑ 2

Peak: 8 • 24 wks • Prev: 11

10

Take The Long Way Home

Supertramp

—

Peak: 10 • 15 wks • Prev: 10

11

Rock With You

Michael Jackson

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 12

12

Cool Change

Little River Band

↑ 1

Peak: 10 • 18 wks • Prev: 13

13

We Don't Talk Anymore

Cliff Richard

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 20 wks • Prev: 14

14

Head Games

Foreigner

↑ 2

Peak: 14 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

15

Cruisin'

Smokey Robinson

↑ 7

Peak: 4 • 25 wks • Prev: 22

16

Better Love Next Time

Dr. Hook

↑ 2

Peak: 12 • 19 wks • Prev: 18

17

The Long Run

Eagles

↑ 2

Peak: 8 • 15 wks • Prev: 19

18

Jane

Jefferson Starship

↑ 2

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 20

19

I Want You Tonight

Pablo Cruise

↑ 2

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 21

20

Heartache Tonight

Eagles

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 9

21

This Is It

Kenny Loggins

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 23 wks • Prev: 23

22

Coward Of The County

Kenny Rogers

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 26

23

I Wanna Be Your Lover

Prince

↑ 4

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 27

24

Half The Way

Crystal Gayle

↓ 9

Peak: 15 • 16 wks • Prev: 15

25

Don't Do Me Like That

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

↑ 6

Peak: 10 • 18 wks • Prev: 31

26

Wait For Me

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↑ 4

Peak: 18 • 19 wks • Prev: 30

27

Damned If I Do

The Alan Parsons Project

↑ 2

Peak: 27 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

28

Don't Let Go

Isaac Hayes

↑ 4

Peak: 18 • 21 wks • Prev: 32

29

Ships

Barry Manilow

↓ 12

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 17

30

Third Time Lucky (First Time I Was A Fool)

Foghat

↑ 3

Peak: 23 • 15 wks • Prev: 33

31

Chiquitita

ABBA

↑ 4

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 35

32

Pop Muzik

M

↓ 7

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 25

33

I Need A Lover

John Cougar

↓ 5

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 28

34

Deja Vu

Dionne Warwick

↑ 4

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 38

35

Sara

Fleetwood Mac

↑ 10

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 45

36

Yes, I'm Ready

Teri DeSario With K.C.

↑ 7

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 43

37

Broken Hearted Me

Anne Murray

↓ 13

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 24

38

Train, Train

Blackfoot

↑ 3

Peak: 38 • 14 wks • Prev: 41

39

I Still Have Dreams

Richie Furay

—

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 39

40

Rotation

Herb Alpert

↑ 4

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 44

41

Love Pains

Yvonne Elliman

↓ 7

Peak: 34 • 13 wks • Prev: 34

42

Forever Mine

The O'Jays

↑ 4

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 46

43

Rapper's Delight

Sugarhill Gang

↑ 4

Peak: 36 • 12 wks • Prev: 47

44

I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love

Rita Coolidge

↑ 4

Peak: 38 • 10 wks • Prev: 48

45

Savannah Nights

Tom Johnston

↑ 4

Peak: 34 • 12 wks • Prev: 49

46

Video Killed The Radio Star

The Buggles

↓ 6

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 40

47

Rainbow Connection

Kermit (Jim Henson)

↓ 5

Peak: 25 • 17 wks • Prev: 42

48

Romeo's Tune

Steve Forbert

↑ 8

Peak: 11 • 19 wks • Prev: 56

49

Mistrusted Love

Mistress

↑ 5

Peak: 49 • 9 wks • Prev: 54

50

Dim All The Lights

Donna Summer

↓ 14

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 36

51

She's In Love With You

Suzi Quatro

↑ 6

Peak: 41 • 11 wks • Prev: 57

52

TUSK

Fleetwood Mac

↓ 15

Peak: 8 • 15 wks • Prev: 37

53

You Know That I Love You

Santana

↑ 6

Peak: 35 • 13 wks • Prev: 59

54

Do You Love What You Feel

Rufus And Chaka Khan

↑ 10

Peak: 30 • 15 wks • Prev: 64

55

Lonely Eyes

Robert John

↑ 6

Peak: 41 • 11 wks • Prev: 61

56

Voices

Cheap Trick

↑ 6

Peak: 32 • 11 wks • Prev: 62

57

Since You Been Gone

Rainbow

↑ 1

Peak: 57 • 8 wks • Prev: 58

58

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Queen

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 22 wks

59

Lost Her In The Sun

John Stewart

↑ 10

Peak: 34 • 13 wks • Prev: 69

60

Money

The Flying Lizards

↑ 8

Peak: 50 • 10 wks • Prev: 68

61

Move Your Boogie Body

Bar-Kays

↑ 10

Peak: 57 • 7 wks • Prev: 71

62

Dig The Gold

Joyce Cobb

↑ 8

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 70

63

Last Train To London

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 9

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 72

64

Fool In The Rain

Led Zeppelin

★ NEW

Peak: 21 • 13 wks

65

Why Me

Styx

↑ 10

Peak: 26 • 13 wks • Prev: 75

66

September Morn'

Neil Diamond

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 16 wks

67

Daydream Believer

Anne Murray

★ NEW

Peak: 12 • 17 wks

68

Wonderland

Commodores

↑ 10

Peak: 25 • 15 wks • Prev: 78

69

Dirty Water

The Inmates

↑ 10

Peak: 51 • 10 wks • Prev: 79

70

An American Dream

The Dirt Band

↑ 10

Peak: 13 • 19 wks • Prev: 80

71

Looks Like Love Again

Dann Rogers

↑ 10

Peak: 41 • 11 wks • Prev: 81

72

Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, Girl

The Spinners

↑ 10

Peak: 2 • 25 wks • Prev: 82

73

Glide

Pleasure

↑ 10

Peak: 55 • 10 wks • Prev: 83

74

Message In A Bottle

The Police

↑ 3

Peak: 74 • 7 wks • Prev: 77

75

You're Gonna Get What's Coming

Bonnie Raitt

↑ 10

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 85

76

Heartbreaker

Pat Benatar

★ NEW

Peak: 23 • 18 wks

77

Longer

Dan Fogelberg

↑ 10

Peak: 2 • 22 wks • Prev: 87

78

When I Wanted You

Barry Manilow

↑ 10

Peak: 20 • 16 wks • Prev: 88

79

Stargazer

Peter Brown

↑ 10

Peak: 59 • 8 wks • Prev: 89

80

Memorize Your Number

Leif Garrett

↑ 10

Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 90

81

Star

Earth, Wind & Fire

★ NEW

Peak: 64 • 6 wks

82

Can We Still Be Friends

Robert Palmer

★ NEW

Peak: 52 • 9 wks

83

The Second Time Around

Shalamar

↑ 10

Peak: 8 • 23 wks • Prev: 93

84

I Don't Want To Talk About It

Rod Stewart

★ NEW

Peak: 46 • 11 wks

85

99

Toto

★ NEW

Peak: 26 • 17 wks

86

I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)

Bonnie Pointer

★ NEW

Peak: 40 • 13 wks

87

Don't Make Me Over

Jennifer Warnes

★ NEW

Peak: 67 • 7 wks

88

Shooting Star

Dollar

★ NEW

Peak: 74 • 6 wks

89

Volcano

Jimmy Buffett

★ NEW

Peak: 66 • 7 wks

90

Let Me Sleep Alone

Cugini

★ NEW

Peak: 88 • 4 wks

91

I Call Your Name

Switch

↑ 1

Peak: 83 • 15 wks • Prev: 92

92

With You I'm Born Again

Billy Preston & Syreeta

↑ 2

Peak: 4 • 29 wks • Prev: 94

93

Holdin' On For Dear Love

Lobo

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 8 wks

94

You Decorated My Life

Kenny Rogers

↓ 44

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 50

95

If You Remember Me

Chris Thompson & Night

↓ 44

Peak: 17 • 19 wks • Prev: 51

96

Rise

Herb Alpert

↓ 41

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 55

97

Dreaming

Blondie

↓ 44

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 53

98

Ready For The 80's

Village People

↓ 46

Peak: 52 • 9 wks • Prev: 52

99

Peter Piper

Frank Mills

↓ 39

Peak: 48 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

100

Please Don't Leave

Lauren Wood

↓ 37

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 63

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