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R&R CHR / Top 40 · August 24, 1979

30 positions ← 08/17 08/31 →

3W	2W	LW	TW	Weeks	Title	Artist	Peak
8	5	3	1	7	After The Love Has Gone	EARTH, WIND & FIRE	1
1	1	1	2	8	My Sharona	THE KNACK	1
10	6	4	3	6	Sad Eyes	ROBERT JOHN	3
15	10	9	4	6	Lonesome Loser	LITTLE RIVER BAND	4
4	3	5	5	9	Lead Me On	MAXINE NIGHTINGALE	3
16	12	8	6	5	Don't Bring Me Down	ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA	6
2	2	2	7	9	The Main Event/Fight	BARBRA STREISAND	1
14	7	7	8	6	Goodbye Stranger	SUPERTRAMP	7
3	4	6	9	8	Good Times	CHIC	3
23	17	12	10	5	I'll Never Love This Way Again	DIONNE WARWICK	10
12	8	10	11	7	Let's Go	THE CARS	8
27	19	14	12	4	Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)	ROBERT PALMER	12
9	11	11	13	7	The Devil Went Down To Georgia	THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND	9
-	24	17	14	3	Driver's Seat	SNIFF 'N' THE TEARS	14
29	22	16	15	4	Hot Summer Nights	NIGHT	15
-	-	22	16	2	Sail On	COMMODORES	16
5	9	13	17	10	You Can't Change That	RAYDIO	5
-	-	26	18	2	Pop Muzik	M	18
6	13	15	19	11	Bad Girls	DONNA SUMMER	2
22	21	19	20	5	Suspicions	EDDIE RABBITT	19
-	-	25	21	2	Cruel To Be Kind	NICK LOWE	21
-	26	24	22	3	I Do Love You	G.Q.	22
DEBUT			23	1	Spooky	ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION	23
7	14	18	24	12	Mama Can't Buy You Love	ELTON JOHN	4
13	16	20	25	13	When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman	DR. HOOK	3
DEBUT			26	1	Get It Right Next Time	GERRY RAFFERTY	26
DEBUT			27	1	Rise	HERB ALPERT	27
DEBUT			28	1	Heaven Must Have Sent You	BONNIE POINTER	28
-	27	27	29	3	Morning Dance	SPYRO GYRA	27
19	20	23	30	10	I Was Made For Lovin' You	KISS	12