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FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1977

HOT 100SINGLES

100 positions ← 12/24 01/07/78 →

Billboard printed no chart dated December 31, 1977. Its year-end double issue covers the weeks of 12/24 and 12/31 and carries one Hot 100 for both, so this week is the 12/24 chart standing a second week — every rank and bullet as the archive has it there, with LAST WEEK, 2 WKS AGO and WKS ON CHART moved on by one. Billboard’s own chart history counts the frozen week the same way: the 1/7/1978 issue’s LAST WEEK column points at it, and weeks on chart and weeks at No. 1 both include it.

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
1	1	2	15	★★ NO. 1 ★★ How Deep Is Your LoveBEE GEES	1
2	2	1	18	You Light Up My LifeDEBBY BOONE	1
3	3	3	17	Blue BayouLINDA RONSTADT	3
4	4	6	12	(Everytime I Turn Around) Back In Love AgainL.T.D.	4
5	5	5	13	It's So EasyLINDA RONSTADT	5
6	6	8	14	Baby Come BackPLAYER	6
7	7	4	21	Don't It Make My Brown Eyes BlueCRYSTAL GAYLE	2
8	8	10	12	Here You Come AgainDOLLY PARTON	8
9	9	11	12	Sentimental LadyBOB WELCH	9
10	10	13	12	Slip Slidin' AwayPAUL SIMON	10
11	11	17	10	You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)ROD STEWART	11
12	12	15	16	You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On)HIGH INERGY	12
13	13	14	13	Isn't It TimeTHE BABYS	13
14	14	16	15	Come Sail AwaySTYX	14
15	15	19	8	Hey DeanieSHAUN CASSIDY	15
16	16	7	16	We're All AloneRITA COOLIDGE	7
17	17	18	12	SwingtownTHE STEVE MILLER BAND	17
18	18	22	11	We Are The ChampionsQUEEN	18
19	19	25	8	Runaround SueLEIF GARRETT	19
20	20	29	8	Short PeopleRANDY NEWMAN	20
21	21	9	12	You Make Loving FunFLEETWOOD MAC	9
22	22	28	8	My WayELVIS PRESLEY	22
23	23	23	19	I Go CrazyPAUL DAVIS	23
24	24	26	10	Serpentine FireEARTH, WIND & FIRE	24
25	25	12	15	Baby, What A Big SurpriseCHICAGO	4
26	26	30	12	The Way I Feel TonightBAY CITY ROLLERS	26
27	27	32	7	Turn To StoneELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA	27
28	28	31	8	Just The Way You AreBILLY JOEL	28
29	29	33	9	Gettin' Ready For LoveDIANA ROSS	29
30	30	35	10	Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)CHIC	30
31	31	21	20	Heaven On The 7th FloorPAUL NICHOLAS	6
32	32	37	9	(Love Is) Thicker Than WaterANDY GIBB	32
33	33	36	9	Don't Let Me Be MisunderstoodSANTA ESMERALDA starring LEROY GOMEZ	33
34	34	38	8	Point Of Know ReturnKANSAS	34
35	35	42	5	DesireeNEIL DIAMOND	35
36	36	40	8	Native New YorkerODYSSEY	36
37	37	41	7	Girls' SchoolWINGS	37
38	38	20	14	Your Smiling FaceJAMES TAYLOR	20
39	39	52	4	Stayin' AliveBEE GEES	39
40	40	50	6	Sometimes When We TouchDAN HILL	40
41	41	45	7	EmotionSAMANTHA SANG	41
42	42	44	8	Bloat On Featuring The BloatersCHEECH & CHONG	42
43	43	46	7	(You're My) Soul And InspirationDONNY OSMOND & MARIE OSMOND	43
44	44	49	7	PegSTEELY DAN	44
45	45	24	24	Boogie NightsHEATWAVE	2
46	46	56	4	Lovely DayBILL WITHERS	46
47	47	58	4	Tried To LovePETER FRAMPTON	47
48	48	48	7	If You're Not Back In Love By MondayMILLIE JACKSON	48
49	49	39	9	AsSTEVIE WONDER	39
50	50	60	5	Wrap Your Arms Around MeK.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND	50

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
51	51	47	10	Don't Ask My NeighborsEMOTIONS	44
52	52	62	5	What's Your NameLYNYRD SKYNYRD	52
53	53	64	6	How Can I Leave You AgainJOHN DENVER	53
54	54	27	13	She's Not ThereSANTANA	27
55	55	66	5	Street Corner SerenadeWET WILLIE	55
56	56	77	3	Too Hot Ta TrotCOMMODORES	56
57	57	34	20	It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To MeBARRY WHITE	4
58	58	43	13	Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary CraftCARPENTERS	32
59	59	70	4	Long, Long Way From HomeFOREIGNER	59
60	60	51	14	Gone Too FarENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY	23
61	61	53	18	We Just DisagreeDAVE MASON	12
62	62	54	24	Nobody Does It BetterCARLY SIMON	2
63	63	55	26	Send In The ClownsJUDY COLLINS	19
64	64	75	4	The Next Hundred YearsAL MARTINO	64
65	65	57	22	I Feel LoveDONNA SUMMER	6
66	66	68	4	Easy To LoveLEO SAYER	66
67	67	73	4	You Make Me CrazySAMMY HAGAR	67
68	68	78	9	BreakdownTOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS	65
69	69	69	24	I Honestly Love YouOLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN	1
70	70	79	5	Rockaway BeachRAMONES	70
71	71	83	12	FallingLeBLANC & CARR	68
72	72	74	6	Any Way You Want MeSYLVERS	72
73	73	84	3	Sweet Music ManKENNY ROGERS	73
74	74	80	4	God Only KnowsMARILYN SCOTT	74
75	75	85	3	FfunCON FUNK SHUN	75
76	76	76	7	Was Dog A DoughnutCAT STEVENS	76
77	77	87	3	I Love YouDONNA SUMMER	77
78	78	88	3	Thunder IslandJAY FERGUSON	78
79	79	—	5	Mind BenderSTILLWATER	79
80	80	82	4	Never My LoveADDRISI BROTHERS	80
81	81	—	2	Theme From Close Encounters Of The Third KindJOHN WILLIAMS	81
82	82	—	2	The Name Of The GameABBA	82
83	83	90	3	If It Don't Fit, Don't Force ItKELLEE PATTERSON	83
84	84	89	3	Happy AnniversaryLITTLE RIVER BAND	84
85	85	—	2	Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)JOHNNY RIVERS	85
86	86	81	6	Ooh BoyROSE ROYCE	81
87	87	—	2	What A Difference You've Made In My LifeRONNIE MILSAP	87
88	88	93	3	Goodbye GirlDAVID GATES	88
89	89	91	6	Le SpankLE PAMPLEMOUSSE	89
90	90	—	2	Boats Against The CurrentERIC CARMEN	90
91	91	92	6	CocomotionEL COCO	91
92	92	94	5	Until NowBOBBY ARVON	92
93	93	95	3	Don't Let It ShowTHE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT	93
94	94	59	18	DusicBRICK	18
95	95	61	24	That's Rock 'N' RollSHAUN CASSIDY	3
96	96	96	10	Don't Let The Flame Burn OutJACKIE DeSHANNON	68
97	97	63	21	Just Remember I Love YouFIREFALL	11
98	98	65	11	Draw The LineAEROSMITH	42
99	99	86	7	More Than A WomanTAVARES	86
100	100	71	22	Help Is On Its WayLITTLE RIVER BAND	14

Bullets and Hot Shot Debuts before 1980 are inferred from the chart's movement, not read off the page: a bullet for a record that is new, back, up on last week, or at last week's rank for the second week running; the Hot Shot Debut is the week's highest new entry. The first Hot 100, 8/4/1958, has none.