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FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 4, 1978

HOT 100SINGLES

100 positions ← 01/28 02/11 →

The chart file lacks a record this week, put back here from Billboard’s chart history: “Sweet Music Man” (Kenny Rogers) at 59. The file’s own ranks stand, because the next week’s LAST WEEK column bears them out, so a record put back goes into the rank the file leaves empty.

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
1	3	10	9	★★ NO. 1 ★★ Stayin' AliveBEE GEES	1
2	2	5	13	Short PeopleRANDY NEWMAN	2
3	1	1	19	Baby Come BackPLAYER	1
4	6	8	16	We Are The ChampionsQUEEN	4
5	10	14	14	(Love Is) Thicker Than WaterANDY GIBB	5
6	9	11	13	Just The Way You AreBILLY JOEL	6
7	7	2	20	How Deep Is Your LoveBEE GEES	1
8	11	15	11	Sometimes When We TouchDAN HILL	8
9	4	4	15	You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)ROD STEWART	4
10	17	23	12	EmotionSAMANTHA SANG	10
11	15	18	15	Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)CHIC	11
12	12	7	13	Hey DeanieSHAUN CASSIDY	7
13	14	16	12	Turn To StoneELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA	13
14	16	17	15	Serpentine FireEARTH, WIND & FIRE	14
15	5	6	17	Slip Slidin' AwayPAUL SIMON	5
16	18	19	24	I Go CrazyPAUL DAVIS	16
17	19	21	10	DesireeNEIL DIAMOND	17
18	8	9	20	Come Sail AwaySTYX	8
19	21	24	14	Don't Let Me Be MisunderstoodSANTA ESMERALDA starring LEROY GOMEZ	19
20	28	32	12	PegSTEELY DAN	20
21	23	27	10	What's Your NameLYNYRD SKYNYRD	21
22	24	39	7	Theme From Close Encounters Of The Third KindJOHN WILLIAMS	22
23	27	30	9	Long, Long Way From HomeFOREIGNER	23
24	26	29	13	Native New YorkerODYSSEY	24
25	13	3	17	Here You Come AgainDOLLY PARTON	3
26	29	33	8	Too Hot Ta TrotCOMMODORES	26
27	30	34	8	FfunCON FUNK SHUN	27
28	45	51	5	Lay Down SallyERIC CLAPTON	28
29	33	40	5	Theme From Close EncountersMECO	29
30	32	35	9	Lovely DayBILL WITHERS	30
31	34	37	8	Happy AnniversaryLITTLE RIVER BAND	31
32	22	22	23	You Light Up My LifeDEBBY BOONE	1
33	37	45	8	Thunder IslandJAY FERGUSON	33
34	38	42	10	Street Corner SerenadeWET WILLIE	34
35	39	44	7	The Name Of The GameABBA	35
36	36	41	9	Easy To LoveLEO SAYER	36
37	40	47	8	I Love YouDONNA SUMMER	37
38	58	73	4	The Way You Do The Things You DoRITA COOLIDGE	38
39	42	48	17	FallingLeBLANC & CARR	39
40	43	50	5	Always And ForeverHEATWAVE	40
41	20	12	17	(Everytime I Turn Around) Back In Love AgainL.T.D.	4
42	46	52	7	Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)JOHNNY RIVERS	42
43	47	54	5	GalaxyWAR	43
44	48	53	14	BreakdownTOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS	44
45	25	13	13	Runaround SueLEIF GARRETT	13
46	50	60	11	CocomotionEL COCO	46
47	31	20	17	Sentimental LadyBOB WELCH	8
48	52	63	4	Jack And JillRAYDIO	48
49	53	64	8	Goodbye GirlDAVID GATES	49
50	60	71	4	So LongFIREFALL	50

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
51	62	76	4	Our LoveNATALIE COLE	51
52	54	58	10	Mind BenderSTILLWATER	52
53	68	81	3	(What A) Wonderful WorldART GARFUNKEL with JAMES TAYLOR & PAUL SIMON	53
54	56	56	5	Reach For ItGEORGE DUKE	54
55	35	25	21	You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On)HIGH INERGY	12
56	41	26	22	Blue BayouLINDA RONSTADT	3
57	49	28	13	Point Of Know ReturnKANSAS	28
58	69	85	13	Shout It Out LoudKISS	31
59	44	46	8	Sweet Music ManKENNY ROGERS	44
60	71	82	3	Lady LoveLOU RAWLS	60
61	65	75	5	Take Me To The KaptinPRISM	61
62	64	68	18	Crazy On YouHEART	35
63	NEW▶		1	★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★ Can't Smile Without YouBARRY MANILOW	63
64	81	—	2	Dust In The WindKANSAS	64
65	78	—	2	Poor, Poor Pitiful MeLINDA RONSTADT	65
66	66	66	10	Rockaway BeachRAMONES	66
67	76	80	4	What's Your Name, What's Your NumberANDREA TRUE CONNECTION	67
68	74	78	11	Le SpankLE PAMPLEMOUSSE	68
69	73	84	3	Let It Go, Let It FlowDAVE MASON	69
70	70	72	9	The Next Hundred YearsAL MARTINO	49
71	61	61	9	God Only KnowsMARILYN SCOTT	61
72	82	87	3	Everybody Loves A Rain SongB.J. THOMAS	72
73	80	86	3	Touch And GoneGARY WRIGHT	73
74	79	90	3	SupernatureCERRONE	74
75	55	36	14	AsSTEVIE WONDER	36
76	NEW▶		1	Night FeverBEE GEES	76
77	88	—	2	Ebony EyesBOB WELCH	77
78	89	—	2	If I Can't Have YouYVONNE ELLIMAN	78
79	NEW▶		1	Home BoundTED NUGENT	79
80	91	—	2	You Really Got MeVAN HALEN	80
81	NEW▶		1	It's You That I NeedENCHANTMENT	81
82	84	88	10	Until NowBOBBY ARVON	82
83	85	89	4	Storybook Children (Daybreak)BETTE MIDLER	83
84	97	—	2	Theme Song From "Which Way Is Up"STARGARD	84
85	NEW▶		1	Silver DreamsTHE BABYS	85
86	NEW▶		1	Before My Heart Finds OutGENE COTTON	86
87	NEW▶		1	HollywoodBOZ SCAGGS	87
88	90	91	5	Come Go With MePOCKETS	88
89	NEW▶		1	Sweet Sweet SmileCARPENTERS	89
90	NEW▶		1	You Brought The Woman Out Of MeHOT	90
91	92	93	4	Love Me RightDENISE LASALLE	91
92	93	95	4	1,000 LaughsELOISE LAWS	92
93	96	—	2	Ain't Gonna' Hurt NobodyBRICK	93
94	94	—	2	Never Had A LovePABLO CRUISE	94
95	51	31	26	Don't It Make My Brown Eyes BlueCRYSTAL GAYLE	2
96	57	49	17	The Way I Feel TonightBAY CITY ROLLERS	24
97	59	57	18	It's So EasyLINDA RONSTADT	5
98	72	74	11	Ooh BoyROSE ROYCE	72
99	75	79	8	If It Don't Fit, Don't Force ItKELLEE PATTERSON	75
100	83	83	5	BelleAL GREEN	83

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.