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FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 11, 1978

HOT 100SINGLES

100 positions ← 11/04 11/18 →

The chart file lacks a record this week, put back here from Billboard’s chart history: “I’m Every Woman” (Chaka Khan) at 43. 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	2	4	10	★★ NO. 1 ★★ MacArthur ParkDONNA SUMMER	1
2	1	2	18	You Needed MeANNE MURRAY	1
3	4	7	8	Double VisionFOREIGNER	3
4	8	9	11	How Much I FeelAMBROSIA	4
5	6	1	23	Hot Child In The CityNICK GILDER	1
6	7	6	19	Kiss You All OverEXILE	1
7	5	5	16	Whenever I Call You FriendKENNY LOGGINS	5
8	9	11	10	Beast Of BurdenTHE ROLLING STONES	8
9	10	13	17	Get OffFOXY	9
10	16	22	10	I Just Wanna StopGINO VANNELLI	10
11	12	14	15	You Never Done It Like ThatTHE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE	11
12	13	15	9	Ready To Take A Chance AgainBARRY MANILOW	12
13	15	18	19	I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)ALICIA BRIDGES	13
14	14	16	12	Who Are YouTHE WHO	14
15	3	3	16	ReminiscingLITTLE RIVER BAND	3
16	31	48	3	You Don't Bring Me FlowersBARBRA STREISAND & NEIL DIAMOND	16
17	19	24	7	Time PassagesAL STEWART	17
18	26	46	5	(Our Love) Don't Throw It All AwayANDY GIBB	18
19	21	40	4	Alive AgainCHICAGO	19
20	22	35	7	Strange WayFIREFALL	20
21	23	25	9	Sharing The Night TogetherDR. HOOK	21
22	24	26	13	Dance (Disco Heat)SYLVESTER	22
23	25	31	9	Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)STYX	23
24	11	8	18	Love Is In The AirJOHN PAUL YOUNG	7
25	29	32	8	Straight OnHEART	25
26	28	33	12	Sweet LifePAUL DAVIS	26
27	17	10	21	Boogie Oogie OogieA TASTE OF HONEY	1
28	32	38	9	Don't Want To Live Without ItPABLO CRUISE	28
29	33	37	9	Change Of HeartERIC CARMEN	29
30	34	43	9	One Nation Under A Groove - Part IFUNKADELIC	30
31	68	76	4	Y.M.C.A.VILLAGE PEOPLE	31
32	40	52	5	The Power Of GoldDAN FOGELBERG/TIM WEISBERG	32
33	20	21	12	It's A LaughDARYL HALL & JOHN OATES	20
34	36	39	9	Everybody Needs LoveSTEPHEN BISHOP	34
35	42	58	4	How You Gonna See Me NowALICE COOPER	35
36	18	19	16	Talking In Your SleepCRYSTAL GAYLE	18
37	53	61	6	Hold The LineTOTO	37
38	38	42	8	Flying HighCOMMODORES	38
39	69	—	2	My LifeBILLY JOEL	39
40	48	54	7	Like A Sunday In Salem (The Amos & Andy Song)GENE COTTON	40
41	46	56	6	This Is LovePAUL ANKA	41
42	45	49	9	WavelengthVAN MORRISON	42
43	56	64	6	I'm Every WomanCHAKA KHAN	43
44	51	57	7	Run For HomeLINDISFARNE	44
45	52	62	6	On The ShelfDONNY OSMOND & MARIE OSMOND	45
46	49	53	7	Dreadlock Holiday10cc	46
47	55	63	6	There'll Never BeSWITCH	47
48	27	28	10	Prisoner Of Your LovePLAYER	27
49	59	67	5	PromisesERIC CLAPTON AND HIS BAND	49
50	60	70	5	New York GrooveACE FREHLEY	50

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
51	57	68	6	Forever AutumnJUSTIN HAYWARD	51
52	62	72	5	Instant ReplayDAN HARTMAN	52
53	64	73	4	Fun TimeJOE COCKER	53
54	70	82	3	Le FreakCHIC	54
55	61	71	5	Hot Summer NightsWALTER EGAN	55
56	66	74	4	Can You FoolGLEN CAMPBELL	56
57	67	75	4	My Best Friend's GirlTHE CARS	57
58	30	30	14	Took The Last TrainDAVID GATES	30
59	NEW▶		1	★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★ Ooh Baby BabyLINDA RONSTADT	59
60	73	84	3	We've Got TonightBOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND	60
61	71	83	3	Here Comes The NightNICK GILDER	61
62	44	45	8	Got To Have LovingDON RAY	44
63	NEW▶		1	Part-Time LoveELTON JOHN	63
64	39	27	14	She's Always A WomanBILLY JOEL	17
65	35	36	10	Themes From The Wizard Of OzMECO	35
66	37	12	15	Summer NightsJOHN TRAVOLTA, OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & GREASE CAST	5
67	41	17	14	Right Down The LineGERRY RAFFERTY	12
68	72	79	4	I Will Be In Love With YouLIVINGSTON TAYLOR	68
69	82	—	2	Blame It On The BoogieTHE JACKSONS	69
70	NEW▶		1	Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed GirlsQUEEN	70
71	75	80	4	In The BushMUSIQUE	71
72	83	—	2	Mary JaneRICK JAMES	72
73	84	—	2	The GamblerKENNY ROGERS	73
74	85	—	2	Hold Me, Touch MePAUL STANLEY	74
75	NEW▶		1	Every 1's A WinnerHOT CHOCOLATE	75
76	80	90	3	It's OverELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA	76
77	87	—	2	Love Me AgainRITA COOLIDGE	77
78	88	92	3	The Dream Never DiesCOOPER BROTHERS	78
79	89	—	2	DriftwoodTHE MOODY BLUES	79
80	90	—	9	SubstituteCLOUT	67
81	91	—	2	Take Me To The RiverTALKING HEADS	81
82	92	94	3	Cuz It's You, GirlJAMES WALSH GYPSY BAND	82
83	NEW▶		1	Don't Hold BackCHANSON	83
84	NEW▶		1	Whatever Happened To Benny Santini?CHRIS REA	84
85	NEW▶		1	I Was Made For Dancin'LEIF GARRETT	85
86	NEW▶		1	FirePOINTER SISTERS	86
87	NEW▶		1	Well All RightSANTANA	87
88	RE-ENTRY		8	Hot ShotKAREN YOUNG	67
89	93	—	2	(You Got To Walk And) Don't Look BackPETER TOSH with MICK JAGGER	89
90	NEW▶		1	You Took The Words Right Out Of My MouthMEAT LOAF	90
91	95	—	2	Only YouLOLEATTA HOLLOWAY & BUNNY SIGLER	91
92	94	98	3	Dancing In ParadiseEL COCO	92
93	43	44	9	Champagne JamATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION	43
94	47	51	7	Raining In My HeartLEO SAYER	47
95	50	20	13	Don't Look BackBOSTON	4
96	96	—	2	Soft And WetPRINCE	96
97	54	55	8	You Should Do ItPETER BROWN with BETTY WRIGHT	54
98	98	47	7	Greased Lightnin'JOHN TRAVOLTA	47
99	74	23	13	Back In The U.S.A.LINDA RONSTADT	16
100	79	34	19	Hopelessly Devoted To YouOLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN	3

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.