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FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 9, 1978

HOT 100SINGLES

100 positions ← 12/02 12/16 →

The chart file lacks a record this week, put back here from Billboard’s chart history: “Y.M.C.A.” (Village People) at 13. 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	4	6	7	★★ NO. 1 ★★ Le FreakCHIC	1
2	2	1	14	MacArthur ParkDONNA SUMMER	1
3	1	4	7	You Don't Bring Me FlowersBARBRA STREISAND & NEIL DIAMOND	1
4	5	7	14	I Just Wanna StopGINO VANNELLI	4
5	3	3	15	How Much I FeelAMBROSIA	3
6	7	8	23	I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)ALICIA BRIDGES	6
7	8	9	11	Time PassagesAL STEWART	7
8	9	16	6	My LifeBILLY JOEL	8
9	10	12	13	Sharing The Night TogetherDR. HOOK	9
10	11	13	9	(Our Love) Don't Throw It All AwayANDY GIBB	10
11	12	14	11	Strange WayFIREFALL	11
12	16	31	4	Too Much HeavenBEE GEES	12
13	15	17	8	Y.M.C.A.VILLAGE PEOPLE	13
14	14	15	8	Alive AgainCHICAGO	14
15	18	23	10	Hold The LineTOTO	15
16	17	20	12	Straight OnHEART	16
17	6	2	12	Double VisionFOREIGNER	2
18	20	22	16	Sweet LifePAUL DAVIS	18
19	19	25	13	Change Of HeartERIC CARMEN	19
20	22	26	8	How You Gonna See Me NowALICE COOPER	20
21	21	24	13	Don't Want To Live Without ItPABLO CRUISE	21
22	24	29	5	Ooh Baby BabyLINDA RONSTADT	22
23	27	30	5	Part-Time LoveELTON JOHN	23
24	25	27	9	The Power Of GoldDAN FOGELBERG/TIM WEISBERG	24
25	29	37	7	We've Got TonightBOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND	25
26	32	40	9	PromisesERIC CLAPTON AND HIS BAND	26
27	30	34	10	I'm Every WomanCHAKA KHAN	27
28	13	5	22	You Needed MeANNE MURRAY	1
29	23	11	13	Ready To Take A Chance AgainBARRY MANILOW	11
30	34	42	9	New York GrooveACE FREHLEY	30
31	41	45	5	Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed GirlsQUEEN	31
32	38	51	5	Every 1's A WinnerHOT CHOCOLATE	32
33	37	39	11	Run For HomeLINDISFARNE	33
34	26	10	19	You Never Done It Like ThatTHE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE	10
35	52	68	3	A Little More LoveOLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN	35
36	39	41	10	There'll Never BeSWITCH	36
37	40	43	9	Instant ReplayDAN HARTMAN	37
38	42	47	8	Can You FoolGLEN CAMPBELL	38
39	44	49	8	My Best Friend's GirlTHE CARS	39
40	50	60	5	I Was Made For Dancin'LEIF GARRETT	40
41	51	61	5	FirePOINTER SISTERS	41
42	47	52	8	I Will Be In Love With YouLIVINGSTON TAYLOR	42
43	43	46	8	Fun TimeJOE COCKER	43
44	46	50	7	Here Comes The NightNICK GILDER	44
45	49	56	5	Don't Hold BackCHANSON	45
46	53	57	6	The GamblerKENNY ROGERS	46
47	48	48	10	Forever AutumnJUSTIN HAYWARD	47
48	56	63	6	Take Me To The RiverTALKING HEADS	48
49	58	67	4	SeptemberEARTH, WIND & FIRE	49
50	60	73	4	A Man I'll Never BeBOSTON	50

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
51	76	86	3	Lotta LoveNICOLETTE LARSON	51
52	55	58	6	Mary JaneRICK JAMES	52
53	57	59	6	Hold Me, Touch MePAUL STANLEY	53
54	66	79	4	Shake ItIAN MATTHEWS	54
55	65	77	4	One Last KissTHE J. GEILS BAND	55
56	67	78	4	Don't Cry Out LoudMELISSA MANCHESTER	56
57	35	36	10	This Is LovePAUL ANKA	35
58	79	—	2	Home And DryGERRY RAFFERTY	58
59	63	69	6	DriftwoodTHE MOODY BLUES	59
60	70	82	3	You Thrill MeEXILE	60
61	62	66	8	In The BushMUSIQUE	61
62	64	75	5	You Took The Words Right Out Of My MouthMEAT LOAF	62
63	28	18	27	Hot Child In The CityNICK GILDER	1
64	33	28	13	One Nation Under A Groove - Part IFUNKADELIC	28
65	31	19	17	Dance (Disco Heat)SYLVESTER	19
66	78	—	2	Got To Be RealCHERYL LYNN	66
67	69	72	7	The Dream Never DiesCOOPER BROTHERS	67
68	36	21	13	Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)STYX	21
69	75	85	4	Your Sweetness Is My WeaknessBARRY WHITE	69
70	72	74	5	Well All RightSANTANA	70
71	73	76	7	Cuz It's You, GirlJAMES WALSH GYPSY BAND	71
72	45	33	23	Kiss You All OverEXILE	1
73	84	—	2	RadioactiveGENE SIMMONS	73
74	74	38	10	On The ShelfDONNY OSMOND & MARIE OSMOND	38
75	77	88	11	Got To Have LovingDON RAY	44
76	85	—	2	Miles AwayFOTOMAKER	76
77	86	—	2	Easy DriverKENNY LOGGINS	77
78	NEW▶		1	★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★ Please Come Home For ChristmasEAGLES	78
79	83	87	3	You've Really Got A Hold On MeEDDIE MONEY	79
80	90	—	2	Light The Sky On FireJEFFERSON STARSHIP	80
81	NEW▶		1	Love Don't Live Here AnymoreROSE ROYCE	81
82	NEW▶		1	You Need A Woman TonightTHE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE	82
83	NEW▶		1	I Believe YouCARPENTERS	83
84	88	—	2	MañanaJIMMY BUFFETT	84
85	NEW▶		1	I Don't Wanna Lose YouDARYL HALL & JOHN OATES	85
86	NEW▶		1	Soul ManBLUES BROTHERS	86
87	92	93	3	The Wedding Song (There Is Love)MARY MACGREGOR	87
88	NEW▶		1	Baby I'm Burnin'DOLLY PARTON	88
89	89	94	4	Free Me From My Freedom/Tie Me To A Tree (Handcuff Me)BONNIE POINTER	89
90	NEW▶		1	Lost In Your LoveJOHN PAUL YOUNG	90
91	93	95	3	Let The Song Last ForeverDAN HILL	91
92	NEW▶		1	Dancing In The CityMARSHALL, HAIN	92
93	54	54	6	Blame It On The BoogieTHE JACKSONS	54
94	59	32	13	Everybody Needs LoveSTEPHEN BISHOP	32
95	61	35	20	Whenever I Call You FriendKENNY LOGGINS	5
96	96	53	21	Get OffFOXY	9
97	68	70	6	Love Me AgainRITA COOLIDGE	68
98	80	83	12	Hot ShotKAREN YOUNG	67
99	82	84	4	#1 Dee JayGOODY GOODY	82
100	100	65	20	ReminiscingLITTLE RIVER BAND	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.