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FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 30, 1978

HOT 100SINGLES

100 positions ← 12/23 01/06/79 →

Billboard printed no chart dated December 30, 1978. Its year-end double issue covers the weeks of 12/23 and 12/30 and carries one Hot 100 for both, so this week is the 12/23 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 1/6/1979 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	10	★★ NO. 1 ★★ Le FreakCHIC	1
2	2	3	7	Too Much HeavenBEE GEES	2
3	3	1	10	You Don't Bring Me FlowersBARBRA STREISAND & NEIL DIAMOND	1
4	4	5	9	My LifeBILLY JOEL	4
5	5	6	26	I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)ALICIA BRIDGES	5
6	6	4	17	I Just Wanna StopGINO VANNELLI	4
7	7	8	16	Sharing The Night TogetherDR. HOOK	7
8	8	12	11	Y.M.C.A.VILLAGE PEOPLE	8
9	9	9	12	(Our Love) Don't Throw It All AwayANDY GIBB	9
10	10	13	13	Hold The LineTOTO	10
11	11	18	8	Ooh Baby BabyLINDA RONSTADT	11
12	12	16	11	How You Gonna See Me NowALICE COOPER	12
13	13	19	12	PromisesERIC CLAPTON AND HIS BAND	13
14	14	7	14	Time PassagesAL STEWART	7
15	15	10	17	MacArthur ParkDONNA SUMMER	1
16	16	11	14	Strange WayFIREFALL	11
17	17	21	10	We've Got TonightBOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND	17
18	18	31	7	SeptemberEARTH, WIND & FIRE	18
19	19	26	6	A Little More LoveOLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN	19
20	20	45	4	Please Come Home For ChristmasEAGLES	20
21	21	23	13	I'm Every WomanCHAKA KHAN	21
22	22	28	8	Every 1's A WinnerHOT CHOCOLATE	22
23	23	25	12	New York GrooveACE FREHLEY	23
24	24	17	19	Sweet LifePAUL DAVIS	17
25	25	27	8	Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed GirlsQUEEN	25
26	26	30	7	Shake ItIAN MATTHEWS	26
27	27	41	6	Lotta LoveNICOLETTE LARSON	27
28	28	32	8	FirePOINTER SISTERS	28
29	29	14	18	How Much I FeelAMBROSIA	3
30	30	35	8	I Was Made For Dancin'LEIF GARRETT	30
31	31	15	15	Straight OnHEART	15
32	32	40	8	Don't Hold BackCHANSON	32
33	33	34	12	Instant ReplayDAN HARTMAN	33
34	34	39	11	I Will Be In Love With YouLIVINGSTON TAYLOR	34
35	35	37	11	My Best Friend's GirlTHE CARS	35
36	36	22	8	Part-Time LoveELTON JOHN	22
37	37	48	7	A Man I'll Never BeBOSTON	37
38	38	42	9	The GamblerKENNY ROGERS	38
39	39	43	9	Take Me To The RiverTALKING HEADS	39
40	40	—	2	Da Ya Think I'm SexyROD STEWART	40
41	41	50	7	Don't Cry Out LoudMELISSA MANCHESTER	41
42	42	46	9	Mary JaneRICK JAMES	42
43	43	53	5	Home And DryGERRY RAFFERTY	43
44	44	55	5	Got To Be RealCHERYL LYNN	44
45	45	49	7	One Last KissTHE J. GEILS BAND	45
46	46	47	9	Hold Me, Touch MePAUL STANLEY	46
47	47	52	6	You Thrill MeEXILE	47
48	48	59	10	The Dream Never DiesCOOPER BROTHERS	48
49	49	54	8	You Took The Words Right Out Of My MouthMEAT LOAF	49
50	50	61	5	RadioactiveGENE SIMMONS	50

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
51	51	29	15	Double VisionFOREIGNER	2
52	52	24	12	The Power Of GoldDAN FOGELBERG/TIM WEISBERG	24
53	53	67	4	Love Don't Live Here AnymoreROSE ROYCE	53
54	54	68	4	Soul ManBLUES BROTHERS	54
55	55	78	3	ShatteredTHE ROLLING STONES	55
56	56	76	4	Baby I'm Burnin'DOLLY PARTON	56
57	57	75	3	Somewhere In The NightBARRY MANILOW	57
58	58	60	11	In The BushMUSIQUE	58
59	59	71	4	You Need A Woman TonightTHE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE	59
60	60	62	7	Your Sweetness Is My WeaknessBARRY WHITE	60
61	61	20	11	Alive AgainCHICAGO	14
62	62	66	5	Easy DriverKENNY LOGGINS	62
63	63	65	5	Miles AwayFOTOMAKER	63
64	64	79	3	Dancin' ShoesNIGEL OLSSON	64
65	65	74	4	I Don't Wanna Lose YouDARYL HALL & JOHN OATES	65
66	66	70	5	Light The Sky On FireJEFFERSON STARSHIP	66
67	67	73	14	Got To Have LovingDON RAY	44
68	68	72	4	I Believe YouCARPENTERS	68
69	69	69	8	Well All RightSANTANA	69
70	70	80	4	Lost In Your LoveJOHN PAUL YOUNG	70
71	71	83	3	Shake Your Groove ThingPEACHES & HERB	71
72	72	82	3	Silver LiningPLAYER	72
73	73	77	6	You've Really Got A Hold On MeEDDIE MONEY	73
74	74	33	14	Run For HomeLINDISFARNE	33
75	75	—	2	Blue Morning, Blue DayFOREIGNER	75
76	76	87	3	I Will SurviveGLORIA GAYNOR	76
77	77	—	2	No Tell LoverCHICAGO	77
78	78	89	4	Dancing In The CityMARSHALL, HAIN	78
79	79	36	13	There'll Never BeSWITCH	36
80	80	90	3	Dancin' ShoesFAITH BAND	80
81	81	64	13	Forever AutumnJUSTIN HAYWARD	47
82	82	86	7	Free Me From My Freedom/Tie Me To A Tree (Handcuff Me)BONNIE POINTER	82
83	83	—	2	What You Won't Do For LoveBOBBY CALDWELL	83
84	84	88	3	Who Do Ya LoveK.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND	84
85	85	—	2	This Moment In TimeENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK	85
86	86	—	2	You Can Do ItDOBIE GRAY	86
87	87	44	16	Change Of HeartERIC CARMEN	19
88	88	—	2	Animal HouseSTEPHEN BISHOP	88
89	89	—	2	Moment By MomentYVONNE ELLIMAN	89
90	90	—	2	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My LordBONEY M.	90
91	91	91	3	I'm Gonna Make You Love MeTHE BLEND	91
92	92	—	2	Ain't That Enough For YouJOHN DAVIS & THE MONSTER ORCHESTRA	92
93	93	93	3	A Little Lovin' (Keeps The Doctor Away)THE RAES	93
94	94	38	11	Can You FoolGLEN CAMPBELL	38
95	95	51	16	Don't Want To Live Without ItPABLO CRUISE	21
96	96	56	25	You Needed MeANNE MURRAY	1
97	97	58	22	You Never Done It Like ThatTHE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE	10
98	98	57	16	Ready To Take A Chance AgainBARRY MANILOW	11
99	99	63	30	Hot Child In The CityNICK GILDER	1
100	100	84	5	MañanaJIMMY BUFFETT	84

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.