Top 100 songs for August 31, 1974
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1974 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “(You're) Having My Baby” by Paul Anka with Odia Coates. Meanwhile, “Never My Love” by Blue Swede rises from No. 77 to No. 50. 8 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Never My Love — Blue Swedeup 27 places, No. 77 → No. 50
- Can't Get Enough — Bad Companyup 19 places, No. 59 → No. 40
- You Little Trustmaker — The Tymesup 14 places, No. 67 → No. 53
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Sugar Baby Love — The RubettesNo. 37
- Earache My Eye — Cheech & Chong Featuring Alice BowieNo. 39
- Can't Get Enough — Bad CompanyNo. 40
First-week entries
- Love Me For A Reason — The OsmondsNo. 83
- Kings Of The Party — Brownsville StationNo. 85
- Jazzman — Carole KingNo. 86
- You Got To Be The One — The Chi-litesNo. 87
- Carefree Highway — Gordon LightfootNo. 88
- Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing — Aretha FranklinNo. 89
- Up For The Down Stroke — ParliamentNo. 90
- Honey Honey — Sweet DreamsNo. 93
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.