Top 100 songs for January 3, 1976
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1976 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Saturday Night” by Bay City Rollers. Meanwhile, “Love Hurts” by Nazareth rises from No. 41 to No. 25. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Love Hurts — Nazarethup 16 places, No. 41 → No. 25
- 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover — Paul Simonup 16 places, No. 50 → No. 34
- Love Or Leave — The Spinnersup 11 places, No. 77 → No. 66
New to this week’s Top 40
- Love Hurts — NazarethNo. 25
- 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover — Paul SimonNo. 34
- Hurricane (Part 1) — Bob DylanNo. 35
- Let It Shine/He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother — Olivia Newton-JohnNo. 36
- Squeeze Box — The WhoNo. 40
First-week entries
- Back To The Island — Leon RussellNo. 73
- Lady Bump — Penny McleanNo. 80
- Bohemian Rhapsody — QueenNo. 81
- Sweet Thing — Rufus Featuring Chaka KhanNo. 82
- That's Why I Love You — Andrew GoldNo. 84
- Only Sixteen — Dr. HookNo. 85
- Chain Gang Medley — Jim CroceNo. 87
- Dream Weaver — Gary WrightNo. 98
- Valentine Love — Norman ConnorsNo. 99
- Daydreamer — C.C. & CompanyNo. 100
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.