Top 100 songs for September 25, 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 “Play That Funky Music” by Wild Cherry. Meanwhile, “Just To Be Close To You” by Commodores rises from No. 85 to No. 57. 7 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Just To Be Close To You — Commodoresup 28 places, No. 85 → No. 57
- This One's For You — Barry Manilowup 22 places, No. 82 → No. 60
- Do You Feel Like We Do — Peter Framptonup 19 places, No. 77 → No. 58
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Beth/Detroit Rock City — KISSNo. 30
- You Are The Woman — FirefallNo. 37
- The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald — Gordon LightfootNo. 38
- Fernando — ABBANo. 40
First-week entries
- Muskrat Love — Captain & TennilleNo. 68
- You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine — Neil SedakaNo. 77
- Give It Up (turn It Loose) — Tyrone DavisNo. 78
- Home Tonight — AerosmithNo. 86
- The Fez — Steely DanNo. 89
- Wanna Make Love (Come Flick My BIC) — SunNo. 93
- I'll Play The Fool — Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah BandNo. 97
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.