Top 100 songs for October 2, 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, “More Than A Feeling” by Boston rises from No. 76 to No. 55. 8 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- More Than A Feeling — Bostonup 21 places, No. 76 → No. 55
- Love So Right — Bee Geesup 20 places, No. 52 → No. 32
- Muskrat Love — Captain & Tennilleup 20 places, No. 68 → No. 48
New to this week’s Top 10
- Still The One — OrleansNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Love So Right — Bee GeesNo. 32
- Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless) — Barry DeVorzon And Perry Botikin Jr.No. 35
- Like A Sad Song — John DenverNo. 36
- The Best Disco In Town — The Ritchie FamilyNo. 37
- Did You Boogie (With Your Baby) — Flash Cadillac And The Continental KidsNo. 38
- You Are My Starship — Norman ConnorsNo. 39
- The Rubberband Man — The SpinnersNo. 40
First-week entries
- A Dose Of Rock 'N' Roll — Ringo StarrNo. 58
- Love Ballad — L.T.D.No. 77
- Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) — Rod StewartNo. 81
- Jump — Aretha FranklinNo. 84
- Love Me — Yvonne EllimanNo. 85
- Daylight — Vicki Sue RobinsonNo. 90
- Here's Some Love — Tanya TuckerNo. 95
- I Can't Live A Dream — The OsmondsNo. 98
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.