Top 100 songs for August 27, 1977
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1977 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Best Of My Love” by The Emotions. Meanwhile, “Strawberry Letter 23” by The Brothers Johnson rises from No. 23 to No. 10. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Strawberry Letter 23 — The Brothers Johnsonup 13 places, No. 23 → No. 10
- I Believe You — Dorothy Mooreup 12 places, No. 70 → No. 58
- I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You — Alan Parsonsup 12 places, No. 78 → No. 66
New to this week’s Top 10
- Handy Man — James TaylorNo. 5
- Float On — The FloatersNo. 8
- Don't Stop — Fleetwood MacNo. 9
- Strawberry Letter 23 — The Brothers JohnsonNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- It Was Almost Like A Song — Ronnie MilsapNo. 35
- Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band — MecoNo. 38
- Nobody Does It Better — Carly SimonNo. 39
- Boogie Nights — HeatwaveNo. 40
First-week entries
- Brick House — CommodoresNo. 72
- Another Star — Stevie WonderNo. 74
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) — Peter FramptonNo. 75
- Surfin' USA — Leif GarrettNo. 80
- The Right Feeling At The Wrong Time — HotNo. 81
- She Did It — Eric CarmenNo. 84
- I Go Crazy — Paul DavisNo. 89
- Sail Away — Sam NeelyNo. 95
- Ma Baker — Boney M.No. 96
- If I Have To Go Away — JigsawNo. 99
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.