Top 100 songs for October 1, 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 “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” by Meco. Meanwhile, “How Deep Is Your Love” by Bee Gees rises from No. 83 to No. 49. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
See debuts and biggest movers
This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- How Deep Is Your Love — Bee Geesup 34 places, No. 83 → No. 49
- Send In The Clowns — Judy Collinsup 34 places, No. 88 → No. 54
- It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me — Barry Whiteup 15 places, No. 41 → No. 26
New to this week’s Top 10
- Nobody Does It Better — Carly SimonNo. 6
New to this week’s Top 40
- It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me — Barry WhiteNo. 26
- Dusic — BrickNo. 40
First-week entries
- Could Heaven Ever Be Like This (Part 1) — Idris MuhammadNo. 80
- Daybreak — Barry ManilowNo. 82
- Be My Lady — The MetersNo. 84
- Gone Too Far — England Dan & John Ford ColeyNo. 86
- Red Hot — Robert Gordon With Link WrayNo. 87
- Your Smiling Face — James TaylorNo. 88
- Fair Game — Crosby, Stills & NashNo. 89
- Baby Come Back — PlayerNo. 90
- Disco 9000 — Johnnie TaylorNo. 94
- Started Out Dancing, Ended Up Making Love — Alan O'DayNo. 95
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.