Top 100 songs for December 17, 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 “You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone. Meanwhile, “Sometimes When We Touch” by Dan Hill rises from No. 64 to No. 50. 9 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Sometimes When We Touch — Dan Hillup 14 places, No. 64 → No. 50
- Stayin' Alive — Bee Geesup 13 places, No. 65 → No. 52
- Tried To Love — Peter Framptonup 12 places, No. 70 → No. 58
New to this week’s Top 10
- Baby Come Back — PlayerNo. 8
- Here You Come Again — Dolly PartonNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Point Of Know Return — KansasNo. 38
- Native New Yorker — OdysseyNo. 40
First-week entries
- Too Hot Ta Trot — CommodoresNo. 77
- Sweet Music Man — Kenny RogersNo. 84
- Ffun — ConFunkShunNo. 85
- I Love You — Donna SummerNo. 87
- Thunder Island — Jay FergusonNo. 88
- Happy Anniversary — Little River BandNo. 89
- If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It — Kellee PattersonNo. 90
- Goodbye Girl — David GatesNo. 93
- Don't Let It Show — The Alan Parsons ProjectNo. 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.