Top 100 songs for November 11, 1978
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1978 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “MacArthur Park” by Donna Summer. Meanwhile, “Y.M.C.A.” by Village People rises from No. 68 to No. 31. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Y.M.C.A. — Village Peopleup 37 places, No. 68 → No. 31
- My Life — Billy Joelup 30 places, No. 69 → No. 39
- Hold The Line — Totoup 16 places, No. 53 → No. 37
New to this week’s Top 10
- I Just Wanna Stop — Gino VannelliNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Y.M.C.A. — Village PeopleNo. 31
- How You Gonna See Me Now — Alice CooperNo. 35
- Hold The Line — TotoNo. 37
- My Life — Billy JoelNo. 39
- Like A Sunday In Salem (The Amos & Andy Song) — Gene CottonNo. 40
First-week entries
- Ooh Baby Baby — Linda RonstadtNo. 59
- Part-Time Love — Elton JohnNo. 63
- Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls — QueenNo. 70
- Every 1's A Winner — Hot ChocolateNo. 75
- Don't Hold Back — ChansonNo. 83
- Whatever Happened To Benny Santini? — Chris ReaNo. 84
- I Was Made For Dancin' — Leif GarrettNo. 85
- Fire — The Pointer SistersNo. 86
- Well All Right — SantanaNo. 87
- You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth — Meat LoafNo. 90
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.