Top 100 songs for December 23, 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 “Le Freak” by Chic. Meanwhile, “Please Come Home For Christmas” by Eagles rises from No. 45 to No. 20. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Please Come Home For Christmas — Eaglesup 25 places, No. 45 → No. 20
- Shattered — The Rolling Stonesup 23 places, No. 78 → No. 55
- Baby I'm Burnin' — Dolly Partonup 20 places, No. 76 → No. 56
New to this week’s Top 10
- Y.M.C.A. — Village PeopleNo. 8
- Hold The Line — TotoNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Please Come Home For Christmas — EaglesNo. 20
- Lotta Love — Nicolette LarsonNo. 27
- A Man I'll Never Be — BostonNo. 37
- The Gambler — Kenny RogersNo. 38
- Take Me To The River — Talking HeadsNo. 39
- Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? — Rod StewartNo. 40
First-week entries
- Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? — Rod StewartNo. 40
- Blue Morning, Blue Day — ForeignerNo. 75
- No Tell Lover — ChicagoNo. 77
- What You Won't Do For Love — Bobby CaldwellNo. 83
- This Moment In Time — Engelbert HumperdinckNo. 85
- You Can Do It — Dobie GrayNo. 86
- Animal House — Stephen BishopNo. 88
- Moment By Moment — Yvonne EllimanNo. 89
- Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord — Boney M.No. 90
- Ain't That Enough For You — John Davis And The Monster OrchestraNo. 92
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.