Top 100 songs for March 10, 1979
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1979 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor. Meanwhile, “I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)” by Instant Funk rises from No. 65 to No. 51. 6 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) — Instant Funkup 14 places, No. 65 → No. 51
- Love Ballad — George Bensonup 11 places, No. 74 → No. 63
- Music Box Dancer — Frank Millsup 10 places, No. 40 → No. 30
New to this week’s Top 10
- Shake Your Groove Thing — Peaches & HerbNo. 7
- Sultans Of Swing — Dire StraitsNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Livin' It Up (Friday Night) — Bell & JamesNo. 37
- He's The Greatest Dancer — Sister SledgeNo. 38
- I Want Your Love — ChicNo. 39
- Chase — Giorgio MoroderNo. 40
First-week entries
- Love Is The Answer — England Dan & John Ford ColeyNo. 81
- Dancin' — Grey & HanksNo. 84
- Take It Back — The J. Geils BandNo. 85
- At Midnight — T-ConnectionNo. 88
- One Way Love — BanditNo. 89
- Love And Desire (Part I) — ArpeggioNo. 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.