Top 100 songs for June 23, 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 “Hot Stuff” by Donna Summer. Meanwhile, “Mama Can't Buy You Love” by Elton John rises from No. 58 to No. 40. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Mama Can't Buy You Love — Elton Johnup 18 places, No. 58 → No. 40
- The Main Event/Fight — Barbra Streisandup 16 places, No. 75 → No. 59
- Is She Really Going Out With Him? — Joe Jacksonup 13 places, No. 63 → No. 50
New to this week’s Top 10
- Bad Girls — Donna SummerNo. 5
- You Take My Breath Away — Rex SmithNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Shadows In The Moonlight — Anne MurrayNo. 36
- People Of The South Wind — KansasNo. 39
- Mama Can't Buy You Love — Elton JohnNo. 40
First-week entries
- The Devil Went Down To Georgia — The Charlie Daniels BandNo. 81
- I'll Never Love This Way Again — Dionne WarwickNo. 82
- Highway Song — BlackfootNo. 83
- Light My Fire/137 Disco Heaven — Amii StewartNo. 84
- Hot Summer Nights — NightNo. 85
- My Sharona — The KnackNo. 86
- You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else — The Jones GirlsNo. 87
- Born To Be Alive — Patrick HernandezNo. 88
- You're My Weakness — Faith BandNo. 89
- Cuba — The Gibson BrothersNo. 91
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.