Top 100 songs for July 7, 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 “Ring My Bell” by Anita Ward. Meanwhile, “Good Times” by Chic rises from No. 50 to No. 25. 9 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Good Times — Chicup 25 places, No. 50 → No. 25
- My Sharona — The Knackup 24 places, No. 76 → No. 52
- I'll Never Love This Way Again — Dionne Warwickup 18 places, No. 72 → No. 54
New to this week’s Top 10
- Makin' It — David NaughtonNo. 9
- I Want You To Want Me — Cheap TrickNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Good Times — ChicNo. 25
- The Main Event/Fight — Barbra StreisandNo. 33
- Lead Me On — Maxine NightingaleNo. 37
- Is She Really Going Out With Him? — Joe JacksonNo. 39
- Married Men — Bette MidlerNo. 40
First-week entries
- After The Love Has Gone — Earth, Wind & FireNo. 77
- Goodbye Stranger — SupertrampNo. 78
- Girl Of My Dreams — Bram TchaikovskyNo. 81
- Oh Well — RocketsNo. 84
- Sweets For My Sweet — Tony OrlandoNo. 85
- When I Dream — Crystal GayleNo. 86
- Here I Go (Fallin' In Love Again) — Frannie GoldeNo. 87
- Keep On Running Away — Lazy RacerNo. 88
- Different Worlds — Maureen McGovernNo. 89
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.