Top 100 songs for July 28, 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 “Bad Girls” by Donna Summer. Meanwhile, “Lonesome Loser” by Little River Band rises from No. 63 to No. 44. 13 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Lonesome Loser — Little River Bandup 19 places, No. 63 → No. 44
- My Sharona — The Knackup 16 places, No. 34 → No. 18
- After The Love Has Gone — Earth, Wind & Fireup 15 places, No. 46 → No. 31
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- After The Love Has Gone — Earth, Wind & FireNo. 31
- I'll Never Love This Way Again — Dionne WarwickNo. 35
- Morning Dance — Spyro GyraNo. 36
- Let's Go — The CarsNo. 37
- Heaven Must Have Sent You — Bonnie PointerNo. 39
First-week entries
- Young Blood — Rickie Lee JonesNo. 74
- Lady Writer — Dire StraitsNo. 78
- Totally Hot — Olivia Newton-JohnNo. 79
- Got To Give In To Love — Bonnie BoyerNo. 80
- Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love — LoboNo. 81
- Cruel To Be Kind — Nick LoweNo. 82
- Rise — Herb AlpertNo. 83
- Why Leave Us Alone — Five SpecialNo. 84
- Hey, St. Peter — Flash And The PanNo. 85
- Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough — Michael JacksonNo. 87
- Rock And Roll Dancin' — Beckmeier BrothersNo. 88
- Children Of The Sun — Billy ThorpeNo. 89
- In The Midnight Hour — Samantha SangNo. 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.