Top 100 songs for August 4, 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, “Why Leave Us Alone” by Five Special rises from No. 84 to No. 59. 7 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Why Leave Us Alone — Five Specialup 25 places, No. 84 → No. 59
- Driver's Seat — Sniff 'n' the Tearsup 15 places, No. 72 → No. 57
- Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) — Robert Palmerup 14 places, No. 64 → No. 50
New to this week’s Top 10
- My Sharona — The KnackNo. 6
New to this week’s Top 40
- Goodbye Stranger — SupertrampNo. 32
- Lonesome Loser — Little River BandNo. 33
- Highway Song — BlackfootNo. 38
- Hot Summer Nights — NightNo. 39
- Born To Be Alive — Patrick HernandezNo. 40
First-week entries
- Don't Bring Me Down — Electric Light OrchestraNo. 41
- Gone, Gone, Gone — Bad CompanyNo. 81
- Ain't That A Shame — Cheap TrickNo. 82
- Rocky II Disco — Maynard FergusonNo. 85
- Firecracker — Mass ProductionNo. 86
- This Night Won't Last Forever — Michael JohnsonNo. 89
- H.a.p.p.y. Radio — Edwin StarrNo. 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.