Top 100 songs for September 8, 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 “My Sharona” by The Knack. Meanwhile, “Good Girls Don't” by The Knack rises from No. 82 to No. 61. 11 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Good Girls Don't — The Knackup 21 places, No. 82 → No. 61
- Spooky — Atlanta Rhythm Sectionup 11 places, No. 50 → No. 39
- Dim All The Lights — Donna Summerup 11 places, No. 57 → No. 46
New to this week’s Top 10
- Lonesome Loser — Little River BandNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
First-week entries
- Dirty White Boy — ForeignerNo. 65
- You Decorated My Life — Kenny RogersNo. 70
- I've Never Been In Love — Suzi QuatroNo. 72
- Reason To Be — KansasNo. 81
- Fins — Jimmy BuffettNo. 82
- Killer Cut — CharlieNo. 84
- Stillsane — Carolyne MasNo. 85
- You're Only Lonely — J.D. SoutherNo. 86
- In Thee — Blue Oyster CultNo. 87
- For Love — Pousette-Dart BandNo. 89
- Gotta Serve Somebody — Bob DylanNo. 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.