Top 100 songs for October 13, 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 “Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough” by Michael Jackson. Meanwhile, “Heartache Tonight” by Eagles rises from No. 52 to No. 15. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Heartache Tonight — Eaglesup 37 places, No. 52 → No. 15
- Babe — Styxup 30 places, No. 72 → No. 42
- TUSK — Fleetwood Macup 24 places, No. 64 → No. 40
New to this week’s Top 40
- Heartache Tonight — EaglesNo. 15
- Found A Cure — Ashford & SimpsonNo. 36
- So Good, So Right — Brenda RussellNo. 37
- Still — CommodoresNo. 38
- TUSK — Fleetwood MacNo. 40
First-week entries
- Ships — Barry ManilowNo. 57
- Better Love Next Time — Dr. HookNo. 68
- Take The Long Way Home — SupertrampNo. 70
- I Need A Lover — John CougarNo. 73
- I Want You Tonight — Pablo CruiseNo. 74
- Who Listens To The Radio — The SportsNo. 75
- Highway To Hell — AC/DCNo. 82
- It's All I Can Do — The CarsNo. 84
- Pretty Girls — Melissa ManchesterNo. 85
- Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) — Neil Young & Crazy HorseNo. 86
- Love Pains — Yvonne EllimanNo. 87
- Slip Away — Ian LloydNo. 88
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.