Top 100 songs for December 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 “Babe” by Styx. Meanwhile, “I Wanna Be Your Lover” by Prince rises from No. 76 to No. 40. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
See debuts and biggest movers
This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- I Wanna Be Your Lover — Princeup 36 places, No. 76 → No. 40
- Don't Do Me Like That — Tom Petty And The Heartbreakersup 17 places, No. 54 → No. 37
- Yes, I'm Ready — Teri DeSario With K.C.up 14 places, No. 70 → No. 56
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- The Long Run — EaglesNo. 33
- Don't Let Go — Isaac HayesNo. 36
- Don't Do Me Like That — Tom Petty And The HeartbreakersNo. 37
- Third Time Lucky (First Time I Was A Fool) — FoghatNo. 38
- Chiquitita — ABBANo. 39
- I Wanna Be Your Lover — PrinceNo. 40
First-week entries
- The Long Run — EaglesNo. 33
- Lonely Eyes — Robert JohnNo. 71
- Voices — Cheap TrickNo. 73
- Move Your Boogie Body — Bar-KaysNo. 81
- Lost Her In The Sun — John StewartNo. 82
- Last Train To London — Electric Light OrchestraNo. 83
- Glide — PleasureNo. 88
- Dirty Water — The InmatesNo. 89
- An American Dream — The Dirt BandNo. 90
- You're Gonna Get What's Coming — Bonnie RaittNo. 94
- The Second Time Around — ShalamarNo. 96
- With You I'm Born Again — Billy Preston & SyreetaNo. 98
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.