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US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending January 6, 1979

These are all the US Top 40 singles for the week ending January 6th, 1979.

Check out the top 100 artists of 70s here.

Curious to see the entire chart for this year? View the 1979 US Top Singles here.

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TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 2 TOO MUCH HEAVEN –•– Bee Gees (RSO)-8 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 LE FREAK –•– Chic (Atlantic)-11 (1)
3 4 MY LIFE –•– Billy Joel (Columbia)-10 (3)
4 3 YOU DON’T BRING ME FLOWERS –•– Barbra and Neil (Columbia)-11 (1)
5 5 I LOVE THE NIGHT LIFE (Disco ‘Round) –•– Alicia Bridges (Polydor)-27 (5)
6 7 SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER –•– Dr. Hook (Capitol)-17 (6)
7 8 Y.M.C.A. –•– The Village People (Casblanca)-12 (7)
8 10 HOLD THE LINE –•– Toto (Columbia)-14 (8)
9 9 (Our Love) DON’T THROW IT ALL AWAY –•– Andy Gibb (RSO)-13 (9)
10 11 OOH BABY BABY –•– Linda Ronstadt (Asylum)-9 (10)

11 13 PROMISES –•– Eric Clapton and His Band (RSO)-13 (11)
12 12 HOW YOU GONNA SEE ME NOW –•– Alice Cooper (Warner Brothers)-12 (12)
13 19 A LITTLE MORE LOVE –•– Olivia Newton-John (MCA)-7 (13)
14 17 WE’VE GOT TONITE –•– Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (Capitol)-11 (14)
15 18 SEPTEMBER –•– Earth, Wind and Fire (ARC)-8 (15)
16 22 EVERY 1’S A WINNER –•– Hot Chocolate (Infinity)-9 (16)
17 27 LOTTA LOVE –•– Nicolette Larson (Warner Brothers)-7 (17)
18 20 PLEASE COME HOME CHRISTMAS –•– The Eagles (Asylum)-5 (18)
19 23 NEW YORK GROOVE –•– Ace Frehley (Casablanca)-13 (19)
20 28 FIRE –•– The Pointer Sisters (Planet)-9 (20)

21 21 I’M EVERY WOMAN –•– Chaka Khan (Warner Brothers)-14 (21)
22 26 SHAKE IT –•– Ian Matthews (Mushroom)-8 (22)
23 6 I JUST WANNA STOP –•– Gino Vannelli (A&M)-18 (4)
24 30 I WAS MADE FOR DANCIN’ –•– Leif Garrett (Scotti Brothers)-9 (24)
25 25 BICYCLE RACE / FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS –•– Queen (Elektra)-9 (25)
26 14 TIME PASSAGES –•– Al Stewart (Arista)-15 (7)
27 40 DA YA THINK I’M SEXY –•– Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)-3 (27)
28 32 DON’T HOLD BACK –•– Chanson (Ariola America)-9 (28)
29 33 INSTANT REPLAY –•– Dan Hartman (Blue Sky)-13 (29)
30 34 I WILL BE IN LOVE WITH YOU –•– Livingston Taylor (Epic)-12 (30)

31 57 SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT –•– Barry Manilow (Arista)-4 (31)
32 54 SOUL MAN –•– The Blues Brothers (Atlantic)-5 (32)
33 37 A MAN I’LL NEVER BE –•– Boston (Epic)-8 (33)
34 38 THE GAMBLER –•– Kenny Rogers (United Artists)-10 (34)
35 35 MY BEST FRIEND’S GIRL –•– The Cars (Asylum)-12 (35)
36 39 TAKE ME TO THE RIVER –•– The Talking Heads (Sire)-10 (36)
37 41 DON’T CRY OUT LOUD –•– Melissa Manchester (Arista)-8 (37)
38 15 MacARTHUR PARK –•– Donna Summer (Casablanca)-18 (1)
39 43 HOME AND DRY –•– Gerry Rafferty (United Artists)-6 (39)
40 44 GOT TO BE REAL –•– Cheryl Lynn (Columbia)-6 (40)

OFF THE CHARTS

51 16 STRANGE WAY –•– Firefall (Atlantic)-15 (11)
52 29 HOW MUCH I FEEL –•– Ambrosia (Warner Brothers)-19 (3)
56 31 STRAIGHT ON –•– Heart (Portrait)-16 (15)
59 24 SWEET LIFE –•– Paul Davis (Bang)-20 (17)
64 36 PART-TIME LOVE –•– Elton John (MCA)-9 (22)

POWER PLAYS

41 42 MARY JANE –•– Rick James (Gordy)-10 (41)
42 53 LOVE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE –•– Rose Royce (Whitfield)-5 (42)
43 49 YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH –•– Meat Loaf (Epic / Cleveland International)-9 (43)
44 45 ONE LAST KISS –•– The J. Geils Band (EMI-America)-8 (44)
45 55 SHATTERED –•– Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-4 (45)
46 56 BABY I’M BURNIN’ –•– Dolly Parton (RCA)-5 (46)
47 47 YOU THRILL ME –•– Exile (Warner Brothers / Curb)-7 (47)
48 48 THE DREAM NEVER DIES –•– The Cooper Brothers (Capricorn)-11 (48)
49 59 YOU NEED A WOMAN TONIGHT –•– The Captain and Tennille (A&M)-5 (49)
50 50 RADIOACTIVE –•– Gene Simmons (Casablanca)-6 (50)

DEBUTS THIS WEEK

70 — THE FOOTBALL CARD –•– Glenn Sutton (Mercury)-1 (70)
75 — RENEGADE –•– Styx (A&M)-1 (75)
76 — STORMY –•– Santana (Columbia)-1 (76)
80 — EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU –•– The Babys (Chrysalis)-1 (80)
84 — HAVEN’T STOP DANCING YET –•– Gonzalez (Capitol)-1 (84)
85 — GET DOWN –•– Gene Chandler (Chi-Sound / 20th Century)-1 (85)
86 — I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S RIGHT –•– Evelyn “Champagne” King (RCA)-1 (86)
87 — NEED YOU BAD –•– Ted Nugent (Epic)-1 (87)
88 — LADY –•– The Little River Band (Harvest)-1 (88)

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