FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 29, 1979

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Number
1

Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
Rupert Holmes
From the album: Partners In Crime
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

Please Don't Go
KC & The Sunshine Band
From the album: Do You Wanna Go Party
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
3

Babe
Styx
From the album: Cornerstone
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
4 Up by 2

We Don't Talk Anymore
Cliff Richard
From the album: Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5 Up by 3

Rock With You
Michael Jackson
From the album: Off the Wall
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6 Down by 1

You're Only Lonely
J.D. Souther
From the album: You're Only Lonely
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
7 Up by 3

Do That to Me One More Time
Captain & Tennille
From the album: Make Your Move
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Down by 4

Still
The Commodores
From the album: Midnight Magic
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
9 Up by 2

Take The Long Way Home
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Down by 3

Video Killed The Radio Star
The Buggles
From the album: The Age Of Plastic
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
11 Up by 2

My Simple Heart
The Three Degrees
From the album: 3D
Peak
11
Weeks
6
Number
12 Up by 2

Ladies Night
Kool & The Gang
From the album: Ladies' Night
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Down by 4

Pop Muzik
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
14 Up by 1

Cool Change
Little River Band
From the album: First Under the Wire
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Down by 3

Send One Your Love
Stevie Wonder
From the album: Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
16 Up by 1

Better Love Next Time
Dr. Hook
From the album: Sometimes You Win
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Up by 2

Coward of the County
Kenny Rogers
From the album: Kenny
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Up by 3

Last Train to London
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Up by 1

Cruisin'
Smokey Robinson
From the album: Where There's Smoke...
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
20 Up by 7

Jane
Jefferson Starship
From the album: Freedom at Point Zero
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Down by 5

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer
From the album: Wet, On the Radio - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & 2
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
22 Down by 4

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
ABBA
From the album: Greatest Hits Vol. 2, Voulez-Vous
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
23 Up by 3

The Long Run
Eagles
From the album: The Long Run
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 7

Sara
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Down by 3

Chiquitita
ABBA
From the album: Voulez-Vous
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
26 Up by 3

Rapper's Delight
The SugarHill Gang
From the album: Sugarhill Gang
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Up by 7

I Have A Dream
ABBA
From the album: Voulez-Vous
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Up by 5

I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince
From the album: Prince
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Down by 4

Half The Way
Crystal Gayle
From the album: Miss The Mississippi
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
30 Up by 5

Yes I'm Ready
Teri DeSario featuring K.C.
From the album: Moonlight Madness
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Up by 5

This Is It
Kenny Loggins
From the album: Keep the Fire
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 8

Heartache Tonight
Eagles
From the album: The Long Run
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
33 Down by 5

You Decorated My Life
Kenny Rogers
From the album: Kenny
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
34 Down by 4

I'll Never Love This Way Again
Dionne Warwick
From the album: Dionne
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
35 Debut

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
From the album: The Game
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Debut

Deja Vu
Dionne Warwick
From the album: Deja Vu
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Don't Do Me Like That
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Damn the Torpedoes
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Longer
Dan Fogelberg
From the album: Phoenix
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 16

Wonderful Christmastime
Paul McCartney
From the album: McCartney II
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
40 Down by 2

Message in a Bottle
The Police
From the album: Reggatta de Blanc
Peak
38
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
32 Dropout

Confusion
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
37 Dropout

Come to Me
France Joli
From the album: France Joli
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
39 Dropout

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Michael Jackson
From the album: Off the Wall
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
40 Dropout

Rise
Herb Alpert
From the album: Rise
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18

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Date

December 29, 1979

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1 1 Rupert Holmes – “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” 1(×2) 8

2 2 KC & The Sunshine Band – “Please Don't Go” 2 12

3 3 Styx – “Babe” 1(×3) 11

6 4 Cliff Richard – “We Don't Talk Anymore” 4 7

8 5 Michael Jackson – “Rock With You” 5 7

5 6 J.D. Souther – “You're Only Lonely” 1(×1) 14

10 7 Captain & Tennille – “Do That to Me One More Time” 7 7

4 8 The Commodores – “Still” 4 9

11 9 Supertramp – “Take The Long Way Home” 9 7

7 10 The Buggles – “Video Killed The Radio Star” 1(×1) 11

13 11 The Three Degrees – “My Simple Heart” 11 6

14 12 Kool & The Gang – “Ladies Night” 12 7

9 13 M – “Pop Muzik” 1(×1) 16

15 14 Little River Band – “Cool Change” 14 6

12 15 Stevie Wonder – “Send One Your Love” 8 8

17 16 Dr. Hook – “Better Love Next Time” 16 6

19 17 Kenny Rogers – “Coward of the County” 17 4

21 18 Electric Light Orchestra – “Last Train to London” 18 3

20 19 Smokey Robinson – “Cruisin'” 12 8

27 20 Jefferson Starship – “Jane” 20 5

16 21 Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer – “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)” 6 9

18 22 ABBA – “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” 5 10

26 23 Eagles – “The Long Run” 23 4

31 24 Fleetwood Mac – “Sara” 24 2

22 25 ABBA – “Chiquitita” 1(×2) 25

29 26 The SugarHill Gang – “Rapper's Delight” 26 4

34 27 ABBA – “I Have A Dream” 27 3

33 28 Prince – “I Wanna Be Your Lover” 28 3

25 29 Crystal Gayle – “Half The Way” 11 9

35 30 Teri DeSario ft. K.C. – “Yes I'm Ready” 30 4

36 31 Kenny Loggins – “This Is It” 31 2

24 32 Eagles – “Heartache Tonight” 2 13

28 33 Kenny Rogers – “You Decorated My Life” 5 16

30 34 Dionne Warwick – “I'll Never Love This Way Again” 1(×4) 26

NE 35 Queen – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” 35 1

NE 36 Dionne Warwick – “Deja Vu” 36 1

NE 37 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Don't Do Me Like That” 37 1

NE 38 Dan Fogelberg – “Longer” 38 1

23 39 Paul McCartney – “Wonderful Christmastime” 23 3

38 40 The Police – “Message in a Bottle” 38 2

DROPOUTS:

32 -- Electric Light Orchestra – “Confusion” 13 10

37 -- France Joli – “Come to Me” 4 16

39 -- Michael Jackson – “Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough” 1(×1) 21

40 -- Herb Alpert – “Rise” 1(×1) 18

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