Billboard Hot 100 — February 8, 1975
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of February 8, 1975. "Fire" by Ohio Players climbed from #2 to take over the #1 spot from "Laughter In The Rain" by Neil Sedaka. 14 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Emotion" by Helen Reddy at #72, which would go on to peak at #22. The biggest climber was "My Boy" by Elvis Presley, up 27 places from #69 to #42.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "Fire" by Ohio Players — 1 week at the top so far, 9 weeks on the chart since debuting December 14, 1974.
- New in the top 10: "Black Water" by The Doobie Brothers (up from #16 to #7); "Lonely People" by America (up from #24 to #9); "Get Dancin'" by Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes Featuring Sir Monti Rock III (up from #11 to #10).
- Biggest fall: "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, down 32 places from #19 to #51.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Cat's In The Cradle" by Harry Chapin, 19 weeks and counting (peak #1).
- Gone from the chart: "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)" by Al Green after 19 weeks (peak #7).
TW = this week, LW = last week (NEW = first week on the chart), Peak = highest position reached up to this week, Wks = weeks on the chart up to this week.
| TW | LW | Peak | Wks | Song / Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | Fire Ohio Players |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | You're No Good Linda Ronstadt |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | Boogie On Reggae Woman Stevie Wonder |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | Pick Up The Pieces AWB |
| 5 | 9 | 5 | 11 | Best Of My Love Eagles |
| 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | Some Kind Of Wonderful Grand Funk |
| 7 | 16 | 7 | 8 | Black Water The Doobie Brothers |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | Laughter In The Rain Neil Sedaka |
| 9 | 24 | 9 | 7 | Lonely People America |
| 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | Get Dancin' Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes Featuring Sir Monti Rock III |
| 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | Doctor's Orders Carol Douglas |
| 12 | 28 | 12 | 12 | My Eyes Adored You Frankie Valli |
| 13 | 17 | 13 | 8 | #9 Dream John Lennon |
| 14 | 18 | 14 | 8 | Look In My Eyes Pretty Woman Tony Orlando & Dawn |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | 12 | Please Mr. Postman Carpenters |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | 13 | Mandy Barry Manilow |
| 17 | 21 | 17 | 7 | Sweet Surrender John Denver |
| 18 | 8 | 8 | 13 | Morning Side Of The Mountain Donny & Marie Osmond |
| 19 | 23 | 19 | 6 | Nightingale Carole King |
| 20 | 13 | 9 | 15 | Never Can Say Goodbye Gloria Gaynor |
| 21 | 27 | 21 | 9 | Lady Styx |
| 22 | 15 | 15 | 10 | Rock N' Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) Mac Davis |
| 23 | 29 | 23 | 8 | Can't Get It Out Of My Head Electric Light Orchestra |
| 24 | 25 | 24 | 8 | Your Bulldog Drinks Champagne Jim Stafford |
| 25 | 30 | 25 | 7 | I'm A Woman Maria Muldaur |
| 26 | 32 | 26 | 13 | Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell |
| 27 | 31 | 27 | 11 | I Belong To You Love Unlimited |
| 28 | 14 | 7 | 14 | One Man Woman/One Woman Man Paul Anka with Odia Coates |
| 29 | 36 | 29 | 6 | Lady Marmalade Labelle |
| 30 | 37 | 30 | 4 | Roll On Down The Highway Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
| 31 | 39 | 31 | 10 | Don't Call Us, We'll Call You Sugarloaf/Jerry Corbetta |
| 32 | 20 | 1 | 11 | Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Elton John |
| 33 | 42 | 33 | 3 | Express B.T. Express |
| 34 | 49 | 34 | 3 | Have You Never Been Mellow Olivia Newton-John |
| 35 | 22 | 22 | 9 | Struttin' Billy Preston |
| 36 | 38 | 36 | 5 | Ding Dong; Ding Dong George Harrison |
| 37 | 50 | 37 | 6 | Poetry Man Phoebe Snow |
| 38 | 51 | 38 | 6 | Up In A Puff Of Smoke Polly Brown |
| 39 | 46 | 39 | 4 | Movin' On Bad Company |
| 40 | 47 | 40 | 8 | To The Door Of The Sun (Alle Porte Del Sole) Al Martino |
| 41 | 40 | 40 | 8 | Happy People The Temptations |
| 42 | 69 | 42 | 3 | My Boy Elvis Presley |
| 43 | 53 | 43 | 5 | You Are So Beautiful/It's A Sin When You Love Somebody Joe Cocker |
| 44 | 55 | 44 | 5 | Ain't That Peculiar Diamond Reo |
| 45 | 56 | 45 | 6 | Don't Take Your Love The Manhattans |
| 46 | 26 | 26 | 10 | Ready Cat Stevens |
| 47 | 58 | 47 | 5 | Sad Sweet Dreamer Sweet Sensation |
| 48 | 59 | 48 | 4 | Lovin' You Minnie Riperton |
| 49 | 60 | 49 | 4 | Never Let Her Go David Gates |
| 50 | 66 | 3 | 14 | Junior's Farm/Sally G Paul McCartney And Wings |
| 51 | 19 | 19 | 12 | Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 52 | 63 | 52 | 4 | I Am Love (Parts I & II) Jackson 5 |
| 53 | 64 | 53 | 5 | Shame, Shame, Shame Shirley And Company |
| 54 | 33 | 2 | 15 | You're The First, The Last, My Everything Barry White |
| 55 | 34 | 12 | 15 | Bungle In The Jungle Jethro Tull |
| 56 | 35 | 6 | 13 | Only You Ringo Starr |
| 57 | 67 | 57 | 4 | Star On A TV Show The Stylistics |
| 58 | 68 | 58 | 4 | Hot Dawgit Ramsey Lewis And Earth, Wind & Fire |
| 59 | 41 | 41 | 17 | Changes David Bowie |
| 60 | 43 | 1 | 18 | Kung Fu Fighting Carl Douglas |
| 61 | 44 | 1 | 17 | Angie Baby Helen Reddy |
| 62 | 73 | 62 | 2 | I've Been This Way Before Neil Diamond |
| 63 | 48 | 23 | 18 | Ride 'em Cowboy Paul Davis |
| 64 | 75 | 64 | 3 | If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right Millie Jackson |
| 65 | 70 | 65 | 6 | Rhyme Tyme People Kool & The Gang |
| 66 | 76 | 66 | 4 | Thanks For The Smiles Charlie Ross |
| 67 | 77 | 67 | 4 | It's All Right Jim Capaldi |
| 68 | 81 | 68 | 2 | Chevy Van Sammy Johns |
| 69 | 80 | 69 | 3 | I Get Lifted George McCrae |
| 70 | 57 | 1 | 19 | Cat's In The Cradle Harry Chapin |
| 71 | 79 | 71 | 4 | Future Shock Hello People |
| 72 | NEW | 72 | 1 | Emotion Helen Reddy |
| 73 | 84 | 73 | 2 | My Elusive Dreams Charlie Rich |
| 74 | 85 | 74 | 2 | I Fought The Law Sam Neely |
| 75 | 71 | 56 | 9 | I Am I Am Smokey Robinson |
| 76 | 86 | 76 | 2 | Please, Mr. President Paula Webb |
| 77 | 88 | 77 | 2 | Part Of The Plan Dan Fogelberg |
| 78 | NEW | 78 | 1 | No No Song/snookeroo Ringo Starr |
| 79 | 90 | 79 | 2 | Good Times, Rock & Roll Flash Cadillac And The Continental Kids |
| 80 | 83 | 80 | 2 | Wolf Creek Pass C.W. McCall |
| 81 | 87 | 81 | 5 | I Won't Last A Day Without You/Let Me Be The One Al Wilson |
| 82 | 89 | 82 | 2 | Butter Boy Fanny |
| 83 | 92 | 83 | 3 | We May Never Love Like This Again Maureen McGovern |
| 84 | 91 | 84 | 3 | Devil In The Bottle T.G. Sheppard |
| 85 | NEW | 85 | 1 | Supernatural Thing - Part I Ben E. King |
| 86 | NEW | 86 | 1 | The South's Gonna Do It The Charlie Daniels Band |
| 87 | NEW | 87 | 1 | Changes Loggins & Messina |
| 88 | NEW | 88 | 1 | Walking In Rhythm The Blackbyrds |
| 89 | NEW | 89 | 1 | Emma Hot Chocolate |
| 90 | NEW | 90 | 1 | Satin Soul Love Unlimited Orchestra |
| 91 | 99 | 91 | 2 | (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song B.J. Thomas |
| 92 | 97 | 92 | 2 | Before The Next Teardrop Falls Freddy Fender |
| 93 | 93 | 93 | 3 | I'll Still Love You Jim Weatherly |
| 94 | NEW | 94 | 1 | Jackie Blue Ozark Mountain Daredevils |
| 95 | 95 | 95 | 3 | Isn't It Lonely Together Stark & McBrien |
| 96 | NEW | 96 | 1 | Charmer Tim Moore |
| 97 | NEW | 97 | 1 | I Just Can't Say Goodbye Philly Devotions |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | Killer Queen Queen |
| 99 | NEW | 99 | 1 | Hijack Herbie Mann |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | Believe Half Of What You See (And None Of What You Hear) Leon Haywood |
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