Billboard Hot 100 — February 4, 1978
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of February 4, 1978. "Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees climbed from #3 to take over the #1 spot from "Baby Come Back" by Player, which had held it for 3 weeks, on its way to 4 weeks on top. 9 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Can't Smile Without You" by Barry Manilow at #63, which would go on to peak at #3. The biggest climber was "The Way You Do The Things You Do" by Rita Coolidge, up 20 places from #58 to #38.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees — 1 week at the top so far, 9 weeks on the chart since debuting December 10, 1977.
- New in the top 10: "Sometimes When We Touch" by Dan Hill (up from #11 to #8); "Emotion" by Samantha Sang (up from #17 to #10).
- Biggest fall: "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" by Crystal Gayle, down 44 places from #51 to #95.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" by Crystal Gayle, 26 weeks and counting (peak #2).
- Gone from the chart: "We're All Alone" by Rita Coolidge after 20 weeks (peak #7).
- Stories that mention this week: Six for Six: The Bee Gees' Unbroken Run at Number One, 1977-1979.
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 | 3 | 1 | 9 | Stayin' Alive Bee Gees |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | Short People Randy Newman |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | Baby Come Back Player |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | We Are The Champions Queen |
| 5 | 10 | 5 | 14 | (Love Is) Thicker Than Water Andy Gibb |
| 6 | 9 | 6 | 13 | Just The Way You Are Billy Joel |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 20 | How Deep Is Your Love Bee Gees |
| 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | Sometimes When We Touch Dan Hill |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | 15 | You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) Rod Stewart |
| 10 | 17 | 10 | 12 | Emotion Samantha Sang |
| 11 | 15 | 11 | 15 | Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) Chic |
| 12 | 12 | 7 | 13 | Hey Deanie Shaun Cassidy |
| 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | Turn To Stone Electric Light Orchestra |
| 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | Serpentine Fire Earth, Wind & Fire |
| 15 | 5 | 5 | 17 | Slip Slidin' Away Paul Simon |
| 16 | 18 | 16 | 24 | I Go Crazy Paul Davis |
| 17 | 19 | 17 | 10 | Desiree Neil Diamond |
| 18 | 8 | 8 | 20 | Come Sail Away Styx |
| 19 | 21 | 19 | 14 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Santa Esmeralda Starring Leroy Gomez |
| 20 | 28 | 20 | 12 | Peg Steely Dan |
| 21 | 23 | 21 | 10 | What's Your Name Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 22 | 24 | 22 | 7 | Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" John Williams |
| 23 | 27 | 23 | 9 | Long, Long Way From Home Foreigner |
| 24 | 26 | 24 | 13 | Native New Yorker Odyssey |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | 17 | Here You Come Again Dolly Parton |
| 26 | 29 | 26 | 8 | Too Hot Ta Trot Commodores |
| 27 | 30 | 27 | 8 | Ffun ConFunkShun |
| 28 | 45 | 28 | 5 | Lay Down Sally Eric Clapton |
| 29 | 33 | 29 | 5 | Theme From Close Encounters Meco |
| 30 | 32 | 30 | 9 | Lovely Day Bill Withers |
| 31 | 34 | 31 | 8 | Happy Anniversary Little River Band |
| 32 | 22 | 1 | 23 | You Light Up My Life Debby Boone |
| 33 | 37 | 33 | 8 | Thunder Island Jay Ferguson |
| 34 | 38 | 34 | 10 | Street Corner Serenade Wet Willie |
| 35 | 39 | 35 | 7 | The Name Of The Game ABBA |
| 36 | 36 | 36 | 9 | Easy To Love Leo Sayer |
| 37 | 40 | 37 | 8 | I Love You Donna Summer |
| 38 | 58 | 38 | 4 | The Way You Do The Things You Do Rita Coolidge |
| 39 | 42 | 39 | 17 | Falling LeBlanc & Carr |
| 40 | 43 | 40 | 5 | Always And Forever Heatwave |
| 41 | 20 | 4 | 17 | (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again LTD |
| 42 | 46 | 42 | 7 | Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um) Johnny Rivers |
| 43 | 47 | 43 | 5 | Galaxy War |
| 44 | 48 | 44 | 14 | Breakdown Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
| 45 | 25 | 13 | 13 | Runaround Sue Leif Garrett |
| 46 | 50 | 46 | 11 | Cocomotion El Coco |
| 47 | 31 | 8 | 17 | Sentimental Lady Bob Welch |
| 48 | 52 | 48 | 4 | Jack And Jill Raydio |
| 49 | 53 | 49 | 8 | Goodbye Girl David Gates |
| 50 | 60 | 50 | 4 | So Long Firefall |
| 51 | 62 | 51 | 4 | Our Love Natalie Cole |
| 52 | 54 | 52 | 10 | Mind Bender Stillwater |
| 53 | 68 | 53 | 3 | (What A) Wonderful World Art Garfunkel With James Taylor & Paul Simon |
| 54 | 56 | 54 | 5 | Reach For It George Duke |
| 55 | 35 | 12 | 21 | You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On) High Inergy |
| 56 | 41 | 3 | 22 | Blue Bayou Linda Ronstadt |
| 57 | 49 | 28 | 13 | Point Of Know Return Kansas |
| 58 | 44 | 44 | 8 | Sweet Music Man Kenny Rogers |
| 58 | 69 | 31 | 13 | Shout It Out Loud KISS |
| 60 | 71 | 60 | 3 | Lady Love Lou Rawls |
| 61 | 65 | 61 | 5 | Take Me To The Kaptin Prism |
| 62 | 64 | 35 | 18 | Crazy On You Heart |
| 63 | NEW | 63 | 1 | Can't Smile Without You Barry Manilow |
| 64 | 81 | 64 | 2 | Dust In The Wind Kansas |
| 65 | 78 | 65 | 2 | Poor Poor Pitiful Me Linda Ronstadt |
| 66 | 66 | 66 | 10 | Rockaway Beach Ramones |
| 67 | 76 | 67 | 4 | What's Your Name, What's Your Number Andrea True Connection |
| 68 | 74 | 68 | 11 | Le Spank Le Pamplemousse |
| 69 | 73 | 69 | 3 | Let It Go, Let It Flow Dave Mason |
| 70 | 70 | 49 | 9 | The Next Hundred Years Al Martino |
| 71 | 61 | 61 | 9 | God Only Knows Marilyn Scott |
| 72 | 82 | 72 | 3 | Everybody Loves A Rain Song B.J. Thomas |
| 73 | 80 | 73 | 3 | Touch And Gone Gary Wright |
| 74 | 79 | 74 | 3 | Supernature Cerrone |
| 75 | 55 | 36 | 14 | As Stevie Wonder |
| 76 | NEW | 76 | 1 | Night Fever Bee Gees |
| 77 | 88 | 77 | 2 | Ebony Eyes Bob Welch |
| 78 | 89 | 78 | 2 | If I Can't Have You Yvonne Elliman |
| 79 | NEW | 79 | 1 | Home Bound Ted Nugent |
| 80 | 91 | 80 | 2 | You Really Got Me Van Halen |
| 81 | NEW | 81 | 1 | It's You That I Need Enchantment |
| 82 | 84 | 82 | 10 | Until Now Bobby Arvon |
| 83 | 85 | 83 | 4 | Storybook Children (Daybreak) Bette Midler |
| 84 | 97 | 84 | 2 | Theme Song From "Which Way Is Up" Stargard |
| 85 | NEW | 85 | 1 | Silver Dreams The Babys |
| 86 | NEW | 86 | 1 | Before My Heart Finds Out Gene Cotton |
| 87 | NEW | 87 | 1 | Hollywood Boz Scaggs |
| 88 | 90 | 88 | 5 | Come Go With Me Pockets |
| 89 | NEW | 89 | 1 | Sweet, Sweet Smile Carpenters |
| 90 | NEW | 90 | 1 | You Brought The Woman Out Of Me Hot |
| 91 | 92 | 91 | 4 | Love Me Right Denise LaSalle |
| 92 | 93 | 92 | 4 | 1,000 Laughs Eloise Laws |
| 93 | 96 | 93 | 2 | Ain't Gonna' Hurt Nobody Brick |
| 94 | 94 | 94 | 2 | Never Had A Love Pablo Cruise |
| 95 | 51 | 2 | 26 | Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Crystal Gayle |
| 96 | 57 | 24 | 17 | The Way I Feel Tonight Bay City Rollers |
| 97 | 59 | 5 | 18 | It's So Easy Linda Ronstadt |
| 98 | 72 | 72 | 11 | Ooh Boy Rose Royce |
| 99 | 75 | 75 | 8 | If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It Kellee Patterson |
| 100 | 83 | 83 | 5 | Belle Al Green |
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