Billboard Hot 100 — December 30, 1978
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of December 30, 1978. "Le Freak" by Chic held #1 for a 2nd straight week, the last week of its run (it would total 6 weeks at #1 across 3 separate runs). No new songs entered the chart this week.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "Le Freak" by Chic — 2 weeks at the top so far, 10 weeks on the chart since debuting October 28, 1978.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Hot Child In The City" by Nick Gilder, 30 weeks and counting (peak #1).
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 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Le Freak Chic |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Too Much Heaven Bee Gees |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | You Don't Bring Me Flowers Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | My Life Billy Joel |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'round) Alicia Bridges |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | I Just Wanna Stop Gino Vannelli |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 16 | Sharing The Night Together Dr. Hook |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | Y.M.C.A. Village People |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away Andy Gibb |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | Hold The Line Toto |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | Ooh Baby Baby Linda Ronstadt |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | How You Gonna See Me Now Alice Cooper |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | Promises Eric Clapton And His Band |
| 14 | 14 | 7 | 14 | Time Passages Al Stewart |
| 15 | 15 | 1 | 17 | MacArthur Park Donna Summer |
| 16 | 16 | 11 | 14 | Strange Way Firefall |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 10 | We've Got Tonight Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 7 | September Earth, Wind & Fire |
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 6 | A Little More Love Olivia Newton-John |
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 4 | Please Come Home For Christmas Eagles |
| 21 | 21 | 21 | 13 | I'm Every Woman Chaka Khan |
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 8 | Every 1's A Winner Hot Chocolate |
| 23 | 23 | 23 | 12 | New York Groove Ace Frehley |
| 24 | 24 | 17 | 19 | Sweet Life Paul Davis |
| 25 | 25 | 25 | 8 | Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls Queen |
| 26 | 26 | 26 | 7 | Shake It Ian Matthews |
| 27 | 27 | 27 | 6 | Lotta Love Nicolette Larson |
| 28 | 28 | 28 | 8 | Fire The Pointer Sisters |
| 29 | 29 | 3 | 18 | How Much I Feel Ambrosia |
| 30 | 30 | 30 | 8 | I Was Made For Dancin' Leif Garrett |
| 31 | 31 | 15 | 15 | Straight On Heart |
| 32 | 32 | 32 | 8 | Don't Hold Back Chanson |
| 33 | 33 | 33 | 12 | Instant Replay Dan Hartman |
| 34 | 34 | 34 | 11 | I Will Be In Love With You Livingston Taylor |
| 35 | 35 | 35 | 11 | My Best Friend's Girl The Cars |
| 36 | 36 | 22 | 8 | Part-Time Love Elton John |
| 37 | 37 | 37 | 7 | A Man I'll Never Be Boston |
| 38 | 38 | 38 | 9 | The Gambler Kenny Rogers |
| 39 | 39 | 39 | 9 | Take Me To The River Talking Heads |
| 40 | 40 | 40 | 2 | Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? Rod Stewart |
| 41 | 41 | 41 | 7 | Don't Cry Out Loud Melissa Manchester |
| 42 | 42 | 42 | 9 | Mary Jane Rick James |
| 43 | 43 | 43 | 5 | Home And Dry Gerry Rafferty |
| 44 | 44 | 44 | 5 | Got To Be Real Cheryl Lynn |
| 45 | 45 | 45 | 7 | One Last Kiss The J. Geils Band |
| 46 | 46 | 46 | 9 | Hold Me, Touch Me Paul Stanley |
| 47 | 47 | 47 | 6 | You Thrill Me Exile |
| 48 | 48 | 48 | 10 | The Dream Never Dies Cooper Brothers |
| 49 | 49 | 49 | 8 | You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth Meat Loaf |
| 50 | 50 | 50 | 5 | Radioactive Gene Simmons |
| 51 | 51 | 2 | 15 | Double Vision Foreigner |
| 52 | 52 | 24 | 12 | The Power Of Gold Dan Fogelberg/Tim Weisberg |
| 53 | 53 | 53 | 4 | Love Don't Live Here Anymore Rose Royce |
| 54 | 54 | 54 | 4 | Soul Man Blues Brothers |
| 55 | 55 | 55 | 3 | Shattered The Rolling Stones |
| 56 | 56 | 56 | 4 | Baby I'm Burnin' Dolly Parton |
| 57 | 57 | 57 | 3 | Somewhere In The Night Barry Manilow |
| 58 | 58 | 58 | 11 | In The Bush Musique |
| 59 | 59 | 59 | 4 | You Need A Woman Tonight Captain & Tennille |
| 60 | 60 | 60 | 7 | Your Sweetness Is My Weakness Barry White |
| 61 | 61 | 14 | 11 | Alive Again Chicago |
| 62 | 62 | 62 | 5 | Easy Driver Kenny Loggins |
| 63 | 63 | 63 | 5 | Miles Away Fotomaker |
| 64 | 64 | 64 | 3 | Dancin' Shoes Nigel Olsson |
| 65 | 65 | 65 | 4 | I Don't Wanna Lose You Daryl Hall John Oates |
| 66 | 66 | 66 | 5 | Light The Sky On Fire Jefferson Starship |
| 67 | 67 | 44 | 14 | Got To Have Loving Don Ray |
| 68 | 68 | 68 | 4 | I Believe You Carpenters |
| 69 | 69 | 69 | 8 | Well All Right Santana |
| 70 | 70 | 70 | 4 | Lost In Your Love John Paul Young |
| 71 | 71 | 71 | 3 | Shake Your Groove Thing Peaches & Herb |
| 72 | 72 | 72 | 3 | Silver Lining Player |
| 73 | 73 | 73 | 6 | You've Really Got A Hold On Me Eddie Money |
| 74 | 74 | 33 | 14 | Run For Home Lindisfarne |
| 75 | 75 | 75 | 2 | Blue Morning, Blue Day Foreigner |
| 76 | 76 | 76 | 3 | I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor |
| 77 | 77 | 77 | 2 | No Tell Lover Chicago |
| 78 | 78 | 78 | 4 | Dancing In The City Marshall Hain |
| 79 | 79 | 36 | 13 | There'll Never Be Switch |
| 80 | 80 | 80 | 3 | Dancin' Shoes Faith Band |
| 81 | 81 | 47 | 13 | Forever Autumn Justin Hayward |
| 82 | 82 | 82 | 7 | Free Me From My Freedom/Tie Me To A Tree (Handcuff Me) Bonnie Pointer |
| 83 | 83 | 83 | 2 | What You Won't Do For Love Bobby Caldwell |
| 84 | 84 | 84 | 3 | Who Do Ya Love KC And The Sunshine Band |
| 85 | 85 | 85 | 2 | This Moment In Time Engelbert Humperdinck |
| 86 | 86 | 86 | 2 | You Can Do It Dobie Gray |
| 87 | 87 | 19 | 16 | Change Of Heart Eric Carmen |
| 88 | 88 | 88 | 2 | Animal House Stephen Bishop |
| 89 | 89 | 89 | 2 | Moment By Moment Yvonne Elliman |
| 90 | 90 | 90 | 2 | Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord Boney M. |
| 91 | 91 | 91 | 3 | I'm Gonna Make You Love Me The Blend |
| 92 | 92 | 92 | 2 | Ain't That Enough For You John Davis And The Monster Orchestra |
| 93 | 93 | 93 | 3 | A Little Lovin' (Keeps The Doctor Away) The Raes |
| 94 | 94 | 38 | 11 | Can You Fool Glen Campbell |
| 95 | 95 | 21 | 16 | Don't Want To Live Without It Pablo Cruise |
| 96 | 96 | 1 | 25 | You Needed Me Anne Murray |
| 97 | 97 | 10 | 22 | You Never Done It Like That Captain & Tennille |
| 98 | 98 | 11 | 16 | Ready To Take A Chance Again Barry Manilow |
| 99 | 99 | 1 | 30 | Hot Child In The City Nick Gilder |
| 100 | 100 | 84 | 5 | Mañana Jimmy Buffett |
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