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Weekly Pop Top 20 for January 21, 1978

LW TW       peak  
5 1   Stayin' Alive  
  Bee Gees
    YouTube Amazon  

4 2   We Are The Champions  
  Queen
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1 3   Short People 1  
  Randy Newman
    YouTube Amazon  

6 4   Just The Way You Are 2  
  Billy Joel
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13 5   (Love Is) Thicker Than Water 1  
  Andy Gibb
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8 6   Desiree 3  
  Neil Diamond
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2 7   I Go Crazy 2  
  Paul Davis
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11 8   Turn To Stone  
  Electric Light Orchestra
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16 9   Sometimes When We Touch 2  
  Dan Hill
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12 10   I Love You  
  Donna Summer
    YouTube Amazon  

18 11   Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) 2  
  Chic
    YouTube Amazon  

3 12   You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) 1  
  Rod Stewart
    YouTube Amazon  

- 13   Long, Long Way From Home  
  Foreigner
    YouTube Amazon  

19 14   Native New Yorker 10  
  Odyssey
    YouTube Amazon  

- 15   Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 7  
  Santa Esmeralda Starring Leroy Gomez
    YouTube Amazon  

9 16   Baby Come Back 1  
  Player
    YouTube Amazon  

- 17   Happy Anniversary 4  
  Little River Band
    YouTube Amazon  

- 18   Emotion 2  
  Samantha Sang
    YouTube Amazon  

20 19   Sentimental Lady 4  
  Bob Welch
    YouTube Amazon  

7 20   Here You Come Again 1  
  Dolly Parton
    YouTube Amazon  

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Bee Gees is at the top of the chart with Stayin' Alive. Finding number two this week is We Are The Champions by Queen. At number three this week is Randy Newman with Short People.


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