Pop and Rock Chart Archive
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Weekly Pop Top 20 for September 1, 1979

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2 1   After The Love Has Gone  
  Earth, Wind & Fire
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6 2   Don't Bring Me Down 1  
  Electric Light Orchestra
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1 3   My Sharona 2 1  
  The Knack
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4 4   Sad Eyes 1  
  Robert John
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8 5   The Devil Went Down To Georgia 1 2  
  The Charlie Daniels Band
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9 6   Lead Me On 3  
  Maxine Nightingale
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11 7   Goodbye Stranger 1  
  Supertramp
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10 8   I'll Never Love This Way Again 1  
  Dionne Warwick
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12 9   Lonesome Loser 19 1  
  Little River Band
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13 10   Suspicions  
  Eddie Rabbitt
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17 11   Sail On 2  
  Commodores
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14 12   Let's Go 3  
  The Cars
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7 13   Mama Can't Buy You Love 4  
  Elton John
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18 14   Cruel To Be Kind 5 4  
  Nick Lowe
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20 15   Heaven Must Have Sent You 5  
  Bonnie Pointer
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5 16   Good Times 1  
  Chic
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3 17   The Main Event/Fight 2  
  Barbra Streisand
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19 18   Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) 1 6  
  Robert Palmer
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- 19   Driver's Seat 7  
  Sniff 'N' The Tears
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- 20   Born To Be Alive 13  
  Patrick Hernandez
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After The Love Has Gone tops the entire chart this week for Earth, Wind & Fire. Finding a spot at number two this week is Don't Bring Me Down by Electric Light Orchestra. At number three this week is The Knack with My Sharona.


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