Pop and Rock Chart Archive
and Music Encyclopedia

Weekly Pop Top 20 for August 11, 1979

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2 1   My Sharona 2  
  The Knack
    YouTube Amazon  

1 2   Good Times 1  
  Chic
    YouTube Amazon  

3 3   The Main Event/Fight 2  
  Barbra Streisand
    YouTube Amazon  

6 4   You Can't Change That  
  Raydio
    YouTube Amazon  

4 5   When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman 1  
  Dr. Hook
    YouTube Amazon  

9 6   Mama Can't Buy You Love 4  
  Elton John
    YouTube Amazon  

5 7   Gold 1  
  John Stewart
    YouTube Amazon  

15 8   After The Love Has Gone 1  
  Earth, Wind & Fire
    YouTube Amazon  

13 9   Sad Eyes 1  
  Robert John
    YouTube Amazon  

14 10   Lead Me On 3  
  Maxine Nightingale
    YouTube Amazon  

8 11   One Way Or Another 10 8  
  Blondie
    YouTube Amazon  

12 12   Is She Really Going Out With Him? 2  
  Joe Jackson
    YouTube Amazon  

19 13   Don't Bring Me Down 1 2  
  Electric Light Orchestra
    YouTube Amazon  

18 14   The Devil Went Down To Georgia 1 2  
  The Charlie Daniels Band
    YouTube Amazon  

16 15   Suspicions 10  
  Eddie Rabbitt
    YouTube Amazon  

- 16   I'll Never Love This Way Again 1  
  Dionne Warwick
    YouTube Amazon  

20 17   Goodbye Stranger 1 7  
  Supertramp
    YouTube Amazon  

17 18   Let's Go 3 12  
  The Cars
    YouTube Amazon  

10 19   Bad Girls 1  
  Donna Summer
    YouTube Amazon  

- 20   Heaven Must Have Sent You 5  
  Bonnie Pointer
    YouTube Amazon  

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The Knack and My Sharona finds the top song spot on the chart this week. Good Times by Chic finds the runner-up spot. The Main Event/Fight by Barbra Streisand comes in at number three.


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