Pop and Rock Chart Archive
and Music Encyclopedia

Weekly Pop Top 20 for August 25, 1979

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rock pop  
1 1   My Sharona 2  
  The Knack
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5 2   After The Love Has Gone 1  
  Earth, Wind & Fire
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2 3   The Main Event/Fight 2  
  Barbra Streisand
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8 4   Sad Eyes 1  
  Robert John
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3 5   Good Times 1  
  Chic
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6 6   Don't Bring Me Down 1 2  
  Electric Light Orchestra
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4 7   Mama Can't Buy You Love 4  
  Elton John
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11 8   The Devil Went Down To Georgia 1 2  
  The Charlie Daniels Band
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9 9   Lead Me On 3  
  Maxine Nightingale
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10 10   I'll Never Love This Way Again 1  
  Dionne Warwick
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12 11   Goodbye Stranger 1 7  
  Supertramp
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18 12   Lonesome Loser 19 1  
  Little River Band
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13 13   Suspicions 10  
  Eddie Rabbitt
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15 14   Let's Go 3 12  
  The Cars
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7 15   You Can't Change That 4  
  Raydio
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- 16   Hot Summer Nights  
  Night
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- 17   Sail On 2  
  Commodores
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- 18   Cruel To Be Kind 5 4  
  Nick Lowe
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- 19   Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) 1 6  
  Robert Palmer
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19 20   Heaven Must Have Sent You 5  
  Bonnie Pointer
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The Knack and My Sharona fill the top chart song spot this week. After The Love Has Gone by Earth, Wind & Fire is at number two on the chart. Barbra Streisand finds the third chart position this week with The Main Event/Fight.


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