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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