Billboard 1979 Hot 100 Year-End Rankdown (COMPLETE)

[Soulsista]

Grammy winner for Best R&B Instrumental Performance...



11. Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire w/The Emotions

Apologies to kanubow...

Stats
Chart Entry: May 12, 1979
Peak Date: July 14, 1979
Peak: #6
Weeks On Chart: 16
Billboard YE Rank: #57

Points: 2591
Average: 22.48
Standard Deviation: 15.736 (20th lowest)

kanubow - 1
wheatsquares33 - 5
razorshark - 6
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 8
gonecountry - 9
jtd Thee Stallion - 10

Darkest Hour - 11
Gonza'90 - 11
wrip - 11
rowellfarm490 - 15
SHOOTER - 16
Anthony / Eliza - 17
poopshark - 17
Fire - 18
reputainbow - 19
Vic - 20
Mayman - 20
BB🌕 - 20

Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 21
mamooshka - 21
Soulsista - 22
Private Dancer - 22
Doc Indie Party Rock - 23
Red - 23
singingrulebritannia - 30
312999 - 30

samo🦕 - 31
aerodynamite - 35
willapted33 - 36
wyckyd - 37
fran2606 - 39

erosthegreekgod - 55

DJDaveMick69 - 83

Observing
Cody Wants Out...

[Soulsista]

The Top 10:

Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Le Freak - Chic
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
Heart Of Glass - Blondie
Good Times - Chic
He's The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge
What You Won't Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell
September - Earth, Wind & Fire
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson


Which of these classics will take home the crown? And there's still a bottom 10 out there, where will it land?

Find out when the Billboard 1979 Hot 100 Year-End Rankdown concludes tomorrow!

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{Class Of '79}Fire singingrulebritannia DJDaveMick69 razorshark Dinosaur Encyclopedia Anthony / Eliza Vic jtd Thee Stallion Darkest Hour wyckyd willapted33 Doc Indie Party Rock Mayman wheatsquares33 aerodynamite rowellfarm490 mamooshka gonecountry kanubow 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 poopshark erosthegreekgod Gonza'90 reputainbow BB🌕 wrip 312999 Private Dancer Red samo🦕 fran2606 SHOOTER Cody Wants Out...

[Fire]

ring my bell isn't bad because i can kinda see the environment where it could work but i just can't stand the vocals on it

[wheatsquares33]

2 4 7 8
14 17 19
29
32
47

sucks that Boogie Wonderland and What a Fool Believes just missed out

[Dinosaur Encyclopedia]

"The Logical Song" and "I Want You to Want Me" could have gone further (as could "Sultans of Swing" yesterday). It seems there's a rock tax in effect in this rankdown.

As remaining songs go, "Le Freak" and "I Will Survive" are really good, but I was sort of hoping they'd leave in the 11-20 range. Not surprised they're still here, though. The other top 10 songs are all incredible and would make great winners.

[Soulsista]

EXTRAS

I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan


Chart Entry: October 7, 1978
Peak Date: December 23, 1978
Peak: #21
Weeks On Chart: 16

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One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic


Chart Entry: September 16, 1978
Peak Date: November 18, 1978
Peak: #28
Weeks On Chart: 14

[wyckyd]

I'm glad "The Logical Song" made it as far as it did, I actually wasn't expecting that!

I now only have one more top 10 left & it's my #1 lmao

[Gonza'90]

1 4 5
10 12 13
20 29 30
61

[Soulsista]

100-11 STATS

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{Closeness}1. rowellfarm490 - 6.456
2. singingrulebritannia - 8.356
3. Mayman - 9.522
4. willapted33 - 9.567
5. Red - 9.578
6. reputainbow - 9.633
6. BB🌕 - 9.633
8. Soulsista - 10.567
9. Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 11.378
10. wrip - 12.811
11. Darkest Hour - 13.767
12. wheatsquares33 - 15.111
13. mamooshka - 15.222
14. Anthony / Eliza - 15.711
15. aerodynamite - 15.922
16. poopshark - 15.956
17. Fire - 16.367
18. kanubow - 16.678
19. 312999 - 16.878
20. SHOOTER - 17.222
21. jtd Thee Stallion - 17.878
22. razorshark - 18.356
23. wyckyd - 18.444
24. Doc Indie Party Rock - 18.533
25. samo🦕 - 19.556
26. Gonza'90 - 19.733
27. fran2606 - 20.778
28. gonecountry - 22.222
29. Private Dancer - 22.422
30. erosthegreekgod - 23.589
31. 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 24.167
32. Vic - 25.211
33. DJDaveMick69 - 27.433

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{Perfect Rankings}reputainbow 8
rowellfarm490 8
willapted33 7
Darkest Hour 7
singingrulebritannia 6
Dinosaur Encyclopedia 5
312999 4
mamooshka 4
Gonza'90 4
wrip 4
jtd Thee Stallion 3
Red 3
DJDaveMick69 3
fran2606 3
wheatsquares33 3
Fire 3
poopshark 2
Mayman 2
BB🌕 2
wyckyd 2
SHOOTER 2
samo🦕 1
erosthegreekgod 1
Doc Indie Party Rock 1
Vic 1
Soulsista 1
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 1
Everyone else 0

[wrip]

Kinda surprised Got To Be Real missed? The other 2 of my top 10s I had no expectations for but that one really felt like a lock to me

1 2 3 4 7 8 10
16 19
24

Expected most of these to make top 10 - honestly this list is excellent. Everything left is at least an 8/10 or higher, though would love if something in my top 10 won since those are all 9 or 10s

[singingrulebritannia]

1 2 3 5 6 8 9
13 14 16

possibly the best Pulse Hot 100 rankdown top 10 ever?

[razorshark]

What an amazing top 10. I can be sad about some songs missing but I can't complain about any of the songs that made it. I hope we keep going back btw. These old lists are so fascinating to me

[fran2606]

I'M every woman would be in my top 5 here. That song is peak Chaka Khan and peak Disco.
1 3 7 9
11 16 17
24 28
47
1979 is the best year for disco and one of the best years for music in general and the top 10 shows it [this top 10 has all songs over 7/10 and at least 5 10/10 in my books]

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

20. Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart
Thunder, Lightning, and Laserbeams. You can't get more Disco than this.

19. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
Funny how these first two songs are from the pile that I remember most from my childhood. Both very different sounding and yet both very Disco.

18. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
I can imagine the ladies at Studio 54 banding together in sisterhood when this jam graced the dancefloor.

17. What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers
I know these guys had countless hits, but this one and "Real Love" are the ones that have made the most impact on me.

16. The Logical Song - Supertramp
and this would be my favorite Supertramp song. Means one more Rock song left. Two if you count Blondie.

15. I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick
Rock held its banner high, but it's lights out with this classic bowing out. I'm actually quite pleased with this ranking. Of course mine was #5, but it is what it is. Favorite Cheap Trick song of mine is still "Surrender".

14. Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn
I've always loved this one. Ironically after dishing out such classics, Cheryl, Amii, and Anita were all One hit wonders.

13. I Want Your Love - Chic
Who would have thought chimes would become such a staple in Disco music. I know "le Freak" is more popular. I ranked it higher myself, but this is still a better written song.

12. Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - The Jacksons
I had a feeling most of us would slot both MJ and his brothers in the top 20. I'm right there with you. 100% pure, irresistible ,dance music done right.

11. Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire w/The Emotions
One of the amazing things about this band's music was the brass element. Just missed my top 20 to give "September" the slot. yeah this is a dance classic. If you don't boogie to this one than you are either A. in a wheelchair or B. deaf. 'nuff said.

extras:

I'm more familiar with "I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan", than the other song, and just like with Let's Go" it's kinda odd to see it missed Billboard's Top 100 of 1979. I wonder how high this one would have slotted?

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

The Top 10:

Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Le Freak - Chic
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
Heart Of Glass - Blondie
Good Times - Chic
He's The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge
What You Won't Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell
September - Earth, Wind & Fire
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson


Which of these classics will take home the crown? And there's still a bottom 10 out there, where will it land?


Most of these are not surprising Top 10 candidates. Except Bobby Caldwell. Seems like the black sheep here. Also I wasn't familiar with this song until an 80's New Wave duo covered it in the 90's. More on that tomorrow night.

Michael Jackson is awesome here, but I believe we will be crowning a woman this time around. Possibly something HOTT or maybe even a blonde.

[Soulsista]

#10 PREVIEW
#1s: 2
Other Top 5s: 4
Bottom 20s: 1
Perfect Rankings: 0

Movements:
Fire + singingrulebritannia – 32
DJDaveMick69 – 11
razorshark – 12
Dinosaur Encyclopedia – 10
Anthony / Eliza – 10
Vic – 17
jtd Thee Stallion – 14
Darkest Hour – 15
wyckyd – 12
willapted33 – 11
Doc Indie Party Rock – 14
Mayman – 13
wheatsquares33 – 11
aerodynamite – 12
rowellfarm490 – 12
mamooshka – 12
gonecountry – 14
kanubow – 13
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 11
poopshark – 9
erosthegreekgod – 8
Gonza'90 – 10
reputainbow – 11
BB🌕 – 11
wrip – 11
312999 – 11
Private Dancer – 11
Red – 11
samo🦕 – 11
fran2606 – 11
SHOOTER – 11
Soulsista – 10

[Soulsista]

10. What You Won't Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell

Apologies to wyckyd and willapted33...

Stats
Chart Entry: December 23, 1978
Peak Date: March 24, 1979
Peak: #9
Weeks On Chart: 20
Billboard YE Rank: #59

Points: 2599
Average: 22.24
Standard Deviation: 22.929 (20th highest)

wyckyd - 1
willapted33 - 1
wheatsquares33 - 2
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 3
wrip - 3
jtd Thee Stallion - 4
SHOOTER - 6
Anthony / Eliza - 7
Mayman - 7
kanubow - 7
Soulsista - 8
singingrulebritannia - 8

poopshark - 11
DJDaveMick69 - 12
Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 12
312999 - 12
Darkest Hour - 14
rowellfarm490 - 14
BB🌕 - 14
Red - 14
erosthegreekgod - 15
razorshark - 17
aerodynamite - 18

fran2606 - 24
reputainbow - 25

samo🦕 - 44
Private Dancer - 45

mamooshka - 55
Doc Indie Party Rock - 57
Fire - 59

Gonza'90 - 61
gonecountry - 69

Vic - 85

Observing
Cody Wants Out...

[Soulsista]

#9 PREVIEW
#1s: 1
Other Top 10s: 9
Bottom 20s: 1
Perfect Rankings: 2

Movements:
Fire + singingrulebritannia – 5
DJDaveMick69 – 7
razorshark – 9
Dinosaur Encyclopedia – 8
Anthony / Eliza – 8
Vic – 10
jtd Thee Stallion – 11
Darkest Hour – 12
wyckyd – 11
willapted33 – 12
Doc Indie Party Rock – 13
Mayman – 12
wheatsquares33 – 12
aerodynamite – 13
rowellfarm490 – 13
mamooshka – 11
gonecountry – 13
kanubow – 12
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 12
poopshark – 14
erosthegreekgod – 16
Gonza'90 – 16
reputainbow – 16
BB🌕 – 16
wrip – 15
312999 – 15
Private Dancer – 14
Red – 14
samo🦕 – 10
fran2606 – 9
SHOOTER – 9
Soulsista – 9

[Soulsista]

9. He's The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge

Apologies to Private Dancer...

Stats
Chart Entry: February 10, 1979
Peak Date: May 12, 1979
Peak: #9
Weeks On Chart: 19
Billboard YE Rank: #45

Points: 2602
Average: 22.15
Standard Deviation: 18.817 (37th lowest)

Private Dancer - 1
BB🌕 - 6
Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 7
fran2606 - 7
Fire - 8
wheatsquares33 - 8
wrip - 8
singingrulebritannia - 9
Anthony / Eliza - 9
samo🦕 - 10

Red - 11
Soulsista - 12
Mayman - 12
rowellfarm490 - 12
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 12
wyckyd - 13
willapted33 - 15
aerodynamite - 15
reputainbow - 17
SHOOTER - 18
Darkest Hour - 19

312999 - 21
kanubow - 25
razorshark - 27
jtd Thee Stallion - 29
Gonza'90 - 29

DJDaveMick69 - 40

mamooshka - 41
Vic - 47
Doc Indie Party Rock - 48
poopshark - 48

gonecountry - 62

erosthegreekgod - 85

Observing
Cody Wants Out...

[Soulsista]

#8 PREVIEW
Top 5s: 6
Bottom 20s: 1
Perfect Rankings: 4

Movements:
Fire + singingrulebritannia – 12
DJDaveMick69 – 36
razorshark – 23
Dinosaur Encyclopedia – 23
Anthony / Eliza – 18
Vic – 16
jtd Thee Stallion – 16
Darkest Hour – 17
wyckyd – 20
willapted33 – 20
Doc Indie Party Rock – 16
Mayman – 16
wheatsquares33 – 16
aerodynamite – 18
rowellfarm490 – 18
mamooshka – 16
gonecountry – 15
kanubow – 16
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 13
poopshark – 13
erosthegreekgod – 14
Gonza'90 – 11
reputainbow – 10
BB🌕 – 10
wrip – 10
312999 – 9
Private Dancer – 8
Red – 8
samo🦕 – 8
fran2606 – 8
SHOOTER – 8
Soulsista – 8

[Soulsista]

Grammy winner for Best Disco Recording...



8. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

Stats
Chart Entry: December 16, 1978
Peak Date: March 10, 1979
Peak: #1 (3 weeks)
Weeks On Chart: 27
Billboard YE Rank: #6

Points: 2647
Average: 20.79
Standard Deviation: 19.533 (43rd lowest)

Anthony / Eliza - 3
312999 - 3
Gonza'90 - 4
samo🦕 - 4
gonecountry - 5
reputainbow - 5
mamooshka - 6
jtd Thee Stallion - 7
razorshark - 8
Mayman - 8
kanubow - 8
BB🌕 - 8
rowellfarm490 - 10

Fire - 16
singingrulebritannia - 16
Doc Indie Party Rock - 16
poopshark - 16
wrip - 16
Soulsista - 17
wheatsquares33 - 17
fran2606 - 17
willapted33 - 19
Private Dancer - 20

SHOOTER - 21
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 24
Red - 27
Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 28

Vic - 39

erosthegreekgod - 48

Darkest Hour - 51
wyckyd - 51
aerodynamite - 58

DJDaveMick69 - 90

Observing
Cody Wants Out...

[Soulsista]

#7 PREVIEW
#1s: 1
Other Top 5s: 3
Bottom Half Rankings: 1
Perfect Rankings: 0

Movements:
Fire + singingrulebritannia – 9
DJDaveMick69 – 6
razorshark – 6
Dinosaur Encyclopedia – 6
Anthony / Eliza – 7
Vic – 8
jtd Thee Stallion – 7
Darkest Hour – 7
wyckyd – 10
willapted33 – 9
Doc Indie Party Rock – 7
Mayman – 8
wheatsquares33 – 9
aerodynamite – 8
rowellfarm490 – 9
mamooshka – 8
gonecountry – 8
kanubow – 8
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 10
poopshark – 11
erosthegreekgod – 9
Gonza'90 – 9
reputainbow – 8
BB🌕 – 8
wrip – 8
312999 – 7
Private Dancer – 7
Red – 7
samo🦕 – 7
fran2606 – 7
SHOOTER – 7
Soulsista – 7

[312999]

I get that it might be very very overplayed sometimes still especially on classic stations but it’s still amazing and great.

[Soulsista]

7. Bad Girls - Donna Summer

Apologies to wrip...

Stats
Chart Entry: May 26, 1979
Peak Date: July 14, 1979
Peak: #1 (5 weeks)
Weeks On Chart: 20
Billboard YE Rank: #2

Points: 2689
Average: 19.52
Standard Deviation: 13.917 (13th lowest)

wrip - 1
erosthegreekgod - 3
SHOOTER - 4
mamooshka - 5
willapted33 - 6
reputainbow - 6
Private Dancer - 6
fran2606 - 9
Soulsista - 10

Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 11
Darkest Hour - 12
Fire - 14
singingrulebritannia - 14
Anthony / Eliza - 14
aerodynamite - 14
Doc Indie Party Rock - 15
Mayman - 15
rowellfarm490 - 18
samo🦕 - 19

BB🌕 - 21
DJDaveMick69 - 22
razorshark - 22
jtd Thee Stallion - 22
Red - 26
312999 - 28
Gonza'90 - 30

wheatsquares33 - 32
kanubow - 32
Vic - 34
wyckyd - 34
poopshark - 34

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 43

gonecountry - 68

Observing
Cody Wants Out...

[Soulsista]

#6 PREVIEW
#1s: 1
Other Top 5s: 5
Bottom Half Rankings: 0
Perfect Rankings: 0
SD Rank: 3rd lowest

Movements:
Fire + singingrulebritannia – 4
DJDaveMick69 – 2
razorshark – 3
Dinosaur Encyclopedia – 3
Anthony / Eliza – 5
Vic – 4
jtd Thee Stallion – 3
Darkest Hour – 4
wyckyd – 4
willapted33 – 4
Doc Indie Party Rock – 5
Mayman – 5
wheatsquares33 – 4
aerodynamite – 5
rowellfarm490 – 5
mamooshka – 5
gonecountry – 6
kanubow – 6
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 6
poopshark – 6
erosthegreekgod – 6
Gonza'90 – 6
reputainbow – 6
BB🌕 – 6
wrip – 6
312999 – 6
Private Dancer – 6
Red – 6
samo🦕 – 6
fran2606 – 6
SHOOTER – 6
Soulsista – 6

[Soulsista]

This was the top single of 1979 for Cash Box.



6. Le Freak - Chic

Apologies to DJDaveMick69...

Stats
Chart Entry: October 28, 1978
Peak Date: December 9, 1978
Peak: #1 (6 weeks)
Weeks On Chart: 25
Billboard YE Rank: #3

Points: 2791
Average: 16.42
Standard Deviation: 10.380 (3rd lowest)

DJDaveMick69 - 1
Fire - 2
fran2606 - 3
SHOOTER - 3
razorshark - 5
Vic - 5
Soulsista - 7
erosthegreekgod - 7
BB🌕 - 10
wrip - 10
Private Dancer - 10

mamooshka - 11
singingrulebritannia - 13
jtd Thee Stallion - 13
Gonza'90 - 13
Mayman - 14
reputainbow - 14
willapted33 - 16
kanubow - 16
wyckyd - 19
rowellfarm490 - 19
Darkest Hour - 20
aerodynamite - 20

Doc Indie Party Rock - 21
Red - 24
samo🦕 - 25
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 27
poopshark - 27
wheatsquares33 - 29
Anthony / Eliza - 30

Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 32
gonecountry - 32

312999 - 44

Observing
Cody Wants Out...

[Soulsista]

#5 PREVIEW
#1s: 1
Other Top 5s: 9
Bottom Half Rankings: 0
Perfect Rankings: 4

Movements:
Fire + singingrulebritannia – 1
DJDaveMick69 – 1
razorshark – 1
Dinosaur Encyclopedia – 1
Anthony / Eliza – 1
Vic – 2
jtd Thee Stallion – 2
Darkest Hour – 2
wyckyd – 2
Darkest Hour – 2
Doc Indie Party Rock – 4
Mayman – 4
wheatsquares33 – 3
aerodynamite – 3
rowellfarm490 – 3
mamooshka – 3
gonecountry – 4
kanubow – 4
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 3
poopshark – 3
erosthegreekgod – 5
Gonza'90 – 5
reputainbow – 5
BB🌕 – 5
wrip – 5
312999 – 5
Private Dancer – 5
Red – 5
samo🦕 – 5
fran2606 – 5
SHOOTER – 5
Soulsista – 5

[Soulsista]

Down goes the top soul single for 1979...



5. Good Times - Chic

Apologies to Dinosaur Encyclopedia...

Stats
Chart Entry: June 16, 1979
Peak Date: August 18, 1979
Peak: #1 (1 week)
Weeks On Chart: 19
Billboard YE Rank: #20

Points: 2817
Average: 15.64
Standard Deviation: 14.199 (15th lowest)

Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 1
singingrulebritannia - 2
Anthony / Eliza - 2
Private Dancer - 2
Fire - 3
Red - 4
DJDaveMick69 - 5
willapted33 - 5
rowellfarm490 - 5
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 5
Soulsista - 6
kanubow - 6
razorshark - 9
Mayman - 9
mamooshka - 10
reputainbow - 10

wyckyd - 11
BB🌕 - 11
wheatsquares33 - 14
gonecountry - 14
jtd Thee Stallion - 18
poopshark - 18
aerodynamite - 19
wrip - 19
Gonza'90 - 20

samo🦕 - 21
Darkest Hour - 23
312999 - 26
SHOOTER - 26

erosthegreekgod - 47
fran2606 - 47
Vic - 48
Doc Indie Party Rock - 50

Observing
Cody Wants Out...

[Soulsista]

#4 PREVIEW
#1s: 4
Other Top 5s: 15
Bottom 10s: 1
Perfect Rankings: 2

Movements:
Fire + singingrulebritannia – 7
DJDaveMick69 – 34
razorshark – 26
Dinosaur Encyclopedia – 18
Anthony / Eliza – 14
Vic – 13
jtd Thee Stallion – 12
Darkest Hour – 9
wyckyd – 9
willapted33 – 10
Doc Indie Party Rock – 9
Mayman – 6
wheatsquares33 – 6
aerodynamite – 7
rowellfarm490 – 7
mamooshka – 6
gonecountry – 5
kanubow – 5
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 5
poopshark – 5
erosthegreekgod – 4
Gonza'90 – 4
reputainbow – 4
BB🌕 – 4
wrip – 4
312999 – 3
Private Dancer – 4
Red – 4
samo🦕 – 4
fran2606 – 4
SHOOTER – 4
Soulsista – 4

[312999]

At least Good Times is higher than Le Freak.