What Was On Top?
Diana Ross remained at #1 for a third consecutive week. The song written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, "Upside Down," is the fifth solo number one hit for the singing legend.
Air Supply stalled for a second week at #2 with their second hit "All Out Of Love." Meanwhile Queen looked like they meant business when "Another One Bites The Dust" leaped from #9 up to #3.
The theme song from the movie "Fame" by Irene Cara remained at #4 for a second week. Another movie song by Johnny Lee made a nice jump from #8 to #5. "Lookin' For Love" was from the movie Urban Cowboy.
What Were The Big Movers?
Larry Graham jumped six notches into the top ten from #15 to #9 with the R&B ballad "One In A Million You." "Real Love" by the Doobie Brothers was the only song to make a double-digit climb within the top 40. It jumped eleven spots from #28 to #17.
Cliff Richard made the biggest jump on the chart for the week. "Dreaming" was the highest debut the previous week, and this week climbed 25 notches from #77 to #52. Two other songs moved up more than twenty notches as well. "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross (#76 to #54) and "Walk Away" by Donna Summer (#82 to #60) both moved up 22 spots.
Other double-digit climbers included "Whip It" by Devo (#60 to #47), "On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson (#69 to #50), "Without Your Love" by Roger Daltrey (#81 to #68), "Angeline" by Allman Brothers Band (#90 to #77), and "Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard" by Waylon Jennings (#97 to #86).
The third charting by Pat Benatar fell the furthest on the chart for the week. "You Better Run" dropped 48 notches from #47 down to #95.
What Was New?
Besides having one song jump 22 notches, Donna Summer also had the highest debuting song of the week. "The Wanderer" entered the chart all the way up at #43. It was the lead single from her eighth studio album of the same name.
Supertramp came in at #67 with "Dreamer," a live recording from their album Paris. The future top ten hit "Master Blaster (Jammin)" by Stevie Wonder debuted at #78.
The rest of the new songs were "Let Me Talk" by Earth, Wind & Fire (#75), "That Girl Could Sing" by Jackson Browne (#82), "Heroes" by The Commodores (#85), "Hold On" by Kansas (#90), and "The Part Of Me That Needs You Most" by Jay Black (#98).