What Was On Top?
Diana Ross spent a fourth a final week at number one this week with her hit "Upside Down." The song written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards was the lead single from her tenth studio album Diana. It was also a number one hit on the Dance and Soul charts.
Air Supply spent a third week at #2 with their second hit "All Out Of Love" while Queen momentarily stalled at #3 with "Another One Bites The Dust."
George Benson jumped from #6 to #4 and he got the highest charting hit of his career with "Give Me The Night." Benson leaped over country singer Johnny Lee who stayed at #5 for a second week with "Lookin' For Love" from the movie Urban Cowboy.
What Were The Big Movers?
Only one song made a double-digit jump within the top 40. Barbra Streisand surged 13 notches from #25 to #12 with the future #1 hit "Woman In Love."
However a few songs climbed double-digits to reach the top 40. They were "The Wanderer" by Donna Summer (#43 to #30), "Midnight Rocks" by Al Stewart (#41 to #31), "On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson (#50 to #35), and "Dreaming" by Cliff Richard (#52 to #32).
The band Supertramp had the biggest moving song on the chart for the week. Their single "Dreamer" from the live album Paris climbed 21 notches from #67 to #46 in its second week.
Other big movers for the week included "Touch And Go" by The Cars (#63 to #50), "Master Blaster (Jammin)" by Stevie Wonder (#78 to #62) and "That Girl Could Sing" by Jackson Browne (#82 to #67).
The biggest dropping song was by James Taylor's brother Livingston Taylor. "First Time Love" dropped 45 notches from #38 to #83.
What Was New?
The highest debuting song of the week was a remake of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" by Daryl Hall & John Oates. It was the second singles from their Voices album.
The next highest debuts were "Lovely One" by The Jacksons (#71) and "She's So Cold" by The Rolling Stones (#72). "More Than I Can Say" by Leo Sayer entered at #82 and "This Time" by John Cougar came in at #84. Also new were "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors (#86), "I'm Happy That Love Has Found You" by Jimmy Hall, and "I Believe In You" by Don Williams (#92).
Almost all the new songs would go on to reach the top 40. The only one that didn't was "Case Of You" by Sylvester Stallone's brother Frank Stallone which debuted at #90.