August 25, 1979

----- DROPOUTS -----
You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else - The Jones Girls ----- 38 / 1
I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick ----- 7 (2) / 13
One Way Or Another - Blondie ----- 24 (2) / 7
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer ----- 1 (3) / 17      


 40 --- Hold On - Triumph (43)
 39 --- Pop Muzik - M (51)
39 38 --- Girl Of My Dreams - Bram Tchaikovsky
 37 --- Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' - Journey (42)
40 36 --- The Boss - Diana Ross
18 35 --- Gold - John Stewart
 34 --- Rise - Herb Alpert (47)
35 33 --- Oh Well - Rockets
36 32 --- Different Worlds - Maureen McGovern
15 31 --- Makin' It - David Naughton

33 30 --- Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
34 29 --- Driver's Seat - Sniff 'n' the Tears
32 28 --- Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
29 27 --- Highway Song - Blackfoot
30 26 --- Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) - Robert Palmer
28 25 --- I Do Love You - GQ
26 24 --- Morning Dance - Spyro Gyra
37 23 --- Sail On - Commodores
25 22 --- Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer
21 21 --- Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson

24 20 --- Hot Summer Nights - Night
22 19 --- Lonesome Loser - Little River Band
20 18 --- Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp
23 17 --- Let's Go - The Cars
11 16 --- I Was Made For Lovin' You - KISS
17 15 --- Suspicions - Eddie Rabbitt
16 14 --- I'll Never Love this Way Again - Dionne Warwick
09 13 --- You Can't Change That - Raydio
07 12 --- Ring My Bell - Anita Ward      
06 11 --- When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman - Dr. Hook

12 10 --- Sad Eyes - Robert John
10 09 --- Mama Can't Buy You Love - Elton John
13 08 --- Lead Me On - Maxine Nightingale
08 07 --- The Devil Went Down To Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band
14 06 --- Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra
04 05 --- Bad Girls - Donna Summer      
05 04 --- After The Love Has Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire
03 03 --- The Main Event / Fight - Barbra Streisand
01 02 --- Good Times - Chic    
02 01 --- My Sharona - The Knack    


This week sees the beginning of the highly successful group Journey. Also coming in are one-hit wonders Triumph and M.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 25-31 August 1979

01 02 WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE Cliff Richard *
02 01 I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats ****
03 11 BANG BANG B.A. Robertson
04 03 REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL (PT. 3) Ian Dury and the Blockheads
05 04 AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE Earth, Wind and Fire
06 09 DUKE OF EARL The Darts
07 06 HERSHAM BOYS Sham 69
08 14 GANGSTERS The Specials
09 05 ANGELEYES / VOULEZ VOUS ABBA
10 10 THE DIARY OF HORACE WIMP E.L.O.

11 19 OOH WHAT A LIFE The Gibson Brothers
12 13 ANGEL EYES Roxy Music
13 23 IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM? Joe Jackson
14 12 BEAT THE CLOCK Sparks
15 17 SWEET LITTLE ROCK N ROLLER Showaddywaddy
16 08 WANTED The Dooleys
17 20 MORNING DANCE Spyro Gyra
18 30 MONEY The Flying Lizards
19 07 CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU The Police
20 16 STAY WITH ME TILL DAWN Judie Tzuke

21 18 BORN TO BE ALIVE Patrick Hernandez
22 22 GOTTA GO HOME Boney M
23 -- STREET LIFE The Crusaders
24 21 IF I HAD YOU The Korgis
25 -- WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG The Jam
26 -- DUCHESS The Stranglers
27 27 JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST Randy Vanwarmer
28 15 GIRLS TALK Dave Edmunds
29 35 GONE GONE GONE Johnny Mathis
30 32 LOST IN MUSIC Sister Sledge

31 29 TEENAGE WARNING Angelic Upstarts
32 36 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT Me and You
33 33 IF I SAID YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL BODY, WOULD YOU HOLD IT AGAINST ME? The Bellamy Brothers
34 34 GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS Kandidate
35 -- REGGAE FOR IT NOW Bill Lovelady
36 -- GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty
37 37 ROCK LOBSTER The B-52's
38 24 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA Supertramp
39 -- STRUT YOUR FUNKY STUFF Frantique
40 26 GOOD TIMES Chic

-- 25 MY SHARONA The Knack
-- 28 BAD GIRLS Donna Summer
-- 31 SILLY GAMES Janet Kay
-- 38 ARE 'FRIENDS' ELECTRIC Tubeway Army ****
-- 39 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK Telex
-- 40 YOU NEED WHEELS Merton Parkas


A few one-hit wonders here; from Frantique, Bill Lovelady, and most notably, The Crusaders