Top Albums of December 3, 1977

Let's take a look at what was topping the album charts on December 3, 1977:

	Billboard	CashBox	Record World
1	Simple Dreams Linda Ronstadt	Simple Dreams Linda Ronstadt	Rumours Fleetwood Mac
2	Rumours Fleetwood Mac	Rumours Fleetwood Mac	Simple Dreams Linda Ronstadt
3	Aja Steely Dan	Aja Steely Dan	Elvis in Concert Elvis Presley
4	Live Commodores	Elvis in Concert Elvis Presley	Street Survivors Lynyrd Skynyrd
5	Foot Loose & Fancy Free Rod Stewart	Shaun Cassidy Shaun Cassidy	Aja Steely Dan
6	Street Survivors Lynyrd Skynyrd	Greatest Hits, Vol. II Elton John	Moody Blue Elvis Presley
7	Point of No Return [sic] Kansas	Street Survivors Lynyrd Skynyrd	Shaun Cassidy Shaun Cassidy
8	You Light Up My Life Debby Boone	Point of Know Return Kansas	You Light Up My Life Soundtrack
9	In Full Bloom Rose Royce	Star Wars Original Soundtrack	You Light Up My Life Debby Boone
10	Let's Get Small Steve Martin	Foreigner Foreigner	Star Wars Original Soundtrack

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. Simple Dreams (29 pts)
2. Rumours (28 pts)
3. Aja (22 pts)
4. Street Survivors (16 pts)
5. Elvis in Concert (15 pts)
6. Shaun Cassidy (10 pts)
7. (tie) Commodores Live & Point of Know Return (7 pts)
9. Foot Loose & Fancy Free (6 pts)
10. (tie) You Light Up My Life (Boone), Greatest Hits Vol. II, & Moody Blue (5 pts)
13. (tie) Star Wars & You Light Up My Life (soundtrack) (3 pts)
15. In Full Bloom (2 pts)
16. (tie) Let's Get Small & Foreigner (1 pt)

1981 Year-End Album Charts

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. Hi Infidelity
2. Paradise Theater
3. Double Fantasy
4. Crimes of Passion
5. Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits
6. Moving Pictures
7. The Jazz Singer
8. 4
9. Long Distance Voyager
10. Arc of a Diver

Top Singles of December 5, 1981

Let's take a look at what was topping the various single charts on December 5, 1981.

	Billboard	CashBox	Radio & Records	Record World
1	"Physical" Olivia Newton-John	"Physical" Olivia Newton-John	"Waiting for a Girl Like You" Foreigner	"Physical" Olivia Newton-John
2	"Waiting for a Girl Like You" Foreigner	"Waiting for a Girl Like You" Foreigner	"Physical" Olivia Newton-John	"Waiting for a Girl Like You" Foreigner
3	"Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" The Police	"Private Eyes" Daryl Hall & John Oates	"Leather and Lace" Stevie Nicks & Don Henley	"Private Eyes" Daryl Hall & John Oates
4	"Oh No" Commodores	"Oh No" Commodores	"Young Turks" Rod Stewart	"Here I Am" Air Supply
5	"Here I Am" Air Supply	"Here I Am" Air Supply	"Trouble" Lindsay Buckingham	"Oh No" Commodores
6	"Private Eyes" Daryl Hall & John Oates	"Let's Groove" Earth, Wind & Fire	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Diana Ross	"Start Me Up" The Rolling Stones
7	"Let's Groove" Earth, Wind & Fire	"Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" The Police	"Oh No" Commodores	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Diana Ross
8	"Young Turks" Rod Stewart	"Young Turks" Rod Stewart	"Harden My Heart" Quarterflash	"Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" The Police
9	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Diana Ross	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Diana Ross	"I Can't Go for That" Daryl Hall & John Oates	"Young Turks" Rod Stewart
10	"Start Me Up" The Rolling Stones	"Start Me Up" The Rolling Stones	"Don't Stop Believin'" Journey	"Let's Groove" Earth, Wind & Fire

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. "Physical" (39 points)
2. "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (37 pts)
3. "Oh No" (24 pts)
4. "Private Eyes" (21 pts)
5. "Here I Am" (11 pts)
6. (tie) "Young Turks" and "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" (15 pts)
8. "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (13 pts)
9. "Let's Groove" (10 pts)
10. "Leather and Lace" (8 pts)
11. "Start Me Up" (7 pts)
12. "Trouble" (6 pts)
13. "Harden My Heart" (3 pts)
14. "I Can't Go for That" (2 pts)
15. "Don't Stop Believin'" (1 pt)

Top Albums of August 22, 1981

Let's take a look at what was topping the various album charts on August 22, 1981.

	Billboard	CashBox	Rolling Stone	Record World
1	4 Foreigner	Precious Time Pat Benatar	Long Distance Voyager The Moody Blues	4 Foreigner
2	Precious Time Pat Benatar	4 Foreigner	Mistaken Identity Kim Carnes	Escape Journey
3	Bella Donna Stevie Nicks	Escape Journey	Hard Promises Tom Petty	Precious Time Pat Benatar
4	Escape Journey	Hi Infidelity REO Speedwagon	Hi Infidelity REO Speedwagon	Hi Infidelity REO Speedwagon
5	Long Distance Voyager The Moody Blues	Long Distance Voyager The Moody Blues	Face Value Phil Collins	Long Distance Voyager The Moody Blues
6	Share Your Love Kenny Rogers	Share Your Love Kenny Rogers	Zebop Santana	Endless Love Soundtrack
7	Don't Say No Billy Squier	Street Songs Rick James	Paradise Theater Styx	Bella Donna Stevie Nicks
8	Street Songs Rick James	Don't Say No Billy Squier	Don't Say No Billy Squier	Don't Say No Billy Squier
9	Working Class Dog Rick Springfield	Endless Love Soundtrack	Share Your Love Kenny Rogers	Street Songs Rick James
10	The One That You Love Air Supply	Bella Donna Stevie Nicks	Moving Pictures Rush	Share Your Love Kenny Rogers

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. 4 (29 points)
2. Long Distance Voyager (28 pts)
3. Precious Time (27 pts)
4. Escape (24 pts)
5. Hi Infidelity (21 pts)
6. (tie) Bella Donna, Don't Say No, and Share Your Love (13 pts)
9. (tie) Street Songs and Mistaken Identity (9 pts)
11. Hard Promises (8 pts)
12. Endless Love (7 pts)
13. Face Value (6 pts)
14. Zebop (5 pts)
15. Paradise Theater (4 pts)
16. Working Class Dog (2 pts)
17. (tie) The One That You Love and Moving Pictures (1 pt)

Top Singles of May 16, 1981

Let's take a look at what was topping the various single charts on May 16, 1981.

	Billboard	CashBox	Radio & Records	Record World
1	"Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes	"Morning Train (Nine to Five)" Sheena Easton	"Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes	"Angel of the Morning" Juice Newton
2	"Just the Two of Us" Grover Washington, Jr.	"Angel of the Morning" Juice Newton	"Being With You" Smokey Robinson	"Morning Train (Nine to Five)" Sheena Easton
3	"Being With You" Smokey Robinson	"Being With You" Smokey Robinson	"Take It On the Run" REO Speedwagon	"Being With You" Smokey Robinson
4	"Angel of the Morning" Juice Newton	"Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes	"Watching the Wheels" John Lennon	"Take It On the Run" REO Speedwagon
5	"Morning Train (Nine to Five)" Sheena Easton	"Take It On the Run" REO Speedwagon	"Living Inside Myself" Gino Vannelli	"Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes
6	"Take It On the Run" REO Speedwagon	"Just the Two of Us" Grover Washington, Jr.	"A Woman Needs Love" Ray Parker Jr & Raydio	"Kiss on My List" Daryl Hall & John Oates
7	"Living Inside Myself" Gino Vannelli	"Kiss on My List" Daryl Hall & John Oates	"I Love You" Climax Blues Band	"Too Much Time on My Hands" Styx
8	"Sukiyaki" A Taste of Honey	"Watching the Wheels" John Lennon	"Medley" Stars on 45	"Just the Two of Us" Grover Washington, Jr.
9	"Kiss on My List" Daryl Hall & John Oates	"Sukiyaki" A Taste of Honey	"Too Much Time on My Hands" Styx	"Sukiyaki" A Taste of Honey
10	"Too Much Time on My Hands" Styx	"Living Inside Myself" Gino Vannelli	"Just the Two of Us" Grover Washington, Jr.	"Watching the Wheels" John Lennon

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. (tie) "Bette Davis Eyes" and "Being With You" (33 points)
3. (tie) "Angel of the Morning" and "Take It on the Run" (26 pts)
5. "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" (25 pts)
6. "Just the Two of Us" (18 pts)
7. (tie) "Living Inside Myself," "Kiss on My List" and "Watching the Wheels" (11 pts)
10. (tie) "Sukiyaki" and "Too Much Time on My Hands" (7 pts)
12. "A Woman Needs Love" (5 pts)
13. "I Love You" (4 pts)
14. Stars on 45 Medley (3 pts)

1980 Year-End Album Charts

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. The Wall
2. Off the Wall
3. Glass Houses
4. Against the Wind
5. The Long Run
6. Damn the Torpedoes
7. Christopher Cross
8. Phoenix
9. Mad Love
10. On the Radio: Greatest Hits Vols. I & II

#1 Albums of 1980: Side-by-Side Charts

Billboard	CashBox	Week	Rolling Stone	Record World
On the Radio Donna Summer	The Long Run The Eagles	Jan 5	The Long Run The Eagles	The Long Run The Eagles
Bee Gees Greatest Bee Gees		Jan 12
The Wall Pink Floyd		Jan 19
	The Wall Pink Floyd	Jan 26
		Feb 2
		Feb 9	The Wall Pink Floyd	The Wall Pink Floyd
		Feb 16
		Feb 23
		Mar 1
		Mar 8
		Mar 15
		Mar 22
		Mar 29
		Apr 5
		Apr 12
		Apr 19
		Apr 26
Against the Wind Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band		May 3
		May 10
	Against the Wind Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band	May 17		Against the Wind Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
		May 24
		May 31		Glass Houses Billy Joel
		Jun 7
Glass Houses Billy Joel		Jun 14	Against the Wind Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
	Glass Houses Billy Joel	Jun 21
		Jun 28
		Jul 5
		Jul 12	Glass Houses Billy Joel
		Jul 19
Emotional Rescue The Rolling Stones	Emotional Rescue The Rolling Stones	Jul 26
		Aug 2
		Aug 9		Emotional Rescue The Rolling Stones
		Aug 16		Urban Cowboy Soundtrack
		Aug 23	Emotional Rescue The Rolling Stones
		Aug 30
		Sep 6	Hold Out Jackson Browne
Hold Out Jackson Browne	Urban Cowboy Soundtrack	Sep 13		Glass Houses Billy Joel
The Game Queen		Sep 20	Emotional Rescue The Rolling Stones	Urban Cowboy Soundtrack
	The Game Queen	Sep 27		Xanadu Soundtrack
		Oct 4	Hold Out Jackson Browne	The Game Queen
		Oct 11
	Xanadu Soundtrack	Oct 18	The Game Queen	Guilty Barbra Streisand
Guilty Barbra Streisand	Guilty Barbra Streisand	Oct 25
		Nov 1
The River Bruce Springsteen		Nov 8		Greatest Hits Kenny Rogers
	The River Bruce Springsteen	Nov 15
	Greatest Hits Kenny Rogers	Nov 22
		Nov 29	One Step Closer The Doobie Brothers
Guilty Barbra Streisand		Dec 6
Greatest Hits Kenny Rogers	Hotter Than July Stevie Wonder	Dec 13	The River Bruce Springsteen
	Greatest Hits Kenny Rogers	Dec 20
Double Fantasy John Lennon & Yoko Ono		Dec 27
Billboard	CashBox	Week	Rolling Stone	Record World

Top Jazz Albums of June 21, 1980

Let's take a look at what was topping the various jazz album charts on June 21, 1980.

	Billboard	CashBox	Record World
1	Catching the Sun Spyro Gyra	Catching the Sun Spyro Gyra	Skylarkin' Grover Washington, Jr
2	Wizard Island Jeff Lorber Fusion	Skylarkin' Grover Washington, Jr.	Catching the Sun Spyro Gyra
3	Monster Herbie Hancock	Wizard Island Jeff Lorber Fusion	Hideaway David Sanborn
4	Hideaway David Sanborn	One Bad Habit Michael Franks	A Brazilian Love Affair George Duke
5	Skylarkin' Grover Washington, Jr.	Dream Come True Earl Klugh	Monster Herbie Hancock
6	A Brazilian Love Affair George Duke	Monster Herbie Hancock	Rocks, Pebbles and Sand Stanley Clarke
7	One Bad Habit Michael Franks	Hideaway David Sanborn	Wizard Island Jeff Lorber Fusion
8	Dream Come True Earl Klugh	You'll Never Know Rodney Franklin	One Bad Habit Michael Franks
9	Tap Step Chick Corea	A Brazilian Love Affair George Duke	You'll Never Know Rodney Franklin
10	Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway	Every Generation Ronnie Laws	This Time Al Jarreau

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. Catching the Sun (29 points)
2. Skylarkin' (25 pts)
3. Wizard Island (14 pts)
4. (tie) Monster and Hideaway (19 pts)
6. (tie) A Brazilian Love Affair and One Bad Habit (14 pts)
8. Dream Come True (9 pts)
9. (tie) You'll Never Know and Pebbles, Rocks and Sand (5 pts)
11. Tap Step (2 pts)
12. (tie) Robert Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway, Every Generation, and This Time (1 pt)

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Listen to selected tracks from the above albums, courtesy of Dr. Smooth:

Top Albums of March 1979

Let's take a look at what was topping the various album charts on March 17, 1979.

	Billboard	CashBox	Record World	Rolling Stone*
1	Spirits Having Flown Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown Bee Gees	Briefcase Full of Blues The Blues Brothers
2	Blondes Have More Fun Rod Stewart	Minute by Minute The Doobie Brothers	Blondes Have More Fun Rod Stewart	Blondes Have More Fun Rod Stweart
3	Minute by Minute The Doobie Brothers	Blondes Have More Fun Rod Stewart	Briefcase Full of Blues The Blues Brothers	Dire Straits Dire Straits
4	Dire Straits Dire Straits	Dire Straits Dire Straits	Minute by Minute The Doobie Brothers	Spirits Having Flown Bee Gees
5	Cruisin' The Village People	52nd Street Billy Joel	Dire Straits Dire Straits	Minute by Minute The Doobie Brothers
6	Love Tracks Gloria Gaynor	Briefcase Full of Blues The Blues Brothers	52nd Street Billy Joel	52nd Street Billy Joel
7	Briefcase Full of Blues The Blues Brothers	Cruisin' The Village People	Totally Hot Olivia Newton-John	Armed Forces Elvis Costello
8	Totally Hot Olivia Newton-John	Love Tracks Gloria Gaynor	Cruisin' The Village People	Best of, Vol. 1 Earth, Wind & Fire
9	52nd Street Billy Joel	Totally Hot Olivia Newton-John	Love Tracks Gloria Gaynor	Toto Toto
10	Armed Forces Elvis Costello	Armed Forces Elvis Costello	2 Hot! Peaches & Herb	Totally Hot Olivia Newton-John

*March 22 issue

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. Spirits Having Flown (37 pts)
2. Blondes Have More Fun (35 pts)
3. Minute by Minute (30 pts)
4. Dire Straits (28 pts)
5. Briefcase Full of Blues (27 pts)
6. 52nd Street (18 pts)
7. Cruisin' (13 pts)
8. (tie) Love Tracks, Totally Hot (10 pts)
10. Armed Forces (6 pts)
11. Best of Earth Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 (3 pts)
12. Toto (2 pts)
13. 2 Hot! (1 pt)

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#1 Singles of 1979: Side-by-Side Charts

Week	Billboard	CashBox	Record World
January 6	"Too Much Heaven" Bee Gees	"Le Freak" Chic	"Le Freak" Chic
January 13			"Too Much Heaven" The Bee Gees
January 20	"Le Freak" Chic		"Le Freak" Chic
January 27
February 3		"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" Rod Stewart
February 10	"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" Rod Stewart		"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" Rod Stewart
February 17
February 24
March 3
March 10	"I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor	"I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor	"I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor
March 17		"Tragedy" Bee Gees	"Tragedy" Bee Gees
March 24	"Tragedy" Bee Gees		"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" Rod Stewart
March 31			"Tragedy" Bee Gees
April 7	"I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor	"What a Fool Believes" The Doobie Brothers	"What a Fool Believes" The Doobie Brothers
April 14	"What a Fool Believes" The Doobie Brothers		"Music Box Dancer" Frank Mills
April 21	"Knock on Wood" Amii Stewart	"Knock on Wood" Amii Stewart	"Knock on Wood" Amii Stewart
April 28	"Heart of Glass" Blondie	"Heart of Glass" Blondie	"Heart of Glass" Blondie
May 5	"Reunited" Peaches & Herb	"Reunited" Peaches & Herb	"Reunited" Peaches & Herb
May 12
May 19
May 26
June 2	"Hot Stuff" Donna Summer	"Hot Stuff" Donna Summer	"Hot Stuff" Donna Summer
June 9	"Love You Inside Out" Bee Gees
June 16	"Hot Stuff" Donna Summer
June 23
June 30	"Ring My Bell" Anita Ward	"Ring My Bell" Anita Ward
July 7			"Ring My Bell" Anita Ward
July 14	"Bad Girls" Donna Summer		"Bad Girls" Donna Summer
July 21		"Bad Girls" Donna Summer
July 28
August 4
August 11		"Good Times" Chic	"My Sharona" The Knack
August 18	"Good Times" Chic	"My Sharona" The Knack
August 25	"My Sharona" The Knack
September 1
September 8
September 15			"Sad Eyes" Robert John
September 22
September 29		"Sad Eyes" Robert John
October 6	"Sad Eyes" Robert John
October 13	"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" Michael Jackson	"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" Michael Jackson
October 20	"Rise" Herb Alpert	"Sail On" Commodores	"Sail On" Commodores
October 27		"Rise" Herb Alpert	"Rise" Herb Alpert
November 3	"Pop Muzik" M		"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" Michael Jackson
November 10	"Heartache Tonight" Eagles	"Heartache Tonight" Eagles	"Heartache Tonight" Eagles
November 17	"Still" Commodores	"Still" Commodores	"Babe" Styx
November 24	"No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer	"Babe" Styx	"No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer
December 1
December 8	"Babe" Styx
December 15		"No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer	"Babe" Styx
December 22	"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes	"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes	"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes
December 29
Week	Billboard	CashBox	Record World

Top Singles of November 18, 1978

Let's take a look at what was topping the various single charts on November 18, 1978.

	Billboard	CashBox	Record World
1	"MacArthur Park" Donna Summer	"MacArthur Park" Donna Summer	"MacArthur Park" Donna Summer
2	"Double Vision" Foreigner	"How Much I Feel" Ambrosia	"You Needed Me" Anne Murray
3	"How Much I Feel" Ambrosia	"Hot Child in the City" Nick Gilder	"Hot Child in the City" Nick Gilder
4	"You Needed Me" Anne Murray	"Kiss You All Over" Exile	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
5	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond	"Double Vision" Foreigner	"Ready to Take a Chance Again" Barry Manilow
6	"Hot Child in the City" Nick Gilder	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond	"You Never Done It Like That" Captain & Tennille
7	"Kiss You All Over" Exile	"Ready to Take a Chance Again" Barry Manilow	"One Nation Under a Groove" Funkadelic
8	"I Just Wanna Stop" Gino Vannelli	"You Needed Me" Anne Murray	"Double Vision" Foreigner
9	"Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" Kenny Loggins	"I Just Wanna Stop" Gino Vannelli	"How Much I Feel" Ambrosia
10	"You Never Done It Like That" Captain & Tennille	"Sharing the Night Together" Dr. Hook	"Kiss You All Over" Exile

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. "MacArthur Park" (30 pts)

2. "Hot Child in the City" (21 pts)

3. (tie) "How Much I Feel" & "You Needed Me" (19 pts)

5. (tie) "Double Vision" & "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (18 pts)

7. "Kiss You All Over" (12 pts)

8. "Ready to Take a Chance Again" (10 pts)

9. "You Never Done It Like That" (6 pts)

10. "I Just Wanna Stop" (5 pts)

11. "One Nation Under a Groove" (4 pts)

12. "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" (2 pts)

13. "Sharing the Night Together" (1 pt)

CashBox, September 9, 1978, p. 20

Top Albums of September '78

Let's take a look at what was topping the various album charts on September 16, 1978.

	Billboard	CashBox	Record World
1	Don't Look Back Boston	Grease Soundtrack	Grease Soundtrack
2	Some Girls Rolling Stones	Don't Look Back Boston	Don't Look Back Boston
3	Double Vision Foreigner	Some Girls Rolling Stones	Double Vision Foreigner
4	Grease Soundtrack	Double Vision Foreigner	Some Girls Rolling Stones
5	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Soundtrack	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Soundtrack	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Soundtrack
6	Natural High Commodores	Natural High Commodores	Natural High Commodores
7	Blam! Brothers Johnson	Worlds Away Pablo Cruise	Worlds Away Pablo Cruise
8	Who Are You The Who	Who Are You The Who	Who Are You The Who
9	A Taste of Honey A Taste of Honey	Blam! Brothers Johnson	Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
10	The Stranger Billy Joel	Shadow Dancing Andy Gibb	Stranger in Town Bob Seger

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Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:

1. Don't Look Back (28 pts)
2. Grease (27 pts)
3. Some Girls (24 pts)
4. Double Vision (23 pts)
5. Sgt. Pepper (18 pts)
6. Natural High (15 pts)
7. Who Are You (9 pts)
8. Worlds Away (8 pts)
9. Blam! (6 pts)
10. A Taste of Honey (2 pts)
11. Saturday Night Fever (2 pts)
12. (Tie) The Stranger, Shadow Dancing, Stranger in Town (1 pt)