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American Top 40 — February 24, 1979

Host: Casey Kasem Songs on show: 48 Non-chart: 8

The February 24, 1979 American Top 40, hosted by Casey Kasem, included 48 songs. #1 was Da Ya Think I'm Sexy by Rod Stewart. 3 songs debuted this week. 4 songs were in their final week on the chart. Also on the show: 2 Long Distance Dedications (You Should Be Dancing, We Are The Champions); 3 extras (Ben, My Ding-A-Ling, I Can See Clearly Now) .

On this show

  1. LW#3
    A Little More Love Olivia Newton-John
  2. LW#2
    YMCA Village People
  3. LW#1
    Da Ya Think I'm Sexy Rod Stewart
  4. 40
    My Life Billy Joel
    Week 14 of 14 · Peak #3
  5. 39
    Maybe I'm A Fool Eddie Money
    Week 1 of 8 · Peaks #22
  6. 38
    Knock On Wood Amii Stewart
    Week 1 of 14 · Peaks #1
  7. 37
    Stumblin' In Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman
    Week 1 of 15 · Peaks #4
  8. 36
    You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) Sylvester
    Week 2 of 3 · Peaks #36
  9. 35
    September Earth, Wind & Fire
    Week 9 of 9 · Peak #8
  10. 34
    Forever In Blue Jeans Neil Diamond
    Week 2 of 6 · Peaks #20
  11. 33
    Song On The Radio Al Stewart
    Week 2 of 4 · Peaks #29
  12. Extra
    Ben Michael Jackson
  13. 32
    Stormy Santana
    Week 2 of 3 · Peaks #32
  14. 31
    Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet Gonzalez
    Week 3 of 5 · Peaks #26
  15. 30
    Too Much Heaven Bee Gees
    Week 13 of 15 · Peak #1
  16. 29
    Sultans Of Swing Dire Straits
    Week 2 of 12 · Peaks #4
  17. 28
    Crazy Love Poco
    Week 3 of 9 · Peaks #17
  18. 27
    I Just Fall In Love Again Anne Murray
    Week 3 of 12 · Peaks #12
  19. 26
    What You Won't Do For Love Bobby Caldwell
    Week 4 of 12 · Peaks #9
  20. 25
    Baby I'm Burnin' Dolly Parton
    Week 7 of 7 · Peaks #25
  21. LDD
    You Should Be Dancing Bee Gees
  22. 24
    Lady Little River Band
    Week 5 of 14 · Peaks #10
  23. 23
    What A Fool Believes Doobie Brothers
    Week 3 of 14 · Peaks #1
  24. Extra
    My Ding-A-Ling Chuck Berry
  25. 22
    Every Time I Think Of You Babys
    Week 4 of 10 · Peaks #13
  26. 21
    Everyone's A Winner Hot Chocolate
    Week 7 of 7 · Peak #6
  27. 20
    Dancin' Shoes Nigel Olsson
    Week 5 of 9 · Peaks #18
  28. 19
    Don't Cry Out Loud Melissa Manchester
    Week 8 of 14 · Peaks #10
  29. 18
    Shake Your Groove Thing Peaches & Herb
    Week 5 of 13 · Peaks #5
  30. 17
    The Gambler Kenny Rogers
    Week 8 of 11 · Peaks #16
  31. 16
    Blue Morning, Blue Day Foreigner
    Week 6 of 8 · Peaks #15
  32. 15
    No Tell Lover Chicago
    Week 7 of 9 · Peaks #14
  33. 14
    Soul Man Blues Brothers
    Week 8 of 9 · Peaks #14
  34. 13
    Shake It Ian Matthews
    Week 9 of 10 · Peaks #13
  35. Extra
    I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash
  36. 12
    Got To Be Real Cheryl Lynn
    Week 8 of 12 · Peaks #12
  37. 11
    Heaven Knows Donna Summer & Brooklyn Dreams
    Week 6 of 14 · Peaks #4
  38. 10
    I Was Made For Dancing Leif Garrett
    Week 10 of 13 · Peaks #10
  39. 9
    Somewhere In The Night Barry Manilow
    Week 8 of 10 · Peaks #9
  40. LDD
    We Are The Champions Queen
  41. 8
    Lotta Love Nicolette Larson
    Week 8 of 12 · Peaks #8
  42. 7
    Le Freak Chic
    Week 13 of 16 · Peak #1
  43. 6
    Tragedy Bee Gees
    Week 3 of 13 · Peaks #1
  44. 5
    YMCA Village People
    Week 14 of 18 · Peak #2
  45. 4
    I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor
    Week 6 of 16 · Peaks #1
  46. 3
    A Little More Love Olivia Newton-John
    Week 10 of 15 · Peaks #3
  47. 2
    Fire Pointer Sisters
    Week 9 of 14 · Peaks #2
  48. 1
    Da Ya Think I'm Sexy Rod Stewart
    Week 8 of 16 · Peaks #1

Debuts

Final week on chart

Chart history