Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of January 21, 1978

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The week’s most popular songs, ranked by audio and video streaming activity on leading digital music services, radio airplay audience impressions based on monitored airplay and sales data, all compiled by Luminate. Audience totals are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio listener estimates.

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Our Love

Natalie Cole

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of January 21, 1978

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Our Love
  Natalie Cole
- 2
- 1
- 10
- - 2
  - 1
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

2
- Ffun
  ConFunkShun
- 1
- 1
- 13
- - 1
  - 1
  - 13

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/Unknown

3
- Ooh Boy
  Rose Royce
- 3
- 3
- 10
- - 3
  - 3
  - 10

Producer(s):

N.Whitfield, Not Listed

4
- Reach For It
  George Duke
- 4
- 2
- 11
- - 4
  - 2
  - 11

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/Unknown

5
- Galaxy
  War
- 5
- 5
- 10
- - 5
  - 5
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA/Unknown

6
- Lovely Day
  Bill Withers
- 8
- 6
- 14
- - 8
  - 6
  - 14

Producer(s):

W.Withers, Jr., C.McDonald, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

7
- Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
  Chic
- 7
- 7
- 13
- - 7
  - 7
  - 13

Producer(s):

N.G.Rodgers, Jr., K.Lehman, Not Listed

8
- Serpentine Fire
  Earth, Wind & Fire
- 6
- 1
- 15
- - 6
  - 1
  - 15

Producer(s):

E.Bernstein, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

9
- Theme Song From "Which Way Is Up"
  Stargard
- 14
- 9
- 8
- - 14
  - 9
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

10
- Too Hot Ta Trot
  Commodores
- 15
- 10
- 5
- - 15
  - 10
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown/Unknown

11
- Always And Forever
  Heatwave
- 21
- 11
- 5
- - 21
  - 11
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

12
- Jack And Jill
  Raydio
- 16
- 12
- 10
- - 16
  - 12
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

R.Parker, Jr.

Producer(s):

R.Parker,Jr.

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista/Unknown

13
- Belle
  Al Green
- 11
- 9
- 13
- - 11
  - 9
  - 13

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hi (Cream)/Unknown

14
- Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody
  Brick
- 22
- 14
- 5
- - 22
  - 14
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bang!/Unknown

15
- Native New Yorker
  Odyssey
- 10
- 6
- 15
- - 10
  - 6
  - 15

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA/Unknown

16
- With Pen In Hand
  Dorothy Moore
- 20
- 16
- 8
- - 20
  - 16
  - 8

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Malaco/Unknown

17
- Baby,baby My Love's All For You
  Deniece Williams
- 23
- 17
- 7
- - 23
  - 17
  - 7

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

18
- Come Go With Me
  Pockets
- 17
- 17
- 12
- - 17
  - 17
  - 12

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

19
- Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
  Parliament
- 18
- 14
- 13
- - 18
  - 14
  - 13

20
- Somebody's Gotta Win, Somebody's Gotta Lose
  The Controllers
- 12
- 8
- 15
- - 12
  - 8
  - 15

21
- You Can't Turn Me Off (in The Middle Of Turning Me
  High Inergy
- 9
- 2
- 21
- - 9
  - 2
  - 21

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy/Unknown

22
- (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again
  LTD
- 13
- 1
- 20
- - 13
  - 1
  - 20

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M/Universal

23
- Love Me Right
  Denise LaSalle
- 29
- 23
- 9
- - 29
  - 23
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC/Unknown

24
- Playing Your Game, Baby
  Barry White
- 49
- 24
- 3
- - 49
  - 24
  - 3

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

20th Century/Unknown

25
- If It Don't Fit Don't Force It
  Kellee Patterson
- 19
- 10
- 20
- - 19
  - 10
  - 20

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Shady Brook/Unknown

26
- Cocomotion
  El Coco
- 25
- 25
- 10
- - 25
  - 25
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Avi/Unknown

27
- Wrap Your Arms Around Me
  KC And The Sunshine Band
- 24
- 24
- 10
- - 24
  - 24
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

TK/Unknown

28
- Shout It Out
  B.T. Express
- 37
- 28
- 7
- - 37
  - 28
  - 7

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

29
- On Fire
  T-Connection
- 32
- 29
- 9
- - 32
  - 29
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dash/Unknown

30
- If You're Not Back In Love By Monday
  Millie Jackson
- 26
- 5
- 21
- - 26
  - 5
  - 21

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spring

31
- Soft And Easy
  The Blackbyrds
- 41
- 31
- 6
- - 41
  - 31
  - 6

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fantasy/Unknown

32
- Baby Come Back
  Player
- 40
- 32
- 8
- - 40
  - 32
  - 8

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RSO

33
- Let's Have Some Fun
  Barkays
- 57
- 33
- 3
- - 57
  - 33
  - 3

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/Unknown

34
- Lady Love
  Lou Rawls
- 44
- 34
- 6
- - 44
  - 34
  - 6

Producer(s):

S.Marshall, V.Gray, J.Faith

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia International/Unknown

35
- I Love You
  Donna Summer
- 45
- 35
- 6
- - 45
  - 35
  - 6

Producer(s):

G.Moroder, P.Belotte, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Casablanca/Unknown

36
- Gettin Ready For Love
  Diana Ross
- 27
- 16
- 12
- - 27
  - 16
  - 12

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown/Unknown

37
- It's You That I Need
  Enchantment
- 54
- 37
- 3
- - 54
  - 37
  - 3

Producer(s):

M.Strokes, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists/Unknown

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of January 21, 1978

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Our Love

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Grammy Voters Gave Black Women Their Flowers in 2023 Nods; Oscar Voters? Not So Much

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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Our Love

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Ffun

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Ooh Boy

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Reach For It

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Galaxy

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Lovely Day

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Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)

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Serpentine Fire

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Theme Song From "Which Way Is Up"

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Too Hot Ta Trot

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Always And Forever

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Jack And Jill

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Belle

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Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody

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Native New Yorker

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With Pen In Hand

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Baby,baby My Love's All For You

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Come Go With Me

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Bop Gun (Endangered Species)

Somebody's Gotta Win, Somebody's Gotta Lose

You Can't Turn Me Off (in The Middle Of Turning Me

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(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again

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Love Me Right

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Playing Your Game, Baby

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If It Don't Fit Don't Force It

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Cocomotion