Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of May 28, 1977

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY MEDIABASE AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE AND SALES DATA AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

see charts legends

Sir Duke

Stevie Wonder

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Producer(s):

S.Wonder, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla/Unknown

Stevie Wonder, Misty Copeland Received George Peabody Medals for Outstanding Contributions to Music & Dance in America

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of May 28, 1977

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Sir Duke
  Stevie Wonder
- 2
- 1
- 7
- - 2
  - 1
  - 7

Producer(s):

S.Wonder, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla/Unknown

2
- Got To Give It Up (Pt. 1)
  Marvin Gaye
- 3
- 1
- 8
- - 3
  - 1
  - 8

Producer(s):

A.Stewart, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla/Unknown

3
- Hollywood
  Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
- 4
- 3
- 5
- - 4
  - 3
  - 5

Producer(s):

Rufus, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC/Unknown

4
- Whodunit
  Tavares
- 1
- 1
- 10
- - 1
  - 1
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

5
- The Pride (Part I)
  The Isley Brothers
- 5
- 1
- 12
- - 5
  - 1
  - 12

Producer(s):

Isley Brothers, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

T-Neck

6
- Show You The Way To Go
  The Jacksons
- 7
- 6
- 9
- - 7
  - 6
  - 9

Producer(s):

K.Gamble, L.Huff, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/Unknown

7
- High School Dance
  The Sylvers
- 9
- 7
- 6
- - 9
  - 7
  - 6

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

8
- It Feels So Good To Be Loved So Bad
  The Manhattans
- 6
- 6
- 11
- - 6
  - 6
  - 11

Producer(s):

Manhattans Prod., B.Martin, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

9
- Break It To Me Gently
  Aretha Franklin
- 12
- 9
- 5
- - 12
  - 9
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic/Unknown

10
- Uptown Festival (Part 1)
  Shalamar
- 10
- 10
- 10
- - 10
  - 10
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Soul Train/Unknown

11
- I'm Your Boogie Man
  KC And The Sunshine Band
- 8
- 3
- 14
- - 8
  - 3
  - 14

Producer(s):

H.W.Casey, R.Finch

Imprint/Promotion Label:

TK/Unknown

RIAA Certification: Gold

12
- I Can't Get Over You
  The Dramatics
- 18
- 12
- 8
- - 18
  - 12
  - 8

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC/Unknown

13
- Good Thing Man
  Frank Lucas
- 15
- 13
- 15
- - 15
  - 13
  - 15

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ICA/Unknown

14
- I Don't Love You Anymore
  Teddy Pendergrass
- 22
- 14
- 5
- - 22
  - 14
  - 5

Producer(s):

J.Whitehed, G.McFadden, V.Carstarphen

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia International/Unknown

15
- Your Love
  Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
- 11
- 9
- 10
- - 11
  - 9
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC/Unknown

16
- Ain't Gonna Bump No More (with No Big Fat Woman)
  Joe Tex
- 16
- 7
- 18
- - 16
  - 7
  - 18

Producer(s):

B.Killen, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/Unknown

17
- I Wanna Do It To You
  Jerry Butler
- 14
- 7
- 14
- - 14
  - 7
  - 14

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown/Unknown

18
- Do What You Wanna Do
  T-Connection
- 24
- 18
- 10
- - 24
  - 18
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dash/Unknown

19
- The Pinocchio Theory
  Bootsy's Rubber Band
- 13
- 6
- 12
- - 13
  - 6
  - 12

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros./Unknown

20
- Baby, I Love Your Way
  Walter Jackson
- 20
- 19
- 9
- - 20
  - 19
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

20th/Chi-Sound/Unknown

21
- Body Vibes
  Ohio Players
- 25
- 21
- 5
- - 25
  - 21
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/Unknown

22
- Hats Off To Mama
  Philippe Wynne
- 28
- 22
- 5
- - 28
  - 22
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cotillion/Unknown

23
- Disco Inferno
  The Trammps
- 17
- 9
- 13
- - 17
  - 9
  - 13

Producer(s):

R.Baker, N.Harris, E.Young

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic/Unknown

24
- You're Throwing A Good Love Away
  The Spinners
- 19
- 5
- 11
- - 19
  - 5
  - 11

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic/Unknown

25
- Super Band
  Kool & The Gang
- 23
- 17
- 12
- - 23
  - 17
  - 12

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

De-Lite/Unknown

26
- Keep That Same Old Feeling
  Side Effect
- 26
- 26
- 10
- - 26
  - 26
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fantasy/Unknown

27
- I've Got Love On My Mind
  Natalie Cole
- 21
- 1
- 19
- - 21
  - 1
  - 19

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

28
- You're What's Missing In My Life
  G.C.Cameron
- 27
- 24
- 11
- - 27
  - 24
  - 11

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown/Unknown

29
- While I'm Alone
  Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly
- 34
- 29
- 9
- - 34
  - 29
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

30
- So So Satisfied
  Ashford & Simpson
- 30
- 27
- 11
- - 30
  - 27
  - 11

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros./Unknown

31
- Laying Beside You
  Eugene Record
- 31
- 24
- 14
- - 31
  - 24
  - 14

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros./Unknown

32
- There Will Come A Day (I'm Gonna Happen To You)
  Smokey Robinson
- 29
- 7
- 16
- - 29
  - 7
  - 16

Producer(s):

M.Sutton, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla/Unknown

33
- Angel In Your Arms
  Hot
- 33
- 33
- 11
- - 33
  - 33
  - 11

Producer(s):

Little River Band, M.Smith, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Big Tree/Unknown

34
- Tryin' To Love Two
  William Bell
- 32
- 1
- 25
- - 32
  - 1
  - 25

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

35
- Kiss In 77
  James Brown
- 42
- 35
- 5
- - 42
  - 35
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor/Unknown

36
- Loving You-losing You
  Phyllis Hyman
- 37
- 36
- 8
- - 37
  - 36
  - 8

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Buddah/Unknown

37
- Everything Must Change
  George Benson
- 35
- 34
- 7
- - 35
  - 34
  - 7

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros./Unknown

38
- What It Is
  Garnett Mims & Truckin' Company
- 38
- 38
- 7
- - 38
  - 38
  - 7

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista/Unknown

39
- After You Love Me Why Do You Leave Me
  Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes
- 50
- 39
- 4
- - 50
  - 39
  - 4

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC/Unknown

40
- I'm Going Down
  Rose Royce
- 54
- 40
- 3
- - 54
  - 40
  - 3

Producer(s):

A.Linson, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA/Unknown

41
- If It's The Last Thing I Do
  Thelma Houston
- 51
- 41
- 4
- - 51
  - 41
  - 4

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla/Unknown

42
- On Your Face
  Earth, Wind & Fire
- 36
- 26
- 11
- - 36
  - 26
  - 11

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

43
- You Turned Me On To Love
  Johnny Bristol
- 39
- 36
- 10
- - 39
  - 36
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic/Unknown

44
- Sad Girl
  Carl Graves
- 47
- 44
- 8
- - 47
  - 44
  - 8

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ariola/Unknown

45
- Our Love
  The Dells
- 55
- 45
- 4
- - 55
  - 45
  - 4

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/Unknown

46
- Show Me Love
  Curtis Mayfield
- 49
- 46
- 5
- - 49
  - 46
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curtom/Unknown

47
- This I Swear
  Tyrone Davis
- 57
- 47
- 3
- - 57
  - 47
  - 3

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

48
- The Message (inspiration)
  Brass Construction
- 48
- 48
- 3
- - 48
  - 48
  - 3

Producer(s):

Not Listed

49
- Free Love
  Jean Cairn
- 45
- 23
- 13
- - 45
  - 23
  - 13

Producer(s):

A.Story, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia International/Unknown

50
- Get Happy
  Jimmy 'Bo' Horne
- 53
- 50
- 4
- - 53
  - 50
  - 4

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Alston/Unknown

51
- You Got To Know Better
  Touch Of Class
- 62
- 51
- 4
- - 62
  - 51
  - 4

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Midsong/Unknown

52
- I Gotta Keep Dancin'
  Carrie Lucas
- 52
- 52
- 8
- - 52
  - 52
  - 8

Producer(s):

D.Griffey, Not Listed

53
- Now Do-u-wanta Dance
  Graham Central Station
- 66
- 53
- 2
- - 66
  - 53
  - 2

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros./Unknown

54
- Fly Like An Eagle
  The Steve Miller Band
- 40
- 20
- 11
- - 40
  - 20
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

Not Listed

Producer(s):

S.Miller, Not Listed

55
- Girl
  Billy Preston
- 60
- 55
- 5
- - 60
  - 55
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M/Unknown

56
- Once I've Been There
  Norman Connors
- 68
- 56
- 2
- - 68
  - 56
  - 2

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Buddah/Unknown

57
- (i'm A) Superstar
  Brenda & The Tabulations
- 72
- 57
- 4
- - 72
  - 57
  - 4

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Chocolate City/Unknown

58 NEW
NEW
- Baby Don't Change Your Mind
  Gladys Knight And The Pips
- -
- 58
- 1
- - -
  - 58
  - 1

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Buddah/Unknown

59
- Dance And Shake Your Tambourine
  Universal Robot Band
- 59
- 59
- 8
- - 59
  - 59
  - 8

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Red Greg/Unknown

60
- That's What It's All About/can't Wait (tic Toc)
  Brick
- 58
- 48
- 11
- - 58
  - 48
  - 11

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bang!/Unknown

61 NEW
NEW
- Best Of My Love
  The Emotions
- -
- 61
- 1
- - -
  - 61
  - 1

Producer(s):

M.White, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

RIAA Certification: Platinum

62
- Hot To Trot
  Wild Cherry
- 65
- 62
- 8
- - 65
  - 62
  - 8

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/Unknown

63
- Hello Stranger
  Yvonne Elliman
- 69
- 63
- 4
- - 69
  - 63
  - 4

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RSO/Unknown

64
- Loving Is Really My Game
  Brainstorm
- 78
- 64
- 3
- - 78
  - 64
  - 3

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tabu/Unknown

65 NEW
NEW
- See You When I Git There
  Lou Rawls
- -
- 65
- 1
- - -
  - 65
  - 1

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia International/Unknown

66
- Whatcha Gonna Do?
  Pablo Cruise
- 77
- 66
- 4
- - 77
  - 66
  - 4

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M/Unknown

67
- I Caught Your Act
  The Hues Corporation
- 71
- 67
- 3
- - 71
  - 67
  - 3

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros./Unknown

68 NEW
NEW
- Your Love Is Rated X
  Johnnie Taylor
- -
- 68
- 1
- - -
  - 68
  - 1

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

69 NEW
NEW
- Easy
  Commodores
- -
- 69
- 1
- - -
  - 69
  - 1

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown/Unknown

70 NEW
NEW
- Spellbound
  Barkays
- -
- 70
- 1
- - -
  - 70
  - 1

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/Unknown

71
- Yu-Ma/Go Away Little Boy
  Marlena Shaw
- 83
- 71
- 2
- - 83
  - 71
  - 2

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

72
- Sour And Sweet/Lemon In The Honey
  Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
- 73
- 72
- 7
- - 73
  - 72
  - 7

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA/Unknown

73
- Slide
  Slave
- 89
- 73
- 2
- - 89
  - 73
  - 2

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cotillion/Unknown

74 NEW
NEW
- Sunshine
  Enchantment
- -
- 74
- 1
- - -
  - 74
  - 1

Producer(s):

M.Strokes, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Roadshow/Liberty/Unknown

75
- This Will Be A Night To Remember
  Eddie Holman
- 91
- 75
- 5
- - 91
  - 75
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Salsoul/Unknown

76
- I Feel So At Home Here
  Michelle Wiley
- 86
- 76
- 2
- - 86
  - 76
  - 2

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

20th Century/Unknown

77
- One Way Street
  Willie Fisher
- 76
- 76
- 3
- - 76
  - 76
  - 3

78
- If You Gonna Do It (put Your Mind To It)
  People's Choice
- 84
- 78
- 5
- - 84
  - 78
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

TSOP/Unknown

79
- Make Me Yours
  Jackie Moore
- 79
- 79
- 5
- - 79
  - 79
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Kayvette/Unknown

80
- I Did It For Love
  Love Unlimited
- 90
- 80
- 2
- - 90
  - 80
  - 2

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Unlimited Gold/Unknown

81
- Feel The Need
  Detroit Emeralds
- 85
- 22
- 11
- - 85
  - 22
  - 11

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Westbound/Unknown

82 NEW
NEW
- You Didn't Have To Play No Games
  Joe Simon
- -
- 82
- 1
- - -
  - 82
  - 1

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spring/Unknown

83 NEW
NEW
- Party Land
  The Blackbyrds
- -
- 83
- 1
- - -
  - 83
  - 1

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fantasy/Unknown

84 NEW
NEW
- People Gonna Talk
  Tip Watkins
- -
- 84
- 1
- - -
  - 84
  - 1

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

H&L/Unknown

85 NEW
NEW
- Back Together Again
  Daryl Hall John Oates
- -
- 85
- 1
- - -
  - 85
  - 1

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA/Unknown

86 NEW
NEW
- Is It Really You
  Mystique
- -
- 86
- 1
- - -
  - 86
  - 1

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curtom/Unknown

87
- Hot Line
  Shotgun
- 87
- 87
- 6
- - 87
  - 87
  - 6

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC/Unknown

88 NEW
NEW
- Sticky Stuff
  Booker T. & The MG's
- -
- 88
- 1
- - -
  - 88
  - 1

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Asylum/Unknown

89 NEW
NEW
- Joyous
  Pleasure
- -
- 89
- 1
- - -
  - 89
  - 1

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fantasy/Unknown

90 NEW
NEW
- Back Up (hit It Again)
  Tornader
- -
- 90
- 1
- - -
  - 90
  - 1

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor/Unknown

91
- Let 'em In
  Billy Paul
- 93
- 91
- 4
- - 93
  - 91
  - 4

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia International/Unknown

92
- Bull City Party
  N.C.C.U.
- 96
- 92
- 2
- - 96
  - 92
  - 2

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists/Unknown

93 NEW
NEW
- A Love Of Your Own
  Millie Jackson
- -
- 93
- 1
- - -
  - 93
  - 1

94
- Long And Winding Road
  Melba Moore
- 94
- 94
- 3
- - 94
  - 94
  - 3

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Buddah/Unknown

95
- Dancing In The Streets
  Donald Byrd
- 95
- 95
- 3
- - 95
  - 95
  - 3

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Blue Note/Unknown

96
- Smokey
  Funkadelic
- 97
- 96
- 2
- - 97
  - 96
  - 2

97 NEW
NEW
- Superman
  Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch
- -
- 97
- 1
- - -
  - 97
  - 1

Producer(s):

A.L.Soto, A.Rossi, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

APA

98
- Turn On To Love - Pt. 1
  Jumbo
- 99
- 98
- 3
- - 99
  - 98
  - 3

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Prelude/Unknown

99 NEW
NEW
- (You Are My) Leanin Tree
  Artie White
- -
- 99
- 1
- - -
  - 99
  - 1

100
- Slow Down
  John Miles
- 100
- 100
- 2
- - 100
  - 100
  - 2

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

London-Sire/Unknown

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of May 28, 1977

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Sir Duke

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stevie Wonder, Misty Copeland Received George Peabody Medals for Outstanding Contributions to Music & Dance in America

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Sir Duke

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Got To Give It Up (Pt. 1)

Producer(s):

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Hollywood

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Whodunit

Producer(s):

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The Pride (Part I)

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Show You The Way To Go

Producer(s):

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High School Dance

Producer(s):

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It Feels So Good To Be Loved So Bad

Producer(s):

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Break It To Me Gently

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Uptown Festival (Part 1)

Producer(s):

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I'm Your Boogie Man

Producer(s):

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I Can't Get Over You

Producer(s):

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Good Thing Man

Producer(s):

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I Don't Love You Anymore

Producer(s):

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Your Love

Producer(s):

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Ain't Gonna Bump No More (with No Big Fat Woman)

Producer(s):

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I Wanna Do It To You

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Do What You Wanna Do

Producer(s):

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The Pinocchio Theory

Producer(s):

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Baby, I Love Your Way

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