1978 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Hot Child in… Posted on 12:30 pm by admin 1978 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Hot Child in the City,” Nick Gilder. The song takes 20 weeks from the time it enters the Hot 100 to reach No. 1, longer than any single before it. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet