| The Main Event/Fight | |
| Cover: | The_Main_Event_&_Fight_-_Barbra_Streisand.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Barbra Streisand |
| Album: | The Main Event |
| B-Side: | "The Main Event/Fight (instrumental)" |
| Genre: | Disco[1] |
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| Producer: | Bob Esty |
| Prev Title: | Superman |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (with Donna Summer) |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
"The Main Event/Fight" is a 1979 medley recorded by Barbra Streisand. The song is the title track and only single issued from the soundtrack of the film The Main Event starring Streisand and Ryan O'Neal. The song became the first of two major disco-styled hits for Streisand, the other being "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)," a duet with Donna Summer later the same year. Both songs were written by Paul Jabara and Bruce Roberts.
Record World said that it "exhibits Barbra's stylish vocals adorning a punchy disco beat."[2]
"The Main Event/Fight" spent four weeks at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In Canada it reached number five.[3] It was also a major Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number two and number one in those nations, respectively. The song did not chart outside North America and was largely left out of recurrent rotation, having among the highest amount of drop-off in radio airplay of the hits of 1979 (Streisand's other singles of that year also fared poorly in maintaining airplay).[4]
| Chart (1979) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (RPM) Top Singles | 5 | |
| Canada (RPM) Adult Contemporary | 1 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] | 3 | |
| U.S. Adult Contemporary (Billboard) | 2 | |
| U.S. Dance (Billboard) | 13 | |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[6] | 3 |
| Chart (1979) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (RPM Top 200 Singles)[7] | 74 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] | 35 | |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[9] | 25 |
