Top 40 Singles of 1978:

  1. Chic - Le Freak
  2. The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
  3. The Bee Gees - Night Fever
  4. Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing
  5. A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
  6. The Commodores - Three Times a Lady
  7. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park
  8. Exile - Kiss You All Over
  9. Andy Gibb - (Love is) Thicker Than Water
  10. Player - Baby Come Back
  11. Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
  12. Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand - You Don't Bring Me Flowers
  13. Frankie Valli - Grease
  14. Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City
  15. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're the One That I Want
  16. Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You
  17. Anne Murray - You Needed Me
  18. The Rolling Stones - Miss You
  19. Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally
  20. Wings - With a Little Luck
  21. Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
  22. Barry Manilow - Can't Smile Without You
  23. Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - The Closer I Get to You
  24. Randy Newman - Short People
  25. Ambrosia - How Much I Feel
  26. Samantha Sang - Emotion
  27. Foreigner - Double Vision
  28. Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted to You
  29. Donna Summer - Last Dance
  30. Abba - Take a Chance on Me
  31. Paul Davis - I Go Crazy
  32. Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are
  33. Foreigner - Hot Blooded
  34. Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch
  35. Little River Band - Reminiscing
  36. Bonnie Tyler - It's a Heartache
  37. Queen - We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You
  38. Alicia Bridges - I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'round)
  39. Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again
  40. Rod Stewart - You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)

This list was compiled by Fred Bronson. For the full list of the top 100 songs of this year, get his book Hottest Hot 100 Hits at the link below:


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