List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1978
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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1978.
Bee Gees and Andy Gibb each had four top-ten hits in 1978, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.
Top-ten singles[]
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1977 | |||||
| December 17 | "Baby Come Back" | Player | 1 | January 14 | 10 |
| "Here You Come Again" | Dolly Parton | 3 | January 14 | 6 | |
| December 24 | "Slip Slidin' Away" | Paul Simon | 5 | January 28 | 6 |
| "Sentimental Lady" | Bob Welch | 8 | January 7 | 4 | |
| Singles from 1978 | |||||
| January 7 | "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" | Rod Stewart | 4 | January 14 | 5 |
| "Hey Deanie" | Shaun Cassidy | 7 | January 14 | 3 | |
| January 14 | "We Are the Champions" | Queen | 4 | February 4 | 7 |
| "Come Sail Away" | Styx | 8 | January 28 | 3 | |
| January 21 | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees | 1 | February 4 | 13 |
| "Short People" | Randy Newman | 2 | January 28 | 5 | |
| January 28 | "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" | Andy Gibb | 1 | March 4 | 11 |
| "Just the Way You Are" | Billy Joel | 3 | February 18 | 8 | |
| February 4 | "Sometimes When We Touch" | Dan Hill | 3 | March 4 | 8 |
| "Emotion" | Samantha Sang | 3 | March 18 | 10 | |
| February 11 | "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" | Chic | 6 | February 25 | 6 |
| February 25 | "Night Fever" | Bee Gees | 1 | March 18 | 13 |
| "Lay Down Sally" | Eric Clapton | 3 | April 1 | 11 | |
| March 4 | "I Go Crazy" | Paul Davis | 7 | March 18 | 5 |
| March 11 | "Can't Smile Without You" | Barry Manilow | 3 | April 22 | 10 |
| March 25 | "If I Can't Have You" | Yvonne Elliman | 1 | May 13 | 10 |
| "Thunder Island" | Jay Ferguson | 9 | April 1 | 3 | |
| April 1 | "Dust in the Wind" | Kansas | 6 | April 15 | 7 |
| April 8 | "Jack and Jill" | Raydio | 8 | April 15 | 4 |
| April 15 | "The Closer I Get to You" | Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway | 2 | May 13 | 8 |
| "We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again" | England Dan & John Ford Coley | 9 | April 15 | 2 | |
| "Our Love" | Natalie Cole | 10 | April 15 | 2 | |
| April 22 | "With a Little Luck" | Wings | 1 | May 20 | 8 |
| April 29 | "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" | Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams | 1 | June 3 | 8 |
| "You're the One That I Want" | John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John | 1 | June 10 | 9 | |
| May 6 | "Count On Me" | Jefferson Starship | 8 | May 13 | 4 |
| May 13 | "Imaginary Lover" | Atlanta Rhythm Section | 7 | June 3 | 4 |
| May 20 | "Shadow Dancing" | Andy Gibb | 1 | June 17 | 12 |
| "Feels So Good" | Chuck Mangione | 4 | June 10 | 5 | |
| May 27 | "On Broadway" | George Benson | 7 | June 10 | 4 |
| June 3 | "Take a Chance on Me" | ABBA | 3 | July 8 | 8 |
| "This Time I'm in It for Love" | Player | 10 | June 3 | 2 | |
| June 10 | "Baker Street" | Gerry Rafferty | 2 | June 24 | 9 |
| "It's a Heartache" | Bonnie Tyler | 3 | June 24 | 6 | |
| June 17 | "You Belong to Me" | Carly Simon | 6 | June 24 | 4 |
| "Love Is Like Oxygen" | Sweet | 8 | June 24 | 3 | |
| June 24 | "Use ta Be My Girl" | The O'Jays | 4 | July 8 | 7 |
| "Still the Same" | Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | 4 | July 22 | 7 | |
| "Dance With Me" | Peter Brown | 8 | July 8 | 4 | |
| July 1 | "The Groove Line" | Heatwave | 7 | July 15 | 5 |
| July 8 | "Miss You" | The Rolling Stones | 1 | August 5 | 9 |
| July 15 | "Last Dance" | Donna Summer | 3 | August 12 | 7 |
| July 22 | "Three Times a Lady" | Commodores | 1 | August 12 | 11 |
| "Grease" | Frankie Valli | 1 | August 26 | 8 | |
| July 29 | "Love Will Find a Way" | Pablo Cruise | 6 | August 26 | 5 |
| August 5 | "Hot Blooded" | Foreigner | 3 | September 9 | 8 |
| August 12 | "Boogie Oogie Oogie" | A Taste of Honey | 1 | September 9 | 12 |
| "An Everlasting Love" | Andy Gibb | 5 | September 23 | 8 | |
| "Copacabana (At the Copa)" | Barry Manilow | 8 | August 12 | 2 | |
| "Magnet and Steel" | Walter Egan | 8 | August 26 | 4 | |
| August 26 | "Hopelessly Devoted to You" | Olivia Newton-John | 3 | September 23 | 8 |
| September 2 | "Kiss You All Over" | Exile | 1 | September 30 | 12 |
| "Shame" | Evelyn "Champagne" King | 9 | September 9 | 3 | |
| September 9 | "Summer Nights" | John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John | 5 | September 30 | 7 |
| "Got to Get You into My Life" | Earth, Wind & Fire | 9 | September 16 | 2 | |
| September 16 | "Don't Look Back" | Boston | 4 | October 7 | 6 |
| September 23 | "Hot Child in the City" | Nick Gilder | 1 | October 28 | 9 |
| "Reminiscing" | Little River Band | 3 | October 28 | 7 | |
| September 30 | "Love Is in the Air" | John Paul Young | 7 | October 14 | 5 |
| October 7 | "You Needed Me" | Anne Murray | 1 | November 4 | 8 |
| "Whenever I Call You "Friend"" | Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks | 5 | October 28 | 7 | |
| October 21 | "MacArthur Park" | Donna Summer | 1 | November 11 | 9 |
| October 28 | "Double Vision" | Foreigner | 2 | November 18 | 6 |
| "How Much I Feel" | Ambrosia | 3 | November 18 | 7 | |
| November 4 | "Beast of Burden" | The Rolling Stones | 8 | November 11 | 2 |
| "Get Off" | Foxy | 9 | November 11 | 2 | |
| November 11 | "I Just Wanna Stop" | Gino Vannelli | 4 | December 9 | 8 |
| November 18 | "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" | Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand | 1 | December 2 | 10 |
| "You Never Done It Like That" | Captain & Tennille | 10 | November 18 | 2 | |
| November 25 | "Le Freak" | Chic | 1 | December 9 | 15 |
| "I Love the Nightlife" | Alicia Bridges | 5 | December 23 | 7 | |
| "Time Passages" | Al Stewart | 7 | December 9 | 4 | |
| December 9 | "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" | Andy Gibb | 9 | December 16 | 6 |
1977 peaks[]
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 8 | "You Light Up My Life" | Debby Boone | 1 | October 15 | 14 |
| November 12 | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Bee Gees | 1 | December 24 | 17 |
| November 19 | "Blue Bayou" | Linda Ronstadt | 3 | December 17 | 8 |
| December 3 | "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again" | L.T.D. | 4 | December 24 | 7 |
1979 peaks[]
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2 | "My Life" | Billy Joel | 3 | January 6 | 10 |
| "Sharing the Night Together" | Dr. Hook | 6 | January 6 | 7 | |
| December 16 | "Too Much Heaven" | Bee Gees | 1 | January 6 | 9 |
| December 23 | "Y.M.C.A." | Village People | 2 | February 3 | 12 |
| "Hold the Line" | Toto | 5 | January 13 | 6 |
See also[]
- 1978 in music
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1978 (U.S.)
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1978
References[]
General sources[]
- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
Categories:
- Lists of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles
- 1978 record charts