List of number-one singles of 1978 (Canada)
This is a list of the weekly Canadian RPM magazine[n 1] number one Top Singles chart of 1978.[n 2][n 3]
based on the publication's top 100 singles lists.
Volume:Issue | Issue Date(s) | Song | Artist |
28:15 | 7 January | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Bee Gees |
28:16 | 14 January | ||
28:17 | 21 January | ||
28:18 | 28 January | ||
28:19 | 4 February | "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" | Rod Stewart |
28:20 | 11 February | "Baby Come Back" | Player |
28:21 | 18 February | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees |
28:22 | 25 February | ||
28:23 | 4 March | ||
28:24 | 11 March | ||
28:25 | 18 March | "Sometimes When We Touch" | Dan Hill ![]() |
28:26 | 25 March | "Emotion" | Samantha Sang |
29:1 | 1 April | "Night Fever" | Bee Gees |
29:2 | 8 April | ||
29:3 | 15 April | ||
29:4 | 22 April | ||
29:5 | 29 April | ||
29:6 | 6 May | "If I Can't Have You" | Yvonne Elliman |
29:7 | 13 May | ||
29:8 | 20 May | "The Closer I Get to You" | Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway |
29:9 | 27 May | "With a Little Luck" | Paul McCartney and Wings |
29:10 | 3 June | ||
29:11 | 10 June | ||
29:12 | 17 June | "Shadow Dancing" | Andy Gibb |
29:13 | 24 June | ||
29:14 | 1 July | ||
29:15 | 8 July | "It's a Heartache" | Bonnie Tyler |
29:16 | 15 July | "Baker Street" | Gerry Rafferty |
29:17 | 22 July | ||
29:18 | 29 July | ||
29:19 | 5 August | ||
29:20 | 12 August | "Miss You" | The Rolling Stones |
29:21 | 19 August | ||
29:22 | 26 August | "Three Times a Lady" | Commodores |
29:23 | 2 September | ||
29:24 | 9 September | ||
29:25 | 16 September | ||
29:26 | 23 September | "Grease" | Frankie Valli |
30:1 | 30 September | "Hopelessly Devoted to You" | Olivia Newton-John |
30:2 | 7 October | ||
30:3 | 14 October | "Hot Child in the City" | Nick Gilder ![]() |
30:4 | 21 October | ||
30:5 | 28 October | "You Needed Me" | Anne Murray ![]() |
30:6 | 4 November | ||
30:7 | 11 November | ||
30:8 | 18 November | ||
30:9 | 25 November | "MacArthur Park" | Donna Summer |
30:10 | 2 December | ||
30:11 | 9 December | "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" | Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond |
30:12 | 16 December | ||
30:13 | 23 December | ||
30:14 | 30 December | "I Just Wanna Stop" | Gino Vannelli ![]() |
See also[]
- 1978 in music
- Hot 100 number-one hits of 1978 (USA)
- Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1978
References[]
- Notes
- ^
The magazine's weekly record charts were digitized by the AV Trust. The collection is archived by Library and Archives Canada here.
The PDF text search does not work unless you have additional software installed. You must view each entry on the chart for a match. - ^ A collection of all the .pdf files cited is available here.
- ^ On 21 March 1966, the chart became the RPM 100, as expanded to the top 100 singles.
§ – RPM did not publish issues for the first two weeks of November 1978.
¶ – 2nd week on #1 assumed as RPM's first issue the following year was published for 13 January 1979.
External links[]
- Read about RPM Magazine at the AV Trust
- Search RPM charts here at Library and Archives Canada
Categories:
- 1978 in Canadian music
- 1978 record charts
- Lists of number-one songs in Canada