In 1978, 20 singles reached the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Of those 20, six came from the soundtracks from the movies Saturday Night Fever and Grease. More remarkably, 5 of those 6 songs were written by Barry Gibb (Barry had two additional #1 hits that year that were recorded by his brother Andy).
The soundtrack albums from Saturday Night Fever and Grease spent a combined 36 weeks in the #1 spot. That's 70% of the year.
 | "How Deep is Your Love" Bee Gees #1 for one week, January 7 from the movie Saturday Night Fever | |
| "Stayin' Alive" Bee Gees #1 for four weeks, February 4-25 from the movie Saturday Night Fever |  | |
 | "Night Fever" Bee Gees #1 for eight weeks, March 18-May 6 from the movie Saturday Night Fever | |
| "If I Can't Have You" Yvonne Elliman #1 for one week, May 13 from the movie Saturday Night Fever |  | |
 | "You're the One That I Want" John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John #1 for one week, June 10 from the movie Grease | |
| "Grease" Frankie Valli #1 for two weeks, August 26-September 2 from the movie Grease |  |
Click on the year to check out similar soundtrack lists for the following years:
| Year | No. of soundtrack #1's | Total no. of weeks at #1 |
| 1978 | 6 of 20 | 17 |
| 1979 | 0 of 24 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 of 16 | 10 |
| 1981 | 3 of 17 | 14 |
| 1982 | 3 of 16 | 10 |
| 1983 | 2 of 17 | 8 |
| 1984 | 7 of 20 | 21 |
| 1985 | 9 of 27 | 14 |
Other soundtrack hits from 1978 that didn't make the top spot include:
- "Hopelessly Devoted to You" by Olivia Newton-John from Grease (peaked at #3)
- "Last Dance" by Donna Summer from Thank God It's Friday (#3)
- "Summer Nights" by John Travolta and Olivia Newton John from Grease (#5)
- "Got to Get You Into My Life" by Earth, Wind & Fire from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (#9)
- "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps from Saturday Night Fever (#11)
- "Ready to Take a Chance Again" by Barry Manilow from Foul Play (#11)
- "Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind" by John Williams (#13)
- "Oh! Darling" by Robin Gibb from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (#15)
- "Theme Song from Which Way is Up" by Stargard (#21)
- "Love Theme from Eyes of Laura Mars (Prisoner)" by Barbra Streisand (#21)
- "Thank God It's Friday" by Love & Kisses from Thank God It's Friday (#22)
- "FM (No Static at All)" by Steely Dan from FM (#22)
- "Come Together" by Aerosmith from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (#23)
- "Too Hot Ta Trot" by Commodores from Thank God It's Friday (#24)
- "More Than a Woman" by Tavares from Saturday Night Fever (#32)
- "Boogie Shoes" by KC & The Sunshine Band from Saturday Night Fever (#35)
- "Ease on Down the Road" by Diana Ross & Michael Jackson from The Wiz (#41)
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