#1 Singles of 1978: Side-by-Side Charts

Week	Billboard	CashBox	Record World
Jan 7	"How Deep Is Your Love" Bee Gees	"How Deep Is Your Love" Bee Gees	"You Light Up My Life" Debby Boone
Jan 14	"Baby Come Back" Player	"Baby Come Back" Player	"We Are The Champions/ We Will Rock You" Queen
Jan 21
Jan 28		"Short People" Randy Newman
Feb 4	"Stayin' Alive" Bee Gees	"Stayin' Alive" Bee Gees	"Stayin' Alive" Bee Gees
Feb 11
Feb 18
Feb 25
Mar 4	"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" Andy Gibb	"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" Andy Gibb	"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" Andy Gibb
Mar 11		"Emotion" Samantha Sang	"Stayin' Alive" Bee Gees
Mar 18	"Night Fever" Bee Gees	"Night Fever" Bee Gees
Mar 25			"Night Fever" Bee Gees
Apr 1
Apr 8
Apr 15
Apr 22
Apr 29
May 6
May 13	"If I Can't Have You" Yvonne Elliman	"If I Can't Have You" Yvonne Elliman
May 20	"With a Little Luck" Wings	"With a Little Luck" Wings	"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
May 27			"With a Little Luck" Wings
June 3	"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams	"Shadow Dancing" Andy Gibb	"Shadow Dancing" Andy Gibb
June 10	"You're the One That I Want" John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
June 17	"Shadow Dancing" Andy Gibb
June 24
July 1
July 8
July 15		"Baker Street" Gerry Rafferty
July 22
July 29		"Miss You" Rolling Stones	"You're the One That I Want" John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
Aug 5	"Miss You" Rolling Stones		"Three Times a Lady" Commodores
Aug 12	"Three Times a Lady" Commodores	"Three Times a Lady" Commodores	"Grease" Frankie Valli
Aug 19
Aug 26	"Grease" Frankie Valli		"Three Times a Lady Commodores
Sept 2
Sept 9	"Boogie Oogie Oogie" A Taste of Honey	"Grease" Frankie Valli
Sept 16		"Boogie Oogie Oogie" A Taste of Honey
Sept 23			"Boogie Oogie Oogie" A Taste of Honey
Sept 30	"Kiss You All Over" Exile		"Kiss You All Over" Exile
Oct 7		"Kiss You All Over" Exile
Oct 14
Oct 21		"Hot Child in the City" Nick Gilder	"Hot Child in the City" Nick Gilder
Oct 28	"Hot Child in the City" Nick Gilder
Nov 4	"You Needed Me" Anne Murray
Nov 11	"MacArthur Park" Donna Summer	"MacArthur Park" Donna Summer
Nov 18			"MacArthur Park" Donna Summer
Nov 25		"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
Dec 2	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond		"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
Dec 9	"Le Freak" Chic
Dec 16	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond	"Le Freak" Chic	"Le Freak" Chic
Dec 23	"Le Freak" Chic
Dec 30
Week	Billboard	CashBox	Record World

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Ranking based on weeks atop all three charts:

1. Night Fever (24)
2. Shadow Dancing (21)
3. Stayin' Alive (14)
4. Three Times a Lady (11)
5. (tie) Kiss You All Over & Le Freak (9)
7. Hot Child in the City (8)
8. (tie) Boogie Oogie Oogie, MacArthur Park, You Don't Bring Me Flowers (7)
11. Baby Come Back, With a Little Luck, Grease (5)
14. (Love Is) Thicker Than Water (4)
15. (tie) We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You, Miss You (3)
17. (tie) How Deep Is Your Love, If I Can't Have You, Too Much Too Little Too Late, You're The One That I Want, Baker Street (2)
22. (tie) You Light Up My Life, Short People, Emotion, You Needed Me (1)