A breakdown of my top singles from 1978
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Disco
|
Country
|
|
78
|
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)"
|
Chris Rea
|
12
|
1
| |||
77
|
"Sometime When We Touch"
|
Dan Hill
|
3
|
10
| |||
76
|
"Double Vision"
|
Foreigner
|
2
| ||||
75
|
"Imaginary Lover"
|
Atlanta Rhythm Section
|
7
|
20
| |||
74
|
"The Groove Line"
|
Heatwave
|
7
|
3
| |||
73
|
"Blame It On the Boogie"
|
The Jacksons
|
54
|
3
|
20
| ||
72
|
"Grease"
|
Frankie Valli
|
1
|
13
|
40
| ||
71
|
"Dance With Me"
|
Peter Brown & Betty Wright
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Disco
|
Country
|
|
70
|
"Boogie Oogie Oogie"
|
A Taste of Honey
|
1
|
1
|
1
| ||
69
|
"Right Down the Line"
|
Gerry Rafferty
|
12
|
1
| |||
68
|
"Runaway"
|
Jefferson Starship
| 12 |
37
| |||
67
|
"Hollywood Nights"
|
Bob Seger
|
12
| ||||
66
|
"Three Times a Lady"
|
The Commodores
|
1
|
1
|
1
| ||
65
|
"Shadow Dancing"
| Andy Gibb |
1
|
8
|
11
| ||
64
|
"Magnet and Steel"
|
Walter Egan
|
8
|
18
| |||
63
|
"Ready to Take a Chance Again"
|
Barry Manilow
|
11
|
5
| |||
62
|
"My Best Friend's Girl"
|
The Cars
|
35
| ||||
61
|
"Love is in the Air"
|
John Paul Young
|
7
|
1
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Disco
|
Country
|
|
60
|
"Hot Blooded"
|
Foreigner
|
3
| ||||
59
|
"Hot Child in the City"
|
Nick Gilder
|
1
| ||||
58
|
"Hopelessly Devoted to You"
|
Olivia Newton-John
| 3 |
7
|
20
|
||
57
|
"Shaker Song"
|
Spyro Gyra
|
90
|
16
| |||
56
|
"Two Tickets to Paradise"
|
Eddie Money
|
22
| ||||
55
|
"Jack and Jill"
| Raydio |
8
|
5
| |||
54
|
"(What a) Wonderful World"
|
Art Garfunkel with James Taylor & Paul Simon
|
17
|
1
| |||
53
|
"Use Ta Be My Girl"
|
The O'Jays
|
4
|
21
|
1
| ||
52
|
"MacArthur Park"
|
Donna Summer
|
1
|
24
|
8
|
1
| |
51
|
"We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again"
|
England Dan & John Ford Coley
|
9
|
1
|
All chart positions are peak positions from Billboard charts. These are my personal top 78 singles of those that peaked on the Billboard charts in 1978. The list is solely my opinion. Using Joel Whitburn's book, Pop Annual 1955-1999, I started with the 451 singles that peaked on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart in 1978. An initial pass through that list narrowed it down to 117 tunes, then listening, ranking, and editing began. The top 78 are presented here, in order.
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