Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Counting down my Top 78 of '78: Singles #50 - 31


A breakdown of my top singles from 1978




Title
Artist
Pop
AC
R&B
Disco
Country
50
"Runnin' with the Devil"
Van Halen
84




49
"Take a Chance on Me"
ABBA
3
9



48
"You Really Got Me"
Van Halen
36




47
"Can't Smile Without You"
Barry Manilow
3
1



46
"The Closer I Get to You"
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
2
3
1





Title
Artist
Pop
AC
R&B
Disco
Country
45
"Feels So Good"
Chuck Mangione
4
1



44
"Baby Hold On"
Eddie Money
11




43
"Goodbye Girl"
David Gates
15
3



42
"I Go Crazy"
Paul Davis
7
25



41
"Copacabana (At the Copa)"
Barry Manilow
8
6






Title
Artist
Pop
AC
R&B
Disco
Country
40
"Turn to Stone"
Electric Light Orchestra
13




39
"You Belong to Me"
Carly Simon
6
4



38
"Sweet Talkin' Woman"
Electric Light Orchestra
17




37
"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
Billy Joel
17
40



36
"Forever Autumn"
Justin Hayward
47
20






Title
Artist
Pop
AC
R&B
Disco
Country
35
"Time Passages"
Al Stewart
7
1



34
"Thunder Island"
Jay Ferguson
9




33
"Life's Been Good"
Joe Walsh
12




32
"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"
Andy Gibb
1
18



31
"Only the Good Die Young"
Billy Joel
24








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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