RADIO AND RECORDS (USA) MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP POP SINGLES OF 1978 |
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Written by Barry Kowal
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Dec 01, 2017 at 10:26 AM |
RADIO AND RECORDS (USA) MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP POP SINGLES OF 1978

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No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
1 NIGHT FEVER-BEE GEES-MARCH 776
2 STAYIN' ALIVE-BEE GEES-January 774
3 KISS YOU ALL OVER-EXILE-September 760
4 THREE TIMES A LADY-COMMODORES-August 712
5 LE FREAK-CHIC-January 684
6 SHADOW DANCING-ANDY GIBB-May 682
7 BAKER STREET-GERRY RAFFERTY-June 636
8 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS-Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond-November 614
9 MY LIFE-Billy Joel-January 612
10 CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU-Barry Manilow-March 572
11 Emotion-Samantha Sang-February 558
12 Hot Child In The City-Nick Gilder-October 550
13 You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)-Rod Stewart-January 550
14 MacArthur Park-Donna Summer-November 538
15 If I Can't Have You-Yvonne Elliman-April 534
16 Miss You-Rolling Stones-July 530
17 With A Little Luck-Paul McCartney & Wings-May 526
18 Whenever I Call You Friend-Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks-October 524
19 You're The One That I Want-John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John-May 516
20 Sharing The Night Together-Dr. Hook-December 506
21 Sometimes When We Touch-Dan Hill-February 504
22 Grease-Frankie Valli-July 494
23 Dust In The Wind-Kansas-March 494
24 You Needed Me-Anne Murray-October 480
25 Still The Same-Bob Seger-July 458
26 (Love Is) Thicker Than Water-Andy Gibb-February 452
27 Hot Blooded-Foreigner-August 450
28 Lay Down Sally-Eric Clapton-March 450
29 Love Will Find A Way-Pablo Cruise-July 442
30 How Much I Feel-Ambrosia-November 430
31 Just The Way You Are-Billy Joel-January 426
32 Use Ta Be My Girl-O'Jays-June 422
33 We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You-Queen-January 418
34 Boogie Oogie Oogie-A Taste Of Honey-September 416
35 Reminiscing-Little River Band-September 412
36 Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad-Meat Loaf-July 412
37 It's A Heartache-Bonnie Tyler-June 404
38 Hopelessly Devoted To You-Olivia Newton-John-August 400
39 Strange Way-Firefall-December 396
40 I Just Wanna Stop-Gino Vannelli-November 390
41 Time Passages-Al Stewart-November 388
42 Short People-Randy Newman-January 386
43 The Closer I Get To You-Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway-May 384
44 Come Sail Away-Styx-January 382
45 Feels So Good-Chuck Mangione-May 380
46 You Belong To Me-Carly Simon-June 378
47 Too Much,Too Little,Too Late-Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams-June 372
48 Don't Look Back-Boston-September 350
49 Bluer Than Bluer-Michael Johnson-July 338
50 Double Vision-Foreigner-November 336
51 Y.M.C.A.-Village People-January 322
52 Right Down The Line-Gerry Rafferty-September 320
53 Life's Been Good-Joe Walsh-August 316
54 Last Dance-Donna Summer-July 310
55 (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away-Andy Gibb-December 302
56 Jack & Jill-Raydio-April 300
57 Count On Me-Jefferson Starship-April 298
58 Turn To Stone-Electric Light Orchestra-January 294
59 Ebony Eyes-Bob Welch-April 280
60 Take A Chance On Me-Abba-June 278
61 An Everlasting Love-Andy Gibb-August 270
62 Who Are You-The Who-October 270
63 Summer Nights-John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John-September 262
64 Ooh Baby Baby-Linda Ronstadt-January 260
65 The Way You Do The Things You Do-Rita Coolidge-February 256
66 Running On Empty-Jackson Browne-April 254
67 We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again-England Dan & John Ford Coley-Ap 254
68 We've Got Tonite-Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band-January 254
69 Shame-Evelyn Champagne King-September 230
70 Ready To Take A Chance Again-Barry Manilow-November 226
71 Disco Inferno-The Trammps-May 220
72 Imaginary Lover-Atlanta Rhythm Section-May 216
73 Baby Hold On-Eddie Money-June 212
74 Slip Slidin' Away-Paul Simon-January 212
75 Peg-Steely Dan-February 204
76 Goodbye Girl-David Gates-March 196
77 The Groove Line-Heatwave-June 190
78 Fool If You Think It's Over-Chris Rea-September 188
79 Beast Of Burden-The Rolling Stones-October 180
80 Copacabana (At The Copa)-Barry Manilow-July 178
81 Alive Again-Chicago-November 178
82 Sweet Talkin' Woman-Electric Light Orchestra-April 178
83 Thunder Island-Jay Ferguson-March 166
84 (What A) Wonderful World-Art Garfunkel-March 164
85 Magnet And Steel-Walter Egan-August 162
86 I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)-Alicia Bridges-November 146
87 Runaway-Jefferson Starship-July 128
88 Our Love-Natalie Cole-April 126
89 Dance,Dance,Dance (Yowsah,Yowsah,Yowsah)-Chic-February 122
90 My Angel Baby-Toby Beau-August 122
91 Hollywood Nights-Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band-September 120
92 Back In The U.S.A.-Linda Ronstadt-September 120
93 Desiree-Neil Diamond-February 116
94 Got To Get You Into My Life-Earth,Wind And Fire-September 108
95 Promises-Eric Clapton And His Band-January 102
96 Thank You For Being A Friend-Andrew Gold-April 78
97 Dance With Me-Peter Brown & Betty Wright-June 74
98 You Never Done It Like That-Captain & Tennille-October 72
99 Theme From Close Encounters Of The Third Kind-John Williams-February 70
100 What's Your Name-Lynyrd Skynyrd-February 68
101 Love Is Like Oxygen-Sweet-June 68
102 She's Always A Woman-Billy Joel-October 68
103 You-Rita Coolidge-August 36
104 On Broadway-George Benson-May 34
105 Happy Anniversary-Little River Band-March 34
106 Werewolves Of London-Warren Zevon-May 34
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