Top 100 - 1978
These were officially the biggest hits from 1978
1
Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring
Boney M
2
You're The One That I Want
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
3
Summer Nights
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
4
Night Fever
The Bee Gees
5
Three Times A Lady
The Commodores
6
Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs
Brian & Michael
7
The Smurf Song
Father Abraham & The Smurfs
8
Take A Chance On Me
Abba
9
Wuthering Heights
Kate Bush
10
Rat Trap
The Boomtown Rats
11
Mull Of Kintyre / Girl's School
Wings
12
Dreadlock Holiday
10cc
13
Figaro
Brotherhood Of Man
14
Denis
Blondie
15
Substitute
Clout
16
Come Back My Love
Darts
17
Baker Street
Gerry Rafferty
18
Mary's Boy Child
Boney M
19
The Boy From New York City
Darts
20
Uptown Top Ranking
Althia & Donna
21
Dancin' In The City
Marshall Hain
22
Wishing On A Star
Rose Royce
23
Sandy
John Travolta
24
Too Much Too Little Too Late
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
25
It's Raining
Darts
26
Boogie Oogie Oogie
A Taste Of Honey
27
Rasputin
Boney M
28
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Rod Stewart
29
Annie's Song
James Galway
30
I Wonder Why
Showaddywaddy
31
Never Let Her Slip Away
Andrew Gold
32
Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Rose Royce
33
If You Can't Give Me Love
Suzi Quatro
34
Hopelessly Devoted To You
Olivia Newton-John
35
Grease
Frankie Valli
36
Oh What A Circus
David Essex
37
If I Had Words
Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely
38
Love's Unkind
Donna Summer
39
Miss You
The Rolling Stones
40
I Can't Stand The Rain
Eruption
41
Jilted John
Jilted John
42
Lucky Stars
Dean Friedman
43
Stayin' Alive
The Bee Gees
44
Airport
The Motors
45
If I Can't Have You
Yvonne Elliman
46
Like Clockwork
The Boomtown Rats
47
Mr Blue Sky
Electric Light Orchestra
48
Forever Autumn
Justin Hayward
49
YMCA
The Village People
50
Darlin'
Frankie Miller
51
Because The Night
Patti Smith Group
52
Love Is In The Air
John Paul Young
53
Follow You Follow Me
Genesis
54
Native New Yorker
Odyssey
55
Blame It On The Boogie
The Jacksons
56
A Little Bit Of Soap
Showaddywaddy
57
Sweet Talkin' Woman
Electric Light Orchestra
58
Wild West Hero
Electric Light Orchestra
59
MacArthur Park
Donna Summer
60
Emotions
Samantha Sang
61
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Sylvester
62
My Best Friend's Girl
The Cars
63
Davy's On The Road Again
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
64
Floral Dance
The Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band
65
Too Much Heaven
The Bee Gees
66
It's A Heartache
Bonnie Tyler
67
Kiss You All Over
Exile
68
Oh Carol
Smokie
69
Super Nature
Cerrone
70
A Taste Of Aggro
The Barron Knights
71
Pretty Little Angel Eyes
Showaddywaddy
72
Automatic Lover
Dee D Jackson
73
Man With The Child In His Eyes
Kate Bush
74
I Can't Stop Lovin' You
Leo Sayer
75
Ca Plane Pour Moi
Plastic Bertrand
76
I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper
Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip
77
More Than A Woman
Tavares
78
Hanging On The Telephone
Blondie
79
Let's All Chant
The Michael Zager Band
80
Run For Home
Lindisfarne
81
Instant Replay
Dan Hartman
82
5-7-0-5
City Boy
83
Always And Forever / Mind Blowing Decisions
Heatwave
84
With A Little Luck
Wings
85
Lovely Day
Bill Withers
86
Talking In Your Sleep
Crystal Gayle
87
Jack And Jill
Raydio
88
Singin' In The Rain
Sheila & B Devotion
89
Making Up Again
Goldie
90
Summer Night City
Abba
91
Do It Do It Again
Raffaella Carra
92
Is This Love
Bob Marley & The Wailers
93
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Crystal Gayle
94
Love Is Like Oxygen
The Sweet
95
British Hustle
Hi Tension
96
Picture This
Blondie
97
Hot Legs / I Was Only Joking
Rod Stewart
98
It's Only Make Believe
Child
99
What A Waste
Ian Dury
100
Just One More Night
Yellow Dog
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