Billboard Magazine’s top 100 songs of 1978 were:
- Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
- Night Fever - The Bee Gees
- You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone
- Stayin’ Alive - The Bee Gees
- Kiss You All Over - Exile
- How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees
- Baby Come Back - Player
- Thicker Than Water - Andy Gibb
- Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
- Three Times A Lady - The Commodores
- Grease - Frankie Valli
- I Go Crazy - Paul Davis
- You’re The One That I Want - Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
- Emotion - Samantha Sang & The Bee Gees
- Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
- Miss You - The Rolling Stones
- Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
- With A Little Luck - Paul McCartney & Wings
- If I Can’t Have You - Yvonne Elliman
- Dance Dance Dance - Chic
- Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione
- Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder
- Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet
- It’s A Heartache - Bonnie Tyler
- We Will Rock You - Queen
- Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
- Can’t Smile Without You - Barry Manilow
- Too Much, Too Little - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
- Dance With Me - Peter Brown
- Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad - Meat Loaf
- Jack And Jill - Raydio
- Take A Chance On Me - ABBA
- Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
- Last Dance - Donna Summer
- Hopelessly Devoted To You - Olivia Newton-John
- Hot Blooded - Foreigner
- Your’e In My Heart - Rod Stewart
- Closer I Get To Yo - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
- Dust In The Wind - Kansas
- Magnet And Steel - Walter Egan
- Short People - Randy Newman
- Used To Be My Girl - The O’Jays
- Our Love - Natalie Cole
- Love Will Find A Way - Pablo Cruise
- An Everlasting Love - Andy Gibb
- Love Is In The Air - John Paul Young
- Goodbye Girl - David Gates
- Slip Slidin’ Away - Paul Simon
- Groove Line - Heatwave
- Thunder Island - Jay Ferguson
- Imaginary Lover - Atlanta Rhythm Section
- Still The Same - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
- My Angel Baby - Toby Beau
- Disco Inferno - Trammps
- On Broadway - George Benson
- Come Sail Away - Styx
- Back In Love Again - Ltd
- This Time I’m In It For Love - Player
- You Belong To Me - Carly Simon
- Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
- Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
- Peg - Steely Dan
- You Needed Me - Anne Murray
- Shame - Evelyn ‘champagne’ King
- Reminiscing - Little River Band
- Count On Me - Jefferson Starship
- Baby Hold On - Eddie Money
- Hey Deanie - Shaun Cassidy
- Summer Nights - Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
- What’s Your Name - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
- Because The Night - Patti Smith
- Every Kinda People - Robert Palmer
- Copacabana - Barry Manilow
- Always And Forever - Heatwave
- You And I - Rick James
- Serpentine Fire - Earth, Wind & Fire
- Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch
- Falling - Leblanc & Carr
- Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda
- Bluer Than Blue - Michael Johnson
- Running On Empty - Jackson Browne
- Whenever I Call You Frie - Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks
- Fool (If You Think It’s Over) - Chris Rhea
- Get Off - Foxy
- Sweet Talking Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
- Life’s Been Good - Joe Walsh
- I Love The Nightlife (Disco ‘Round) - Alicia Bridges
- You Can’t Turn Me Off - High Inergy
- It’s So Easy - Linda Ronstadt
- Native New Yorker - Odyssey
- Flash Light - Parliament
- Don’t Look Back - Boston
- Turn To Stone - Electric Light Orchestra
- I Can’t Stand The Rain - Eruption
- Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch
- Name Of The Game - ABBA
- We’re All Alone - Rita Coolidge
- Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
- Deacon Blues - Steely Dan
Next week the final year of the decade… 1979!
Previous year… 1977
