List of number one hits in Germany (1978)

This list contains all number one hits in Germany in 1978. There were eleven number one singles and nine number one albums that year. The album charts lists edited on May 1, 1978 are the first of the Media Control company .

Singles

Albums

Santa Esmeralda starring Leroy Gomez : Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 8 weeks (November 21, 1977 - January 15, 1978) Wings : Mull of Kintyre 10 weeks (January 16 - March 26) Vader Abraham - The Song of the Smurfs 4 weeks (March 27th - April 23rd) Boney M .: Rivers of Babylon 16 weeks (April 24th - August 13th, a total of 17 weeks) John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're the One That I Want 1 week (August 14th - August 20th, 6 weeks in total) Boney M .: Rivers of Babylon 1 week (August 21 - August 27, total of 17 weeks) John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John : You're the One That I Want 2 weeks (August 28th - September 10th, a total of 6 weeks) Marshall Hain : Dancing in the City 1 week (September 11th - September 17th) John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John : You're the One That I Want 3 weeks (September 18 - October 8, a total of 6 weeks) Boney M .: Rasputin 1 week (October 9th - October 15th) Smokie : Mexican girl 1 week (October 16 - October 22) Clout : substitutes 3 weeks (October 23 - November 12) Luv ' : You're the Greatest Lover 4 weeks (November 13th - December 10th) Village People : YMCA 4 weeks (December 11, 1978 - January 7, 1979, total of 11 weeks; → 1979 )

Orchestra Anthony Ventura - 20 dream melodies 1 month (January 1st - January 31st) Santa Esmeralda starring Leroy Gomez - Santa Esmeralda ½ month (February 1 - February 14, a total of 8 weeks; → 1977 ) Compilation (k-tel) - Disco Fire 1 month (February 15 - March 14) Buddy Holly - His 20 greatest hits 1 month (March 15th - April 14th) Udo Juergens & the national soccer team '78 - Buenos dias Argentina 1 month (April 15 - May 14) Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track 2½ months (May 15 - July 31) Boney M. - Nightflight to Venus 1 month (August 1st - August 31st, total of 11 weeks) info On September 4th, 1978 a change took place with regard to the period of the chart publication. The charts are now published weekly and not only every six months on the 1st and 15th of each month. There is no official chart edition in the period from September 1st to 3rd. Boney M. - Nightflight to Venus 7 weeks (September 4th - October 22nd, total of 11 weeks) Grease (soundtrack) 5 weeks (23 October - 26 November, a total of 11 weeks; → 1980 ) Billy Vaughn Orchestra - Moonlight Melodies 3 weeks (November 27th - December 17th, 4 weeks in total) Grease (soundtrack) 1 week (December 18 - December 24, total of 11 weeks; → 1980 ) Billy Vaughn Orchestra - Moonlight Melodies 1 week (December 25th - December 31st, 4 weeks in total)

Annual charts 1978

Singles

Albums

Vader Abraham - The Song of the Smurfs Boney M. - Rivers of Babylon Wings - Mull of Kintyre John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're the One That I Want Bee Gees - Stayin 'Alive Amanda Lear - Follow Me Bee Gees - Night Fever Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street Wishful Thinking - Hiroshima Eruption feat. Precious Wilson - I Can't Stand the Rain Andrea Jürgens - ... and I love you both Gitti and Erika - Heidi ABBA - Take a Chance on Me John Paul Young - Love Is in the Air La Bionda - One For You, One For Me Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi Luisa Fernandez - Lay love on you Genesis - Follow You, Follow Me Queen - We Are the Champions Bonnie Tyler - It's a Heartache Howard Carpendale - Ti Amo Smokie - Oh Carol Uriah Heep - Free Me Suzi Quatro - If You Can't Give Me Love Dee D. Jackson - Automatic Lover Andrea Jürgens - I'll show you my paradise Uriah Heep - Lady in Black Udo Jürgens and the national soccer team - Buenos días, Argentina Marshall Hain - Dancing In The City Status Quo - Rockin 'All over the World

Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch Genesis - ... And Then There Were Three ... ABBA - ABBA The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Boney M. - Nightflight to Venus The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid Supertramp - Crime of the Century The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot

literature

• Ehnert, Günter: HIT BILANZ German Chart Singles 1956–1980 , Taurus Press, Norderstedt, ISBN 3-922542-24-7
• Ehnert, Günter: HIT BILANZ German chart singles 1956–1980. TOP 10 , Taurus Press, Norderstedt, 1999, ISBN 3-922542-41-7

Web links

• Official German charts. Singles charts (from January 2, 1978)

See also: 1978 number one hits in Australia , Belgium , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain , the United States, and the United Kingdom .