List of number one hits in the US (1978)

This is a list of the number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the United States in 1978. There were twenty number one singles and ten number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1977 ←	List of number one hits in the US			1979 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 31, 1977 - January 13, 1978 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love Barry Gibb , Maurice Gibb , Robin Gibb - January 14, 1978 - February 3, 1978 3 weeks (total 3) 3 Player Baby Come Back J.C. Crowley, Peter Beckett - February 4, 1978 - March 3, 1978 4 weeks (4 in total) 4th Bee Gees Stayin 'Alive Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb - March 4, 1978 - March 17, 1978 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Andy Gibb (Love Is) Thicker Than Water Barry Gibb, Andy Gibb - March 18, 1978 - May 12, 1978 8 weeks (8 in total) 8th Bee Gees Night Fever Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb - May 13, 1978 - May 19, 1978 1 week (total 1) 1 Yvonne Elliman If I Can't Have You Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb - May 20, 1978 - June 2, 1978 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Wings With a Little Luck Paul McCartney - June 3, 1978 - June 9, 1978 1 week (total 1) 1 Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams Too Much, Too Little, Too Late John Vallins, Nat Kipner - June 10, 1978 - June 16, 1978 1 week (total 1) 1 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John You're the One That I Want John Farrar - June 17, 1978 - August 4, 1978 7 weeks (total 7) 7th Andy Gibb Shadow Dancing John Farrar - August 5, 1978 - August 11, 1978 1 week (total 1) 1 The Rolling Stones Miss You Mick Jagger , Keith Richards - August 12, 1978 - August 25, 1978 2 weeks (total 2) 2 The Commodores Three Times a Lady Lionel Richie - August 26, 1978 - September 8, 1978 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Frankie Valli Grease Barry Gibb - September 9, 1978 - September 29, 1978 3 weeks (total 3) 3 A taste of honey Boogie Oogie Oogie Janice Marie Johnson, Perry L. Kibble - September 30, 1978 - October 27, 1978 4 weeks (4 in total) 4th Exile Kiss You All Over Mike Chapman , Nicky Chinn - October 28, 1978 - November 3, 1978 1 week (total 1) 1 Nick Gilder Hot Child in the City Nick Gilder, James McCulloch - November 4, 1978 - November 10, 1978 1 week (total 1) 1 Anne Murray You Needed Me Randy Goodrum - November 11, 1978 - December 1, 1978 3 weeks (total 3) 3 Donna Summer MacArthur Park Jimmy Webb - December 2, 1978 - December 8, 1978 1 week (total 3) 3 Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond You Don't Bring Me Flowers Neil Diamond, Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman - December 9, 1978 - December 15, 1978 1 week (total 1) 1 Chic Le Freak Nile Rodgers , Bernard Edwards - December 16, 1978 - December 22, 1978 1 week (4 in total) 4th Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond You Don't Bring Me Flowers Neil Diamond, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman - December 23, 1978 - December 29, 1978 1 week (total 2) 2 Chic Le Freak Nile Rodgers , Bernard Edwards -
← 1977				→ 1979 →

Albums

← 1977 ←	List of number one albums in the US			1979 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 31, 1977 - January 6, 1978 1 week (total 5) 5 Linda Ronstadt Simple dreams - January 7, 1978 - January 20, 1978 2 weeks (total 31) 31 Fleetwood Mac Rumors - January 21, 1978 - July 7, 1978 24 weeks (total of 24) 24 Original movie sound track Saturday Night Fever - July 8, 1978 - July 14, 1978 1 week (total 1) 1 Gerry Rafferty City to city - July 15, 1978 - July 28, 1978 2 weeks (total 2) 2 The Rolling Stones Some girls - July 29, 1978 - September 15, 1978 7 weeks (total 7) 7th Original motion picture soundtrack Grease - September 16, 1978 - September 22, 1978 1 week (total 1) 1 Boston Don't look back - September 23, 1978 - October 6, 1978 2 weeks (9 in total) 9 Original motion picture soundtrack Grease - October 7, 1978 - October 13, 1978 1 week (total 2) 2 Boston Don't look back - October 14, 1978 - November 3, 1978 3 weeks (total of 12) 12 Original motion picture soundtrack Grease - November 4, 1978 - November 10, 1978 1 week (total 1) 1 Linda Ronstadt Living in the USA - November 11, 1978 - November 17, 1978 1 week (total 1) 1 Donna Summer Live and More - November 18, 1978 - December 29, 1978 6 weeks (6 in total) 6th Billy Joel 52nd Street -
← 1977				→ 1979 →

Web links

• Chartsurfer.de - Number 1 hits USA (1978)

literature

• Whitburn, Joel (2013). Top Pop Singles: 1955-2012, 14th Edition Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-205-2
• Whitburn, Joel (2010). Top Pop Albums: 1955-2009, 7th Edition Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-183-3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Discogs (Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love)
2. ↑ Discogs (Player - Baby Come Back)
3. ↑ Discogs (Bee Gees - Stayin 'Alive)
4. ↑ Discogs (Andy Gibb - (Love Is) Thicker Than Water)
5. ↑ Discogs (Bee Gees - Night Fever)
6. ↑ Discogs (Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You)
7. ↑ Discogs (Wings - With a Little Luck)
8. ↑ Discogs (Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late)
9. ↑ Discogs (John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're the One That I Want)
10. ↑ Discogs (Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing)
11. ↑ Discogs (The Rolling Stones - Miss You)
12. ↑ Discogs (The Commodores - Three Times a Lady)
13. ↑ Discogs (Frankie Valli - Grease)
14. ↑ Discogs (A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie)
15. ↑ Discogs (Exile - Kiss You All Over)
16. ↑ Discogs (Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City)
17. ↑ Discogs (Anne Murray - You Needed Me)
18. ↑ Discogs (Donna Summer - MacArthur Park)
19. ↑ Discogs (Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers)
20. ↑ Discogs (Chic - Le Freak)
21. ↑ Discogs (Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams)
22. ↑ Discogs (Fleetwood Mac - Rumors)
23. ↑ Discogs (Original Movie Sound Track - Saturday Night Fever)
24. ↑ Discogs (Gerry Rafferty - City to City)
25. ↑ Discogs (The Rolling Stones - Some Girls)
26. ↑ Discogs (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Grease)
27. ↑ Discogs (Boston - Don't Look Back)
28. ↑ Discogs (Linda Ronstadt - Living in the USA)
29. ↑ Discogs (Donna Summer - Live and More)
30. ↑ Discogs (Billy Joel - 52nd Street)

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