Billboard Hot 100 Charts of 1978
Browse every weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart from 1978 — 52 charts in all. 20 different songs reached #1 during the year. The song that spent the most weeks at #1 during 1978 was "Night Fever" by Bee Gees (8 weeks on top). Bee Gees held the #1 spot for the most weeks of any artist that year.
52weekly charts
20different #1 songs
8weeks at #1 for the year's biggest song
31weeks on the chart for the year's longest-running debut
Number-one songs of 1978
| Reached #1 | Weeks at #1 | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 24, 1977 (continued from 1977) | 3 | How Deep Is Your Love | Bee Gees |
| January 14, 1978 | 3 | Baby Come Back | Player |
| February 4, 1978 | 4 | Stayin' Alive | Bee Gees |
| March 4, 1978 | 2 | (Love Is) Thicker Than Water | Andy Gibb |
| March 18, 1978 | 8 | Night Fever | Bee Gees |
| May 13, 1978 | 1 | If I Can't Have You | Yvonne Elliman |
| May 20, 1978 | 2 | With A Little Luck | Wings |
| June 3, 1978 | 1 | Too Much, Too Little, Too Late | Johnny Mathis/Deniece Williams |
| June 10, 1978 | 1 | You're The One That I Want | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John |
| June 17, 1978 | 7 | Shadow Dancing | Andy Gibb |
| August 5, 1978 | 1 | Miss You | The Rolling Stones |
| August 12, 1978 | 2 | Three Times A Lady | Commodores |
| August 26, 1978 | 2 | Grease | Frankie Valli |
| September 9, 1978 | 3 | Boogie Oogie Oogie | A Taste Of Honey |
| September 30, 1978 | 4 | Kiss You All Over | Exile |
| October 28, 1978 | 1 | Hot Child In The City | Nick Gilder |
| November 4, 1978 | 1 | You Needed Me | Anne Murray |
| November 11, 1978 | 3 | MacArthur Park | Donna Summer |
| December 2, 1978 | 1 | You Don't Bring Me Flowers | Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond |
| December 9, 1978 | 1 | Le Freak | Chic |
| December 16, 1978 | 1 | You Don't Bring Me Flowers | Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond |
| December 23, 1978 | 2 | Le Freak | Chic |
Artists with the most weeks at #1 in 1978
- Bee Gees — 13 weeks
- Andy Gibb — 9 weeks
- Exile — 4 weeks
- Player — 3 weeks
- A Taste Of Honey — 3 weeks
Longest-running hits that debuted in 1978
| Weeks on chart | Peak | Song | Artist | Debuted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | #1 | Hot Child In The City | Nick Gilder | June 10, 1978 |
| 31 | #5 | I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'round) | Alicia Bridges | July 8, 1978 |
| 28 | #8 | Dance With Me | Peter Brown With Betty Wright | March 4, 1978 |
| 27 | #1 | I Will Survive | Gloria Gaynor | December 16, 1978 |
| 26 | #1 | You Needed Me | Anne Murray | July 15, 1978 |
| 26 | #2 | Y.M.C.A. | Village People | October 21, 1978 |
| 25 | #1 | Shadow Dancing | Andy Gibb | April 15, 1978 |
| 25 | #1 | Le Freak | Chic | October 28, 1978 |
| 25 | #4 | Feels So Good | Chuck Mangione | February 11, 1978 |
| 25 | #8 | Love Is Like Oxygen | Sweet | February 18, 1978 |
Every chart from 1978
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