List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1978

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1978.

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Bee Gees and Andy Gibb each had four top-ten hits in 1978, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

Top-ten singles

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1978
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1977
December 17"Baby Come Back" Player 1January 1410
"Here You Come Again" Dolly Parton 3January 146
December 24"Slip Slidin' Away" Paul Simon 5January 286
"Sentimental Lady" Bob Welch 8January 74
Singles from 1978
January 7"You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" Rod Stewart 4January 145
"Hey Deanie" Shaun Cassidy 7January 143
January 14"We Are the Champions" Queen 4February 47
"Come Sail Away" Styx 8January 283
January 21"Stayin' Alive" Bee Gees 1February 413
"Short People" Randy Newman 2January 285
January 28"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" Andy Gibb 1March 411
"Just the Way You Are" Billy Joel 3February 188
February 4"Sometimes When We Touch" Dan Hill 3March 48
"Emotion" Samantha Sang 3March 1810
February 11"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" Chic 6February 256
February 25"Night Fever" Bee Gees 1March 1813
"Lay Down Sally" Eric Clapton 3April 111
March 4"I Go Crazy" Paul Davis 7March 185
March 11"Can't Smile Without You" Barry Manilow 3April 2210
March 25"If I Can't Have You" Yvonne Elliman 1May 1310
"Thunder Island" Jay Ferguson 9April 13
April 1"Dust in the Wind" Kansas 6April 157
April 8"Jack and Jill" Raydio 8April 154
April 15"The Closer I Get to You" Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway 2May 138
"We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again" England Dan & John Ford Coley 9April 152
"Our Love" Natalie Cole 10April 152
April 22"With a Little Luck" Wings 1May 208
April 29"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams 1June 38
"You're the One That I Want" John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 1June 109
May 6"Count On Me" Jefferson Starship 8May 134
May 13"Imaginary Lover" Atlanta Rhythm Section 7June 34
May 20"Shadow Dancing" Andy Gibb 1June 1712
"Feels So Good" Chuck Mangione 4June 105
May 27"On Broadway" George Benson 7June 104
June 3"Take a Chance on Me" ABBA 3July 88
"This Time I'm in It for Love" Player 10June 32
June 10"Baker Street" Gerry Rafferty 2June 249
"It's a Heartache" Bonnie Tyler 3June 246
June 17"You Belong to Me" Carly Simon 6June 244
"Love Is Like Oxygen" Sweet 8June 243
June 24"Use ta Be My Girl" The O'Jays 4July 87
"Still the Same" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 4July 227
"Dance With Me" Peter Brown 8July 84
July 1"The Groove Line" Heatwave 7July 155
July 8"Miss You" The Rolling Stones 1August 59
July 15"Last Dance" Donna Summer 3August 127
July 22"Three Times a Lady" Commodores 1August 1211
"Grease" Frankie Valli 1August 268
July 29"Love Will Find a Way" Pablo Cruise 6August 265
August 5"Hot Blooded" Foreigner 3September 98
August 12"Boogie Oogie Oogie" A Taste of Honey 1September 912
"An Everlasting Love" Andy Gibb 5September 238
"Copacabana (At the Copa)" Barry Manilow 8August 122
"Magnet and Steel" Walter Egan 8August 264
August 26"Hopelessly Devoted to You" Olivia Newton-John 3September 238
September 2"Kiss You All Over" Exile 1September 3012
"Shame" Evelyn "Champagne" King 9September 93
September 9"Summer Nights" John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 5September 307
"Got to Get You into My Life" Earth, Wind & Fire 9September 162
September 16"Don't Look Back" Boston 4October 76
September 23"Hot Child in the City" Nick Gilder 1October 289
"Reminiscing" Little River Band 3October 287
September 30"Love Is in the Air" John Paul Young 7October 145
October 7"You Needed Me" Anne Murray 1November 48
"Whenever I Call You "Friend"" Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks 5October 287
October 21"MacArthur Park" Donna Summer 1November 119
October 28"Double Vision" Foreigner 2November 186
"How Much I Feel" Ambrosia 3November 187
November 4"Beast of Burden" The Rolling Stones 8November 112
"Get Off" Foxy 9November 112
November 11"I Just Wanna Stop" Gino Vannelli 4December 98
November 18"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand 1December 210
"You Never Done It Like That" Captain & Tennille 10November 182
November 25"Le Freak" Chic 1December 915
"I Love the Nightlife" Alicia Bridges 5December 237
"Time Passages" Al Stewart 7December 94
December 9"(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" Andy Gibb 9December 166

1977 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1978 which peaked in 1977
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
October 8"You Light Up My Life" Debby Boone 1October 1514
November 12"How Deep Is Your Love" Bee Gees 1December 2417
November 19"Blue Bayou" Linda Ronstadt 3December 178
December 3"(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again" L.T.D. 4December 247

1979 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1978 which peaked in 1979
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 2"My Life" Billy Joel 3January 610
"Sharing the Night Together" Dr. Hook 6January 67
December 16"Too Much Heaven" Bee Gees 1January 69
December 23"Y.M.C.A." Village People 2February 312
"Hold the Line" Toto 5January 136

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This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.

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