These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1978.
Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
7 January | "Mull of Kintyre" | Wings | [1] |
14 January | [2] | ||
21 January | [3] | ||
28 January | [4] | ||
4 February | "If I Had Words" | Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keeley | [5] |
11 February | [6] | ||
18 February | [7] | ||
25 February | [8] | ||
4 March | [9] | ||
11 March | [10] | ||
18 March | "Denis" | Blondie | [11] |
25 March | [12] | ||
1 April | [13] | ||
8 April | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees | [14] |
15 April | [15] | ||
22 April | [16] | ||
29 April | "Rivers of Babylon" | Boney M. | [17] |
6 May | [18] | ||
13 May | [19] | ||
20 May | [20] | ||
27 May | [21] | ||
3 June | [22] | ||
10 June | [23] | ||
17 June | [24] | ||
24 June | [25] | ||
1 July | "You're the One That I Want" | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | [26] |
8 July | [27] | ||
15 July | [28] | ||
22 July | [29] | ||
29 July | [30] | ||
5 August | [31] | ||
12 August | [32] | ||
19 August | [33] | ||
26 August | [34] | ||
2 September | "You're the Greatest Lover" | Luv' | [35] |
9 September | [36] | ||
16 September | [37] | ||
23 September | [38] | ||
30 September | "Grease" | Frankie Valli | [39] |
7 October | [40] | ||
14 October | "Hopelessly Devoted to You" | Olivia Newton-John | [41] |
21 October | [42] | ||
28 October | [43] | ||
4 November | [44] | ||
11 November | "Dreadlock Holiday" | 10cc | [45] |
18 November | [46] | ||
25 November | [47] | ||
2 December | "Get Off" | Foxy | [48] |
9 December | [49] | ||
16 December | "Trojan Horse" | Luv' | [50] |
23 December | "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" | Meat Loaf | [51] |
30 December | No Top 40 released | ||
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart compiled by Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. It started as a radio program titled "Veronica Top 40", on the offshore station Radio Veronica in 1965. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting. Joost den Draaijer was the initiator of the Top 40 in the Netherlands. The show is currently aired on Friday from 2 till 6 PM on Qmusic.