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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=12">Brian W.</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 318<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 08&nbsp;July&nbsp;2005 at 4:36am<br /><br /><strong>Variety's Best Selling Singles of 1978</strong><br /><br />This year, novelty and disco singles continue to sell better than airplay would indicate, and we see the first glimpses of top forty radio's reluctance to play more hard-edged black music... a trend that will become even more apparent as we head into the 1980s.<br /><br /><strong>Mega-shocker:</strong>  The #24 sales rank of Johnny Paycheck's Take This Job and Shove It -- which didn't even CHART in Billboard or Cash Box!<br /><br /><strong>Other surprises:</strong><br /><br />--The <strong>#2</strong> (!) rank of Steve Martin's -King Tut, which only hit #17 on the Hot 100.<br /><br />--The #11 rank of Funkadelic's One Nation Under a Groove, which only hit #28 on the Hot 100.<br /><br />--The #10 rank of Village People's Macho Man, which peaked at #25 on the Hot 100.<br /><br />--John Travolta's Greased Lightnin' peaked safely inside the top forty.  (In fact, the week of October 18, all five singles from the Grease soundtrack were in the top 43 simultaneously.)<br /><br />--An Elvis Presley single that was a #45 seller... that didn't chart on the Hot 100 at all!<br /><br />All in all, I count seven singles that were Top 40 sellers that didn't hit Billboard's Top 40.  They are highlighted below in <font color=RED><strong>RED.</strong></font>  Again, the date in parenthesis is the actual chart week ending date... first date is the magazine issue date.<br /><br /><strong>#1</strong><br /><br />1. <strong>Stayin' Alive</strong> - Bee Gees  #1 (9 weeks), 1/25/78 (1/16/78)<br />2. <strong>Shadow Dancing</strong> - Andy Gibb  #1 (9 weeks), 5/24/78 (5/15/78)<br />3. <strong>Night Fever</strong> - Bee Gees  #1 (7 weeks), 3/29/78 (3/20/78)<br />4. <strong>Le Freak</strong> - Chic  #1 (7 weeks), 12/13/78 (12/4/78)<br />5. <strong>Three Times A Lady</strong> - Commodores  #1 (7 weeks), 7/26/78 (7/17/78)<br />6. <strong>You Don't Bring Me Flowers</strong> - Barbra Streisand & Neal Diamond  #1 (4 weeks), 11/15/78 (11/6/78)<br />7. <strong>Boogie Oogie Oogie</strong> - A Taste of Honey  #1 (4 weeks), 9/13/78 (9/4/78)<br />8. <strong>Kiss You All Over</strong> - Exile  #1 (4 weeks), 10/11/78 (10/2/78)<br />9. <strong>Too Much, Too Little, Too Late</strong> - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams  #1 (1 week), 5/17/78 (5/8/78)<br />10. <strong>Hot Child in the City</strong> - Nick Gilder  #1 (1 week), 11/8/78 (10/30/78)<br /><br /><strong>#2</strong><br /><br />11. <strong>Grease</strong> - Frankie Valli  #2 (5 weeks), 7/26/78 (7/17/78)  <font color=RED>(Came within less than 1% of the top spot three consecutive weeks... and week of 8/2/78 (7/24/78) was only 00.02% behind #1!  Well within the margin of error.)</font><br />12. <strong>Emotion</strong> - Samantha Sang  #2 (4 weeks), 2/22/78 (2/13/78)<br />13. <strong>You Needed Me</strong> - Anne Murray  #2 (4 weeks nc), 10/18/78 (10/9/78)<br />14. <strong>Baker Street</strong> - Gerry Rafferty  #2 (3 weeks), 6/14/78 (6/5/78)<br />15. <strong>MacArthur Park</strong> - Donna Summer  #2 (2 weeks), 11/22/78 (11/13/78)<br />16. <strong>You're the One That I Want</strong> - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John  #2 (2 weeks nc), 7/5/78 (6/26/78)  <font color=RED>(Came within less than 1% of #1 week of 7/26/78 (7/17/78), when it was at #3)</font><br />17. <strong>King Tut</strong> - Steve Martin  #2 (1 week), 7/12/78 (7/3/78)  <font color=RED>(Came within less than 1% of #1 week of 7/26/78... when it was at #4!  VERY competitive at the top that week.)</font><br />18. <strong>We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions</strong> - Queen  #2 (1 week), 2/15/78 (2/6/78)  **(For some reason -We Will Rock You- was never listed on either the Hot 100 or in Cash Box, though Whitburn notes it received extensive airplay.  However, both Record World and the Radio & Records listed it as -We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You.-  Variety listed only -We Are the Champions- for first two weeks it was on chart, then -We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You- for the following two weeks, then flipped the order of the songs for the remainder of the chart run.  It was as it is listed here on its peak week.)<br /><br /><strong>#3</strong><br /><br />19. <strong>Too Much Heaven</strong> - Bee Gees  #3 (6 weeks), 12/13/78 (12/4/78)<br />20. <strong>Can't Smile Without You</strong> - Barry Manilow  #3 (4 weeks), 5/3/78 (4/24/78)<br />21. <strong>Miss You</strong> - Rolling Stones  #3 (3 weeks), 8/2/78 (7/24/78)  <font color=RED>(Came within less than 1% of #1 week of 7/26/78... when it was at #5.  Very crowded upper chart that week.)</font><br />22. <strong>(Love Is) Thicker Than Water</strong> - Andy Gibb  #3 (2 weeks), 2/22/78 (2/13/78)<br /><br /><strong>#4</strong><br /><br />23. <strong>It's a  Heartache</strong> - Bonnie Tyler  #4 (4 weeks), 6/7/78 (5/29/78)<br />24. <strong>My Life</strong> - Billy Joel  #4 (3 weeks nc), 12/20/78 (12/11/78)<br />25. <strong>With a Little Luck</strong> - Paul McCartney  #4 (3 weeks nc), 5/10/78 (5/1/78)<br />26. <strong>Just the Way You Are</strong> - Billy Joel  #4 (2 weeks), 2/1/78<br />27. <strong>Last Dance</strong> - Donna Summer  #4 (2 weeks nc), 7/19/78 (7/10/78)<br /><br /><strong>#5</strong><br /><br />28. <strong>Get Off</strong> - Foxy  #5 (3 weeks nc), 9/13/78 (9/4/78)<br />29. <strong>Baby Come Back</strong> - Player  #5 (1 week), 1/11/78 (1/2/78)<br />30. <strong>Hot Blooded</strong> - Foreigner  #5 (1 week), 9/20/78 (9/11/78)<br />31. <strong>Feels So Good</strong> - Chuck Mangione  #5 (1 week), 6/21/78 (6/12/78)<br />32. <strong>Dust in the Wind</strong> - Kansas  #5 (1 week), 4/19/78 (4/10/78)<br />33. <strong>Lay Down Sally</strong> - Eric Clapton  #5 (1 week), 4/12/78 (4/3/78)<br />34. <strong>Reminiscing</strong> - Little River Band  #5 (1 week), 10/18/78 (10/9/78)<br /><br /><strong>#6</strong><br /><br />35. <strong>Hold the Line</strong> - Toto  #6 (4 weeks), 12/27/78 (12/18/78)<br />36. <strong>Whenever I Call You Friend</strong> - Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks  #6 (4 weeks nc), 10/4/78 (9/25/78)<br />37. <strong>Sometimes When We Touch</strong> - Dan Hill  #6 (3 weeks nc), 2/22/78 (2/13/78)<br />38. <strong>The Closer I Get to You</strong> - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway  #6 (2 weeks nc), 5/3/78 (4/24/78)<br />39. <strong>Summer Nights</strong> - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John  #6 (1 week), 9/20/78 (9/11/78)<br /><br /><strong>#7</strong><br /><br />40. <strong>I Love the Nightlife</strong> - Alicia Bridges  #7 (5 weeks), 11/29/78 (11/20/78)<br />41. <strong>If I Can't Have You</strong> - Yvonne Elliman  #7 (3 weeks), 4/12/78 (4/3/78)<br />42. <strong>Hopelessly Devoted to You</strong> - Olivia Newton-John  #7 (2 weeks nc), 9/6/78 (8/28/78)<br />43. <strong>You're in My Heart</strong> - Rod Stewart  #7 (2 weeks), 1/11/77 (1/2/77)<br />44. <strong>Shame</strong> - Evelyn (Champagne) King  #7 (1 week), 8/30/78 (8/21/78)<br />45. <strong>How Much I Feel</strong> - Ambrosia  #7 (1 week), 11/15/78 (11/6/78)<br /><br /><strong>#8</strong><br /><br />46. <strong>Use Ta Be My Girl</strong> - O'Jays  #8 (3 weeks nc), 6/7/78 (5/29/78)<br />47. <strong>The Groove Line</strong> - Heatwave  #8 (3 weeks), 6/21/78 (6/12/78)<br />48. <strong>Jack & Jill</strong> - Raydio  #8 (3 weeks), 4/12/78 (4/3/78)<br /><br /><strong>#9</strong><br /><br />49. <strong>Copacabana</strong> - Barry Manilow  #9 (5 weeks), 7/19/78 (7/10/78)<br />50. <strong>Who Are You</strong> - Who  #9 (2 weeks), 10/18/78 (10/9/78)<br />51. <strong>Double Vision</strong> - Foreigner  #9 (2 weeks), 11/1/78 (10/23/78)<br />52. <strong>Take a Chance on Me</strong> - ABBA  #9 (1 week), 6/28/78 (6/19/78)<br />53. <strong>Love Will Find a Way</strong> - Pablo Cruise  #9 (1 week), 8/23/78 (8/14/78)<br /><br /><strong>#10</strong><br /><br />54. <strong>Dance Dance Dance</strong> - Chic #10 (4 weeks nc), 1/25/78 (1/16/78)<br />55. <strong>On Broadway</strong> - George Benson  #10 (3 weeks), 5/24/78 (5/15/78)<br />56. <strong>Goodbye Girl</strong> - David Gates  #10 (2 weeks nc), 4/19/78 (4/10/78)<br />57. <strong>Macho Man</strong> - Village People  #10 (2 weeks), 9/27/78 (9/18/78)<br />58. <strong>**Theme from -Close Encounters of the Third Kind-</strong> - John Williams/Meco/Gene Page  #10 (1 week), 3/1/78 (2/20/78)  (All versions counted at one position, presumably listed in rank order.  If any of them individually did not rank at #10 (and they probably didn't), then -Dance Dance Dance- would have spent a fifth week at #10 this week.)<br />59. <strong>Right Down the Line</strong> - Gerry Rafferty  #10 (1 week), 10/25/78 (10/16/78)<br />60. <strong>Ready to Take a Chance Again</strong> - Barry Manilow  #10 (1 week), 11/1/78 (10/23/78)<br />61. <strong>Sharing the Night Together</strong> - Dr. Hook  #10 (1 week), 12/27/78 (12/18/78)<br />62. <strong>Got to Be Real</strong> - Cheryl Lynn  #10 (1 week), 1/3/79 (12/25/78)<br /><br /><strong>#11</strong><br /><br />63. <strong>I Just Wanna Stop</strong> - Gino Vannelli  #11 (3 weeks), 11/29/78 (11/20/78)<br />64. <strong>One Nation Under a Groove</strong> - Funkadelic  #11 (2 weeks), 11/1/78 (10/23/78)<br />65. <strong>You Belong to Me</strong> - Carly Simon  #11 (2 weeks nc), 6/7/78 (5/29/78)<br />66. <strong>Dance With Me</strong> - Peter Brown  #11 (2 weeks nc), 6/14/78 (6/5/78)<br />67. <strong>Slip Slidin' Away</strong> - Paul Simon  #11 (1 week), 1/25/78 (1/16/78)<br /><br /><strong>#12</strong><br /><br />68. <strong>Ebony Eyes</strong> - Bob Welch  #12 (2 weeks), 4/5/78 (3/29/78)<br />69. <strong>Come Sail Away</strong> - Styx  #12 (2 weeks nc), 2/1/78 (1/23/78)<br />70. <strong>Our Love</strong> - Natalie Cole  #12 (1 week), 3/22/78 (3/13/78)<br />71. <strong>Flash Light</strong> - Parliament  #12 (1 week), 4/19/78 (4/10/78)<br />72. <strong>Disco Inferno</strong> - Trammps  #12 (1 week), 6/7/78<br /><br /><strong>#13</strong><br /><br />73. <strong>Imaginary Lover</strong> - Atlanta Rhythm Section  #13 (1 week), 5/24/78 (5/15/78)<br />74. <strong>Life's Been Good</strong> - Joe Walsh  #13 (1 week), 8/23/78 (8/14/78)<br />75. <strong>Magnet & Steel</strong> - Walter Egan  #13 (3 weeks), 9/6/78 (8/28/78)<br /><br /><strong>#14</strong><br /><br />76. <strong>Two Out of Three Ain't Bad</strong> - Meat Loaf  #14 (1 week), 7/5/78 (6/26/78)<br />77. <strong>Ooh Baby Baby</strong> - Linda Rondstadt  #14 (1 week), 12/27/78 (12/18/78)<br />78. <strong>Please Come Home for Christmas / Funky New Year</strong> - Eagles  #14 (1 week), 1/3/79 (12/27/79)<br /><br /><strong>#15</strong><br /><br />79. <strong>Still the Same</strong> - Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band  #15 (2 weeks nc), 6/28/78 (6/19/78)<br />80. <strong>Time Passages</strong> - Al Stewart  #15 (1 week), 12/20/78 (12/11/78)<br /><br /><strong>#16</strong><br /><br />81. <strong>Native New Yorker</strong> - Odyssey  #16 (1 week), 2/15/78 (2/6/78)<br />82. <strong>Wonderful World</strong> - Art Garfunkel  #16 (1 week), 3/8/78 (2/28/78)<br />83. <strong>Got to Get You Into My Life</strong> - Earth, Wind & Fire # 16 (1 week), 9/13/78 (9/4/78)<br /><br /><strong>#17</strong><br /><br />84. <strong>Love is Like Oxygen</strong> - Sweet  #17 (2 weeks), 6/21/78 (6/12/78)<br />85. <strong>Turn to Stone</strong> - Electric Light Orchestra  #17 (1 week), 2/8/78 (1/30/78)<br />86. <strong>Baby Hold On</strong> - Eddie Money  #17 (1 week), 6/7/78 (5/29/78)<br />87. <strong>Don't Look Back</strong> - Boston  #17 (1 week), 10/11/78 (10/2/78)<br />88. <strong>Love is in the Air</strong> - John Paul Young  #17 (1 week), 11/1/78 (10/23/78)<br /><br /><strong>#18</strong><br /><br />89. <strong>An Everlasting Love</strong> - Andy Gibb  #18 (2 weeks), 8/30/78 (8/21/78)<br />90. <strong>Peg</strong> - Steely Dan  #18 (1 week), 3/1/78 (2/20/78)<br />91. <strong>I Go Crazy</strong> - Paul Davis  #18 (1 week), 3/15/78 (3/6/78)<br />92. <strong>Running on Empty</strong> - Jackson Browne  #18 (1 week), 4/19/78 (4/10/78)<br />93. <strong>FM (No Static at All)</strong> - Steely Dan  #18 (1 week), 6/28/78 (6/19/78)<br />94. <strong>Back in the U.S.A. </strong> - Linda Ronstadt  #18 (3 weeks), 10/11/78 (10/2/78)<br />95. <strong>You Never Done It Like That</strong> - Captain & Tennille  #18 (2 weeks nc), 11/1/78 (10/23/78)<br />96. <strong>I'm Every Woman</strong> - Chaka Khan  #18 (1 week), 12/13/78 (12/4/78)<br /><br /><strong>#19</strong><br /><br />97. <strong>Sweet Talkin' Woman</strong> - Electric Light Orchestra  #19 (2 weeks), 4/12/78 (4/3/78)<br />98. <strong>Werewolves of London</strong> - Warren Zevon  #19 (1 week), 5/10/78 (5/1/78)<br />99. <strong>Count on Me</strong> - Jefferson Starship  #19 (1 week), 5/24/78 (5/5/78)<br />100. <strong>Dance Disco Heat</strong>- Sylvester  #19 (1 week), 11/15/78 (11/6/78)<br />101. <strong>Instant Replay</strong> - Dan Hartman  #19 (1 week), 1/3/79 (12/25/79)<br /><br /><strong>#20</strong><br /><br />102. <strong>Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood</strong> - Santa Esmerelda  #20 (3 weeks), 1/25/78 (1/16/78)<br />103. <strong>What's Your Name</strong> - Lynyrd Skynyrd  #20 (1 week), 2/22/78 (2/13/78)<br />104. <strong>Bluer Than Blue</strong> - Michael Johnson  #20 (1 week), 7/26/78 (7/17/78)<br />105. <strong>You and I</strong> - Rick James  #20 (1 week), 10/4/78 (9/25/78)<br />106. <strong>She's Always a Woman</strong> - Billy Joel  #20 (1 week), 11/1/78 (10/23/78)<br />107. <strong>Beast of Burden</strong> - Rolling Stones  #20 (1 week), 11/15/78 (11/6/78)<br />108. <strong>Strange Way</strong> - Firefall  #20 (1 week), 12/20/78 (12/11/78)<br />109. <strong>Fat Bottomed Girls / Bicycle Race</strong> - Queen  #20 (1 week), 1/3/79 (12/25/79)<br /><br /><strong>#21</strong><br /><br />110. <strong>Because the Night</strong> - Patti Smith Group  #21 (1 week), 6/21/78 (6/12/78)<br />111. <strong>Only the Good Die Young</strong> - Billy Joel  #21 (2 weeks), 6/28/78 (6/19/78)<br />112. <strong>Fool (If You Think It's Over)</strong> - Chris Rea  #21 (1 week), 10/4/78 (9/25/78)<br /><br /><strong>#22</strong><br /><br />113. <strong>Thunder Island</strong> - Jay Ferguson  #22 (1 week), 4/12/78 (4/3/78)<br /><br /><strong>#23</strong><br /><br />114. <strong>Always & Forever</strong> - Heatwave  #23 (1 week), 4/5/78 (3/27/78)<br />115. <strong>Thank You for Being a Friend</strong> - Andrew Gold  #23 (1 week), 4/19/78 (4/10/78)<br /><br /><strong>#24</strong><br /><br />116. <strong>Hot Legs</strong> - Rod Stewart  #24 (2 weeks), 3/22/78 (3/13/78)<br />117. <font color=RED><strong>Take This Job and Shove It / Colorado Cool Aid</strong></font> - Johnny Paycheck #24 (1 week), 2/8/78 (1/30/78)  (Debuted 1/11/78 issue, spent six weeks in Top 40.  Complete chart run is 45-38-29-25-24-36-38-46.  Colorado Cool Aid was not added to listing until the week it hit #24.)<br />118. <strong>We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again</strong> - England Dan & John Ford Coley  #24 (1 week), 4/26/78 (4/17/78)<br />119. <strong>Even Now</strong> - Barry Manilow  #24 (1 week), 5/31/78 (5/22/78)<br />120. <strong>My Angel Baby</strong> - Tony Beau  #24 (1 week), 8/23/78 (8/14/78)<br /><br /><strong>#25</strong><br /><br />121. <strong>Ffun</strong> - Con Funk Shun  #25 (1 week), 2/8/78 (1/30/78)<br />122. <strong>Movin' Out</strong> - Billy Joel  #25 (1 week), 6/7/78 (5/29/78)<br />123. <font color=RED><strong>In the Bush</strong></font> - Musique  #25 (1 week), 11/29/78 (11/20/78)<br /><br /><strong>#26</strong><br /><br />124. <strong>Thank God It's Friday</strong> - Love & Kisses  #26 (1 week), 7/5/78 (6/26/78)<br />125. <strong>Stuff Like That</strong> - Quincy Jones  #26 (1 week), 8/9/78 (8/31/78)<br /><br /><strong>#27</strong><br /><br />126. <strong>Runaway</strong> - Jefferson Starship  #19 (1 week), 7/19/78 (7/10/78)<br />127. <strong>Close the Door</strong> - Teddy Pendergrass  #26 (1 week), 8/2/78 (7/24/78)<br />128. <strong>You</strong> - Rita Coolidge  #27 (1 week), 8/30/78 (8/21/78)<br /><br /><strong>#28</strong><br /><br />129. <strong>Theme Song from Which Way is Up</strong> - Stargard  #28 (1 week), 3/29/78 (3/20/78)<br /><br /><strong>#29</strong><br /><br />130. <strong>Lady Love</strong> - Lou Rawls  #29 (4 weeks), 3/22/78 (3/13/78)<br />131. <strong>The Way You Do the Things You Do</strong> - Rita Coolidge  #29 (2 weeks nc), 2/22/78 (2/13/78)<br /><br /><strong>#30</strong><br /><br />132. <strong>Hollywood Nights</strong> - Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band  #30 (2 weeks), 11/27/78 (11/18/78)<br />133. <strong>Come Together</strong> - Aerosmith  #30 (1 week), 9/13/78 (9/4/78)<br /><br /><strong>#31</strong><br /><br />134. <font color=RED><strong>Greased Lightnin'</strong></font> - John Travolta  #31 (2 weeks), 10/25/78 (10/16/78)<br />135. <strong>Poor Poor Pitiful Me</strong> - Linda Rondstadt  #31 (1 week), 3/1/78 (2/20/78)<br />136. <strong>Let's All Chant</strong> - Michael Zager Band  #31 (1 week), 5/31/78 (5/22/78)<br /><br /><strong>#32</strong><br /><br />137. <strong>More Than a Woman</strong> - Tavares  #32 (1 week), 5/3/78 (4/24/78)<br />138. <strong>It's the Same Old Song</strong> - K.C. & The Sunshine Band  #32 (1 week), 6/21/78 (6/12/78)<br />139. <strong>Two Tickets to Paradise</strong> - Eddie Money  #32 (1 week), 9/20/78 (9/11/78)<br />140. <font color=RED><strong>Mary Jane</strong></font> - Rick James  #32 (1 week), 11/22/78 (11/13/78)<br />141. <strong>Sweet Life</strong> - Paul Davis  #32 (1 week), 12/20/78 (12/11/78)<br />142. <strong>How You Gonna See Me Now</strong> - Alice Cooper  #32 (1 week), 12/27/78 (12/18/78)<br /><br /><strong>#33</strong><br /><br />143. <strong>The Name of the Game</strong> - ABBA  #33 (1 week), 4/5/78 (3/27/78)<br />144. <strong>Deacon Blues</strong> - Steely Dan  #33 (1 week), 6/14/78 (6/5/78)<br />145. <strong>Straight On</strong> - Heart  #33 (1 week), 12/20/78 (12/11/78)<br /><br /><strong>#34</strong><br /><br />146. <strong>Lovely Day</strong> - Bill Withers  #34 (2 weeks), 2/8/78 (1/30/78)<br />147. <strong>Falling</strong> - LeBlanc & Carr  #34 (1 week), 4/5/78 (3/27/78)<br />148. <strong>Take Me to the Next Phase</strong> - Isley Brothers  #34 (1 week), 6/14/78 (6/5/78)<br /><br /><strong>#35</strong><br /><br />149. <strong>Part-Time Love</strong> - Elton John  #35 (1 week), 12/27/78 (12/18/78)<br />150. <strong>Fantasy</strong> - Earth, Wind & Fire  #35 (1 week), 5/17/78 (5/8/78)<br />151. <font color=RED><strong>Hot Shot</strong></font> - Karen Young  #35 (1 week), 11/1/78 (10/23/78)<br />152. <strong>Don't Want to Live Without It</strong> - Pablo Cruise  #35 (1 week), 12/13/78 (12/4/78)<br /><br /><strong>#36</strong><br /><br />153. <strong>Stay</strong> - Jackson Browne  #36 (1 week), 8/9/78 (7/31/78)<br /><br /><strong>#37</strong><br /><br />154. <strong>Just What I Needed</strong> - Cars  #37 (4 weeks), 10/4/78 (9/25/78)<br />155. <strong>Happy Anniversary</strong> - Little River Band  #37 (1 week), 3/28/78 (3/19/78)<br />156. <strong>Follow You Follow Me</strong> - Genesis  #37 (1 week), 7/12/78 (7/3/78)<br /><br /><strong>#38</strong><br /><br />157. <strong>Songbird</strong> - Barbra Streisand  #38 (1 week), 7/26/78 (7/17/78)  (debuted at this position and never climbed any higher)<br />158. <font color=RED><strong>Runaway Love</strong></font> - Linda Clifford  #38 (1 week), 7/19/78 (7/10/78)<br /><br /><strong>#39</strong><br /><br />159. <font color=RED><strong>You're All I Need to Get By</strong></font> - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams  #39 (1 week), 8/30/78 (8/21/78)<br />160. <strong>Josie </strong>- Steely Dan  #39 (1 week), 10/18/78 (10/9/78)<br />161. <strong>Alive Again</strong> - Chicago  #39 (1 week), 12/22/78 (12/13/78)<br /><br /><strong>#40</strong><br /><br />162. <strong>Heartless</strong> - Heart  #40 (1 week), 6/7/78 (5/29/78)<br />163. <strong>Paradise by the Dashboard Light</strong> - Meat Loaf  #40 (1 week), 10/4/78 (9/25/78)<br />164. <strong>It's a Laugh</strong> - Hall & Oates  #40 (1 week), 10/25/78 (10/16/78)<br /><br /><strong>#41</strong><br /><br />165. <strong>Girl's School / Mull of Kintyre</strong> - Paul McCartney  #41 (2 weeks), 1/25/78 (1/16/78)<br />166. <strong>This Time I'm in It for Love</strong> - Player  #41 (1 week), 6/7/78 (5/29/78)<br />167. <strong>Wonderful Tonight</strong> - Eric Clapton  #41 (1 week), 6/21/78 (6/12/78)<br />168. <strong>If Ever I See You Again</strong> - Roberta Flack  #41 (1 week), 7/12/78 (7/3/78)<br /><br /><strong>#42</strong><br /><br />169. <strong>Fooling Yourself</strong> - Styx  #42 (2 weeks), 4/12/78 (4/3/78)<br />170. <strong>I've Had Enough</strong> - Wings  #42 (2 weeks nc), 7/19/78 (7/10/78)<br />171. <strong>Do You Believe in Magic</strong> - Shaun Cassidy  #42 (1 week), 5/3/78 (4/24/78)<br />172. <strong>Ego</strong> - Elton John  #42 (1 week), 5/10/78 (5/1/78)<br />173. <strong>Oh Darling</strong> - Robin Gibb  #42 (1 week), 9/20/78 (9/11/78)<br />174. <strong>There'll Never Be</strong> - Switch  #42 (1 week), 11/22/78 (11/13/78)<br /><br /><strong>#43</strong><br /><br />175. <strong>Your Sweetness is My Weakness</strong> - Barry White  #43 (2 weeks nc), 11/22/78 (11/13/78)<br />176. <strong>I Was Only Joking</strong> - Rod Stewart  #43 (1 week), 6/14/78 (6/5/78)<br />177. <strong>Every Kinda People</strong> - Robert Palmer  #43 (1 week), 6/21/78 (6/12/78)<br /><br /><strong>#44</strong><br /><br />178. <strong>Devoted to You</strong> - James Taylor & Carly Simon  #44 (2 weeks), 9/20/78 (9/11/78)<br />179. <strong>Reach for It</strong> - George Duke  #44 (1 week), 1/18/78 (1/9/78)<br />180. <strong>Prove It All Night</strong> - Bruce Springsteen  #44 (1 week), 7/12/78 (7/3/78)<br />181. <strong>Mr. Blue Sky</strong> - Electric Light Orchestra  #44 (1 week), 8/23/78 (8/14/78)<br />182. <strong>Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)</strong> - Styx  #44 (1 week), 11/15/78 (11/6/78)<br /><br /><strong>#45</strong><br /><br />183. <strong>Softly as I Leave You / Unchained Melody</strong> - Elvis Presley  #45 (1 week), 4/12/78 (4/3/78)<br />184. <strong>It's You That I Need</strong> - Enchantment  #45 (1 week), 3/15/78 (3/6/78)<br />185. <strong>You're the Love</strong> - Seals & Crofts  #45 (1 week), 6/7/78 (5/29/78)<br />186. <strong>Love Theme from Eyes of Laura Mars (Prisoner)</strong> - Barbra Streisand  #45 (1 week), 9/13/78 (9/4/78)<br />187. <strong>Change of Heart</strong> - Eric Carmen  #45 (1 week), 11/22/78 (11/13/78)<br /><br /><strong>#46</strong><br /><br />188. <strong>Cheeseburger in Paradise</strong> - Jimmy Buffett  #46 (1 week), 6/7/78 (5/29/78)<br />189. <strong>Love or Something Like It</strong> - Kenny Rogers  #46 (1 week), 7/26/78 (7/17/78)<br />190. <strong>Talking in Your Sleep</strong> - Crystal Gayle  #46 (1 week), 8/30/78 (8/21/78)<br />191. <strong>You</strong> - McCrays  #46 (1 week), 9/20/78 (9/11/78)<br /><br /><strong>#47</strong><br /><br />192. <strong>Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys</strong> - Waylon & Willie  #47 (1 week), 3/8/78 (2/27/78)<br />193. <strong>Boogie Shoes</strong> - K.C. & The Sunshine Band  #47 (1 week), 3/22/78 (3/13/78)<br />194. <strong>Can We Still Be Friends</strong> - Todd Rundgren  #47 (1 week), 7/12/78 (7/3/78)<br />195. <strong>Brandy</strong> - O'Jays  #47 (1 week), 9/13/78 (9/4/78)<br />196. <strong>The Power of Gold</strong> - Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg  #47 (1 week), 12/13/78 (12/4/78)<br /><br /><strong>#48</strong><br /><br />197. <strong>Bootzilla</strong> - Bootsy's Rubber Band  #48 (1 week), 3/15/78 (3/6/78)<br />198. <strong>You Really Got Me</strong> - Van Halen  #48 (1 week), 3/22/78 (3/13/78)<br />199. <strong>Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow</strong> - Dave Mason  #48 (1 week), 7/12/78 (7/3/78)<br /><br /><strong>#49</strong><br /><br />200. <strong>Easy to Love</strong> - Leo Sayer  #49 (1 week), 1/25/78 (1/16/78)<br />201. <strong>Steppin' in a Slide Zone</strong> - Moody Blues  #49 (1 week), 8/23/78 (8/14/78)<br />202. <strong>Think It Over</strong> - Cheryl Ladd  #49 (1 week), 8/30/78 (8/21/78)<br />203. <strong>Took the Last Train</strong> - David Gates  #49 (1 week), 10/4/78 (9/25/78)<br /><br /><strong>#50</strong><br /><br />204. <strong>My Best Friend's Girl</strong> - Cars  #50 (2 weeks), 12/13/78 (12/4/78)<br />205. <strong>Street Corner Serenade</strong> - Wet Willie  #50 (1 week), 2/22/78 (2/13/78)<br />206. <strong>I Can't Stand the Rain</strong> - Eruption  #50 (1 week), 4/19/78 (4/10/78) <span style="font-size:10px"><br /><br />Edited by Brian W.</span>]]>
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