A month in a life – Oct 1978

All tracks released in October 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] ; will chart in 1979
[+] : both sides charted

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Coming home (09/78) Marshall, Hain *
2 Fool (If you think it's over) (03/78) Chris Rea *
3 Almost like being in love Michael Johnson
4 Black Shaheen Rhead brothers
5 Bicycle race (A side) [+] Queen *
6 Fat bottomed girls (B side) [+] Queen *
7 Nothing new Bethnal
8 Don't look back (09/78) Boston *
9 Back off Little Acre
10 Darlin' (09/78) Frankie Miller *
11 Thank you for being a friend (09/78) Andrew Gold *
12 Love is the sweetest thing (09/78) Peter Skellern ft Grimethorpe Colliery Band *
13 Mac Arthur Park Donna Summer *
14 California dreamin' Colorado *
15 City music David Boydell
16 Radio Radio Elvis Costello & Attractions *
17 Rat trap Boomtown Rats *
18 Down in the tube station at midnight Jam *
19 One for you, one for me (09/78) La Bionda *
20 Sun explosion Manu Debango
21 Alive again Chicago
22 Forever Magna carta
23 Juke box gypsy (09/78) Lindisfarne *
24 Rich man's lady David Byron
25 Is she really going out with him Joe Jackson [*]
26 Goin' down Andy Desmond
27 What a night City boy *
28 It's really you Tarney Spencer band
29 Consider yourself Delroy Wilson
30 Sweet talkin' woman (09/78) Electric Light Orchestra *
31 Exitable boy Warren Zevon
32 Don't it make you wonder Dave Mason
33 Promises (09/78) Eric Clapton *
34 Part time love Elton John *
35 Burn (edit) [New live and rare Vol. II EP] (09/78) Deep Purple *
36 Hard road (09/78) Black Sabbath *
37 Silver machine (RR – 1972] Hawkwind *
38 Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band / With a little help from my friends Beatles *
39 Fun time Joe Cocker
40 Don't look back Peter Tosh *
41 Sandy (05/78) John Travolta *
42 I'm dreamin' Andrea Marcovicci
43 Even now Barry Manilow
44 Driftwood Moody blues
45 Don't walk away till I touch you (09/78) Elaine Paige *
46 Lovin' fever High inergy
47 Got to get you into my life (09/78) Earth, Wind & Fire *
48 Get it while you can (09/78) Olympic runners *
49 Get on up, get on down (09/78) Roy Ayers *
50 Prance on Eddie Henderson *
51 Giving up, giving in (08/78) Three degrees *
52 Instant replay Dan Hartman *
53 Rasputin Boney M *
54 One for you, one for me (09/78) Jonathan King *
55 Summer nights John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John # 1
56 (I want to see the) Bright lights Julie Covington
57 Not fade away Streetboy
58 Brave new world David Essex *
59 Is your love in vain (09/78) Bob Dylan *
60 Take my heart Sherbet
61 There'll never be Switch
62 Close the door (A side) [+] Teddy Pendergrass *
63 Only you (B side) [+] Teddy Pendergrass *
64 Can't stand losing you (08/78) Police *
65 Hot blooded Foreigner *
66 Driver's seat Sniff 'n' the tears [*]
67 Public image Public Image Limited *
68 Hurry up Harry Sham 69 *
69 Teenage kicks Undertones *
70 Tell me to my face Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg
71 Change of heart Eric Carmen
72 A little bit of reggae In crowd
73 You don't love me anymore Eddie Rabbitt
74 Loving you was easy Gary Benson
75 Hollywood romance Lynsey De Paul
76 Neon lights (09/78) Kraftwerk *