Category: A month in a life 1978

All tracks released in December 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new chart entry

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Greased lightnin' (11/78)	John Travolta	*
2	Rama lama ding dong (11/78)	Rocky Sharpe & Replays	*
3	Save the last dance for me	Jerry Lewis & friends
4	Television	Dave Edmunds
5	Just the way you are (11/78)	Barry White	*
6	A little more love (10/78)	Olivia Newton-John	*
7	Night time magic	Larry Gatlin
8	Stayin' alive (11/78)	Richard Ace	*
9	A taste of aggro (11/78)	Barron knights	*
10	Hokey cokey (11/78)	Judge Dread	*
11	Could it be magic (RR – 1975)	Barry Manilow	*
12	Love me again	Rita Coolidge
13	You needed me (09/78)	Anne Murray	*
14	A little lovin' (keeps the doctor away)	Raes
15	Six million steps (West runs south) (11/78)	Rahni Harris & F L O	*
16	Number 1 Dee Jay (11/78)	Goody Goody	*
17	Breaking glass (Live EP) (11/78)	David Bowie	*
18	Loving is easy	Barclay James Harvest
19	Silent night	Dickies	*
20	Tommy Gun (11/78)	Clash	*
21	One nation under a groove (11/78)	Funkadelic	*
22	A touch of velvet, a sting of brass (11/78)	Ron Grainer Orchestra	*
23	Hello, this is Joannie (10/78)	Paul Evans	*
24	Do ya think I'm sexy	Rod Stewart	# 1
25	Superstar	Bob McGilpin
26	I'm every woman (11/78)	Chaka Khan	*
27	Hit me with your rhythm stick (11/78)	Ian Dury & The Blockheads	*
28	Lick a smurp for Christmas (All fall down)	Father Abraphart & Smurps (Jonathan King)	*
29	Car 67 (11/78)	Driver 67	*
30	How you gonna see me now (11/78)	Alice Cooper	*
31	Things will be better	Tito Simon
32	Youngblood (Livin' in the streets) Part 1	War
33	September	Earth, Wind & Fire	*
34	Boogie motion	Beautiful Bend
35	Can't get it out of my head (EP version) (RR – 1975)	Electric Light Orchestra	*
36	I couldn't help but cry	Dan Kelleher
37	My life (11/78)	Billy Joel	*
38	On her doorstep last night	Pasadena Roof Orchestra
39	New York, New York (09/78)	Gerard Kenny	*
40	The last farewell (11/78)	Ship's Company & Royal Marine Band Of HMS Ark Royal	*
41	Song for Guy (11/78)	Elton John	*
42	I'll put you together again (11/78)	Hot Chocolate	*
43	Mirrors (11/78)	Sally Oldfield	*
44	Poinciana (Song of the tree)	Gato Barbieri
45	No goodbyes	Curtis Mayfield	*
46	Come to America	Black velvet
47	It takes me higher	Ganymed
48	Take that to the bank	Shalamar	*
49	Portsmouth (Take four EP) (RR – 1976)	Mike Oldfield	*
50	Christmas in Smurfland (11/78)	Father Abraham & Smurfs	*
51	Don't cry for me, Argentina (11/78)	Shadows	*
52	Changing of the guards	Bob Dylan
53	New York groove	Ace Frehley
54	B-A-B-Y (11/78)	Rachel Sweet	*
55	Anyway you do it	Liquid gold	*
56	Fallen angel	Barbara Dickson
57	Who, what, when, where, why	Manhattan Transfer	*
58	Please come home for Christmas	Eagles	*
59	Mary's boy child, Oh my Lord (11/78)	Boney M	# 1
60	Night dancing	Joe Farrell	*

All tracks released in November 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new chart entry
[*] ; will chart on re-release in 1980

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Change	Zulema
2	I'm gonna love you forever	Crown Heights Affair	*
3	This side of midnight	Gregg Diamond
4	I love the nightlife (Disco 'round)	Alicia Bridges	*
5	You don't bring me flowers	Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond	*
6	Lydia	Dean Friedman	*
7	Simple	Meal ticket
8	Sail away	Kenny Rogers
9	Toast	Streetband	*
10	You never done it like that	Captain & Tennille	*
11	Sweet life	Frederick Knight & Fern Kinney
12	Never had a love like this before	Tavares
13	Hammer horror	Kate Bush	*
14	Germ free adolescence	X-Ray Spex	*
15	My best friend's girl	Cars	*
16	Dance (Disco heat)	Sylvester	*
17	Souvenirs	Voyage	*
18	Harlem hustle	Shampoo
19	I love America	Patrick Juvet	*
20	Stay with me baby	Kiki Dee
21	Can't take the hurt anymore	Cliff Richard
22	Love is	Nirvana
23	I lost my heart to a starship trooper	Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip	*
24	Shooting star	Dollar	*
25	Marina del Rey	Marc Jordan
26	Never gonna stop	Exile
27	Gotta find a woman	Platinum hook
28	Giving it back	Phil Hurtt	*
29	Hopelessly devoted to you	Olivia Newton-John	*
30	Too much heaven	Bee Gees	*
31	I just wanna stop	Gino Vannelli
32	Always and forever	Heatwave	*
33	It seems to hang on	Ashford & Simpson	*
34	Burns night fever	Bill Barclay
35	Lay love on you	Luisa Fernandez	*
36	Rat trap	Boomtown Rats	# 1
37	Homicide	999	*
38	Goodbye girl	Squeeze	*
39	Blue collar man (Long nights)	Styx
40	Sail on	Crawler
41	Ride-O-Rocket	Brothers Johnson	*
42	East river	Brecker Brothers	*
43	Funk 'n' roll (Dancing in the "Funkshine")	Quazar
44	Ease on down the road	Diana Ross & Michael Jackson	*
45	Pretty little angel eyes	Showaddywaddy	*
46	Lay your love on me	Racey	*
47	Y.M.C.A.	Village People	*
48	Do ya think I'm sexy	Rod Stewart	*
49	A whiter shade of pale	Munich Machine ft Chris Bennett	*
50	Hanging on the telephone	Blondie	*
51	The saints are coming	Skids	*
52	Promises	Buzzcocks	*
53	Well all right	Santana	*
54	Stand up	Atlantic Starr
55	Summer nights	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	# 1
56	Stumblin' in	Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman	*
57	Lonely nights	Chris Squelch
58	Love crazy	Masterplan [Kenny Lynch]
59	First street rock	Tappe Zukie
60	Just to be close to you (RR – 1976)	Commodores	*
61	Don't let it fade away	Darts	*
62	Sharing the night together	Dr. Hook	[*]
63	Raining in my heart	Leo Sayer	*
64	Le Freak	Chic	*
65	You stepped into my life	Melba Moore
66	In the bush	Musique	*
67	Brand new day	Lindisfarne
68	Accident Prone	Status Quo	*
69	Destination Venus	Rezillos	*
70	New day (You are the new day)	Airwaves
71	Riu riu	Chorale
72	Don't cry out loud	Elkie Brooks	*
73	Strummin'	Chas & Dave with Rockney	*
74	Save me save me	Frankie Valli
75	Dr Who	Mankind	*
76	Children of Sanchez	Chuck Mangione

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	*

All tracks released in September 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[+] : both sides charted

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	New York, New York	Gerard Kenny
2	Summer nights	Chris Blake & Honey Brown
3	Ain't nothing gonna keep me from you (07/78)	Teri De Sario	*
4	Montego bay (08/78)	Sugar cane	*
5	Where did our love go (08/78) [+]	Manhattan transfer	*
6	Burnin'	Carol Douglas
7	It's a better than good time	Gladys Knight & Pips	*
8	Don't pity me	Thelma Houston
9	Lucky stars	Dean Friedman	*
10	London town (08/78)	Wings	*
11	Hold on	Ian Gomm
12	Dreadlock holiday	10cc	# 1
13	Louie Louie (08/78)	Motorhead	*
14	Don't come close	Ramones	*
15	Heads down, no nonsense, mindless boogie	Alberto y Lost trios paranoias	*
16	Deborah	Dave Edmunds
17	Ain't we funkin' now (08/78)	Brothers Johnson	*
18	Standing on the verge (of gettin' it on) (08/78)	Platinum hook	*
19	Magic mandrake (10/77)	Sarr band	*
20	Narnia	Steve Hackett
21	September gurls	Big star
22	Hollywood nights	Bob Seger & Silver bullet band	*
23	How do you do [+]	Al Hudson & Soul partners	*
24	Holding on (when love is gone)	L.T.D.	*
25	Bama boogie woogie	Cleveland Eaton	*
26	Gimme your luvin'	Atlantic Starr	*
27	Je voulais te dire (Que Je T'attends) (08/78) [+]	Manhattan transfer	*
28	Daylight Katy (07/78)	Gordon Lightfoot	*
29	Wino	Speed limit
30	I can't stop loving you (though I try)	Leo Sayer	*
31	Don't kill the whale (08/78)	Yes	*
32	Ask her	Danny Green
33	Believer	Peter Straker
34	Again and again (08/78)	Status quo	*
35	Sweet Suburbia	Skids	*
36	Come back Jonee (08/78)	Devo	*
37	Mexican girl	Smokie	*
38	Middle of the night	Brotherhood of man	*
39	The winker's song (06/78)	Ivor Biggun & Red nosed burglars	*
40	Summer nights	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	# 1
41	You're the one that I want	Hylda Baker & Arthur Mullard	*
42	A rose has to die (07/78)	Dooleys	*
43	You got me running	Lenny Williams	*
44	Blame it on the boogie	Jacksons	*
45	Love brought me back	D.J. Rogers
46	Once upon a time	Main attractions
47	Love don't live here anymore	Rose Royce	*
48	Brandy (08/78)	O'Jays	*
49	Ever fallen in love (with someone you shouldn't've)	Buzzcocks	*
50	L A Connection	Rainbow	*
51	What's so funny about peace, love and understanding	Brinsley Schwarz
52	D.I.Y.	Peter Gabriel
53	Down at the doctors	Dr Feelgood	*
54	I will still love you	Stonebolt
55	Whenever I call your friend	Kenny Loggins
56	Rollin' on	Cirrus	*
57	Thank you	Gentle giant
58	Summer night city	Abba	*
59	Got a feeling (08/78)	Patrick Juvet	*
60	Do you feel alright	KC & Sunshine band
61	I don't want to be alone tonight	Dr. Hook
62	America	Junior Campbell
63	Right down the line	Gerry Rafferty
64	Three times a lady	Commodores	# 1
65	I go to pieces (everytime…)	Gerri Granger	*
66	Meteor man (08/78)	Dee D Jackson	*
67	Dance get down (Feel the groove) [+]	Al Hudson & Soul partners	*
68	What you waiting for (08/78)	Stargard	*
69	Come together	Aerosmith
70	Respectable	Rolling Stones	*
71	And the band played on (Down among the dead men) (07/78)	Flash and the pan	*
72	The eve of the war (08/78)	Jeff Wayne ft Justin Hayward	*
73	Now that we've found love	Third World	*
74	Blame it on the boogie	Mick Jackson	*
75	Dippety day	Father Abraham & Smurfs	*

All tracks released in August 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-release in 1981
[+] : both sides charted

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Sign of the times (07/78)	Bryan Ferry	*
2	Be stiff	Devo	*
3	Top of the pops (07/78)	Rezillos	*
4	Don't care (05/78)	Klark Kent	*
5	Forget about you	Motors	*
6	Don't let me be wrong	Dodgers
7	Magnet and steel	Walter Egan
8	Body talk	Grand theft
9	Don't wanna say goodnight (07/78)	Kandidate	*
10	Fair game	Mandre
11	My good friend James	Pioneers
12	Kiss you all over (07/78)	Exile	*
13	Driftin'	Alessi
14	Reminiscing	Little river band
15	I believe in you	Mel Tillis
16	Talking in your sleep	Crystal Gayle	*
17	I won't mention it again (07/78)	Ruby Winters	*
18	Three times a lady	Nate Harvell
19	Cry a little while	Earl Klugh
20	Galaxy of love	Crown Heights Affair	*
21	Let the music play	Charles Earland	*
22	Let's start the dance	Hamilton Bohannon	*
23	Savannah	Yvonne Elliman
24	An everlasting love (07/78)	Andy Gibb	*
25	Hong Kong Garden	Siouxsie & Banshees	*
26	I don't need to tell her (07/78)	Lurkers	*
27	'A' bomb in Wardour street [Double A side]	Jam	*
28	David Watts [Double A side]	Jam	*
29	She's gonna win	Bilbo	*
30	Too good to be true	Tom Robinson band
31	Flyin'	Prism
32	I love the night	Blue Öyster Cult
33	Beach boy gold	Gidea park	[*]
34	Don't stop now (07/78)	Gene Farrow & G F Band	*
35	You	Rita Coolidge
36	I thought it was you	Herbie Hancock	*
37	World of today	Supermax
38	Get off	Foxy
39	Slow train to paradise (07/78)	Tavares	*
40	Something's up (love me like the first time)	Wayne St. John
41	You're the one that I want (05/78)	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	# 1
42	Treat her right	Shakin' Stevens
43	It's raining (07/78)	Darts	*
44	Only you can rock me (07/78)	UFO	*
45	Walk on by (07/78)	Stranglers	*
46	She loves to be in love	Charlie
47	Lead me on	Maxine Nightingale
48	Rainin' through my sunshine	Real thing	*
49	All time loser	Barbara Pennington
50	Victim	Candi Staton
51	Peace on earth (07/78) [B side] [+]	Hi Tension	*
52	British hustle (07/78) [A side] [+]	Hi Tension	*
53	Breezing	Tradition
54	Oh what a circus	David Essex	*
55	I'll be waiting	Santana
56	Baby I need your loving	Eric Carmen
57	You're the love	Seals & Crofts
58	Two out of three ain't bad (07/78)	Meat Loaf	*
59	Privilege (set me free)	Patti Smith group	*
60	Picture this	Blondie	*
61	Sha-la-la-la-lee	Plastic Bertrand	*
62	Jilted John	Jilted John	*
63	New Orleans ladies	Louisiana's Le Roux
64	To be alone	Goldie
65	Tranquillo (Melt my heart)	Carly Simon
66	Three times a lady (07/78)	Commodores	# 1
67	Think it over	Cheryl Ladd
68	Dreadlock holiday (07/78)	10cc	*
69	Grease	Frankie Valli	*
70	Boulevard of broken dreams	Cafe Jacques
71	Coming home	Ian Thomas
72	Hot shot	Karen Young	*
73	You make me feel (mighty real)	Sylvester	*
74	Erotic soul	Larry Page orchestra

All tracks released in July 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Get up (and let yourself go) (05/78)	JALN Band	*
2	Come on dance, dance (06/78)	Saturday night band	*
3	Think it over	Cissy Houston
4	Night fever	Carol Douglas	*
5	See them glow	Lake
6	Somebody's fool	Sutherland brothers
7	Ice, fire and desire	100% whole wheat
8	I've had enough	Wings	*
9	I wanna be your boyfriend	Rubinoos
10	No one is innocent (A punk prayer by Ronald Biggs)	Sex Pistols	*
11	My way	Sex Pistols	*
12	Carry on wayward son (RR – 1977)	Kansas	*
13	Piece of the rock	Mother's finest
14	Let the song last forever	Dan Hill
15	Save me	Tanya Tucker
16	Northern lights	Renaissance	*
17	Wait until midnight (06/78)	Yellow dog	*
18	It's only make believe	Child	*
19	Please remember me	Cliff Richard
20	Anthem (One day in every week) (06/78)	New Seekers	*
21	Saturday	Norma Jean
22	One night affair	Samona Cooke
23	Magic mind	Earth, wind & fire	*
24	Lovin', livin' and givin'	Diana Ross	*
25	Supernature (03/78)	Cerrone	*
26	African breeze	David Byron
27	Identity	X-Ray Spex	*
28	If the kids are united	Sham 69	*
29	Love you more	Buzzcocks	*
30	5-7-0-5 (06/78)	City boy	*
31	Many too many (06/78)	Genesis	*
32	Rider in the rain	Randy Newman
33	Cryin' again	Oak Ridge boys
34	Two can make it work	Fotomaker
35	FM (No static at all) (06/78)	Steely Dan	*
36	Is this a love thing (06/78)	Raydio	*
37	Stuff like that	Quincy Jones	*
38	Happy to be with you	Jean Carn
39	Ooh child	Charles Jackson
40	Forever autumn (06/78)	Justin Hayward	*
41	Took the last train	David Gates	*
42	The clapping song (EP) (RR – 1965)	Shirley Ellis	*
43	Love will find a way	Pablo Cruise
44	Best of both worlds	Robert Palmer
45	Prodigal son (06/78)	Steel Pulse	*
46	Do or die	Grace Jones
47	You light my fire	Sheila B Devotion	*
48	Soul to soul	Michael Zager
49	Dragon power (A tribute to Bruce Lee) (06/78)	J K D Band	*
50	Let me take you in my arms again	Neil Diamond
51	I can't wait any longer	Bill Anderson
52	Two tickets to paradise	Eddie Money
53	Life's been good (06/78)	Joe Walsh	*
54	Take me I'm yours	Michael Henderson
55	Let's go all the way	Whispers
56	Groove with you	Isley brothers
57	Come a long way	Royals
58	Baby stop crying	Bob Dylan	*
59	Badlands	Bruce Springsteen
60	Cold as ice (RR – 1977)	Foreigner	*
61	Who are you	Who	*
62	Steppin' in a slide zone	Moody blues
63	The race is on	Suzi Quatro	*
64	You're the one that I want (05/78)	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	# 1
65	It's the same old song	K C & Sunshine band	*
66	You and I	Rick James	*
67	You're all I need to get by	Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams	*
68	Oh honey	Delegation
69	Somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose	Controllers
70	Stay	Jackson Browne	*
71	I really want you here tonight	Randy Meisner
72	Since you went away	Elkie Brooks
73	Lawyers, guns and money	Derringer
74	Somewhere in the night [Double A side]	Barry Manilow	*
75	Copacabana (at the Copa) [Double A side]	Barry Manilow	*
76	Bootzilla	Bootsy's Rubber Band	*

All tracks released in June 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Ain't got a clue (05/78)	Lurkers	*
2	Judy says (Knock you in the head) (05/78)	Vibrators	*
3	Never say die (05/78)	Black Sabbath	*
4	(White man) In Hammersmith Palais	Clash	*
5	Dear anyone	Pandora (Maggie Moone)
6	Slow dancer	Rita Coolidge
7	I've really got the blues	Gayle Harding
8	Faraway eyes (05/78) [B side also charts]	Rolling Stones	*
9	Miss you (05/78)	Rolling Stones	*
10	Hold child in the city	Nick Gilder
11	Roll with the changes	REO Speedwagon
12	Don't let me down again	Buckingham – Nicks
13	Honest I do love you (05/78)	Candi Staton	*
14	Can't give up a good thing	Soul children
15	Boogie to the top (Part 1)	Idris Muhammad
16	Dance with me (04/78)	Peter Brown	*
17	Beirut	Peter Sarstedt
18	Harlem	Baron Longfellow
19	Argentine melody (Cancion de Argentina) (05/78)	San Jose ft Rodriguez Argentina	*
20	Wild west hero (05/78)	Electric Light Orchestra	*
21	Suzanne	Whitefire
22	Bang Bang (05/78)	Squeeze	*
23	Come back and finish what you started	Gladys Knight & Pips	*
24	Let the music play	Dorothy Moore
25	If my friends could see me now (05/78)	Linda Clifford	*
26	Love me baby	Sheila B Devotion
27	Dancing in the city (05/78)	Marshall Hain	*
28	Mash down	Roots
29	Mind blowing decisions (05/78)	Heatwave	*
30	Turn on the lights	Kellee Patterson
31	Use ta be my girl (05/78)	O'Jays	*
32	Just let me do my thing	Sine	*
33	Funk theory	Rokotto	*
34	Woman of mine (04/78)	Dean Friedman	*
35	And I love you so	Don McLean
36	Run for home (04/78)	Lindisfarne	*
37	Don't be cruel (RR – 1956 B side) [First A side release]	Elvis Presley	*
38	You're the one that I want (05/78)	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	# 1
39	Thank heaven for little girls	Chef inspecteur Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers)
40	Theme from 'The last waltz'	Band
41	Whatever is written in your heart	Gerry Rafferty
42	Only love can break your heart (05/78)	Elkie Brooks	*
43	Substitute (05/78)	Clout	*
44	Like clockwork	Boomtown Rats	*
45	Bloody Mary [Snake bit EP]	David Coverdale's Whitesnake	*
46	Rock and roll damnation	AC DC	*
47	El condor pasa	Back in time
48	From east to west (05/78)	Voyage	*
49	Scots machine (05/78) [B side – also charts]	Voyage	*
50	Let yourself go (04/78)	T-Connection	*
51	Flying high	Commodores	*
52	Disco play	Ashantis
53	Baby it's you	Racey
54	A little bit of soap	Showaddywaddy	*
55	Everytime	Jigsaw
56	Do you dig it	Emma Leigh
57	Last dance (05/78)	Donna Summer	*
58	Law and order	Love committee
59	Boogie oogie oogie (05/78)	A taste of honey	*
60	The man with the child in his eyes (05/78)	Kate Bush	*
61	Dancin' fever	Claudja Barry
62	I'm not gonna let it bother me tonight	Atlanta rhythm section
63	How can this be love (05/78)	Andrew Gold	*
64	Movin' out (Anthony's song)	Billy Joel	*
65	Rivers of Babylon [Double A side]	Boney M	# 1
66	Brown girl in the ring [Double A side]	Boney M	# 1
67	Knockin' on heaven's door	Arthur Louis
68	Let's go disco (05/78)	Real Thing	*
69	Disco inferno (Re-entry) [RI – 1977]	Trammps	*
70	Hold your horses babe (05/78)	Celi Bee & Buzzy bunch	*
71	Let's be natural	Rutles
72	Airport	Motors	*
73	Suntan	Redskin
74	Satisfy my soul (05/78)	Bob Marley & Wailers	*
75	Piece of my heart	Etta James
76	Whatever happened to Benny Santini	Chris Rea
77	On the shelf	Steve Voice
78	Na na hey hey kiss him goodbye	Sound express
79	Smurf song (03/78)	Father Abraham	*

All tracks released in May 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-issue in 1979

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	A-Ba-Ni-Bi	Izhar Cohen & Alpha-Beta	*
2	Loving you has made me bananas (RR – 1968)	Guy Marks	*
3	On a little street in Singapore	Manhattan Transfer	*
4	Making up again (03/78)	Goldie	*
5	Eye of my storm (Oh woman)	Sanford & Townsend
6	Shadow dancing (03/78)	Andy Gibb	*
7	Nighttime in the switching yard	Warren Zevon
8	I'm always touched by your presence dear (04/78)	Blondie	*
9	Doin' it right	Mick Flinn band
10	I don't mind (04/78)	Buzzcocks	*
11	Angels with dirty faces (04/78)	Sham 69	*
12	Surrender	Cheap trick
13	Interplay (USA 1967) First UK release	Derek & Ray
14	Boogie shoes (03/78)	K C & Sunshine band	*
15	Thank God it's Friday	Love and kisses
16	Night fever	Bee Gees	# 1
17	Till you take my love	Harvey Mason
18	Hi Tension (04/78)	Hi Tension	*
19	Celebrate	Brass construction
20	Just your friends	Mink de Ville
21	Pump it up (04/78)	Elvis Costello & Attractions	*
22	What goes on (04/78)	Bryan Ferry	*
23	Ole Ola (Mulher Brasileira)	Rod Stewart & Scottish World Cup Squad	*
24	Easy come easy go	Odyssey
25	Stranded in a limousine	Paul Simon
26	Oh Carol	Smokie	*
27	Only loving does it (04/78)	Guys 'n' dolls	*
28	Beautiful lover	Brotherhood of man	*
29	Place in your heart (04/78)	Nazareth	*
30	In the dead of night	U.K.
31	Davy's on the road again (04/78)	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	*
32	(Don't fear) the reaper (RR – 1976)	Blue Oyster Cult	*
33	Sultans of swing	Dire straits	[*]
34	All night long (04/78)	Dexter Wansel	*
35	Whatever it takes (04/78)	Olympic runners ft George Chandler	*
36	Lovin' you is gonna see me thru	Tower of power
37	Shame	Evelyn 'Champagne' King	*
38	Homestate	Allan Taylor
39	Easier for you	Tarney Spencer band
40	Annie's song	James Galway & National Philharmonic Orchestra	*
41	Stardust lady	Noel Pointer
42	Can we still be friends	Todd Rundgren
43	Every kind of people (03/78)	Robert Palmer	*
44	Still the same	Bob Seger
45	You took the words right out of my mouth (03/78)	Meatloaf	*
46	Up against the wall	Tom Robinson band	*
47	Ca plane pour moi (04/78)	Plastic Bertrand	*
48	Rosalie / Cowgirl's song (04/78)	Thin Lizzy	*
49	Eddie Vortex (04/78)	Steve Gibbons Band	*
50	If I can't have you (01/78)	Yvonne Elliman	*
51	More than a woman (04/78)	Tavares	*
52	Bringing out the girl in me	Maxine Nightingale
53	K-Jee	MFSB
54	Money that's your problem (04/78)	Tonight	*
55	Jocko homo (02/78)	Devo	*
56	It makes you feel like dancin' (04/78)	Rose Royce	*
57	Let's get funktified (part 1)	Boiling point	*
58	Jupiter (04/78)	Earth, wind & fire	*
59	Trade winds	Lou Rawls
60	Feel so good	Chuck Mangione
61	The closer I get to you (03/78)	Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway	*
62	Don't take it lyin' down (04/78)	Dooleys	*
63	Love dance	Playmate
64	Brown girl in the ring [Double A side]	Boney M	# 1
65	Rivers of Babylon [Double A side]	Boney M	# 1
66	Let's dance (People all over the world)	George McCrae
67	Feels like the first time (RR – 1977)	Foreigner	*
68	Nice 'n' sleazy (04/78)	Stranglers	*
69	Love one another	Althia & Donna
70	Ballade pour Adeline	Richard Clayderman
71	Can't smile without you (03/78)	Barry Manilow	*
72	It sure brings out the love in your eyes	David Soul	*
73	Warm ride	Rare earth
74	Take me to the next phase (Parts 1 & 2) (04/78)	Isley Brothers	*
75	The boy from New York city	Darts	*
76	You're the one that I want	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	*
77	Days of Pearly Spencer	Trade mark
78	Crackers	Jan Akkerman

All tracks released in April 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-release in 1979

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	(I can't get me no) Satisfaction	Devo	*
2	She's so modern (03/78)	Boomtown rats	*
3	Foxhole	Television	*
4	Feel a whole lot better	Flamin' groovies
5	Fooling yourself	Styx
6	Jack and Jill (02/78)	Raydio	*
7	Honey I'm rich	Delegation
8	Look up with your mind	Lenny Williams
9	Just for you (03/78)	Alan Price	*
10	Carry me away	Dolphin
11	Wuthering heights (01/78)	Kate Bush	# 1
12	Roxanne	Police	[*]
13	Ku klux klan (02/78)	Steel pulse	*
14	What a waste	Ian Dury & Blockheads	*
15	Go on girl	Linda Kendrick
16	Too much in love	Sunshine
17	You're so right for me (01/78)	Eastside connection	*
18	Dance a little bit closer (02/78)	Charo & Salsoul orchestra	*
19	Call on me	Sunrise
20	Two for the show	Trooper
21	Before my heart finds out	Gene Cotton
22	With a little luck (03/78)	Wings	*
23	When you walk in the room (03/78)	Child	*
24	Dance with me	Celena Duncan
25	Get it off my conscience	Lovelites
26	Hit and run	Loleatta Holloway
27	Move your body (02/78)	Gene Farrow with the G F Band	*
28	Ego (03/78)	Elton John	*
29	I must be in love (03/78)	Rutles	*
30	Hazell (03/78)	Maggie Bell	*
31	Delectable love	Franklin Micare
32	Scotland for ever (EP) (02/78)	Sidney Devine	*
33	Marionette	Art Garfunkel
34	Rivers of Babylon [Double A side]	Boney M	*
35	Brown girl in the ring [Double A side]	Boney M	*
36	Do it, do it again (02/78)	Raffaella Carra	*
37	Parlez-vous Français?	Baccara
38	I love music (RR – 1976)	O'Jays	*
39	Mancho man	Village people
40	Back in love again	Donna Summer	*
41	Matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs (Lowry's song) (11/77)	Brian & Michael	# 1
42	Mr. Blue	Keith Carradine
43	The one and only (03/78)	Gladys Knight & Pips	*
44	Come to me (03/78)	Ruby Winters	*
45	Don't give up on us	Billy Paul
46	Let's all chant (02/78)	Michael Zager Band	*
47	Dance across the floor	Jimmy Bohorne
48	Sun is here	Sun
49	Everybody dance (03/78)	Chic	*
50	Music's takin' over	Jackson
51	Bad old days	Co-Co	*
52	Blue eyes	Anderson brothers
53	Fire in the wind	John Stewart
54	Theme from 'The Hong Kong Beat' (03/78)	Richard Denton & Martin Cook	*
55	Hey Senorita (03/78)	War	*
56	This time I'm in it for love	Player
57	I'm gonna take good care of everything	Rubicon
58	I'm glad you're here with me tonight	Neil Diamond
59	Oh well	Gordon Giltrap
60	Because the night	Patti Smith Group	*
61	The day the world turned Dayglo	X-Ray Spex	*
62	Long live rock 'n' roll (03/78)	Rainbow	*
63	It takes two to tango (03/78)	Richard Myhill	*
64	Hey Lord don't ask me questions (03/78)	Graham Parker & Rumour	*
65	Take me, I'm yours (02/78)	Squeeze	*
66	Strange, strange feeling	Earl Jordan
67	Love is so easy (03/78)	Stargard	*
68	Love talking	Rare essence
69	Love is in the air (03/78)	John Paul Young	*
70	Night fever	Bee Gees	# 1
71	I'm on my way	Captain & Tenille
72	Life in the city	Demis Roussos
73	Here I am	Bonnie Tyler
74	Dancing the night away	Leo Sayer
75	Make you feel love again	Wet Willie
76	I ain't living long like this	Emmylou Harris
77	One glance	Jarvis brothers
78	Automatic lover (03/78)	Dee D Jackson	*
79	Argentina	Conquistador

All tracks released in March 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Ally's Tartan Army (02/78)	Andy Cameron	*
2	Footloose and fancy free	Fergus
3	Thunder island	Jay Ferguson
4	Hold on	Greg Adams
5	Give me what I cry for	Chris Rainbow
6	More like the movies (02/78)	Dr Hook & Medicine show	*
7	Falling	Le Blanc & Carr
8	Never let her slip away	Andrew Gold	*
9	Looks like love is here to stay	Tyrone Ashley
10	The ghost of love (02/78)	Tavares	*
11	Doctor love	First choice
12	Wonderful tonight	Eric Clapton
13	New beginnings	Strawbs
14	Each and every day	Andy Desmond
15	Imaginary lover	Atlanta rhythm section
16	Baby hold on	Eddie Money
17	You really got me	Van Halen
18	News of the world (02/78)	Jam	*
19	(I don't wanna go to) Chelsea	Elvis Costello & Attractions	*
20	Come see what love	Bryan Haworth
21	Let's get crazy tonight	Rupert Holmes
22	Warm ride	Graham Bonnet
23	Starlight	Cory Wells
24	I'll go where your music takes me (02/78)	Tina Charles	*
25	Magic love	Michele
26	Singin' in the rain (01/78)	Sheila B. Devotion	*
27	Moments	Jacquie Sullivan
28	Stay with me baby (02/78)	David Essex	*
29	This night won't last forever	Bill LaBounty
30	Little one	Chicago
31	Zoom (01/78) [Double A side]	Commodores	*
32	Too hot ta trot (01/78) [Double A side]	Commodores	*
33	Reach for it (dance)	George Duke
34	On Broadway	George Benson
35	Where have you been all my life	Fotomaker
36	One more night with you	Sutherland brothers
37	Rhiannon (RR – 1976)	Fleetwood mac	*
38	Takin' me back	Tarney Spencer band
39	You thrill me	Exile
40	Ready steady go	Generation X	*
41	Automatic lover (02/78)	Vibrators	*
42	Clash city rockers (02/78)	Clash	*
43	Take a chance on me	Abba	# 1
44	Gimme just a little beat of your heart	Domino
45	Love is all you need	High inergy
46	What's your name, what's your number (01/78)	Andrea True connection	*
47	When talking is too much trouble	Climax blues band
48	We'll never have to say goodbye	England Dan & John Ford Coley
49	Peg	Steely Dan
50	The circle is small	Gordon Lightfoot
51	Dust in the wind	Kansas
52	Little Italy	Stephen Bishop
53	When you wish upon a star	Montana ft Sister Sledge
54	Whenever you want my love (02/78)	Real Thing	*
55	You are the reason ( I feel like dancing)	5th Dimension
56	Love runs out (USA 1965) First UK release	Willie Hutch
57	Darling	Baccara
58	House of the rising sun	Santa Esmeralda ft Jimmy Goings
59	The magic is you	Flower
60	Too much, too little, too late	Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams	*
61	She's always a woman	Billy Joel
62	Follow you follow me (02/78)	Genesis	*
63	I love the sound of breaking glass (02/78)	Nick Lowe	*
64	Why sugar	No dice
65	Friend of mine	Barclay James Harvest
66	Mighty Quinn (Live)	Manfred Mann's earth band
67	Fire	Robert Gordon & Link Wray
68	Darling	Poacher
69	If you can't give me love (02/78)	Suzi Quatro	*
70	Wuthering heights (01/78)	Kate Bush	# 1
71	Listen to the music	Alex
72	Every 1's a winner (02/78)	Hot Chocolate	*
73	Ladykiller	Jenny Darren
74	Geneve	John Otway
75	Theme from 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar'	Marlena Shaw
76	We've got the whole world in our hands (02/78)	Nottingham Forest & Paper Lace	*
77	I wonder why	Showaddywaddy	*