Rock On The Net: The ARC Archive: Top Songs of 1978

RockOnTheNet presents The Top Pop Songs Of All Time !
We have ranked the top pop songs that have charted over the past 50+ years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100, and come up with
a definitive list that will continue to expand as we add to it, and continue to modify as new songs chart on The ARC Weekly Top 40.


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THE ARC WEEKLY TOP 40 ARCHIVES:

TOP POP SONGS OF 1978:

1	Night Fever from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack Billboard chart run: 32 - 17 - 8 - 5 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 10 - 16 - 24 - 32 - off	Bee Gees	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(8)	18
2	Shadow Dancing from the LP Shadow Dancing Billboard chart run: 30 - 22 - 14 - 11 - 6 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 15 - 30 - 40 - off	Andy Gibb	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(7)	19
3	Stayin' Alive from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack Billboard chart run: 39 - 39 - 28 - 17 - 10 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 13 - 13 - 26 - 28 - 40 - off	Bee Gees	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(4)	22
4	(Love Is) Thicker Than Water from the LP Flowing Rivers Billboard chart run: 39 - 37 - 32 - 32 - 34 - 20 - 14 - 10 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 8 - 17 - 27 - 27 - 35 - off	Andy Gibb	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(2)	22
5	I Go Crazy from the LP Singer Of Songs: Teller Of Tales Billboard chart run: 37 - 34 - 31 - 29 - 28 - 25 - 25 - 23 - 23 - 23 - 21 - 21 - 19 - 18 - 16 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 28 - 35 - off	Paul Davis	iTunes Amazon.mp3	7	25
6	Kiss You All Over from the LP Mixed Emotions Billboard chart run: 27 - 18 - 16 - 11 - 7 - 5 - 5 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6 - 7 - 6 - 7 - 33 - off	Exile	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(4)	17
7	Baby Come Back from the LP Player	Player	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(3)	16
8	Boogie Oogie Oogie from the LP A Taste Of Honey	A Taste Of Honey	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(3)	17
9	Hot Child In The City from the LP City Nights	Nick Gilder	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(1)	18
10	Three Times A Lady from the LP Natural High	The Commodores	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(2)	16
11	Emotion from the LP Emotion	Samantha Sang	iTunes Amazon.mp3	3	17
12	Lay Down Sally from the LP Slowhand	Eric Clapton	iTunes Amazon.mp3	3	17
13	You're The One That I Want from the Grease soundtrack	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(1)	16
14	I Love The Night Life from the LP Alicia Bridges	Alicia Bridges	iTunes Amazon.mp3	5	19
15	You Needed Me from the LP Let's Keep It That Way	Anne Murray	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(1)	17
16	MacArthur Park from the LP Live And More Billboard chart run: 25 - 21 - 11 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 10 - 15 - 15 - 38 - off	Donna Summer	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(3)	15
17	Just The Way You Are from the LP The Stranger	Billy Joel	iTunes Amazon.mp3	3	18
18	If I Can't Have You from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack	Yvonne Elliman	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(1)	16
19	Grease from the Grease soundtrack	Frankie Valli	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1(2)	15
20	You Don't Bring Me Flowers	Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond		1(2)	15
21	Baker Street	Gerry Rafferty		2	15
22	Miss You	Rolling Stones		1(1)	16
23	Can't Smile Without You	Barry Manilow		3	16
24	We Are The Champions / We Will Rock You	Queen		4	17
25	Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)	Chic		6	17
26	Sometimes When We Touch	Dan Hill		3	15
27	Feels So Good	Chuck Mangione		4	16
28	The Closer I Get To You	Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway		2	14
29	Hopelessly Devoted To You	Olivia Newton-John		3	15
30	How Much I Feel	Ambrosia		3	14
31	It's A Heartache	Bonnie Tyler		3	15
32	You're In My Heart	Rod Stewart		4	15
33	Take A Chance	ABBA		3	14
34	Hot Blooded	Foreigner		3	14
35	With A Little Luck	Wings		1(2)	12
36	Last Dance	Donna Summer		3	14
37	Reminiscing	Little River Band		3	14
38	I Just Wanna Stop	Gino Vanelli		4	13
39	Too Much, Too Little, Too Late	Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams		1(1)	11
40	Love Is Like Oxygen	Sweet		8	14
Chart to be extended as the Top Pop Songs of All Time rankings are expanded. Based on songs that peaked in 1978 on the Billboard Hot 100. Chart methodology used for the ARC Weekly Top 40 applied to the chart runs to determine final rankings.

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