1978 in Music - Other Significant Singles

Other Significant Singles

  • "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" – Izhar Cohen & The Alphabeta
  • "Airport" – The Motors
  • "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" – Van Halen
  • "Alive Again" – Chicago
  • "All the Nice Boys and Girls in the World" – Riff Regan
  • "Alternative Ulster" – Stiff Little Fingers
  • "Ambition" – Subway Sect
  • "An Ideal For Living" – Joy Division
  • "Another Girl, Another Planet" – The Only Ones
  • "Another Night On The Road" – Sherbet
  • "Are You Old Enough" – Dragon
  • "Baby Hold On" – Eddie Money
  • "Baker Street" – Gerry Rafferty
  • "Because the Night" – Patti Smith Group
  • "Best Of Both Worlds" – Robert Palmer
  • "Blame It On The Boogie" – Jackson 5
  • "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" – Styx
  • "Bluer Than Blue" – Michael Johnson
  • "Brown Girl in the Ring" – Boney M
  • "Ça me fait rêver" – Dalida & Bruno Guillain
  • "Ça plane pour moi" – Plastic Bertrand
  • "Can We Still Be Friends" – Todd Rundgren
  • "Can't Smile Without You" – Barry Manilow
  • "Can't Take the Hurt Anymore" – Cliff Richard
  • "Chameleon Army" – Pink Lady
  • "Charles (EP)" – The Skids
  • "Clash City Rockers" – The Clash
  • "Coming Home" – Marshall Hain
  • "Copacabana (At The Copa)" – Barry Manilow
  • "Damaged Goods (EP)" – Gang Of Four
  • "Dancing In the City" – Marshall Hain
  • "David Watts" – The Jam
  • "Davy's On the Road Again" – Manfred Mann's Earth Band
  • "Deep in the Motherlode" – Genesis
  • "Déjà Vu" – Dionne Warwick
  • "Denis" – Blondie
  • "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" – The Shadows
  • "Don't Look Back" – Boston
  • "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" – Peter Tosh
  • "Down In The Tube Station At Midnight" – The Jam
  • "Dust in the Wind" – Kansas
  • "Eagle" – ABBA
  • "Ego" – Elton John
  • "Eve Of The War" – Jeff Wayne
  • "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" – Buzzcocks
  • "Everybody Dance" – Chic
  • "An Everlasting Love" – Andy Gibb
  • "Every Kinda People" – Robert Palmer
  • "FM (No Static At All)" – Steely Dan
  • "Feels So Good" – Chuck Mangione
  • "5–7–0–5" – City Boy
  • "Flash Light" -Parliament
  • "Floral Dance" – Terry Wogan
  • "Fly At Night" – Chilliwack
  • "Follow You, Follow Me" – Genesis
  • "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" – Chris Rea
  • "Forever Autumn" – Justin Hayward
  • "The Gambler" – Kenny Rogers
  • "Génération 78" – Dalida & Bruno Guillain
  • "Germ Free Adolescents" – X-Ray Spex
  • "Give Me Everything" – Magazine
  • "Goodnight Tonight" – Paul McCartney and Wings
  • "Got to Get You into My Life" – Earth Wind and Fire
  • "Hammer Horror" – Kate Bush
  • "Hanging On The Telephone" – Blondie
  • "Heartless" – Heart
  • "Here You Come Again" – Dolly Parton
  • "Hey Deanie" – Shaun Cassidy
  • "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" – Ian Dury & The Blockheads
  • "Hold The Line" – Toto
  • "Hollywood Nights" – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
  • "Hong Kong Garden" – Siouxsie and the Banshees
  • "Hopelessly Devoted to You" – Olivia Newton-John
  • "Hot Blooded" – Foreigner
  • "Hot Legs/I Was Only Joking" – Rod Stewart
  • "How Much I Feel" – Ambrosia
  • "How You Gonna See Me Now" – Alice Cooper
  • "Human Fly" – The Cramps
  • "I Don't Mind" – Buzzcocks
  • "(I Don't Wanna Go to) Chelsea" – Elvis Costello and the Attractions
  • "I Just Wanna Stop" – Gino Vannelli
  • "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" – Alicia Bridges
  • "Identity" – X-Ray Spex
  • "If the Kids Are United" – Sham 69
  • "I'm Every Woman" – Chaka Khan
  • "Instant Replay" – Dan Hartman
  • "Is This Love" – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • "I've Had Enough" – Wings
  • "Isn't It Time" – The Babys
  • "It's a Heartache" – Bonnie Tyler
  • "Jilted John" – Jilted John
  • "Jocko Homo" – Devo
  • "Just The Way You Are" – Billy Joel
  • "Just What I Needed" – The Cars
  • "Khe Sanh" – Cold Chisel
  • "Le Lambeth Walk" – Dalida
  • "Last Dance" – Donna Summer
  • "Lay Down Sally" – Eric Clapton
  • "Life's Been Good" – Joe Walsh
  • "Light Up Your Love" – Ronney Abramson
  • "A Little Lovin' (Keeps the Doctor Away)" – The Raes
  • "A Little More Love" – Olivia Newton-John
  • "Lotta Love" - Nicolette Larson
  • "Love de Luxe" – The Shadows
  • "Love Is Like Oxygen" – Sweet
  • "Love Will Find a Way" – Pablo Cruise
  • "Love You More" – Buzzcocks
  • "Magnet And Steel" – Walter Egan
  • "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
  • "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" – Kate Bush
  • "Many Rivers to Cross" – Jimmy Cliff
  • "Many Too Many" – Genesis
  • "Monster" – Pink Lady
  • "More Than a Woman" – Tavares
  • "Mr. Blue Sky" – Electric Light Orchestra
  • "My Angel Baby" – Toby Beau
  • "My Best Friend's Girl" – The Cars
  • "My Life" – Billy Joel
  • "Native New Yorker" – Odyssey
  • "Never Say Die" – Black Sabbath
  • "New York Groove" – Ace Frehley
  • "Nice 'n' Sleazy" – The Stranglers
  • "Nobody's Scared" – Subway Sect
  • "No Time To Be 21" – The Adverts
  • "Oh Carol" – Smokie
  • "One Nation Under A Groove" – Funkadelic
  • "Only You Can Rock Me" – UFO
  • "Paradise By the Dashboard Light" – Meat Loaf
  • "Part-Time Love" – Elton John
  • "Please Remember Me" – Cliff Richard
  • "Promises" – Buzzcocks
  • "Promises" – Eric Clapton
  • "Prove It All Night" – Bruce Springsteen
  • "Public Image" – Public Image Limited
  • "Pump It Up" – Elvis Costello and the Attractions
  • "Radio Radio" – Elvis Costello and the Attractions
  • "Raining in My Heart" – Leo Sayer
  • "Rasputin" – Boney M
  • "Ready Steady Go" – Generation X
  • "Ready To Take a Chance Again" – Barry Manilow
  • "Reminiscing" – Little River Band
  • "Renegade" – Styx
  • "Right Down the Line" – Gerry Rafferty
  • "Rivers of Babylon" – Boney M
  • "Rising Free (EP)" – Tom Robinson Band
  • "Rock Lobster" – The B-52's
  • "Roxanne" – The Police
  • "Runaway" – Jefferson Starship
  • "Runnin' With The Devil – Van Halen
  • "Shame" – Evelyn King
  • "She Believes In Me" – Kenny Rogers
  • "Shot By Both Sides" – Magazine
  • "Sign Of The Times" – Bryan Ferry
  • "Sing for the Day" – Styx
  • "Sometimes When We Touch" – Dan Hill
  • "Songbird" – Barbra Streisand
  • "Song for Guy – Elton John
  • "Southpaw" – Pink Lady
  • "Stay" – Jackson Browne
  • "Still In Love With You" – Dragon
  • "Still The Same" – Bob Seger
  • "Straight On" – Heart
  • "Stuff Like That" – Quincy Jones
  • "Suburban Boy" – Dave Warner's From The Suburbs
  • "Substitute" – Clout
  • "Sultans of Swing" – Dire Straits
  • "Summer Nights" – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
  • "Summer Night City" – ABBA
  • "Surfin Bird" – The Cramps
  • "Suspect Device" – Stiff Little Fingers
  • "Sweet, Sweet Smile" – The Carpenters
  • "Sweet Talkin' Woman" – Electric Light Orchestra
  • "Take a Chance on Me" – ABBA
  • "Take Me I'm Yours" – Squeeze
  • "Take Me to the River" – Talking Heads
  • "Talking In Your Sleep" – Crystal Gayle
  • "Teenage Kicks" – The Undertones
  • "Thank God It's Friday" – Love & Kisses
  • "The Day The World Turned Day-Glo" – X-Ray Spex
  • "There's No Way Out of Here" – David Gilmour
  • "Thunder Island" – Jay Ferguson
  • "Time Passages" – Al Stewart
  • "Too Good To Be True" – Tom Robinson Band
  • "Too Much Heaven" – Bee Gees
  • "Top Of The Pops" – The Rezillos
  • "Tommy Gun" – The Clash
  • "Toumei Ningen" – Pink Lady
  • "Trojan Horse" – Luv'
  • "Turn to Stone" – Electric Light Orchestra
  • "Two out of Three Ain't Bad" – Meat Loaf
  • "Uganda Stomp" – The Battered Wives
  • "United/Zyklon B Zombie" – Throbbing Gristle
  • "Up Against The Wall" – Tom Robinson Band
  • "Use ta Be My Girl" – O'Jays
  • "Voilà pourquoi je chante" – Dalida
  • "Walking In The Rain" – Cheetah
  • "Werewolves of London" – Warren Zevon
  • "What a Waste" – Ian Dury & The Blockheads
  • "What Do I Get?" – Buzzcocks
  • "Whenever I Call You Friend" – Kenny Loggins
  • "Where's Bill Grundy Now?" – Television Personalities
  • "Where Were You?" – The Mekons
  • "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" – The Clash
  • "Who Are You" – The Who
  • "Wide Open (EP)" – The Skids
  • "Wild West Hero" – Electric Light Orchestra
  • "Wonderful Tonight" – Eric Clapton
  • "Wuthering Heights" – Kate Bush
  • "Y.M.C.A." – The Village People
  • "Yes, He Lives!" – Cliff Richard
  • "You Belong To Me" – Carly Simon
  • "You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" – Rod Stewart
  • "You're the Greatest Lover" – Luv'
  • "You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth" – Meat Loaf

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