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Number One Hits by Week | Top 100 Hits of the Year

Billboard's lists have been the music industry's leading indicator of a song's popularity in the U.S. for nearly 50 years. Use the links above to change betweeen the Number One Hits by Week or the Top 100 Hits of the Year as reported by Billboard Magazine for our Senior Year -- 1978-1979.

Top 100 Hits of 1978

Rank	Song	Artist
1	Shadow Dancing	Andy Gibb
2	Night Fever	Bee Gees
3	You Light Up My Life	Debby Boone
4	Stayin' Alive	Bee Gees
5	Kiss You All Over	Exile
6	How Deep Is Your Love	Bee Gees
7	Baby Come Back	Player
8	(Love Is) Thicker Than Water	Andy Gibb
9	Boogie Oogie Oogie	A Taste Of Honey
10	Three Times A Lady	Commodores
11	Grease	Frankie Valli
12	I Go Crazy	Paul Davis
13	You're The One That I Want	John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
14	Emotion	Samantha Sang
15	Lay Down Sally	Eric Clapton
16	Miss You	Rolling Stones
17	Just The Way You Are	Billy Joel
18	With A Little Luck	Wings
19	If I Can't Have You	Yvonne Elliman
20	Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)	Chic
21	Feels So Good	Chuck Mangione
22	Hot Child In The City	Nick Gilder
23	Love Is Like Oxygen	Sweet
24	It's A Heartache	Bonnie Tyler
25	We Are The Champions / We Will Rock You	Queen
26	Baker Street	Gerry Rafferty
27	Can't Smile Without You	Barry Manilow
28	Too Much, Too Little, Too Late	Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams
29	Dance With Me	Peter Brown
30	Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad	Meat Loaf
31	Jack And Jill	Raydio
32	Take A Chance On Me	Abba
33	Sometimes When We Touch	Dan Hill
34	Last Dance	Donna Summer
35	Hopelessly Devoted To You	Olivia Newton-John
36	Hot Blooded	Foreigner
37	You're In My Heart	Rod Stewart
38	The Closer I Get To You	Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
39	Dust In The Wind	Kansas
40	Magnet And Steel	Walter Egan
41	Short People	Randy Newman
42	Use Ta Be My Girl	O'Jays
43	Our Love	Natalie Cole
44	Love Will Find A Way	Pablo Cruise
45	An Everlasting Love	Andy Gibb
46	Love Is In The Air	John Paul Young
47	Goodbye Girl	David Gates
48	Slip Slidin' Away	Paul Simon
49	The Groove Line	Heatwave
50	Thunder Island	Jay Ferguson
51	Imaginary Lover	Atlanta Rhythm Section
52	Still The Same	Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
53	My Angel Baby	Toby Beau
54	Disco Inferno	Trammps
55	On Broadway	George Benson
56	Come Sail Away	Styx
57	Back In Love Again	L.T.D.
58	This Time I'm In It For Love	Player
59	You Belong To Me	Carly Simon
60	Here You Come Again	Dolly Parton
61	Blue Bayou	Linda Ronstadt
62	Peg	Steely Dan
63	You Needed Me	Anne Murray
64	Shame	Evelyn "Champagne" King
65	Reminiscing	Little River Band
66	Count On Me	Jefferson Starship
67	Baby Hold On	Eddie Money
68	Hey Deanie	Shaun Cassidy
69	Summer Nights	John Travolta and Olivia Newton-john
70	What's Your Name	Lynyrd Skynyrd
71	Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue	Crystal Gayle
72	Because The Night	Patti Smith
73	Every Kinda People	Robert Palmer
74	Copacabana	Barry Manilow
75	Always And Forever	Heatwave
76	You And I	Rick James
77	Serpentine Fire	Earth, Wind and Fire
78	Sentimental Lady	Bob Welch
79	Falling	LeBlanc and Carr
80	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood	Santa Esmeralda
81	Bluer Than Blue	Michael Johnson
82	Running On Empty	Jackson Browne
83	Whenever I Call You "Friend"	Kenny Loggins
84	Fool (If You Think It's Over)	Chris Rea
85	Get Off	Foxy
86	Sweet Talking Woman	Electric Light Orchestra
87	Life's Been Good	Joe Walsh
88	I Love The Night Life	Alicia Bridges
89	You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On)	High Inergy
90	It's So Easy	Linda Ronstadt
91	Native New Yorker	Odyssey
92	Flashlight	Parliament
93	Don't Look Back	Boston
94	Turn To Stone	Electric Light Orchestra
95	I Can't Stand The Rain	Eruption
96	Ebony Eyes	Bob Welch
97	The Name Of The Game	Abba
98	We're All Alone	Rita Coolidge
99	Hollywood Nights	Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
100	Deacon Blues	Steely Dan

Top 100 Hits of 1979

Rank	Song	Artist
1	My Sharona	The Knack
2	Bad Girls	Donna Summer
3	Le Freak	Chic
4	Da Ya Think I'm Sexy	Rod Stewart
5	Reunited	Peaches and Herb
6	I Will Survive	Gloria Gaynor
7	Hot Stuff	Donna Summer
8	Y.M.C.A.	Village People
9	Ring My Bell	Anita Ward
10	Sad Eyes	Robert John
11	Too Much Heaven	Bee Gees
12	MacArthur Park	Donna Summer
13	When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman	Dr. Hook
14	Makin' It	David Naughton
15	Fire	Pointer Sisters
16	Tragedy	Bee Gees
17	A Little More Love	Olivia Newton-John
18	Heart Of Glass	Blondie
19	What A Fool Believes	Doobie Brothers
20	Good Times	Chic
21	You Don't Bring Me Flowers	Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond
22	Knock On Wood	Amii Stewart
23	Stumblin' In	Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
24	Lead Me On	Maxine Nightingale
25	Shake Your Body	Jacksons
26	Don't Cry Out Loud	Melissa Manchester
27	The Logical Song	Supertramp
28	My Life	Billy Joel
29	Just When I Needed You Most	Randy Vanwarmer
30	You Can't Change That	Raydio
31	Shake Your Groove Thing	Peaches and Herb
32	I'll Never Love This Way Again	Dionne Warwick
33	Love You Inside Out	Bee Gees
34	I Want You To Want Me	Cheap Trick
35	The Main Event (Fight)	Barbra Streisand
36	Mama Can't Buy You Love	Elton John
37	I Was Made For Dancin'	Leif Garrett
38	After The Love Has Gone	Earth, Wind and Fire
39	Heaven Knows	Donna Summer and Brooklyn Dreams
40	The Gambler	Kenny Rogers
41	Lotta Love	Nicolette Larson
42	Lady	Little River Band
43	Heaven Must Have Sent You	Bonnie Pointer
44	Hold The Line	Toto
45	He's The Greatest Dancer	Sister Sledge
46	Sharing The Night Together	Dr. Hook
47	She Believes In Me	Kenny Rogers
48	In The Navy	Village People
49	Music Box Dancer	Frank Mills
50	The Devil Went Down To Georgia	Charlie Daniels Band
51	Gold	John Stewart
52	Goodnight Tonight	Wings
53	We Are Family	Sister Sledge
54	Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy	Bad Company
55	Every 1's A Winner	Hot Chocolate
56	Take Me Home	Cher
57	Boogie Wonderland	Earth, Wind and Fire
58	(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away	Andy Gibb
59	What You Won't Do For Love	Bobby Caldwell
60	New York Groove	Ace Frehley
61	Sultans Of Swing	Dire Straits
62	I Want Your Love	Chic
63	Chuck E's In Love	Rickie Lee Jones
64	I Love The Night Life	Alicia Bridges
65	Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now	McFadden and Whitehead
66	Lonesome Loser	Little River Band
67	Renegade	Styx
68	Love Is The Answer	England Dan and John Ford Coley
69	Got To Be Real	Cheryl Lynn
70	Born To Be Alive	Patrick Hernandez
71	Shine A Little Love	Electric Light Orchestra
72	I Just Fall In Love Again	Anne Murray
73	Shake It	Ian Matthews
74	I Was Made For Lovin' You	Kiss
75	I Just Wanna Stop	Gino Vannelli
76	Disco Nights	G.Q.
77	Ooh Baby Baby	Linda Ronstadt
78	September	Earth, Wind and Fire
79	Time Passages	Al Stewart
80	Rise	Herb Alpert
81	Don't Bring Me Down	Electric Light Orchestra
82	Promises	Eric Clapton
83	Get Used To It	Roger Voudouris
84	How Much I Feel	Ambrosia
85	Suspicions	Eddie Rabbitt
86	You Take My Breath Away	Rex Smith
87	How You Gonna See Me Now	Alice Cooper
88	Double Vision	Foreigner
89	Every Time I Think Of You	Babys
90	I Got My Mind Made Up	Instant Funk
91	Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough	Michael Jackson
92	Bad Case Of Lovin' You	Robert Palmer
93	Somewhere In The Night	Barry Manilow
94	We've Got Tonite	Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
95	Dance The Night Away	Van Halen
96	Dancing Shoes	Nigel Olsson
97	The Boss	Diana Ross
98	Sail On	Commodores
99	I Do Love You	G.Q.
100	Strange Way	Firefall