Forty Years Gone: 1978 Retro: Week 52: 29 December 1978

[tdc2000]

I always associate 1978 as the year disco ruled, dominated by The Bee Gees in every shape and form. It also gave us the original Grease, so it was a year for musical movies.

Our first chart is quiet-- a fourth week for those Bee Gees.

Last Week This Week Song Title Weeks On Total Points Peak
1 1 Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive 4 103 1 (4 weeks at #1)
8 2 Bill Withers - Lovely Day 4 45 2
2 3 ABBA - The Name Of The Game 11 45 1
3 4 Queen - We Are The Champions 11 42 1
4 5 Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache 5 40 1
7 6 Queen - We Will Rock You 8 37 1
5 7 Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally 2 36 5
6 8 Wings - Mull Of Kintyre 7 29 4
9 9 David Bowie - Heroes 12 28 1
10 10 Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island 3 27 9
12 11 Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are 8 27 6
11 12 Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch 6 26 6
16 13 Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds 5 26 13
21 14 Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie 16 24 2
22 15 Donna Summer - I Feel Love 26 23 1
13 16 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love 15 23 1
14 17 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Jammin' 4 22 8
20 18 Donna Summer - Love's Unkind 5 19 17
17 19 Althia & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking 2 15 17
18 20 Sham 69 - I Don't Wanna 2 15 18
37 21 Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World 13 15 5
19 22 The Carpenters - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft 14 15 4
15 23 Neil Young - Like A Hurricane 4 14 8
23 24 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Breakdown 9 14 4
28 25 Steely Dan - Peg 7 13 9
24 26 Rush - Closer To The Heart (Studio Version) 6 13 10
42 27 Tavares - More Than A Woman 7 13 12
27 28 Samantha Sang - Emotion 7 13 7
30 29 Foreigner - Cold As Ice 24 12 2
26 30 Boney M - Ma Baker 28 12 1
29 31 Little River Band - Happy Anniversary 3 11 26
35 32 Foreigner - Long, Long Way From Home 4 11 25
32 33 Yannis Markopoulos - Who Pays The Ferryman 3 10 30
36 34 Space - Magic Fly 21 9 2
38 35 Boomtown Rats - Mary Of The 4th Form 2 9 35
25 36 Ramones - Rockaway Beach 5 9 23
31 37 Santa Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 9 8 8
39 38 London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars Main Title 26 7 3
40 39 Charlene - I've Never Been To Me 15 6 15
56 40 Andy Gibb - (Love Is) Thicker Than Water 9 6 7
33 41 Wet Willie - Street Corner Serenade 5 6 31
41 42 Kraftwerk - Showroom Dummies 11 6 19
43 43 Neil Diamond - Desiree 5 6 43
44 44 John Williams - Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" 2 5 44
46 45 Boney M - Belfast 10 5 6
47 46 Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Floral Dance 8 5 24
34 47 Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict 6 5 27
50 48 Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday 15 5 22
47 49 Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher (UK) 12 5 29
51 50 David Gates - Goodbye Girl 3 4 46
55 51 ELO - Turn To Stone 10 4 8
57 52 Odyssey - Native New Yorker 8 4 32
52 53 Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1977) 5 3 52
49 54 Stevie Wonder - As 9 3 16
58 55 Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away 12 3 16
59 56 Lynyrd Skynyrd - What's Your Name 5 2 20
NEW 57 The Adverts - Safety In Numbers 1 2 57
61 58 Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway 11 2 10
62 59 Rod Stewart - You're In My Heart 12 2 4
63 60 Commodores - Too Hot Ta Trot 3 1 53
64 61 Con Funk Shun - Ffun 3 1 61
45 62 XTC - Science Fiction 5 1 27
66 63 The Muppets - The Muppet Show Music Hall EP 3 1 63
53 64 Randy Newman - Short People 8 1 26
65 65 Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun 12 1 3
67 66 Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns 15 1 6
54 OUT The Jam - Modern World 9 0 18

1978 #1s

1. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (1 week #1 1978, 4 weeks overall)

[tdc2000]

With this new year, as we head for a full circle around all 10 years of each decade, I am changing the retiring rules as we move into a second round.

A song that stays in the top 40 can stay on for up to 52 weeks, a full year, before being retired.

A song that is below #40 and has been on over 26 weeks (half a year) is retired

A song that is below #75 and has been on over 13 weeks (1/4 a year) is retired.

[tdc2000]

Voting List:

ABBA - The Name Of The Game
Althia & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Andy Gibb - (Love Is) Thicker Than Water
Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie
Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1977)
Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Jammin'
Boney M - Belfast
Boney M - Ma Baker
Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
Boomtown Rats - Mary Of The 4th Form
Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Floral Dance
Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict
Charlene - I've Never Been To Me
Commodores - Too Hot Ta Trot
Con Funk Shun - Ffun
Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch
David Bowie - Heroes
David Gates - Goodbye Girl
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday
Donna Summer - Love's Unkind
ELO - Turn To Stone
Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally 
Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun
Foreigner - Cold As Ice
Foreigner - Long, Long Way From Home
Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island
John Williams - Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"
Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns
Kraftwerk - Showroom Dummies
Little River Band - Happy Anniversary
London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars Main Title
Lynyrd Skynyrd - What's Your Name
Neil Diamond - Desiree
Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
Odyssey - Native New Yorker
Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away
Queen - We Are The Champions
Queen - We Will Rock You
Ramones - Rockaway Beach
Randy Newman - Short People
Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher (UK)
Rod Stewart - You're In My Heart
Rush - Closer To The Heart (Studio Version)
Samantha Sang - Emotion
Santa Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Sham 69 - I Don't Wanna
Space - Magic Fly
Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World
Steely Dan - Peg
Stevie Wonder - As
Tavares - More Than A Woman
The Adverts - Safety In Numbers
The Carpenters - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft
The Muppets - The Muppet Show Music Hall EP
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Breakdown
Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Wet Willie - Street Corner Serenade
Wings - Mull Of Kintyre
XTC - Science Fiction
Yannis Markopoulos - Who Pays The Ferryman

New Additions:

Al Green - Belle
Baccara - Sorry I'm A Lady
Brotherhood Of Man - Figaro
David Castle - The Loneliest Man On The Moon
El Coco - Cocomotion
George Duke - Reach For It
Gordon Giltrap - Heartsong
Heart - Crazy On You
Heatwave - Always And Forever
Heatwave - The Groove Line 
Judge Dread - Big Punk
Judge Dread - Up With The Cock!
Meco - Theme From "Close Encounters"
Paul Henry & Mayson Glen Orchestra - Benny's Theme
Penetration - Don't Dictate
Pockets - Come Go With Me
Prism - Take Me To The Kaptin
Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star
Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely - If I Had Words
T-Connection - On Fire
Uriah Heep - Free Me
War - Galaxy 
X-Ray spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours!

These can no longer be voted:

The Jam - Modern World
Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life (UK)
Eric Carmen - Boats Against The Current
Imperials - Who's Gonna Love Me
Johnny Rivers - Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)
Ronnie Milsap - What A Difference You've Made In My Life
The Emotions - I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love

[tdc2000]

From quiet to very busy...

(1) 1. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
(NEW) 2. Heatwave - The Groove Line
(NEW) 3. Heart - Crazy On You
(NEW) 4. Heatwave - Always And Forever
(2) 5. Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island
(3) 6. Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally
(NEW) 7. Meco - Theme From "Close Encounters"
(4) 8. Bob Marley - Jammin'
(5) 9. Queen - We Are The Champions
(NEW) 10. War - Galaxy
(6) 11. John Williams - Theme From "Close Encounters"
(NEW) 12. Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star

OUT:
7. Bill Withers - Lovely Day
8. Steely Dan - Peg
9. Lynyrd Skynyrd - What's Your Name
10. Commodores - Too Hot Ta Trot
11. Rush - Closer To The Heart
12. Con Funk Shun - Ffun

[FreakyFlyBry]

1 (1) Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally
2 (2) Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
3 (-) Heatwave - The Groove Line
4 (-) Heatwave - Always And Forever
5 (-) Prism - Take Me To The Kaptin
6 (3) Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
7 (4) Rush - Closer To The Heart
8 (5) Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
9 (6) Little River Band - Happy Anniversary
10 (7) David Gates - Goodbye Girl
11 (8) Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island
12 (9) Samantha Sang - Emotion

- (10) Foreigner- Long, Long Way From Home
- (11) Steely Dan - Peg
- (12) Andy Gibb - (Love Is) Thicker Than Water

[zeus555]

01 (1) ABBA - The Name Of The Game
02 (2) Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
03 (NE) Brotherhood Of Man - Figaro
04 (NE) Baccara - Sorry I'm A Lady
05 (NE) Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely - If I Had Words
06 (5) Queen - We Are The Champions
07 (3) Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
08 (4) Wings - Mull Of Kintyre
09 (6) Queen - We Will Rock You
10 (7) Donna Summer - Love's Unkind
11 (10) Boney M - Ma Baker
12 (11) Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie

Zeus555

[Benny]

01 (01) Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
02 (03) ABBA - The Name Of The Game
03 (02) Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
04 (04) Samantha Sang - Emotion
05 (05) Tavares - More Than A Woman
06 (06) Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch
07 (07) Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
08 (---) Baccara - Sorry I'm A Lady
09 (---) Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star
10 (---) Brotherhood Of Man - Figaro
11 (08) Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally
12 (09) Bill Withers - Lovely Day

[Benny]

Regarding the UK chart entries we are now one week ahead. The new entries are from the week of January 14, 1978, instead of January 7:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13167&start=325

[navi]

1.14.21. X-Ray spex - Oh bondage! up yours! video
2.11.19. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Jammin' video
3. 1. 7. Bee gees - Staying alive video
4. 5.11. Donna Summer - Love's unkind video
5. 7.12. Bonnie Tyler - It's a heartache video
6.15.22. Uriah Heep - Free me video
7. 9.16. Steely Dan - Peg video
8.10.17. the Adverts - Safety in numbers video
9. 3. 1. Ramones - Rockaway beach video
10. 2. 4. Boomtown rats - Mary of the 4th form video
11. 4.10. Blondie - Rip her to shreds video
12. 6. 2. Buzzcocks - Orgasm addict video

13.24.33. the Lurkers - Freak show video
14.17.23. Eater - Lock it up video
15.19.30. Chelsea - High rise living video
16.18.20. the Tubes - White punks on dope video
17.29.39. Grace Jones - La vie en rose video
18. 8. 3. Wings - Mull of Kintyre video
19.21.31. Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank generation video
20.25.34. Sham 69 - I don't wanna video
21.12. 6. XTC - Science friction video
22.32. - . Wire - Mannequin video
23.13. 5. Neil Young - Like a hurricane video
24.28.32. Talking heads - Uh oh, love comes to town video
25.16. 8. the Jam - (This is) the Modern world video
26.30.40. 999 - Nasty! nasty! video
27.31.42. Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Sweet Gene Vincent video
28.36.49. Ultravox! - Rockwrok video
29.40. - . Johnny and the Self abusers - Saints and sinners video
30.34.46. the Runaways - School days video

31.23.15. the Damned - Problem child video
32.22.14. the Models - Freeze video
33.43. - . Iggy Pop - Success/the Passenger video
34.26.18. Tom Robinson band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway video
35.20. 9. Santa Esmeralda - Don't let me be missunderstood video
36.47. - . Penetration - Don't dictate video
37. - . - . Eric Clapton - Lay down Sally video
38.50. - . Germs - Forming video
39. - . - . Joan Armatrading - Show some emotion video
40.46.48. Althea and Donna - Uptown top ranking video
41.33.25. Chic ?– Dance, dance, dance (Yowsah, yowsah, yowsah) video
42.35.28. Sex pistols - Holidays in the sun video
43. - . - . Crime - Murder by guitar video
44.27.13. the Desperate bicycles - Smokescreen video
45.41.37. ABBA - the Name of the game video
46.37.29. Queen - We will rock you video
47. - . - . Suicide - Cheree video
48.39.43. the Alan Parsons project - Don't let it show video
49. - . - . the Heartbreakers - One track mind video
50.44.36. Linda Ronstadt - It's so easy video

Please add next week
the Lurkers - Freak show
Eater - Lock it up
Chelsea - High rise living
the Tubes - White punks on dope
Grace Jones - La vie en rose
Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank generation

[Marius]

1(1).Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
2(N).Uriah Heep - Free Me
3(2).Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally
4(3).Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
5(N).Baccara - Sorry I'm A Lady
6(4).Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island
7(5).Neil Diamond - Desiree
8(N).X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
9(6).Rush - Closer To The Heart
10(7).Queen - We Will Rock You
11(N).Heart - Crazy On You
12(8).Althia & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
13(9).Queen - We Are The Champions
14(10).Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
15(11).Wings - Mull Of Kintyre

[android]

Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Little River Band - Happy Anniversary
Uriah Heep - Free Me
Brotherhood Of Man - Figaro
Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally
Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
Heart - Crazy On You
Baccara - Sorry I'm A Lady
Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely - If I Had Words

[Blondini]

Regarding the UK chart entries we are now one week ahead. The new entries are from the week of January 14, 1978, instead of January 7:

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But consecutively we should be on last week - Terry Wogan's Floral Dance has been missed.
:-? http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/si ... 0101/7501/

This may be the 52/53 week conundrum again.
I'm leaving all those UK adds outside my top 12 as they shouldn't be added yet.

Heart - Crazy On You is a re-issue. You voted it in 1976, Dustin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_on_You

Please add Suicide - Cheree

1 3 Bill Withers - Lovely Day (original release)*
2 1 Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds / X Offender (album version) / In The Flesh (reissue)*
3 2 Donna Summer - Love's Unkind
4 13 Penetration - Don't Dictate*
5 4 David Bowie - "Heroes"
6 5 Althea and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
7 6 Sham 69 - I Don't Wanna*
8 6 ABBA - The Name Of The Game
9 9 Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
10 10 Queen - We Are The Champions
11 11 Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
12 16 X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage, Up Yours!*
13 NE Suicide - Cheree*
Navi's clip is blocked in UK.

14 NE Baccara - Sorry, I'm A Lady*
15 NE Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star*
16 14 Ramones - Rockaway Beach*
17 15 Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict*
18 12 The Muppets - Don't Dilly Dally On The Way / Waiting At The Church / The Boy In The Gallery / Wotcher (Knocked 'Em in the Old Kent Road) (The Muppet Show Music Hall EP)
19 17 Odyssey - Native New Yorker
20 18 Neil Diamond - Desiree
21 19 Meco - Star Wars Theme - Cantina Band (medley)

[CZB]

01 - Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie [153]
02 - Space - Magic Fly [241]
03 - Baccara - Sorry I'm A Lady [840]
04 - Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch [2320]
05 - Donna Summer - I Feel Love [2410]
06 - Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely - If I Had Words [2408]
07 - Charlene - I've Never Been To Me [2427]
08 - Boney M - Belfast [2755]
09 - Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Floral Dance [3932]
10 - Brotherhood Of Man - Figaro [4093]
11 - Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache [4181]
12 - Boney M - Ma Baker [4213]

13 - ABBA - The Name Of The Game [4215]
14 - Wings - Mull Of Kintyre [4127]

[Erotica]

1. Foreigner - Cold As Ice
2. Boney M - Ma Baker
3. Santa Esmeralda - Don´t Let Me Be Misunderstood
4. London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars Main Title
5. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
6. Baccara - Sorry I'm A Lady
7. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
8. Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
9. Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie
10. David Bowie - Heroes
11. Queen - We Will Rock You
12. Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache

[JSparksFan]

01. Queen - We Will Rock You
02. Queen - We Are the Champions
03. ABBA - The Name of the Game
04. Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
05. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
06. Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday
07. Barry Manilow - Looks Like We Made It
08. Bee Gees - Boogie Child
09. Heart - Barracuda
10. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
11. David Bowie - Heroes
12. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Jammin'

[Thriller]

1 (2) Donna Summer - I Feel Love
2 (1) Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie
3 (3) Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
4 (4) Tavares - More Than A Woman
5 (ne) Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star
6 (5) Bill Withers - Lovely Day
7 (9) Queen - We Are The Champions
8 (6) Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World
9 (7) ABBA - The Name Of The Game
10 (10) Odyssey - Native New Yorker
11 (ne) Baccara - Sorry I'm A Lady
12 (8) Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are

OUT:
Samantha Sang - Emotion
Foreigner - Cold As Ice

[Spartan]

01. Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
02. ABBA - The Name Of The Game
03. Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
04. Charlene - I’ve Never Been To Me
05. Heart - Crazy On You
06. Queen - We Are The Champions
07. Foreigner - Cold As Ice
08. Bonnie Tyler - It’s A Heartache
09. Queen - We Will Rock You
10. Bee Gees - Stayin Alive
11. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
12. Status Quo - Rocking All Over The World

[yuvalzirler]

1.Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
2.Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star
3.Foreigner - Long, Long Way From Home
4.Bill Withers - Lovely Day
5.Wet Willie - Street Corner Serenade
6.Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island
7.Andy Gibb - (Love Is) Thicker Than Water
8.Stevie Wonder - As
9.Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
10.Althia & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
11.Randy Newman - Short People
12.Queen - We Are The Champions

[taverner]

1.(1) David Bowie - Heroes
2.(2) Queen - We Will Rock You
3.(3) Queen - We Are The Champions
4.(5) Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
5.(6) Wings - Mull Of Kintyre
6.(7) Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
7.(8) Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away
8.(9) Rod Stewart - You're In My Heart
9.(10) Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Floral Dance
10.(-) Baccara - Sorry I'm A Lady
11.(-) Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star
12(-) Brotherhood Of Man - Figaro

[matthew_dixon]

1 (1) Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
2 (2) Wings - Mull Of Kintyre
3 (3) Queen - We Are The Champions
4 NEW Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star
5 (4) Queen - We Will Rock You
6 (5) The Carpenters - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognised Anthem of World Contact Day)
7 (6) Bill Withers - Lovely Day
8 (7) Bob Marley & The Wailers - Jammin'
9 (8) Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World
10 (9) Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
11 (10) Tom Robinson - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
12 (11) Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns
(12) Althia & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking

[Oleg]

Top 3's USA Singles Charts: The US's Billboard Hot 100
1 (01) The Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love - 16 Wks
2 (06) Player - Baby Come Back - 15 Wks
3 (03) Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou - 18 Wks

Top 3's USA Albums Charts: The US's Billboard Albums 200
1 (02) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 46 Wks
2 (03) Rod Stewart - Foot Loose & Fancy Free - 7 Wks
3 (04) Earth, Wind & Fire - All 'n' All - 6 Wks

[tdc2000]

Bee Gees stay alive for a fifth week at #1. No top 10 debuts.

Last Week This Week Song Title Weeks On Total Points Peak
1 1 Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive 5 103 1 (5 weeks at #1)
3 2 ABBA - The Name Of The Game 12 51 1
4 3 Queen - We Are The Champions 12 43 1
5 4 Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache 6 40 1
2 5 Bill Withers - Lovely Day 5 38 2
11 6 Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are 9 33 6
6 7 Queen - We Will Rock You 9 31 1
14 8 Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie 27 29 2
7 9 Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally 3 28 5
16 10 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love 16 26 1
NEW 11 Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star 1 26 11
9 12 David Bowie - Heroes 13 26 1
NEW 13 Baccara - Sorry I'm A Lady 1 25 13
12 14 Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch 7 25 6
15 15 Donna Summer - I Feel Love 27 24 1
17 16 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Jammin' 5 20 8
NEW 17 Uriah Heep - Free Me 1 19 17
8 18 Wings - Mull Of Kintyre 8 18 4
NEW 19 Heatwave - The Groove Line 1 17 19
10 20 Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island 4 17 9
13 21 Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds 6 17 13
RE 22 Heart - Crazy On You (1978) 1 16 22
18 23 Donna Summer - Love's Unkind 6 16 17
NEW 24 Brotherhood Of Man - Figaro 1 15 24
NEW 25 Heatwave - Always And Forever 1 14 25
29 26 Foreigner - Cold As Ice 25 14 2
NEW 27 X-Ray spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours! 1 14 27
22 28 The Carpenters - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft 15 14 4
23 29 Neil Young - Like A Hurricane 5 14 8
20 30 Sham 69 - I Don't Wanna 3 14 18
27 31 Tavares - More Than A Woman 8 13 12
NEW 32 Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely - If I Had Words 1 12 32
30 33 Boney M - Ma Baker 29 11 1
25 34 Steely Dan - Peg 8 11 9
39 35 Charlene - I've Never Been To Me 16 11 15
34 36 Space - Magic Fly 22 9 2
33 37 Yannis Markopoulos - Who Pays The Ferryman 4 9 30
24 38 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Breakdown 10 9 4
31 39 Little River Band - Happy Anniversary 4 8 26
28 40 Samantha Sang - Emotion 8 8 7
19 41 Althia & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking 3 8 17
37 42 Santa Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 10 8 8
32 43 Foreigner - Long, Long Way From Home 5 8 25
NEW 44 Penetration - Don't Dictate 1 7 44
38 45 London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars Main Title 27 7 3
NEW 46 Prism - Take Me To The Kaptin 1 6 46
26 47 Rush - Closer To The Heart (Studio Version) 7 6 10
21 48 Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World 14 6 5
41 49 Wet Willie - Street Corner Serenade 6 6 31
42 50 Kraftwerk - Showroom Dummies 12 6 19
48 51 Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday 16 5 22
49 52 Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher (UK) 13 5 29
NEW 53 Meco - Theme From "Close Encounters" 1 4 53
43 54 Neil Diamond - Desiree 6 4 43
57 55 The Adverts - Safety In Numbers 2 4 57
46 56 Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Floral Dance 9 4 24
52 57 Odyssey - Native New Yorker 9 4 32
40 58 Andy Gibb - (Love Is) Thicker Than Water 10 4 7
55 59 Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away 13 4 16
36 60 Ramones - Rockaway Beach 6 3 23
45 61 Boney M - Belfast 11 3 6
54 62 Stevie Wonder - As 10 3 16
59 63 Rod Stewart - You're In My Heart 13 3 4
58 64 Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway 12 2 10
NEW 65 War - Galaxy 1 1 65
44 66 John Williams - Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" 3 1 44
50 67 David Gates - Goodbye Girl 4 1 46
35 68 Boomtown Rats - Mary Of The 4th Form 3 1 35
47 69 Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict 7 1 27
64 70 Randy Newman - Short People 9 1 26
66 71 Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns 16 1 6
53 OUT Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1977) 6 0 52
60 OUT Commodores - Too Hot Ta Trot 4 0 53
61 OUT Con Funk Shun - Ffun 4 0 61
51 OUT ELO - Turn To Stone 11 0 8
65 OUT Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun 13 0 3
56 OUT Lynyrd Skynyrd - What's Your Name 6 0 20
63 OUT The Muppets - The Muppet Show Music Hall EP 4 0 63
62 OUT XTC - Science Fiction 6 0 27

1978 #1s
[code]
1. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (2 weeks #1 1978, 5 weeks overall)

[tdc2000]

Voting List:

ABBA - The Name Of The Game
Al Green - Belle
Althia & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Andy Gibb - (Love Is) Thicker Than Water
Baccara - Sorry I'm A Lady
Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie
Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Jammin'
Boney M - Belfast
Boney M - Ma Baker
Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
Boomtown Rats - Mary Of The 4th Form
Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Floral Dance
Brotherhood Of Man - Figaro
Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict
Charlene - I've Never Been To Me
Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch
David Bowie - Heroes
David Castle - The Loneliest Man On The Moon
David Gates - Goodbye Girl
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday
Donna Summer - Love's Unkind
El Coco - Cocomotion
Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally 
Foreigner - Cold As Ice
Foreigner - Long, Long Way From Home
George Duke - Reach For It
Gordon Giltrap - Heartsong
Heart - Crazy On You (1978)
Heatwave - Always And Forever
Heatwave - The Groove Line 
Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island
John Williams - Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"
Judge Dread - Big Punk
Judge Dread - Up With The Cock!
Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns
Kraftwerk - Showroom Dummies
Little River Band - Happy Anniversary
Meco - Theme From "Close Encounters"
Neil Diamond - Desiree
Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
Odyssey - Native New Yorker
Paul Henry & Mayson Glen Orchestra - Benny's Theme
Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away
Penetration - Don't Dictate
Pockets - Come Go With Me
Prism - Take Me To The Kaptin
Queen - We Are The Champions
Queen - We Will Rock You
Ramones - Rockaway Beach
Randy Newman - Short People
Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher (UK)
Rod Stewart - You're In My Heart
Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star
Rush - Closer To The Heart (Studio Version)
Samantha Sang - Emotion
Santa Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely - If I Had Words
Sham 69 - I Don't Wanna
Space - Magic Fly
Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World
Steely Dan - Peg
Stevie Wonder - As
Tavares - More Than A Woman
T-Connection - On Fire
The Adverts - Safety In Numbers
The Carpenters - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Breakdown
Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Uriah Heep - Free Me
War - Galaxy 
Wet Willie - Street Corner Serenade
Wings - Mull Of Kintyre
X-Ray spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
Yannis Markopoulos - Who Pays The Ferryman

New Additions:

Andrea True Connection - What's Your Name, What's Your Number
Bette Midler - Storybook Children (Daybreak)
Chelsea - High Rise Living 
Denise LaSalle - Love Me Right
Eater - Lock It Up 
Eloise Laws - 1000 Laughs
Firefall - So Long
Grace Jones - La Vie En Rose 
Natalie Cole - Our Love
Raydio - Jack And Jill
Richard Hell and The Voidoids - Blank Generation
Rita Coolridge - The Way You Do The Things You Do
Suicide - Cheree
Terry Wogan - Floral Dance
The Lurkers - Freak Show 
The Tubes - White Punks On Dope

These can no longer be voted:

London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars Main Title (retired: 26/40 rule)
Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1977)
Commodores - Too Hot Ta Trot
Con Funk Shun - Ffun
ELO - Turn To Stone
Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun
Lynyrd Skynyrd - What's Your Name
The Muppets - The Muppet Show Music Hall EP
XTC - Science Fiction

[tdc2000]

(1) 1. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
(2) 2. Heatwave - The Groove Line
(4) 3. Heatwave - Always And Forever
(5) 4. Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island
(6) 5. Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally
(NEW) 6. Andrea True Connection - What's Your Name, What's Your Number
(7) 7. Meco - Theme From "Close Encounters"
(8) 8. Bob Marley - Jammin'
(9) 9. Queen - We Are The Champions
(10) 10. War - Galaxy
(NEW) 11. Raydio - Jack And Jill
(11) 12. John Williams - Theme From "Close Encounters"

OUT:
12. Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star

[Benny]

01 (01) Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
02 (02) ABBA - The Name Of The Game
03 (03) Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
04 (04) Samantha Sang - Emotion
05 (05) Tavares - More Than A Woman
06 (06) Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch
07 (07) Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
08 (08) Baccara - Sorry I'm A Lady
09 (09) Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star
10 (10)) Brotherhood Of Man - Figaro
11 (11) Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally
12 (12) Bill Withers - Lovely Day