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100 Rock Classics

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 Best Sounds Of The 70's
 
 
  Smokie :  For A Few Dollars More
  January 1978
  Label: RAK / single 006-60 259
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "The Montreux Album"  1978
  Charts: UK 17  D  2  CH  5
 
  Rod Stewart :  Hot Legs
  January 1978
  Label: Warner Bros. / single
  Music / Text: Stewart - Grainger
  from album: "Foot Loose & Fancy Free"  1977
  Charts: UK  5  US 28  D 34
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  Mr. Blue Sky
  January 1978
  Label: United Artists / single 36 342 AT
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "Out Of The Blue"  1977
  Charts: UK  6  US 35  D 27
 
  Kansas :  Dust In The Wind
  January 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6205
  Music / Text: Kerry Livgren
  from album: "Point Of Know Return"  1977
  Charts: US  6
 
  Art Garfunkel  with  Paul Simon and James Taylor :  (What A) Wonderful World
  January 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 3-10 676
  Music / Text: Sam Cooke - Lou Adler - Herb Albert
  from album: "Watermark"  1978
  Charts: US 17
 
  Pere Ubu :  The Modern Dance
  January 1978
  Label: Blank / single
  Music / Text: Pere Ubu
  from album: "The Modern Dance" 1978
  Charts:
 
  Judas Priest :  Better By You, Better Than Me
  January 1978
  Label: Gull / single
  Music / Text: Gary Wright
  from album: "Stained Class"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Sham 69 :  Borstal Breakout
  January 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 966
  Music / Text: Dave Parsons - Jimmy Pursey
  from album: "Tell Us The Truth"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Van Halen :  You Really Got Me
  January 1978
  Label: Warner Bros. / single 8515
  Music / Text: Ray Davies
  from album: "Van Halen"  1978
  Charts: US 32
 
  Eddie & The Hot Rods :  Quit This Town
  January 1978
  Label: Island / WIP 6411
  Music / Text: Graeme Douglas - Ed Hollis
  from album: "Life On The Line"  1977
  Charts: UK 36
 
  Yvonne Elliman :  If I Can't Have You
  January 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 266
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb - Maurice Gibb
  from album: "Saturday Night Fever"  1977  /  "Night Flight"  1978
  Charts: US  1  UK  4
 
  Darts :  Come Back My Love
  January 1978
  Label: Magnet / single MAG 110
  Music / Text: Mansfield
  from album: "Darts"  1977
  Charts:  UK  2
 
  David Bowie :  Beauty And The Beast
  January 1978
  Label: RCA / single PB 1190
Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "Heroes"  1977
  Charts: UK 39
 
 
  The Stranglers :  5 Minutes
  February 1978
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Cornwell - Burnel - Greenfield - Black
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 11
 
 
  Eruption :  I Can't Stand The Rain
  February 1978
  Label: Hansa / single 11 761 AT
  Music / Text: Peebles - Bryant - Miller
  from album: "Eruption"  1977
  Charts: UK  5  US 18  D  7  CH  8
 
  Carpenters :  Sweet, Sweet Smile
  February 1978
  Label: A&M / single AMS 5628
  Music / Text: Juice Newton - Otha Young
  from album: "Passage"  1977
  Charts: US 44  UK 40  D 22
 
  Chris Spedding :  Silver Bullet
  February 1978
  Label: RAK / single
  Music / Text: Chris Spedding
  from album: "Hurt"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Baccara :  Darling
  February 1978
  Label: RCA / single PB 5586
  Music / Text: Rolf Soja - Frank Dostal
  from album: "Light My Fire"  1978
  Charts: D  6  CH  9
 
  Kate Bush :  Wuthering Heights
  February 1978
  Label: EMI / single 006-06 596
  Music / Text: Kate Bush
  from album: "The Kick Inside"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  D 11  CH  8
 
  Bee Gees :  Night Fever
  February 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 272
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb - Maurice Gibb
  from album: "Saturday Night Fever"  1977
  Charts: UK  1  US  1  D  2  CH  3
 
 
  Earth, Wind & Fire :  Fantasy
  February 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6056
  Music / Text: White - Del Barrio - White
  from album: "The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. I"  1978
  Charts: UK 14  US 32
 
 
  The Saints :  Know Your Product
  February 1978
  Label: Harvest / single
  Music / Text: Ed Kuepper - Chris Bailey
  from album: "Eternally Yours"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Buzzcocks :  What Do I Get
  February 1978
  Label: United Artists / single UP 36348
  Music / Text: Buzzcocks
  from album: "Operator Manual - Buzzcocks Best"  1991
  Charts: UK 37
 
  Blondie :  Denis
  February 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2204
  Music / Text: Neil Levenson
  from album: "Plastic Letters"  1978
  Charts: UK  2  D  9
 
  Styx :  Fooling Yourself
  February 1978
  Label: A&M Records / single AMS 5639
  Music / Text: Tommy Shaw
  from album: "Grand Illusion"  1977
  Charts: US 29
 
  Wire :  I Am The Fly
  February 1978
  Label: Harvest / single
  Music / Text: Gilbert - Lewis - Newman - Gotobed
  from album: "Chairs Missing"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Gerry Rafferty :  Baker Street
  February 1978
  Label: United Artists / single 36 346 AT
  Music / Text: Gerry Rafferty
  from album: "City To City"  1978
  Charts: UK  3  US  2  D  3  CH  2
 
  Abba :  Take A Chance On Me
  February 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 758
  Music / Text: Andersson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "The Album"  1977
  Charts: UK  1  US  3  D  3  CH  3
 
  Kiss :  Rocket Ride
  February 1978
  Label: Casablanca / single 18583
  Music / Text: Ace Frehley - Dean Delaney
  from album: "Alive II"  1977
  Charts: US 39
 
  The Sweet :  Love Is Like Oxygen
  February 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 757
  Music / Text: Griffin - Scott
  from album: "Level Headed"  1978
  Charts: UK  9  US  8  D 10  CH  6
 
  Queen :  Spread Your Wings
  February 1978
  Label: EMI / single
  Music / Text: John Deacon
  from album: "News Of The World"  1977
  Charts: UK 34  D 29
 
 
  Eddie Money :  Baby Hold On
  February 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 10663
  Music / Text: Eddie Money - J. Lyon - Jimmy Lyon
  from album: "Eddie Money"  1977
  Charts: US 11
 
 
  Jackson Browne :  Running On Empty
  February 1978
  Label: Asylum / single 45460
  Music / Text: Jackson Browne
  from album: "Running On Empty"  1977
  Charts: US 11
 
  Manfred Mann's Earth Band :  California
  February 1978
  Label: Bronze / single
  Music / Text: Sue Vickers
  from album: "Watch"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Bob Marley :  Is This Love
  February 1978
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Bob Marley
  from album: "Kaya"  1978
  Charts: UK  9
 
  The Residents :  Constantinople  /  Birthday Boy
  February 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: ?
  from album: "Duck Stab / Buster And Glen"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Devo :  Mongoloid / Jocko Homo
  February 1978
  Label: Stiff / single
  Music / Text: Gerald V. Casale / Mark Mothersbaugh
  from album: "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!"  1978
  Charts: UK 51
 
  Muddy Waters :  I'm Ready
  February 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Willie Dixon
  from album: "I'm Ready"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Magazine :  Shot By Both Sides
  February 1978
  Label: Virgin / single VS 200
  Music / Text: Howard Devoto - Pete Shelley
  from album: "Real Life"  1978
  Charts: UK 41
 
  Tom Robinson Band :  Don't Take No For An Answer
  February 1978
  Label: EMI / single 2749
  Music / Text: Tom Robinson
  from album: "Power In The Darkness"  1978
  Charts: UK 18
 
 
  England Dan & John Ford Coley :  We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again
  February 1978
  Label: Big Tree / single 16110
  Music / Text: Jeffrey Comanor
  from album: "Some Things Don't Come Easy"  1978
  Charts: US  9
 
 
  Elkie Brooks :  Lilac Wine
  February 1978
  Label: A&M / single AMS 7333
  Music / Text: James Shelton
  from album: "Pearls"  1981
  Charts: UK 16
 
  Elvis Costello :  (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
  March 1978
  Label: Radar / single ADA 3
  Music / Text: Elvis Costello
  from album: "This Year's Model"  1978
  Charts: UK 16
 
  Leif Garrett :  Put Your Head On My Shoulder
  March 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 11 118
  Music / Text: Paul Anka
  from album: "Leif Garrett"  1977
  Charts: US 58
 
  Generation X :  Ready Steady Go
  March 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Billy Idol - James
  from album: "Generation X"  1978
  Charts: UK 47
 
  The Jam :  News Of The World
  March 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 995
  Music / Text: Bruce Foxton
  from album: "Snap"  1981
  Charts: UK 27
 
  Nick Lowe :  I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass
  March 1978
  Label: Warner Bros. / single 17106
  Music / Text: Nick Lowe - Bodnar - Goulding
  from album: "The Jesus Of Cool"  1978
  Charts: UK  7
 
  The Vibrators :  Automatic Lover
  March 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 6137
  Music / Text: Ian Carnochan
  from album: "V2"  1978
  Charts: UK 35
 
  Aerosmith :  Kings And Queens
  March 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 3-10 699
  Music / Text: Douglas - Tyler - Hamilton - Whitford - Kramer
  from album: "Night In The Ruts"  1979
  Charts: US 70
 
  The Clash :  Clash City Rockers
  March 1978
  Label: CBS / single 5834
  Music / Text: Strummer - Jones
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 35
 
  The Sweet :  Dream On
  March 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Andy Scott
  from album: "Level Headed"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Showaddywaddy :  I Wonder Why
  March 1978
  Label: Arista / single 006-60 6029
  Music / Text: Anderson - Weeks
  from album: "Greatest Hits 1976-1978"
  Charts: UK  2  D 20
 
 
  Sailor :  All I Need Is A Girl
  March 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 6242
  Music / Text: George Kajanus
  from album: "Greatest Hits Vol. 1"  1978
  Charts:
 
  The Babys :  A Piece Of The Action
  March 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single 11 818
  Music / Text: Chas Sandford - Mike Japp
  from album: "Broken Heart"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Luisa Fernandez :  Lay Love On You
  March 1978
  Label: Warner / single WB 17 061
  Music / Text: John David Parker - Tanja
  from album: "Disco Darling"  1978
  Charts:  D  7  UK 31
 
 
  Lynyrd Skynyrd :  You Got That Right
  March 1978
  Label: MCA / single
  Music / Text: Steve Gaines - Ronnie Van Zant
  from album: "Street Survivors"  1977
  Charts: US 69
 
  Rosetta Stone :  (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice
  March 1978
  Label: Private Stock / single 006-60 366
  Music / Text: Blue Weaver - Andy Fairweather-Low - Lucio Battisti
  from album: "Rock Pictures"  1978
  Charts: D 20
 
  Jefferson Starship :  Count On Me
  March 1978
  Label: Grunt / single 11196
  Music / Text: Jesse Barish
  from album: "Earth"  1977
  Charts: US  8
 
  Barclay James Harvest :  Friend Of Mine
  March 1978
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Les Holroyd
  from album: "Gone To Earth"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Manfred Mann's Earth Band :  Mighty Quinn
  March 1978
  Label: Bronze / single
  Music / Text: Bob Dylan
  from album: "Watch"  1978
  Charts: D 36
 
  Suzi Quatro :  If You Can't Give Me Love
  March 1978
  Label: RAK / single RAK/006-60 444
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "If You Knew Suzi"  1978
  Charts: UK  4  US 45  D  5  CH  4
 
  Hot Chocolate :  Every 1's A Winner
  March 1978
  Label: RAK / single 006-60 501
  Music / Text: Errol Brown
  from album: "Every 1's A Winner"  1978
  Charts: UK 12  US  6  CH  9
 
  The Sweet :  Fountain
  March 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Scott - Tucker - Priest - Connolly
  from album: "Level Headed"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Genesis :  Follow You Follow Me
  March 1978
  Label: Charisma / single 6079 461
  Music / Text: Banks - Collins - Rutherford
  from album: "...And Then There Were Three..."  1978
  Charts: UK  7  US 23  D  8  CH  6
 
  Meat Loaf :  Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
  March 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 6281
  Music / Text: Jim Steinman
  from album: "Bat Out Of Hell"  1977
  Charts: UK 32  US 11
 
  Wings :  With A Little Luck
  March 1978
  Label: EMI / single 006-60 639
  Music / Text: Paul McCartney
  from album: "London Town"  1978
  Charts: UK  5  US  1  CH 11  D 17
 
  Joe Ely :  Honky Tonk Masquerade  /  Tonight I'm Gonna Go Downtown
  March 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Joe Ely  /  Jimmy Dale Gilmour - John Reed
  from album: "Honky Tonk Masquerade"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Warren Zevon :  Werewolves Of London
  March 1978
  Label: Asylum / single 45472
  Music / Text: Warren Zevon - Leroy Marinell - Robert "Waddy" Wachtel
  from album: "Excitable Boy"  1978
  Charts: US 21
 
  Robert Palmer :  Every Kinda People
  March 1978
  Label: Island / single 15 736 AT
  Music / Text: Andy Fraser
  from album: "Double Fun"  1978
  Charts: US 16  UK 58
 
  George Benson :  On Broadway
  March 1978
  Label: Warner / single 8542
  Music / Text: Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller - Barry Mann - Cynthia Weil
  from album: "Weekend In L.A."  1978
  Charts: US  7
 
  Jethro Tull :  Heavy Horses
  April 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Ian Anderson
  from album: "Heavy Horses"  1978
  Charts:
 
  John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John :  You're The One That I Want
  April 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 279
  Music / Text: John Farrar
  from album: "Grease"  1978
  Charts: US  1  UK  1  D  1  CH 1
 
  Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams :  Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
  April 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6164
  Music / Text: Nat Kipner - John Vallins
  from album: "That's What Friends Are For"  1978
  Charts: US  1  UK  3
 
  Raffaella Carrà :  Tanti Auguri
  April 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6132
  Music / Text: Daniele Pace - Gianni Boncompagni
  from album: "Raffaella"  1978
  Charts: D 45
 
  Andy Gibb :  Shadow Dancing
  April 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 281
  Music / Text: Barry, Maurice, Robin + Andy Gibb
  from album: "Shadow Dancing"  1978
  Charts: UK 42  US  1  D 44
 
  999 :  Me And My Desire
  April 1978
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Nick Cash - Guy Days
  from album: "999"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Iggy Pop & The Stooges :  (I Got) Nothing
  April 1978
  Label: Skydog / single SGIS 12 (France)
  Music / Text: Pop - Williamson
  from album: "Kill City"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Patti Smith Group :  Because The Night
  April 1978
  Label: Arista / single 006-60 563
  Music / Text: Springsteen - Smith
  from album: "Easter"  1978
  Charts: UK  5  US 13
 
  Van Halen :  Runnin' With The Devil
  April 1978
  Label: Warner Bros. / single 17 162
  Music / Text: Van Halen - Van Halen - Anthony - Roth
  from album: "Van Halen"  1978
  Charts: US 84
 
 
  Japan :  Adolescent Sex
  April 1978
  Label: Hansa Records / single 100 072
  Music / Text: David Sylvian
  from album: "Adolescent Sex"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Blondie :  (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
  April 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2217
  Music / Text: Gary Valentine
  from album: "Plastic Letters"  1978
  Charts: UK 10
 
  Journey :  Wheel In The Sky
  April 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6238
  Music / Text: Schon - Fleischman - Valori
  from album: "Infinity"  1978
  Charts: US 57
 
  Leif Garrett :  The Wanderer
  April 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 3476
  Music / Text: Earnest Maresca
  from album: "Leif Garrett"  1977
  Charts: US 49
 
  Scorpions :  He's A Woman - She's A Man
  April 1978
  Label: RCA / single PB 5556
  Music / Text: Rudolf Schenker - Klaus Meine - Herman Rarebell
  from album: "Taken By Force"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Boomtown Rats :  She's So Modern
  April 1978
  Label: Mercury / single
  Music / Text: Geldof - Fingers
  from album: "A Tonic For The Troops"  1978
  Charts: UK 12
 
  Rainbow :  Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
  April 1978
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Blackmore - Dio
  from album: "Long Live Rock'n'Roll"  1978
  Charts: UK 33
 
  John Paul Young :  Love Is In The Air
  April 1978
  Label: Ariola / single 11 705 AT
  Music / Text: Harry Vanda - George Young
  from album: "Love Is In The Air"  1994
  Charts: UK  5  US  7  D  3  CH  5
 
  Jethro Tull :  Moths
  April 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Ian Anderson
  from album: "Heavy Horses"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Television :  Foxhole
  April 1978
  Label: Elektra / single K 12287
  Music / Text: Tom Verlaine
  from album: "Adventure"  1978
  Charts: UK 36
 
  Ian Dury And The Blockheads :  What A Waste
  April 1978
  Label: Stiff / single BUY 27
  Music / Text: Melvin - Blockheads - Dury - Jankel
  from album: "Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll"  1987
  Charts: UK  9
 
  The Police :  Roxanne
  April 1978
  Label: A&M / single 12554-S
  Music / Text: Sting
  from album: "Outlands D'Amour"  1978
  Charts: 1979: UK 12  US 32
 
  Genesis :  Down And Out  /  Burning Rope
  April 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Banks - Rutherford - Collins  /  Tony Banks
  from album: "... And Then There Were Three"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Graham Parker :  Hey Lord Don't Ask Me Questions (live)
  April 1978
  Label: Vertigo / single
  Music / Text: Graham Parker
  from album: "The Parkerilla" (live)  1978
  Charts: UK 32
 
  Boney M. :  Rivers Of Babylon
  April 1978
  Label: Hansa / single 11 999 AT
  Music / Text: Farian - Mayer - Dowe - McNaughton
  from album: "Nightflight To Venus"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  US 30  D  1  CH  1
 
  The Only Ones :  Another Girl, Another Planet
  April 1978
  Label: Vengeance / single
  Music / Text: Peter Perrett
  from album: "The Only Ones" 1978
  Charts:
 
  Darts :  The Boy From New York City
  April 1978
  Label: Magnet / single MAG 116
  Music / Text: John Taylor - George Davis
  from album: "Everyone Plays Darts"  1978
  Charts:  UK  2  D 48
 
  Amanda Lear :  Follow Me
  April 1978
  Label: Ariola / single 11 950 AT
  Music / Text: Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear
  from album: "Sweet Revenge"  1978
  Charts: D  3  CH  7
 
  Plastic Bertrand :  Ca Plane Pour Moi
  May 1978
  Label: Hansa / single 11 928 AT
  Music / Text: Deprijk - Lacomblez
  from album: "AN1"  1978
  Charts: UK  8  D  6  CH  1
 
 
  Japan :  Suburban Love
  May 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: David Sylvian
  from album: "Adolescent Sex"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Talking Heads :  Pulled Up
  May 1978
  Label: Sire Records / single
  Music / Text: David Byrne
  from album: "Talking Heads: 77"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Buzzcocks :  I Don't Mind
  May 1978
  Label: United Artists / single UP 36386
  Music / Text: Pete Shelley - Buzzocks
  from album: "Another Music In A Different Kitchen"  1978
  Charts: UK 55
 
  Sham 69 :  Angels With Dirty Faces
  May 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2059 023
  Music / Text: Dave Parsons - Jimmy Pursey
  from album: "That's Life"  1978
  Charts: UK 19
 
  Tavares :  More Than A Woman
  May 1978
  Label: Capitol / single 4500
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb - Maurice Gibb
  from album: "Saturday Night Fever"  1977
  Charts: US 32  UK  7
 
  Bonnie Tyler :  Here Am I
  May 1978
  Label: RCA / single PB 5076
  Music / Text: Wolfe - Scott
  from album: "Natural Force"  1978
  Charts: D 18
 
  Wishful Thinking :  Hiroshima
  May 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single 45-1766
  Music / Text: Dave Morgan
  from album: "Hiroshima"  1971
  Charts: D  8
 
  Billy Joel :  Only The Good Die Young
  May 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 10750
  Music / Text: Billy Joel
  from album: "The Stranger"  1977
  Charts: US 24
 
  Umberto Tozzi :  Tu
  May 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6305
  Music / Text: Giancarlo Bigazzi - Umberto Tozzi
  from album: "Tu"  1978
  Charts: D 17  CH  1
 
  Thin Lizzy :  Rosalie
  May 1978
  Label: Vertigo / single
  Music / Text: Bob Seger
  from album: "Live And Dangerous"  1978
  Charts: UK 20
 
  Rubettes :  Little 69
  May 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2059 029
  Music / Text: Richardson - Williams
  from album: "The Best Of The Rubettes"  1990
  Charts: D 37
 
  Cheap Trick :  Surrender
  May 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 7448
  Music / Text: Rick Nielsen
  from album: "Heaven Tonight"  1978
  Charts: US 62
 
  Angel :  Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart
  May 1978
  Label: Casablanca / single
  Music / Text: Lori Burton - Pam Sawyer
  from album: "White Hot"  1978
  Charts: US 44
 
  Mink DeVille :  Just Your Friends
  May 1978
  Label: Capitol / single CL 15 989
  Music / Text: Jack Nitzsche - Willy DeVille
  from album: "Return To Magenta"  1978
  Charts:
 
  REO Speedwagon :  Roll With The Changes
  May 1978
  Label: Epic / single 50545
  Music / Text: Kevin Cronin
  from album: "You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish"  1978
  Charts: US 58
 
  The Only Ones :  Breaking Down  /  Language Problem
  May 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Peter Perrett
  from album: "The Only Ones" 1978
  Charts:
 
  Warren Zevon :  Lawyers, Guns And Money
  May 1978
  Label: Asylum / single
  Music / Text: Warren Zevon
  from album: "Excitable Boy"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Elvis Costello :  Pump It Up
  May 1978
  Label: Radar / single ADA 10
  Music / Text: Elvis Costello
  from album: "This Year's Model"  1978
  Charts: UK 24
 
 
  The Stranglers :  Nice 'N Sleazy
  May 1978
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Cornwell - Burnel - Greenfield - Black
  from album: "Black And White"  1978
  Charts: UK 18
 
 
  Queen :  It's Late
  May 1978
  Label: Elektra / US-single 45478
  Music / Text: Brian May
  from album: "News Of The World"  1977
  Charts: US 74
 
  Kiss :  Strutter '78
  May 1978
  Label: Casablanca / single
  Music / Text: Stanley - Simmons
  from album: "Double Platinum"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Foghat :  Stone Blue
  May 1978
  Label: Bearsville / single 0325
  Music / Text: Dave Peverett
  from album: "Stone Blue"  1978
  Charts: US 36
 
  Tom Robinson Band :  Up Against The Wall
  May 1978
  Label: EMI / single 2787
  Music / Text: Tom Robinson
  from album: "Power In The Darkness"  1978
  Charts: UK 33
 
  Gerry Rafferty :  Whatever's Written In Your Heart
  May 1978
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Gerry Rafferty
  from album: "City To City"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Eric Clapton :  Wonderful Tonight
  May 1978
  Label: RSO / single
  Music / Text: Eric Clapton
  from album: "Slowhand"  1977
  Charts: US 16
 
  Smokie :  Oh Carol
  May 1978
  Label: RAK / single 006-60 762
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "The Montreux Album"  1978
  Charts: UK  5  D  3  CH  2
 
  Manfred Mann's Earth Band :  Davy's On The Road Again
  May 1978
  Label: Bronze / single 15 593 AT
  Music / Text: Robertson - Simon
  from album: "Watch"  1978
  Charts: UK  6  D 26
 
  Bob Seger :  Still The Same
  May 1978
  Label: Capitol / single 006-85 506
  Music / Text: Seger - Jackson - Jones
  from album: "Stranger In Town"  1978
  Charts: US  4  D 30
 
  Meat Loaf :  You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
  May 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 5980
  Music / Text: Jim Steinman
  from album: "Bat Out Of Hell"  1977
  Charts: UK 33  US 39  D 22
 
  Todd Rundgren :  Can We Still Be Friends
  May 1978
  Label: Bearsville / single 0324
  Music / Text: Todd Rundgren
  from album: "Hermit Of Mink Hollow"  1978
  Charts: US 29
 
  The Rolling Stones :  Miss You
  May 1978
  Label: Rolling Stones / single 006-61 201
  Music / Text: Jagger - Richards
  from album: "Some Girls"  1978
  Charts: UK  3  US  1  D 12  CH 11
 
  Chicago :  Take Me Back To Chicago
  May 1978
  Label: CBS / single 5672
  Music / Text: Danny Seraphine - David Hawk Wolinski
  from album: "Chicago XI"  1977
  Charts: US 63
 
  David Soul :  It Sure Brings Out The Love In Your Eyes
  May 1978
  Label: Private Stock / single PVT 137
  Music / Text: Tony Macaulay - Geoff Stephens
  from album: "The Angel And The Dreamer"  1978
  Charts: UK 12
 
 
  Willie Nelson :  Georgia On My Mind
  May 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 10704
  Music / Text: Hoagy Carmichael - Stuart Gorrell
  from album: "Stardust"  1978
  Charts: US 84
 
 
  Jefferson Starship :  Runaway
  May 1978
  Label: Grunt / single 11274
  Music / Text: Nicholas Dewey
  from album: "Earth"  1977
  Charts: US 12
 
  Frankie Valli :  Grease
  May 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 294
  Music / Text: Barry, Robin + Maurice Gibb
  from album: "Grease"  1978
  Charts: UK  3  US  1  D 24  CH  7
 

  Marshall Hain :  Dancing In The City
  June 1978
  Label: Harvest / single 006-06 725
  Music / Text: Marshall - Hain
  from album: "Free Ride"  1978
  Charts: UK  3  D  1  CH  4
 
  Robert Palmer :  Best Of Both Worlds
  June 1978
  Label: Island / single 17 491 AT
  Music / Text: Robert Palmer
  from album: "Double Fun"  1978
  Charts: D 36
 
  Elkie Brooks :  Only Love Can Break Your Heart
  June 1978
  Label: A&M / single AMS 7353
  Music / Text: Neil Young
  from album: "Shooting Star"  1978
  Charts: UK 43
 
 
  AC/DC :  Rock'n'Roll Damnation
  June 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Young - Young - Scott
  from album: "Powerage"  1978
  Charts: UK 24
 
 
  Black Sabbath :  Never Say Die
  June 1978
  Label: Vertigo / single 6079 103
  Music / Text: Osbourne - Iommi - Ward - Butler
  from album: "Never Say Die"  1978
  Charts: UK 21
 
  Abba :  Eagle
  June 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 778
  Music / Text: Andersson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "The Album"  1977
  Charts: D  6  CH  7
 
  Kansas :  Portrait (He Knew)
  June 1978
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Kerry Livgren - Steve Walsh
  from album: "Point Of Know Return"  1977
  Charts: US 64
 
  Joe Walsh :  Life's Been Good
  June 1978
  Label: Asylum / single 45493
  Music / Text: Joe Walsh
  from album: "But Seriously, Folks..."  1978
  Charts: US 12  UK 14
 
  Steely Dan :  FM (No Static At All)
  June 1978
  Label: MCA / single MCS 786
  Music / Text: Donald Fagen - Walter Becker
  from album: "FM"  1978
  Charts: UK 49  US 22
 
  UFO :  Hot 'N' Ready
  June 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Mogg - Schenker
  from album: "Obsession"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Bruce Springsteen :  Prove It All Night
  June 1978
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Bruce Springsteen
  from album: "Darkness On The Edge Of Town"  1978
  Charts: US 33
 
  Kate Bush :  The Man With The Child In His Eyes
  June 1978
  Label: EMI / single 006-06 712
  Music / Text: Kate Bush
  from album: "The Kick Inside"  1978
  Charts: UK  6  US 85
 
 
  Showaddywaddy :  A Little Bit Of Soap
  June 1978
  Label: Arista / single 191
  Music / Text: Mason - Houston - Jolicoeur - Mercer
  from album: "Greatest Hits 1976-1978"
  Charts: UK  5  D 43
 
 
  Rosetta Stone :  Sunshine Of Your Love
  June 1978
  Label: Private Stock / single 006-99 490
  Music / Text: Pete Brown - Eric Clapton - Jack Bruce
  from album: "Rock Pictures"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Barry Manilow :  Copacabana
  June 1978
  Label: Arista / single
  Music / Text: Feldman - Manilow - Sussman
  from album: "Even Now"  1978
  Charts: US  8  D 23
 
  Nick Gilder :  Hot Child In The City
  June 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single 6155 220
  Music / Text: Nick Gilder - Jimmy McCulloch
  from album: "City Nights"  1978
  Charts: US  1
 
  Commodores :  Three Times A Lady
  June 1978
  Label: Motown / single 006-61 408
  Music / Text: Lionel Richie
  from album: "Natural High"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  US  1  D 30
 
  Bob Marley :  Satisfy My Soul
  June 1978
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Bob Marley
  from album: "Kaya"  1978
  Charts: UK 21
 
  Bruce Springsteen :  Candy's Room
  June 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Bruce Springsteen
  from album: "Darkness On The Edge Of Town"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Blue Oyster Cult :  Godzilla
  June 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6278
  Music / Text: Donald Roeser
  from album: "Spectres"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Stiff Little Fingers :  Suspect Device
  June 1978
  Label: Rough Trade / single
  Music / Text: Jake Burns - Gordon Ogilvie
  from album: "Inflammable Material"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Uriah Heep :  Love Or Nothing
  June 1978
  Label: Bronze / single 15 591 AT
  Music / Text: Ken Hensley
  from album: "Innocent Victim"  1977
  Charts: D 36
 
  The Cars :  Just What I Needed
  June 1978
  Label: Elektra / single 45491
  Music / Text: Ric Ocasek
  from album: "The Cars"  1978
  Charts: US 27  UK 17
 
  999 :  Emergency
  June 1978
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Nick Cash - Guy Days
  from album: "999"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Wire :  Dot Dash
  June 1978
  Label: Harvest / single
  Music / Text: Gilbert - Lewis - Newman - Gotobed
  from album: "Chairs Missing"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Thin Lizzy :  Dancing In The Moonlight  /  Cowboy Song  (live)
  June 1978
  great live tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Phil Lynott  /  Phil Lynott - Brian Downey
  from album: "Live And Dangerous"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Jackson Browne :  Stay
  June 1978
  Label: Asylum / single 45485
  Music / Text: Maurice Williams
  from album: "Running On Empty"  1977
  Charts: US 20  UK 12
 
  The Motors :  Airport
  June 1978
  Label: Virgin / single 15 596 AT
  Music / Text: Andy McMaster
  from album: "Approved By The Motors"  1978
  Charts: UK  4  D 36
 
  The Vibrators :  Judy Says (Knock You In The Head)
  June 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 6393
  Music / Text: The Vibrators
  from album: "Batteries Included"  1980
  Charts: UK 70
 
 
  Eddie Money :  Two Tickets To Paradise
  June 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 10765
  Music / Text: Edward J. Maloney - Eddie Money
  from album: "Eddie Money"  1977
  Charts: US 22
 
 
  Boomtown Rats :  Like Clockwork
  June 1978
  Label: Mercury / single
  Music / Text: Geldof - Briquette - Crowe
  from album: "A Tonic For The Troops"  1978
  Charts: UK  6
 
  Magazine :  Definitive Gaze  /  The Light Pours Out Of Me
  June 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Howard Devoto - John McGeoch - Pete Shelley
  from album: "Real Life"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Whitesnake :  Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City
  June 1978
  great album track - single-release 1980 as new live version
  Music / Text: Price - Walsh
  from album: "Snakebite"  1978
  Charts: 1980  UK 51  (live version)
 
  Peter Gabriel :  D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself)
  June 1978
  Label: Charisma / single 6079 462
  Music / Text: Peter Gabriel
  from album: "Peter Gabriel 2"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  Wild West Hero
  June 1978
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "Out Of The Blue"  1977
  Charts: UK  6
 
  Wings :  I've Had Enough
  June 1978
  Label: Capitol / single 006-61 260
  Music / Text: Paul McCartney
  from album: "London Town"  1978
  Charts: UK 42  US 25
 
  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers :  I Need To Know
  June 1978
  Label: Shelter / single 62010
  Music / Text: Tom Petty
  from album: "You're Gonna Get It"  1978
  Charts: US 41
 
  The Clash :  (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
  June 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6383
  Music / Text: Strummer - Jones
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 32
 
  Clout :  Substitute
  June 1978
  Label: Carrere / single 49.350
  Music / Text: Willie Wilson
  from album: -
  Charts: UK  2  D  1  CH  2
 
  The Teens :  Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Your Love
  July 1978
  Label: Hansa / single 11964 AT
  Music / Text: Norman Ascot
  from album: "The Teens"  1978
  Charts: D  7
 
 
  Status Quo :  Rockers Rollin'
  July 1978
  Label: Vertigo / single 6059 193
  Music / Text: Lynton - Rick Parfitt
  from album: "Rockin' All Over The World"  1977
  Charts: D 30
 
 
 
  George Thorogood & The Destroyers :  Madison Blues
  July 1978
  Label: Rounder Records / single
  Music / Text: Elmore James
  from album: "George Thorogood & The Destroyers"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Olivia Newton-John :  Hopelessly Devoted To You
  July 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 309
  Music / Text: John Farrar
  from album: "Grease"  1978
  Charts: US  3  UK  2
 
  Cheap Trick :  California Man
  July 1978
  Label: Epic / single
  Music / Text: R. Wood
  from album: "Heaven Tonight"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Chris Rea :  Fool (If You Think It's Over)
  July 1978
  Label: Magnet / single 006-60 710
  Music / Text: Chris Rea
  from album: "Whatever Happened To Benny Santini"  1978
  Charts: US 12
 
  Foreigner :  Hot Blooded
  July 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Jones - Gramm
  from album: "Double Vision"  1978
  Charts: US  3  UK 42
 
  Rubettes :  Lola
  July 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2059 100
  Music / Text: John Richardson
  from album: "The Singles Collection '74 - '79"  1992
  Charts:
 
  Rick James :  You And I
  July 1978
  Label: Gordy / single 7156
  Music / Text: Rick James
  from album: "Come Get It"  1978
  Charts: US 13  UK 46
 
  Kraftwerk :  Die Roboter
  July 1978
  Label: Kling Klang / single 006-32 941
  Music / Text: Karl Bartos - Ralf Hütter - Florian Schneider
  from album: "Die Mensch-Maschine"  1978
  Charts: D 18
 
  Ian Hunter :  England Rocks
  July 1978
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Ian Hunter
  from album: -
  Charts:
 
  Andy Gibb :  An Everlasting Love
  July 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 310
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb
  from album: "Shadow Dancing"  1978
  Charts: UK 10  US  5
 
  Anne Murray :  You Needed Me
  July 1978
  Label: Capitol / single 85688
  Music / Text: Randy Goodrum
  from album: "Let's Keep It That Way"  1978
  Charts: US  1  UK 22
 
  Suicide :  Cheree
  July 1978
  Label: Bronze / single
  Music / Text: Martin Rev - Alan Vega
  from album: "Suicide"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Earth, Wind & Fire :  Got To Get You Into My Life
  July 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6553
  Music / Text: Lennon - McCartney
  from album: "The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. I"  1978
  Charts: UK 33  US  9
 
 
  George Thorogood & The Destroyers :  One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
  July 1978
  Label: Rounder Records / great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: John Lee Hooker
  from album: "George Thorogood & The Destroyers"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
 
  Big Star :  Thank You Friends  /  Holocaust
  July 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Alex Chilton
  from album: "Big Star 3rd"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Genesis :  Many Too Many
  July 1978
  Label: Charisma / single 6228 205
  Music / Text: Tony Banks
  from album: "...And Then There Were Three..."  1978
  Charts: UK 43  D 41
 
  Exile :  Kiss You All Over
  July 1978
  Label: RAK / single 006-61 351
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "Mixed Emotions"  1978
  Charts: US  1  UK  6  D  3  CH  3
 
  The Kinks :  Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy
  July 1978
  Label: Arista / single 0342
  Music / Text: Ray Davies
  from album: "Misfits"  1978
  Charts: US 30
 
  The Moody Blues :  Steppin' In A Slide Zone
  July 1978
  Label: London / single 270
  Music / Text: John Lodge
  from album: "Octave"  1978
  Charts: US 39
 
  Bob Dylan :  Baby Stop Crying
  July 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6499
  Music / Text: Bob Dylan
  from album: "Street Legal"  1978
  Charts: UK 13
 
  Talking Heads :  The Big Country
  July 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: David Byrne
  from album: "More Songs About Builings And Food"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Sham 69 :  If The Kids Are United
  July 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2059 050
  Music / Text: Dave Parsons - Jimmy Pursey
  from album: "The First, The Best And The Last"  1980
  Charts: UK  9
 
  Lake :  Letters Of Love
  July 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6243
  Music / Text: Detlef Petersen - James Hopkins-Harrison
  from album: "Lake II"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Buzzcocks :  Love You More
  July 1978
  Label: United Artists / single UP 36433
  Music / Text: Buzzocks
  from album: "Operator Manual - Buzzocks Best"  1991
  Charts: UK 34
 
  The Who :  Who Are You
  July 1978
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: Pete Townshend
  from album: "Who Are You"  1978
  Charts: UK 18  US 14
 
  Suzi Quatro :  The Race Is On
  July 1978
  Label: RAK / single RAK/006-61 281
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "If You Knew Suzi"  1978
  Charts: UK 43  D 15
 
  Little River Band :  Reminiscing
  July 1978
  Label: EMI / single
  Music / Text: Graham Goble
  from album: "Sleeper Catcher"  1978
  Charts: UK  3
 
  Kenny Loggins :  Whenever I Call You 'Friend'
  July 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 10794
  Music / Text: Kenny Loggins - Melissa Manchester
  from album: "Nightwatch"  1978
  Charts: US  5
 
  John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John :  Summer Nights
  August 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 316
  Music / Text: Jim Jacobs - Warren Casey
  from album: "Grease"  1978
  Charts: US  5  UK  1  D  4  CH  7
 
 
  Luisa Fernandez :  Give Love A Second Chance
  August 1978
  Label: Warner / single WB 17 195
  Music / Text: John David Parker - Tanja
  from album: "Disco Darling"  1978
  Charts:  D 11
 
 
  Darts :  It's Raining
  August 1978
  Label: Magnet / single MAG 126
  Music / Text: Collier
  from album: "Everyone Plays Darts"  1978
  Charts:  UK  2
 
 
  Siouxsie & The Banshees :  Hong Kong Garden
  August 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2059 052
  Music / Text: Steven Severin - Kenny Morris - Siouxsie Sioux - John McKay
  from album: "Once Upon A Time - The Singles"  1981
  Charts: UK  7
 
 
  Aerosmith :  Come Together
  August 1978
  Label: Columbia / single
  Music / Text: Lennon - McCartney
  from album: "Aerosmith's Greatest Hits"  1980
  Charts: US 23
 
  The Sweet :  California Nights
  August 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 786
  Music / Text: Scott - Connolly - Priest - Tucker
  from album: "Level Headed"  1978
  Charts: US 76  D 23
 
  Wings :  London Town
  August 1978
  Label: MPL / single R 6021
  Music / Text: Paul McCartney - Denny Laine
  from album: "London Town"  1978
  Charts: UK 60  US 39
 
  Bob Seger :  Hollywood Nights
  August 1978
  Label: Capitol / single
  Music / Text: Bob Seger
  from album: "Stranger In Town"  1978
  Charts: US 12
 
  Ultravox :  Slow Motion
  August 1978
  Label: Island / single WIP 6691
  Music / Text: John Foxx
  from album: "System Of Romance"  1978
  Charts:
 
  The Saints :  Security
  August 1978
  Label: Harvest / single
  Music / Text: Otis Redding
  from album: "Prehistoric Sounds"  1978
  Charts:
 
  The Police :  Can't Stand Losing You
  August 1978
  Label: A&M / single S 6642
  Music / Text: Sting
  from album: "Outlands D'Amour"  1978
  Charts: 1979 UK  2
 
  The Jam :  David Watts
  August 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2059 054
  Music / Text: Ray Davis
  from album: "All Mod Cons"  1978
  Charts: UK 25
 
  David Essex :  Oh What A Circus
  August 1978
  Label: Mercury / single 6007 185
  Music / Text: Andrew Lloyd Webber - Tim Rice
  from album: "Imperial Wizard"  1979
  Charts: UK  3
 
  Linda Ronstadt :  Back In The USA
  August 1978
  Label: Asylum / single AS 13 133
  Music / Text: Chuck Berry
  from album: "Living In The USA"  1978
  Charts: US 16
 
  Kraftwerk :  Das Model
  August 1978
  Label: Kling Klang / single 006-45 109
  Music / Text: Karl Bartos - Ralf Hütter - Florian Schneider
  from album: "Die Mensch-Maschine"  1978
  Charts: 1981  UK  1    1982  D  7
 
  Meat Loaf :  Paradise By The Dashboard Light
  August 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 6673
  Music / Text: Jim Steinman
  from album: "Bat Out Of Hell"  1977
  Charts: US 39
 
  Billy Joel :  She's Always A Woman
  August 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 10788
  Music / Text: Billy Joel
  from album: "The Stranger"  1977
  Charts: US 17
 
  Blondie :  Picture This
  August 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2242
  Music / Text: Harry - Stein - Destri
  from album: "Parallel Lines"  1978
  Charts: UK 12
 
  The Moody Blues :  Had To Fall In Love
  August 1978
  Label: Decca / single 6103 116
  Music / Text: Justin Hayward
  from album: "Octave"  1978
  Charts:
 
  The Fall :  Bingo-Master's Break-Out
  August 1978
  Label: Step Forward / single
  Music / Text: Mark E. Smith - Una Baines
  from 7"ep: "Bingo-Master's Break-Out"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Bryan Ferry :  Sign Of The Times
  August 1978
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Bryan Ferry
  from album: "The Bride Stripped Bare"  1978
  Charts: UK 37
 
  Sylvester :  You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
  August 1978
  Label: Fantasy / single BF 18611
  Music / Text: Sylvester James - James Wirrick
  from album: "Step II"  1978
  Charts: UK  8  US 36  D 35  CH  6
 
 
  The Dictators :  I Stand Tall
  August 1978
  Label: Asylum / single
  Music / Text: Andy Shernoff
  from album: "Blood Brothers"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Patti Smith Group :  Privilege (Set Me Free)
  August 1978
  Label: Arista / single 006-61 472
  Music / Text: Leander - London
  from album: "Easter"  1978
  Charts: UK 72
 
  Dead Boys :  Ain't It Fun
  August 1978
  Label: Sire / great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Cheetah Chrome - Peter Laughner
  from album: "We Have Come For Your Children"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Devo :  Uncontrollable Urge  /  Space Junk
  August 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Mark Mothersbaugh / Gerald V. Casale - Mark Mothersbaugh
  from album: "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!"  1978
  Charts:
 
  UFO :  Only You Can Rock Me
  August 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Schenker -Way - Mogg
  from album: "Obsession"  1978
  Charts: UK 50
 
  Boston :  Don't Look Back
  August 1978
  Label: Epic / single 6653
  Music / Text: Tom Scholz
  from album: "Don't Look Back"  1978
  Charts: UK 43  US  4
 
  Supermax :  Love Machine
  August 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 11 160
  Music / Text: Kurt Hauenstein
  from album: "World Of Today"  1978
  Charts: D  4  CH  6
 
 
  Dieter Meier :  Cry For Fame
  August 1978
  Label: Periphery Perfume / single PP 00178
  Music / Text: Dieter Meier
  from album: -
  Charts:
 
 
  The Motors :  Forget About You
  August 1978
  Label: Virgin / single 15 814 AT
  Music / Text: Andy McMaster
  from album: "Approved By The Motors"  1978
  Charts: UK 13
 
  Gerry Rafferty :  Right Down The Line
  August 1978
  Label: Island / single 36 445 AT
  Music / Text: Gerry Rafferty
  from album: "City To City"  1978
  Charts: US 12
 
 
  The Stranglers :  Walk On By
  August 1978
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Cornwell - Burnel - Greenfield - Black
  from album: "Black And White"  1978
  Charts: UK 21
 
 
  Bruce Springsteen :  Badlands
  August 1978
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Bruce Springsteen
  from album: "Darkness On The Edge Of Town"  1978
  Charts: US 42
 
  10cc :  Dreadlock Holiday
  August 1978
  Label: Mercury / single 6008 035
  Music / Text: Stewart - Gouldman
  from album: "Bloody Tourists"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  US 44  CH  5  D 11
 
  Ambrosia :  How Much I Feel
  September 1978
  Label: Warner / single 8640
  Music / Text: David Pack - Joe Puerta - Burleigh Drummond - Christopher North
  from album: "Life Beyond L.A."  1978
  Charts: US  3
 
  Patrick Juvet :  Got A Feeling
  September 1978
  Label: Barclay / single 62520
  Music / Text: Jacques Morali - Victor Willis - Patrick Juvet
  from album: "Got A Feeling - I Love America"  1978
  Charts: UK 34
 
  Hello :  Hi Ho Silver Lining
  September 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2040 210
  Music / Text: Scott English - Larry Weiss
  from album: "Best Of & Rarities"  1999
  Charts:
 
  Donna Summer :  MacArthur Park
  September 1978
  Label: Casablanca / single BF 18626
  Music / Text: Jimmy Webb
  from album: "Live & More"  1978
  Charts: US  1  UK  5  D 39
 
 
  Status Quo :  Again And Again
  September 1978
  Label: Vertigo / single 6059 210
  Music / Text: Parfitt - Bown - Lynton
  from album: "If You Can't Stand The Heat"  1978
  Charts: UK 13  CH  8  D 18
 
 
  Buzzcocks :  Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
  September 1978
  Label: United Artists / single UP 36455
  Music / Text: Maher - Diggle - Garvey - Shelley
  from album: "Love Bites"  1978
  Charts: UK 12
 
  Yes :  Don't Kill The Whale
  September 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single K 11184
  Music / Text: Jon Anderson - Chris Squire
  from album: "Tormato"  1978
  Charts: UK 36
 
  Abba :  Summer Night City
  September 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 810
  Music / Text: Andersson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "Greatest Hits Vol. 2"  1979
  Charts: UK  5  D  6  CH  5
 
  The Rolling Stones :  Beast Of Burden
  September 1978
  Label: Rolling Stones / single
  Music / Text: Jagger - Richards
  from album: "Some Girls"  1978
  Charts: US  8
 
  Smokie :  Mexican Girl
  September 1978
  Label: RAK / single 006-61 616
  Music / Text: Norman - Spencer
  from album: "The Montreux Album"  1978
  Charts: UK 19  D  1  CH  4
 
  Gino Vannelli :  I Just Wanna Stop
  September 1978
  Label: A&M / single 2072
  Music / Text: Ross Vannelli
  from album: "Brother To Brother"  1978
  Charts: US  4
 
  Dr. Feelgood :  Down At The Doctors
  September 1978
  United Artists / single 36444
  Music / Text: Mickey Jupp
  from album: "Private Practice"  1978
  Charts: UK 48
 
  Blondie :  I'm Gonna Love You Too
  September 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2251
  Music / Text: Petty - Mauldin - Sullivan
  from album: "Parallel Lines"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Camel :  Breathless  /  Echoes
  September 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Andrew Latimer - Peter Bardens - Andy Ward
  from album: "Breathless"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Third World :  Now That We Found Love
  September 1978
  Label: Island / single 100 034
  Music / Text: Leon Huff - Kenny Gamble
  from album: "Journey To Addis"  1978
  Charts: UK 10
 
  Rosetta Stone :  Sheila
  September 1978
  Label: Private Stock / single PVT 158
  Music / Text: Tommy Roe
  from album: "Rock Pictures"  1978
  Charts: D 45
 
  Foreigner :  Double Vision
  September 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Jones - Gramm
  from album: "Double Vision"  1978
  Charts: US  2
 
  Styx :  Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
  September 1978
  Label: A&M Records / single AMS 6871
  Music / Text: Tommy Shaw
  from album: "Pieces Of Eight"  1978
  Charts: US 21
 
  Motörhead :  Louie Louie
  September 1978
  Label: Bronze / single
  Music / Text: Chuck Berry
  from album: "Motörhead"  1977
  Charts: UK 68
 
  Rose Tattoo :  Rock'n'Roll Outlaw
  September 1978
  Label: Albert / Australia
  Music / Text: Rose Tattoo
  from album: "Rose Tattoo"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Ramones :  Don't Come Close
  September 1978
  Label: Sire / single
  Music / Text: Ramones
  from album: "Road To Ruin"  1978
  Charts: UK 39
 
 
  The Undertones :  Teenage Kicks
  September 1978
  Label: Sire / single SIR 4007
  Music / Text: John O'Neill
  from album: 7" EP "Teenage Kicks"
  Charts: UK 31
 
 
  UK Subs :  C.I.D.
  September 1978
  Label: City Records / single NIK5
  Music / Text: Harper - Anderson
  from album: "Another Kind Of Blues"  1979
  Charts:
 
 
  The Rolling Stones :  Respectable
  September 1978
  Label: Rolling Stones / single
  Music / Text: Jagger - Richards
  from album: "Some Girls"  1978
  Charts: UK 23
 
  Sammy Hagar :  I've Done Everything For You (live)
  September 1978
  Label: Capitol / single 006-85 622
  Music / Text: Sammy Hagar
  from album: "All Night Long" (live)  1978
  Charts:
 
  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers :  Listen To Her Heart
  September 1978
  Label: Shelter / single 62011
  Music / Text: Tom Petty
  from album: "You're Gonna Get It"  1978
  Charts: US 59
  The Alan Parsons Project :  What Goes Up
  September 1978
  Label: Arista / single 0352
  Music / Text: Alan Parsons - Eric Woolfson
  from album: "Pyramid"  1978
  Charts: US 87
 
  The Jacksons :  Blame It On The Boogie
  September 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 6683
  Music / Text: Michael Jackson - Elmar Krohn - David Jackson
  from album: "Destiny"  1978
  Charts: UK  8  US 54
 
  Dr. Hook :  Sharing The Night Together
  September 1978
  Label: Capitol / single 85738
  Music / Text: Ava Aldridge - Eddie Struzick
  from album: "Pleasure & Pain"  1978
  Charts: US  6  UK 43
 
  Rose Tattoo :  Nice Boys  /  Remedy
  September 1978
  Label: Albert / Australia
  Music / Text: Rose Tattoo
  from album: "Rose Tattoo"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Al Stewart :  Time Passages
  September 1978
  Label: RCA / single PB 5121
  Music / Text: Stewart - White
  from album: "Time Passages"  1978
  Charts: US  7
 
  Eric Clapton :  Promises
  October 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 324
  Music / Text: Feldman - Linn
  from album: "Backless"  1978
  Charts: UK 37  US  9
 
  Toto :  Hold The Line
  October 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6784
  Music / Text: David Paich
  from album: "Toto"  1978
  Charts: UK 14  US  5
 
  The Police :  So Lonely
  October 1978
  Label: A&M / single S 6890
  Music / Text: Sting
  from album: "Outlands D'Amour"  1978
  Charts: 1980: UK  6
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  Sweet Talkin' Woman
  October 1978
  Label: Jet / single 121
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "Out Of The Blue"  1977
  Charts: UK  6  US 17
 
  Whitesnake :  Lie Down (A Modern Love Song)
  October 1978
  Label: EMI / single
  Music / Text: Coverdale - Moody
  from album: "Trouble"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Queen :  Mustapha
  October 1978
  Label: EMI / single 006-62 714
  Music / Text: Freddie Mercury
  from album: "Jazz"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Black Sabbath :  Hard Road
  October 1978
  Label: Vertigo / single 6079 104
  Music / Text: Osbourne - Iommi - Ward - Butler
  from album: "Never Say Die"  1978
  Charts: UK 33
 
  Rose Tattoo :  Bad Boy For Love
  October 1978
  Label: Albert / Australia
  Music / Text: Rose Tattoo
  from album: "Rose Tattoo"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Sham 69 :  Hurry Up Harry
  October 1978
  Label: Polydor / single POSP 7
  Music / Text: Dave Parsons - Jimmy Pursey
  from album: "That's Life"  1978
  Charts: UK 10
 
  Frankie Miller :  Darlin'
  October 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single 6155 227
  Music / Text: O. Blandamer
  from album: "Falling In Love"  1978
  Charts: UK  6  D  5  CH  2
 
  Stiff Little Fingers :  Alternative Ulster
  October 1978
  Label: Rough Trade / single
  Music / Text: Jake Burns - Gordon Ogilvie
  from album: "Inflammable Material"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Rory Gallagher :  Shin Kicker  /  Cruise On Out
  October 1978
  Label: Chrysalis  -  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Rory Gallagher
  from album: "Photo-Finish"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Public Image Ltd. :  Public Image
  October 1978
  Label: Virgin / single VS 228
  Music / Text: Wobble - Lydon - Levene - Walker
  from album: "Public Image - First Issue"  1978
  Charts: UK  9
 
  Talking Heads :  Take Me To The River
  October 1978
  Label: Sire Records / single
  Music / Text: Al Green - Mabon Hodges
  from album: "More Songs About Buildings And Food"  1978
  Charts: US 26
 
  Rose Tattoo :  One Of The Boys
  October 1978
  Label: Albert / Australia
  Music / Text: Rose Tattoo
  from album: "Rose Tattoo"  1978
  Charts:
 
  999 :  Homocide
  October 1978
  Label: United Artists / single UP 36467
  Music / Text: Nick Cash - Guy Days
  from album: "Separates"  1978
  Charts: UK 40
 
  Elvis Costello :  Radio Radio
  October 1978
  Label: Radar / single ADA 24
  Music / Text: Elvis Costello
  from album: "This Year's Model" (US-version)  1978
  Charts: UK 29
 
  Chaka Khan :  I'm Every Woman
  October 1978
  Label: Warner/ single 8683
  Music / Text: Nick Ashford - Valerie Simpson
  from album: "Chaka"  1978
  Charts: US 21  UK 11
  The Alan Parsons Project :  Pyromania
  October 1978
  Label: Arista / single
  Music / Text: Alan Parsons - Eric Woolfson
  from album: "Pyramid"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Chicago :  Alive Again
  October 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 10845
  Music / Text: Loughnane - Seraphine -  Cetera
  from album: "Hot Streets"  1978
  Charts: US 14
 
  Nina Hagen Band :  TV-Glotzer
  October 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6835
  Music / Text: Nina Hagen - Bill Spooner - Roger Steen - Michael Evans
  from album: "Nina Hagen Band"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Boomtown Rats :  Rat Trap
  October 1978
  Label: Mercury / single
  Music / Text: Bob Geldof
  from album: "A Tonic For The Troops"  1978
  Charts: UK  1
 
  Boney M. :  Rasputin
  October 1978
  Label: Hansa / single 15 808 AT
  Music / Text: Fred Jay - Frank Farian - Hans-Jörg Mayer
  from album: "Nightflight To Venus"  1978
  Charts: UK  2  D  1  CH  2
 
 
  Polo's Schmetterding :  Lotti Lotti
  October 1978
  Label: Schnoutz / single 6028 941
  Music / Text: Polo Hofer
  from album: "Schmetterding"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Krokus :  Rock Me, Rock You
  October 1978
  Label: Mercury / single 6028 650 / b-side
  Music / Text: Chris von Rohr - Fernando von Arb
  from album: "Pain Killer"  1978 / "Pay It In Metal"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Andy Gibb :  (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away
  October 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 326
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Blue Weaver
  from album: "Shadow Dancing"  1978
  Charts: UK 32  US  9
 
  Village People :  Y.M.C.A.
  October 1978
  Label: Metronome / single 0030.140
  Music / Text: Morali - Belolo - Willis
  from album: "Cruisin'"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  US  2  D  1  CH  1
 
  Leonard Cohen :  True Love Leaves No Traces
  October 1978
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Phil Spector - Leonard Cohen
  from album: "Death Of A Ladies Man"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Alice Cooper :  How You Gonna See Me Now
  October 1978
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WBS-8695
  Music / Text: Cooper - Taupin - Wagner
  from album: "From The Inside"  1978
  Charts: US 12
 
  The Residents :  The Making Of A Soul  /  Never Known Questions
  October 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: ?
  from album: "Not Available"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Black Flag :  Nervous Breakdown
  October 1978
  Label: SST / 7" EP 001
  Music / Text: Greg Ginn
  from album: -
  Charts:
 
  Peter Tosh with  Mick Jagger  :  (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back
  October 1978
  Label: EMI / single 5C 006-61657
  Music / Text: Robinson - White
  from album: "Bush Doctor"  1978
  Charts: UK 43  US 81
 
  Elton John :  Part Time Love
  October 1978
  Label: Rocket / single 6079 655
  Music / Text: Elton John - Gary Osborne
  from album: "A Single Man"  1978
  Charts: UK 15  US 22
 
  Ultravox :  Quiet Men
  October 1978
  Label: Island / single WIP 6459
  Music / Text: John Foxx
  from album: "System Of Romance"  1978
  Charts:
 
  The Jam :  Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
  October 1978
  Label: Polydor / single POSP 8
  Music / Text: Paul Weller
  from album: "All Mod Cons"  1978
  Charts: UK 15
 
 
  Ramones :  I Just Want To Have Something To Do
  October 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Ramones
  from album: "Road To Ruin"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Queen :  Bicycle Race / Fat Bottomed Girls
  October 1978
  Label: EMI / single 2870
  Music / Text: Freddie Mercury / Brian May
  from album: "Jazz"  1978
  Charts: UK 11  US 24  D 27
 
  The Cars :  My Best Friend's Girl
  October 1978
  Label: Elektra / single ELK 12 301
  Music / Text: Ric Ocasek
  from album: "The Cars"  1978
  Charts: US 35  UK  3
 
  Dan Hartman :  Instant Replay
  October 1978
  Label: Epic / single 2772
  Music / Text: Dan Hartman
  from album: "Instant Reply"  1978
  Charts: UK  8  US 29
 
  Udo Lindenberg :  Reeperbahn
  October 1978
  Label: Telefunken / single
  Music / Text: Lennon - McCartney - Lindenberg - Königstein
  from album: "Lindenberg's Rock Revue"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Polo's Schmetterding :  Schlangelädergurt
  October 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Polo Hofer
  from album: "Schmetterding"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Uriah Heep :  Come Back To Me
  October 1978
  Label: Bronze / single BRO 62
  Music / Text: Hensley / Kerslake
  from album: "Fallen Angel"  1978
  Charts: D 40
 
  Chic :  Le Freak
  October 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 11 209
  Music / Text: Nile Rodgers - Bernard Edwards
  from album: "C'est Chic"  1978
  Charts: US  1  UK  7  D  5  CH  2
 
  Luv' :  You're The Greatest Lover
  October 1978
  Label: Philips / single 6012 828
  Music / Text: Janschen - Janschens
  from album: "With Luv'"  1978
  Charts: D  1  CH  1
 
  Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand :  You Don't Bring Me Flowers
  October 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6803
  Music / Text: Diamond - A. Bergman - M. Bergman
  from album: "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"  1978
  Charts: US  1  UK  5
 
  Blondie :  Hanging On The Telephone
  October 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2266
  Music / Text: Jack Lee
  from album: "Parallel Lines"  1978
  Charts: UK  5
 
  Santana :  Well All Right
  November 1978
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Petty - Holly - Allison - Mauldin
  from album: "Inner Secrets"  1978
  Charts: US 69
 
  Billy Joel :  My Life
  November 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 10853
  Music / Text: Billy Joel
  from album: "52nd Street"  1978
  Charts: UK 12  US  3  CH  4
 
  Barclay James Harvest :  Loving Is Easy
  November 1978
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: John Lees
  from album: "XII"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Patrick Juvet :  I Love America
  November 1978
  Label: Barclay / single 62517
  Music / Text: Jacques Morali - Victor Willis - Patrick Juvet
  from album: "Got A Feeling - I Love America"  1978
  Charts: UK 12
 
  Peter Tosh :  I'm The Toughest
  November 1978
  Label: EMI / single
  Music / Text: Peter Tosh
  from album: "Bush Doctor"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Elkie Brooks :  Don't Cry Out Loud
  November 1978
  Label: A&M / single AMS 7395
  Music / Text: Peter Allen - Carole Bayer Sager
  from album: "Pearls"  1981
  Charts: UK 12
 
  Pointer Sisters :  Fire
  November 1978
  Label: Planet / single 45901
  Music / Text: Bruce Springsteen
  from album: "Energy"  1978
  Charts: UK 34  US  2
 
8
  J. Geils Band :  One Last Kiss
  November 1978
  Label: EMI America / single 8007
  Music / Text: Seth Justman - Peter Wolf
  from album: "Sanctuary"  1978
  Charts: US 35  UK 74
 
  Bernie Paul :  Lucky
  November 1978
  Label: Ariola / single 15 743 AT
  Music / Text: Steve Owen
  from album: "All Or Nothing"  1979
  Charts: D  6  CH  3
 
  Kenny Rogers :  The Gambler
  November 1978
  Label: United Artists / single 1250
  Music / Text: Don Schlitz
  from album: "The Gambler"  1978
  Charts: US 16
 
  Bay City Rollers :  Where Will I Be Now
  November 1978
  Label: Arista / single 006-61 643
  Music / Text: Chris East
  from album: "Strangers In The Wind"  1978
  Charts: D 48
 
  Buzzcocks :  Promises
  November 1978
  Label: United Artists / single UP 36471
  Music / Text: Buzzocks
  from album: "Operator Manual - Buzzocks Best"  1991
  Charts: UK 20
 
 
  Bob Marley :  Jamming (live)
  November 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Bob Marley
  from album: "Babylon By Bus" (live)  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Jethro Tull :  Sweet Dream (live)
  November 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single 6155 231
  Music / Text: Ian Anderson
  from album: "Live - Bursting Out"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Linda Ronstadt :  Ooh Baby Baby
  November 1978
  Label: Asylum / single 45546
  Music / Text: Warren Moore - Smokey Robinson
  from album: "Living In The USA"  1978
  Charts: US  7
 
 
  X-Ray Spex :  Germ Free Adolescents
  November 1978
  Label: EMI International / single INT 573
  Music / Text: Poly Styrene
  from album: "Germ Free Adolescents"  1978
  Charts: UK 19
 
 
 
  Japan :  Sometimes I Feel So Low
  November 1978
  Label: Ariola / single
  Music / Text: David Sylvian
  from album: "Obscure Alternatives"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Molly Hatchet :  Dreams I'll Never See
  November 1978
  Label: Epic / single
  Music / Text: Gregg Allman
  from album: "Molly Hatchet"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Showaddywaddy :  Pretty Little Angel Eyes
  November 1978
  Label: Arista / single 222
  Music / Text: Tommy Boyce - Curtis Lee
  from album: -
  Charts: UK  5
 
 
  Leif Garrett :  I Was Made For Dancin'
  November 1978
  Label: Scotti / single SB 11 202
  Music / Text: Michael Lloyd
  from album: "Feel The Need"  1978
  Charts: US 10  UK  4  D 10
   
  Earth, Wind & Fire :  September
  November 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6922
  Music / Text: White - Willis - McKay
  from album: "The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. I"  1978
  Charts: UK  3  US  8  D 20
 
 
  The Ramones :  I Wanna Be Sedated
  November 1978
  Label: Sire / single
  Music / Text: Ramones
  from album: "Road To Ruin"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Bee Gees :  Too Much Heaven
  November 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 331
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb - Maurice Gibb
  from album: "Spirits Having Flown"  1979
  Charts: UK  3  US  1  D 10  CH  5
 
  Pere Ubu :  Caligari's Mirror  /  Navvy
  November 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Pere Ubu
  from album: "Dub Housing" 1978
  Charts:
 
  Rod Stewart :  Da Ya Think I'm Sexy
  November 1978
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 17 277
  Music / Text: Stewart - Appice
  from album: "Blondes Have More Fun"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  US  1  D  9  CH  8
 
 
  George Thorogood & The Destroyers :  Who Do You Love  /  The Sky Is Crying
  November 1978
  Label: Rounder Records / great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Ellas McDaniel  /  Elmore James - Morgan Robinson
  from album: "Move It On Over"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  The Shoes :  Tomorrow Night
  November 1978
  Label: Elektra / single
  Music / Text: Gary Klebe - Jeff Murphy
  from album: "Present Tense"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Olivia Newton-John :  A Little More Love
  November 1978
  Label: EMI / single 006-62024
  Music / Text: John Farrar
  from album: "Totally Hot"  1978
  Charts: US  3  UK  4  D 34
 
 
  Status Quo :  Accident Prone
  November 1978
  Label: Vertigo / single 6059 216
  Music / Text: Williams - Hutchins
  from album: "If You Can't Stand The Heat"  1978
  Charts: UK 36  D 19
 
 
  Racey :  Lay Your Love On Me
  November 1978
  Label: RAK / single 006-61 988
  Music / Text: Chinn / Chapman
  from album: "Smash And Grab"  1979
  Charts: UK  3  D 14
 
  Scorpions :  All Night Long
  April 1978
  Label: RCA / 12" EP 9402
  Music / Text: Klaus Meine - Ulrich Roth
  from album: "Tokyo Tapes"  1978
  Charts:
 
  The Fall :  It's The New Thing
  November 1978
  Label: Step Forward / single
  Music / Text: Mark E. Smith - Martin Bramah
  from album: "77-Early Years-79"  1981
  Charts:
 
  Boston :  A Man I'll Never Be
  November 1978
  Label: Epic / single 50638
  Music / Text: Tom Scholz
  from album: "Don't Look Back"  1978
  Charts: US 31
 
  Santana :  Open Invitation
  November 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Santana - Lambert - Potter - Walker - Margen
  from album: "Inner Secrets"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Ian Dury And The Blockheads :  Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
  December 1978
  Label: Stiff / single BUY 38
  Music / Text: Ian Dury - Chaz Jankel
  from album: "Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll"  1987
  Charts: UK  1  D 22
 
  Lucio Dalla with Francesco Gregori :  Cosa Sarà
  December 1978
  Label: RCA / single 6265
  Music / Text: Lucio Dalla - Rosalino Cellamare
  from album: "Lucio Dalla"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Gloria Gaynor :  I Will Survive
  December 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2066 979
  Music / Text: Fekaris - Perren
  from album: "The Best Of Gloria Gaynor"  1979
  Charts: US  1  UK  1  D  7  CH  7
 
  The Clash :  Tommy Gun
  December 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6788
  Music / Text: Strummer - Jones
  from album: "Give 'Em Enough Rope"  1978
  Charts: UK 19
 
  The Teens :  We'll Have A Party Tonite 'Nite
  December 1978
  Label: Hansa / single 100 077
  Music / Text: Norman Ascot
  from album: "The Teens"  1978
  Charts: D 25
 
  Baccara :  The Devil Sent You To Lorado
  December 1978
  Label: RCA / single PB 5611
  Music / Text: Rolf Soja - Frank Dostal
  from album: "The Hits Of Baccara"  1978
  Charts: D  4  CH  5
 
  Throbbing Gristle :  Weeping  /  Walls Of Sound
  December 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Genesis P-Orridge - Ewa Zajac  /  Throbbing Gristle
  from album: "D.O.A. Third And Final Report"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Amanda Lear :  The Sphinx
  December 1978
  Label: Ariola / single 100 037
  Music / Text: Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear
  from album: "Never Trust A Pretty Face"  1978
  Charts: D 19
 
 
  Ramones :  She's The One
  December 1978
  Label: Sire / single
  Music / Text: Ramones
  from album: "Road To Ruin"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Rocky Sharpe And The Replays :  Rama Lama Ding Dong
  December 1978
  Label: Chiswick / single CHIS 104
  Music / Text: George Jones Jr.
  from album: "Rama Lama"  1979
  Charts: UK 17  D 37  CH  7
 
  Hot Chocolate :  I'll Put You Together Again
  December 1978
  Label: RAK / single 006-61 987
  Music / Text: Black - Stephens
  from album: "Every 1's A Winner"  1978
  Charts: UK 13  CH 10  D 15
 
  The Blues Brothers :  Soul Man
  December 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single 3545
  Music / Text: David Porter - Isaac Hayes
  from album: "Briefcase Full Of Blues"  1978
  Charts: US 14
 
  Chris Norman  &  Suzi Quatro :  Stumblin' In
  December 1978
  Label: RAK / single RAK/006-61 987
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "Smokie - Greatest Hits Volume 2"  1980
  Charts: US  4  UK 41  D  2  CH  7
 
  Boney M. :  Mary's Boy Child
  December 1978
  Label: Hansa / single 100 075
  Music / Text: Jay - Farian - Hairston - Maazel
  from album: "The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"  1980
  Charts: UK  1  US 85  D  1  CH  1
 
  Chicago :  No Tell Lover
  December 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 10879
  Music / Text: Loughnane - Seraphine -  Cetera
  from album: "Hot Streets"  1978
  Charts: US 14
 
  Eagles :  Please Come Home For Christmas
  December 1978
  Label: Asylum / single AS 13145
  Music / Text: Charles Brown - Gene Redd
  from album: -
  Charts: US 18  UK 30
 
  Foreigner :  Blue Morning Blue Day
  December 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 11236
  Music / Text: Jones - Gramm
  from album: "Double Vision"  1978
  Charts: US 15  UK 45
 
  Elton John :  Song For Guy
  December 1978
  Label: Rocket / single
  Music / Text: John - Franks
  from album: "A Single Man"  1978
  Charts: UK  4  D 22
 

 

 

 

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