Editing 1978 in music (section)

==Chronological table of US and UK and Japan number one hit singles==
'''US number one singles and artist'''<br>  (weeks at number one)
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* "[[How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees song)|How Deep Is Your Love]]" – [[Bee Gees]] (2 weeks in 1977 + 1 week in 1978)
* "[[Baby Come Back (Player song)|Baby Come Back]]" – [[Player (band)|Player]] (3)
* "[[Stayin' Alive]]" – [[Bee Gees]] (4)
* "[[(Love Is) Thicker Than Water]]" – [[Andy Gibb]] (2)
* '''"[[Night Fever]]" – [[Bee Gees]] (8), best selling single of the year'''
* "[[If I Can't Have You (Bee Gees song)|If I Can't Have You]]" – [[Yvonne Elliman]] (1)
* "[[With a Little Luck]]" – [[Paul McCartney & Wings]] (2)
* "[[Too Much, Too Little, Too Late]]" – [[Johnny Mathis]] & [[Deniece Williams]] (1)
* "[[You're The One That I Want]]" – [[John Travolta]] & [[Olivia Newton-John]] (1)
* "[[Shadow Dancing (song)|Shadow Dancing]]" – [[Andy Gibb]] (7)
* "[[Miss You (The Rolling Stones song)|Miss You]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]] (1)
* "[[Three Times a Lady]]" – [[Commodores]] (2)
* "[[Grease (film)|Grease]]" – [[Frankie Valli]] (2)
* "[[Boogie Oogie Oogie]]" – [[A Taste of Honey (band)|A Taste of Honey]] (3)
* "[[Kiss You All Over]]" – [[Exile (American band)|Exile]] (4)
* "[[Hot Child in the City]]" – [[Nick Gilder]] (1)
* "[[You Needed Me]]" – [[Anne Murray]] (1)
* "[[MacArthur Park (song)|MacArthur Park]]" – [[Donna Summer]] (3)
* "[[You Don't Bring Me Flowers]]" – [[Barbra Streisand]] & [[Neil Diamond]] (2)
* "[[Le Freak]]" – [[Chic (band)|Chic]] (3 weeks in 1978 + 3 weeks in 1979)
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'''UK number one singles and artist'''<br>  (weeks at number one)
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* "[[Mull of Kintyre (song)|Mull of Kintyre]]" / "[[Girls' School (song)|Girls' School]]" – [[Wings (band)|Paul McCartney & Wings]] (5 weeks in 1977 + 4 weeks in 1978)
* "[[Uptown Top Ranking]]" – [[Althea & Donna]] (1)
* "[[Figaro (song)|Figaro]]" – [[Brotherhood of Man]] (1)
* "[[Take a Chance On Me]]" – [[ABBA]] (3)
* "[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]" – [[Kate Bush]] (4)
* "[[Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs]]" – [[Brian and Michael]] (3)
* "[[Night Fever]]" – [[Bee Gees]] (2)
* '''"[[Rivers of Babylon]]" – [[Boney M]] (5) best selling single of the year'''
* "[[You're the One That I Want]]" – [[John Travolta]] & [[Olivia Newton-John]] (9)
* "[[Three Times a Lady]]" – [[Commodores]] (5)
* "[[Dreadlock Holiday]]" – [[10cc]] (1)
* "[[Summer Nights (John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John song)|Summer Nights]]" – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (7)
* "[[Rat Trap]]" – [[The Boomtown Rats]] (2)
* "[[Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?]]" – [[Rod Stewart]] (1)
* "[[Mary's Boy Child]]"/"Oh My Lord" – [[Boney M]] (4)
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'''Japanese Oricon number one singles and artist'''<br>  (weeks at number one)
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*"[[UFO (Pink Lady song)|UFO]]" – [[Pink Lady (duo)|Pink Lady]] (2 weeks in 1977 + 8 weeks in 1978)
*"{{ill|Canada Kara no Tegami|ja|カナダからの手紙}}" – {{ill|Masaaki Hirao|ja|平尾昌晃}} & {{ill|Yōko Hatanaka|ja|畑中葉子}} (2)
*"[[Hohoemi Gaeshi]]" – [[Candies (group)|Candies]] (3)
*"[[Southpaw (Pink Lady song)|Southpaw]]" – Pink Lady (9)
*"{{illm|Darling (Kenji Sawada song)|lt=Darling|ja|ダーリング (沢田研二の曲)}}" – [[Kenji Sawada]] (1)
*"{{ill|Jikan yo Tomare|ja|時間よ止まれ (矢沢永吉の曲)}}" – [[Eikichi Yazawa]] (3)
*"{{ill|Mr. Summertime|ja|Mr.サマータイム}}" – {{illm|Circus (Japanese band)|lt=Circus|ja|サーカス (歌手)}} (1)
*"[[Monster (Pink Lady song)|Monster]]" – Pink Lady (8)
*"{{ill|Hikigane|ja|銃爪 (曲)}}" – {{ill|Masanori Sera & Twist|ja|世良公則&ツイスト}} (1)
*"{{ill|Kimi no Hitomi wa 10,000 Volt|ja|君のひとみは10000ボルト}}" – [[Takao Horiuchi]] (4)
*"[[Tōmei Ningen (Pink Lady song)|Tomei Ningen]]" – Pink Lady (4)
*"{{ill|Kisetsu no Naka de|ja|季節の中で|}}" – [[Chiharu Matsuyama]] (6)
*"[[Chameleon Army]]" – Pink Lady (2 weeks in 1978 + 4 weeks in 1979)
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