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Top R&B Songs of 1978

1977 <-1978-> 1979

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1.
12/1978
438

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9
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dance
4
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #489]
charted as I Will Survive / Substitute / Anybody Wanna Party? / I Said Yes in US dance charts
[Polydor 14508]
written by Freddie Perren & Dino Fekaris
2.
06/1978
434

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US
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✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Motown 1443]
written by Lionel Richie
3.
11/1978
424

✫1
US




✫1
dance
5
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #301]
[Warner 8724]
written by Rod Stewart & Carmine Appice
4.
02/1978
421

✫1
US
19
AC


3
dance
8
R&B
✫1
UK
charted as Stayin' Alive / Night Fever / More Than a Woman in US dance charts
[RSO 889]
written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb
5.
05/1978
383

✫1
US




✫1
dance
✫1
R&B
3
UK
[Capitol 4565]
written by Janice Marie Johnson & Perry Kibble (as Perry L. Kibble)
6.
10/1978
382

2
US




2
dance
32
R&B
✫1
UK
charted as Y.M.C.A. / Hot Cop in US dance charts
[Casablanca 945]
written by Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo & Victor Willis
7.
03/1978
381

✫1
US
✫1
AC




✫1
R&B
3
UK
[Columbia 10693]
written by John Vallins & Nat Kipner
8.
11/1978
358

✫1
US
4
AC




10
R&B
3
UK
[RSO 913]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
9.
09/1978
353

✫1
US
24
AC


✫1
dance
8
R&B
5
UK
charted as MacArthur Park Suite in US dance charts
[Casablanca 939]
written by Jimmy Webb
10.
05/1978
347

✫1
US




6
dance
33
R&B
3
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #496]
Miss You / Far Away Eyes in the UK
[Rolling Stones 19307]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
11.
10/1978

Le Freak by Chic

from C'est CHIC   C'est CHIC
347

✫1
US
48
AC


✫1
dance
✫1
R&B
7
UK
charted as Le Freak / I Want Your Love / Chic Cheer in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3519]
written by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
12.
05/1978
341

✫1
US
13
AC




40
R&B
3
UK
[RSO 897]
written by Barry Gibb
13.
01/1978
334

✫1
US
9
AC




60
R&B
4
UK
[RSO 884]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
14.
11/1978
279

7
US
9
AC


✫1
dance
5
R&B
4
UK
charted as Le Freak / I Want Your Love / Chic Cheer in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3557]
written by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
15.
11/1978
254

8
US
41
AC




✫1
R&B
3
UK
[Columbia 10854]
written by Maurice White, Al McKay & Allee Willis
16.
04/1978
237

✫1
US
8
AC




11
R&B
42
UK
17.
02/1978
230

2
US
3
AC




✫1
R&B
42
UK
as Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway
[Atlantic 3463]
written by Reggie Lucas & James Mtume
18.
11/1978
205

2
US
21
AC




14
R&B
34
UK
[Planet 45901]
written by Bruce Springsteen
19.
09/1978
202

32
US






5
R&B
2
UK
[Whitfield 8712]
written by Miles Gregory
20.
05/1978
200

3
US
42
AC


✫1
dance
5
R&B
51
UK
[Academy Award for Best Original Song 1978]
charted as Last Dance / After Dark / Thank God It's Friday / Take It to the Zoo in US dance charts
[Casablanca 926]
written by Paul Jabara
21.
10/1978
195

5
US




2
dance
4
R&B
26
UK
[Polydor/MVP 14514]
written by Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren
22.
03/1978
189

6
US






7
R&B
12
UK
[Infinity 50002]
written by Errol Brown
23.
02/1978
185

18
US




6
dance
30
R&B
5
UK
[Ariola/Hansa 7686]
written by Ann Peebles, Don Bryant & Bernard Miller
24.
01/1978
184

7
US






3
R&B
12
UK
[Epic 50524]
written by Rod Temperton
25.
07/1978
176

5
US
44
AC


2
dance
31
R&B
32
UK
[Polydor 14483]
written by Alicia Bridges & Susan Hutcheson
26.
04/1978
165

4
US
21
AC




✫1
R&B


[Philadelphia International 3642]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
27.
02/1978
161

4
US
✫1
AC




68
R&B


[instrumental]
[A&M 2001]
written by Chuck Mangione
28.
09/1978
157

4
US
4
AC




21
R&B


[A&M 2072]
written by Ross Vannelli
29.
10/1978
144

21
US




30
dance
✫1
R&B
11
UK
[Warner 8683]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
30.
02/1978
143

36
US




✫1
dance
15
R&B
8
UK
charted as Let's All Chant / Love Express in US dance charts
[Private Stock 45184]
written by Michael Zager & Alvin Fields
31.
08/1978
141

28
US




31
dance
✫1
R&B
9
UK
as Funkadelic
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #474]
[Warner 3209]
written by George Clinton, Junie Morrison (as Walter Morrison) & Garry Shider
32.
08/1978
140

36
US




✫1
dance
20
R&B
8
UK
charted as Dance (Disco Heat) / You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) in US dance charts
[Fantasy 846]
written by James Wirrick & Sylvester
33.
01/1978
140

101
US






52
R&B
3
UK
[Whitfield 8531]
written by Billie Calvin (as Billie Rae Calvin)
34.
07/1978
137

9
US
30
AC




✫1
R&B
33
UK
[Columbia 10796]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
35.
04/1978
128

9
US




8
dance
7
R&B
39
UK
as Evelyn "Champagne" King
[RCA 11122]
written by John Fitch (as John H. Fitch Jr) & Reuben Cross
36.
03/1978
127

7
US
25
AC




2
R&B


[live]
[Warner 8542]
written by Jerry Leiber, Barry Mann, Mike Stoller & Cynthia Weil
37.
02/1978
126

8
US




4
dance
5
R&B


with Betty Wright
[Drive 6269]
written by Peter Brown & Robert Rans
38.
11/1978
124

7
US
2
AC
85
country


77
R&B


[Asylum 45546]
written by Smokey Robinson & Pete Moore (as Warren Moore)
39.
09/1978
124

54
US




20
dance
3
R&B
8
UK
as The Jacksons
charted as Blame It on the Boogie / Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) in US dance charts
[Epic 50595]
written by Mick Jackson, David Jackson & Elmar Krohn
40.
07/1978
123

19
US




✫1
dance
4
R&B
29
UK
charted as Dance (Disco Heat) / You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) in US dance charts
[Fantasy 827]
written by Eric Robinson & Victor Orsborn
41.
01/1978
122

70
US




✫1
dance
72
R&B
8
UK
charted as Supernature / Give Me Love / Love Is Here in US dance charts
[Cotillion 44230]
written by Alain Wisniak & Cerrone (as Jean-Marc Cerrone)
42.
10/1978
119

29
US






44
R&B
8
UK
[Blue Sky 2772]
written by Dan Hartman
43.
06/1978

Get Off by Foxy

from Get Off   
117

9
US




18
dance
✫1
R&B


charted as Get Off / Tena's Song in US dance charts
[Dash 5046]
written by Carl Driggs (as Carlos Driggs) & Ish Ledesma (as Ishmael Ledesma)
44.
05/1978
111

13
US




3
dance
✫1
R&B


[Gordy 7156]
written by Rick James
45.
10/1978
109

9
US
10
AC




6
R&B


[Clouds 11]
written by Bobby Caldwell & Alfons Kettner
46.
10/1978
108

53
US




22
dance
3
R&B
11
UK
[20th Century Fox 2386]
written by James Thompson
47.
09/1978
106

12
US




11
dance
✫1
R&B


charted as Got to Be Real / Star Love / You Saved My Day in US dance charts
[Columbia 10808]
written by Cheryl Lynn, David Paich & David Foster
48.
09/1978
99

47
US






9
R&B
10
UK
[Island 8663]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
49.
09/1978
97

58
US




✫1
dance
29
R&B
16
UK
charted as Keep On Jumpin' / In the Bush in US dance charts
[Prelude 71110]
written by Patrick Adams & Sandy Cooper (as Sandra Cooper)
50.
02/1978
94

32
US






12
R&B
14
UK
[Columbia 10688]
written by Eddie Del Barrio (as Eduardo Del Barrio), Maurice White & Verdine White
51.
05/1978
94

21
US






✫1
R&B
34
UK
52.
09/1978
90

21
US




11
dance
8
R&B
33
UK
[Ariola America 7717]
written by David Williams [David Z. Williams] & James Jamerson Jr. (as James Jameson II)
53.
11/1978
85

15
US






7
R&B
59
UK
[A&M 2069]
written by Leroy Bell & Casey James
54.
01/1978
84

16
US






✫1
R&B


as Parliament
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #199]
[Casablanca 909]
written by George Clinton, Bootsy Collins & Bernie Worrell
55.
06/1978
78







2
dance
70
R&B
16
UK
charted as Come On Dance, Dance / Touch Me on My Hot Spot in US dance charts
[Prelude 71104]
written by Jesse Boyce
56.
12/1978
71

102
US






45
R&B
12
UK
[20th Century 2395]
written by Billy Joel
57.
10/1978
69

23
US




25
dance
7
R&B
67
UK
as Evelyn "Champagne" King
[RCA 11386]
written by John Fitch (as John H. Fitch Jr) & Reuben Cross
58.
05/1978
68

24
US
✫1
AC




37
R&B


[Atlantic 3483]
written by Joseph Brooks (as Joe Brooks)
59.
06/1978
68









49
R&B
12
UK
[Epic 50586]
written by Johnnie Wilder Jr. (as Johnnie Wilder)
60.
02/1978
67

53
US






21
R&B
19
UK
[Casablanca 916]
written by Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
61.
08/1978
65

67
US




✫1
dance
24
R&B
34
UK
[West End 1211]
written by Andy Kahn & Kurt Borusiewicz
62.
05/1978
64

25
US






✫1
R&B


[Philadelphia International 3648]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
63.
10/1978
61

79
US






11
R&B
20
UK
[Solar 11379]
written by Kevin Spencer & Leon Sylvers III (as Leon F. Sylvers III)
64.
08/1978
58









85
R&B
15
UK
[Columbia 10781]
written by Herbie Hancock, Melvin Ragin & Jeffrey Cohen
65.
04/1978
55

54
US




✫1
dance
68
R&B
50
UK
charted as If My Friends Could See Me Now / Gypsy Lady / Runaway Love in US dance charts
[Curtom 0140]
written by Cy Coleman & Dorothy Fields
66.
01/1978
51

33
US






✫1
R&B


[Roadshow 1124]
written by Michael Stokes & Verdell Lanier
67.
12/1978
51

34
US






✫1
R&B


[Source 40967]
written by Chuck Brown
68.
02/1978
50

35
US






29
R&B
34
UK
originally released as b-side of Shake Your Booty, rereleased due to its inclusion in the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
[T.K. 1025]
written by Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) & Richard Finch
69.
07/1978
49

47
US
16
AC




10
R&B
45
UK
[Columbia 10772]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
70.
05/1978
48

22
US






23
R&B


[Casablanca 925]
written by Alec R. Costandinos
71.
03/1978
48

24
US






13
R&B


[20th Century 2365]
written by Barry White
72.
06/1978
47

38
US






21
R&B
37
UK
[Motown 1452]
written by Thomas McClary & Lionel Richie
73.
01/1978
46

25
US
30
AC


33
dance
76
R&B


[instrumental]
[Millennium 608]
written by John Williams [composer]
74.
08/1978
45

32
US
4
AC




91
R&B


[EMI America 8004]
written by Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner
75.
09/1978
43

41
US
40
AC




17
R&B
45
UK
[MCA 40947]
written by Charlie Smalls
76.
09/1978
42

60
US




16
dance
2
R&B


[20th Century 2380]
written by Barry White
77.
05/1978
42

35
US






30
R&B
47
UK
78.
07/1978
41

49
US






✫1
R&B


[A&M 2057]
written by Jeffrey Osborne & John T. McGhee
79.
04/1978
40









✫1
R&B
50
UK
[T-Neck 2272]
written by Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.), Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
80.
03/1978

Stay by Rufus

from Street Player   
40

38
US






3
R&B


as Rufus/Chaka Khan
[ABC 12349]
written by Richard Calhoun & Chaka Khan
81.
08/1978
40

101
US




7
dance
9
R&B
56
UK
[Mercury 74015]
written by Hamilton Bohannon
82.
10/1978
39

47
US




5
dance
17
R&B


[Epic 50600]
written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb
83.
05/1978
38









20
R&B
27
UK
[Arista 0328]
written by Ray Parker Jr
84.
09/1978
38

41
US






3
R&B


[Gordy 7162]
written by Rick James
85.
07/1978
37

36
US






6
R&B


[Gordy 7159]
written by Bobby DeBarge
86.
01/1978
37

79
US




23
dance
10
R&B
51
UK
[Warner 8514]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
87.
08/1978
37









2
R&B
48
UK
[Warner 8651]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
88.
07/1978
36









4
R&B
39
UK
[MCA 3064]
written by Norman Whitfield
89.
01/1978
34

43
US




27
dance
8
R&B


[Gold Mind 4008]
written by Raymond Earl, Kim Miller, Scott Miller (as Scotty Miller) & Bunny Sigler
90.
12/1978
33







7
dance
63
R&B
39
UK
charted as Je suis Music / Look for Love in US dance charts
[Cotillion 44244]
written by Cerrone (as Jean-Marc Cerrone) & Lene Lovich
91.
03/1978
33

38
US






8
R&B


[Sunshine Sound 1003]
written by Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) & Richard Finch
92.
12/1978
32

89
US






✫1
R&B


as Parliament
[Casablanca 950]
written by George Clinton, Bootsy Collins (as William Collins) & Bernie Worrell (as Bernard Worrell)
93.
11/1978
31

41
US






73
R&B
56
UK
[Marlin 3330]
written by Marc Chantereau, Pierre-Alain Dahan & Slim Pezin
94.
02/1978
31









48
R&B
29
UK
[Capitol 4544]
written by Keni St. Lewis
95.
02/1978
31

49
US




15
dance
16
R&B


charted as Your Love Is So Good for Me / Top of the World in US dance charts
[Motown 1436]
written by Ken Peterson
96.
08/1978
30









5
R&B
51
UK
[Whitfield 8629]
written by Norman Whitfield
97.
05/1978
29

49
US
9
AC




39
R&B


[Motown 1442]
written by Linda Laurie & Jerry Ragovoy
98.
07/1978
28

60
US






5
R&B


[Mercury 74008]
written by Michael Cooper
99.
05/1978
28

76
US






3
R&B


[Curtom 0138]
written by Gil Askey
100.
11/1978
28

58
US




26
dance
10
R&B


charted as Free Me from My Freedom/Tie Me to a Tree (Handcuff Me) in US RnB charts and in US dance charts
[Motown 1451]
written by Angelo Bond, Truman Thomas & Bonnie Pointer

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