Top Dance Songs of 1978 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[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

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #301]
[Warner 8724]
written by Rod Stewart & Carmine Appice

charted as Stayin' Alive / Night Fever / More Than a Woman in US dance charts
[RSO 889]
written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb

[Capitol 4565]
written by Janice Marie Johnson & Perry L. Kibble

charted as Y.M.C.A. / Hot Cop in US dance charts
[Casablanca 945]
written by Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo & Victor Willis

charted as MacArthur Park Suite in US dance charts
[Casablanca 939]
written by Jimmy Webb

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #496] Miss You / Far Away Eyes in the UK
[Rolling Stones 19307]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

charted as Le Freak / I Want Your Love / Chic Cheer in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3519]
written by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers

charted as Le Freak / I Want Your Love / Chic Cheer in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3557]
written by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers

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

[Polydor/MVP 14514]
written by Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren

charted as Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick / Reasons to Be Cheerful in US dance charts
written by Ian Dury & Chas Jankel

[Ariola/Hansa 7686]
written by Ann Peebles, Don Bryant & Bernard Miller

[Polydor 14483]
written by Alicia Bridges & Susan Hutcheson

[20th Century 2396]
written by Edwin Starr, Arthur Eugene Pullam & Robert Dickerson

[Warner 8683]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

charted as Let's All Chant / Love Express in US dance charts
[Private Stock 45184]
written by Michael Zager & Alvin Fields

as Funkadelic
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #474]
[Warner 3209]
written by George Clinton, Walter Morrison & Garry Shider

charted as Dance (Disco Heat) / You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) in US dance charts
[Fantasy 846]
written by James Wirrick & Sylvester

with Betty Wright
[Drive 6269]
written by Peter Brown & Robert Rans

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

charted as Dance (Disco Heat) / You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) in US dance charts
[Fantasy 827]
written by Eric Robinson & Victor Orsborn

charted as Get Off / Tena's Song in US dance charts
[Dash 5046]
written by Carlos Driggs & Ishmael Ledesma

charted as At The Copa (Copacabana)/Can't Smile WithoutYou in US dance charts
[Arista 0339]
written by Jack Feldman, Barry Manilow & Bruce Sussman

[Gordy 7156]
written by Rick James

[20th Century Fox 2386]
written by James Thompson

R
[Capitol 4674]
written by Gloria Jones

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

charted as Keep On Jumpin' / In the Bush in US dance charts
[Prelude 71110]
written by Patrick Adams & Sandra Cooper

[Ariola America 7717]
written by David Williams [David Z. Williams] & James Jameson II

charted as I Love America / Where Is My Woman / Got a Feeling in US dance charts
[Casablanca 924]
written by Patrick Juvet & Jacques Morali

charted as Come On Dance, Dance / Touch Me on My Hot Spot in US dance charts
[Prelude 71104]
written by Jesse Boyce

R
written by Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte

charted as Last Dance / After Dark / Thank God It's Friday / Take It to the Zoo in US dance charts
[Casablanca 925]
written by Alec R. Costandinos

written by Nacio Herb Brown & Arthur Freed

as Evelyn "Champagne" King
[RCA 11386]
written by John H. Fitch Jr & Reuben Cross

[West End 1211]
written by Andy Kahn & Kurt Borusiewicz

charted as Baby I'm Burning / I Wanna Fall in Love in US dance charts ; charted as Baby I'm Baby I'm Burning / I Really Got the Feeling in US AC charts
[RCA 11420]
written by Dolly Parton

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

#1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1941; charted as Chattanooga Choo Choo/Rainy Night In Rio in US dance charts
[Butterfly 1205]
written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon

instrumental
[Millennium 608]
written by John Williams [composer]

[20th Century 2380]
written by Barry White

[Mercury 74015]
written by Hamilton Bohannon

[Epic 50600]
written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb

charted as I Love America / Where Is My Woman / Got a Feeling in US dance charts
[Casablanca 924]
written by Jacques Morali, Patrick Juvet & Victor Willis

[Warner 8514]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

[Gold Mind 4008]
written by Raymond Earl, Kim Miller, Scotty Miller & Bunny Sigler

charted as Je suis Music / Look for Love in US dance charts
[Cotillion 44244]
written by Jean-Marc Cerrone & Lene Lovich

instrumental
[Millennium 620]
written by E. Y. Harburg & Harold Arlen

charted as Got to Be Real / Star Love / You Saved My Day in US dance charts
[Columbia 10907]
written by John Footman & Judy Wieder

[A&M 2091]
written by Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren

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

charted as #1 D.J. / Super Jock / Bio-Rhythms in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3504]
written by Bud Ros, Len Rocco & Vincent Montana Jr.

charted as Keep On Jumpin' / In the Bush in US dance charts
[Prelude 71114]
written by Patrick Adams & Ken Morris

[Dash 5044]
written by Theophilus "T" Coakley

written by Sylvia Mason-James, Slim Pezin, Marc Chantereau, Sauveur Mallia & Pierre-Alain Dahan

[Warner 8582]
written by Dave Crawford

charted as Last Dance / After Dark / Thank God It's Friday / Take It to the Zoo in US dance charts
written by Donna Summer, Bruce Sudano & Joe Esposito

as Alec R. Costandinos & the Syncophonic Orchestra
written by Alec R. Costandinos

written by Dan Hartman

written by Sylvia Mason-James, Slim Pezin, Marc Chantereau, Sauveur Mallia & Pierre-Alain Dahan

written by Boris Midney

charted as Last Dance / After Dark / Thank God It's Friday / Take It to the Zoo in US dance charts
[Casablanca 927]
written by Sabrina Soussan & Simon Soussan

charted as Africanism/Gimme Some Lovin' / Dr. Doo-Dah in US dance charts
[Polydor 14461]
written by Cerrone, Don Ray, Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis & Muff Winwood

[Sam 78-5011]
written by John Davis [John Edward Davis Jr.]

charted as Dancin' Fever / Johnny, Johnny Please Come Home
[Salsoul 2058]
written by Jörg Evers & Jürgen Korduletsch

[Salsoul 2057]
written by Barry Lee, Brian Sherrer, Floyd Smith, Kenneth Carter, Victor Burks & Walter Carter

[Private Stock 45,204]
written by Cissy Houston, Alvin Fields & Michael Zager

[Salsoul 2063]
written by Judy Cheeks, Anthony Monn & R.L. Williams

as Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds
written by Jeff Wayne

charted as Stayin' Alive / Night Fever / More Than a Woman in US dance charts
[RSO LP Cut]
written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb

charted as Saturday / Sorcerer / Having A Party / I Like Love in US dance charts
[Bearsville 0326]
written by Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers & Bobby Carter

[Kirshner 4278]
written by Carol George & Rob Hegel

[Midsong International 40860]
written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb

charted as American Generation / I Feel Disco Good / Music Man in US dance charts
written by Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali & Phil Hurtt

charted as Dancing in Paradise / Love in Your Life in US dance charts
[AVI 203]
written by W. Michael Lewis, Laurin Rinder & Merria Ross

[ABC 12387]
written by Clay Drayton & Judy Wieder

written by Michaële, Lana Sébastian & Paul Sébastian

written by Jack Robinson, James Bolden & Gil Slavin

written by Boris Midney

[Atlantic 3542]
written by James R. Glaser

written by Don Ray

written by Ian Levine & Fiachra Trench

written by Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, Victor Willis, Peter Whitehead, Leonello Casucci, Irving Caesar, Spencer Williams & Roger Graham

written by James Michael Reed, Simon Soussan, Tyler Whitney, Del Shannon, Max Crook, Joe Cash, Sidney Barnes & Mary Dean

[Philly Groove 4017]
written by Frank Ricotti, Kathleen Poppy, Les Hurdle & Peter Gosling

written by Jose Ramon Martinez

written by Alec R. Costandinos

charted as Lovin' Livin' Givin' / What You Gave Me in US dance charts
written by Kenny Stover & Pam Davis

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

charted as Ain't No Smoking without Fire / Whip in US dance charts
[Arista 0325]
written by Dominic Bugatti & Frank Musker

[Hi 78511]
written by Al Green, Fred Jordan & Reuben Fairfax Jr.

written by Bob McGilpin

written by Billy Terrell

[Prelude 71112]
written by Steve Winwood & Jimmy Miller

[Casablanca 913]
written by traditional

charted as No Goodbyes / You Are, You Are in US dance charts
written by Curtis Mayfield & Gil Askey

written by Gregg Diamond

[Tom 'n' Jerry 6004]
written by Robert Feldman, Gerald Goldstein & Richard Gottehrer

as Eumir Deodato
instrumental
[Warner 8606]
written by Eumir Deodato