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Top Dance Songs of 1978

1977 <-1978-> 1979
    

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1.
12/1978
438

✫1
US
9
AC


✫1
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.
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
3.
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
4.
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)
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
10/1978
195

5
US




2
dance
4
R&B
26
UK
[Polydor/MVP 14514]
written by Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren
12.
12/1978
186







79
dance


✫1
UK
charted as Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick / Reasons to Be Cheerful in US dance charts
written by Ian Dury & Chas Jankel
13.
02/1978
185

18
US




6
dance
30
R&B
5
UK
[Ariola/Hansa 7686]
written by Ann Peebles, Don Bryant & Bernard Miller
14.
07/1978
176

5
US
44
AC


2
dance
31
R&B
32
UK
[Polydor 14483]
written by Alicia Bridges & Susan Hutcheson
15.
10/1978
144

21
US




30
dance
✫1
R&B
11
UK
[Warner 8683]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
16.
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
17.
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
18.
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
19.
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
20.
02/1978
126

8
US




4
dance
5
R&B


with Betty Wright
[Drive 6269]
written by Peter Brown & Robert Rans
21.
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
22.
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
23.
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)
24.
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)
25.
06/1978
113

8
US
6
AC


15
dance




charted as At The Copa (Copacabana)/Can't Smile WithoutYou in US dance charts
[Arista 0339]
written by Jack Feldman, Barry Manilow & Bruce Sussman
26.
05/1978
111

13
US




3
dance
✫1
R&B


[Gordy 7156]
written by Rick James
27.
10/1978
108

53
US




22
dance
3
R&B
11
UK
[20th Century Fox 2386]
written by James Thompson
28.
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
29.
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)
30.
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)
31.
11/1978
82







5
dance


12
UK
charted as I Love America / Where Is My Woman / Got a Feeling in US dance charts
[Casablanca 924]
written by Patrick Juvet & Jacques Morali
32.
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
33.
10/1978
75







12
dance


12
UK
34.
03/1978
73







30
dance


11
UK
written by Nacio Brown (as Nacio Herb Brown) & Arthur Freed
35.
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
36.
08/1978
65

67
US




✫1
dance
24
R&B
34
UK
[West End 1211]
written by Andy Kahn & Kurt Borusiewicz
37.
05/1978
60







20
dance


16
UK
charted as Do Your Dance / It Makes You Feel Like Dancin' in US dance charts
written by Norman Whitfield
38.
11/1978
57

25
US
11
AC
48
country
15
dance




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
39.
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
40.
04/1978
49

32
US
18
AC


5
dance




#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
41.
01/1978
47

56
US




9
dance


34
UK
[Buddah 582]
written by Bobby Woods & Roger Cook
42.
01/1978
46

25
US
30
AC


33
dance
76
R&B


[instrumental]
[Millennium 608]
written by John Williams [composer]
43.
09/1978
42

60
US




16
dance
2
R&B


[20th Century 2380]
written by Barry White
44.
08/1978
40

101
US




7
dance
9
R&B
56
UK
[Mercury 74015]
written by Hamilton Bohannon
45.
10/1978
39

47
US




5
dance
17
R&B


[Epic 50600]
written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb
46.
09/1978
39







5
dance


34
UK
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
47.
01/1978
37

79
US




23
dance
10
R&B
51
UK
[Warner 8514]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
48.
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
49.
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
50.
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
51.
09/1978
30

35
US
30
AC


35
dance




[instrumental]
[Millennium 620]
written by E. Y. Harburg & Harold Arlen
52.
02/1978
29

105
US




✫1
dance




charted as Dance Little Dreamer / Risky Changes in US dance charts
written by Gregg Diamond
53.
12/1978
28

61
US




5
dance




54.
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
55.
11/1978
28

82
US




16
dance
97
R&B
55
UK
charted as #1 D.J. / Super Jock / Bio-Rhythms in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3504]
written by Bud Ros, Len Rocco & Vincent Montana Jr.
56.
09/1978
27







✫1
dance
81
R&B


charted as Keep On Jumpin' / In the Bush in US dance charts
[Prelude 71114]
written by Patrick Adams & Ken Morris
57.
06/1978
26







7
dance


52
UK
[Dash 5044]
written by Theophilus Coakley (as Theophilus "T" Coakley)
58.
04/1978
26







✫1
dance




59.
06/1978
26







3
dance
17
R&B


[Warner 8582]
written by Dave Crawford
60.
03/1978
26







✫1
dance




as Alec R. Costandinos & the Syncophonic Orchestra
written by Alec R. Costandinos
61.
06/1978
26







✫1
dance




62.
10/1978
26







✫1
dance




written by Dan Hartman
63.
03/1978
26







✫1
dance




written by Boris Midney
64.
26

84
US




3
dance




charted as Africanism/Gimme Some Lovin' / Dr. Doo-Dah in US dance charts
written by Cerrone, Don Ray, Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis & Muff Winwood
65.
12/1978
24

89
US




4
dance




66.
02/1978
24

72
US




6
dance




charted as Dancin' Fever / Johnny, Johnny Please Come Home
[Salsoul 2058]
written by Jörg Evers & Jürgen Korduletsch
67.
03/1978
23







13
dance
91
R&B
51
UK
68.
08/1978
23

106
US




5
dance
32
R&B


[Private Stock 45,204]
written by Cissy Houston, Alvin Fields & Michael Zager
69.
09/1978
22

65
US




10
dance
53
R&B


[Salsoul 2063]
written by Judy Cheeks, Anthony Monn & R.L. Williams
70.
09/1978
22







77
dance


36
UK
as Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds
written by Jeff Wayne
71.
04/1978
22



39
AC


3
dance




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
72.
07/1978
22

103
US




10
dance
15
R&B


charted as Saturday / Sorcerer / Having A Party / I Like Love in US dance charts
[Bearsville 0326]
written by Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers & Robert Cotter (as Bobby Carter)
73.
02/1978
21

106
US




15
dance


66
UK
[MCA 40860 (midsong Int'l)]
written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb
74.
09/1978
21

91
US




9
dance
31
R&B


charted as Dancing in Paradise / Love in Your Life in US dance charts
[AVI 203]
written by W. Michael Lewis, Laurin Rinder & Merria Ross
75.
07/1978
20

104
US




25
dance
40
R&B
67
UK
[ABC 12387]
written by Clay Drayton & Judy Wieder
76.
04/1978
19







33
dance


44
UK
written by Harry Scorse Jr.
77.
19







3
dance




78.
19







3
dance




written by Jack Robinson, David Cristie (as James Bolden) & Gil Slavin
79.
19







3
dance




written by Boris Midney
80.
12/1978
19

91
US




15
dance
25
R&B


[Atlantic 3542]
written by James R. Glaser
81.
18







4
dance




written by Don Ray
82.
18







4
dance




83.
18







4
dance




84.
18







4
dance




85.
03/1978
16

92
US




21
dance
26
R&B


charted as Miss Broadway / Black Is Black in US dance charts
[Big Tree 16109]
written by Albert Weyman & Evelyne Lenton
86.
16







5
dance




written by Ray Martinez (as Jose Ramon Martinez)
87.
16







5
dance




88.
07/1978
16







35
dance


54
UK
charted as Lovin' Livin' Givin' / What You Gave Me in US dance charts
written by Kenny Stover & Pam Davis
89.
10/1978
15







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
90.
04/1978
15







20
dance
13
R&B


charted as Ain't No Smoking without Fire / Whip in US dance charts
[Arista 0325]
written by Dominic Bugatti & Frank Musker
91.
04/1978
15

103
US




13
dance
36
R&B


[Hi 78511]
written by Al Green, Fred Jordan & Reuben Fairfax Jr.
92.
15







6
dance




written by Bob McGilpin
93.
15







6
dance




written by Billy Terrell
94.
15







6
dance




[Prelude 71112]
written by Steve Winwood & Jimmy Miller
95.
04/1978
15

78
US




19
dance




[Casablanca 913]
written by traditional
96.
12/1978
14







27
dance


65
UK
charted as No Goodbyes / You Are, You Are in US dance charts
written by Curtis Mayfield & Gil Askey
97.
13







7
dance




written by Gregg Diamond
98.
13







7
dance




[Tom 'n' Jerry 6004]
written by Bob Feldman (as Robert Feldman), Jerry Goldstein (as Gerald Goldstein) & Richard Gottehrer
99.
07/1978
13







8
dance
81
R&B


as Eumir Deodato
[instrumental]
[Warner 8606]
written by Eumir Deodato
100.
10/1978
13

106
US




29
dance
22
R&B


[Philadelphia International 3657]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

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