CASH BOX Top 100 Singles
Blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending FEBRUARY 4, 1978
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1STAYIN’ ALIVE
    Bee Gees (RSO 885)
  41426  9
  2SHORT PEOPLE
    Randy Newman (Warner Bros. 8492)
  1  2  413
  3BABY COME BACK
    Player (RSO 879)
  2  1  119
  4JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
    Billy Joel (Columbia 10646)
  6  81013
  5WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
    Queen (Elektra 45441)
  3  3  516
  6YOU’RE IN MY HEART (The Final Acclaim)
    Rod Stewart (Warner Bros. 8475)
  5  4  316
  7SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH
    Dan Hill (20th Century 2355)
10132011
  8DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
    Chic (Atlantic 3435)
11121616
  9DESIREE
    Neil Diamond (Columbia 10657)
  9101311
10EMOTION
    Samantha Sang (Private Stock 45,178)
13192313
11(Love Is) THICKER THAN WATER
    Andy Gibb (RSO 883)
14182214
12HERE YOU COME AGAIN
    Dolly Parton (RCA 11123)
  7  7  818
13HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE
    Bee Gees (RSO 882)
  8  5  220
14DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD
    Santa Esmeralda (Casablanca 902)
17212414
15SERPENTINE FIRE
    Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia 10625)
18222514
16SLIP SLIDIN’ AWAY
    Paul Simon (Columbia 10630)
15  6  617
17TURN TO STONE
    Electric Light Orchestra (Jet 1099)
12111512
18WHAT’S YOUR NAME
    Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA 40819)
21263011
19PEG
    Steely Dan (ABC 12320)
23293311
20NATIVE NEW YORKER
    Odyssey (RCA 11129)
24252813
21I GO CRAZY
    Paul Davis (Bang 733)
25344124
22COME SAIL AWAY
    Styx (A&M; 1977)
16  9  922
23FFUN
    Con Funk Shun (Mercury 73959)
283237  9
24LOVELY DAY
    Bill Withers (Columbia 10627)
26303412
25(Every Time I Turn Around) BACK IN LOVE AGAIN
    L.T.D. (A&M; 1974)
1916  721
26THEME FROM “CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND”
    John Williams (Arista 0300)
323949  7
27I LOVE YOU
    Donna Summer (Casablanca 907)
303540  9
28LONG, LONG WAY FROM HOME
    Foreigner (Atlantic 3439)
313642  9
29HEY DEANIE
    Shaun Cassidy (Warner/Curb 8488)
27272113
30STREET CORNER SERENADE
    Wet Willie (Epic 50478)
34404510
31THUNDER ISLAND
    Jay Ferguson (Asylum 45444)
354252  8
32FALLING
    LeBlanc & Carr (Big Tree 16100)
38485616
33BREAKDOWN
    Tom Petty & Heartbreakers (Shelter 62008)
37435110
34CURIOUS MIND (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)
    Johnny Rivers (Big Tree 16106)
394554  8
35THEME FROM CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
    Meco (Millennium 608)
404755  7
36THE NAME OF THE GAME
    Abba (Atlantic 3449)
425162  7
37LAY DOWN SALLY
    Eric Clapton (RSO 886)
496172  6
38YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE
    Debby Boone (Warner/Curb 8455)
20151124
39YOU CAN’T TURN ME OFF (In The Middle Of Turning Me On)
    High Inergy (Gordy 7155)
22171216
40JACK AND JILL
    Raydio (Arista 0283)
465363  7
41TOO HOT TA TROT
    Commodores (Motown 1432)
475665  8
42SENTIMENTAL LADY
    Bob Welch (Capitol 4479)
33332718
43MIND BENDER
    Stillwater (Capricorn 0280)
44444614
44HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
    Little River Band (Harvest 4524)
506373  8
45THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO
    Rita Coolidge (A&M; 2004)
5573  3
46ALWAYS AND FOREVER
    Heatwave (Epic 50490)
536471  7
47BLUE BAYOU
    Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 45431)
29231422
48POINT OF KNOW RETURN
    Kansas (Kirshner 4273)
36241714
49(What A) WONDERFUL WORLD
    Art Garfunkel with James Taylor & Paul Simon (Columbia 10676)
5980  3
50GOODBYE GIRL
    David Gates (Elektra 45450)
566676  9
51EASY TO LOVE
    Leo Sayer (Warner Bros. 8502)
576066  9
52OOH BOY
    Rose Royce (Whitfield 8491)
48505910
53RUNAROUND SUE
    Leif Garrett (Atlantic 3440)
41201814
54IT’S SO EASY
    Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 45438)
45312918
55THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS
    Al Martino (Capitol 4508)
58596410
56TAKE ME TO THE KAPTIN
    Prism (Ariola America 7678)
606270  7
57GALAXY
    War (MCA 40820)
677889  6
58COCOMOTION
    El Coco (AVI 147)
687181  7
59OUR LOVE
    Natalie Cole (Capitol 4509)
708599  4
60SWEET MUSIC MAN
    Kenny Rogers (United Artists 1095)
616874  8
61REACH FOR IT
    George Duke (Epic 50463)
62656710
62POOR POOR PITIFUL ME
    Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 45462)
76  2
63UNTIL NOW
    Bobby Arvon (First Artists 41000)
657484  9
64DUST IN THE WIND
    Kansas (Kirshner 4274)
75  2
65THE WAY I FEEL TONIGHT
    Bay City Rollers (Arista 0272)
43281918
66DON’T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE
    Crystal Gayle (United Artists 1016)
51373127
67LADY LOVE
    Lou Rawls (Philadelphia Int’l 3634)
7787  3
68LET IT GO, LET IT FLOW
    Dave Mason (Columbia 10662)
788898  4
69CRAZY ON YOU
    Heart (Mushroom 7021)
69798820
70EVERYBODY LOVES A RAIN SONG
    B.J. Thomas (MCA 40854)
7989  3
71NIGHT FEVER
    Bee Gees (RSO 889)
  1
72SO LONG
    Firefall (Atlantic 3452)
8090  3
73SILVER DREAMS
    Babys (Chrysalis 2201)
82  2
74CAN’T SMILE WITHOUT YOU
    Barry Manilow (Arista 0305)
  1
75ISN’T IT TIME
    Babys (Chrysalis 2173)
63523819
76GETTIN’ READY FOR LOVE
    Diana Ross (Motown 1427)
52413215
77IF IT DON’T FIT, DON’T FORCE IT
    Kellee Patterson (Shady Brook 1041)
818287  9
78EBONY EYES
    Bob Welch (Capitol 4543)
90  2
79THEME SONG FROM “WHICH WAY IS UP”
    Stargard (MCA 40825)
8696100   4
80YOU REALLY GOT ME
    Van Halen (Warner Bros. 8515)
8797  3
81BEFORE MY HEART FINDS OUT
    Gene Cotton (Ariola America 7675)
8998  3
82AIN’T GONNA’ HURT NOBODY
    Brick (Bang 735)
929294  6
83IT’S YOU THAT I NEED
    Enchantment (Roadshow 1124)
  1
84STORYBOOK CHILDREN (Daybreak)
    Bette Midler (Atlantic 3431)
9499  3
85FEELS SO GOOD
    Chuck Mangione (A&M; 2001)
91  2
86BOOGIE SHOES
    KC & Sunshine Band (T.K. 1025)
  1
87IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU
    Yvonne Elliman (RSO 884)
  1
88SWEET, SWEET SMILE
    Carpenters (A&M; 2008)
  1
89WHAT A DIFFERENCE YOU’VE MADE IN MY LIFE
    Ronnie Milsap (RCA 11146)
93100   3
90I CAN’T HOLD ON
    Karla Bonoff (Columbia 10618)
98  2
91GOD ONLY KNOWS
    Marilyn Scott (Big Tree 16105)
889191  7
92BABY HOLD ON
    Eddie Money (Columbia 10663)
97  2
93BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT
    Eric Carmen (Arista 0295)
959596  4
94YOU BROUGHT THE WOMAN OUT OF ME
    Hot (Big Tree 16108)
99  2
95NEVER HAD A LOVE
    Pablo Cruise (A&M; 1999)
100   2
96LOVE ME RIGHT
    Denise LaSalle (ABC 12312)
  1
97BABY, BABY MY LOVE’S ALL FOR YOU
    Deniece Williams (Columbia 10648)
  1
98HEAVEN ON THE 7TH FLOOR
    Paul Nicholas (RSO 878)
64585026
99HOLLYWOOD
    Boz Scaggs (Columbia 10679)
  1
100 WHAT’S YOUR NAME, WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER
    Andrea True Connection (Buddah 582)
  1
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