CASH BOX Top 100 Singles
Blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending FEBRUARY 18, 1978
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1STAYIN’ ALIVE
    Bee Gees (RSO 885)
  1  1  411
  2JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
    Billy Joel (Columbia 10646)
  3  4  615
  3EMOTION
    Samantha Sang (Private Stock 45,178)
  8101315
  4SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH
    Dan Hill (20th Century 2355)
  6  71013
  5(Love Is) THICKER THAN WATER
    Andy Gibb (RSO 883)
  9111416
  6DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
    Chic (Atlantic 3435)
  7  81118
  7SHORT PEOPLE
    Randy Newman (Warner Bros. 8492)
  2  2  115
  8WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
    Queen (Elektra 45441)
  5  5  318
  9BABY COME BACK
    Player (RSO 879)
  4  3  221
10YOU’RE IN MY HEART (The Final Acclaim)
    Rod Stewart (Warner Bros. 8475)
10  6  518
11WHAT’S YOUR NAME
    Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA 40819)
16182113
12HERE YOU COME AGAIN
    Dolly Parton (RCA 11123)
1212  720
13HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE
    Bee Gees (RSO 882)
1313  822
14PEG
    Steely Dan (ABC 12320)
17192313
15NATIVE NEW YORKER
    Odyssey (RCA 11129)
18202415
16I GO CRAZY
    Paul Davis (Bang 733)
19212526
17DESIREE
    Neil Diamond (Columbia 10657)
11  9  913
18DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD
    Santa Esmeralda (Casablanca 902)
14141716
19FFUN
    Con Funk Shun (Mercury 73959)
21232811
20THEME FROM “CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND”
    John Williams (Arista 0300)
242632  9
21LAY DOWN SALLY
    Eric Clapton (RSO 886)
313749  8
22COME SAIL AWAY
    Styx (A&M 1977)
22221624
23THUNDER ISLAND
    Jay Ferguson (Asylum 45444)
29313510
24FALLING
    LeBlanc & Carr (Big Tree 16100)
30323818
25NIGHT FEVER
    Bee Gees (RSO 889)
4971  3
26STREET CORNER SERENADE
    Wet Willie (Epic 50478)
28303412
27THE NAME OF THE GAME
    Abba (Atlantic 3449)
323642  9
28THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO
    Rita Coolidge (A&M 2004)
394555  5
29(What A) WONDERFUL WORLD
    Art Garfunkel with James Taylor & Paul Simon (Columbia 10676)
404959  5
30JACK AND JILL
    Raydio (Arista 0283)
364046  9
31THEME FROM CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
    Meco (Millennium 608)
353540  9
32ALWAYS AND FOREVER
    Heatwave (Epic 50490)
384653  9
33BREAKDOWN
    Tom Petty & Heartbreakers (Shelter 62008)
33333712
34CURIOUS MIND (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)
    Johnny Rivers (Big Tree 16106)
34343910
35SERPENTINE FIRE
    Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia 10625)
15151816
36HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
    Little River Band (Harvest 4524)
41445010
37TOO HOT TA TROT
    Commodores (Motown 1432)
37414710
38GOODBYE GIRL
    David Gates (Elektra 45450)
42505611
39LONG, LONG WAY FROM HOME
    Foreigner (Atlantic 3439)
27283111
40CAN’T SMILE WITHOUT YOU
    Barry Manilow (Arista 0305)
5274  3
41LOVELY DAY
    Bill Withers (Columbia 10627)
23242614
42DUST IN THE WIND
    Kansas (Kirshner 4274)
506475  4
43OUR LOVE
    Natalie Cole (Capitol 4509)
475970  6
44POOR POOR PITIFUL ME
    Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 45462)
486276  4
45TURN TO STONE
    Electric Light Orchestra (Jet 1099)
20171214
46GALAXY
    War (MCA 40820)
545767  8
47I LOVE YOU
    Donna Summer (Casablanca 907)
26273011
48SLIP SLIDIN’ AWAY
    Paul Simon (Columbia 10630)
25161519
49HEY DEANIE
    Shaun Cassidy (Warner/Curb 8488)
45292715
50EBONY EYES
    Bob Welch (Capitol 4543)
637890  4
51MIND BENDER
    Stillwater (Capricorn 0280)
43434416
52COCOMOTION
    El Coco (AVI 147)
535868  9
53LADY LOVE
    Lou Rawls (Philadelphia Int’l 3634)
596777  5
54LET IT GO, LET IT FLOW
    Dave Mason (Columbia 10662)
586878  6
55EVERYBODY LOVES A RAIN SONG
    B.J. Thomas (MCA 40854)
627079  5
56(Every Time I Turn Around) BACK IN LOVE AGAIN
    L.T.D. (A&M 1974)
44251923
57THEME SONG FROM “WHICH WAY IS UP”
    Stargard (MCA 40825)
677986  6
58BEFORE MY HEART FINDS OUT
    Gene Cotton (Ariola America 7675)
708189  5
59SILVER DREAMS
    Babys (Chrysalis 2201)
667382  4
60UNTIL NOW
    Bobby Arvon (First Artists 41000)
60636511
61YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE
    Debby Boone (Warner/Curb 8455)
46382026
62YOU REALLY GOT ME
    Van Halen (Warner Bros. 8515)
718087  5
63HOT LEGS
    Rod Stewart (Warner Bros. 8535)
77  2
64EASY TO LOVE
    Leo Sayer (Warner Bros. 8502)
51515711
65IT’S YOU THAT I NEED
    Enchantment (Roadshow 1124)
7383  3
66IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU
    Yvonne Elliman (RSO 884)
7587  3
67SO LONG
    Firefall (Atlantic 3452)
687280  5
68THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND
    Andrew Gold (Asylum 45456)
78  2
69SWEET, SWEET SMILE
    Carpenters (A&M 2008)
7988  3
70RUNNING ON EMPTY
    Jackson Browne (Asylum 45460)
86  2
71THE CIRCLE IS SMALL (I Can See It In Your Eyes)
    Gordon Lightfoot (Warner Bros. 8518)
83  2
72STORYBOOK CHILDREN (Daybreak)
    Bette Midler (Atlantic 3431)
748494  5
73BABY HOLD ON
    Eddie Money (Columbia 10663)
819297  4
74FEELS SO GOOD
    Chuck Mangione (A&M 2001)
828591  4
75FLASH LIGHT
    Parliament (Casablanca 909)
84  2
76CALIFORNIA
    Debby Boone (Warner/Curb 8511)
85  2
77FOOLING YOURSELF (The Angry Young Man)
    Styx (A&M 2007)
87  2
78DISCO INFERNO
    Trammps (Atlantic 3389)
88  8
79THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU
    Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic 3463)
89  2
80BOOGIE SHOES
    KC & Sunshine Band (T.K. 1025)
8086  3
81SWEET TALKIN’ WOMAN
    Electric Light Orchestra (Jet 1145)
  1
82TAKE ME TO THE KAPTIN
    Prism (Ariola America 7678)
565660  9
83REACH FOR IT
    George Duke (Epic 50463)
61616212
84MAMMAS DON’T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS
    Waylon & Willie (RCA 11198)
98  2
85HOLLYWOOD
    Boz Scaggs (Columbia 10679)
9699  3
86I CAN’T HOLD ON
    Karla Bonoff (Columbia 10618)
909098  4
87YOU BROUGHT THE WOMAN OUT OF ME
    Hot (Big Tree 16108)
919499  4
88THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS
    Al Martino (Capitol 4508)
55555812
89NEVER HAD A LOVE
    Pablo Cruise (A&M 1999)
9395100   4
90LOVE ME RIGHT
    Denise LaSalle (ABC 12312)
9496  3
91BABY, BABY MY LOVE’S ALL FOR YOU
    Deniece Williams (Columbia 10648)
9597  3
92I’M GONNA TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING
    Rubicon (20th Century 2362)
  1
93MORE THAN A WOMAN
    Tavares (Capitol 4500)
  1
94LITTLE ONE
    Chicago (Columbia 10683)
  1
95PLAYING YOUR GAME, BABY
    Barry White (20th Century 2361)
  1
96LE SPANK
    Le Pamplemousse (AVI 153)
  2
97SHOUT IT OUT
    B.T. Express (Columbia 10649)
97  2
98LET’S HAVE SOME FUN
    Bar-Kays (Mercury 73971)
  1
99READY FOR THE TIMES TO GET BETTER
    Crystal Gayle (United Artists 1136)
  1
100 BLUE BAYOU
    Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 45431)
57472924
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