Weekly Pop Top 20 for October 21, 1978 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 6 | 1 | MacArthur Park | ▲ |
| Donna Summer |
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| 1 | 2 | You Needed Me | 1 |
| Anne Murray |
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| 3 | 3 | Whenever I Call You Friend | 1 |
| Kenny Loggins with Stevie Nicks |
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| 12 | 4 | How Much I Feel | 1 |
| Ambrosia |
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| 4 | 5 | Reminiscing | 1 |
| Little River Band |
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| 9 | 6 | Back In The U.S.A. | ▲ |
| Linda Ronstadt |
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| 5 | 7 | Right Down The Line | 5 |
| Gerry Rafferty |
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| 14 | 8 | Double Vision | 1 |
| Foreigner |
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| 2 | 9 | Hot Child In The City | 1 |
| Nick Gilder |
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| 7 | 10 | Talking In Your Sleep | 7 |
| Crystal Gayle |
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| 15 | 11 | I Will Still Love You | 8 |
| Stonebolt |
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| 18 | 12 | Who Are You | 10 |
| The Who |
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| 17 | 13 | You Never Done It Like That | 5 |
| Captain & Tennille |
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| 19 | 14 | Beast Of Burden | 4 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| 13 | 15 | Kiss You All Over | 1 |
| Exile |
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| 10 | 16 | Summer Nights | 2 |
| John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John |
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| 20 | 17 | I Just Wanna Stop | 1 |
| Gino Vannelli |
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| - | 18 | Took The Last Train | 15 |
| David Gates |
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| - | 19 | Ready To Take A Chance Again | 4 |
| Barry Manilow |
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| 11 | 20 | She's Always A Woman | 5 |
| Billy Joel |
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