Weekly Pop Top 20 for October 7, 1978 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 5 | 1 | Whenever I Call You Friend | ▲ |
| Kenny Loggins with Stevie Nicks |
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| 1 | 2 | Reminiscing | 1 |
| Little River Band |
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| 2 | 3 | Hot Child In The City | 1 |
| Nick Gilder |
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| 6 | 4 | You Needed Me | 1 |
| Anne Murray |
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| 8 | 5 | She's Always A Woman | ▲ |
| Billy Joel |
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| 12 | 6 | Don't Look Back | ▲ |
| Boston |
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| 3 | 7 | Summer Nights | 2 |
| John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John |
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| 11 | 8 | Right Down The Line | 5 |
| Gerry Rafferty |
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| 4 | 9 | Oh! Darling | 4 |
| Robin Gibb |
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| 7 | 10 | Kiss You All Over | 1 |
| Exile |
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| 16 | 11 | Talking In Your Sleep | 7 |
| Crystal Gayle |
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| 9 | 12 | Love Is In The Air | 3 |
| John Paul Young |
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| 18 | 13 | Back In The U.S.A. | 6 |
| Linda Ronstadt |
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| 13 | 14 | Boogie Oogie Oogie | 1 |
| A Taste Of Honey |
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| 17 | 15 | Come Together LIVE | ▲ |
| Aerosmith |
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| - | 16 | Josie | ▲ |
| Steely Dan |
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| - | 17 | I Will Still Love You | 8 |
| Stonebolt |
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| - | 18 | Ease On Down The Road | ▲ |
| Diana Ross & Michael Jackson |
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| - | 19 | How Much I Feel | 1 |
| Ambrosia |
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| - | 20 | MacArthur Park | 1 |
| Donna Summer |
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