Here are the Number One Hit Singles in the UK for 1978, based on sales.

• 4/2/1978 : (1 week) - Althia and Donna - Up Town top Ranking
• 11/2/1978 : (1 week) - Brotherhood Of Man - Figaro
• 18/2/1978 : (3 weeks) - Abba - Take A Chance On Me
• 11/3/1978 : (4 weeks) - Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
• 8/4/1978 : (3 weeks) - Brian and Michael - Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs
• 29/4/1978 : (2 weeks) - Bee Gees - Night Fever
• 13/5/1978 : (5 weeks) - Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon
• 17/6/1978 : (9 weeks) - John Travolta and Olivia Newton John - You're The One That I Want
• 19/8/1978 : (5 weeks) - Commodores - Three Times A Lady
• 23/9/1978 : (1 week) - 10CC - Dreadlock Holiday
• 30/9/1978 : (7 weeks) - John Travolta and Olivia Newton John - Summer Nights
• 18/11/1978 : (2 weeks) - Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
• 2/12/1978 : (1 week) - Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy
• 9/12/1978 : (4 weeks) - Boney M - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord

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Singles are shown with the date they entered the Number One slot. UK_Charter is an autonoder under the control of spiregrain.