Top 100 songs for October 21, 1978
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1978 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Kiss You All Over” by Exile. Meanwhile, “Strange Way” by Firefall rises from No. 62 to No. 45. 9 songs are listed in their first chart week.
See debuts and biggest movers
This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Strange Way — Firefallup 17 places, No. 62 → No. 45
- The Power Of Gold — Dan Fogelberg/Tim Weisbergup 17 places, No. 82 → No. 65
- Time Passages — Al Stewartup 16 places, No. 50 → No. 34
New to this week’s Top 10
- MacArthur Park — Donna SummerNo. 8
New to this week’s Top 40
- Time Passages — Al StewartNo. 34
- Prisoner Of Your Love — PlayerNo. 35
- Themes From The Wizard Of Oz — MecoNo. 37
- Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) — StyxNo. 38
- Don't Want To Live Without It — Pablo CruiseNo. 40
First-week entries
- Alive Again — ChicagoNo. 63
- How You Gonna See Me Now — Alice CooperNo. 75
- Fun Time — Joe CockerNo. 83
- Can You Fool — Glen CampbellNo. 84
- My Best Friend's Girl — The CarsNo. 85
- So Young, So Bad — StarzNo. 86
- Y.M.C.A. — Village PeopleNo. 87
- I Will Be In Love With You — Livingston TaylorNo. 89
- In The Bush — MusiqueNo. 90
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.