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| Song title | Release date | Singer - Band | Singer-Band picture | Album | Country | Musical genre | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tu | 1978 | UMBERTO TOZZI | Tu | Italia | Various | |||
| Ex-Fan des Sixties | Feb. 1978 | JANE BIRKIN | Ex-Fan des Sixties | France | Various | |||
| Is This Love | Mar. 1978 | BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS | Kaya | Jamaica | Reggae | |||
| Because the Night | Mar. 1978 | PATTI SMITH | Easter | USA | ROCK | Bruce Springsteen wrote it and gave it to Patti Smith in 1976 | ||
| Still the Same | Apr. 1978 | BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND | Stranger in Town | USA | ROCK | |||
| Rivers of Babylon | Apr. 1978 | BONEY M | Rivers of Babylon | Antillas | Disco music | |||
| Roxanne | Apr. 1978 | THE POLICE | Outlandos d'Amour | England | ROCK | |||
| Old Time Rock and Roll | May 1978 | BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND | Stranger in Town | USA | ROCK | |||
| Sultans of Swing | May 1978 | DIRE STRAITS |  | Dire Straits | England | ROCK | This masterpiece by Mark Knopfler makes fun of young London hipsters | |
| Miss You | May 1978 | THE ROLLING STONES | Some Girls | England | ROCK | Written by Mick Jagger and keyboardist Billy Preston. The album "Some Girls", the single is taken from, is often considered the best made with Ron Wood | ||
| Le Chanteur | Jun. 1978 | DANIEL BALAVOINE | Le Chanteur | France | POP song | It really launched the career of Daniel Balavoine, despite the doubts of its producer Eddie Barclay | ||
| Heart of Glass | Sept. 1978 | BLONDIE | Parallel Lines | USA | Disco music | |||
| Parisienne Walkways | Sept. 1978 | GARY MOORE | Back on the Streets | Northern Ireland | ROCK | Its melody is based on the jazz standard "Blue Bossa" by Kenny Dorham | ||
| My Life | Oct. 1978 | BILLY JOEL | 52nd Street | USA | POP | |||
| I Will Survive | Oct. 1978 | GLORIA GAYNOR |  | Love Tracks | USA | Disco | Gloria Gaynor sees it as just a simple song about survival | |
| Equinoxe 5 | Dec. 1978 | JEAN-MICHEL JARRE | Equinoxe | France | Electronic music | |||
| Tragedy | Feb. 1979 | THE BEE GEES | Spirits Having Flown | Australia | Disco | |||
| The Logical Song | Mar. 1979 | SUPERTRAMP | Breakfast in America | USA | ROCK | Many people interpreted the album as a satire of the USA, but the band insisted that it was not intended | ||
| Hot Stuff (2) | Apr. 1979 | DONNA SUMMER | Bad Girls | USA | Disco | |||
| Man Gave Names to All the Animals | May 1979 | BOB DYLAN | Slow Train Coming | USA | ROCK | The song has detractors who consider it the worst song Dylan ever wrote! The lyrics were inspired by the biblical Book of Genesis |
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