1978 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1978
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	Eruption/You Really Got Me	Van Halen	127
2	YMCA	Village People	116
3	You're the One That I Want	John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John (Grease)	115
4	Bat Out of Hell	Meat Loaf	111
5	Vienna	Billy Joel	107
6	Fantasy	Earth, Wind, & Fire	106
7	Wonderful Tonight	Eric Clapton	103
8	The Gambler	Kenny Rogers	99
9	Come Sail Away	Styx	99
10	September	Earth, Wind, & Fire	95
11	Lights	Journey	90
12	You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth	Meat Loaf	89
13	Badlands	Bruce Springsteen	87
14	Is This Love	Bob Marley & the Wailers	81
15	You Make Loving Fun	Fleetwood Mac	81
16	Macho Man	Village People	80
17	Cheeseburger in Paradise	Jimmy Buffett	77
18	Don't Look Back	Boston	76
19	Scenes From an Italian Restaurant	Billy Joel	74
20	Lay Down Sally	Eric Clapton	71
21	Moving in Stereo	The Cars	70
22	Wheel in the Sky	Journey	70
23	Satisfy My Soul	Bob Marley & the Wailers	67
24	Surrender	Cheap Trick	65
25	Runnin' with the Devil	Van Halen	65
26	Sons of the Silent Age	David Bowie	65
27	Copacabana	Barry Manilow	64
28	Just What I Needed	The Cars	64
29	Ice Cream Man	Van Halen	64
30	I Want You to Want Me	Cheap Trick	62
31	With A Little Luck	Wings	61
32	Punky Reggae Party	Bob Marley & the Wailers	61
33	Baker Street	Gerry Rafferty	60
34	Hopelessly Devoted to You	Olivia Newton-John (Grease)	59
35	I Wanna Be Sedated	Ramones	57
36	Just the Way You Are	Billy Joel	57
37	I Don't Want to Know	Fleetwood Mac	56
38	On Fire	Van Halen	56
39	Smile Jamaica	Bob Marley & the Wailers	54
40	Who Are You	The Who	52
41	We Go Together	John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John (Grease)	52
42	Old Time Rock & Roll	Bob Seger	51
43	Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)	Billy Joel	51
44	Two Doors Down	Dolly Parton	48
45	The Glorious Om Riff	Steve Hillage	47
46	Heart of Glass	Blondie	47
47	Time Will Tell	Bob Marley & the Wailers	45
48	Sandy	John Travolta (Grease)	45
49	Heaven Can Wait	Meat Loaf	44
50	Life's Been Good	Joe Walsh	44
1978
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	Bat Out of Hell	Meat Loaf	6.9
2	Greast	Various Artists (Soundtrack)	6.7
3	The Stranger	Billy Joel	6.1
4	Van Halen	Van Halen	5.6
5	The Cars	The Cars	4.5
6	Parallel Lines	Blondie	4.4
7	Kaya	Bob Marley & the Wailers	4.2
8	Rumours	Fleetwood Mac	3.8
9	Easter	Patti Smith	3.4
10	Stranger in Town	Bob Seger	3.3
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	The Thorn Birds	Colleen McCullough	3.3
2	War and Remembrance	Herman Wouk	3.0
3	The Snow Leopard	Peter Matthiesen	2.7
4	Eye of the Needle	Ken Follett	2.2
5	The World According to Garp	John Irving	2.2
6	The Far Pavillions	M.M. Kaye	2.0
7	Orientalism	Edward Said	1.8
8	The Stand	Stephen King	1.8
9	A Distant Mirror	Barbara Tuchman	1.5
10	Chesapeake	James Michener	1.5
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	Grease		12.7
2	Midnight Express		10.3
3	The Boys from Brazil		8.5
4	Invasion of the Body Snatchers		8.2
5	Autumn Sonata		8.1
6	Blue Collar		7.6
7	Coming Home		7.6
8	Halloween		7.6
9	Opening NIght		7.3
10	Coma		7.2