List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1978

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These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1978. The best-charting single of the year was "Serpentine Fire" which topped the charts for seven weeks in late 1977 and never reached number one during 1978; the highest-charting single to top the chart in 1978 was "Use ta Be My Girl" by The O'Jays.[1]

See also: 1978 in music, List of number-one R&B hits (United States)

Chart history

Key
The #1 song of 1978, "Serpentine Fire" by Earth, Wind & Fire, spent seven weeks at #1 in 1977 but never reached #1 in 1978.
Issue Date Song Artist
January 7 "Ffun" Con Funk Shun
January 14
January 21 "Our Love" Natalie Cole
January 28
February 4 "Theme Song from 'Which Way Is Up'" Stargard
February 11
February 18 "Too Hot ta Trot" The Commodores
February 25 "It's You That I Need" Enchantment
March 4 "Flash Light" Parliament
March 11
March 18
March 25 "Bootzilla" Bootsy's Rubber Band
April 1 "The Closer I Get to You" Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
April 8
April 15 "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams
April 22
April 29
May 6
May 13 "Take Me to the Next Phase (Part 1)" The Isley Brothers
May 20
May 27 "Use ta Be My Girl" The O'Jays
June 3
June 10
June 17
June 24
July 1 "Stuff Like That" Quincy Jones
July 8 "Close the Door" Teddy Pendergrass
July 15
July 22 "You and I" Rick James
July 29
August 5 "Boogie Oogie Oogie" A Taste Of Honey
August 12 "Three Times a Lady" The Commodores
August 19
August 26 "Get Off" Foxy
September 2
September 9 "Holding On (When Love Is Gone)" L.T.D.
September 16
September 23 "Got to Get You into My Life" Earth, Wind & Fire
September 30 "One Nation Under a Groove (Part 1)" Funkadelic
October 7
October 14
October 21
October 28
November 4
November 11 "I'm Every Woman" Chaka Khan
November 18
November 25
December 2 "Le Freak" Chic
December 9
December 16
December 23
December 30


See also

References

  1. ^ "Billboard.com - Year End Charts - Year-end Singles - Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs". web.archive.org. 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
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