Your favorite songs from 1978

Theme song to Laverne and Shirley.

Surrender - Cheap Trick

If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want To Be Right) - Barbara Mandrell

I love the lyrics because I've been in that situation so many times in my life. In love with a married man.

Just One Look - Linda Ronstadt

I Love The Nightlife - Alicia Bridges

Last Dance - Donna Summer

The Groove Line - Heatwave

Chase - Giorgio Moroder

Chic - Le Freak

A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - The Closer I Get to You

Rick James - You & I

R1 WTF that shit isn’t 1978 nor a good song.

Two Tickets to Paradise. What a great, upbeat song!

Ain't Talkin Bout Love- Van Halen. Right on Down the Line- Gerry Rafferty

I don't have a favorite song from 1978 because most music was crap by then.

Let's go back to ca. 1966 - lots of great music.

[quote]Prisoner - Barbara Streisand

Turn in your gay card!

Alison - Linda Ronstadt

Racing in the Street - Bruce Springsteen

Tenderness on the Block - Warren Zevon

Josie - Steely Dan

Whenever I Call You Friend - Kenny Loggins w/ Stevie Nicks

How Much I Feel - Ambrosia

Who Are You - the Who

Mellow Lovin’ - Judy Cheeks

Okay, so maybe I'm a liiiiiiiitle OCD. I wasn't really sure what was released when -- it's a long time ago, y'all -- so I looked up the top 100 Billboard hits of that year. About half the list made it onto the playlist of "70s songs that still make me smile" that I spent HOURS compiling earlier this summer. So here they are:

The Name of the Game - ABBA

Take a Chance on Me - ABBA

Night Fever - Bee Gees

On Broadway - George Benson

Don't Look Back - Boston

I Love the Nightlife - Alicia Bridges

Dance with Me - Peter Brown

Running on Empty - Jackson Browne

Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton

We're All Alone - Rita Coolidge

Magnet and Steel - Walter Egan

Sweet Talkin' Woman - Electric Light Orchestra

Turn to Stone - Electric Light Orchestra

If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman

Kiss You All Over - Exile

Thunder Island - Jay Ferguson

Hot Blooded - Foreigner

Get Off - Foxy

An Everlasting Love - Andy Gibb

Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder

Always and Forever - Heatwave

The Groove Line - Heatwave

Bluer than Blue - Michael Johnson

Shame - Evelyn "Champagne" King

(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love - L.T.D.

Reminiscing - Little River Band

Whenever I Call You Friend - Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks

What's Your Name - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Baby Hold On - Eddie Money

Short People - Randy Newman

Native New Yorker - Odyssey

Use ta Be My Girl - The O'Jays

Love Will Find a Way - Pablo Cruise

Every Kinda People - Robert Palmer

Flash Light - Parliament

Because the Night - Patti Smith Group

Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Jack and Jill - Raydio

Fool (If You Think It's Over - Chris Rea

Miss You - The Rolling Stones

It's So Easy - Linda Ronstadt

Emotion - Samantha Sang

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda

Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

Still the Same - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

You Belong to Me - Carly Simon

Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon

Because the Night - Patti Smith Group

Peg - Steely Dan

Come Sail Away - Styx

Last Dance - Donna Summer

Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet

Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey

My Angel Baby - Toby Beau

Disco Inferno - The Trampps

It's a Heartache - Bonnie Tyler

Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh

Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch

Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch

Love Is in the Air - John Paul Young

You're welcome/I'm sorry.

R17 just a random list of songs.

Saturday - Norma Jean Wright

Le Freak - Chic

Giving Up Giving In - The Three Degrees

Love Is Like Oxygen-Sweet

Love Will Find A Way-Pablo Cruise

Baker Street-Gerry Raferty

With A Little Luck-Wings

How Much I Feel-Ambrosia

I was 11 during this year. I picked five random songs I love, but must be at least 100 more. Great year for music.

Another vote for the ethereal, soaring “Baker Street”.

“Just What I Needed” by The Cars

“With a Little Luck” by Wings

“We Will Rock You, etc” by Queen

“Whenever I Call You Friend” by Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks. I used to “perform” this all the time in my room.

R21 I was 11, too and struggle to not pick the entire Hot100 list.

I like several listed here. My fave is "Right Down the Line", Gerry Rafferty.

BTW I turned 7 that year.

Diane Lane's big hit...

"Born to Be Alive" - Patrick Hernandez (released November 1978)

Damn! I'm so triggered!

MacArthur Park (Suite)

Born To Be Alive

Songbird

You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Streisand's solo version)

YMCA

Macho Man

Summer Nights

You're the One That I Want

Hoplessly Devoted To You

Last Dance

Ease On Down The Road

Baby I'm Burnin'

Gary Numan -- "Cars"

The entire THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on Casablanca Records. Some of my fave tracks from the soundtrack are:

Thank God It's Friday - Love And Kisses

After Dark - Patti Brooks

Last Dance - Donna Summer

With Your Love - Donna Summer

Sevilla Nights - Santa Esmerelda

Do You Want The Real Thing - D.C. LaRue

Lovin', Livin' And Givin'- Diana Ross

Love Masterpiece - Thelma Houston

I wasn’t born yet, but I love 70s music. From your list, OP, I’d choose One Way or Another - Blondie

GREASE - The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture

Grease - Frankie Valli

Summer Nights - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta

Hopelessly Devoted to You - Olivia Newton-John

You're The One That I Want - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta

Sandy - John Travolta

Beauty School Dropout - Frankie Avalon

Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee - Stockard Channing

Greased Lightnin' - John Travolta & Jeff Conaway

It's Raining On Prom Night - Cindy Bullens

Blue Moon - Sha Na Na

Born to Hand Jive - Sha Na Na

Freddy, My Love - Cindy Bullens

There Are Worse Things I Could Do - Stockard Channing

Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise) - Olivia Newton-John

We Go Together - Olivia Newton-John / John Travolta / Cast

A Little More Love - Olivia Newton-John

Damn OP replies to herself a lot

r28" Cars" is the first solo single by English musician Gary Numan. It was released on 24 August 1979 and is from his debut studio album The Pleasure Principle.

I know r33 I'm on a music from 1978 binge. sorry.

Elvis Costello - Lipstick Vogue

Public Image Ltd - Public Image

Public Image Ltd by Public Image is great.

Released in December 1977, Jackson Browne's Running on Empty LP was full of the best songs I listened to in 1978.