List of number-one singles in 1978 (New Zealand)

This is a list of number-one hit singles in 1978 in New Zealand, starting with the first chart dated, 29 January 1978.^[1]

Chart

Key

 ‡  – Single of New Zealand origin

Week	Artist	Title
29 January 1978	Wings	"Mull of Kintyre"
5 February 1978
12 February 1978
19 February 1978
26 February 1978
5 March 1978
12 March 1978
19 March 1978	Samantha Sang	"Emotion"
26 March 1978	Bee Gees	"Stayin' Alive"
2 April 1978	Easter holiday - no chart	Easter holiday - no chart
9 April 1978	John Rowles	"Tania"^‡
16 April 1978
23 April 1978
30 April 1978
7 May 1978	Kate Bush	"Wuthering Heights"
14 May 1978
21 May 1978
28 May 1978
6 June 1978
11 June 1978	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	"You're the One That I Want"
18 June 1978
23 June 1978
2 July 1978
9 July 1978	Boney M.	"Rivers of Babylon"
16 July 1978
23 July 1978
30 July 1978
6 August 1978
13 August 1978
20 August 1978
27 August 1978
3 September 1978
10 September 1978
17 September 1978
24 September 1978
1 October 1978
8 October 1978
15 October 1978	Exile	"Kiss You All Over"
22 October 1978
29 October 1978
5 November 1978
12 November 1978	Clout	"Substitute"
19 November 1978
26 November 1978
3 December 1978	10cc	"Dreadlock Holiday"
10 December 1978
17 December 1978

Notes

• Number of number-one singles: 10
• Longest run at number-one: "Rivers of Babylon" by Boney M (14 weeks).
• Stayin' Alive and You're the One That I Want are songs both from soundtracks from two movies starring John Travolta.

References

1. "Rianz Charts 1978". Flavour of New Zealand.

External links

• The Official NZ Music Chart, RIANZ website