Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1978
The Top Songs from 1978

RankAll Time
Rank
ArtistSongSample
1 153 The Clash
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais

2 173 Buzzcocks
Ever Fallen in Love?
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3 217 Blondie
Heart of Glass
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4 245 The Undertones
Teenage Kicks
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5 268 Chic
Le Freak

6 319 The Police
Roxanne
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7 345 Funkadelic
One Nation Under a Groove
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8 356 Magazine
Shot by Both Sides
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9 393 The B-52's
Rock Lobster
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10 399 The Jam
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight

11 406 Gloria Gaynor
I Will Survive

12 413 Public Image Ltd.
Public Image
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13 458 Patti Smith Group
Because the Night
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14 467 Ramones
I Wanna Be Sedated

15 527 Dire Straits
Sultans of Swing
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16 552 Kate Bush
Wuthering Heights
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17 603 Kraftwerk
Das Model
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18 667 The Only Ones
Another Girl, Another Planet

19 680 Elvis Costello
Radio Radio
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20 764 Cheap Trick
Surrender
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21 789 The Rolling Stones
Miss You
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22 822 Gang of Four
Damaged Goods

23 892 Elvis Costello
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love & Understanding

24 908 The Cars
Just What I Needed
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25 914 Siouxsie and The Banshees
Hong Kong Garden

26 930 Elvis Costello
(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea
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27 989 Joe Jackson
Is She Really Going Out with Him?
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28 1082 Sylvester
You Make me Feel (Mighty Real)

29 1088 Devo
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
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30 1092 Elvis Costello
Pump It Up
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31 1294 Plastic Bertrand
Ca plane pour moi

32 1300 Blondie
One Way or Another
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33 1330 Talking Heads
Take Me to the River
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34 1345 Warren Zevon
Werewolves of London
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35 1391 The Cure
Killing An Arab
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36 1416 Buzzcocks
What Do I Get?
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37 1440 The Cramps
Human Fly

38 1507 Ian Dury and The Blockheads
Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick

39 1547 The Doobie Brothers
What a Fool Believes

40 1617 Van Halen
Runnin' with the Devil
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41 1673 Elvis Costello
Lipstick Vogue
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42 1690 Bob Marley and The Wailers
Is This Love
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43 1717 The Normal
Warm Leatherette

44 1789 Big Star
Kanga-Roo
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45 1794 Evelyn "Champagne" King
Shame

46 1805 The Human League
Being Boiled

47 1944 The Rolling Stones
Beast of Burden
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48 1959 Kraftwerk
Die Roboter
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49 1965 Rod Stewart
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

50 2078 Stiff Little Fingers
Alternative Ulster
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51 2104 The Clash
Stay Free
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52 2117 Mekons
Where Were You?

53 2129 The Village People
Y.M.C.A.

54 2243 The Police
Can't Stand Losing You
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55 2385 Wire
Outdoor Miner
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56 2424 Subway Sect
Ambition

57 2441 The Cars
My Best Friend's Girl
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58 2449 X-Ray Spex
The Day the World Turned Day-Glo
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59 2483 Delta 5
Mind Your Own Business

60 2484 Sex Pistols
My Way

61 2757 Nick Lowe
I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass

62 2758 Cold Chisel
Khe Sanh

63 2845 Van Halen
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
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64 2868 Kate Bush
The Man with the Child in His Eyes

Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Brian Eno
1/1

Patti Smith Group
Rock'n'Roll Nigger

Kenny Rogers
The Gambler

Pere Ubu
Non-Alignment Pact
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Talking Heads
The Big Country
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Wire
I Am the Fly
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Peaches and Herb
Reunited

Bruce Springsteen
Prove It All Night
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Gerry Rafferty
Baker Street
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Joe Walsh
Life's Been Good

Rose Royce
Love Don't Live Here Anymore

The Jam
English Rose

John Paul Young
Love Is in the Air

X-Ray Spex
Identity
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Ian Dury and The Blockheads
What a Waste

Chaka Khan
I'm Every Woman

Earth, Wind & Fire
September

Sister Sledge
He's The Greatest Dancer

ABBA
Take a Chance on Me

Joy Division
Digital

The Who
Who Are You

The Rolling Stones
Shattered
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The Clash
Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad
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Bob Seger
Old Time Rock and Roll
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Commodores
Three Times a Lady



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