Highlights 1978
Grease is the word - both at the cinema and in the charts... John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John have two of the biggest hits of all-time... Boney M’s Rivers Of Babylon almost eclipses Mull Of Kintyre as the biggest-ever selling single... Rap Trap is the first new wave No. 1... and Bee Gees songs (as artists and writers) are heard everywhere...
Biggest Chart Single
RIVERS OF BABYLON
Boney M
Boney M’s first No. 1 is the second biggest chart single of the Golden Years (1977-85), spending 19 weeks in the Top 10 and half a year in the Top 40. See Biggest Chart Singles
Biggest Chart Act
BONEY M
The German-based group also had a Christmas No. 1 and a No. 2 hit, making the quartet the chart champions of 1978 and the fifth most successful act of the Golden Years. See Biggest Chart Artists
NME Song of the Year
EVER FALLEN IN LOVE
The Buzzcocks
A new wave gem, the song title was inspired by a line of dialogue from the movie Guys and Dolls, while the group's name was taken from a magazine headline. See WOW’s Top Singles for 1978
Ivor Novello for Best Pop Song
BAKER STREET
Gerry Rafferty
Gerry Rafferty’s masterpiece, with its saxophone riff still echoing from the 1970s, is a timeless pop classic. See WOW’s Top Singles for 1978
WOW's Top Single of 1978
DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT
The Jam
Paul Weller moved to another level in his song writing with this disturbing narrative about thugs beating up a guy at a tube station. See WOW’s Top Singles for 1978
Most Played Song on the Radio†
NIGHT FEVER
The Bee Gees
The Bee Gees continued their domination of the airwaves. Night Fever was the fourth biggest chart hit of the year. Biggest Chart Singles
† The disc received the Ivor Novello award for most performed song of 1978