This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1978.
Week ending Song ArtistRef. 7 January "Mull of Kintyre" Wings 14 January 21 January 28 January 4 February 11 February 18 February "Figaro" Brotherhood of Man 25 February "Take a Chance on Me" ABBA 4 March "The Rare Auld Times" Danny Doyle 11 March 18 March "Wuthering Heights" Kate Bush 25 March 1 April 8 April "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs" Brian and Michael 15 April 22 April 29 April "Night Fever" The Bee Gees 6 May 13 May 20 May "Rivers of Babylon" Boney M 27 May 3 June 10 June 17 June 24 June "You're the One That I Want" John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 1 July 8 July 15 July 22 July 29 July 5 August 12 August 19 August "Substitute" Clout 26 August "You're the One That I Want" John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 2 September "Three Times a Lady" Commodores 9 September 16 September 23 September "Summer Night City" ABBA 30 September "One Day at a Time" Gloria 7 October "Summer Nights" John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 14 October 21 October 28 October 4 November "Sandy" John Travolta 11 November "One Day at a Time" Gloria 18 November "Hopelessly Devoted to You" Olivia Newton-John 25 November "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" Boney M 2 December 9 December 16 December 23 December 30 December
17 Number Ones Most weeks at No. 1 (artist): John Travolta (14), Olivia Newton-John (14) Most weeks at No. 1 (song): "You're The One That I Want" - John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (9) Most No.1s: John Travolta (3), Olivia Newton-John (3) 4 songs from the film Grease reached No. 1: "You're The One That I Want", "Summer Nights", "Sandy" and "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
See also 1978 in music Irish Singles Chart List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
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