| Top 40 Hits of August 1978 |
| 1 |
Commodores | Three Times A Lady |
| 2 |
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | You're The One That I Want |
| 3 |
Darts | It's Raining |
| 4 |
Clout | Substitute |
| 5 |
Boney M | Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring |
| 6 |
Justin Hayward | Forever Autumn |
| 7 |
A Taste Of Honey | Boogie Oogie Oogie |
| 8 |
10cc | Dreadlock Holiday |
| 9 |
Cerrone | Super Nature |
| 10 |
City Boy | 5-7-0-5 |
| 11 |
Sham 69 | If The Kids Are United |
| 12 |
Father Abraham & The Smurfs | Smurf Song |
| 13 |
Renaissance | Northern Lights |
| 14 |
Jilted John | Jilted John |
| 15 |
Bob Dylan | Baby Stop Crying |
| 16 |
Child | It's Only Make Believe |
| 17 |
David Essex | Oh What A Circus |
| 18 |
Gladys Knight & The Pips | Come Back And Finish What You Started |
| 19 |
Marhsall Hain | Dancin' In The City |
| 20 |
Who | Who Are You |
| 21 |
Jackson Browne | Stay |
| 22 |
Joe Walsh | Life's Been Good |
| 23 |
Electric Light Orchestra | Wild West Hero |
| 24 |
New Seekers | Anthem |
| 25 |
Stranglers | Walk On By |
| 26 |
Voyage | From East To West / Scots Machine |
| 27 |
X-Ray Spex | Identity |
| 28 |
Boomtown Rats | Like Clockwork |
| 29 |
Hi Tension | British Hustle |
| 30 |
Andy Gibb | An Everlasting Love |
| 31 |
Lindisfarne | Run For Home |
| 32 |
Showaddywaddy | A Little Bit Of Soap |
| 33 |
Andrew Gold | How Can This Be Love |
| 34 |
Rezillos | Top Of The Pops |
| 35 |
Foreigner | Cold As Ice |
| 36 |
Sylvester | You Make Me Feel |
| 37 |
Motors | Forget About You |
| 38 |
O'Jays | Used Ta Be My Girl |
| 39 |
Herbie Hancock | I Thought It Was You |
| 40 |
Jam | David Watts / 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street |
