| Top 40 Hits of October 1978 |
| 1 |
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | Summer Nights |
| 2 |
Boney M | Rasputin |
| 3 |
Rose Royce | Love Don't Live Here Anymore |
| 4 |
Dean Friedman | Lucky Stars |
| 5 |
John Travolta | Sandy |
| 6 |
Electric Light Orchestra | Sweet Talkin' Woman |
| 7 |
Leo Sayer | I Can't Stop Lovin' You |
| 8 |
Frankie Valli | Grease |
| 9 |
Boomtown Rats | Rat Trap |
| 10 |
Donna Summer | MacArthur Park |
| 11 |
Jacksons | Blame It On The Boogie |
| 12 |
Sylvester | You Make Me Feel |
| 13 |
Crystal Gayle | Talking In Your Sleep |
| 14 |
Third World | Now That We've Found Love |
| 15 |
Abba | Summer Night City |
| 16 |
10cc | Dreadlock Holiday |
| 17 |
Buzzcocks | Ever Fallen In Love |
| 18 |
Dooleys | A Rose Has To Die |
| 19 |
Sham 69 | Hurry Up Harry |
| 20 |
Public Image Ltd | Public Image |
| 21 |
Exile | Kiss You All Over |
| 22 |
Smokie | Mexican Girl |
| 23 |
Mick Jackson | Blame It On The Boogie |
| 24 |
Father Abraham & The Smurfs | Dippety Day |
| 25 |
Frankie Miller | Darlin' |
| 26 |
Three Degrees | Givin' Up Givin' In |
| 27 |
Commodores | Three Times A Lady |
| 28 |
Blondie | Picture This |
| 29 |
Rolling Stones | Respectable |
| 30 |
Ivor Biggun | Winker's Song |
| 31 |
David Essex | Oh What A Circus |
| 32 |
Jam | Down In The Tube Station At Midnight |
| 33 |
Jilted John | Jilted John |
| 34 |
O'Jays | Brandy |
| 35 |
Siouxsie & The Banshees | Hong Kong Garden |
| 36 |
Boney M | Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring |
| 37 |
Jonathan King | One For You One For Me |
| 38 |
Status Quo | Again And Again |
| 39 |
Queen | Bicycle Race / Fat Bottomed Girls |
| 40 |
Dan Hartman | Instant Replay |
