| Top 40 Hits of September 1978 |
| 1 |
Commodores | Three Times A Lady |
| 2 |
10cc | Dreadlock Holiday |
| 3 |
Boney M | Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring |
| 4 |
David Essex | Oh What A Circus |
| 5 |
Jilted John | Jilted John |
| 6 |
Darts | It's Raining |
| 7 |
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | Summer Nights |
| 8 |
Exile | Kiss You All Over |
| 9 |
Frankie Valli | Grease |
| 10 |
Siouxsie & The Banshees | Hong Kong Garden |
| 11 |
Hi Tension | British Hustle |
| 12 |
Blondie | Picture This |
| 13 |
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | You're The One That I Want |
| 14 |
Andy Gibb | An Everlasting Love |
| 15 |
Abba | Summer Night City |
| 16 |
Cerrone | Super Nature |
| 17 |
Motors | Forget About You |
| 18 |
Status Quo | Again And Again |
| 19 |
Rose Royce | Love Don't Live Here Anymore |
| 20 |
Child | It's Only Make Believe |
| 21 |
Herbie Hancock | I Thought It Was You |
| 22 |
Rezillos | Top Of The Pops |
| 23 |
Sylvester | You Make Me Feel |
| 24 |
Dooleys | A Rose Has To Die |
| 25 |
Bob Dylan | Baby Stop Crying |
| 26 |
Justin Hayward | Forever Autumn |
| 27 |
Who | Who Are You |
| 28 |
Jam | David Watts / 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street |
| 29 |
Hylda Baker & Arthur Mullard | You're The One That I Want |
| 30 |
Crown Heights Affair | Galaxy Of Love |
| 31 |
Crystal Gayle | Talking In Your Sleep |
| 32 |
Clout | Substitute |
| 33 |
A Taste Of Honey | Boogie Oogie Oogie |
| 34 |
Patrick Juvet | Got A Feeling |
| 35 |
Leo Sayer | I Can't Stop Lovin' You |
| 36 |
Ivor Biggun | Winker's Song |
| 37 |
Renaissance | Northern Lights |
| 38 |
Meat Loaf | Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad |
| 39 |
Dean Friedman | Lucky Stars |
| 40 |
Stranglers | Walk On By |
