September 2, 1978

----- DROPOUTS -----
Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb ----- 1 (7) / 19      
Rivers Of Babylon - Boney M. ----- 30 / 6
Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh ----- 12 (2) / 9


 40 --- Talking In Your Sleep - Crystal Gayle (43)
 39 --- Steppin' In A Slide Zone - The Moody Blues (42)
 38 --- Come Together - Aerosmith (41)
25 37 --- You - Rita Coolidge
38 36 --- Right Down The Line - Gerry Rafferty
37 35 --- Think It Over - Cheryl Ladd
35 34 --- Get Off - Foxy
34 33 --- A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy - The Kinks
32 32 --- Just What I Needed - The Cars
33 31 --- Oh! Darling - Robin Gibb

39 30 --- Love Theme From "Eyes Of Laura Mars" (Prisoner) - Barbra Streisand
31 29 --- Whenever I Call You "Friend" - Kenny Loggins
29 28 --- Close The Door - Teddy Pendergrass
28 27 --- You Needed Me - Anne Murray
27 26 --- Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
26 25 --- Macho Man - Village People
14 24 --- Copacabana (At The Copa) - Barry Manilow
24 23 --- Two Tickets To Paradise - Eddie Money
23 22 --- Reminiscing - Little River Band
22 21 --- Stuff Like That - Quincy Jones

10 20 --- Last Dance - Donna Summer
36 19 --- Don't Look Back - Boston
19 18 --- You And I - Rick James
17 17 --- My Angel Baby - Toby Beau
21 16 --- Love Is In The Air - John Paul Young
20 15 --- Summer Nights - John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John & Cast
15 14 --- Fool (If You Think It's Over) - Chris Rea
16 13 --- Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder
06 12 --- Love Will Find A Way - Pablo Cruise
13 11 --- Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth, Wind & Fire

12 10 --- Shame - Evelyn "Champagne" King
08 09 --- Magnet And Steel - Walter Egan
09 08 --- An Everlasting Love - Andy Gibb
11 07 --- Kiss You All Over - Exile
03 06 --- Miss You - The Rolling Stones    
07 05 --- Hopelessly Devoted To You - Olivia Newton-John
05 04 --- Hot Blooded - Foreigner
04 03 --- Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
02 02 --- Three Times A Lady - Commodores      
01 01 --- Grease - Frankie Valli      

R1 SINGLES CHART – 2-8 September 1978

01 01 THREE TIMES A LADY The Commodores ***
02 03 IT'S RAINING The Darts
03 04 RIVERS OF BABYLON / BROWN GIRL IN THE RING Boney M *****
04 06 DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10cc
05 02 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta + Olivia Newton-John *********
06 12 OH! WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex
07 10 JILTED JOHN Jilted John
08 08 SUPER NATURE Cerrone
09 05 FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward
10 16 IT'S ONLY MAKE-BELIEVE Child

11 09 BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE A Taste of Honey
12 07 SUBSTITUTE Clout
13 15 BABY, STOP CRYING Bob Dylan
14 13 5-7-0-5 City Boy
15 11 NORTHERN LIGHTS Renaissance
16 14 IF THE KIDS ARE UNITED Sham 69
17 27 BRITISH HUSTLE Hi-Tension
18 18 WHO ARE YOU? The Who
19 25 AN EVERLASTING LOVE Andy Gibb
20 17 COME BACK AND FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED Gladys Knight and the Pips

21 22 WALK ON BY The Stranglers
22 23 ANTHEM The New Seekers
23 -- PICTURE THIS Blondie
24 26 TOP OF THE POPS The Rezillos
25 -- HONG KONG GARDEN Siouxsie and the Banshees
26 31 FORGET ABOUT YOU The Motors
27 34 I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU Herbie Hancock
28 19 THE SMURF SONG Father Abraham and the Smurfs
29 32 DAVID WATTS / 'A' BOMB IN WARDOUR STREET The Jam
30 21 LIFE'S BEEN GOOD Joe Walsh

31 -- GREASE Frankie Valli
32 40 YOU MAKE ME FEEL Sylvester
33 -- KISS YOU ALL OVER Exile
34 39 GALAXY OF LOVE Crown Heights Affair
35 30 IDENTITY X-Ray Spex
36 -- TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD Meat Loaf
37 20 STAY Jackson Browne
38 -- HOT SHOT Karen Young
39 -- AGAIN AND AGAIN Status Quo
40 37 SIGN OF THE TIMES Bryan Ferry

-- 24 COLD AS ICE Foreigner
-- 28 FROM EAST TO WEST / SCOTS MACHINE Voyage
-- 29 DANCIN' IN THE CITY Marshall Hain
-- 33 HOW CAN THIS BE LOVE? Andrew Gold
-- 35 WILD WEST HERO Electric Light Orchestra
-- 36 LIKE CLOCKWORK The Boomtown Rats
-- 38 RUN FOR HOME Lindisfarne


More punks arrive in the form of Siouxsie and the Banshees, along with a one-hit wonder from Exile