Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits of 1978

There were 20 different songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. Given the artist and their respective issue dates, can you name every song?

The weeks are listed as "issue date," meaning the song was at #1 when the list was published on that Saturday

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Issue Date	#1 Hit	Artist
January 7	How Deep Is Your Love	Bee Gees
January 14	Baby Come Back	Player
January 21
January 28
February 4	Stayin' Alive	Bee Gees
February 11
February 18
February 25
March 4	(Love Is) Thicker Than Water	Andy Gibb
March 11	(Love Is) Thicker Than Water	Andy Gibb
March 18	Night Fever	Bee Gees
March 25
April 1
April 8
April 15
April 22
April 29
May 6
May 13	If I Can't Have You	Yvonne Elliman
May 20	With a Little Luck	Wings
May 27	With a Little Luck	Wings
June 3	Too Much, Too Little, Too Late	Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
June 10	You're the One That I Want	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
June 17	Shadow Dancing	Andy Gibb
June 24
July 1
July 8
July 15
July 22
July 29
August 5	Miss You	The Rolling Stones
August 12	Three Times a Lady	Commodores
August 19	Three Times a Lady	Commodores
August 26	Grease	Frankie Valli
September 2	Grease	Frankie Valli
September 9	Boogie Oogie Oogie	A Taste of Honey
September 16
September 23
September 30	Kiss You All Over	Exile
October 7
October 14
October 21
October 28	Hot Child in the City	Nick Gilder
November 4	You Needed Me	Anne Murray
November 11	MacArthur Park	Donna Summer
November 18
November 25
December 2	You Don't Bring Me Flowers	Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
December 9	Le Freak	Chic
December 16	You Don't Bring Me Flowers	Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
December 23	Le Freak	Chic
December 30	Le Freak	Chic