Thanks to Craig M. Smith for these year-end CHUM lists.
1978
| No. | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staying Alive | Bee Gees |
| 2 | Night Fever | Bee Gees |
| 3 | Whenever I Call You "Friend" | Kenny Loggins |
| 4 | Miss You | Rolling Stones |
| 5 | Three Times A Lady | Commodores |
| 6 | You're In My Heart | Rod Stewart |
| 7 | Hot Child In The City | Nick Gilder
 |
| 8 | Running On Empty | Jackson Browne |
| 9 | Shadow Dancing | Andy Gibb |
| 10 | Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad | Meatloaf |
| 11 | Just The Way You Are | Billy Joel |
| 12 | Kiss You All Over | Exile |
| 13 | Grease | Frankie Valli |
| 14 | Baker Street | Gerry Rafferty |
| 15 | You're The One That I Want | Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta |
| 16 | Turn To Stone | Electric Light Orchestra |
| 17 | Reminiscing | Little River Band |
| 18 | How Deep Is Your Love | Bee Gees |
| 19 | Lay Down Sally | Eric Clapton |
| 20 | Blue Bayou | Linda Ronstadt |
| 21 | Emotion | Samatha Sang |
| 22 | With A Litte Luck | Wings |
| 23 | Baby Come Back | Player |
| 24 | The Closer I Get To You | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway |
| 25 | Paradise By The Dashboard Light | Meatloaf |
| 26 | (Love Is) Thicker Than Water | Andy Gibb |
| 27 | The Load Out/Stay (LP cut) | Jackson Browne |
| 28 | If I Can Have You | Yvonne Elliman |
| 29 | You Make Lovin' Fun | Fleetwood Mac |
| 30 | You Needed Me | Anne Murray
|
| 31 | It's A Heartache | Bonnie Tyler |
| 32 | Dust In The Wind | Kansas |
| 33 | Sometimes When We Touch | Dan Hill
|
| 34 | Life's Been Good | Joe Walsh |
| 35 | Love Will Find A Way | Pablo Cruise |
| 36 | Hopelessly Devoted To You | Olivia Newton-John |
| 37 | Beast Of Burden | Rolling Stones |
| 38 | Right Down The Line | Gerry Rafferty |
| 39 | We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions | Queen |
| 40 | Break It To Them Gently | Burton Cummings |
| 41 | Goodbye Girl | David Gates |
| 42 | Short People | Randy Newman |
| 43 | Here You Come Again | Dolly Parton |
| 44 | Hot Blooded | Foreigner |
| 45 | Swingtown | Steve Miller Band |
| 46 | What A Wonderful World | Art Garfunkel w/James Taylor & Paul Simon |
| 47 | Fool (If Think It's Over) | Chris Rea |
| 48 | Still The Same | Bob Seger |
| 49 | You Light Up My Life | Debby Boone |
| 50 | Only The Good Die Young | Billy Joel |
| 51 | The Circle Is Small | Gordon Lightfoot
|
| 52 | Come Together | Aerosmith |
| 53 | Desiree | Neil Diamond |
| 54 | Ebony Eyes | Bob Welsh |
| 55 | How Much I Feel | Ambrosia |
| 56 | Coming Home | Ian Thomas
|
| 57 | Come Sail Away | Styx |
| 58 | You Don't Bring Me Flowers | Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond |
| 59 | Sweet Talking Woman | Electric Light Orchestra |
| 60 | I Was Only Joking | Rod Stewart |
| 61 | Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue | Crystal Gayle |
| 62 | An Everlasting Love | Andy Gibb |
| 63 | Slip Slidin' Away | Paul Simon |
| 64 | Feels So Good | Chuck Mangione |
| 65 | You Belong To Me | Carly Simon |
| 66 | Thank You For Being A Friend | Andrew Gold |
| 67 | Double Vision | Foreigner |
| 68 | Baby, What A Big Surprise | Chicago |
| 69 | Just Remember I Love You | Firefall |
| 70 | Ready To Take A Chance Again | Barry Manilow |
| 71 | Time Passages | Al Stewart |
| 72 | MacArthur Park | Donna Summer |
| 73 | Hollywood Nights | Bob Seger |
| 74 | Count On Me | Jefferson Starship |
| 75 | More Than A Woman (LP cut) | Bee Gees |
| 76 | Werewolves Of London | Warren Zevon |
| 77 | Follow You Follow Me | Genesis |
| 78 | Who Are You | Who |
| 79 | Runaway | Jefferson Starship |
| 80 | Closer To The Heart | Rush
|
| 81 | Hot Legs | Rod Stewart |
| 82 | Peg | Steely Dan |
| 83 | Don't Look Back | Boston |
| 84 | We Just Disagree | Dave Mason |
| 85 | Too Much Heaven | Bee Gees |
| 86 | Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" | Meco |
| 87 | Baby Hold On | Eddie Money |
| 88 | Josie | Steely Dan |
| 89 | I Just Wanna Stop | Gino Vannelli
|
| 90 | Love Is In The Air | John Paul Young |
| 91 | Magnet & Steel | Walter Egan |
| 92 | Girl's School | Wings |
| 93 | Prove It All Night | Bruce Springsteen |
| 94 | Out Of The Blue | Band |
| 95 | You Never Done It Like That | Captain & Tennille |
| 96 | Oh Pretty Lady | Trooper
|
| 97 | She's Always A Woman | Billy Joel |
| 98 | Rock & Roll Is A Vicious Game | April Wine
|
| 99 | Imaginary Lover | Atlanta Rhythm Section |
| 100 | Back In The U.S.A. | Linda Ronstadt |