Billboard #1 Soul Songs Of 1978 Rankdown (COMPLETE)

[Soulsista]

18. It's You That I Need - Enchantment

Formed in Detroit, "It's You That I Need" was their biggest hit, topping the soul chart and reaching the Top 40 on the Hot 100.

Stats
Chart Entry: January 7, 1978
Peak Date: February 25, 1978
Weeks At #1: 1
Weeks In Top 10: 11
Weeks On Chart: 19
Hot 100 Peak: #33

Points: 225
Average: 14.35
Standard Deviation: 4.774 (5th lowest)

Gonza'90 - 4
Juanca - 7
back2blk - 8
.indulgecountry - 9
annoymous1 - 10

BB🌕 - 11
jenglisbe - 11
Mirago - 12
gonecountry - 13
Private Dancer - 13
divasummer - 13
samo🦕 - 13
singingrulebritannia - 14
rowellfarm490 - 14
SHOOTER - 14
#LisaRinna - 15
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 16
wyckyd - 17
Ky - 17
aerodynamite - 18
razorshark - 18
Soulsista - 19

mamooshka - 21
ccarter1023 - 22
DJDaveMick69 - 22
Ivy Leegue™ - 22

Observing
Jay D83


The next reveal will see six people say goodbye to a Top 10. Six others will rid themselves of a bottom 10, and two more will get a perfect ranking.

[back2blk]

This is one of the few true R&B tracks on this list lol

[Soulsista]

17. Ffun - Con Funk Shun

Formed in Vallejo, California, they were originally called Project Soul before changing their name to Con Funk Shun. Their breakthrough hit came in the fall of 1977 with the release of "Ffun". It topped the soul chart and reached the Top 30 on the Hot 100, becoming their biggest hit.


Stats
Chart Entry: October 29, 1977
Peak Date: January 7, 1978
Weeks At #1: 2
Weeks In Top 10: 11
Weeks On Chart: 21
Hot 100 Peak: #23

Points: 238
Average: 13.85
Standard Deviation: 4.814 (6th lowest)

DJDaveMick69 - 4
gonecountry - 6
jenglisbe - 6
samo🦕 - 6
mamooshka - 8
SHOOTER - 8

BB🌕 - 12
Soulsista - 13
ccarter1023 - 13
Ky - 13
aerodynamite - 14
Gonza'90 - 14
Private Dancer - 15
annoymous1 - 15
wyckyd - 16
singingrulebritannia - 16
rowellfarm490 - 16
razorshark - 16
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 17
#LisaRinna - 17
Ivy Leegue™ - 18
back2blk - 18
.indulgecountry - 18
Juanca - 19
divasummer - 20

Mirago - 22

Observing
Jay D83


The next reveal has seven Top 10s, five bottom 5s, and four perfect rankings.

[Soulsista]

16. Take Me To The Next Phase - The Isley Brothers

"Take Me To The Next Phase" was the first release from their Showdown album. It sounds like it was recorded live, but it was actually created entirely in the studio.


Stats
Chart Entry: April 1, 1978
Peak Date: May 13, 1978
Weeks At #1: 2
Weeks In Top 10: 10
Weeks On Chart: 18
Hot 100 Peak: DNC

Points: 245
Average: 13.58
Standard Deviation: 5.021 (8th lowest)

aerodynamite - 3
BB🌕 - 6
annoymous1 - 6
singingrulebritannia - 7
razorshark - 7
#LisaRinna - 7
Mirago - 9

rowellfarm490 - 11
wyckyd - 13
Private Dancer - 14
samo🦕 - 14
mamooshka - 15
Gonza'90 - 15
divasummer - 15
jenglisbe - 15
gonecountry - 16
ccarter1023 - 16
Ivy Leegue™ - 16
back2blk - 16
SHOOTER - 17
.indulgecountry - 17
Soulsista - 18
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 18
Juanca - 20

DJDaveMick69 - 21
Ky - 21

Observing
Jay D83

[Soulsista]

The remaining 15 songs:

Our Love - Natalie Cole
Too Hot Ta Trot - The Commodores
Flash Light - Parliament
The Closer I Get To You - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Use Ta Be My Girl - The O'Jays
Stuff Like That - Quincy Jones feat. Chaka Khan and Ashford & Simpson
Close The Door - Teddy Pendergrass
You And I - Rick James
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
Get Off - Foxy
Holding On (When Love Is Gone) - LTD
Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth, Wind & Fire
One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic
I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan
Le Freak - Chic


Five more will be revealed tomorrow...we'll be losing our first #1s!

SPOILER: Click to show

{Soul Class Of '78}gonecountry wyckyd ccarter1023 singingrulebritannia DJDaveMick69 rowellfarm490 Mirago mamooshka Ivy Leegue™ Private Dancer BB🌕 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 aerodynamite back2blk Ky SHOOTER .indulgecountry Gonza'90 annoymous1 razorshark divasummer #LisaRinna jenglisbe samo🦕 Juanca Jay D83

[Private Dancer]

Denience Williams out already?????? Wtf

#justicefordenience

[#LisaRinna]

Winning!

[Private Dancer]

Feb 24, 2022 13:14:29 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

Winning!

I know BOO is in ur top 3????

[back2blk]

Yay perfect ranking!

[singingrulebritannia]

Losing my bottom 2 right after the inaccurate actual bottom 2 was nice

[Ivy Leegue™]

2 perfect rankings and only one top 10 loss, but I shoulda known y'all would do DENIECE dirty like that. Such a beautiful song. #justiceforDENIECE

[wyckyd]

One off from a perfect ranking twice today! I lost my bottom ranking (sorry Deniece, but that’s such a boring song) & I still haven’t lost anything in my top 10 though, so that’s a plus!

[Private Dancer]

Watch Chaka win...I'm Every Woman us a good song but it's not the best out of the list...

[Soulsista]

Today's extra was the first single from their Destiny album. It spent 4 weeks at #3 on the soul chart.

It's another song you can rank right now in the Lost Hits Of 1978 Rankdown.

Blame It On The Boogie - The Jacksons


Believe it or not, their version is actually a cover. One of the song's writers, Mick Jackson (no relation), released his version a few weeks before The Jacksons released theirs. His version peaked at #61 on the Hot 100.

[Soulsista]

Welcome back!

We break into the Top 15 with a song that has seven Top 10s and eight bottom 5s.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Soul Class Of '78}gonecountry wyckyd ccarter1023 singingrulebritannia DJDaveMick69 rowellfarm490 Mirago mamooshka Ivy Leegue™ Private Dancer BB🌕 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 aerodynamite back2blk Ky SHOOTER .indulgecountry Gonza'90 annoymous1 razorshark divasummer #LisaRinna jenglisbe samo🦕 Juanca Jay D83

[Soulsista]

15. Holding On (When Love Is Gone) - LTD

"Holding On (When Love Is Gone)" was the first release from their album Togetherness. It was their third and final single to top the soul chart, and helped make Togetherness their only album to go platinum.


Stats
Chart Entry: July 15, 1978
Peak Date: September 9, 1978
Weeks At #1: 2
Weeks In Top 10: 11
Weeks On Chart: 17
Hot 100 Peak: #49

Points: 254
Average: 13.23
Standard Deviation: 5.070 (10th lowest)

jenglisbe - 2
Private Dancer - 6
annoymous1 - 7
divasummer - 7
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 8
Ky - 10
Juanca - 10

Soulsista - 11
wyckyd - 11
.indulgecountry - 11
razorshark - 11
samo🦕 - 11
back2blk - 12
SHOOTER - 12
BB🌕 - 13
#LisaRinna - 16
singingrulebritannia - 17
rowellfarm490 - 17
DJDaveMick69 - 18
mamooshka - 18
Gonza'90 - 18
gonecountry - 19
Ivy Leegue™ - 19
aerodynamite - 19
Mirago - 20

ccarter1023 - 21

Observing
Jay D83


The next reveal has the 2nd highest SD. Nine Top 10s will go down, with six of them being Top 5s. On the flip side, ten of you will lose a bottom 5.

[jenglisbe]

Wow 15 rankings above #15 including 7 top 10 placements, and it's still only 15! We all must be all over the place lol.

[Soulsista]

14. Our Love - Natalie Cole

The lead single from her Thankful album, "Our Love" was Natalie's fifth soul charttopper. Also reaching the Top 10 on the Hot 100, it's been certified gold.


Stats
Chart Entry: November 19, 1977
Peak Date: January 21, 1978
Weeks At #1: 2
Weeks In Top 10: 13
Weeks On Chart: 24
Hot 100 Peak: #10

Points: 256
Average: 13.15
Standard Deviation: 6.679 (2nd highest)

#LisaRinna - 2
Ivy Leegue™ - 3
annoymous1 - 3
jenglisbe - 3
razorshark - 4
.indulgecountry - 5
Ky - 6
ccarter1023 - 8
back2blk - 9

divasummer - 12
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 13
Mirago - 15
Private Dancer - 16
samo🦕 - 16
Soulsista - 17
Juanca - 17
gonecountry - 18
rowellfarm490 - 18
wyckyd - 19
singingrulebritannia - 19
DJDaveMick69 - 19
BB🌕 - 19
mamooshka - 20
aerodynamite - 20
Gonza'90 - 20

SHOOTER - 21

Observing
Jay D83


And we go from the 2nd highest SD to the 3rd highest SD. We'll be losing our first #1 with the next reveal, along with nine other Top 10s. Ten more will be shedding a bottom 5.

[Soulsista]

13. Get Off - Foxy

Formed in Hialeah, Florida, Foxy had their biggest hit with "Get Off". It topped the soul chart and peaked inside the Top 10 on the Hot 100.

Apologies to Juanca...


Stats
Chart Entry: June 24, 1978
Peak Date: August 26, 1978
Weeks At #1: 2
Weeks In Top 10: 13
Weeks On Chart: 24
Hot 100 Peak: #9

Points: 259
Average: 13.04
Standard Deviation: 6.551 (3rd highest)

Juanca - 1
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 2
gonecountry - 5
back2blk - 5
Ky - 5
razorshark - 6
Mirago - 7
DJDaveMick69 - 9
aerodynamite - 9
Soulsista - 10

mamooshka - 12
Ivy Leegue™ - 12
.indulgecountry - 13
SHOOTER - 15
samo🦕 - 15
BB🌕 - 17
ccarter1023 - 18
singingrulebritannia - 18
Private Dancer - 18
annoymous1 - 18
jenglisbe - 18
rowellfarm490 - 20

wyckyd - 21
divasummer - 21
Gonza'90 - 22
#LisaRinna - 22

Observing
Jay D83

Nine more Top 10s say goodbye with the next reveal, along with five bottom 5s.

[Soulsista]

12. Too Hot Ta Trot - The Commodores

From their Commodores Live! album, "Too Hot Ta Trot" was the fourth of seven soul #1s for the band and reached the Top 40 on the Hot 100. It was also featured in the movie Thank God It's Friday.


Stats
Chart Entry: December 24, 1977
Peak Date: February 18, 1978
Weeks At #1: 1
Weeks In Top 10: 7
Weeks On Chart: 14
Hot 100 Peak: #24

Points: 272
Average: 12.54
Standard Deviation: 5.054 (9th lowest)

razorshark - 2
divasummer - 4
SHOOTER - 5
samo🦕 - 5
Gonza'90 - 7
wyckyd - 9
ccarter1023 - 10
.indulgecountry - 10
jenglisbe - 10

singingrulebritannia - 12
annoymous1 - 12
DJDaveMick69 - 13
rowellfarm490 - 13
mamooshka - 13
Soulsista - 14
gonecountry - 14
Mirago - 14
aerodynamite - 15
Juanca - 15
BB🌕 - 16
Ivy Leegue™ - 17
Ky - 18
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 19
back2blk - 19
#LisaRinna - 19

Private Dancer - 21

Observing
Jay D83


Another #1 will be missing the Top 10. Six others will bid farewell to a top 10 while five more will get rid of a bottom 5.

[back2blk]

Foxy out already?! You hate to see it.

[Soulsista]

11. Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth, Wind & Fire

Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, "Got To Get You Into My Life" was first recorded by The Beatles in 1966 and released as a single from a compilation album ten years later. Earth, Wind & Fire recorded their version for the soundtrack to the movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In addition to topping the soul chart, it also peaked in the Top 10 on the Hot 100 and won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists. It was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo Or Group.

Apologies to jenglisbe...


Stats
Chart Entry: July 29, 1978
Peak Date: September 23, 1978
Weeks At #1: 1
Weeks In Top 10: 10
Weeks On Chart: 16
Hot 100 Peak: #9

Points: 273
Average: 12.50
Standard Deviation: 4.197 (7th lowest)

jenglisbe - 1
#LisaRinna - 6
gonecountry - 7
ccarter1023 - 7
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 7
mamooshka - 9
samo🦕 - 9

Ivy Leegue™ - 11
aerodynamite - 11
Gonza'90 - 11
annoymous1 - 11
DJDaveMick69 - 12
Private Dancer - 12
razorshark - 12
Mirago - 13
Juanca - 13
wyckyd - 14
divasummer - 14
Soulsista - 15
BB🌕 - 15
.indulgecountry - 16
SHOOTER - 18
rowellfarm490 - 19
singingrulebritannia - 20
back2blk - 20

Ky - 22

Observing
Jay D83

[Soulsista]

The Top 10:

Flash Light - Parliament
The Closer I Get To You - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Use Ta Be My Girl - The O'Jays
Stuff Like That - Quincy Jones feat. Chaka Khan and Ashford & Simpson
Close The Door - Teddy Pendergrass
You And I - Rick James
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic
I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan
Le Freak - Chic


Five more will be revealed tomorrow...multiple #1s will be going down!

SPOILER: Click to show

{Soul Class Of '78}gonecountry wyckyd ccarter1023 singingrulebritannia DJDaveMick69 rowellfarm490 Mirago mamooshka Ivy Leegue™ Private Dancer BB🌕 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 aerodynamite back2blk Ky SHOOTER .indulgecountry Gonza'90 annoymous1 razorshark divasummer #LisaRinna jenglisbe samo🦕 Juanca Jay D83

[Private Dancer]

Stuff Like That still in? It should've been out long ago

[singingrulebritannia]

This is one of my least favorite Beatles songs, so a cover didn't stand any chance with me in this stacked year

[gonecountry]

Feb 25, 2022 18:06:47 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

The Top 10:

Flash Light - Parliament
The Closer I Get To You - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Use Ta Be My Girl - The O'Jays
Stuff Like That - Quincy Jones feat. Chaka Khan and Ashford & Simpson
Close The Door - Teddy Pendergrass
You And I - Rick James
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic
I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan
Le Freak - Chic


Five more will be revealed tomorrow...multiple #1s will be going  getting down!

Solid top 10! Glad to see a good bit of funk, the O'Jay's and double the Chaka!

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Feb 25, 2022 17:27:43 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

13. Get Off - Foxy

Formed in Hialeah, Florida, Foxy had their biggest hit with "Get Off". It topped the soul chart and peaked inside the Top 10 on the Hot 100.

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Stats
Chart Entry: June 24, 1978
Peak Date: August 26, 1978
Weeks At #1: 2
Weeks In Top 10: 13
Weeks On Chart: 24
Hot 100 Peak: #9

Points: 259
Average: 13.04
Standard Deviation: 6.551 (3rd

Totally undeserving. Y'all ain't got no rhythm whatsoever...rhythmless nation 😏

[#LisaRinna]

"Our Love" shoulda been top 10!! One of the greatest R&B ballads of the 70s.

[Private Dancer]

Feb 25, 2022 18:12:28 GMT -5 gonecountry said:

Feb 25, 2022 18:06:47 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

The Top 10:

Flash Light - Parliament
The Closer I Get To You - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Use Ta Be My Girl - The O'Jays
Stuff Like That - Quincy Jones feat. Chaka Khan and Ashford & Simpson
Close The Door - Teddy Pendergrass
You And I - Rick James
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic
I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan
Le Freak - Chic


Five more will be revealed tomorrow...multiple #1s will be going  getting down!

Solid top 10! Glad to see a good bit of funk, the O'Jay's and double the Chaka!

Was that shade towards BOO?

[gonecountry]

Feb 25, 2022 20:00:12 GMT -5 Private Dancer said:

Feb 25, 2022 18:12:28 GMT -5 gonecountry said:

Solid top 10! Glad to see a good bit of funk, the O'Jay's and double the Chaka!

Was that shade towards BOO?

unintended shade, but sure I'll take it!