10 Chart-Topping One-Hit Wonders from ’78 That You Forgot About

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00:0010 chart-topping one-hit wonders from 78 that you forgot about

00:0510. Foxy, get off

00:08Miami Latin Disco Breakout hit number 9

00:12Percussive Horns, Cheeky Lyrics, Cuban-American Roots

00:15Foxy missed top 40 again but endured

00:189. John Paul Young, Love is in the Air

00:22International Romantic Anthem hit number 7

00:25Vonda and Young penned it

00:27Revived by Strictly Ballroom, now a cross-generational wedding staple

00:318. William Bell, Trying to Love Too

00:35Stacks Veterans Confessional Crossover reached number 10

00:39Masterful restraint from Born Under a Bad Sign writer proving soulful authenticity sells

00:457. Ronnie McDowell, The King is Gone

00:49Immediate Elvis tribute hit, peaking number 13

00:53Vocal resemblance comforted mourners

00:55Launching McDowell's country career and TV voice work

00:596. Nick Gilder, Hot Child in the City

01:031978 number 1 hides runaway themes beneath bright hooks

01:08Gilder's androgynous glam roots, Sweeney Todd past, later hits for others

01:135. Patrick Hernandez, Born to be Alive

01:18Global disco anthem from ex-construction worker

01:21Meticulous production US number 16

01:24Over 5 million sold, Madonna briefly danced

01:275. A Taste of Honey, Boogie Oogie Oogie

01:323 week number 1 with Janice Johnson's bassline

01:35Sold Millions, won 1979 Best New Artist, enduring despite later modest success

01:413. Tasha Thomas, Shoot Me With Your Love

01:46Broadway-trained vocalist's overlooked disco soul gem peaked R&B number 25

01:51Dynamic performance, Session Pedigree, tragically brief career ending in 1984

01:56Number 2

01:58Player, Baby Come Back

02:00Chart-topping 1978 breakup anthem by Peter Beckett and J.C. Crowley

02:05Balancing rock polish with pop accessibility, defining player

02:09Number 1

02:11Exile, Kiss You All Over

02:134 week 1978 Hot 100 Topper, produced by Mike Chapman

02:18Exile pivoted styles, later scoring 8 country chart toppers