Top 40 Hits of Early May 1978
 | 1 | Boney M | Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring |
 | 2 | The Bee Gees | Night Fever |
 | 3 | Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams | Too Much Too Little Too Late |
 | 4 | Brian & Michael | Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs |
 | 5 | Dee D Jackson | Automatic Lover |
 | 6 | Andrew Gold | Never Let Her Slip Away |
 | 7 | The Michael Zager Band | Let's All Chant |
 | 8 | Suzi Quatro | If You Can't Give Me Love |
 | 9 | Showaddywaddy | I Wonder Why |
 | 10 | Chic | Everybody Dance |
 | 11 | Patti Smith Group | Because The Night |
 | 12 | The Boomtown Rats | She's So Modern |
 | 13 | Co-Co | Bad Old Days |
 | 14 | Sheila & B Devotion | Singin' In The Rain |
 | 15 | Wings | With A Little Luck |
 | 16 | Genesis | Follow You Follow Me |
 | 17 | Raydio | Jack And Jill |
 | 18 | Darts | The Boy From New York City |
 | 19 | Dan Hill | Sometimes When We Touch |
 | 20 | Raffaella Carra | Do It Do It Again |
 | 21 | Dr Hook | More Like The Movies |
 | 22 | Squeeze | Take Me I'm Yours |
 | 23 | Gerry Rafferty | Baker Street |
 | 24 | Richard Myhill | It Takes Two To Tango |
 | 25 | John Paul Young | Love Is In The Air |
 | 26 | The Manhattan Transfer | Walk In Love |
 | 27 | Blondie | (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear |
 | 28 | X-Ray Spex | The Day The World Turned Dayglo |
 | 29 | Richard Denton & Martin Cook | Theme From 'the Hong Kong Beat' |
 | 30 | The Stranglers | Nice 'N' Sleazy |
 | 31 | Yvonne Elliman | If I Can't Have You |
 | 32 | Ruby Winters | Come To Me |
 | 33 | Donna Summer | Back In Love Again |
 | 34 | Tavares | More Than A Woman |
 | 35 | Rose Royce | It Makes You Feel Like Dancin' |
 | 36 | Graham Parker & The Rumour | Hey Lord Don't Ask Me Questions |
 | 37 | Ian Dury | What A Waste |
 | 38 | Hi Tension | Hi Tension |
 | 39 | KC & The Sunshine Band | Boogie Shoes |
 | 40 | Foreigner | Feels Like The First Time |