1978 in country music

!Date

!Single Name

!Artist

!width="40"|Wks. No.1

!width="40"|CAN peak

!Spec. Note

|Take This Job and Shove It

|Johnny Paycheck

|align="center"|2

|

|^{{{anchor|ref_C}}[C]}

|What a Difference You've Made in My Life

|Ronnie Milsap

|align="center"|1

|

|

|Out of My Head and Back in My Bed

|Loretta Lynn

|align="center"|2

|

|^{{{anchor|ref_B}}[B]}

|I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love

|Larry Gatlin

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|3

|^{{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]}

|Don't Break the Heart That Loves You

|Margo Smith

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|5

|^{{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]}

|Mammas Don't Let Your Babies
Grow Up to Be Cowboys

|Waylon Jennings
and Willie Nelson

|align="center"|4

|

|^{{{anchor|ref_1}}[1]}

|Ready for the Times to Get Better

|Crystal Gayle

|align="center"|1

|

|

|Someone Loves You Honey

|Charley Pride

|align="center"|2

|

|

|Every Time Two Fools Collide

|Kenny Rogers
and Dottie West

|align="center"|2

|

|^{{{anchor|ref_A}}[A] – Dottie West}

|It's All Wrong, But It's All Right

|Dolly Parton

|align="center"|2

|

|

|She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime)

|Johnny Duncan

|align="center"|1

|

|^{{{anchor|ref_B}}[B]}

|Do You Know You Are My Sunshine

|The Statler Brothers

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|5

|^{{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]}

|Georgia on My Mind

|Willie Nelson

|align="center"|1

|

|

|Two More Bottles of Wine

|Emmylou Harris

|align="center"|1

|

|

|I'll Be True to You

|The Oak Ridge Boys

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|8

|^{{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]}

|It Only Hurts for a Little While

|Margo Smith

|align="center"|1

|

|^{{{anchor|ref_B}}[B]}

|I Believe in You

|Mel Tillis

|align="center"|1

|

|

|Only One Love in My Life

|Ronnie Milsap

|align="center"|3

|

|

|Love or Something Like It

|Kenny Rogers

|align="center"|1

|

|

|You Don't Love Me Anymore

|Eddie Rabbitt

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|3

|

|Talking in Your Sleep

|Crystal Gayle

|align="center"|2

|

|

|Blue Skies

|Willie Nelson

|align="center"|1

|

|

|I've Always Been Crazy

|Waylon Jennings

|align="center"|3

|

|

|Heartbreaker

|Dolly Parton

|align="center"|3

|

|

|Tear Time

|Dave & Sugar

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|3

|

|Let's Take the Long Way Around the World

|Ronnie Milsap

|align="center"|1

|

|

|Sleeping Single In a Double Bed

|Barbara Mandrell

|align="center"|3

|

|^{{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]}

|Sweet Desire/Old Fashioned Love

|The Kendalls

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|

|I Just Want to Love You

|Eddie Rabbitt

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|

|On My Knees

|Charlie Rich
and Janie Fricke

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|^{{{anchor|ref_B}}[B] – Charlie Rich
{{anchor|ref_A}}[A] – Janie Fricke}

|The Gambler

|Kenny Rogers

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|2

|

!Date

!Single Name

!Artist

!width="40"|Wks. No.1

!width="40"|U.S. peak

!Spec. Note

|Take This Job and Shove It

|Johnny Paycheck

|align="center"|1

|

|^{{{anchor|ref_C}}[C]}

|My Way

|Elvis Presley

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|2

|

|What a Difference You've Made in My Life

|Ronnie Milsap

|align="center"|2

|

|

|Out of My Head and Back in My Bed

|Loretta Lynn

|align="center"|1

|

|^{{{anchor|ref_B}}[B]}

|You're the One

|The Oak Ridge Boys

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|2

|^{{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]}

|To Daddy

|Emmylou Harris

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|3

|

|Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys

|Waylon Jennings and
Willie Nelson

|align="center"|3

|

|^{{{anchor|ref_A}}[A] – Willie Nelson}

|I Might as Well Believe (I'll Live Forever)

|Carroll Baker

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|—

|

|Do I Love You (Yes in Every Way)

|Donna Fargo

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|^{{{anchor|ref_B}}[B]}

|Ready for the Times to Get Better

|Crystal Gayle

|align="center"|1

|

|

|Someone Loves You Honey

|Charley Pride

|align="center"|2

|

|

|Every Time Two Fools Collide

|Kenny Rogers and
Dottie West

|align="center"|1

|

|

|It's All Wrong, But It's All Right

|Dolly Parton

|align="center"|1

|

|

|She Can Put Her Shoes Under my Bed (Anytime)

|Johnny Duncan

|align="center"|1

|

|^{{{anchor|ref_B}}[B]}

|Georgia on My Mind

|Willie Nelson

|align="center"|2

|

|

|Night Time Magic

|Larry Gatlin

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|^{{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]}

|Two More Bottles of Wine

|Emmylou Harris

|align="center"|1

|

|

|I Can't Wait Any Longer

|Bill Anderson

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|4

|^{{{anchor|ref_B}}[B]}

|Portrait in the Window

|Carroll Baker

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|—

|^{{{anchor|ref_1}}[1]}

|It Only Hurts for a Little While

|Margo Smith

|align="center"|1

|

|^{{{anchor|ref_C}}[C]}

|I Believe in You

|Mel Tillis

|align="center"|1

|

|

|You Needed Me

|Anne Murray

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|4

|

|Homefolks

|Bob Murphy & Big Buffalo

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|—

|^{{{anchor|ref_C}}[C]}

|Love or Something Like It

|Kenny Rogers

|align="center"|1

|

|

|Only One Love in My Life

|Ronnie Milsap

|align="center"|1

|

|

|Talking in Your Sleep

|Crystal Gayle

|align="center"|1

|

|

|When I Stop Leaving (I'll Be Gone)

|Charley Pride

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|3

|

|Boogie Grass Band

|Conway Twitty

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|

|Blue Skies

|Willie Nelson

|align="center"|1

|

|

|I've Always Been Crazy

|Waylon Jennings

|align="center"|1

|

|

|Heartbreaker

|Dolly Parton

|align="center"|3

|

|

|It's Been a Great Afternoon

|Merle Haggard

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|

• RPM didn't publish on November 4 or November 11.

|Let's Take the Long Way Around the World

|Ronnie Milsap

|align="center"|1

|

|

|Cryin' Again

|The Oak Ridge Boys

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|3

|

|Sleeping Single In a Double Bed

|Barbara Mandrell

|align="center"|2

|

|^{{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]}

|That's What You Do to Me

|Charly McClain

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|8

|^{{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]}

|Hooked on a Feeling

|Carroll Baker

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|—

|

!width="50"|US

!width="50"|CAN

!width="250"|Single

!width="150"|Artist

|align="center"|12

|'57 Chevrolet

|Billie Jo Spears

|align="center"|2

|Ain't No California

|Mel Tillis

|align="center"|4

|All of Me

|Willie Nelson

|align="center"|10

|Another Fine Mess

|Glen Campbell

|align="center"|8

|Another Goodbye

|Donna Fargo

|align="center"|10

|Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight

|Kenny Rogers and Dottie West

|align="center"|19

|Baby It's You

|Janie Fricke

|align="center"|—

|Baby, Last Night Made My Day

|Susie Allanson

|align="center"|13

|Back to the Love

|Susie Allanson

|align="center"|8

|Bartender's Blues

|George Jones

|align="center"|16

|Be Your Own Best Friend

|Ray Stevens

|align="center"|2

|Beautiful Woman

|Charlie Rich

|align="center"|—

|Bedroom Eyes

|Don Drumm

|align="center"|34

|Better Me

|Tommy Overstreet

|align="center"|17

|Break My Mind

|Vern Gosdin

|align="center"|12

|Bucket to the South

|Ava Barber

|align="center"|25

|The Bull and the Beaver

|Merle Haggard and Leona Williams

|align="center"|18

|Can You Fool

|Glen Campbell

|align="center"|20

|Caribbean

|Sonny James

|align="center"|2

|Come a Little Bit Closer

|Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke

|align="center"|44

|Come on In

|Jerry Lee Lewis

|align="center"|28

|Come See Me and Come Lonely

|Dottie West

|align="center"|9

|Come to Me

|Roy Head

|align="center"|16

|Country Lovin'

|Eddy Arnold

|align="center"|14

|Cowboys Don't Get Lucky All the Time

|Gene Watson

|align="center"|16

|Danger Heartbreak Ahead

|Zella Lehr

|align="center"|9

|Daylight

|T. G. Sheppard

|align="center"|3

|Do It Again Tonight

|Larry Gatlin

|align="center"|18

|Don't Ever Say Goodbye

|T. G. Sheppard

|align="center"|5

|Easy From Now On

|Emmylou Harris

|align="center"|18

|Fadin' In, Fadin' Out

|Tommy Overstreet

|align="center"|36

|Four Little Letters

|Stella Parton

|align="center"|15

|The First Time

|Billy "Crash" Craddock

|align="center"|8

|Friend, Lover, Wife

|Johnny Paycheck

|align="center"|2

|From Seven Till Ten

|Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty

|align="center"|6

|Georgia in a Jug

|Johnny Paycheck

|align="center"|12

|God Made Love

|Mel McDaniel

|align="center"|9

|Gotta Quit Lookin' at You Baby

|Dave & Sugar

|align="center"|12

|Grandest Lady of Them All

|Conway Twitty

|align="center"|—

|Handcuffed to a Heartache

|Mary K. Miller

|align="center"|9

|Hearts on Fire

|Eddie Rabbitt

|align="center"|7

|Hello Mexico (And Adios Baby to You)

|Johnny Duncan

|align="center"|43

|Here Comes the Hurt Again

|Mickey Gilley

|align="center"|26

|Here Comes the Reason I Live

|Ronnie McDowell

|align="center"|—

|Here in Love

|Dottsy

|align="center"|33

|High and Dry

|Joe Sun

|align="center"|14

|Hopelessly Devoted to You

|Olivia Newton-John

|align="center"|6

|How Can I Leave You Again

|John Denver

|align="center"|14

|Hubba Hubba

|Billy "Crash" Craddock

|align="center"|4

|I Cheated on a Good Woman's Love

|Billy "Crash" Craddock

|align="center"|4

|I Don't Need a Thing at All

|Gene Watson

|align="center"|6

|I Fought the Law

|Hank Williams, Jr.

|align="center"|23

|I Just Want to Be Your Everything

|Connie Smith

|align="center"|5

|I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

|Ronnie McDowell

|align="center"|7

|I Love You (What Can I Say)

|Jerry Reed

|align="center"|17

|I Promised Her a Rainbow

|Bobby Borchers

|align="center"|16

|I Never Will Marry

|Linda Ronstadt

|align="center"|29

|I Wish I Loved Somebody Else

|Tom T. Hall

|align="center"|23

|I Would Like to See You Again

|Johnny Cash

|align="center"|—

|I'll Find It Where I Can

|Jerry Lee Lewis

|align="center"|41

|I'll Just Take It Out in Love

|George Jones

|align="center"|27

|I'll Never Be Free

|Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius

|align="center"|2

|I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall

|Merle Haggard

|align="center"|—

|I'm Gonna Love You Anyway

|Cristy Lane

|align="center"|20

|I'm Leaving It All Up to You

|Freddy Fender

|align="center"|10

|I've Got a Winner in You

|Don Williams

|align="center"|26

|I've Got to Go

|Billie Jo Spears

|align="center"|—

|If I Had a Cheating Heart

|Mel Street

|align="center"|7

|If the World Ran Out of Love Tonight

|Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius

|align="center"|5

|If You Can Touch Her at All

|Willie Nelson

|align="center"|9

|If You've Got Ten Minutes (Let's Fall in Love)

|Joe Stampley

|align="center"|2

|It Don't Feel Like Sinnin' to Me

|The Kendalls

|align="center"|2

|It's a Heartache

|Bonnie Tyler

|align="center"|19

|Let Me Be Your Baby

|Charly McClain

|align="center"|—

|Let's Shake Hands and Come Out Lovin'

|Kenny O'Dell

|align="center"|6

|Little Things Mean a Lot

|Margo Smith

|align="center"|9

|Lonely Hearts Club

|Billie Jo Spears

|align="center"|14

|Lonely Street

|Rex Allen, Jr.

|align="center"|19

|Love, Love, Love

|Sandy Posey

|align="center"|13

|Love Me with All Your Heart (Cuando Caliente El Sol)

|Johnny Rodriguez

|align="center"|6

|A Lover's Question

|Jacky Ward

|align="center"|5

|May the Force Be with You Always

|Tom T. Hall

|align="center"|14

|Maybe Baby

|Susie Allanson

|align="center"|3

|Middle Age Crazy

|Jerry Lee Lewis

|align="center"|27

|Mister D.J.

|T. G. Sheppard

|align="center"|30

|Never My Love

|Vern Gosdin

|align="center"|4

|No, No, No (I'd Rather Be Free)

|Rex Allen, Jr.

|align="center"|18

|No Sleep Tonight

|Randy Barlow

|align="center"|—

|Now You See 'Em, Now You Don't

|Roy Head

|align="center"|29

|Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You

|Joe Sun

|align="center"|6

|One Sided Conversation

|Gene Watson

|align="center"|4

|Penny Arcade

|Cristy Lane

|align="center"|28

|Pittsburgh Stealers

|The Kendalls

|align="center"|17

|Please Don't Play a Love Song

|Marty Robbins

|align="center"|4

|Please Help Me, I'm Falling (in Love with You)

|Janie Fricke

|align="center"|7

|The Power of Positive Drinkin'

|Mickey Gilley

|align="center"|3

|Puttin' in Overtime at Home

|Charlie Rich

|align="center"|21

|Ragamuffin Man

|Donna Fargo

|align="center"|2

|Rake and Ramblin' Man

|Don Williams

|align="center"|—

|Red Hot Memory

|Kenny Dale

|align="center"|7

|Red Wine and Blue Memories

|Joe Stampley

|align="center"|8

|Return to Me

|Marty Robbins

|align="center"|9

|Rhythm of the Rain

|Jacky Ward

|align="center"|6

|Rose Colored Glasses

|John Conlee

|align="center"|10

|Running Kind

|Merle Haggard

|align="center"|28

|Shake Me I Rattle

|Cristy Lane

|align="center"|14

|Shine on Me (The Sun Still Shines When It Rains)

|John Wesley Ryles

|align="center"|8

|Sleep Tight Good Night Man

|Bobby Bare

|align="center"|75

|Slippin' Away

|The Bellamy Brothers

|align="center"|—

|Slow and Easy

|Randy Barlow

|align="center"|15

|Soft Lights and Hard Country Music

|Moe Bandy

|align="center"|45

|Some I Wrote

|The Statler Brothers

|align="center"|15

|Something to Brag About

|Mary Kay Place and Willie Nelson

|align="center"|10

|Spring Fever

|Loretta Lynn

|align="center"|20

|Standard Lie Number One

|Stella Parton

|align="center"|—

|Starting All Over Again

|Don Gibson

|align="center"|25

|Sweet Fantasy

|Bobby Borchers

|align="center"|6

|Sweet, Sweet Smile

|The Carpenters

|align="center"|10

|Talk to Me

|Freddy Fender

|align="center"|10

|That's What Makes the Juke Box Play

|Moe Bandy

|align="center"|5

|There Ain't No Good Chain Gang

|Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings

|align="center"|—

|Things I Do for You

|Mundo Earwood

|align="center"|10

|Think About Me

|Freddy Fender

|align="center"|37

|This Is the Love

|Sonny James

|align="center"|—

|Three Sheets in the Wind

|Jacky Ward and Reba McEntire

|align="center"|25

|Tonight

|Barbara Mandrell

|align="center"|17

|Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)

|Roy Head

|align="center"|15

|Too Many Nights Alone

|Bobby Bare

|align="center"|5

|Two Doors Down

|Zella Lehr

|align="center"|31

|Two Hearts Tangled in Love

|Kenny Dale

|align="center"|4

|Two Lonely People

|Moe Bandy

|align="center"|6

|Unchained Melody

|Elvis Presley

|align="center"|12

|We Believe in Happy Endings

|Johnny Rodriguez

|align="center"|4

|We Belong Together

|Susie Allanson

|align="center"|17

|We Got Love

|Lynn Anderson

|align="center"|6

|We've Come a Long Way Baby

|Loretta Lynn

|align="center"|28

|Week-End Friend

|Con Hunley

|align="center"|2

|What Did I Promise Her Last Night

|Mel Tillis

|align="center"|14

|What Have You Got to Lose

|Tom T. Hall

|align="center"|20

|What Time Do You Have to Be Back to Heaven

|Razzy Bailey

|align="center"|29

|When Can We Do This Again

|T. G. Sheppard

|align="center"|5

|Whiskey Trip

|Gary Stewart

|align="center"|60

|Who Am I to Say

|The Statler Brothers

|align="center"|7

|With Love

|Rex Allen, Jr.

|align="center"|5

|Woman to Woman

|Barbara Mandrell

|align="center"|3

|Womanhood

|Tammy Wynette

|align="center"|15

|Yes Ma'am

|Tommy Overstreet

|align="center"|35

|You Know What

|Jerry Reed and Seidina

|align="center"|20

|You've Still Got a Place in My Heart

|Con Hunley

!width="50"|US

!width="50"|CAN

!Single

!Artist

|align="center"|11

|All Cried Out

|Van Dyke

|align="center"|19

|Caribou to Nashville

|Gary Fjellgaard

|align="center"|9

|The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)

|Gordon Lightfoot

|align="center"|10

|Comin' on Stronger

|Mercey Brothers

|align="center"|12

|Does the Rain Only Fall on My Mansion

|Jerry Palmer

|align="center"|7

|Dream Maker

|Sheila Ann

|align="center"|9

|The Fastest Gun

|Dallas Harms

|align="center"|12

|George the Hermit

|Jack Hennig

|align="center"|14

|Goin' Home

|Burton & Honeyman

|align="center"|4

|Here's Your Watch John

|Canadian Zephyr

|align="center"|14

|Hold Me Like a Baby

|Tim Daniels

|align="center"|10

|Living in the Best of Two Worlds

|Rondini

|align="center"|6

|Love Is a Contact Sport

|Family Brown

|align="center"|18

|Master of the Classical Guitar

|Dallas Harms

|align="center"|18

|Mindy

|Jack Hennig

|align="center"|16

|My Good Woman

|Dick Damron

|align="center"|14

|Ol' Amos

|Orval Prophet

|align="center"|16

|Riding High

|Van Dyke

|align="center"|18

|Sun Always Shines

|Laura Vinson

|align="center"|14

|There's More Love Where That Came From

|Joyce Seamone

|align="center"|16

|Truck Driver's Girl

|The Good Brothers

|align="center"|2

|Walk Right Back

|Anne Murray

|align="center"|19

|Where Have All the Cowboy Songs Gone

|Orval Prophet

|align="center"|9

|Whiskey Jack

|Dick Damron

|align="center"|3

|You're the Light

|Family Brown

!width="250"|Single

!width="200"|Artist

!width="90"|Record Label

|Charley Pride

|RCA

|Donna Fargo

|Warner Bros.

|Kenny Rogers

|United Artists

|Dolly Parton

|RCA

|Waylon Jennings

|RCA

|Crystal Gayle

|MCA¹

|Larry Gatlin

|Monument

|Emmylou Harris

|Warner/Reprise

|Willie Nelson

|Columbia/CBS

|Charley Pride

|RCA

|T. G. Sheppard

|Warner Bros./Curb

|Tanya Tucker

|MCA

|Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson

|RCA

|Crystal Gayle

|United Artists

!width="300"|Single

!width="200"|Artist

!width="75"|Record Label

|Rodney Crowell

|Warner Bros.

|George Jones

|Epic/CBS

|Billy "Crash" Craddock

|Capitol

|Mel Street

|Polydor/Polygram

|Margo Smith

|Warner Bros.

|Statler Brothers

|Mercury/Polygram

|Kenny Rogers and Dottie West

|United Artists

|Don Williams

|ABC/Dot

|Charlie Rich

|United Artists

|Billie Jo Spears

|United Artists

|Cristy Lane

|LS

|Barbara Mandrell

|ABC/Dot

|Jacky Ward

|Mercury/Polygram

|Ronnie Milsap

|RCA

|Larry Gatlin

|Monument

|Anne Murray

|Capitol

|Bill Anderson

|MCA

|Kenny Rogers

|United Artists

|Oak Ridge Boys

|ABC/Dot

|John Conlee

|ABC/Dot

|Johnny Duncan

|Columbia/CBS

|Dave & Sugar

|RCA

|Eddie Rabbitt

|Elektra

|Waylon Jennings

|RCA