List of number-one hits of 1978 (Germany)

This is a list of the German Media Control Top100 Singles Chart number-ones of 1978.

Issue date	Song	Artist
2 January	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"	Santa Esmeralda
9 January	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"	Santa Esmeralda
16 January	"Mull of Kintyre"	Wings
23 January
30 January
6 February
13 February
20 February
27 February
6 March
13 March
20 March
27 March	"Das Lied der Schlümpfe"	Vader Abraham & Die Schlümpfe
3 April
10 April
17 April
24 April	"Rivers of Babylon"	Boney M.
1 May
8 May
15 May
22 May
29 May
5 June
12 June
19 June
26 June
3 July
10 July
17 July
24 July
31 July
7 August
14 August	"You're the One That I Want"	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
21 August	"Rivers of Babylon"	Boney M.
28 August	"You're the One That I Want"	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
4 September	"You're the One That I Want"	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
11 September	"Dancing in the City"	Marshall Hain
18 September	"You're the One That I Want"	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
25 September
2 October
9 October	"Rasputin"	Boney M.
16 October	"Mexican Girl"	Smokie
23 October	"Substitute"	Clout
30 October
6 November
13 November	"You're the Greatest Lover"	Luv'
20 November
27 November
4 December
11 December	"Y.M.C.A."	Village People
18 December
25 December