Desert Island Songs - 1978

This page is a list of performers and songs with tracks I love broken down by the year the song was released (or first peaked on a pop chart). For more information check out the intro page.

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• 10cc, "Dreadlock Holiday"
• 999, "Homicide"
• A Taste Of Honey, "Boogie Oogie Oogie"
• AC-DC, "Gone Shootin'"
• Aerosmith, "Kings and Queens"
• Aerosmith, "Come Together"
• Al Stewart, "The Palace Of Versailles"
• Al Stewart, "Time Passages"
• Andrew Gold, "Thank You for Being a Friend"
• Atlanta Rhythm Section, "Imaginary Lover"
• Be Bop Deluxe, "Panic In The World"
• Billy Joel, "Stiletto"
• Billy Joel, "Zanzibar"
• Billy Joel, "Only the Good Die Young"
• Billy Joel, "Just The Way You Are"
• Billy Joel, "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
• Blondie, "Picture This"
• Blondie, "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear"
• Blondie, "Fade Away And Radiate"
• Blue oyster Cult, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
• Bob James, "Angela (Theme From Taxi)"
• Bob Seger, "Old Time Rock & Roll"
• Bob Seger, "Still The Same"
• Bob Seger, "Hollywood Nights"
• Bob Welch, "Hot Love, Cold World"
• Bob Welch, "Sentimental Lady"
• Bob Welch, "Ebony Eyes"
• Bonnie Tyler, "It's a Heartache"
• Boston, "Don't Be Afraid"
• Boston, "It's Easy"
• Boston, "Party"
• Boston, "Don't Look Back"
• Bruce Springsteen, "Prove It All Night"
• Bruce Springsteen, "Badlands"
• Buzzcocks, "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)"
• Buzzcocks, "What Do I Get"
• Carly Simon, "You Belong To Me"
• Cars, "You're All I've Got Tonight"
• Cars, "Moving In Stereo"
• Cars, "Don't Cha Stop"
• Cars, "Bye Bye Love"
• Cars, "All Mixed Up"
• Chicago, "Take Me Back to Chicago"
• Chicago, "Alive Again"
• Chuck Mangione, "Feels So Good"
• Clash, "Stay Free"
• Clash, "Safe European Home"
• Clash, "English Civil War"
• Clash, "Clash City Rockers"
• Clout, "Substitute"
• Commodores, "Brick House"
• Crystal Gayle, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
• Cure, "Killing An Arab"
• Dan Hill, "Sometimes When We Touch"
• David Bowie, "Heroes"
• Devo, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
• Devo, "Uncontrollable Urge"
• Devo, "Be Stiff"
• Devo, "Mongoloid"
• Dire Straits, "Water of Love"
• Dire Straits, "Six Blade Knife"
• Dire Straits, "Lions"
• Dire Straits, "In The Gallery"
• Dire Straits, "Down To The Waterline"
• Donna Summer, "Last Dance"
• Earth, Wind & Fire, "Fantasy"
• Earth, Wind & Fire, "Got to Get You into My Life"
• Eddie Money, "Two Tickets to Paradise"
• Eddie Money, "Baby Hold On"
• Electric Light Orchestra, "Sweet Talkin' Woman"
• Electric Light Orchestra, "It's Over"
• Electric Light Orchestra, "Mr. Blue Sky"
• Electric Light Orchestra, "Turn To Stone"
• Elvis Costello, "Radio, Radio"
• Elvis Costello, "Pump It Up"
• Elvis Costello, "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea"
• Elvis Costello, "Watching the Detectives"
• Eric Clapton, "Lay Down Sally"
• Evelyn Champagne King, "Shame"
• Exile, "Kiss You All Over"
• Fleetwood Mac, "Rhiannon"
• Fleetwood Mac, "You Make Loving Fun"
• Foreigner, "Long, Long Way From Home"
• Foreigner, "Double Vision"
• Foreigner, "Feels Like the First Time"
• Foreigner, "Cold as Ice"
• Foreigner, "Hot Blooded"
• Frankie Valli, "Grease"
• Genesis, "Follow You Follow Me"
• George Benson, "On Broadway (live)"
• George Thorogood & The Destroyers, "Who Do You Love"
• Gerry Rafferty, "Right Down The Line"
• Gerry Rafferty, "Baker Street"
• Heart, "Heartless"
• Heart, "Straight On"
• Jackson 5, "Blame It on the Boogie"
• Jackson Browne, "Running On Empty"
• James Taylor, "Your Smiling Face"
• Jay Ferguson, "Thunder Island"
• Jefferson Starship, "Count on Me"
• Jimmy Buffett, "Cheeseburger In Paradise"
• Joe Walsh, "Life's Been Good"
• John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, "Summer Nights"
• Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams, "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"
• Journey, "Wheel in the Sky"
• Journey, "Lights"
• Journey, "Anytime"
• Journey, "Feeling That Way"
• Justin Hayward, "Forever Autumn"
• Kansas, "Portrait (He Knew)"
• Kansas, "Point of Know Return"
• Kansas, "Dust in the Wind"
• Kansas, "Carry on Wayward Son"
• Kate Bush, "Them Heavy People"
• Kate Bush, "Wuthering Heights"
• Kate Bush, "Fullhouse"
• Kate Bush, "Symphony in Blue"
• Kate Bush, "Kashka From Baghdad"
• Kate Bush, "Hammer Horror"
• Kate Bush, "Kite"
• Kate Bush, "Don't Push Your Foot On"
• Kenny Loggins, "Whenever I Call You Friend"
• Kinks, "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy"
• Kinks, "Father Christmas"
• Kraftwerk, "Trans-Europe Express"
• Linda Ronstadt, "It's So Easy"
• Linda Ronstadt, "Blue Bayou"
• Little River Band, "Reminiscing"
• Little River Band, "Happy Anniversary"
• Lynyrd Skynyrd, "What's Your Name"
• Maxine Nightingale, "Right Back Where We Started From"
• Meat Loaf, "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"
• Michael Johnson, "Bluer Than Blue"
• Nick Gilder, "Hot Child In The City"
• Nick Lowe, "I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass"
• Nick Lowe, "36 Inches High"
• Nick Lowe, "So It Goes"
• Nick Lowe, "Heart Of The City"
• Olivia Newton-John, "Please Don't Keep Me Waiting"
• Olivia Newton-John, "Hopelessly Devoted To You"
• Pablo Cruise, "Love Will Find A Way"
• Parliament, "Flash Light"
• Patti Smith, "Babelogue & Rock & Roll Nigger"
• Patti Smith, "Ghost Dance"
• Patti Smith, "Because the Night"
• Paul Davis, "I Go Crazy"
• Paul McCartney & Wings, "With a Little Luck"
• Paul Simon, "Slip Slidin' Away"
• Player, "Baby Come Back"
• Queen, "We Are the Champions"
• REO Speedwagon, "Time for Me to Fly"
• Ram Jam, "Black Betty"
• Ramones, "Rockaway Beach"
• Ramones, "I Wanna Be Sedated"
• Ray Parker Jr., "You Can't Change That"
• Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, "Closer I Get To You"
• Rod Stewart, "You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)"
• Rod Stewart, "Hot Legs"
• Rolling Stones, "Miss You"
• Rolling Stones, "Beast of Burden"
• Rutles, "Let's Be Natural"
• Rutles, "Ouch!"
• Rutles, "Get Up and Go"
• Samantha Sang, "Emotion"
• Santana, "Open Invitation"
• Santana, "She's Not There"
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, "Hong Kong Garden"
• Squeeze, "Goodbye Girl"
• Squeeze, "Take Me I'm Yours"
• Steely Dan, "Josie"
• Steely Dan, "FM (No Static at All)"
• Steely Dan, "Deacon Blues"
• Steely Dan, "Peg"
• Steve Miller Band, "Swingtown"
• Styx, "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)"
• Styx, "Come Sail Away"
• Styx, "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)"
• Sweet, "Love Is Like Oxygen"
• Sweet, "California Nights"
• Talking Heads, "I'm Not in Love"
• Talking Heads, "Artists Only"
• Talking Heads, "Found a Job"
• Talking Heads, "The Girls Want to Be With the Girls"
• Talking Heads, "Warning Sign"
• Talking Heads, "Psycho Killer"
• Todd Rundgren, "Can We Still Be Friends"
• Tom Petty, "Breakdown"
• Tom Petty, "I Need To Know"
• Tom Petty, "Listen To Her Heart"
• Trammps, "Disco Inferno"
• Van Halen, "Jamie's Cryin'"
• Van Halen, "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"
• Van Halen, "Eruption"
• Van Halen, "You Really Got Me"
• Walter Egan, "Magnet and Steel"
• Warren Zevon, "Lawyers, Guns and Money"
• Warren Zevon, "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner"
• Warren Zevon, "Excitable Boy"
• Warren Zevon, "Werewolves of London"
• Who, "Who Are You"
• XTC, "Traffic Light Rock"
• XTC, "This Is Pop"
• XTC, "Statue Of Liberty"
• Yvonne Elliman, "If I Can't Have You"

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