HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Because The Night” by Patti Smith
“Because The Night” by Patti Smith finished No. 72 on the year-end Top 100 of 1978, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 721978
Year-end charts11978
ArtistPatti Smith1 year-end hit
Decade1970ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1978 was “Shadow Dancing” by Andy Gibb.
Play “Because The Night”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1978 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1978 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | Summer Nights | John Travolta and Olivia Newton-john | ▶♪ |
| 70 | What's Your Name | Lynyrd Skynyrd | ▶♪ |
| 71 | Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue | Crystal Gayle | ▶♪ |
| 72 | Because The Night | Patti Smith | ▶♪ |
| 73 | Every Kinda People | Robert Palmer | ▶♪ |
| 74 | Copacabana | Barry Manilow | ▶♪ |
| 75 | Always And Forever | Heatwave | ▶♪ |
Same title, different hit
“Because The Night” by 10,000 Maniacs (1994)
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.