List of number-one hits of 1978 (Mexico)
# List of number-one hits of 1978 (Mexico)

This is a list of the songs that reached number one in Mexico in 1978, according to Núcleo Radio Mil as published in the Billboard and Notitas Musicales magazines. Also included are the number-one songs according to the Record World magazine.

## Chart history (Billboard)

| Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Label |
| - | - | - | - |
| January 13 | "Ma Baker" | Boney M./Grupo El Tren | RCA / Orfeón |
| January 20 | "Ma Baker" | Boney M./Grupo El Tren | RCA / Orfeón |
| January 27 | "Si tú te vas" | Camilo Sesto | Ariola |
| February 3 | "Ma Baker" | Boney M./Grupo El Tren | RCA / Orfeón |
| February 10 | "Si tú te vas" | Camilo Sesto | Ariola |
| February 24 | "Si tú te vas" | Camilo Sesto | Ariola |
| March 3 | "Si tú te vas" | Camilo Sesto | Ariola |
| March 10 | "Amigo" | Roberto Carlos | CBS |
| March 17 | "Blue Bayou" | Linda Ronstadt | Asylum |
| April 7 | "Blue Bayou" | Linda Ronstadt | Asylum |
| April 14 | "Blue Bayou" | Linda Ronstadt | Asylum |
| April 21 | "Blue Bayou" | Linda Ronstadt | Asylum |
| May 5 | "Aunque te enamores" | Juan Gabriel | Ariola |
| May 19 | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees | RSO |
| May 26 | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees | RSO |
| June 16 | "El negro José" | Los Virtuosos de la Salsa | GAS |
| July 21 | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees | RSO |
| August 4 | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees | RSO |
| August 18 | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees | RSO |
| September 1 | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees | RSO |
| October 13 | "Rivers of Babylon" | Boney M. | RCA |

## Chart history (Record World)

| Issue Date | Popularity | Popularity | Sales | Sales | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
| January 7 | "Pajarillo" | Napoleón | "Pajarillo" | Napoleón | |
| January 21 | "Son tus perjúmenes, mujer" | Los Alvarado | "Son tus perjúmenes, mujer" | Los Alvarado | |
| February 25 | N/A | N/A | "Eres toda una mujer" | Raúl Vale | |
| March 23 | "María José" | Juan Gabriel | "Si tú te vas" | Camilo Sesto | |
| May 20 | "El pasadiscos" | Diego Verdaguer | "El pasadiscos" | Diego Verdaguer | |
| June 10 | "El pasadiscos" | Diego Verdaguer | "Aunque te enamores" | Juan Gabriel | |
| July 1 | "Aunque te enamores" | Juan Gabriel | "Aunque te enamores" | Juan Gabriel | |
| September 2 | "Juro que nunca volveré" | Lupita D'Alessio | "Juro que nunca volveré" | Lucha Villa | |
| September 23 | "Juro que nunca volveré" | Lupita D'Alessio | "Juro que nunca volveré" | Lucha Villa | |
| October 7 | "Golondrina de ojos negros" | Rigo Tovar con Mariachi | "Juro que nunca volveré" | Lucha Villa/Lupita D'Alessio | |
| October 28 | "Corazón herido" | Aria 8 | "Juro que nunca volveré" | Lucha Villa/Lupita D'Alessio | |
| November 11 | "Juro que nunca volveré" | Lupita D'Alessio | "Juro que nunca volveré" | Lucha Villa/Lupita D'Alessio | |
| December 2 | "Yo quisiera, señor locutor" | Verónica Castro | "Por muchas razones te quiero" | Palito Ortega | |
| December 23 | "Yo quisiera, señor locutor" | Verónica Castro | "Mi fracaso" | Juan Gabriel | |
