Sorry about those ‘78 songs, bud. IMHO the music scene definitely started downhill from about ‘75.
Did a google on the top ten songs of my graduation year, ‘72...
Superstition Stevie Wonder
2. Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone The Temptations
3. Smoke on the Water Deep Purple
4. Lean on Me Bill Withers
5. Heart of Gold Neil Young
6. Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed
7. You Are the Sunshine of My Life Stevie Wonder
8. If You Don’t Know Me by Now Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
9. I’ll Take You There The Staple Singers
10. Tumbling Dice The Rolling Stones
BPE
Your year definitely beat our year. Maybe it had something to do with Jimmuh being president?
1. Bette Davis Eyes, Kim Carnes
2. Endless Love, Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
3. Lady, Kenny Rogers
4. (Just Like) Starting Over, John Lennon
5. Jessie's Girl, Rick Springfield
6. Celebration, Kool and The Gang
7. Kiss On My List, Daryl Hall and John Oates
8. I Love A Rainy Night, Eddie Rabbitt
9. 9 To 5, Dolly Parton
10. Keep On Loving You, REO Speedwagon
I also like a completely different "Smoke on the Water" by Boyd Heath (Bluebird #33/0522, 1945):
"There'll be smoke on the water, on the land and on the sea,
When our army and navy overtake the enemy.
There'll be smoke on the mountain where the heathen gods stay,
And the sun that was rising will go down on that day."
10 - Don Henley - “The Boys of Summer”
9 - Wham(!) - “Careless Whisper”
8 - Billy Ocean - “Carribean Queen”
7 - Madonna - “Like a Virgen”
6 - Chicago - “Hard Habit to Break”
5 - Billy Idol - “Eyes Without a Face”
4 - Dan Hartman - “I can Dream About You”
3 - U2 - “Pride (In the Name of Love)”
2 - Tina Turner - “Better Be Good to Me”
1 - Cyndi Lauper - “Time After Time”
All in all, it mostly sucked.