List of UK top-ten singles in 1977
Entries Artist Country of origin Weeks Singles
4 Boney M Germany / Jamaica / Aruba 18 Belfast , Daddy Cool , Ma Baker , Sunny
4 Showaddywaddy United Kingdom 19 Dancin ' Party , Under the Moon of Love , When , You Got What It Takes
3 ABBA Sweden 19 Knowing Me , Knowing You , Money , Money , Money , The Name of the Game
3 David Soul United Kingdom / United States 25 Do n't Give Up on Us , Going In with My Eyes Open , Silver Lady
3 Donna Summer United States 8 Down Deep Inside ( Theme from The Deep ) , I Feel Love , Love 's Unkind
3 Electric Light Orchestra United Kingdom 6 Livin ' Thing , Rockaria ! , Telephone Line
3 Elvis Presley United States 16 Moody Blue , Suspicion , Way Down
3 Sex Pistols United Kingdom 9 God Save the Queen , Holidays in the Sun , Pretty Vacant
3 Smokie United Kingdom 8 It 's Your Life , Living Next Door to Alice , Needles and Pins
3 The Stranglers United Kingdom 6 No More Heroes , Peaches , Something Better Change
2 10cc United Kingdom 8 Good Morning Judge , The Things We Do for Love
2 Brotherhood of Man United Kingdom 12 Angelo , Oh Boy
2 Deniece Williams United States 11 Free , That 's What Friends Are For
2 Elkie Brooks United Kingdom 4 Pearl 's a Singer , Sunshine After the Rain
2 Julie Covington United Kingdom 10 Do n't Cry for Me Argentina , O.K . ?
2 Leo Sayer United Kingdom 8 How Much Love , When I Need You
2 Queen United Kingdom 9 Somebody to Love , We Are the Champions
2 Rod Stewart United Kingdom 14 I Do n't Want to Talk About It / The First Cut Is the Deepest , You 're in My Heart ( The Final Acclaim )
2 Stevie Wonder United States 7 I Wish , Sir Duke
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US disco icon Donna Summer scored three top 10 hits this year , including her only UK number-one single , `` I Feel Love '' . Rod Stewart achieved two top 10 entries in 1977 . `` I Do n't Want to Talk About It '' / '' The First Cut Is the Deepest '' spent four weeks at number one in May and June , while `` You 're in My Heart ( The Final Acclaim ) '' reached number three in October . The Jacksons ( formerly known as The Jackson 5 ) scored their only UK number-one single in June with `` Show You the Way to Go '' , which lasted six weeks in the top 10 . See also : List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1970s § 1977 The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1977 , including singles that reached their peak in 1976 or 1978 . The figures include both main artists and featured artists , while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist . The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1976 is also shown .
The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1977, as well as songs which peaked in 1976 and 1978 but were in the top 10 in 1977. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced). One-hundred and seventeen songs were in the top ten in 1977. Eleven singles from 1976 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while It's a Heartache by Bonnie Tyler and Love's Unkind by Donna Summer were both released in 1977 but did not reach their peak until 1978. Portsmouth by Mike Oldfield, Living Next Door to Alice by Smokie and Dr. Love by Tina Charles were the songs from 1976 to reach their peak in 1977. Nineteen artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1977. David Soul, Boney M., Deniece Williams, the Sex Pistols and Darts were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1977. The 1976 Christmas number-one, When a Child Is Born (Soleado) by Johnny Mathis, remained at number-one for the first week of 1977. The first new number-one single of the year was Don't Give Up on Us by David Soul. Overall, eighteen different songs peaked at number-one in 1977, with ABBA and David Soul (2) having the joint most songs hit that position.