List of number-one singles from 1968 to 1979 (Switzerland) explained

This is a list of singles that reached number one on the Swiss Hitparade from 1968 through 1979.

Number-one singles

Issue dateSongArtistWeeks at
number one
1968[1]
2 January bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Monja"[2] Roland W. 5
6 February "Judy in Disguise" 5
12 March "Words" 2
26 March "Lady Madonna" 4
23 April "Delilah" 8
18 June "A Man Without Love" 6
30 July "Heavenly Club" 6
10 September "Hey Jude" The Beatles 6
22 October "Those Were the Days" 6
3 December "With a Little Help from My Friends" 1
10 December "My Little Lady" 1
17 December bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Eloise"[3] (1969) 6
1969[4]
28 January "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" 6
11 March "Crimson and Clover" 2
25 March "Atlantis" 4
22 April "Sorry Suzanne" 2
6 May "Get Back / Don't Let Me Down" 4
3 June "Mendocino" 1
10 June "Ballad of John and Yoko" The Beatles 2
24 June "Mendocino" Sir Douglas Quintet 3
15 July "Oh Happy Day" 1
22 July "Mendocino" Sir Douglas Quintet 1
29 July "Honky Tonk Women" 4
26 August "In the Year 2525" 1
2 September "Je t'aime... moi non plus" 8
28 October "Grüezi wohl, Frau Stirnimaa" Die Minstrels 10
1970[5]
6 January "Venus" 4
3 February "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" 5
10 March "Let It Be" 7
28 April "Mademoiselle Ninette" 8
23 June "El Cóndor Pasa" 9
25 August "In the Summertime" 4
22 September bgcolor=#FFFF99 "A Song of Joy"[6] 7
10 November "Black Night" 4
8 December "San Bernadino" 6
1971[7]
19 January "My Sweet Lord" 5
23 February "Butterfly" 6
6 April "What Is Life" George Harrison 1
13 April "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" 7
1 June "Brown Sugar" 1
8 June bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"[8] 9
10 August "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" 3
31 August "Co-Co" 6
12 October "Mamy Blue" 10
21 December "Akropolis adieu" 3
1972[9]
11 January "Soley Soley" 3
1 February "I Will Return" 1
8 February "Sacramento" Middle of the Road 6
21 March "How Do You Do" 5
25 April "Après toi" 7
13 June "One Way Wind" 5
18 July "Song Sung Blue" 4
22 August bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Popcorn"[10] 10
31 October "Silver Machine" 3
21 November "Mexico" 9
1973[11]
23 January "Ich fange nie mehr was an einem Sonntag an" 5
27 February "Crocodile Rock" 3
20 March "Mama Loo" Les Humphries Singers 5
24 April "Der Junge mit der Mundharmonika" 7
12 June bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye"[12] 12
12 September "Can the Can" 6
24 October "Angie" 4
21 November "I'd Love You to Want Me" 12
1974[13]
20 February "Kansas City" 4
20 March "Tchip Tchip" Cash & Carry 5
24 April "Waterloo" 9
26 June bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Seasons in the Sun"[14] 3
17 July "Sugar Baby Love" 8
11 September "Rock Your Baby" 6
23 October "Gigi l'amoroso" 2
6 November "I'm Leaving It All Up to You" 12
1975[15]
31 January "I Can Help" 6
14 March "Longfellow Serenade" 1
21 March "I Can Help" Billy Swan 1
4 April "Griechischer Wein" 2
18 April "Ding-A-Dong" 5
23 May "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" 5
27 June "Only You Can" 2
11 July "Paloma Blanca" 8
5 September bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Tornerò"[16] 6
17 October "Dolannes-Melodie" 16
1976[17]
6 February "Mamma Mia" 2
20 February "Moviestar" 5
26 March "Mississippi" 1
2 April bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Fernando"[18] ABBA 11
25 June "Let Your Love Flow" 5
30 July "Die kleine Kneipe" 5
3 September "Verde" 6
15 October "Daddy Cool" 14
1977[19]
22 January "Anita" 3
12 February bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Living Next Door to Alice"[20] 7
2 April "Swiss Lady" 8
4 June "Rock Bottom" 2
18 June "Ma Baker" 3
9 July "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" 8
3 September "Magic Fly" 2
17 September "Ti amo" 6
5 November "Ballade pour Adeline" 2
19 November "Belfast" Boney M. 10
1978[21]
28 January "Mull of Kintyre" 10
15 April bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Rivers of Babylon"[22] 14
22 July "Tu" 5
2 September "Ça plane pour moi" 1
9 September "You're the One That I Want" 7
28 October "Mama Leone" 4
26 November "You're the Greatest Lover" 3
17 December "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" Boney M. 5
1979[23]
21 January bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Y.M.C.A."[24] 8
18 March "Chiquitita" 2
1 April "Heart of Glass" 3
22 April "One Way Ticket" 4
20 May "Music Box Dancer" 5
24 June "Hot Stuff" 1
1 July "Pop Muzik" 3
22 July "Gloria" 4
19 August "Tu sei l'unica donna per me" 9
21 October "We Don't Talk Anymore" 6
2 December "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" ABBA 1
9 December "Video Killed the Radio Star" 2
23 December "Todesengel" 4

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.swisscharts.com/statistics.asp?view=number1&year=1968 Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1968)
  2. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1968 Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1968)
  3. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1969 Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1969)
  4. http://www.swisscharts.com/statistics.asp?view=number1&year=1969 Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1969)
  5. http://www.swisscharts.com/statistics.asp?view=number1&year=1970 Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1970)
  6. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1970 Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1970)
  7. http://www.swisscharts.com/statistics.asp?view=number1&year=1971 Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1971)
  8. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1971 Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1971)
  9. http://www.swisscharts.com/statistics.asp?view=number1&year=1972 Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1972)
  10. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1972 Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1972)
  11. http://www.swisscharts.com/statistics.asp?view=number1&year=1973 Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1973)
  12. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1973 Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1973)
  13. http://www.swisscharts.com/statistics.asp?view=number1&year=1974 Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1974)
  14. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1974 Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1974)
  15. http://www.swisscharts.com/statistics.asp?view=number1&year=1975 Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1975)
  16. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1975 Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1975)
  17. http://www.swisscharts.com/statistics.asp?view=number1&year=1976 Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1976)
  18. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1976 Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1976)
  19. http://www.swisscharts.com/statistics.asp?view=number1&year=1977 Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1977)
  20. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1977 Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1977)
  21. http://www.swisscharts.com/statistics.asp?view=number1&year=1978 Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1978)
  22. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1978 Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1978)
  23. http://www.swisscharts.com/statistics.asp?view=number1&year=1979 Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1979)
  24. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1979 Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1979)