Record numbers followed by 'R' denote song returned to the number 3 spot after slipping down the chart (but never reached either number 1 or 2).
| No. | Chart Date | For Week Ending | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 308 | Dec 1979 | Nolans | I'm In The Mood For Dancing | |
| 307 | Dec 1979 | Fiddler's Dram | Day Trip To Bangor (Didn't We Have A Lovely Time) | |
| 306 | Dec 1979 | KC And The Sunshine Band | Please Don't Go | |
| 305 | Dec 1979 | Sugarhill Gang | Rapper's Delight | |
| 304 | Nov 1979 | Jam | The Eton Rifles | |
| 303 | Nov 1979 | Donna Summer And Barbra Streisand | No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) | |
| 302 | Oct 1979 | Abba | Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) | |
| 301 | Sep 1979 | Sad Café | Every Day Hurts | |
| 300 | Sep 1979 | Michael Jackson | Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough | |
| 299 | Sep 1979 | Electric Light Orchestra | Don't Bring Me Down | |
| 298 | Aug 1979 | Bellamy Brothers | If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me | |
| 297 | Aug 1979 | Ian Dury And The Blockheads | Reasons To Be Cheerful (Pt. 3) | |
| 296 | jul 1979 | Abba | Angeleyes / Voulez-Vous | |
| 295 | Jun 1979 | Sex Pistols: Vocals, Sid Vicious | C'Mon Everybody | |
| 294 | Jun 1979 | Dooleys | Wanted | |
| 293 | Apr 1979 | Boney M | Hooray Hooray It's A Holi-Holiday | |
| 292 | Mar 1979 | Sex Pistols: Vocals, Sid Vicious / Sex Pistols: Vocals, Steve Jones | Something Else / Friggin' In The Riggin' | |
| 291 | Feb 1979 | Lene Lovich | Lucky Number | |
| 290 | Jan 1979 | Three Degrees | Woman In Love | |
| 289 | Dec 1978 | Earth Wind And Fire | September | |
| 288 | Dec 1978 | Barron Knights With Duke D'Mond | A Taste Of Aggro | |
| 287 | Nov 1978 | Bee Gees | Too Much Heaven | |
| 286 | Nov 1978 | Racey | Lay Your Love On Me | |
| 285 | Nov 1978 | Cars | My Best Friend's Girl | |
| 284 | Sep 1978 | Dean Friedman | Lucky Stars | |
| 283 | Aug 1978 | Frankie Valli | Grease | |
| 282 | Aug 1978 | David Essex | Oh What A Circus | |
| 281 | jun 1978 | A Taste Of Honey | Boogie Oogie Oogie | |
| 280 | jun 1978 | Rolling Stones | Miss You / Faraway Eyes | |
| 279 | Jun 1978 | Marshall Hain | Dancing In The City | |
| 278 | May 1978 | James Galway, Flute, National Philharmonic Orchestra: Charles Gerhart | Annie's Song | |
| 277 | Mar 1978 | Johnny Mathis And Deniece Williams | Too Much, Too Little, Too Late | |
| 276 | Feb 1978 | Gerry Rafferty | Baker Street | |
| 275 | Jan 1978 | Rose Royce | Wishing On A Star | |
| 274 | Jan 1978 | Scott Fitzgerald And Yvonne Keeley With The St. Thomas Moore School Choir | If I Had Words | |
| 273 | Dec 1977 | Donna Summer | Love's Unkind | |
| 272 | Oct 1977 | Bee Gees | How Deep Is Your Love | |
| 271 | Oct 1977 | Rod Stewart | You're In My Heart | |
| 270 | Oct 1977 | Status Quo | Rockin' All Over The World | |
| 269 | Apr 1977 | Barbra Streisand | Love Theme From 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen) | |
| 268 | Mar 1977 | Berni Flint | I Don't Want To Put A Hold On You | |
| 267 | Mar 1977 | Boney M | Sunny | |
| 266 | Mar 1977 | Showaddywaddy | When | |
| 265 | Feb 1977 | David Bowie | Sound And Vision | |
| 264 | Dec 1976 | Barry Biggs | Sideshow | |
| 263 | Nov 1976 | Mike Oldfield | Portsmouth | |
| 262 | Nov 1976 | Abba | Money Money Money | |
| 261 | Sep 1976 | Wurzels | I Am A Cider Drinker (Paloma Blanca) | |
| 260 | Jul 1976 | Chi-Lites | You Don't Have To Go | |
| 259 | Jul 1976 | David Dundas | Jeans On | |
| 258 | May 1976 | Robin Sarstedt | My Resistance Is Low | |
| 257 | Apr 1976 | Four Seasons | Silver Star | |
| 256 | Mar 1976 | John Miles | Music | |
| 255 | Mar 1976 | Hank Mizell | Jungle Rock | |
| 254 | Jan 1976 | Manuel And The Music Of The Mountains | Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto De Aranjuez (Theme From 2nd Movement) | |
| 253 | Jan 1976 | Miracles | Love Machine | |
| 252 | Nov 1975 | Bay City Rollers | Money Honey | |
| 251 | Sep 1975 | Drifters | There Goes My First Love | |
| 250 | Jul 1975 | Smokey | If You Think You Know How To Love Me | |
| 249 | May 1975 | Van McCoy With The Soul City Orchestra | The Hustle | |
| 248 | May 1975 | Stylistics | Sing Baby Sing | |
| 247 | Mar 1975 | Peter Shelley | Love Me Love My Dog | |
| 246 | Mar 1975 | Moments And Whatnauts | Girls | |
| 245 | Feb 1975 | Mud | The Secrets That You Keep | |
| 244 | Feb 1975 | Fox | Only You Can | |
| 243 | Jan 1975 | Mac And Katie Kissoon | Sugar Candy Kisses | |
| 242 | Dec 1974 | Kenny | The Bump | |
| 241 | Nov 1974 | Rubettes | Juke Box Jive | |
| 240 | Aug 1974 | Johnny Bristol | Hang On In There Baby | |
| 239 | Jul 1974 | Bay City Rollers | Summerlove Sensation | |
| 238 | Jul 1974 | Slade | The Bangin' Man | |
| 237 | Jul 1974 | Paul McCartney And Wings | Band On The Run | |
| 236 | May 1974 | R Dean Taylor | There's A Ghost In My House | |
| 235 | May 1974 | Paper Lace | The Night Chicago Died | |
| 234 | Apr 1974 | Peters And Lee | Don't Stay Away Too Long | |
| 233 | Apr 1974 | Wombles | Remember You're A Womble | |
| 232 | Apr 1974 | Slade | Everyday | |
| 231 | Mar 1974 | Gary Glitter | Remember Me This Way | |
| 230 | Mar 1974 | Hot Chocolate | Emma | |
| 229 | Jan 1974 | Lulu | The Man Who Sold The World | |
| 228 | Dec 1973 | Cozy Powell | Dance With The Devil | |
| 227 | Oct 1973 | David Bowie | Sorrow | |
| 226 | Sep 1973 | Bobby 'Boris' Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers | Monster Mash | |
| 225 | Aug 1973 | David Essex | Rock On | |
| 224 | Jul 1973 | Limmie And The Family Cookin' | You Can Do Magic | |
| 223 | Jul 1973 | Suzi Quatro | 48 Crash | |
| 222 | Jul 1973 | Mungo Jerry | Alright, Alright, Alright | |
| 221 | Jun 1973 | David Bowie | Life On Mars? | |
| 220 | May 1973 | Medicine Head | One and One Is One | |
| 219 | Apr 1973 | Perry Como | And I Love you So | |
| 218 | Apr 1973 | David Bowie | Drive-In Saturday | |
| 217 | Mar 1973 | David Cassidy | I Am A Clown / Some Kind Of Summer | |
| 216 | Mar 1973 | T. Rex | 20th Century Boy | |
| 215 | Dec 1972 | Carly Simon | You're So Vain | |
| 214 | Nov 1972 | Donny Osmond | Why | |
| 213 | Oct 1972 | Shangri-Las | Leader Of The Pack (Re-Issue) | |
| 212 | Sep 1972 | Python Lee Jackson | In A Broken Dream | |
| 211 | Sep 1972 | Peter Skellern | You're A Lady | |
| 210 | Aug 1972 | Mott The Hoople | All The Young Dudes | |
| 209 | Jul 1972 | Faron Young | It's Four In The Morning | |
| 208 | Jul 1972 | Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do | |
| 207 | Jul 1972 | Hawkwind | Silver Machine | |
| 206 | May 1972 | Michael Jackson | Rockin' Robin | |
| 205 | May 1972 | Lindisfarne | Lady Eleanor | |
| 204 | Apr 1972 | Drifters | At The Club / Saturday Night At The Movies | |
| 203 | Mar 1972 | Gilbert O'Sullivan | Alone Again (Naturally) | |
| 202 | Jan 1972 | Chi-Lites | Have You Seen Her | |
| 201 | Jan 1972 | America | Horse With No Name | |
| 200 | Nov 1971 | Cilla Black | Something Tells Me (Something Is Gonna Happen Tonight) | |
| 199 | Nov 1971 | Piglets | Johnny Reggae | |
| 198 | Sep 1971 | Four Tops | Simple Game | |
| 197 | Jul 1971 | Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando | What Are You Doing Saturday | |
| 196 | May 1971 | Blue Mink | Banner Man | |
| 195 | May 1971 | Elgins | Heaven Must Have Sent You | |
| 194 | feb 1971 | Lynn Anderson | Rose Garden | |
| 193 | Jan 1971 | Ashton, Gardner And Dyke | The Resurrection Shuffle | |
| 192 | Jan 1971 | Supremes | Stoned Love | |
| 191 | Nov 1970 | Neil Diamond | Cracklin' Rosie | |
| 190 | Oct 1970 | Edwin Starr | War | |
| 189 | Oct 1970 | Don Faradon | Indian Reservation | |
| 188 | Aug 1970 | Bobby Bloom | Montego Bay | |
| 187 | Aug 1970 | Chairmen Of The Board | Give Me Just A Little More Time | |
| 186 | Aug 1970 | Three Dog Night | Mama Told Me Not To Come | |
| 185 | Jul 1970 | Marmalade | Rainbow | |
| 184 | Jun 1970 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Up Around The Bend | |
| 183 | Mar 1970 | Andy Williams | Can't Help Falling In Love |