| Issue date | Song | Artist | Weeks at
number one |
| 1968[1] |
| 2 January | "Monja"†[2] | Roland W. | 5 |
| 6 February | "Judy in Disguise" | John Fred & His Playboy Band | 5 |
| 12 March | "Words" | Bee Gees | 2 |
| 26 March | "Lady Madonna" | The Beatles | 4 |
| 23 April | "Delilah" | Tom Jones | 8 |
| 18 June | "A Man Without Love" | Engelbert Humperdinck | 6 |
| 30 July | "Heavenly Club" | Les Sauterelles | 6 |
| 10 September | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles | 6 |
| 22 October | "Those Were the Days" | Mary Hopkin | 6 |
| 3 December | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Joe Cocker | 1 |
| 10 December | "My Little Lady" | The Tremeloes | 1 |
| 17 December | "Eloise"†[3] (1969) | Barry Ryan | 6 |
| 1969[4] |
| 28 January | "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" | The Beatles | 6 |
| 11 March | "Crimson and Clover" | Tommy James and the Shondells | 2 |
| 25 March | "Atlantis" | Donovan | 4 |
| 22 April | "Sorry Suzanne" | The Hollies | 2 |
| 6 May | "Get Back / Don't Let Me Down" | The Beatles with Billy Preston | 4 |
| 3 June | "Mendocino" | Sir Douglas Quintet | 1 |
| 10 June | "Ballad of John and Yoko" | The Beatles | 2 |
| 24 June | "Mendocino" | Sir Douglas Quintet | 3 |
| 15 July | "Oh Happy Day" | The Edwin Hawkins Singers | 1 |
| 22 July | "Mendocino" | Sir Douglas Quintet | 1 |
| 29 July | "Honky Tonk Women" | The Rolling Stones | 4 |
| 26 August | "In the Year 2525" | Zager and Evans | 1 |
| 2 September | "Je t'aime... moi non plus" | Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin | 8 |
| 28 October | "Grüezi wohl, Frau Stirnimaa" | Die Minstrels | 10 |
| 1970[5] |
| 6 January | "Venus" | The Shocking Blue | 4 |
| 3 February | "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" | Steam | 5 |
| 10 March | "Let It Be" | The Beatles | 7 |
| 28 April | "Mademoiselle Ninette" | Soulful Dynamics | 8 |
| 23 June | "El Cóndor Pasa" | Simon and Garfunkel | 9 |
| 25 August | "In the Summertime" | Mungo Jerry | 4 |
| 22 September | "A Song of Joy"†[6] | Miguel Ríos | 7 |
| 10 November | "Black Night" | Deep Purple | 4 |
| 8 December | "San Bernadino" | Christie | 6 |
| 1971[7] |
| 19 January | "My Sweet Lord" | George Harrison | 5 |
| 23 February | "Butterfly" | Danyel Gérard | 6 |
| 6 April | "What Is Life" | George Harrison | 1 |
| 13 April | "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" | Lynn Anderson | 7 |
| 1 June | "Brown Sugar" | The Rolling Stones | 1 |
| 8 June | "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"†[8] | Middle of the Road | 9 |
| 10 August | "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 |
| 31 August | "Co-Co" | Sweet | 6 |
| 12 October | "Mamy Blue" | Pop Tops | 10 |
| 21 December | "Akropolis adieu" | Mireille Mathieu | 3 |
| 1972[9] |
| 11 January | "Soley Soley" | Middle of the Road | 3 |
| 1 February | "I Will Return" | Springwater | 1 |
| 8 February | "Sacramento" | Middle of the Road | 6 |
| 21 March | "How Do You Do" | Mouth & MacNeal | 5 |
| 25 April | "Après toi" | Vicky Leandros | 7 |
| 13 June | "One Way Wind" | The Cats | 5 |
| 18 July | "Song Sung Blue" | Neil Diamond | 4 |
| 22 August | "Popcorn"†[10] | Hot Butter | 10 |
| 31 October | "Silver Machine" | Hawkwind | 3 |
| 21 November | "Mexico" | Les Humphries Singers | 9 |
| 1973[11] |
| 23 January | "Ich fange nie mehr was an einem Sonntag an" | Monica Morell | 5 |
| 27 February | "Crocodile Rock" | Elton John | 3 |
| 20 March | "Mama Loo" | Les Humphries Singers | 5 |
| 24 April | "Der Junge mit der Mundharmonika" | Bernd Clüver | 7 |
| 12 June | "Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye"†[12] | Demis Roussos | 12 |
| 12 September | "Can the Can" | Suzi Quatro | 6 |
| 24 October | "Angie" | The Rolling Stones | 4 |
| 21 November | "I'd Love You to Want Me" | Lobo | 12 |
| 1974[13] |
| 20 February | "Kansas City" | Les Humphries Singers | 4 |
| 20 March | "Tchip Tchip" | Cash & Carry | 5 |
| 24 April | "Waterloo" | ABBA | 9 |
| 26 June | "Seasons in the Sun"†[14] | Terry Jacks | 3 |
| 17 July | "Sugar Baby Love" | The Rubettes | 8 |
| 11 September | "Rock Your Baby" | George McCrae | 6 |
| 23 October | "Gigi l'amoroso" | Dalida | 2 |
| 6 November | "I'm Leaving It All Up to You" | Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond | 12 |
| 1975[15] |
| 31 January | "I Can Help" | Billy Swan | 6 |
| 14 March | "Longfellow Serenade" | Neil Diamond | 1 |
| 21 March | "I Can Help" | Billy Swan | 1 |
| 4 April | "Griechischer Wein" | Udo Jürgens | 2 |
| 18 April | "Ding-A-Dong" | Teach-In | 5 |
| 23 May | "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" | ABBA | 5 |
| 27 June | "Only You Can" | Fox | 2 |
| 11 July | "Paloma Blanca" | George Baker Selection | 8 |
| 5 September | "Tornerò"†[16] | I Santo California | 6 |
| 17 October | "Dolannes-Melodie" | Jean-Claude Borelly | 16 |
| 1976[17] |
| 6 February | "Mamma Mia" | ABBA | 2 |
| 20 February | "Moviestar" | Harpo | 5 |
| 26 March | "Mississippi" | Pussycat | 1 |
| 2 April | "Fernando"†[18] | ABBA | 11 |
| 25 June | "Let Your Love Flow" | The Bellamy Brothers | 5 |
| 30 July | "Die kleine Kneipe" | Peter Alexander | 5 |
| 3 September | "Verde" | Ricky King | 6 |
| 15 October | "Daddy Cool" | Boney M. | 14 |
| 1977[19] |
| 22 January | "Anita" | Costa Cordalis | 3 |
| 12 February | "Living Next Door to Alice"†[20] | Smokie | 7 |
| 2 April | "Swiss Lady" | Pepe Lienhard Band | 8 |
| 4 June | "Rock Bottom" | Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran | 2 |
| 18 June | "Ma Baker" | Boney M. | 3 |
| 9 July | "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" | Baccara | 8 |
| 3 September | "Magic Fly" | Space | 2 |
| 17 September | "Ti amo" | Umberto Tozzi | 6 |
| 5 November | "Ballade pour Adeline" | Richard Clayderman | 2 |
| 19 November | "Belfast" | Boney M. | 10 |
| 1978[21] |
| 28 January | "Mull of Kintyre" | Wings | 10 |
| 15 April | "Rivers of Babylon"†[22] | Boney M. | 14 |
| 22 July | "Tu" | Umberto Tozzi | 5 |
| 2 September | "Ça plane pour moi" | Plastic Bertrand | 1 |
| 9 September | "You're the One That I Want" | John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John | 7 |
| 28 October | "Mama Leone" | Bino | 4 |
| 26 November | "You're the Greatest Lover" | Luv' | 3 |
| 17 December | "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" | Boney M. | 5 |
| 1979[23] |
| 21 January | "Y.M.C.A."[24] | Village People | 8 |
| 18 March | "Chiquitita" | ABBA | 2 |
| 1 April | "Heart of Glass" | Blondie | 3 |
| 22 April | "One Way Ticket" | Eruption | 4 |
| 20 May | "Music Box Dancer" | Frank Mills | 5 |
| 24 June | "Hot Stuff" | Donna Summer | 1 |
| 1 July | "Pop Muzik" | M | 3 |
| 22 July | "Gloria" | Umberto Tozzi | 4 |
| 19 August | "Tu sei l'unica donna per me" | Alan Sorrenti | 9 |
| 21 October | "We Don't Talk Anymore" | Cliff Richard | 6 |
| 2 December | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" | ABBA | 1 |
| 9 December | "Video Killed the Radio Star" | The Buggles | 2 |
| 23 December | "Todesengel" | Frank Duval | 4 |
