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

Number-one singles

Key
Number-one song of the year
Contents
1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980s →
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

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