1. Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
2. Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine
3. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
4. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

1. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
2. Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
3. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
4. The Police - So Lonely

1. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)
2. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
3. The Police - So Lonely
4. Magazine - Definitive Gaze

1. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)
2. Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
3. Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine
4. Magazine - Definitive Gaze

1. The Police - So Lonely
2. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
3. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)
4. Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil

1. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
2. Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil
3. The Police - So Lonely
4. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)

1. Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil
2. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
3. The Police - So Lonely
4. Magazine - Definitive Gaze

1. Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil
2. Magazine - Definitive Gaze
3. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)
4. Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine

1. Magazine - Definitive Gaze
2. Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil
3. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
4. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

1. Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine
2. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)
3. Magazine - Definitive Gaze
4. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You

1. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
2. Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil
3. Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine
4. Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis

5. Magazine - Definitive Gaze
6. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)
7. The Police - So Lonely
8. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

1. The Police - So Lonely
2. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)
3. Magazine - Definitive Gaze
4. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You

1. Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine
2. Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
3. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
4. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)

1. Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
2. Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine
3. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
4. Magazine - Definitive Gaze

Halve finaleladder 3:

1 Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine
2 Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil
3 The Police - So Lonely
4 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

1 Magazine - Definitive Gaze
2 Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil
3 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
4 The Police - So Lonely

1. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
2. The Police - So Lonely
3. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)
4. Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil

1. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
2 .Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil
3. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
4. The Police - So Lonely

1. The Police - So Lonely
2. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)
3. Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil
4. Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis

Na twee vrij beroerde uitslagen wordt het nu wel tijd dat er nog een paar toppers doorstoten naar de finale.

1. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
2. The Police - So Lonely
3. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)
4. Magazine - Definitive Gaze

5. Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil
6. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

1. The Police - So Lonely
2. Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
3. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
4. Magazine - Definitive Gaze

1. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
2. Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine
3. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
4 .Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil

Uitslag Finaleladder 3 (33 deelnemers):

1. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?) (53)
2. Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine (49)
3. The Police - So Lonely (46)

4. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (43)
5. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing (38)
6. Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil (37)
7. Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis (33)
8. Magazine - Definitive Gaze (31)

Finaleladder 4:

Bruce Springsteen - Badlands
Bruce Springsteen - Racing in the Street
Chic - I Want Your Love
Donna Summer - MacArthur Park Suite
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea
Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes
Kraftwerk - The Model
Magazine - Shot By Both Sides

Sultans of Swing niet in de finale van het jaar 1978, toch wel een smetje hoor.

1. Kraftwerk - The Model
2. Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes
3. Bruce Springsteen - Racing in the Street
4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea

SoS zou daar altijd in moeten staan. Onbegrijpelijk. Gelukkig wel op z'n minst eentje van The Police. Buzzcocks verbazen me in positieve zin. Nooit gedacht dat die deze finaleladder zouden winnen.

1. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park Suite
2. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea
3. Kraftwerk - The Model
4. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides

1. Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes
2. Kraftwerk - The Model
3. Bruce Springsteen - Badlands
4. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides

Degelijk, maar nu niet om te zeggen dat er hier per se van door moeten naar de finale.

1. Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes
3. Bruce Springsteen - Racing in the Street
3. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park Suite
4. Kraftwerk - The Model

Uitstekende uitslag! Liever Marvin dan The Police gehad, aan de andere kant verdienen zij in hun doorbraakjaar wel een finaleplek. Gelukkig die niet door.

Als de top 3 voortkomt uit mijn top 6 hieronder krijgen we een hele sterke finale, al vrees ik een beetje dat het mijn nummers 7 en 8 worden.

1. Chic - I Want Your Love
2. Kraftwerk - The Model
3. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea

5. Bruce Springsteen - Racing in the Street
6. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park Suite