Top 100 Songs of 1972

Below is a list from Billboard magazine’s Top ear-End Hot 100 songs for 1972. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. Learn more about Billboard here.

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1American Pie – Don McLean

2The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack

3The Candy Man – Sammy Davis Jr.

4Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan

5I Gotcha – Joe Tex

6Lean On Me – Bill Withers

7Brand New Key – Melanie

8Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me – Mac Davis

9Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast – Wayne Newton

10Oh Girl – The Chi-Lites

11Let’s Stay Together – Al Green

12Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass

13Nice to Be With You – Gallery

14My Ding-A-Ling – Chuck Berry

15Heart of Gold – Neil Young

16Betcha By Golly, Wow – The Stylistics

17(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right – Luther Ingram

18I’ll Take You There – The Staple Singers

19Ben – Michael Jackson

20The Lion Sleeps Tonight – Robert John

21Slippin’ Into Darkness – War

22Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) – The Hollies

23How Do You Do – Mouth and MacNeal

24Song Sung Blue – Neil Diamond

25Popcorn – Hot Butter

26Everybody Plays the Fool – The Main Ingredient

27Precious and Few – Climax

28Last Night I Didn’t Get to Sleep At All – The 5th Dimension

29Nights In White Satin – The Moody Blues

30Go All the Way – The Raspberries

31Back Stabbers – The O’Jays

32Too Late to Turn Back Now – Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose

33Sunshine (Go Away Today) – Jonathan Edwards

34Starting All Over Again – Mel and Tim

35Day After Day – Badfinger

36Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long Long Time) – Elton John

37Beautiful Sunday – Daniel Boone

38Scorpio – Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band

39Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens

40The City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie

41Garden Party – Rick Nelson

42I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash

43Clean Up Woman – Betty Wright

44Hold Your Head Up – Argent

More 56 Top Songs of 1972

Without You – Nilsson

Outa-Space – Billy Preston

A Horse With No Name – America

Down by the Lazy River – The Osmonds

Rockin’ Robin – Michael Jackson

Burning Love – Elvis Presley

Jungle Fever – The Chakachas

Everything I Own – Bread

In the Rain – The Dramatics

Look What You Done for Me – Al Green

The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. – Donna Fargo

Bang a Gong (Get It On) – T. Rex

Mother and Child Reunion – Paul Simon

Where Is the Love – Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

I’m Still In Love With You – Al Green

Layla – Derek and The Dominos

Day Dreaming – Aretha Franklin

The Way of Love – Cher

Black & White – Three Dog Night

Sylvia’s Mother – Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show

Hurting Each Other – The Carpenters

Coconut – Nilsson

Puppy Love – Donny Osmond

You Don’t Mess Around With Jim – Jim Croce

Hot Rod Lincoln – Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

A Cowboy’s Work Is Never Done – Sonny and Cher

Joy – Apollo 100

Anticipation – Carly Simon

Never Been to Spain – Three Dog Night

Kiss an Angel Good Morning – Charlie Pride

School’s Out – Alice Cooper

Saturday In the Park – Chicago

Drowning In the Sea of Love – Joe Simon

Use Me – Bill Withers

Family Affair – Sly and The Family Stone

Troglodyte (Cave Man) – Jimmy Castor Bunch

The Witch Queen of New Orleans – Redbone

Freddie’s Dead (Theme from ‘Superfly’) – Curtis Mayfield

Power of Love – Joe Simon

Ain’t Understanding Mellow – Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager

Taxi – Harry Chapin

Don’t Say You Don’t Remember – Beverly Bremers

Sealed With a Kiss – Bobby Vinton

I Saw the Light – Todd Rundgren

Motorcycle Mama – Sailcat

Day By Day – Godspell Soundtrack

Roundabout – Yes

Doctor My Eyes – Jackson Browne

I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) – The New Seekers

Vincent / Castles In the Air – Don Mclean

Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms) – The Detroit Emeralds

Speak to the Sky – Rick Springfield

I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) – The Hillside Singers

Walkin’ In the Rain With the One I Love – Love Unlimited

Get On the Good Foot, Pt. 1 – James Brown

Pop That Thang – The Isley Brothers

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