Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 charts. Note that from 1956 to 1958, Billboard only compiled top 50 charts, and from 1950 to 1955, they compiled only top 30 charts. What is now the Hot 100 existed for nearly fifteen years as numerous charts, tracking and ranking the most popular singles of the day in several areas. The methods and policies by which this data is obtained and compiled have changed many times throughout the chart's history. Billboard has also changed its Hot 100 policy regarding "two-sided singles" several times. During periods in which singles sales were strong, the Hot 100 allowed both sides of a single (A-side and B-side) to chart together (occupying the same position), provided that both sides were receiving significant radio airplay. Pre-Hot 100 charts listed A-and-B-sides together. For more detailed information on how the Billboard compiled the charts, see the Wikipedia article "Billboard Hot 100". NOTE: We do NOT sell compilations of any of these songs, nor are we aware of anyone who makes even a Top 25 compilation of each year. However, many of the songs are available from iTunes. A link is provided for those songs so you can order them through the iTunes Store if desired.

1. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack
2. Alone Again (Naturally), Gilbert O'Sullivan
3. American Pie, Don McLean
4. Without You, Nilsson
5. The Candy Man, Sammy Davis Jr.
6. I Gotcha, Joe Tex
7. Lean On Me, Bill Withers
8. Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me, Mac Davis
9. Brand New Key, Melanie
10. Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast, Wayne Newton
11. Let's Stay Together, Al Green
12. Brandy (You're A Fine Girl), Looking Glass
13. Oh Girl, Chi-Lites
14. Nice to Be With You, Gallery
15. My Ding-A-Ling, Chuck Berry
16. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right, Luther Ingram
17. Heart of Gold, Neil Young
18. Betcha By Golly Wow, Stylistics
19. I'll Take You There, Staple Singers
20. Ben, Michael Jackson
21. The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Robert John
22. Outa-Space, Billy Preston
23. Slippin' Into Darkness, War
24. Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress), Hollies
25. How Do You Do, Mouth and MacNeal
27. Song Sung Blue, Neil Diamond
28. A Horse With No Name, America
28. Popcorn, Hot Butter
29. Everybody Plays the Fool, Main Ingredient
30. Precious and Few, Climax
31. Last Night I Didn't Get to Sleep At All, 5th Dimension
32. Nights In White Satin, Moody Blues
33. Go All the Way, Raspberries
34. Too Late to Turn Back Now, Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
35. Back Stabbers, O'Jays
36. Down By the Lazy River, Osmonds
37. Sunshine (Go Away Today), Jonathan Edwards
38. Starting All Over Again, Mel and Tim
39. Day Atter Day, Badfinger
40. Rocket Man, Elton John
41. Rockin' Robin, Michael Jackson
42. Beautiful Sunday, Daniel Boone
43. Scorpio, Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band
44. Morning Has Broken, Cat Stevens
45. The City Of New Orleans, Arlo Guthrie
46. Garden Party, Rick Nelson
47. I Can See Clearly Now, Johnny Nash
48. Burning Love, Elvis Presley
49. Clean Up Woman, Betty Wright
50. Hold Your Head Up, Argent
51. Jungle Fever, Chakachas
52. Everything I Own, Bread
53. In the Rain, Dramatics
54. Look What You Done for Me, Al Green
55. The Happiest Girl In the Whole U.S.A., Donna Fargo
56. Bang a Gong (Get It On), T. Rex
57. Mother and Child Reunion, Paul Simon
58. Where Is the Love, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
59. I'm Still In Love With You, Al Green
60. Layla, Derek and The Dominos
61. Day Dreaming, Aretha Franklin
62. The Way of Love, Cher
63. Black and White, Three Dog Night
64. Sylvia's Mother, Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show
65. Hurting Each Other, Carpenters
66. Coconut, Nilsson
68. Puppy Love, Donny Osmond
69. You Don't Mess Around With Jim, Jim Croce
70. Hot Rod Lincoln, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
71. A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done, Sonny and Cher
72. Joy, Apollo 100
73. Anticipation, Carly Simon
74. Never Been to Spain, Three Dog Night
75. Kiss an Angel Good Morning, Charlie Pride
76. School's Out, Alice Cooper
77. Saturday In the Park, Chicago
78. Drowning In the Sea of Love, Joe Simon
79. Use Me, Bill Withers
80. Family Affair, Sly and The Family Stone
81. Troglodyte, Jimmy Castor Bunch
82. The Witch Queen of New Orleans, Redbone
83. Freddie's Dead, Curtis Mayfield
84. Drowning In the Sea of Love, Joe Simon
85. Ain't Understanding Mellow, Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager
86. Taxi, Harry Chapin
87. Don't Say You Don't Remember, Beverly Bremers
87. Sealed With a Kiss, Bobby Vinton
88. I Saw the Light, Todd Rundgren
89. MOTORCYCLE MAMA, Sailcat
90. Day By Day, Godspell Soundtrack
91. Roundabout, Yes
92. Doctor My Eyes, Jackson Browne
93. I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony), New Seekers
94. Vincent/Castles in the Air, Don Mclean
95. Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms), Detroit Emeralds
96. Speak to the Sky, Rick Springfield
97. I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, Hillside Singers
98. Walkin' In the Rain With the One I Love, Love Unlimited
99. Get On the Good Foot, Pt. 1, James Brown
100. Pop That Thang, Isley Bros.

Top 100 Songs / Top 100 Hits