Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart for 1972. Rankings are based on an inverse-point system based on a title's performance (ex. a single on the Billboard Hot 100 would be given one point for a week spent at position 100, two points for a week spent at position ninety-nine, etc. up to 100 points for each week spent at number one). Artists appearing on the chart include Neil Young, The Moody Blues, Melanie, Roberta Flack, Badfinger, Elvis Presley, The Carpenters, Yes, Harry Nilsson, Three Dog Night, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Gilbert O'Sullivan, and more. Chart © by Billboard, a part of Penske Media Corporation. All Rights Reserved. NOTE: links go to Apple Music, and you'll also find a link at the bottom of the song or the album the song is on to purchase it from iTunes.
Example:
- 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 Don't 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 - The 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 - The Stylistics
- 19. I'll Take You There - The 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) - The Hollies
- 25. How Do You Do - Mouth and MacNeal
- 26. Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond
- 27. A Horse With No Name - America
- 28. Popcorn - Hot Butter
- 29. Everybody Plays the Fool - The Main Ingredient
- 30. Precious and Few - Climax
- 31. Last Night I Didn't Get to Sleep At All - The 5th Dimension
- 32. Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
- 33. Go All the Way - The Raspberries
- 34. Too Late to Turn Back Now - Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
- 35. Back Stabbers - The O'Jays [Amazon MP3]
- 36. Down by the Lazy River - The Osmonds
- 37. Sunshine (Go Away Today) - Jonathan Edwards
- 38. Starting All Over Again - Mel and Tim
- 39. Day After Day - Badfinger
- 40. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long Long Time) - 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 - The Chakachas
- 52. Everything I Own - Bread
- 53. In the Rain - The 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 & White - Three Dog Night
- 64. Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show
- 65. Hurting Each Other - The Carpenters
- 66. Coconut - Nilsson
- 67. Puppy Love - Donny Osmond
- 68. You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croce
- 69. Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
- 70. A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done - Sonny and Cher
- 71. Joy - Apollo 100
- 72. Anticipation - Carly Simon
- 73. Never Been to Spain - Three Dog Night
- 74. Kiss an Angel Good Morning - Charlie Pride
- 75. School's Out - Alice Cooper
- 76. Saturday In the Park - Chicago
- 77. Drowning In the Sea of Love - Joe Simon
- 78. Use Me - Bill Withers
- 79. Family Affair - Sly and The Family Stone
- 80. Troglodyte (Cave Man) - Jimmy Castor Bunch
- 81. The Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone
- 82. Freddie's Dead (Theme from 'Superfly') - Curtis Mayfield
- 83. Power of Love - Joe Simon
- 84. Ain't Understanding Mellow - Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager
- 85. Taxi - Harry Chapin
- 86. 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) - The New Seekers
- 94. Vincent / Castles In the Air - Don Mclean
- 95. Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms) - The Detroit Emeralds
- 96. Speak to the Sky - Rick Springfield
- 97. I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) - The 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 - The Isley Brothers