Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart for 1972. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. For detailed information on how Billboard compiled the charts, see the Wikipedia article "Billboard Hot 100".
- 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
