Top 100 Hits of 1972
1. The First Time 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 , 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
27. Song Sung Blue , Neil Diamond
28. 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
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 and 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, Jimmy Castor Bunch
81. The Witch Queen of New Orleans , Redbone
82. Freddie's Dead , 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), Detroit Emeralds
96. Speak to the Sky , Rick Springfield
97. I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing , 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