This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1972. The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 30, 1972, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of December 4, 1971 through November 18, 1972.
No. Title Artist(s)1 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Roberta Flack2 "Alone Again (Naturally)" Gilbert O'Sullivan3 "American Pie" Don McLean4 "Without You" Harry Nilsson5 "The Candy Man" Sammy Davis Jr.6 "I Gotcha" Joe Tex7 "Lean on Me" Bill Withers8 "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" Mac Davis9 "Brand New Key" Melanie10 "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" Wayne Newton11 "Let's Stay Together" Al Green12 "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" Looking Glass13 "Oh Girl" The Chi-Lites14 "Nice to Be with You" Gallery15 "My Ding-a-Ling" Chuck Berry16 "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" Luther Ingram17 "Heart of Gold" Neil Young18 "Betcha by Golly, Wow" The Stylistics19 "I'll Take You There" The Staple Singers20 "Ben" Michael Jackson21 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Robert John22 "Outa-Space" Billy Preston23 "Slippin' into Darkness" War24 "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" The Hollies25 "How Do You Do" Mouth & MacNeal26 "Song Sung Blue" Neil Diamond27 "A Horse with No Name" America28 "Popcorn" Hot Butter29 "Everybody Plays the Fool" The Main Ingredient30 "Precious and Few" Climax31 "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" The 5th Dimension32 "Nights in White Satin" The Moody Blues33 "Go All the Way" Raspberries34 "Too Late to Turn Back Now" Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose35 "Back Stabbers" The O'Jays36 "Down by the Lazy River" The Osmonds37 "Sunshine" Jonathan Edwards38 "Starting All Over Again" Mel and Tim39 "Day After Day" Badfinger40 "Rocket Man" Elton John41 "Rockin' Robin" Michael Jackson42 "Beautiful Sunday" Daniel Boone43 "Scorpio" Dennis Coffey44 "Morning Has Broken" Cat Stevens45 "City of New Orleans" Arlo Guthrie46 "Garden Party" Ricky Nelson47 "I Can See Clearly Now" Johnny Nash48 "Burning Love" Elvis Presley49 "Clean Up Woman" Betty Wright50 "Hold Your Head Up" Argent51 "Jungle Fever" The Chakachas52 "Everything I Own" Bread53 "In the Rain" The Dramatics54 "Look What You Done for Me" Al Green55 "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." Donna Fargo56 "Bang a Gong (Get it On)" T. Rex57 "Mother and Child Reunion" Paul Simon58 "Where Is the Love" Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway59 "I'm Still in Love with You" Al Green60 "Layla" Derek and the Dominos61 "Day Dreaming" Aretha Franklin62 "The Way of Love" Cher63 "Black and White" Three Dog Night64 "Sylvia's Mother" Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show65 "Hurting Each Other" The Carpenters66 "Coconut" Harry Nilsson67 "Puppy Love" Donny Osmond68 "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" Jim Croce69 "Hot Rod Lincoln" Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen70 "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" Sonny & Cher71 "Joy" Apollo 10072 "Anticipation" Carly Simon73 "Never Been to Spain" Three Dog Night74 "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" Charley Pride75 "School's Out" Alice Cooper76 "Saturday in the Park" Chicago77 "Drowning in the Sea of Love" Joe Simon78 "Use Me" Bill Withers79 "Family Affair" Sly & the Family Stone80 "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" The Jimmy Castor Bunch81 "The Witch Queen of New Orleans" Redbone82 "Freddie's Dead" Curtis Mayfield83 "Power of Love" Joe Simon84 "Ain't Understanding Mellow" Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager85 "Taxi" Harry Chapin86 "Don't Say You Don't Remember" Beverly Bremers87 "Sealed with a Kiss" Bobby Vinton88 "I Saw the Light" Todd Rundgren89 "Motorcycle Mama" Sailcat90 "Day by Day" Original Cast of Godspell91 "Roundabout" Yes92 "Doctor My Eyes" Jackson Browne93 "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" The New Seekers94 "Vincent" Don McLean95 "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" The Detroit Emeralds96 "Speak to the Sky" Rick Springfield97 "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" The Hillside Singers98 "Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love" Love Unlimited99 "Get on the Good Foot" James Brown100 "Pop That Thang" The Isley Brothers
See also 1972 in music Billboard Year-End Best Selling Soul Singles of 1972 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1972 List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1972
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