Pop Singles Top 20

1972 Yearly Chart
1 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face  Roberta Flack 216 14 1
2 Alone Again (Naturally)  Gilbert O'Sullivan 208 13 1
3 American Pie  Don McLean 186 13 1
4 Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)  Looking Glass 184 11 1
5 I Gotcha  Joe Tex 176 13 2
6 A Horse With No Name  America 173 12 1
7 Without You  Nilsson 171 11 1
8 I Can See Clearly Now  Johnny Nash 154 10 1
9 Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me  Mac Davis 154 10 1
10 I'll Take You There  Staple Singers 154 10 1
11 Heart Of Gold  Neil Young 151 10 1
12 Let's Stay Together  Al Green 151 11 1
13 I Am Woman  Helen Reddy 151 10 1
14 Me And Mrs. Jones  Billy Paul 145 10 1
15 Oh Girl  Chi-Lites 145 11 1
16 (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right  Luther Ingram 141 11 3
17 The Candy Man  Sammy Davis Jr. w/ Mike Curb Congregation 140 9 1
18 The Lion Sleeps Tonight  Robert John 139 11 3
19 Nights In White Satin  Moody Blues 138 12 2
20 Rockin' Robin  Michael Jackson 138 9 2
21 Too Late To Turn Back Now  Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 137 9 2
22 Lean On Me  Bill Withers 131 10 1
23 Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)  Hollies 130 9 2
24 Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast  Wayne Newton 129 10 4
25 Song Sung Blue  Neil Diamond 127 9 1
26 Precious And Few  Climax 127 10 3
27 Ben  Michael Jackson 121 9 1
28 Betcha By Golly Wow  Stylistics 119 10 3
29 Papa Was A Rollin' Stone  Temptations 117 9 1
30 My Ding-A-Ling  Chuck Berry 114 9 1
31 Hurting Each Other  Carpenters 113 8 2
32 Clair  Gilbert O'Sullivan 113 9 2
33 Back Stabbers  O'Jays 113 8 3
34 Down By The Lazy River  Osmonds 113 10 4
35 Outa-Space  Billy Preston 111 8 2
36 Burning Love  Elvis Presley 108 9 2
37 I'm Still In Love With You  Al Green 103 8 3
38 Everybody Plays The Fool  Main Ingredient 103 8 3
39 You Ought To Be With Me  Al Green 102 7 3
40 Puppy Love  Donny Osmond 102 8 3
41 Scorpio  Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band 100 10 6
42 Use Me  Bill Withers 99 7 2
43 Look What You've Done For Me  Al Green 98 9 4
44 I'd Love You To Want Me  Lobo 97 7 2
45 Sunshine  Jonathan Edwards 97 9 4
46 Day Dreaming  Aretha Franklin 97 9 5
47 Everything I Own  Bread 96 8 5
48 Nice To Be With You  Gallery 95 7 4
49 If You Don't Know Me By Now  Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes 92 8 3
50 Mother And Child Reunion  Paul Simon 92 8 4
51 It Never Rains In Southern California  Albert Hammond 91 7 5
52 Where Is The Love  Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway 91 8 5
53 Black And White  Three Dog Night 90 6 1
54 I'll Be Around  Spinners 88 7 3
55 Never Been To Spain  Three Dog Night 86 8 5
56 Freddie's Dead  Curtis Mayfield 85 7 4
57 Go All The Way  Raspberries 85 8 5
58 In The Rain  Dramatics 85 8 5
59 Day After Day  Badfinger 84 8 4
60 Garden Party  Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band 83 8 6
61 Saturday In The Park  Chicago 79 7 3
62 Joy  Apollo 100 79 8 6
63 Sylvia's Mother  Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show 78 8 5
64 How Do You Do  Mouth & MacNeal 77 8 8
65 Morning Has Broken  Cat Stevens 74 8 6
66 Troglodyte (Cave Man)  Jimmy Castor Bunch 72 7 6
67 Rocket Man  Elton John 72 8 6
68 School's Out  Alice Cooper 71 7 7
69 The Way Of Love  Cher 71 7 7
70 Tumbling Dice  Rolling Stones 68 6 7
71 (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All  5th Dimension 66 7 8
72 You Are Everything  Stylistics 65 9 9
73 Jungle Fever  Chakachas 64 7 8
74 Clean Up Woman  Betty Wright 63 7 6
75 Hold Your Head Up  Argent 58 6 5
76 Summer Breeze  Seals & Crofts 58 6 6
77 A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done  Sonny & Cher 58 8 8
78 Rock & Roll (Part 2)  Gary Glitter 55 5 7
79 Goodbye To Love  Carpenters 55 5 7
80 Popcorn  Hot Butter 55 6 9
81 Coconut  Nilsson 54 6 8
82 I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing  New Seekers 53 6 7
83 Layla  Derek & The Dominos 53 7 10
84 You Don't Mess Around With Jim  Jim Croce 51 5 8
85 Doctor My Eyes  Jackson Browne 51 6 8
86 Sweet Seasons  Carole King 51 6 9
87 Hey Girl  Donny Osmond 50 6 9
88 Ventura Highway  America 49 6 8
89 Hot Rod Lincoln  Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen 48 7 9
90 Back Off Boogaloo  Ringo Starr 47 5 9
91 Bang A Gong (Get It On)  T. Rex 46 6 10
92 If I Could Reach You  5th Dimension 46 6 10
93 The Guitar Man  Bread 42 5 11
94 Play Me  Neil Diamond 42 5 11
95 Something's Wrong With Me  Austin Roberts 41 6 12
96 Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues  Danny O'Keefe 39 5 9
97 Witchy Woman  Eagles 39 5 9
98 I'm Stone In Love With You  Stylistics 39 5 10
99 Listen To The Music  Doobie Brothers 38 5 11
100 Honky Cat  Elton John 37 4 8
101 Sugar Daddy  Jackson 5 36 4 10
102 The Family Of Man  Three Dog Night 36 5 12
103 Vincent  Don McLean 36 6 12
104 Convention '72  Delegates 35 3 8
105 I Need You  America 35 5 9
106 Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A.  Donna Fargo 35 5 11
107 Drowning In The Sea Of Love  Joe Simon 33 6 11
108 Tight Rope  Leon Russell 32 5 11
109 Take It Easy  Eagles 32 6 12
110 Anticipation  Carly Simon 32 6 13
111 Power Of Love  Joe Simon 30 4 11
112 It's Going To Take Some Time  Carpenters 28 4 12
113 Roundabout  Yes 28 5 13
114 Too Young  Donny Osmond 27 5 13
115 Speak To The Sky  Rick Springfield 27 5 14
116 Motorcycle Mama  Sailcat 26 5 12
117 Little Bitty Pretty One  Jackson 5 26 4 13
118 Amazing Grace  Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 25 4 11
119 I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing  Hillside Singers 23 4 13
120 Don't Say You Don't Remember  Beverly Bremers 23 5 15
121 Why  Donny Osmond 22 4 13
122A Baby Blue  Badfinger 22 4 14
122B Crazy Horses  Osmonds 22 4 14
124 Beautiful Sunday  Daniel Boone 21 5 15
125 You Wear It Well  Rod Stewart 20 3 13
126 Day By Day  Godspell 20 4 13
127 Rock & Roll Lullaby  B.J. Thomas 20 4 15
128 Diary  Bread 20 5 15
129 Hold Her Tight  Osmonds 19 4 14
130 Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love  Love Unlimited 18 4 14
131 I Saw The Light  Todd Rundgren 18 4 16
132 Sweet Surrender  Bread 17 4 15
133 Conquistador  Procol Harum 15 4 16
134 I Wanna Be Where You Are  Michael Jackson 13 3 16
135 Run To Me  Bee Gees 13 4 16
136 Slippin' Into Darkness  War 13 4 16
137 Black Dog  Led Zeppelin 12 2 15
138 Floy Joy  Supremes 12 3 16
139 One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1)  Honey Cone 11 3 15
140 Lookin' Through The Windows  Jackson 5 11 3 16
141 Stay With Me  Faces 11 4 17
142 My World  Bee Gees 10 2 16
143 Thunder And Lightning  Chi Coltrane 10 3 17
144 Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)  Jim Croce 8 3 17
145A Corner Of The Sky  Jackson 5 8 3 18
145B Taurus  Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band 8 3 18
147 Get On The Good Foot  James Brown 7 3 18
148 The City Of New Orleans  Arlo Guthrie 7 4 18
149A Join Together  Who 6 2 17
149B Walk On Water  Neil Diamond 6 2 17
151 Suavecito  Malo 5 2 18
152 Starting All Over Again  Mel & Tim 5 3 19
153 Sealed With A Kiss  Bobby Vinton 4 2 19
154 Hey Big Brother  Rare Earth 3 2 19
155 It's One Of Those Days (Yes Love)  Partridge Family 2 2 20