| Top 40 Songs of 1972 |
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| Rank |
Title |
Artist |
| 1 |
American Pie |
Don Mclean |
| 2 |
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face |
Roberta Flack |
| 3 |
Alone Again (Naturally) |
Gilbet O'Sullivan |
| 4 |
Without You |
Nisson |
| 5 |
I Gotcha |
Joe Tex |
| 6 |
Let's Stay Together |
Al Green |
| 7 |
The Candy Man |
Sammy Davis Jr |
| 8 |
I Can See Clearly Now |
Johnny Nash |
| 9 |
A Horse With No Name |
America |
| 10 |
Me and Mrs. Jones |
Billy Paul |
| 11 |
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) |
Looking Glass |
| 12 |
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me |
Mac Davis |
| 13 |
Lean On Me |
Bill Withers |
| 14 |
Nights in White Satin |
The Moody Blues |
| 15 |
I Am Woman |
Helen Reddy |
| 16 |
I'll Take You There |
The Staple Singers |
| 17 |
Clair |
Gilbet O'Sullivan |
| 18 |
Heart of Gold |
Neil Young |
| 19 |
Oh Girl |
The Chi-Lites |
| 20 |
Scorpio |
Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band |
| 21 |
Betcha By Golly Wow |
The Stylistics |
| 22 |
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right |
Luther Ingram |
| 23 |
The Lion Sleeps Tonight |
Robert John |
| 24 |
Too Late to Turn Back Now |
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose |
| 25 |
Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast |
Wayne Newton |
| 26 |
Song Sung Blue |
Neil Diamond |
| 27 |
You Are Everything |
The Stylistics |
| 28 |
My Ding-A-Ling |
Chuck Berry |
| 29 |
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) |
The Hollies |
| 30 |
Burning Love |
Elvis Presley |
| 31 |
Sunshine |
Jonathan Edwards |
| 32 |
Outa-Space |
Billy Preston |
| 33 |
It Never Rains In Southern California |
Albert Hammond |
| 34 |
Ben |
Michael Jackson |
| 35 |
Papa Was a Rollin Stone |
The Temptations |
| 36 |
Day After Day |
Badfinger |
| 37 |
Garden Party |
Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band |
| 38 |
Morning Has Broken |
Cat Stevens |
| 39 |
Clean Up Woman |
Betty Wright |
| 40 |
Rockin Robin |
Michael Jackson |
