This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1972.[1] 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 | data-sort-value=""First Time" | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | data-sort-value="Flack" | Roberta Flack |
| 2 | "Alone Again (Naturally)" | data-sort-value="Osullivan" | Gilbert O'Sullivan | |
| 3 | "American Pie" | data-sort-value="McLean" | Don McLean | |
| 4 | "Without You" | data-sort-value="Nilsson" | Harry Nilsson | |
| 5 | data-sort-value=""Candy Man" | "The Candy Man" | data-sort-value="Davis, Sammy" | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 6 | "I Gotcha" | data-sort-value="Tex" | Joe Tex | |
| 7 | "Lean on Me" | data-sort-value="Withers" | Bill Withers | |
| 8 | data-sort-value=""Baby Dont" | "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" | data-sort-value="Davis, Mac" | Mac Davis |
| 9 | "Brand New Key" | Melanie | ||
| 10 | "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" | data-sort-value="Newton" | Wayne Newton | |
| 11 | "Let's Stay Together" | data-sort-value="Green" | Al Green | |
| 12 | "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" | Looking Glass | ||
| 13 | "Oh Girl" | data-sort-value="Chi-Lites" | The Chi-Lites | |
| 14 | "Nice to Be with You" | Gallery | ||
| 15 | "My Ding-a-Ling" | data-sort-value="Berry" | Chuck Berry | |
| 16 | data-sort-value=""If Loving" | "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" | data-sort-value="Ingram" | Luther Ingram |
| 17 | "Heart of Gold" | data-sort-value="Young" | Neil Young | |
| 18 | "Betcha by Golly, Wow" | data-sort-value="Stylistics" | The Stylistics | |
| 19 | data-sort-value=""Ill Take" | "I'll Take You There" | data-sort-value="Staple Singers" | The Staple Singers |
| 20 | "Ben" | data-sort-value="Jackson" | Michael Jackson | |
| 21 | data-sort-value=""Lion Sleeps" | "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | data-sort-value="John, Robert" | Robert John |
| 22 | "Outa-Space" | data-sort-value="Preston" | Billy Preston | |
| 23 | "Slippin' into Darkness" | War | ||
| 24 | "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" | data-sort-value="Hollies" | The Hollies | |
| 25 | "How Do You Do" | Mouth & MacNeal | ||
| 26 | "Song Sung Blue" | data-sort-value="Diamond" | Neil Diamond | |
| 27 | "A Horse with No Name" | America | ||
| 28 | "Popcorn" | Hot Butter | ||
| 29 | "Everybody Plays the Fool" | data-sort-value="Main Ingredient" | The Main Ingredient | |
| 30 | "Precious and Few" | Climax | ||
| 31 | data-sort-value=""Last Night" | "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" | data-sort-value="Fifth Dimension" | The 5th Dimension |
| 32 | "Nights in White Satin" | data-sort-value="Moody Blues" | The Moody Blues | |
| 33 | "Go All the Way" | Raspberries | ||
| 34 | "Too Late to Turn Back Now" | Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose | ||
| 35 | "Back Stabbers" | data-sort-value="Ojays" | The O'Jays | |
| 36 | "Down by the Lazy River" | data-sort-value="Osmonds" | The Osmonds | |
| 37 | "Sunshine" | data-sort-value="Edwards" | Jonathan Edwards | |
| 38 | "Starting All Over Again" | Mel and Tim | ||
| 39 | "Day After Day" | Badfinger | ||
| 40 | "Rocket Man" | data-sort-value="John, Elton" | Elton John | |
| 41 | "Rockin' Robin" | data-sort-value="Jackson" | Michael Jackson | |
| 42 | "Beautiful Sunday" | data-sort-value="Boone" | Daniel Boone | |
| 43 | "Scorpio" | data-sort-value="Coffey" | Dennis Coffey | |
| 44 | "Morning Has Broken" | data-sort-value="Stevens" | Cat Stevens | |
| 45 | "City of New Orleans" | data-sort-value="Guthrie" | Arlo Guthrie | |
| 46 | "Garden Party" | data-sort-value="Nelson" | Ricky Nelson | |
| 47 | "I Can See Clearly Now" | data-sort-value="Nash" | Johnny Nash | |
| 48 | "Burning Love" | data-sort-value="Presley" | Elvis Presley | |
| 49 | "Clean Up Woman" | data-sort-value="Wright" | Betty Wright | |
| 50 | "Hold Your Head Up" | Argent | ||
| 51 | "Jungle Fever" | data-sort-value="Chakachas" | The Chakachas | |
| 52 | "Everything I Own" | Bread | ||
| 53 | "In the Rain" | data-sort-value="Dramatics" | The Dramatics | |
| 54 | "Look What You Done for Me" | data-sort-value="Green" | Al Green | |
| 55 | data-sort-value=""Happiest Girl" | "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." | data-sort-value="Fargo" | Donna Fargo |
| 56 | "Bang a Gong (Get it On)" | T. Rex | ||
| 57 | "Mother and Child Reunion" | data-sort-value="Simon, Paul" | Paul Simon | |
| 58 | "Where Is the Love" | data-sort-value="Flack And Hathaway" | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | |
| 59 | data-sort-value=""Im Still" | "I'm Still in Love with You" | data-sort-value="Green" | Al Green |
| 60 | "Layla" | Derek and the Dominos | ||
| 61 | "Day Dreaming" | data-sort-value="Franklin" | Aretha Franklin | |
| 62 | data-sort-value=""Way Of Love" | "The Way of Love" | Cher | |
| 63 | "Black and White" | Three Dog Night | ||
| 64 | "Sylvia's Mother" | Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show | ||
| 65 | "Hurting Each Other" | The Carpenters | ||
| 66 | "Coconut" | data-sort-value="Nilsson" | Harry Nilsson | |
| 67 | "Puppy Love" | data-sort-value="Osmond" | Donny Osmond | |
| 68 | "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" | data-sort-value="Croce" | Jim Croce | |
| 69 | "Hot Rod Lincoln" | Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen | ||
| 70 | "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" | Sonny & Cher | ||
| 71 | "Joy" | Apollo 100 | ||
| 72 | "Anticipation" | data-sort-value="Simon, Carly" | Carly Simon | |
| 73 | "Never Been to Spain" | Three Dog Night | ||
| 74 | "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" | data-sort-value="Pride" | Charley Pride | |
| 75 | "School's Out" | Alice Cooper | ||
| 76 | "Saturday in the Park" | Chicago | ||
| 77 | "Drowning in the Sea of Love" | data-sort-value="Simon, Joe" | Joe Simon | |
| 78 | "Use Me" | data-sort-value="Withers" | Bill Withers | |
| 79 | "Family Affair" | Sly & the Family Stone | ||
| 80 | "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" | data-sort-value="Castor" | The Jimmy Castor Bunch | |
| 81 | data-sort-value=""Witch Queen" | "The Witch Queen of New Orleans" | Redbone | |
| 82 | "Freddie's Dead" | data-sort-value="Mayfield" | Curtis Mayfield | |
| 83 | "Power of Love" | data-sort-value="Simon, Joe" | Joe Simon | |
| 84 | "Ain't Understanding Mellow" | data-sort-value="Butler" | Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager | |
| 85 | "Taxi" | data-sort-value="Chapin" | Harry Chapin | |
| 86 | "Don't Say You Don't Remember" | data-sort-value="Bremers" | Beverly Bremers | |
| 87 | "Sealed with a Kiss" | data-sort-value="Vinton" | Bobby Vinton | |
| 88 | "I Saw the Light" | data-sort-value="Rundgren" | Todd Rundgren | |
| 89 | "Motorcycle Mama" | Sailcat | ||
| 90 | "Day by Day" | data-sort-value="Godspell" | Original Cast of Godspell | |
| 91 | "Roundabout" | Yes | ||
| 92 | "Doctor My Eyes" | data-sort-value="Browne" | Jackson Browne | |
| 93 | data-sort-value=""Id Like" | "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" | data-sort-value="New Seekers" | The New Seekers |
| 94 | "Vincent" | data-sort-value="McLean" | Don McLean | |
| 95 | "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" | data-sort-value="Detroit Emeralds" | The Detroit Emeralds | |
| 96 | "Speak to the Sky" | data-sort-value="Springfield" | Rick Springfield | |
| 97 | data-sort-value=""Id Like" | "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" | data-sort-value="Hillside Singers" | The Hillside Singers |
| 98 | "Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love" | Love Unlimited | ||
| 99 | "Get on the Good Foot" | data-sort-value="Brown" | James Brown | |
| 100 | "Pop That Thang" | data-sort-value="Isley Brothers" | The Isley Brothers | |