List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1972 explained

This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1972.

Al Green scored four top ten hits during the year with "Let's Stay Together", "Look What You Done for Me", "I'm Still in Love with You", and "You Ought to Be with Me", the most among all other artists.

Top-ten singles

Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)data-sort-type="number" PeakPeak datedata-sort-type="number" Weeks in
top ten
Singles from 1971
December 18"American Pie"Don McLean1January 1511
December 25"Scorpio"Dennis Coffey6January 86
"Hey Girl"/"I Knew You When"Donny Osmond9January 154
Singles from 1972
January 1"Sunshine"Jonathan Edwards4January 156
January 8"Let's Stay Together"Al Green1February 129
"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)"The New Seekers7January 153
January 15"Clean Up Woman"Betty Wright6January 293
January 22"Day After Day"Badfinger4February 54
"You Are Everything"The Stylistics9January 222
"Sugar Daddy"The Jackson 510January 222
January 29"Never Been to Spain"Three Dog Night5February 124
February 5"Without You"Nilsson1February 199
"Hurting Each Other"The Carpenters2February 266
"Precious and Few"Climax3February 267
"Joy"Apollo 1006February 264
February 12"Down by the Lazy River"The Osmonds4March 46
February 19"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"Robert John3March 118
"Everything I Own"Bread5March 46
February 26"Sweet Seasons"Carole King9March 42
March 4"Heart of Gold"Neil Young1March 188
"Bang a Gong (Get It On)"T. Rex10March 42
March 11"A Horse with No Name"America1March 2510
"The Way of Love"Cher7March 253
March 18"Puppy Love"Donny Osmond3April 15
"Mother and Child Reunion"Paul Simon4April 14
March 25"I Gotcha"Joe Tex2May 610
"Jungle Fever"The Chakachas8March 253
April 1"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"Roberta Flack1April 1511
"Rockin' Robin"Michael Jackson2April 228
April 8"In the Rain"The Dramatics5April 224
April 15"Betcha by Golly, Wow"The Stylistics3May 66
"Day Dreaming"Aretha Franklin5May 65
"A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done"Sonny & Cher8April 293
April 22"Doctor My Eyes"Jackson Browne8May 63
April 29"Look What You Done for Me"Al Green4May 276
May 6"I'll Take You There"The Staple Singers1June 38
"Back Off Boogaloo"Ringo Starr9May 133
May 13"Oh Girl"The Chi-Lites1May 277
May 20"Morning Has Broken"Cat Stevens6May 274
"Tumbling Dice"The Rolling Stones7May 273
May 27"The Candy Man"Sammy Davis Jr.1June 107
"Sylvia's Mother"Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show5June 34
"Hot Rod Lincoln"Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen9June 32
June 3"Nice to Be with You"Gallery4June 245
June 10"Song Sung Blue"Neil Diamond1July 16
"Outa-Space"Billy Preston2July 86
"(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All"The 5th Dimension8June 173
June 17"Lean on Me"Bill Withers1July 87
"Troglodyte (Cave Man)"The Jimmy Castor Bunch6June 244
June 24"Too Late to Turn Back Now"Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose2July 158
July 1"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"Wayne Newton4August 58
"Rocket Man"Elton John6July 154
"I Need You"America9July 12
July 8"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"Luther Ingram3August 58
July 15"Alone Again (Naturally)"Gilbert O'Sullivan1July 2911
"Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)"Looking Glass1August 2610
"Where Is the Love"Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway5August 126
July 22"School's Out"Alice Cooper7July 294
"How Do You Do"Mouth & MacNeal8July 224
July 29"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"The Hollies2September 28
August 5"Layla"Derek and the Dominos10August 51
August 12"I'm Still in Love with You"Al Green3September 26
August 19"Hold Your Head Up"Argent5August 263
"Goodbye to Love"The Carpenters7August 263
"Coconut"Nilsson8August 262
August 26"Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me"Mac Davis1September 239
"You Don't Mess Around with Jim"Jim Croce8September 23
September 2"Back Stabbers"The O'Jays3October 77
"Rock and Roll Part 2"Gary Glitter7September 94
September 9"Black and White"Three Dog Night1September 165
"Saturday in the Park"Chicago3September 234
September 16"Honky Cat"Elton John8September 232
September 23"Ben"Michael Jackson1October 147
"Everybody Plays the Fool"The Main Ingredient3October 146
"Go All the Way"Raspberries5October 75
September 30"Use Me"Bill Withers2October 145
"Burning Love"Elvis Presley2October 286
"Popcorn"Hot Butter9October 214
October 7"My Ding-a-Ling"Chuck Berry1October 216
October 14"Nights in White Satin"The Moody Blues2November 47
October 21"Garden Party"Rick Nelson6November 44
October 28"I Can See Clearly Now"Johnny Nash1November 48
"Freddie's Dead"Curtis Mayfield4November 44
"Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues"Danny O'Keefe9November 42
November 4"I'd Love You to Want Me"Lobo2November 185
"I'll Be Around"The Spinners3November 185
November 11"I Am Woman"Helen Reddy1December 98
"Convention '72"The Delegates8November 182
"Witchy Woman"Eagles9November 182
November 18"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"The Temptations1December 26
"Summer Breeze"Seals and Crofts6November 253
November 25"If You Don't Know Me by Now"Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes3December 95
"You Ought to Be with Me"Al Green3December 237
"If I Could Reach You"The 5th Dimension10November 251
December 2"It Never Rains in Southern California"Albert Hammond5December 166
"Ventura Highway"America8December 93
December 9"Me and Mrs. Jones"Billy Paul1December 168
"Clair"Gilbert O'Sullivan2December 307
"I'm Stone in Love with You"The Stylistics10December 92

1971 peaks

See main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1971.

Peak! Peak date! data-sort-type="number"
Weeks in
top ten
November 13"Have You Seen Her"The Chi-Lites3December 118
November 20"Family Affair"Sly and the Family Stone1December 49
"Got to Be There"Michael Jackson4December 119
December 4"An Old Fashioned Love Song"Three Dog Night4December 185
December 11"Brand New Key"Melanie1December 2510
December 18"Cherish"David Cassidy9December 254

1973 peaks

See main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1973.

Peak! Peak date! data-sort-type="number"
Weeks in
top ten
December 23"You're So Vain"Carly Simon1January 611
"Funny Face"Donna Fargo5January 64
"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"Johnny Rivers6January 206
December 30"Your Mama Don't Dance"Loggins and Messina4January 276
"Superfly"Curtis Mayfield8January 134

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