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