Billboard Magazine’s top 100 songs of 1972 were:
- First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
- Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O’Sullivan
- American Pie - Don McLean
- Can’t Live If Living Is Without You - Harry Nilsson
- Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr.
- I Gotcha - Joe Tex
- Lean On Me - Bill Withers
- Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me - Mac Davis
- Brand New Key - Melanie
- Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton
- Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
- Brandy - Looking Glass
- Oh Girl - Chi-Lites
- Nice To Be With You - Gallery
- My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry
- If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don’t Want To Be Right) - Luther Ingram
- Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
- Betcha By Golly Wow - Stylistics
- I’ll Take You There - Staple Singers
- Ben - Michael Jackson
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Robert John
- Outa-Space - Billy Preston
- Slippin’ Into Darkness - War
- Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) - The Hollies
- How Do You Do - Mouth & MacNeal
- Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond
- Horse With No Name - America
- Popcorn - Hot Butter
- Everybody Plays The Fool - Main Ingredient
- Precious And Few - Climax
- (Last Night) I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All - The 5th Dimension
- Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
- Go All The Way - Raspberries
- Too Late To Turn Back Now- Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
- Back Stabbers - The O’Jays
- Down By The Lazy River - Osmonds
- Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards
- Starting All Over Again - Mel & Tim
- Day After Day - Badfinger
- Rocket Man - Elton John
- Rockin’ Robin - Jackson 5
- Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone
- Scorpio - Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
- Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens
- City Of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
- Garden Party - Rick Nelson
- I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
- Burning Love - Elvis Presley
- Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright
- Hold Your Head Up - Argent
- Jungle Fever - Chakachas
- Everything I Own - Bread
- In The Rain - Dramatics
- Look What You Done For Me - Al Green
- Happiest Girl In The Whole USA - Donna Fargo
- Where Is The Love - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
- Bang A Gong (Get It On) - T. Rex
- Mother And Child Reunion - Paul Simon
- I’m Still In Love With You - Al Green
- Layla - Derek & The Dominos
- Day Dreaming - Aretha Franklin
- Way Of Love - Cher
- Black And White - Three Dog Night
- Sylvia’s Mother - Dr. Hook
- Hurting Each Other - The Carpenters
- Coconut - Harry Nilsson
- Don’t Say You Don’t Remember - Beverly Bremers
- Puppy Love - Donny Osmond
- You Don’t Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croce
- Hot Rod Linco - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
- A Cowboy’s Work Is Never Done - Sonny & Cher
- Joy - Apollo 100
- Anticipation - Carly Simon
- Never Been To Spain - Three Dog Night
- Kiss An Angel Good Morning - Charlie Pride
- School’s Out - Alice Cooper
- Saturday In The Park - Chicago
- Drowning In The Sea Of Love - Joe Simon
- Use Me - Bill Withers
- Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone
- Troglodyte - Jimmy Castor Bunch
- Witch Queen Of New Orleans - Redbone
- Freddie’s Dead - Curtis Mayfield
- Power Of Love - Joe Simon
- Ain’t Understanding - Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager
- Taxi - Harry Chapin
- Sealed With A Kiss - Bobby Vinton
- I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren
- Motorcycle Mama - Sailcat
- Day By Day - Godspell
- Roundabout (Edit) - Yes
- Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne
- I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing - New Seekers
- Vincent - Don McLean
- Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms) - Detroit Emeralds
- Speak To The Sky - Rick Springfield
- I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing - Hillside Singers
- Walking In The Rain With The - Love Unlimited Orchestra
- Good Foot (Part 1) - James Brown
- Pop That Thang - Isley Brothers
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Previous year… 1971
