Top 40 Singles of 1972:

1. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
2. Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
3. Don McLean - American Pie
4. Nilsson - Without You
5. Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
6. America - A Horse With No Name
7. Al Green - Let's Stay Together
8. Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
9. Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones
10. Sammy Davis, Jr. - The Candy Man
11. Mac Davis - Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
12. Joe Tex - I Gotcha
13. The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
14. Neil Young - Heart of Gold
15. Helen Reddy - I Am Woman
16. The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl
17. Bill Withers - Lean on Me
18. Neil Diamond - Song Sung Blue
19. The Hollies - Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)
20. Chuck Berry - My Ding-a-Ling
21. The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
22. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Clair
23. Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - Too Late to Turn Back Now
24. Billy Preston - Outa-Space
25. Three Dog Night - Black and White
26. Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin
27. Lobo - I'd Love You to Want Me
28. Robert John - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
29. Michael Jackson - Ben
30. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
31. The Carpenters - Hurting Each Other
32. Elvis Presley - Burning Love
33. Climax - Precious and Few
34. Luther Ingram - (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
35. The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly, Wow
36. Bill Withers - Use Me
37. Al Green - You Ought to Be With Me
38. Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You
39. Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine
40. Wayne Newton - Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

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This list was compiled by Fred Bronson. For the full list of the top 100 songs of this year, get his book Hottest Hot 100 Hits at the link below:

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