List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1972

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1972.

That year, 18 acts earned their first number one song, such as Don McLean, Al Green, Nilsson, Neil Young, America, Roberta Flack, The Chi-Lites, The Staple Singers, Sammy Davis Jr., Bill Withers, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Looking Glass, Mac Davis, Chuck Berry, Johnny Nash, Helen Reddy, and Billy Paul. Michael Jackson, having previously hit number one with The Jackson 5, also earns his first number one song as a solo act.

Don McLean scored a #1 hit with "American Pie" in 1972.
Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" reached the top spot for six weeks and became the #1 song at year's end.
Key
Indicates number-one single of 1972
No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Reference
265 January 1 "Brand New Key" Melanie
January 8
266 January 15 "American Pie" Don McLean
January 22
January 29
February 5
267 February 12 "Let's Stay Together" Al Green
268 February 19 "Without You" Nilsson
February 26
March 4
March 11
269 March 18 "Heart of Gold" Neil Young
270 March 25 "A Horse with No Name" America
April 1
April 8
271 April 15 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Roberta Flack
April 22
April 29
May 6
May 13
May 20
272 May 27 "Oh Girl" The Chi-Lites
273 June 3 "I'll Take You There" The Staple Singers
274 June 10 "The Candy Man" Sammy Davis Jr.
June 17
June 24
275 July 1 "Song Sung Blue" Neil Diamond
276 July 8 "Lean on Me" Bill Withers
July 15
July 22
277 July 29 "Alone Again (Naturally)" Gilbert O'Sullivan
August 5
August 12
August 19
278 August 26 "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" Looking Glass
re September 2 "Alone Again (Naturally)" Gilbert O'Sullivan
September 9
279 September 16 "Black and White" Three Dog Night
280 September 23 "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" Mac Davis
September 30
October 7
281 October 14 "Ben" Michael Jackson
282 October 21 "My Ding-a-Ling" Chuck Berry
October 28
283 November 4 "I Can See Clearly Now" Johnny Nash
November 11
November 18
November 25
284 December 2 "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" The Temptations
285 December 9 "I Am Woman" Helen Reddy
286 December 16 "Me and Mrs. Jones" Billy Paul
December 23
December 30

See also

Sources

  • Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
  • Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
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