Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972

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File:Roberta_Flack_1971.jpg" by Roberta Flack was the number one song of 1972.]]

File:Al_Green_1973.jpg had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1972.]]

This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1972.{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1972/BB-1972-12-30-II-Talent-in-Action.pdf|title=Top Pop 100 Singles|publisher=Billboard Talent in Action|page=TA-20|date=1972-12-30|access-date=2020-12-06}} The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 30, 1972, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of December 4, 1971 through November 18, 1972.

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

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