Year-end Hot 100
1972
No. 1 · I Gotcha — Joe Tex
I Gotcha
Joe Tex- Peak
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- 21
- Top 10
- 10
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Roberta Flack- Peak
- 1
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- 18
- Top 10
- 11
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Alone Again (Naturally)
Gilbert O'Sullivan- Peak
- 1
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- 18
- Top 10
- 11
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The Candy Man
Sammy Davis, Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation- Peak
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- 21
- Top 10
- 7
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Without You
Nilsson- Peak
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- 17
- Top 10
- 9
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Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
Looking Glass- Peak
- 1
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- 16
- Top 10
- 10
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Lean On Me
Bill Withers- Peak
- 1
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- 19
- Top 10
- 7
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Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me
Mac Davis- Peak
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- 18
- Top 10
- 9
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Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
Wayne Newton- Peak
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- 20
- Top 10
- 8
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Nights In White Satin
The Moody Blues- Peak
- 2
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- 18
- Top 10
- 7
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I Can See Clearly Now
Johnny Nash- Peak
- 1
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- 17
- Top 10
- 8
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(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right
Luther Ingram- Peak
- 3
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- 16
- Top 10
- 8
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American Pie (Parts I & II)
Don McLean- Peak
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- 14
- Top 10
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I'll Take You There
The Staple Singers- Peak
- 1
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- 15
- Top 10
- 8
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Oh Girl
The Chi-lites- Peak
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- 15
- Top 10
- 7
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Robert John- Peak
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- 17
- Top 10
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Betcha By Golly, Wow
The Stylistics Featuring Russell Thompkins, Jr.- Peak
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- 16
- Top 10
- 6
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A Horse With No Name
America- Peak
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- 14
- Top 10
- 10
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I Am Woman
Helen Reddy- Peak
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- 19
- Top 10
- 8
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Heart Of Gold
Neil Young- Peak
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- 14
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Outa-Space
Billy Preston- Peak
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- 17
- Top 10
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Nice To Be With You
Gallery- Peak
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- 22
- Top 10
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Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)
The Hollies- Peak
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- 15
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green- Peak
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- 12
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My Ding-A-Ling
Chuck Berry- Peak
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- 17
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Precious And Few
Climax- Peak
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- 15
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- Peak
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Too Late To Turn Back Now
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose- Peak
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Everybody Plays The Fool
The Main Ingredient- Peak
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Garden Party
Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band- Peak
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- 19
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Song Sung Blue
Neil Diamond- Peak
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- 13
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How Do You Do?
Mouth & MacNeal- Peak
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- 19
- Top 10
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Burning Love
Elvis Presley- Peak
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- 15
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Back Stabbers
The O'Jays- Peak
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- 15
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Down By The Lazy River
The Osmonds- Peak
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- 14
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Rockin' Robin
Michael Jackson- Peak
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- 13
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Popcorn
Hot Butter- Peak
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- 18
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(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All
The 5th Dimension- Peak
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- 16
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Go All The Way
Raspberries- Peak
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- 18
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Slippin' Into Darkness
War- Peak
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- 22
- Top 10
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I'll Be Around
The Spinners- Peak
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- 15
- Top 10
- 5
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Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly")
Curtis Mayfield- Peak
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- 16
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Rocket Man
Elton John- Peak
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- 15
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Morning Has Broken
Cat Stevens- Peak
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- 14
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Look What You Done For Me
Al Green- Peak
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- 12
- Top 10
- 6
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If I Could Reach You
The 5th Dimension- Peak
- 10
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- 15
- Top 10
- 1
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I'm Still In Love With You
Al Green- Peak
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- 12
- Top 10
- 6
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Everything I Own
Bread- Peak
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- 13
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Summer Breeze
Seals & Crofts- Peak
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- 17
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If You Don't Know Me By Now
Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes- Peak
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- 14
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Where Is The Love
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway- Peak
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- 13
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In The Rain
The Dramatics- Peak
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- 13
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Hurting Each Other
Carpenters- Peak
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- 12
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I'd Love You To Want Me
Lobo- Peak
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- 14
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Mother And Child Reunion
Paul Simon- Peak
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- 13
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Day Dreaming
Aretha Franklin- Peak
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- 12
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Hold Your Head Up
Argent- Peak
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- 15
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Jungle Fever
The Chakachas- Peak
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- 15
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Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
The Temptations- Peak
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Puppy Love
Donny Osmond- Peak
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Starting All Over Again
Mel And Tim- Peak
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Beautiful Sunday
Daniel Boone- Peak
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- 20
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The Way Of Love
Cher- Peak
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- 13
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Sylvia's Mother
Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show- Peak
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Bang A Gong (Get It On)
T. Rex- Peak
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- 15
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- Peak
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- 14
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Never Been To Spain
Three Dog Night- Peak
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Layla
Derek & The Dominos- Peak
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Saturday In The Park
Chicago- Peak
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A Cowboys Work Is Never Done
Sonny & Cher- Peak
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- 13
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Use Me
Bill Withers- Peak
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- 12
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The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A.
Donna Fargo- Peak
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You Don't Mess Around With Jim
Jim Croce- Peak
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Hot Rod Lincoln
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen- Peak
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- 14
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Coconut
Nilsson- Peak
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- 14
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School's Out
Alice Cooper- Peak
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- 13
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Brand New Key
Melanie- Peak
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- 9
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The City Of New Orleans
Arlo Guthrie- Peak
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- 16
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Troglodyte (Cave Man)
The Jimmy Castor Bunch- Peak
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- 12
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Day After Day
Badfinger- Peak
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- 10
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Black & White
Three Dog Night- Peak
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You Ought To Be With Me
Al Green- Peak
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Don't Say You Don't Remember
Beverly Bremers- Peak
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- 14
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Witchy Woman
Eagles- Peak
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- 13
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It Never Rains In Southern California
Albert Hammond- Peak
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Listen To The Music
The Doobie Brothers- Peak
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Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
Danny O'Keefe- Peak
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- 13
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Doctor My Eyes
Jackson Browne- Peak
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- 12
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Sunshine
Jonathan Edwards- Peak
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- 9
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Roundabout
Yes- Peak
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Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)/Castles In The Air
Don McLean- Peak
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Funny Face
Donna Fargo- Peak
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- 14
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Motorcycle Mama
Sailcat- Peak
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- 15
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I Saw The Light
Todd Rundgren- Peak
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Tumbling Dice
The Rolling Stones- Peak
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- 10
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Power Of Love
Joe Simon- Peak
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- 15
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Sealed With A Kiss
Bobby Vinton- Peak
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- 14
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Day By Day
Godspell- Peak
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- 14
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Ventura Highway
America- Peak
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- 11
- Top 10
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Clean Up Woman
Betty Wright- Peak
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