1972 in Music - American And/or British Hit Singles

American And/or British Hit Singles

• "10538 Overture" – Electric Light Orchestra
• "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" – Sonny & Cher
• "A Horse with No Name" – America
• "All the Young Dudes" – Mott the Hoople
• "Alone Again (Naturally)" – Gilbert O'Sullivan
• "Amazing Grace" – Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
• "America" – Simon & Garfunkel
• "American Pie" – Don McLean
• "Anticipation" – Carly Simon
• "Apache" – The Shadows (re-issue)
• "Baby Blue" – Badfinger
• "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" – Mac Davis
• "Back Off Boogaloo" – Ringo Starr
• "Back Stabbers" – The O'Jays
• "Bang a Gong" – T. Rex
• "Beautiful Sunday" – Daniel Boone
• "Been to Canaan" – Carole King
• "Beg, Steal or Borrow" – The New Seekers
• "Ben" – Michael Jackson
• "Best Thing" – Styx
• "Betcha by Golly, Wow" – The Stylistics
• "Black and White" – Three Dog Night
• "Black Dog"- Led Zeppelin
• "A Brand New Song" – Cliff Richard
• "Brand New Key" – Melanie
• "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" – Looking Glass
• "Burning Love" – Elvis Presley
• "California Man" – The Move
• "The Candy Man" – Sammy Davis, Jr.
• "Children of the Revolution" – T.Rex
• "Circles" – The New Seekers
• "The Cisco Kid" – War
• "The City Of New Orleans" – Arlo Guthrie
• "Clair" – Gilbert O'Sullivan
• "Clean Up Woman" – Betty Wright
• "Coconut" – Harry Nilsson
• "Changes" – David Bowie
• "Come What May (Après Toi)" – Vicky Leandros
• "Conquistador" – Procol Harum
• "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" – Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
• "Crocodile Rock" – Elton John
• "Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast" – Wayne Newton
• "Day After Day" – Badfinger
• "Day by Day" – Godspell
• "The Day I Found Myself" – Honey Cone
• "Day Dreaming" – Aretha Franklin
• "Diary" – Bread
• "Do It Again" – Steely Dan
• "Doctor My Eyes" – Jackson Browne
• "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" – James Taylor
• "Don't Say You Don't Remember" – Beverly Bremers
• "Drowning in the Sea of Love" – Joe Simon
• "Easy Livin'" – Uriah Heep
• "Everybody Plays the Fool" – The Main Ingredient
• "Everything I Own" – Bread
• "Eye Level" – Simon Park Orchestra
• "Family Affair" – Sly & the Family Stone
• "The Family of Man" – Three Dog Night
• "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack
• "Footstompin' Music" – Grand Funk Railroad
• "Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly)" – Curtis Mayfield
• "Garden Party" – Rick Nelson
• "Geronimo's Cadillac" – Michael Martin Murphy
• "Get on the Good Foot pt.1" – James Brown
• "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" – Wings
• "Go All the Way" – Raspberries
• "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" – Danny O'Keefe
• "Goodbye to Love" – The Carpenters
• "Got to Be There" – Michael Jackson
• "Gudbuy T'Jane" - Slade
• "Guitar Man" – Bread
• "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" – Donna Fargo
• "Happy" – The Rolling Stones
• "Happy the Man" – Genesis
• "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" – John Lennon & Yoko Ono, the Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir
• "He Is Your Brother" – ABBA
• "Heart of Gold" – Neil Young
• "Hi, Hi, Hi"/"C Moon" – Wings
• "Hold Your Head Up" – Argent
• "Honky Cat" – Elton John
• "Hot Rod Lincoln" – Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
• "How Do You Do" – Mouth & MacNeal
• "Hurting Each Other" – The Carpenters
• "I Am Woman" – Helen Reddy
• "I Can See Clearly Now" – Johnny Nash
• "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" – Jackie Wilson
• "I Gotcha" – Joe Tex
• "I Need You" – America
• "I Saw The Light" – Todd Rundgren
• "I Wanna Be Where You Are" – Michael Jackson
• "I Want To Be With You" – Raspberries
• "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" – The New Seekers
• "I'd Love You to Want Me" – Lobo
• "I'll Be Around" – The Spinners
• "I'll Take You There" – The Staple Singers
• "I'm Still in Love with You" – Al Green
• "I'm Stone in Love with You" – The Stylistics
• "I've Been Lonely for So Long" – Frederick Knight
• "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" – Luther Ingram
• "If You Don't Know Me by Now" – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
• "Immigration Man" – Crosby & Nash
• "In the Rain" – The Dramatics
• "Isn't Life Strange" – The Moody Blues
• "It Never Rains in Southern California" – Albert Hammond
• "It's Going to Take Some Time" – The Carpenters
• "Jesus" – Cliff Richard
• "Jesus Is Just Alright" – The Doobie Brothers
• "John, I'm Only Dancing" – David Bowie
• "Join Together" – The Who
• "Joy" – Apollo 100
• "Jump Into the Fire" – Harry Nilsson
• "Jungle Fever" – The Chakachas (Roland Klywger under an assumed group name)
• "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep At All" – The 5th Dimension
• "Layla" – Derek and the Dominos
• "Lean on Me" – Bill Withers
• "Legend In Your Own Time" – Carly Simon
• "Let's Stay Together" – Al Green
• "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" – Robert John
• "Listen to the Music" – The Doobie Brothers
• "Living in Harmony" – Cliff Richard
• "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)" – The Hollies
• "Look What You Done For Me" – Al Green
• "Loop di Love" – Shag
• "Love Theme From "The Godfather" – Andy Williams
• "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" - Slade
• "Mary Had a Little Lamb" – Wings
• "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" – Paul Simon
• "Me and Mrs. Jones" – Billy Paul
• "Metal Guru" – T.Rex
• "Mother and Child Reunion" – Paul Simon
• "Motorcycle Mama" – Sailcat
• "Mouldy Old Dough" - Stavely Makepeace Enterprises dba "Lieutenant Pigeon" (classic Dortmund Breakbeat track)
• "My Ding-a-Ling" – Chuck Berry
• "Never Been to Spain" – Three Dog Night
• "Nice to Be With You" – Gallery
• "No One to Depend On" – Santana
• "Oh Girl" – The Chi-Lites
• "Old Man" – Neil Young
• "One Monkee Don't Stop No Show" – Honey Cone
• "Operator" – Jim Croce
• "Outa-Space" – Billy Preston
• "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" – The Temptations
• "Paper Plane" – Status Quo
• "People Need Love" – ABBA (in Japan)
• "Pieces of April" – Three Dog Night
• "Precious and Few" – Climax
• "Puppy Love" – Donny Osmond
• "Respect Yourself" – The Staple Singers
• "Rock and Roll Part 1 + 2" – Gary Glitter
• "Rock Me Baby" – Sacha Distel (dubbed)
• "Rocket Man" – Elton John
• "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" – Johnny Rivers
• "Rockin' Robin" – Michael Jackson
• "Roundabout" – Yes
• "Run to Me" – Bee Gees
• "Saturday In the Park" – Chicago
• "School's Out" – Alice Cooper
• "Scorpio" – Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
• "Seaside Shuffle" – Terry Dactyl & the Dinosaurs
• "Signs" – The Drifters
• "Small Beginnings" – Flash
• "Solid Gold Easy Action" – T.Rex
• "Someday Never Comes" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Something's Wrong With Me" – Austin Roberts.
• "Song Sung Blue" – Neil Diamond
• "Spaceman" – Harry Nilsson
• "Speak To The Sky" – Rick Springfield
• "Starman" – David Bowie
• "Stay with Me" – Faces
• "Suavecito" – Malo
• "Sugar Daddy" – The Jackson 5
• "Summer Breeze" – Seals and Crofts
• "Sunshine" – Jonathan Edwards
• "Superstition" – Stevie Wonder
• "Sweet Seasons" – Carole King
• "Sweet Surrender" – Bread
• "Sylvia's Mother" – Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
• "Take It Easy" – Eagles
• "Take Me Bak 'Ome" - Slade
• "Taxi" – Harry Chapin
• "Telegram Sam" – T.Rex
• "Thunder and Lightning" – Chi Coltrane
• "Tight Rope" – Leon Russell
• "Tiny Dancer" – Elton John
• "Too Late to Turn Back Now" – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
• "Top of the World" – The Carpenters (in Japan; it became a hit in the U.S. and the UK the following year)
• "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" – Jimmy Castor Bunch
• "Trouble Man" – Marvin Gaye
• "Tumbling Dice" – The Rolling Stones
• "Two Divided By Love" – The Grass Roots
• "Use Me" – Bill Withers
• "Ventura Highway" – America
• "Vincent" – Don McLean
• "Virginia Plain" – Roxy Music
• "Walkin' in the Rain With the One I Love" – Love Unlimited
• "The Way of Love" – Cher
• "Where Is the Love?" – Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
• "Without You" – Harry Nilsson
• "Witchy Woman" – Eagles
• "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" – John Lennon
• "You Are Everything" – The Stylistics
• "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" – Jim Croce
• "You Ought to be With Me" – Al Green
• "You Turn Me On I'm a Radio" – Joni Mitchell
• "You Wear It Well" – Rod Stewart
• "You're So Vain" – Carly Simon
• "Your Mama Don't Dance" – Loggins and Messina