POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 22, 1972
1

Lean On Me

Bill Withers

—

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 1

2

Too Late To Turn Back Now

Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

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Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 2

3

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 8

4

Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

Looking Glass

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 5

5

(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right

Luther Ingram

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 9

6

Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

Wayne Newton

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 20 wks • Prev: 7

7

Where Is The Love

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

↑ 3

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 10

8

How Do You Do?

Mouth & MacNeal

↑ 3

Peak: 8 • 19 wks • Prev: 11

9

Rocket Man

Elton John

↓ 3

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

10

School's Out

Alice Cooper

↑ 2

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 12

11

Layla

Derek & The Dominos

↑ 4

Peak: 10 • 25 wks • Prev: 15

12

Take It Easy

Eagles

↑ 2

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 14

13

Too Young

Donny Osmond

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Peak: 13 • 9 wks • Prev: 13

14

Outa-Space

Billy Preston

↓ 11

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 3

15

Song Sung Blue

Neil Diamond

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 4

16

I Wanna Be Where You Are

Michael Jackson

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Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 16

17

Conquistador

Procol Harum

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 19

18

Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)

The Hollies

↑ 4

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 22

19

Day By Day

Godspell

↑ 4

Peak: 13 • 14 wks • Prev: 23

20

Hold Her Tight

The Osmonds

↑ 4

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 24

21

I'm Still In Love With You

Al Green

↑ 9

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 30

22

The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A.

Donna Fargo

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 25

23

The Candy Man

Sammy Davis, Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 17

24

Coconut

Nilsson

↑ 4

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 28

25

People Make The World Go Round

The Stylistics

↑ 2

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 27

26

Troglodyte (Cave Man)

The Jimmy Castor Bunch

↓ 8

Peak: 6 • 12 wks • Prev: 18

27

I Need You

America

↓ 7

Peak: 9 • 10 wks • Prev: 20

28

Mary Had A Little Lamb/Little Woman Love

Wings

↑ 1

Peak: 28 • 7 wks • Prev: 29

29

Hold Your Head Up

Argent

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 34

30

Sealed With A Kiss

Bobby Vinton

↑ 2

Peak: 19 • 14 wks • Prev: 32

31

You Don't Mess Around With Jim

Jim Croce

↑ 10

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 41

32

All The Kings Horses

Aretha Franklin

↓ 6

Peak: 26 • 8 wks • Prev: 26

33

Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)

Stevie Wonder

↑ 2

Peak: 33 • 11 wks • Prev: 35

34

Gone

Joey Heatherton

↑ 3

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 37

35

Motorcycle Mama

Sailcat

↑ 4

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 39

36

Nice To Be With You

Gallery

↓ 15

Peak: 4 • 22 wks • Prev: 21

37

I've Been Lonely For So Long

Frederick Knight

↓ 6

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 31

38

Goodbye To Love

Carpenters

↑ 30

Peak: 7 • 10 wks • Prev: 68

39

The Runway

The Grass Roots

↑ 5

Peak: 39 • 9 wks • Prev: 44

40

We're Free

Beverly Bremers

↑ 3

Peak: 40 • 15 wks • Prev: 43

41

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy

↑ 14

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 55

42

Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)

Detroit Emeralds

↑ 5

Peak: 24 • 17 wks • Prev: 47

43

Happy

The Rolling Stones

↑ 26

Peak: 22 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

44

Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead

Barbra Streisand

↑ 5

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 49

45

Honky Tonk - Part 1

The James Brown Soul Train

↑ 3

Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 48

46

Brown Eyed Girl

El Chicano

↓ 1

Peak: 45 • 7 wks • Prev: 45

47

Small Beginnings

Flash

↑ 5

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 52

48

We're On Our Way

Chris Hodge

↓ 2

Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 46

49

I'm Coming Home

Stories

↑ 1

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 50

50

Beautiful Sunday

Daniel Boone

↑ 8

Peak: 15 • 20 wks • Prev: 58

51

We've Come Too Far To End It Now

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

↑ 3

Peak: 46 • 10 wks • Prev: 54

52

After Midnight

J.J. Cale

↓ 10

Peak: 42 • 11 wks • Prev: 42

53

When You Say Love

Sonny & Cher

↑ 17

Peak: 32 • 10 wks • Prev: 70

54

Life And Breath

Climax featuring Sonny Geraci

↓ 1

Peak: 52 • 15 wks • Prev: 53

55

In The Ghetto

Candi Staton

↑ 2

Peak: 48 • 11 wks • Prev: 57

56

In A Broken Dream

Python Lee Jackson

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Peak: 56 • 10 wks • Prev: 56

57

Pop That Thang

The Isley Brothers

↑ 5

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 62

58

Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me

Mac Davis

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 61

59

Beautiful

Gordon Lightfoot

↑ 1

Peak: 58 • 11 wks • Prev: 60

60

Duncan

Paul Simon

↑ 6

Peak: 52 • 7 wks • Prev: 66

61

Lookin' Through The Windows

Jackson 5

↑ 22

Peak: 16 • 10 wks • Prev: 83

62

War Song

Neil Young & Graham Nash

↑ 2

Peak: 61 • 6 wks • Prev: 64

63

I Miss You (Part I)

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

↑ 4

Peak: 58 • 9 wks • Prev: 67

64

Power Of Love

Joe Simon

↑ 7

Peak: 11 • 15 wks • Prev: 71

65

Men Of Learning

Vigrass & Osborne

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Peak: 65 • 7 wks • Prev: 65

66

Popcorn

Hot Butter

↑ 8

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 74

67

A Simple Man

Lobo

↑ 5

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 72

68

Go All The Way

Raspberries

↑ 7

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 75

69

Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma

Ray Charles

↑ 7

Peak: 65 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

70

Join Together

The Who

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 10 wks

71

Rip Off

Laura Lee

↑ 2

Peak: 68 • 11 wks • Prev: 73

72

The Coldest Days Of My Life (Part 1)

The Chi-lites

↑ 16

Peak: 47 • 9 wks • Prev: 88

73

Victim Of A Foolish Heart

Bettye Swann

↓ 10

Peak: 63 • 9 wks • Prev: 63

74

You're Still A Young Man

Tower Of Power

↑ 7

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 81

75

Starting All Over Again

Mel And Tim

↑ 7

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 82

77

Back Stabbers

The O'Jays

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 15 wks

78

Eddie's Love

Eddie Kendricks

↓ 1

Peak: 77 • 8 wks • Prev: 77

79

Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart

The Trammps

↑ 11

Peak: 64 • 11 wks • Prev: 90

80

My Guy

Petula Clark

↑ 4

Peak: 70 • 13 wks • Prev: 84

81

Everybody Plays The Fool

The Main Ingredient

↑ 13

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 94

82

If I Were A Carpenter

Bob Seger

↑ 4

Peak: 76 • 9 wks • Prev: 86

83

Put It Where You Want It

The Crusaders

↑ 8

Peak: 52 • 9 wks • Prev: 91

84

Rock And Roll Part 2

Gary Glitter

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 11 wks

85

Butterfly

Danyel Gerard

—

Peak: 78 • 9 wks • Prev: 85

86

Delta Dawn

Tanya Tucker

↑ 1

Peak: 72 • 7 wks • Prev: 87

87

Alabama Wild Man

Jerry Reed

↑ 2

Peak: 62 • 8 wks • Prev: 89

88

That's What Friends Are For

B.J. Thomas

↑ 10

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 98

89

Country Woman

The Magic Lantern

↑ 10

Peak: 88 • 4 wks • Prev: 99

90

Starman

David Bowie

↑ 5

Peak: 65 • 9 wks • Prev: 95

91

Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar

Commander Cody

★ NEW

Peak: 81 • 7 wks

92

Rock And Roll Crazies

Stephen Stills-Manassas

↑ 1

Peak: 92 • 3 wks • Prev: 93

93

Circles

The New Seekers

↑ 4

Peak: 87 • 5 wks • Prev: 97

94

Goodbye Again

John Denver

★ NEW

Peak: 88 • 6 wks

95

Down On Me

Janis Joplin

↑ 5

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 100

96

That's The Way God Planned It

Billy Preston

—

Peak: 62 • 16 wks • Prev: 96

97

I Could Never Be Happy

The Emotions

★ NEW

Peak: 93 • 5 wks

98

Turn On Your Love Light

Jerry Lee Lewis

★ NEW

Peak: 95 • 3 wks

99

Mother Nature

The Temptations

↓ 7

Peak: 92 • 4 wks • Prev: 92

100

Down By The River

Albert Hammond

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 7 wks

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