POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 29, 1972
1

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 3

2

Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

Looking Glass

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 4

3

Too Late To Turn Back Now

Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

↓ 1

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 2

4

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

Luther Ingram

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 5

5

Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

Wayne Newton

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 20 wks • Prev: 6

6

Where Is The Love

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 7

7

School's Out

Alice Cooper

↑ 3

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 10

8

How Do You Do?

Mouth & MacNeal

—

Peak: 8 • 19 wks • Prev: 8

9

Lean On Me

Bill Withers

↓ 8

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 1

10

Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)

The Hollies

↑ 8

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 18

11

Layla

Derek & The Dominos

—

Peak: 10 • 25 wks • Prev: 11

12

Take It Easy

Eagles

—

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 12

13

Day By Day

Godspell

↑ 6

Peak: 13 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

14

Rocket Man

Elton John

↓ 5

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 9

15

Coconut

Nilsson

↑ 9

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 24

16

Conquistador

Procol Harum

↑ 1

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 17

17

Hold Her Tight

The Osmonds

↑ 3

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 20

18

I'm Still In Love With You

Al Green

↑ 3

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 21

19

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

Donna Fargo

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

20

Too Young

Donny Osmond

↓ 7

Peak: 13 • 9 wks • Prev: 13

21

Song Sung Blue

Neil Diamond

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 15

22

Outa-Space

Billy Preston

↓ 8

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 14

23

Hold Your Head Up

Argent

↑ 6

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 29

24

I Wanna Be Where You Are

Michael Jackson

↓ 8

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 16

25

People Make The World Go Round

The Stylistics

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Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 25

26

Sealed With A Kiss

Bobby Vinton

↑ 4

Peak: 19 • 14 wks • Prev: 30

27

You Don't Mess Around With Jim

Jim Croce

↑ 4

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 31

28

Motorcycle Mama

Sailcat

↑ 7

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 35

29

Gone

Joey Heatherton

↑ 5

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 34

30

Goodbye To Love

Carpenters

↑ 8

Peak: 7 • 10 wks • Prev: 38

31

Happy

The Rolling Stones

↑ 12

Peak: 22 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

32

The Candy Man

Sammy Davis, Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation

↓ 9

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 23

33

Troglodyte (Cave Man)

The Jimmy Castor Bunch

↓ 7

Peak: 6 • 12 wks • Prev: 26

34

Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)

Detroit Emeralds

↑ 8

Peak: 24 • 17 wks • Prev: 42

35

Mary Had A Little Lamb/Little Woman Love

Wings

↓ 7

Peak: 28 • 7 wks • Prev: 28

36

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy

↑ 5

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 41

37

Small Beginnings

Flash

↑ 10

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 47

38

Lookin' Through The Windows

Jackson 5

↑ 23

Peak: 16 • 10 wks • Prev: 61

39

The Runway

The Grass Roots

—

Peak: 39 • 9 wks • Prev: 39

40

We're Free

Beverly Bremers

—

Peak: 40 • 15 wks • Prev: 40

41

Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead

Barbra Streisand

↑ 3

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 44

42

Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me

Mac Davis

↑ 16

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 58

43

Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)

Stevie Wonder

↓ 10

Peak: 33 • 11 wks • Prev: 33

44

Honky Tonk - Part 1

The James Brown Soul Train

↑ 1

Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 45

45

Beautiful Sunday

Daniel Boone

↑ 5

Peak: 15 • 20 wks • Prev: 50

46

I'm Coming Home

Stories

↑ 3

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 49

47

When You Say Love

Sonny & Cher

↑ 6

Peak: 32 • 10 wks • Prev: 53

48

We've Come Too Far To End It Now

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

↑ 3

Peak: 46 • 10 wks • Prev: 51

49

Join Together

The Who

↑ 21

Peak: 17 • 10 wks • Prev: 70

50

Rock And Roll Part 2

Gary Glitter

↑ 34

Peak: 7 • 11 wks • Prev: 84

51

Brown Eyed Girl

El Chicano

↓ 5

Peak: 45 • 7 wks • Prev: 46

52

Popcorn

Hot Butter

↑ 14

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 66

53

Pop That Thang

The Isley Brothers

↑ 4

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 57

54

In The Ghetto

Candi Staton

↑ 1

Peak: 48 • 11 wks • Prev: 55

55

Back Stabbers

The O'Jays

↑ 22

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 77

56

Duncan

Paul Simon

↑ 4

Peak: 52 • 7 wks • Prev: 60

57

In A Broken Dream

Python Lee Jackson

↓ 1

Peak: 56 • 10 wks • Prev: 56

58

Beautiful

Gordon Lightfoot

↑ 1

Peak: 58 • 11 wks • Prev: 59

59

I Miss You (Part I)

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

↑ 4

Peak: 58 • 9 wks • Prev: 63

60

Power Of Love

Joe Simon

↑ 4

Peak: 11 • 15 wks • Prev: 64

61

War Song

Neil Young & Graham Nash

↑ 1

Peak: 61 • 6 wks • Prev: 62

62

The Guitar Man

Bread

★ NEW

Peak: 11 • 10 wks

63

You're Still A Young Man

Tower Of Power

↑ 11

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 74

64

A Simple Man

Lobo

↑ 3

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 67

65

Put It Where You Want It

The Crusaders

↑ 18

Peak: 52 • 9 wks • Prev: 83

66

Go All The Way

Raspberries

↑ 2

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 68

67

Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma

Ray Charles

↑ 2

Peak: 65 • 6 wks • Prev: 69

68

The Coldest Days Of My Life (Part 1)

The Chi-lites

↑ 4

Peak: 47 • 9 wks • Prev: 72

69

Rip Off

Laura Lee

↑ 2

Peak: 68 • 11 wks • Prev: 71

70

Men Of Learning

Vigrass & Osborne

↓ 5

Peak: 65 • 7 wks • Prev: 65

71

After Midnight

J.J. Cale

↓ 19

Peak: 42 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

72

Everybody Plays The Fool

The Main Ingredient

↑ 9

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 81

73

Starting All Over Again

Mel And Tim

↑ 2

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 75

74

Starman

David Bowie

↑ 16

Peak: 65 • 9 wks • Prev: 90

75

Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart

The Trammps

↑ 4

Peak: 64 • 11 wks • Prev: 79

77

My Guy

Petula Clark

↑ 3

Peak: 70 • 13 wks • Prev: 80

78

Eddie's Love

Eddie Kendricks

—

Peak: 77 • 8 wks • Prev: 78

79

Delta Dawn

Tanya Tucker

↑ 7

Peak: 72 • 7 wks • Prev: 86

80

If I Were A Carpenter

Bob Seger

↑ 2

Peak: 76 • 9 wks • Prev: 82

81

That's What Friends Are For

B.J. Thomas

↑ 7

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 88

82

Easy Livin

Uriah Heep

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 12 wks

83

Run To Me

Bee Gees

★ NEW

Peak: 16 • 12 wks

84

Alabama Wild Man

Jerry Reed

↑ 3

Peak: 62 • 8 wks • Prev: 87

85

Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar

Commander Cody

↑ 6

Peak: 81 • 7 wks • Prev: 91

86

The City Of New Orleans

Arlo Guthrie

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 16 wks

87

Circles

The New Seekers

↑ 6

Peak: 87 • 5 wks • Prev: 93

88

Country Woman

The Magic Lantern

↑ 1

Peak: 88 • 4 wks • Prev: 89

89

Butterfly

Danyel Gerard

↓ 4

Peak: 78 • 9 wks • Prev: 85

90

In The Quiet Morning

Joan Baez

★ NEW

Peak: 69 • 8 wks

91

Down On Me

Janis Joplin

↑ 4

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 95

92

Rock And Roll Crazies

Stephen Stills-Manassas

—

Peak: 92 • 3 wks • Prev: 92

93

Goodbye Again

John Denver

↑ 1

Peak: 88 • 6 wks • Prev: 94

94

I Could Never Be Happy

The Emotions

↑ 3

Peak: 93 • 5 wks • Prev: 97

95

That's The Way God Planned It

Billy Preston

↑ 1

Peak: 62 • 16 wks • Prev: 96

96

Couldn't I Just Tell You

Todd Rundgren

★ NEW

Peak: 93 • 2 wks

97

Down By The River

Albert Hammond

↑ 3

Peak: 91 • 7 wks • Prev: 100

98

Turn On Your Love Light

Jerry Lee Lewis

—

Peak: 95 • 3 wks • Prev: 98

99

Garden Party

Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band

★ NEW

Peak: 6 • 19 wks

100

Sittin' On A Time Bomb (Waitin' For The Hurt To Come)

The Honey Cone

★ NEW

Peak: 96 • 4 wks

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