POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 5, 1972
1

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan

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Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 1

2

Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

Looking Glass

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Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 2

3

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

Luther Ingram

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 4

4

Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

Wayne Newton

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 20 wks • Prev: 5

5

Too Late To Turn Back Now

Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

↓ 2

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 3

6

Where Is The Love

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

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Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 6

7

School's Out

Alice Cooper

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Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 7

8

How Do You Do?

Mouth & MacNeal

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Peak: 8 • 19 wks • Prev: 8

9

Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)

The Hollies

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 10

10

Layla

Derek & The Dominos

↑ 1

Peak: 10 • 25 wks • Prev: 11

11

Lean On Me

Bill Withers

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 9

12

Coconut

Nilsson

↑ 3

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 15

13

Day By Day

Godspell

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Peak: 13 • 14 wks • Prev: 13

14

Hold Her Tight

The Osmonds

↑ 3

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 17

15

I'm Still In Love With You

Al Green

↑ 3

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 18

16

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

Donna Fargo

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 19

17

Conquistador

Procol Harum

↓ 1

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 16

18

Rocket Man

Elton John

↓ 4

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 14

19

Take It Easy

Eagles

↓ 7

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 12

20

Hold Your Head Up

Argent

↑ 3

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 23

21

You Don't Mess Around With Jim

Jim Croce

↑ 6

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 27

22

Goodbye To Love

Carpenters

↑ 8

Peak: 7 • 10 wks • Prev: 30

23

Sealed With A Kiss

Bobby Vinton

↑ 3

Peak: 19 • 14 wks • Prev: 26

24

Motorcycle Mama

Sailcat

↑ 4

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 28

25

Gone

Joey Heatherton

↑ 4

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 29

26

Too Young

Donny Osmond

↓ 6

Peak: 13 • 9 wks • Prev: 20

27

Outa-Space

Billy Preston

↓ 5

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 22

28

Happy

The Rolling Stones

↑ 3

Peak: 22 • 8 wks • Prev: 31

29

Lookin' Through The Windows

Jackson 5

↑ 9

Peak: 16 • 10 wks • Prev: 38

30

People Make The World Go Round

The Stylistics

↓ 5

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 25

31

Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)

Detroit Emeralds

↑ 3

Peak: 24 • 17 wks • Prev: 34

32

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy

↑ 4

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 36

33

Small Beginnings

Flash

↑ 4

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 37

34

Rock And Roll Part 2

Gary Glitter

↑ 16

Peak: 7 • 11 wks • Prev: 50

35

Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me

Mac Davis

↑ 7

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 42

36

When You Say Love

Sonny & Cher

↑ 11

Peak: 32 • 10 wks • Prev: 47

37

I Wanna Be Where You Are

Michael Jackson

↓ 13

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 24

38

Join Together

The Who

↑ 11

Peak: 17 • 10 wks • Prev: 49

39

The Guitar Man

Bread

↑ 23

Peak: 11 • 10 wks • Prev: 62

40

Beautiful Sunday

Daniel Boone

↑ 5

Peak: 15 • 20 wks • Prev: 45

41

Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead

Barbra Streisand

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Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 41

42

Pop That Thang

The Isley Brothers

↑ 11

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 53

43

I'm Coming Home

Stories

↑ 3

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 46

44

Honky Tonk - Part 1

The James Brown Soul Train

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Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 44

45

The Runway

The Grass Roots

↓ 6

Peak: 39 • 9 wks • Prev: 39

46

We've Come Too Far To End It Now

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

↑ 2

Peak: 46 • 10 wks • Prev: 48

47

Popcorn

Hot Butter

↑ 5

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 52

48

We're Free

Beverly Bremers

↓ 8

Peak: 40 • 15 wks • Prev: 40

49

In The Ghetto

Candi Staton

↑ 5

Peak: 48 • 11 wks • Prev: 54

50

Back Stabbers

The O'Jays

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 55

51

Power Of Love

Joe Simon

↑ 9

Peak: 11 • 15 wks • Prev: 60

52

You're Still A Young Man

Tower Of Power

↑ 11

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 63

53

Duncan

Paul Simon

↑ 3

Peak: 52 • 7 wks • Prev: 56

54

The Coldest Days Of My Life (Part 1)

The Chi-lites

↑ 14

Peak: 47 • 9 wks • Prev: 68

55

Put It Where You Want It

The Crusaders

↑ 10

Peak: 52 • 9 wks • Prev: 65

56

Starting All Over Again

Mel And Tim

↑ 17

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 73

57

Go All The Way

Raspberries

↑ 9

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 66

58

I Miss You (Part I)

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

↑ 1

Peak: 58 • 9 wks • Prev: 59

59

A Simple Man

Lobo

↑ 5

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 64

60

Saturday In The Park

Chicago

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 12 wks

61

Run To Me

Bee Gees

↑ 22

Peak: 16 • 12 wks • Prev: 83

62

Beautiful

Gordon Lightfoot

↓ 4

Peak: 58 • 11 wks • Prev: 58

63

The City Of New Orleans

Arlo Guthrie

↑ 23

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 86

64

War Song

Neil Young & Graham Nash

↓ 3

Peak: 61 • 6 wks • Prev: 61

65

Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma

Ray Charles

↑ 2

Peak: 65 • 6 wks • Prev: 67

66

Everybody Plays The Fool

The Main Ingredient

↑ 6

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 72

67

Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart

The Trammps

↑ 8

Peak: 64 • 11 wks • Prev: 75

68

Rip Off

Laura Lee

↑ 1

Peak: 68 • 11 wks • Prev: 69

69

Starman

David Bowie

↑ 5

Peak: 65 • 9 wks • Prev: 74

70

Alabama Wild Man

Jerry Reed

↑ 14

Peak: 62 • 8 wks • Prev: 84

71

This World

The Staple Singers

★ NEW

Peak: 38 • 7 wks

72

Delta Dawn

Tanya Tucker

↑ 7

Peak: 72 • 7 wks • Prev: 79

73

Rock Me On The Water

Jackson Browne

★ NEW

Peak: 48 • 9 wks

74

That's What Friends Are For

B.J. Thomas

↑ 7

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 81

75

Easy Livin

Uriah Heep

↑ 7

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 82

76

My Guy

Petula Clark

↑ 1

Peak: 70 • 13 wks • Prev: 77

77

If I Were A Carpenter

Bob Seger

↑ 3

Peak: 76 • 9 wks • Prev: 80

78

That's The Way God Planned It

Billy Preston

↑ 17

Peak: 62 • 16 wks • Prev: 95

79

My Man, A Sweet Man

Millie Jackson

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 10 wks

80

Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love

The Supremes

★ NEW

Peak: 59 • 8 wks

81

Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar

Commander Cody

↑ 4

Peak: 81 • 7 wks • Prev: 85

82

In The Quiet Morning

Joan Baez

↑ 8

Peak: 69 • 8 wks • Prev: 90

83

Get On The Good Foot-Part 1

James Brown

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 14 wks

84

What A Wonderful Thing We Have

The Fabulous Rhinestones

★ NEW

Peak: 78 • 4 wks

85

Ben

Michael Jackson

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 16 wks

86

In Time

Engelbert Humperdinck

★ NEW

Peak: 69 • 8 wks

87

Circles

The New Seekers

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Peak: 87 • 5 wks • Prev: 87

88

Butterfly

Danyel Gerard

↑ 1

Peak: 78 • 9 wks • Prev: 89

89

Speak To The Sky

Rick Springfield

★ NEW

Peak: 14 • 13 wks

90

Geronimo's Cadillac

Michael Murphey

★ NEW

Peak: 37 • 13 wks

91

Down On Me

Janis Joplin

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Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 91

92

Goodbye Again

John Denver

↑ 1

Peak: 88 • 6 wks • Prev: 93

93

Couldn't I Just Tell You

Todd Rundgren

↑ 3

Peak: 93 • 2 wks • Prev: 96

94

I Could Never Be Happy

The Emotions

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Peak: 93 • 5 wks • Prev: 94

95

Turn On Your Love Light

Jerry Lee Lewis

↑ 3

Peak: 95 • 3 wks • Prev: 98

96

Garden Party

Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band

↑ 3

Peak: 6 • 19 wks • Prev: 99

97

Down By The River

Albert Hammond

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Peak: 91 • 7 wks • Prev: 97

98

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

The Honey Cone

↑ 2

Peak: 96 • 4 wks • Prev: 100

99

My Ding-A-Ling

Chuck Berry

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 17 wks

100

Nights In White Satin

The Moody Blues

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 18 wks

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