POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 2, 1972
1

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 2

2

Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)

The Hollies

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 3

3

I'm Still In Love With You

Al Green

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 4

4

Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

Looking Glass

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 1

5

Hold Your Head Up

Argent

—

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

6

Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me

Mac Davis

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 10

7

Goodbye To Love

Carpenters

—

Peak: 7 • 10 wks • Prev: 7

8

You Don't Mess Around With Jim

Jim Croce

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 9

9

Rock And Roll Part 2

Gary Glitter

↑ 8

Peak: 7 • 11 wks • Prev: 17

10

Back Stabbers

The O'Jays

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 14

11

The Guitar Man

Bread

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 10 wks • Prev: 13

12

Motorcycle Mama

Sailcat

—

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

13

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

Luther Ingram

↓ 7

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 6

14

Black & White

Three Dog Night

↑ 9

Peak: 1 • 11 wks • Prev: 23

15

Saturday In The Park

Chicago

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 20

16

Lookin' Through The Windows

Jackson 5

—

Peak: 16 • 10 wks • Prev: 16

17

Coconut

Nilsson

↓ 9

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 8

18

Beautiful Sunday

Daniel Boone

↑ 6

Peak: 15 • 20 wks • Prev: 24

19

Join Together

The Who

↑ 3

Peak: 17 • 10 wks • Prev: 22

20

Go All The Way

Raspberries

↑ 8

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 28

21

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

Donna Fargo

↓ 10

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 11

22

Power Of Love

Joe Simon

↑ 5

Peak: 11 • 15 wks • Prev: 27

23

Honky Cat

Elton John

↑ 17

Peak: 8 • 10 wks • Prev: 40

24

Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)

Detroit Emeralds

↑ 1

Peak: 24 • 17 wks • Prev: 25

25

Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

Wayne Newton

↓ 10

Peak: 4 • 20 wks • Prev: 15

26

Sealed With A Kiss

Bobby Vinton

↓ 7

Peak: 19 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

27

Run To Me

Bee Gees

↑ 10

Peak: 16 • 12 wks • Prev: 37

28

Popcorn

Hot Butter

↑ 5

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 33

29

Small Beginnings

Flash

—

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 29

30

Pop That Thang

The Isley Brothers

↑ 4

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 34

31

Where Is The Love

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

↓ 13

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 18

32

Everybody Plays The Fool

The Main Ingredient

↑ 10

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 42

33

Play Me

Neil Diamond

↑ 11

Peak: 11 • 11 wks • Prev: 44

34

You're Still A Young Man

Tower Of Power

↑ 2

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 36

35

Speak To The Sky

Rick Springfield

↑ 14

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 49

36

How Do You Do?

Mouth & MacNeal

↓ 10

Peak: 8 • 19 wks • Prev: 26

37

Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead

Barbra Streisand

↑ 1

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 38

38

This World

The Staple Singers

↑ 1

Peak: 38 • 7 wks • Prev: 39

39

Nights In White Satin

The Moody Blues

↑ 8

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 47

40

When You Say Love

Sonny & Cher

↓ 8

Peak: 32 • 10 wks • Prev: 32

41

The City Of New Orleans

Arlo Guthrie

↑ 5

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 46

42

My Ding-A-Ling

Chuck Berry

↑ 21

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 63

43

Ben

Michael Jackson

↑ 8

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 51

44

Gone

Joey Heatherton

↓ 9

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 35

45

Easy Livin

Uriah Heep

↑ 9

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 54

46

Get On The Good Foot-Part 1

James Brown

↑ 9

Peak: 18 • 14 wks • Prev: 55

47

The Coldest Days Of My Life (Part 1)

The Chi-lites

↑ 1

Peak: 47 • 9 wks • Prev: 48

48

America

Yes

↑ 11

Peak: 46 • 7 wks • Prev: 59

49

Starting All Over Again

Mel And Tim

↑ 1

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 50

50

Happy

The Rolling Stones

↓ 9

Peak: 22 • 8 wks • Prev: 41

51

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy

↓ 6

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 45

52

Put It Where You Want It

The Crusaders

↑ 1

Peak: 52 • 9 wks • Prev: 53

53

Use Me

Bill Withers

↑ 27

Peak: 2 • 12 wks • Prev: 80

54

Garden Party

Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band

↑ 13

Peak: 6 • 19 wks • Prev: 67

55

My Man, A Sweet Man

Millie Jackson

↑ 3

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 58

56

Rock Me On The Water

Jackson Browne

↑ 4

Peak: 48 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

57

I Believe In Music

Gallery

↑ 15

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 72

58

Burning Love

Elvis Presley

↑ 10

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 68

59

A Simple Man

Lobo

↓ 3

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 56

60

Tight Rope

Leon Russell

↑ 22

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 82

61

In The Ghetto

Candi Staton

↓ 9

Peak: 48 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

62

Why/Lonely Boy

Donny Osmond

↑ 23

Peak: 13 • 12 wks • Prev: 85

63

If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry

Jerry Wallace

↑ 8

Peak: 38 • 9 wks • Prev: 71

64

Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart

The Trammps

↑ 2

Peak: 64 • 11 wks • Prev: 66

65

That's The Way God Planned It

Billy Preston

—

Peak: 62 • 16 wks • Prev: 65

66

Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love

The Supremes

↑ 3

Peak: 59 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

67

You Wear It Well

Rod Stewart

↑ 20

Peak: 13 • 10 wks • Prev: 87

68

Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)

Van Morrison

↑ 6

Peak: 61 • 6 wks • Prev: 74

69

In The Quiet Morning

Joan Baez

↑ 4

Peak: 69 • 8 wks • Prev: 73

70

Alabama Wild Man

Jerry Reed

↓ 8

Peak: 62 • 8 wks • Prev: 62

71

Geronimo's Cadillac

Michael Murphey

↑ 8

Peak: 37 • 13 wks • Prev: 79

72

My Guy

Petula Clark

↓ 2

Peak: 70 • 13 wks • Prev: 70

73

Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)

Bobby Womack & Peace

↑ 11

Peak: 51 • 9 wks • Prev: 84

74

I'm Coming Home

Stories

↓ 13

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 61

75

In Time

Engelbert Humperdinck

—

Peak: 69 • 8 wks • Prev: 75

76

Love Song

Tommy James

↑ 10

Peak: 67 • 6 wks • Prev: 86

77

From The Beginning

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

↑ 12

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 89

78

For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her

Simon & Garfunkel

★ NEW

Peak: 53 • 7 wks

79

Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly")

Curtis Mayfield

↑ 14

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 93

80

Don't Ever Be Lonely (A Poor Little Fool Like Me)

Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

★ NEW

Peak: 23 • 11 wks

81

Wholy Holy

Aretha Franklin With James Cleveland & The Southern California Community Choir

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Peak: 81 • 4 wks • Prev: 81

82

A Piece Of Paper

Gladstone

↑ 17

Peak: 45 • 11 wks • Prev: 99

83

Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar

Commander Cody

—

Peak: 81 • 7 wks • Prev: 83

84

How Could I Let You Get Away

The Spinners

↑ 7

Peak: 77 • 4 wks • Prev: 91

85

I Will Never Pass This Way Again

Glen Campbell

↑ 5

Peak: 61 • 7 wks • Prev: 90

86

Thunder And Lightning

Chi Coltrane

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 13 wks

87

Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues

Danny O'Keefe

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 13 wks

88

Loving You Just Crossed My Mind

Sam Neely

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 12 wks

89

Listen To The Music

The Doobie Brothers

★ NEW

Peak: 11 • 13 wks

90

Think (About It)

Lyn Collins

★ NEW

Peak: 66 • 7 wks

91

Down By The River

Albert Hammond

↑ 1

Peak: 91 • 7 wks • Prev: 92

92

Life And Breath

Climax featuring Sonny Geraci

★ NEW

Peak: 52 • 15 wks

93

Summer Sun

Jamestown Massacre

↑ 1

Peak: 90 • 5 wks • Prev: 94

94

Toast To The Fool

The Dramatics

↑ 1

Peak: 67 • 9 wks • Prev: 95

95

I've Got To Have You

Sammi Smith

↑ 5

Peak: 77 • 7 wks • Prev: 100

96

A Sunday Kind Of Love

Lenny Welch

—

Peak: 96 • 5 wks • Prev: 96

97

Guess Who/Them Changes

B.B. King

—

Peak: 62 • 11 wks • Prev: 97

98

Lady Eleanor

Lindisfarne

★ NEW

Peak: 82 • 5 wks

99

Fool's Paradise

The Sylvers

★ NEW

Peak: 94 • 3 wks

100

Whatever Turns You On

Travis Wammack

★ NEW

Peak: 95 • 4 wks

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