POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 14, 1972
1

Ben

Michael Jackson

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 2

2

Use Me

Bill Withers

↑ 4

Peak: 2 • 12 wks • Prev: 6

3

Everybody Plays The Fool

The Main Ingredient

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 4

4

Burning Love

Elvis Presley

↑ 3

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 7

5

Go All The Way

Raspberries

—

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 5

6

Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me

Mac Davis

↓ 5

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 1

7

My Ding-A-Ling

Chuck Berry

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 9

8

Nights In White Satin

The Moody Blues

↑ 4

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 12

9

Back Stabbers

The O'Jays

↓ 6

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 3

10

Popcorn

Hot Butter

—

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 10

11

Play Me

Neil Diamond

—

Peak: 11 • 11 wks • Prev: 11

12

Garden Party

Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band

↑ 3

Peak: 6 • 19 wks • Prev: 15

13

You Wear It Well

Rod Stewart

↑ 4

Peak: 13 • 10 wks • Prev: 17

14

Speak To The Sky

Rick Springfield

—

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 14

15

Tight Rope

Leon Russell

↑ 1

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 16

16

Why/Lonely Boy

Donny Osmond

↑ 2

Peak: 13 • 12 wks • Prev: 18

17

Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly")

Curtis Mayfield

↑ 4

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 21

18

Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues

Danny O'Keefe

↑ 5

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 23

19

Get On The Good Foot-Part 1

James Brown

—

Peak: 18 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

20

The City Of New Orleans

Arlo Guthrie

—

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 20

21

Black & White

Three Dog Night

↓ 13

Peak: 1 • 11 wks • Prev: 8

22

Listen To The Music

The Doobie Brothers

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 13 wks • Prev: 24

23

Saturday In The Park

Chicago

↓ 10

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 13

24

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

Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

↑ 2

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 26

25

Starting All Over Again

Mel And Tim

—

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 25

26

I Can See Clearly Now

Johnny Nash

↑ 7

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 33

27

Witchy Woman

Eagles

↑ 3

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 30

28

If I Could Reach You

The 5th Dimension

↑ 3

Peak: 10 • 15 wks • Prev: 31

29

Thunder And Lightning

Chi Coltrane

—

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 29

30

I Believe In Music

Gallery

↑ 5

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 35

31

Midnight Rider

Joe Cocker and The Chris Stainton Band

↑ 5

Peak: 27 • 8 wks • Prev: 36

32

I'll Be Around

The Spinners

↑ 8

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 40

33

Loving You Just Crossed My Mind

Sam Neely

↑ 6

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 39

34

Beautiful Sunday

Daniel Boone

↓ 12

Peak: 15 • 20 wks • Prev: 22

35

I'd Love You To Want Me

Lobo

↑ 9

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 44

36

I Am Woman

Helen Reddy

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 46

37

Geronimo's Cadillac

Michael Murphey

—

Peak: 37 • 13 wks • Prev: 37

38

Rock Me Baby

David Cassidy

↑ 3

Peak: 38 • 8 wks • Prev: 41

39

Spaceman

Nilsson

↑ 4

Peak: 23 • 10 wks • Prev: 43

40

Don't Do It

The Band

↑ 10

Peak: 34 • 11 wks • Prev: 50

41

From The Beginning

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

↑ 4

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 45

42

Honky Cat

Elton John

↓ 14

Peak: 8 • 10 wks • Prev: 28

43

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan

↓ 16

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 27

44

American City Suite

Cashman & West

↑ 14

Peak: 27 • 11 wks • Prev: 58

45

If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry

Jerry Wallace

↓ 7

Peak: 38 • 9 wks • Prev: 38

46

A Piece Of Paper

Gladstone

↑ 1

Peak: 45 • 11 wks • Prev: 47

47

Don't Hide Your Love

Cher

↑ 1

Peak: 46 • 8 wks • Prev: 48

48

Elected

Alice Cooper

↑ 19

Peak: 26 • 8 wks • Prev: 67

49

All The Young Dudes

Mott The Hoople

↑ 11

Peak: 37 • 11 wks • Prev: 60

50

Summer Breeze

Seals & Crofts

↑ 9

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 59

51

Slaughter

Billy Preston

↑ 1

Peak: 50 • 8 wks • Prev: 52

52

Can't You Hear The Song?

Wayne Newton

↑ 5

Peak: 48 • 8 wks • Prev: 57

53

That's How Love Goes

Jermaine Jackson

↑ 3

Peak: 46 • 11 wks • Prev: 56

54

(It's The Way) Nature Planned It

Four Tops

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Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 54

55

Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)

Bobby Womack & Peace

↓ 4

Peak: 51 • 9 wks • Prev: 51

56

If You Don't Know Me By Now

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 61

57

Run To Me

Bee Gees

↓ 23

Peak: 16 • 12 wks • Prev: 34

58

A Lonely Man/The Man & The Woman (The Boy & The Girl)

The Chi-lites

↑ 11

Peak: 57 • 5 wks • Prev: 69

59

Rock 'N Roll Soul

Grand Funk Railroad

↑ 6

Peak: 29 • 13 wks • Prev: 65

60

Let It Rain

Eric Clapton

↑ 2

Peak: 48 • 13 wks • Prev: 62

61

Power Of Love

Joe Simon

↓ 29

Peak: 11 • 15 wks • Prev: 32

62

Guess Who/Them Changes

B.B. King

↑ 1

Peak: 62 • 11 wks • Prev: 63

63

Woman Don't Go Astray

King Floyd

↑ 1

Peak: 53 • 12 wks • Prev: 64

64

Easy Livin

Uriah Heep

↓ 15

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 49

65

For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her

Simon & Garfunkel

↓ 12

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 53

66

Colorado

Danny Holien

↑ 9

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 75

67

Poor Boy

Casey Kelly

↑ 11

Peak: 52 • 9 wks • Prev: 78

68

I'll Make You Music

Beverly Bremers

—

Peak: 63 • 9 wks • Prev: 68

69

Toast To The Fool

The Dramatics

↑ 1

Peak: 67 • 9 wks • Prev: 70

70

Think (About It)

Lyn Collins

↓ 4

Peak: 66 • 7 wks • Prev: 66

71

Funny Face

Donna Fargo

↑ 12

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 83

72

So Long Dixie

Blood, Sweat & Tears

↑ 9

Peak: 44 • 11 wks • Prev: 81

73

Carry Me, Carrie

Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show

↓ 2

Peak: 71 • 6 wks • Prev: 71

74

We Can Make It Together

Steve & Eydie Featuring The Osmonds

—

Peak: 68 • 10 wks • Prev: 74

75

Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu

Johnny Rivers

↑ 5

Peak: 6 • 19 wks • Prev: 80

76

One More Chance

Ocean

—

Peak: 76 • 4 wks • Prev: 76

77

If You Let Me

Eddie Kendricks

↑ 5

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 82

78

Operator (That's Not the Way it Feels)

Jim Croce

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 12 wks

79

Guilty

Al Green

—

Peak: 69 • 7 wks • Prev: 79

80

Sunny Days

Lighthouse

↑ 10

Peak: 34 • 12 wks • Prev: 90

81

Man Sized Job

Denise LaSalle

↑ 17

Peak: 55 • 9 wks • Prev: 98

82

Best Thing

Styx

↑ 2

Peak: 82 • 6 wks • Prev: 84

83

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

The Temptations

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 16 wks

84

If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair)

Laura Lee

↑ 3

Peak: 65 • 8 wks • Prev: 87

85

Dance, Dance, Dance

The New Seekers featuring Marty Kristian

—

Peak: 84 • 5 wks • Prev: 85

86

The Mosquito

The Doors

—

Peak: 85 • 4 wks • Prev: 86

87

Wedding Song (There Is Love)

Petula Clark

↑ 2

Peak: 61 • 10 wks • Prev: 89

88

Dinah Flo

Boz Scaggs

—

Peak: 86 • 4 wks • Prev: 88

89

Baby Sitter

Betty Wright

★ NEW

Peak: 46 • 10 wks

90

Why Can't We Be Lovers

Holland-Dozier

↑ 6

Peak: 57 • 10 wks • Prev: 96

91

No

Bulldog

★ NEW

Peak: 44 • 15 wks

92

I'm Stone In Love With You

The Stylistics

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 13 wks

93

Dedicated To The One I Love

The Temprees

—

Peak: 93 • 2 wks • Prev: 93

94

Sing A Song/Make Your Own Kind Of Music

Barbra Streisand

↑ 1

Peak: 94 • 3 wks • Prev: 95

95

With Pen In Hand

Bobby Goldsboro

↓ 1

Peak: 94 • 5 wks • Prev: 94

96

Deteriorata

National Lampoon

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 4 wks

97

Runnin' Back To Saskatoon

The Guess Who

★ NEW

Peak: 96 • 3 wks

98

Something's Wrong With Me

Austin Roberts

★ NEW

Peak: 12 • 15 wks

99

I Just Want To Make Love To You

Foghat

—

Peak: 33 • 17 wks • Prev: 99

100

Happier Than The Morning Sun

B.J. Thomas

—

Peak: 100 • 2 wks • Prev: 100

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