My Top 100 Singles of 1972
1. Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"
2. Al Green - "Let's Stay Together"
3. Lyn Collins – “Think (About It)”
4. Faces - "Stay With Me"
5. Yes - "Roundabout"
6. The Who - "Baba O'Riley"
7. The Eagles - "Take It Easy"
8. Chicago - "Saturday In The Park"
9. The Rolling Stones - "Tumbling Dice"
10. The O'Jays - "Back Stabbers"
11. Elton John - "Tiny Dancer"
12. Steely Dan - "Do It Again"
13. America – “Ventura Highway”
14. Curtis Mayfield - "Superfly"
15. Derek And the Dominoes - "Layla"
16. Van Morrison – “Jackie Wilson Said (I’m In Heaven When You Smile)”
17. Bill Withers - "Lean On Me"
18. Jackson Browne - "Doctor My Eyes"
19. Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – “Too Late To Turn Back Now”
20. David Bowie - "Suffragette City"
21. Sly & The Family Stone - "Family Affair"
22. The Doobie Brothers - "Listen To The Music"
23. Paul Simon - "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard"
24. Harry Nilsson - "Jump Into The Fire"
25. The Temptations - "Papa Was A Rolling Stone"
26. Alice Cooper - "School's Out"
27. The Isley Brothers - "Work To Do"
28. Gary Glitter - "Rock And Roll Part 2"
29. Joe Tex - "I Gotcha"
30. Al Green – “I’m Still In Love With You”
31. David Bowie - "Ziggy Stardust"
32. The Stylistics - "You Are Everything"
33. War - "Slippin' Into Darkness"
34. Carly Simon - "Anticipation"
35. Aretha Franklin - "Day Dreaming"
36. The Kinks – “Supersonic Rocket Ship”
37. The Osmonds – “Crazy Horses”
38. The Isley Brothers – “Lay Away”
39. The Raspberries – “Go All The Way”
40. Todd Rundgren - "I Saw The Light"
41. The Dramatics – “In The Rain”
42. Harry Nilsson - "Coconut"
43. Thin Lizzy - "Whiskey In The Jar"
44. Elton John - "Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time)"
45. Neil Young - "Old Man"
46. Mott the Hoople - "All The Young Dudes"
47. Argent - "Hold Your Head Up"
48. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes – “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”
49. The Rolling Stones - "Happy"
50. T. Rex - "Children of the Revolution"
51. Roberta Flack – “The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face”
52. Tanya Tucker – “Delta Dawn”
53. The Allman Brothers Band - "Melissa"
54. Elvis Presley - "Burning Love"
55. Steely Dan - "Dirty Work"
56. War – “The World Is A Ghetto”
57. The Moody Blues - "Nights in White Satin"
58. Bread – “Sweet Surrender”
59. Yes – “And You And I”
60. The Stylistics - "Betcha By Golly Wow"
61. George Jones - "We Can Make It"
62. Rod Stewart – “You Wear It Well”
63. Al Green - "Look What You Done For Me”
64. The Doobie Brothers - "Jesus Is Just Alright"
65. Johnny Nash - "I Can See Clearly Now"
66. Curtis Mayfield - "Freddie's Dead"
67. Marvin Gaye - "Trouble Man"
68. Bill Withers - "Use Me"
69. Jethro Tull - "Thick As A Brick"
70. Stevie Wonder - "Superwoman (Where Were you When I Needed You)"
71. Todd Rundgren - "Couldn't I Just Tell You"
72. The Bee Gees – “Alive”
73. Joni Mitchell - "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio"
74. Yes – “Yours Is No Disgrace”
75. Al Green – “You Ought To Be With Me”
76. The Who - "Join Together"
77. David Bowie - "Starman"
78. Neil Young - "Heart Of Gold"
79. Bread – “Everything I Own”
80. Elton John - "Honky Cat"
81. Don McLean - "American Pie"
82. The Eagles - "Witchy Woman"
83. George Jones - "Loving You Could Never Be Better"
84. The Isley Brothers – “Pop That Thang”
85. O.B. McClinton – “Don’t Let The Green Grass Fool You”
86. Paul Simon - "Mother And Child Reunion"
87. Sly & The Family Stone - "Runnin' Away"
88. Stevie Wonder – “Keep On Running”
89. Bread – “Guitar Man”
90. Elton John - "Crocodile Rock"
91. America - "A Horse With No Name"
92. Loggins and Messina - "Your Mama Don't Dance"
93. Donna Fargo – “The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A.”
94. Chuck Berry - "My Ding-A-ling"
95. Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band – “Garden Party”
96. Tom T. Hall – “(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine”
97. The Eagles - "Peaceful Easy Feeling"
98. The Kinks – “Celluloid Heroes”
99. Eric Clapton – “Let It Rain”
100. Marvin Gaye - "You're The Man"
Another pretty amazing year, feels like 30 or 40 songs that would've been a lock for my top 10 in a normal year. Of course, some really overexposed stuff like "American Pie" or "Rocket Man," I probably put lower than they deserve to be, but I'm comfortable with this being my canon and not trying to be objective or anything.
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