Billboard Hot 100 — January 1, 1972
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of January 1, 1972. "Brand New Key" by Melanie held the #1 spot this week. Below are all 100 songs on the chart, with links to listen on YouTube and Spotify.
| # | Song / Artist |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brand New Key Melanie
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| 2 | American Pie (Parts I & II) Don McLean
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| 3 | Family Affair Sly & The Family Stone
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| 4 | An Old Fashioned Love Song Three Dog Night
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| 5 | Got To Be There Michael Jackson
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| 6 | Have You Seen Her The Chi-lites
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| 7 | Scorpio Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
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| 8 | Sunshine Jonathan Edwards
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| 9 | Cherish David Cassidy
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| 10 | Hey Girl/I Knew You When Donny Osmond
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| 11 | All I Ever Need Is You Sonny & Cher
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| 12 | I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) The New Seekers
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| 13 | You Are Everything The Stylistics
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| 14 | Let's Stay Together Al Green
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| 15 | Respect Yourself The Staple Singers
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| 16 | I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) The Hillside Singers
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| 17 | Day After Day Badfinger
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| 18 | Drowning In The Sea Of Love Joe Simon
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| 19 | Clean Up Woman Betty Wright
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| 20 | One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Part I The Honey Cone
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| 21 | Sugar Daddy Jackson 5
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| 22 | Where Did Our Love Go Donnie Elbert
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| 23 | Theme From Shaft Isaac Hayes
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| 24 | Baby I'm - A Want You Bread
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| 25 | Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves Cher
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| 26 | An American Trilogy Mickey Newbury
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| 27 | Stones/Crunchy Granola Suite Neil Diamond
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| 28 | Hey Big Brother Rare Earth
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| 29 | (I Know) I'm Losing You Rod Stewart With Faces
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| 30 | Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) The Temptations
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| 31 | Theme From "Summer Of '42" Peter Nero
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| 32 | Once You Understand Think
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| 33 | Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' Charley Pride
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| 34 | Hallelujah Sweathog
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| 35 | George Jackson Bob Dylan
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| 36 | Anticipation Carly Simon
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| 37 | It's One Of Those Nights (Yes Love) The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy
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| 38 | White Lies, Blue Eyes Bullet
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| 39 | Behind Blue Eyes The Who
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| 40 | Levon Elton John
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| 41 | Nothing To Hide Tommy James
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| 42 | Can I Get A Witness Lee Michaels
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| 43 | Never Been To Spain Three Dog Night
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| 44 | Me And Bobby McGee Jerry Lee Lewis
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| 45 | The Witch Queen Of New Orleans Redbone
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| 46 | Make Me The Woman That You Go Home To Gladys Knight And The Pips
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| 47 | I'm A Greedy Man - Part I James Brown
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| 48 | That's The Way I Feel About Cha Bobby Womack & Peace
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| 49 | Satisfaction Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
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| 50 | My Boy Richard Harris
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| 51 | Looking For A Love The J. Geils Band
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| 52 | Sour Suite The Guess Who
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| 53 | Friends With You John Denver
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| 54 | Ain't Nobody Home B.B. King
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| 55 | Black Dog Led Zeppelin
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| 56 | Stay With Me Faces
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| 57 | Let It Be Joan Baez
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| 58 | Those Were The Days Carroll O'Connor And Jean Stapleton (As The Bunkers)
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| 59 | Carolyn Merle Haggard And The Strangers
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| 60 | Pretty As You Feel Jefferson Airplane
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| 61 | Devil You Stampeders
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| 62 | Daisy Mae Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
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| 63 | No Sad Song Helen Reddy
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| 64 | Everybody Knows About My Good Thing Pt. 1 Little Johnny Taylor
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| 65 | Take It Slow (Out In The Country) Lighthouse
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| 66 | Fire And Water Wilson Pickett
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| 67 | Don't Say You Don't Remember Beverly Bremers
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| 68 | Without You Nilsson
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| 69 | Truckin' Grateful Dead
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| 70 | Turn Your Radio On Ray Stevens
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| 71 | Lay Lady Lay The Isley Brothers
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| 72 | After All This Time Merry Clayton
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| 73 | Superstar/Bless The Beasts And Children Carpenters
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| 74 | Way Back Home Jr. Walker & The All Stars
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| 75 | Tightrope Ride The Doors
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| 76 | Show Me How The Emotions
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| 77 | The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get) Free Movement
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| 78 | Love Potion Number Nine The Coasters
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| 79 | Keep On Keeping On N.F. Porter
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| 80 | What Am I Living For Ray Charles
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| 81 | Precious And Few Climax
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| 82 | So Many People Chase
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| 83 | You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth The Undisputed Truth
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| 84 | No Good To Cry The Poppy Family
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| 85 | Get Up And Get Down The Dramatics
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| 86 | Under My Wheels Alice Cooper
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| 87 | Bang A Gong (Get It On) T. Rex
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| 88 | Five Hundred Miles Heaven Bound with Tony Scotti
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| 89 | The Lion Sleeps Tonight Robert John
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| 90 | Together Let's Find Love The 5th Dimension
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| 91 | Son Of Shaft The Bar-Kays
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| 92 | Ain't Understanding Mellow Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager
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| 93 | Long Time To Be Alone The New Colony Six
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| 94 | Open The Door (Song For Judith) Judy Collins
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| 95 | Do The Funky Penguin Part I Rufus Thomas
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| 96 | Love Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out) The Persuaders
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| 97 | Keep Playin' That Rock 'N' Roll Edgar Winter's White Trash
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| 98 | Pain (Part I) Ohio Players
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| 99 | Tupelo Honey Van Morrison
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| 100 | Joy Apollo featuring Tom Parker
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