Billboard Hot 100 — July 15, 1972
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of July 15, 1972. "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers held #1 for a 2nd straight week, on its way to 3 weeks on top. 12 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Goodbye To Love" by Carpenters at #68, which would go on to peak at #7. The biggest climber was "When You Say Love" by Sonny & Cher, up 29 places from #99 to #70.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers — 2 weeks at the top so far, 13 weeks on the chart since debuting April 22, 1972.
- New in the top 10: "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass (up from #12 to #5); "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan (up from #20 to #8); "Where Is The Love" by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (up from #19 to #10).
- Biggest fall: "Amazing Grace" by The Pipes And Drums And The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, down 19 places from #21 to #40.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Nice To Be With You" by Gallery, 21 weeks and counting (peak #4).
- Gone from the chart: "Sylvia's Mother" by Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show after 15 weeks (peak #5).
TW = this week, LW = last week (NEW = first week on the chart), Peak = highest position reached up to this week, Wks = weeks on the chart up to this week.
| TW | LW | Peak | Wks | Song / Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | Lean On Me Bill Withers |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | Too Late To Turn Back Now Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | Outa-Space Billy Preston |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | Song Sung Blue Neil Diamond |
| 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) Looking Glass |
| 6 | 7 | 6 | 11 | Rocket Man Elton John |
| 7 | 8 | 7 | 13 | Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast Wayne Newton |
| 8 | 20 | 8 | 5 | Alone Again (Naturally) Gilbert O'Sullivan |
| 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right Luther Ingram |
| 10 | 19 | 10 | 6 | Where Is The Love Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway |
| 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | How Do You Do? Mouth & MacNeal |
| 12 | 16 | 12 | 7 | School's Out Alice Cooper |
| 13 | 14 | 13 | 6 | Too Young Donny Osmond |
| 14 | 17 | 14 | 7 | Take It Easy Eagles |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | Layla Derek & The Dominos |
| 16 | 18 | 16 | 8 | I Wanna Be Where You Are Michael Jackson |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | 19 | The Candy Man Sammy Davis, Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation |
| 18 | 6 | 6 | 10 | Troglodyte (Cave Man) The Jimmy Castor Bunch |
| 19 | 22 | 19 | 8 | Conquistador Procol Harum |
| 20 | 9 | 9 | 9 | I Need You America |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | 21 | Nice To Be With You Gallery |
| 22 | 33 | 22 | 4 | Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) The Hollies |
| 23 | 28 | 23 | 9 | Day By Day Godspell |
| 24 | 39 | 24 | 3 | Hold Her Tight The Osmonds |
| 25 | 35 | 25 | 8 | The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. Donna Fargo |
| 26 | 26 | 26 | 7 | All The Kings Horses Aretha Franklin |
| 27 | 31 | 27 | 7 | People Make The World Go Round The Stylistics |
| 28 | 34 | 28 | 6 | Coconut Nilsson |
| 29 | 38 | 29 | 5 | Mary Had A Little Lamb/Little Woman Love Wings |
| 30 | 57 | 30 | 2 | I'm Still In Love With You Al Green |
| 31 | 27 | 27 | 13 | I've Been Lonely For So Long Frederick Knight |
| 32 | 36 | 32 | 6 | Sealed With A Kiss Bobby Vinton |
| 33 | 23 | 8 | 16 | (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All The 5th Dimension |
| 34 | 40 | 34 | 5 | Hold Your Head Up Argent |
| 35 | 37 | 35 | 9 | Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) Stevie Wonder |
| 36 | 24 | 1 | 15 | Oh Girl The Chi-lites |
| 37 | 46 | 37 | 8 | Gone Joey Heatherton |
| 38 | 25 | 1 | 15 | I'll Take You There The Staple Singers |
| 39 | 47 | 39 | 6 | Motorcycle Mama Sailcat |
| 40 | 21 | 11 | 9 | Amazing Grace The Pipes And Drums And The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards |
| 41 | 50 | 41 | 3 | You Don't Mess Around With Jim Jim Croce |
| 42 | 42 | 42 | 9 | After Midnight J.J. Cale |
| 43 | 43 | 43 | 12 | We're Free Beverly Bremers |
| 44 | 45 | 44 | 5 | The Runway The Grass Roots |
| 45 | 48 | 45 | 5 | Brown Eyed Girl El Chicano |
| 46 | 44 | 44 | 7 | We're On Our Way Chris Hodge |
| 47 | 49 | 47 | 8 | Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms) Detroit Emeralds |
| 48 | 51 | 48 | 4 | Honky Tonk - Part 1 The James Brown Soul Train |
| 49 | 56 | 49 | 4 | Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead Barbra Streisand |
| 50 | 55 | 50 | 5 | I'm Coming Home Stories |
| 51 | 32 | 25 | 9 | How Can I Be Sure David Cassidy |
| 52 | 64 | 52 | 4 | Small Beginnings Flash |
| 53 | 52 | 52 | 11 | Life And Breath Climax featuring Sonny Geraci |
| 54 | 59 | 54 | 4 | We've Come Too Far To End It Now Smokey Robinson & The Miracles |
| 55 | 82 | 55 | 3 | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy |
| 56 | 60 | 56 | 8 | In A Broken Dream Python Lee Jackson |
| 57 | 61 | 57 | 4 | In The Ghetto Candi Staton |
| 58 | 67 | 58 | 7 | Beautiful Sunday Daniel Boone |
| 59 | 58 | 58 | 8 | Funk Factory Wilson Pickett |
| 60 | 62 | 60 | 8 | Beautiful Gordon Lightfoot |
| 61 | 73 | 61 | 3 | Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me Mac Davis |
| 62 | 76 | 62 | 3 | Pop That Thang The Isley Brothers |
| 63 | 63 | 63 | 8 | Victim Of A Foolish Heart Bettye Swann |
| 64 | 72 | 64 | 3 | War Song Neil Young & Graham Nash |
| 65 | 66 | 65 | 5 | Men Of Learning Vigrass & Osborne |
| 66 | 74 | 66 | 2 | Duncan Paul Simon |
| 67 | 71 | 67 | 3 | I Miss You (Part I) Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes |
| 68 | NEW | 68 | 1 | Goodbye To Love Carpenters |
| 69 | NEW | 69 | 1 | Happy The Rolling Stones |
| 70 | 99 | 70 | 2 | When You Say Love Sonny & Cher |
| 71 | 94 | 71 | 2 | Power Of Love Joe Simon |
| 72 | 90 | 72 | 2 | A Simple Man Lobo |
| 73 | 75 | 73 | 6 | Rip Off Laura Lee |
| 74 | 89 | 74 | 2 | Popcorn Hot Butter |
| 75 | 84 | 75 | 3 | Go All The Way Raspberries |
| 76 | 79 | 76 | 2 | Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma Ray Charles |
| 77 | 77 | 77 | 6 | Eddie's Love Eddie Kendricks |
| 78 | 70 | 70 | 6 | Bed And Board Barbara Mason |
| 79 | 69 | 69 | 9 | Francene ZZ Top |
| 80 | 80 | 80 | 7 | Vanilla Ólay Jackie DeShannon |
| 81 | NEW | 81 | 1 | You're Still A Young Man Tower Of Power |
| 82 | 83 | 82 | 2 | Starting All Over Again Mel And Tim |
| 83 | NEW | 83 | 1 | Lookin' Through The Windows Jackson 5 |
| 84 | 85 | 84 | 6 | My Guy Petula Clark |
| 85 | 78 | 78 | 6 | Butterfly Danyel Gerard |
| 86 | 87 | 86 | 3 | If I Were A Carpenter Bob Seger |
| 87 | 88 | 87 | 3 | Delta Dawn Tanya Tucker |
| 88 | NEW | 88 | 1 | The Coldest Days Of My Life (Part 1) The Chi-lites |
| 89 | NEW | 89 | 1 | Alabama Wild Man Jerry Reed |
| 90 | 92 | 90 | 2 | Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart The Trammps |
| 91 | NEW | 91 | 1 | Put It Where You Want It The Crusaders |
| 92 | 93 | 92 | 3 | Mother Nature The Temptations |
| 93 | NEW | 93 | 1 | Rock And Roll Crazies Stephen Stills-Manassas |
| 94 | NEW | 94 | 1 | Everybody Plays The Fool The Main Ingredient |
| 95 | 96 | 95 | 3 | Starman David Bowie |
| 96 | 98 | 62 | 8 | That's The Way God Planned It Billy Preston |
| 97 | NEW | 97 | 1 | Circles The New Seekers |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | That's What Friends Are For B.J. Thomas |
| 99 | 100 | 99 | 2 | Country Woman The Magic Lantern |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | Down On Me Janis Joplin |
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