Billboard Hot 100 — August 5, 1972
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of August 5, 1972. "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan held the #1 spot this week. Below are all 100 songs on the chart, with links to listen on YouTube and Spotify.
| # | Song / Artist |
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| 1 | Alone Again (Naturally) Gilbert O'Sullivan
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| 2 | Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) Looking Glass
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| 3 | (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right Luther Ingram
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| 4 | Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast Wayne Newton
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| 5 | Too Late To Turn Back Now Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
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| 6 | Where Is The Love Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
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| 7 | School's Out Alice Cooper
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| 8 | How Do You Do? Mouth & MacNeal
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| 9 | Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) The Hollies
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| 10 | Layla Derek & The Dominos
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| 11 | Lean On Me Bill Withers
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| 12 | Coconut Nilsson
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| 13 | Day By Day Godspell
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| 14 | Hold Her Tight The Osmonds
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| 15 | I'm Still In Love With You Al Green
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| 16 | The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. Donna Fargo
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| 17 | Conquistador Procol Harum
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| 18 | Rocket Man Elton John
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| 19 | Take It Easy Eagles
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| 20 | Hold Your Head Up Argent
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| 21 | You Don't Mess Around With Jim Jim Croce
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| 22 | Goodbye To Love Carpenters
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| 23 | Sealed With A Kiss Bobby Vinton
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| 24 | Motorcycle Mama Sailcat
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| 25 | Gone Joey Heatherton
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| 26 | Too Young Donny Osmond
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| 27 | Outa-Space Billy Preston
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| 28 | Happy The Rolling Stones
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| 29 | Lookin' Through The Windows Jackson 5
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| 30 | People Make The World Go Round The Stylistics
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| 31 | Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms) Detroit Emeralds
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| 32 | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy
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| 33 | Small Beginnings Flash
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| 34 | Rock And Roll Part 2 Gary Glitter
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| 35 | Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me Mac Davis
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| 36 | When You Say Love Sonny & Cher
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| 37 | I Wanna Be Where You Are Michael Jackson
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| 38 | Join Together The Who
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| 39 | The Guitar Man Bread
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| 40 | Beautiful Sunday Daniel Boone
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| 41 | Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead Barbra Streisand
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| 42 | Pop That Thang The Isley Brothers
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| 43 | I'm Coming Home Stories
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| 44 | Honky Tonk - Part 1 The James Brown Soul Train
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| 45 | The Runway The Grass Roots
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| 46 | We've Come Too Far To End It Now Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
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| 47 | Popcorn Hot Butter
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| 48 | We're Free Beverly Bremers
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| 49 | In The Ghetto Candi Staton
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| 50 | Back Stabbers The O'Jays
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| 51 | Power Of Love Joe Simon
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| 52 | You're Still A Young Man Tower Of Power
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| 53 | Duncan Paul Simon
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| 54 | The Coldest Days Of My Life (Part 1) The Chi-lites
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| 55 | Put It Where You Want It The Crusaders
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| 56 | Starting All Over Again Mel And Tim
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| 57 | Go All The Way Raspberries
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| 58 | I Miss You (Part I) Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes
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| 59 | A Simple Man Lobo
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| 60 | Saturday In The Park Chicago
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| 61 | Run To Me Bee Gees
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| 62 | Beautiful Gordon Lightfoot
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| 63 | The City Of New Orleans Arlo Guthrie
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| 64 | War Song Neil Young & Graham Nash
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| 65 | Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma Ray Charles
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| 66 | Everybody Plays The Fool The Main Ingredient
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| 67 | Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart The Trammps
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| 68 | Rip Off Laura Lee
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| 69 | Starman David Bowie
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| 70 | Alabama Wild Man Jerry Reed
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| 71 | This World The Staple Singers
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| 72 | Delta Dawn Tanya Tucker
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| 73 | Rock Me On The Water Jackson Browne
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| 74 | That's What Friends Are For B.J. Thomas
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| 75 | Easy Livin Uriah Heep
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| 76 | My Guy Petula Clark
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| 77 | If I Were A Carpenter Bob Seger
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| 78 | That's The Way God Planned It Billy Preston
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| 79 | My Man, A Sweet Man Millie Jackson
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| 80 | Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love The Supremes
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| 81 | Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar Commander Cody
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| 82 | In The Quiet Morning Joan Baez
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| 83 | Get On The Good Foot-Part 1 James Brown
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| 84 | What A Wonderful Thing We Have The Fabulous Rhinestones
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| 85 | Ben Michael Jackson
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| 86 | In Time Engelbert Humperdinck
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| 87 | Circles The New Seekers
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| 88 | Butterfly Danyel Gerard
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| 89 | Speak To The Sky Rick Springfield
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| 90 | Geronimo's Cadillac Michael Murphey
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| 91 | Down On Me Janis Joplin
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| 92 | Goodbye Again John Denver
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| 93 | Couldn't I Just Tell You Todd Rundgren
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| 94 | I Could Never Be Happy The Emotions
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| 95 | Turn On Your Love Light Jerry Lee Lewis
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| 96 | Garden Party Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band
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| 97 | Down By The River Albert Hammond
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| 98 | Sittin' On A Time Bomb (Waitin' For The Hurt To Come) The Honey Cone
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| 99 | My Ding-A-Ling Chuck Berry
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| 100 | Nights In White Satin The Moody Blues
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