Billboard Hot 100 — May 26, 1973
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of May 26, 1973. "Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter Group climbed from #4 to take over the #1 spot from "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" by Stevie Wonder. 6 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "What About Me" by Anne Murray at #83, which would go on to peak at #64. The biggest climber was "Give Me Love - (Give Me Peace On Earth)" by George Harrison, up 25 places from #59 to #34.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter Group — 1 week at the top so far, 12 weeks on the chart since debuting March 10, 1973.
- New in the top 10: "Hocus Pocus" by Focus (up from #13 to #10).
- Biggest fall: "The Twelfth Of Never" by Donny Osmond, down 29 places from #21 to #50.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers, 21 weeks and counting (peak #1).
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 | 4 | 1 | 12 | Frankenstein Edgar Winter Group |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | My Love Paul McCartney And Wings |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | Daniel Elton John |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | You Are The Sunshine Of My Life Stevie Wonder |
| 6 | 9 | 6 | 10 | Pillow Talk Sylvia (r&b) |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | Little Willy The Sweet |
| 8 | 7 | 5 | 14 | Drift Away Dobie Gray |
| 9 | 10 | 9 | 15 | Wildflower Skylark |
| 10 | 13 | 10 | 13 | Hocus Pocus Focus |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | Reeling In The Years Steely Dan |
| 12 | 20 | 12 | 7 | I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby Barry White |
| 13 | 8 | 6 | 13 | Stuck In The Middle With You Stealers Wheel |
| 14 | 22 | 14 | 10 | Playground In My Mind Clint Holmes |
| 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | Funky Worm Ohio Players |
| 16 | 12 | 1 | 16 | The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia Vicki Lawrence |
| 17 | 18 | 17 | 9 | The Right Thing To Do Carly Simon |
| 18 | 19 | 18 | 9 | Thinking Of You Loggins & Messina |
| 19 | 23 | 19 | 7 | Steamroller Blues/Fool Elvis Presley |
| 20 | 14 | 14 | 15 | Daisy A Day Jud Strunk |
| 21 | 27 | 21 | 13 | I'm Doin' Fine Now New York City |
| 22 | 25 | 22 | 7 | Right Place Wrong Time Dr. John |
| 23 | 26 | 23 | 8 | Leaving Me The Independents |
| 24 | 15 | 2 | 13 | The Cisco Kid War |
| 25 | 30 | 25 | 9 | Will It Go Round In Circles Billy Preston |
| 26 | 29 | 26 | 7 | No More Mr. Nice Guy Alice Cooper |
| 27 | 28 | 27 | 8 | It Sure Took A Long, Long Time Lobo |
| 28 | 31 | 28 | 12 | Armed And Extremely Dangerous First Choice |
| 29 | 35 | 29 | 5 | One Of A Kind (Love Affair) The Spinners |
| 30 | 43 | 30 | 6 | Long Train Runnin' The Doobie Brothers |
| 31 | 33 | 31 | 7 | Super Fly Meets Shaft John & Ernest |
| 32 | 37 | 32 | 7 | And I Love You So Perry Como |
| 33 | 34 | 33 | 14 | Teddy Bear Song Barbara Fairchild |
| 34 | 59 | 34 | 2 | Give Me Love - (Give Me Peace On Earth) George Harrison |
| 35 | 36 | 35 | 10 | I Can Understand It The New Birth |
| 36 | 17 | 17 | 13 | Out Of The Question Gilbert O'Sullivan |
| 37 | 38 | 37 | 9 | Hearts Of Stone The Blue Ridge Rangers |
| 38 | 39 | 38 | 10 | Let's Pretend Raspberries |
| 39 | 42 | 39 | 9 | Give It To Me The J. Geils Band |
| 40 | 44 | 40 | 7 | Close Your Eyes Edward Bear |
| 41 | 41 | 41 | 8 | Drinking Wine Spo-dee O'dee Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 42 | 50 | 42 | 5 | Daddy Could Swear, I Declare Gladys Knight And The Pips |
| 43 | 46 | 43 | 9 | Back When My Hair Was Short Gunhill Road |
| 44 | 47 | 44 | 6 | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce |
| 45 | 45 | 45 | 11 | I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star) Glen Campbell |
| 46 | 49 | 46 | 5 | You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones |
| 47 | 52 | 47 | 6 | Natural High Bloodstone |
| 48 | 24 | 3 | 14 | Sing Carpenters |
| 49 | 57 | 49 | 5 | Behind Closed Doors Charlie Rich |
| 50 | 21 | 8 | 13 | The Twelfth Of Never Donny Osmond |
| 51 | 55 | 51 | 4 | With A Child's Heart Michael Jackson |
| 52 | 60 | 52 | 6 | Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation The Dells |
| 53 | 54 | 53 | 7 | Fencewalk Mandrill |
| 54 | 63 | 54 | 3 | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Bette Midler |
| 55 | 71 | 55 | 2 | Shambala Three Dog Night |
| 56 | 40 | 7 | 14 | Masterpiece The Temptations |
| 57 | 82 | 57 | 2 | Kodachrome Paul Simon |
| 58 | 61 | 58 | 5 | Isn't It About Time Stephen Stills-Manassas |
| 59 | 77 | 59 | 2 | You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) The Stylistics |
| 60 | 65 | 60 | 8 | Why Me Kris Kristofferson |
| 61 | 62 | 61 | 7 | I' Been Watchin' You The South Side Movement |
| 62 | 64 | 62 | 5 | Only In Your Heart America |
| 63 | 67 | 63 | 5 | The Free Electric Band Albert Hammond |
| 64 | 66 | 64 | 6 | Without You In My Life Tyrone Davis |
| 65 | 69 | 65 | 4 | Hey You! Get Off My Mountain The Dramatics |
| 66 | 74 | 66 | 5 | Roll Over Beethoven Electric Light Orchestra |
| 67 | 68 | 67 | 5 | I Like You Donovan |
| 68 | 73 | 68 | 3 | Diamond Girl Seals & Crofts |
| 69 | 75 | 69 | 5 | Music Everywhere Tufano & Giammarese |
| 70 | 70 | 70 | 6 | First Cut Is The Deepest Keith Hampshire |
| 71 | 76 | 71 | 4 | So Very Hard To Go Tower Of Power |
| 72 | 72 | 72 | 6 | It's Hard To Stop (Doing Something When It's Good To You) Betty Wright |
| 73 | 84 | 73 | 2 | Money Pink Floyd |
| 74 | 86 | 74 | 3 | Satin Sheets Jeanne Pruett |
| 75 | 48 | 12 | 17 | Peaceful Helen Reddy |
| 76 | 81 | 76 | 3 | Swamp Witch Jim Stafford |
| 77 | 79 | 1 | 21 | Monster Mash Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers |
| 78 | 78 | 78 | 6 | I'm A Stranger Here Five Man Electrical Band |
| 79 | 80 | 79 | 5 | Avenging Annie Andy Pratt |
| 80 | 87 | 80 | 3 | Shambala B.W. Stevenson |
| 81 | 90 | 81 | 2 | Time To Get Down The O'Jays |
| 82 | 85 | 82 | 5 | What A Shame Foghat |
| 83 | NEW | 83 | 1 | What About Me Anne Murray |
| 84 | 83 | 83 | 6 | Cosmic Sea The Mystic Moods |
| 85 | NEW | 85 | 1 | Smoke On The Water Deep Purple |
| 86 | 88 | 86 | 3 | California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-i-a) The Beach Boys |
| 87 | 100 | 87 | 2 | A Passion Play (Edit #8) Jethro Tull |
| 88 | 91 | 88 | 3 | Letter To Lucille Tom Jones |
| 89 | 89 | 89 | 4 | Your Side Of The Bed Mac Davis |
| 90 | NEW | 90 | 1 | I'd Rather Be A Cowboy John Denver |
| 91 | 92 | 91 | 4 | A Little Bit Like Magic King Harvest |
| 92 | 94 | 92 | 2 | Think James Brown |
| 93 | 93 | 93 | 3 | Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music The Spinners |
| 94 | 97 | 94 | 2 | Brother's Gonna Work It Out Willie Hutch |
| 95 | 95 | 95 | 3 | Outlaw Man David Blue |
| 96 | 96 | 96 | 3 | Don't Let It Get You Down The Crusaders |
| 97 | 98 | 97 | 4 | Working Class Hero Tommy Roe |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | Come Live With Me Roy Clark |
| 99 | NEW | 99 | 1 | What's Your Mama's Name Tanya Tucker |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | Cum On Feel The Noize Slade |
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