Billboard Hot 100 — June 16, 1973
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of June 16, 1973. "My Love" by Paul McCartney And Wings held #1 for a 3rd straight week, on its way to 4 weeks on top. 10 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Goin' Home" by The Osmonds at #71, which would go on to peak at #36. The biggest climber was "Yesterday Once More" by Carpenters, up 31 places from #69 to #38.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "My Love" by Paul McCartney And Wings — 3 weeks at the top so far, 10 weeks on the chart since debuting April 14, 1973.
- New in the top 10: "Will It Go Round In Circles" by Billy Preston (up from #14 to #7); "Give Me Love - (Give Me Peace On Earth)" by George Harrison (up from #13 to #8); "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon (up from #17 to #9).
- Biggest fall: "Hearts Of Stone" by The Blue Ridge Rangers, down 21 places from #62 to #83.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers, 24 weeks and counting (peak #1).
- Gone from the chart: "The Cisco Kid" by War after 15 weeks (peak #2).
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 | 10 | My Love Paul McCartney And Wings |
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | Playground In My Mind Clint Holmes |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | Pillow Talk Sylvia (r&b) |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby Barry White |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | Daniel Elton John |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | Frankenstein Edgar Winter Group |
| 7 | 14 | 7 | 12 | Will It Go Round In Circles Billy Preston |
| 8 | 13 | 8 | 5 | Give Me Love - (Give Me Peace On Earth) George Harrison |
| 9 | 17 | 9 | 5 | Kodachrome Paul Simon |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 | Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | Right Place Wrong Time Dr. John |
| 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | Long Train Runnin' The Doobie Brothers |
| 13 | 15 | 13 | 8 | One Of A Kind (Love Affair) The Spinners |
| 14 | 19 | 14 | 5 | Shambala Three Dog Night |
| 15 | 12 | 5 | 17 | Drift Away Dobie Gray |
| 16 | 9 | 9 | 16 | Hocus Pocus Focus |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | 14 | You Are The Sunshine Of My Life Stevie Wonder |
| 18 | 20 | 18 | 16 | I'm Doin' Fine Now New York City |
| 19 | 16 | 9 | 18 | Wildflower Skylark |
| 20 | 26 | 20 | 9 | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce |
| 21 | 18 | 6 | 16 | Stuck In The Middle With You Stealers Wheel |
| 22 | 28 | 21 | 11 | Leaving Me The Independents |
| 23 | 24 | 3 | 22 | Little Willy The Sweet |
| 24 | 30 | 24 | 9 | Natural High Bloodstone |
| 25 | 22 | 11 | 15 | Reeling In The Years Steely Dan |
| 26 | 23 | 1 | 19 | The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia Vicki Lawrence |
| 27 | 31 | 25 | 10 | No More Mr. Nice Guy Alice Cooper |
| 28 | 21 | 17 | 10 | Steamroller Blues/Fool Elvis Presley |
| 29 | 36 | 29 | 5 | You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) The Stylistics |
| 30 | 39 | 30 | 6 | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Bette Midler |
| 31 | 38 | 31 | 8 | Behind Closed Doors Charlie Rich |
| 32 | 35 | 32 | 8 | Daddy Could Swear, I Declare Gladys Knight And The Pips |
| 33 | 27 | 18 | 12 | Thinking Of You Loggins & Messina |
| 34 | 34 | 34 | 12 | Give It To Me The J. Geils Band |
| 35 | 45 | 35 | 4 | Smoke On The Water Deep Purple |
| 36 | 33 | 29 | 10 | And I Love You So Perry Como |
| 37 | 25 | 17 | 12 | The Right Thing To Do Carly Simon |
| 38 | 69 | 38 | 3 | Yesterday Once More Carpenters |
| 39 | 61 | 39 | 7 | So Very Hard To Go Tower Of Power |
| 40 | 44 | 40 | 6 | Diamond Girl Seals & Crofts |
| 41 | 40 | 35 | 13 | Let's Pretend Raspberries |
| 42 | 49 | 42 | 9 | Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation The Dells |
| 43 | 41 | 37 | 10 | Close Your Eyes Edward Bear |
| 44 | 48 | 44 | 5 | Money Pink Floyd |
| 45 | 60 | 45 | 3 | Doing It To Death Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s |
| 46 | 43 | 40 | 12 | Back When My Hair Was Short Gunhill Road |
| 47 | 29 | 15 | 17 | Funky Worm Ohio Players |
| 48 | 37 | 32 | 17 | Teddy Bear Song Barbara Fairchild |
| 49 | 50 | 49 | 8 | The Free Electric Band Albert Hammond |
| 50 | 64 | 50 | 5 | Time To Get Down The O'Jays |
| 51 | 57 | 1 | 24 | Monster Mash Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers |
| 52 | 51 | 31 | 10 | Super Fly Meets Shaft John & Ernest |
| 53 | 59 | 53 | 11 | Why Me Kris Kristofferson |
| 54 | 46 | 46 | 6 | Satin Sheets Jeanne Pruett |
| 55 | 54 | 54 | 6 | Swamp Witch Jim Stafford |
| 56 | 55 | 50 | 7 | With A Child's Heart Michael Jackson |
| 57 | 63 | 57 | 3 | Misdemeanor Foster Sylvers |
| 58 | 47 | 35 | 13 | I Can Understand It The New Birth |
| 59 | 53 | 53 | 7 | Hey You! Get Off My Mountain The Dramatics |
| 60 | 56 | 27 | 11 | It Sure Took A Long, Long Time Lobo |
| 61 | 42 | 42 | 8 | You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones |
| 62 | 65 | 62 | 3 | Touch Me In The Morning Diana Ross |
| 63 | 73 | 63 | 2 | There's No Me Without You The Manhattans |
| 64 | 79 | 64 | 3 | I'll Always Love My Mama (Part I) The Intruders |
| 65 | 70 | 65 | 3 | Love And Happiness Earnest Jackson |
| 66 | 85 | 66 | 6 | Letter To Lucille Tom Jones |
| 67 | 74 | 67 | 2 | Finder's Keepers Chairman Of The Board |
| 68 | 68 | 68 | 4 | What About Me Anne Murray |
| 69 | 75 | 69 | 3 | Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande) Shirley Bassey |
| 70 | 71 | 70 | 5 | Brother's Gonna Work It Out Willie Hutch |
| 71 | NEW | 71 | 1 | Goin' Home The Osmonds |
| 72 | 67 | 61 | 10 | I' Been Watchin' You The South Side Movement |
| 73 | 76 | 64 | 9 | Without You In My Life Tyrone Davis |
| 74 | 78 | 52 | 10 | Fencewalk Mandrill |
| 75 | NEW | 75 | 1 | Where Peaceful Waters Flow Gladys Knight And The Pips |
| 76 | 83 | 70 | 9 | First Cut Is The Deepest Keith Hampshire |
| 77 | 80 | 77 | 2 | The Plastic Man The Temptations |
| 78 | 66 | 66 | 6 | Shambala B.W. Stevenson |
| 79 | 100 | 65 | 8 | Roll Over Beethoven Electric Light Orchestra |
| 80 | 77 | 77 | 5 | Think James Brown |
| 81 | 90 | 81 | 2 | I Can Make It Thru The Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights) Ray Charles |
| 82 | 82 | 66 | 8 | I Like You Donovan |
| 83 | 62 | 37 | 12 | Hearts Of Stone The Blue Ridge Rangers |
| 84 | 96 | 84 | 2 | Soul Makossa Afrique |
| 85 | 98 | 78 | 8 | Avenging Annie Andy Pratt |
| 86 | NEW | 86 | 1 | Be What You Are The Staple Singers |
| 87 | 72 | 56 | 8 | Isn't It About Time Stephen Stills-Manassas |
| 88 | 81 | 81 | 4 | I'd Rather Be A Cowboy John Denver |
| 89 | NEW | 89 | 1 | Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out Bobby Womack |
| 90 | NEW | 87 | 2 | Giving It All Away Roger Daltrey |
| 91 | 99 | 91 | 2 | I Don't Want To Make You Wait The Delfonics |
| 92 | 84 | 80 | 5 | A Passion Play (Edit #8) Jethro Tull |
| 93 | 97 | 93 | 2 | Mother-in-law Clarence Carter |
| 94 | 94 | 94 | 2 | My Heart Just Keeps On Breakin' The Chi-lites |
| 95 | NEW | 95 | 1 | You Were Always There Donna Fargo |
| 96 | 86 | 86 | 4 | What's Your Mama's Name Tanya Tucker |
| 97 | NEW | 97 | 1 | Blockbuster The Sweet |
| 98 | NEW | 68 | 7 | Music Everywhere Tufano & Giammarese |
| 99 | NEW | 99 | 1 | Watergrate Dickie Goodman |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | Kids Say The Darndest Things Tammy Wynette |
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