| 1 |
The First Time Ever
I Saw Your Face
from the LP First
Take
Billboard
chart run: 17 - 10 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 -
1 - 3 -
3 - 7 - 11 - 18 - 36 - off |
Roberta Flack |
 |
1(6) |
15 |
| 2 |
American Pie
from the LP American
Pie
Billboard
chart run: 34 - 25 - 9 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 -
1 - 1 -
2 - 7 - 9 - 12 - 19 - 20 - 22 - off |
Don McLean |
 |
1(4) |
17 |
| 3 |
Alone Again
(Naturally)
from the LP Himself
Billboard
chart run: 34 - 20 - 8 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 -
2 - 1 - 1 -
3 - 5 - 18 - 27 - off |
Gilbert O'Sullivan |
 |
1(6) |
15 |
| 4 |
I Gotcha
from the LP I
Gotcha
Billboard
chart run: 31 - 21 - 18 - 14 - 10 - 6 - 4 - 3
- 3 - 3 -
2 - 2 - 4 - 8 - 20 - 26 - off |
Joe Tex |
 |
2 |
16 |
| 5 |
Brand New Key
from the LP Gather
Me
Billboard
chart run: 33 - 15 - 9 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 -
2 - 2 -
3 - 9 - 14 - 24 - off |
Melanie |
 |
1(3) |
14 |
| 6 |
Without You
from the LP Nilsson
Schmilsson
Billboard
chart run: 36 - 21 - 14 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 -
1 - 4 -
6 - 7 - 17 - 27 - off |
Nilsson |
 |
1(4) |
14 |
| 7 |
I Can See Clearly
Now
from the LP I
Can See Clearly Now
Billboard
chart run: 33 - 26 - 20 - 5 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 -
3 - 4 -
9 - 11 - 22 - 33 - off |
Johnny Nash |
 |
1(4) |
14 |
| 8 |
The Candy Man
from the LP Sammy
Davis Jr. Now
Billboard chart run: 38 - 33 - 28 - 24 - 21 -
13 - 5 - 4 - 1 - 1 -
1 - 2 - 5 - 17 - 23 - off |
Sammy Davis, Jr. |
 |
1(3) |
15 |
| 9 |
Brandy (You're A
Fine Girl)
from the LP Looking
Glass
Billboard chart run: 27 - 12 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 2 -
2 - 2 - 1 - 4 -
5 - 8 - 23 - 33 - off |
Looking Glass |
 |
1(1) |
14 |
| 10 |
Let's Stay Together
from the LP Let's
Stay Together
Billboard chart run: 38 - 30 - 20 - 14 - 4 - 3
- 3 - 3 - 2 - 1 -
2 - 4 - 8 - 20 - 22- off |
Al Green |
 |
1(1) |
15 |
| 11 |
I Am Woman |
Helen Reddy |
|
1(1) |
14 |
| 12 |
Me And Mrs. Jones |
Billy Paul |
|
1(3) |
14 |
| 13 |
Baby Don't Get
Hooked On Me |
Mac Davis |
|
1(3) |
13 |
| 14 |
A Horse With No
Name |
America |
|
1(3) |
12 |
| 15 |
Lean On Me |
Bill Withers |
|
1(3) |
14 |
| 16 |
I'll Take You There |
Staple Singers |
|
1(1) |
14 |
| 17 |
Nights In White
Satin |
Moody Blues |
|
2 |
14 |
| 18 |
Oh Girl |
The Chi-Lites |
|
1(1) |
14 |
| 19 |
Heart Of Gold |
Neil Young |
|
1(1) |
13 |
| 20 |
(If Loving You Is
Wrong) I Don't
Want To Be Right |
Luther Ingram |
|
3 |
13 |
| 21 |
Daddy' Don't You
Walk So Fast |
Wayne Newton |
|
4 |
13 |
| 22 |
Clair |
Gilbert O'Sullivan |
|
2 |
14 |
| 23 |
The Lion Sleeps
Tonight |
Robert John |
|
3 |
13 |
| 24 |
Scorpio |
Dennis Coffey
& The Detroit Guitar Band |
|
6 |
15 |
| 25 |
Long Cool Woman (In
A Black Dress) |
The Hollies |
|
2 |
13 |
| 26 |
Betcha By Golly,
Wow |
The Stylistics |
|
3 |
14 |
| 27 |
Outa-Space |
Billy Preston |
|
2 |
14 |
| 28 |
My Ding-A-Ling |
Chuck Berry |
|
1(2) |
12 |
| 29 |
Too Late To Turn
Back Now |
Cornelius Brothers
& Sister Rose |
|
2 |
11 |
| 30 |
Precious And Few |
Climax |
|
3 |
12 |
| 31 |
Song Sung Blue |
Neil Diamond |
|
1(1) |
12 |
| 32 |
Papa Was A Rollin'
Stone |
The Temptations |
|
1(1) |
12 |
| 33 |
Nice To Be With You |
Gallery |
|
4 |
13 |
| 34 |
Ben
Billboard
chart run: 26 - 13 - 6 - 5 - 2 - 1 - 6 - 8 -
10 - 17 -
35 - off |
Michael Jackson |
 |
1(1) |
11 |
| 35 |
Rockin' Robin
from the LP Got
To Be There
Billboard
chart run: 33 - 14 - 9 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 4 -
5 - 6 -
26 - off |
Michael Jackson |
 |
2 |
11 |
| 36 |
Sunshine |
Jonathan Edwards |
|
4 |
12 |
| 37 |
It Never Rains In
Southern California |
Albert Hammond |
|
5 |
13 |
| 38 |
You Ought To Be
With Me |
Al Green |
|
3 |
12 |
| 39 |
Burning Love |
Elvis Presley |
|
2 |
12 |
| 40 |
Back Stabbers |
The O'Jays |
|
3 |
12 |
| 41 |
Down By The Lazy
River |
The Osmonds |
|
4 |
12 |
| 42 |
Everybody Plays The
Fool |
Main Ingredient |
|
3 |
10 |
| 43 |
If You Don't Know
Me By Now |
Harold Melvin &
The Bluenotes |
|
3 |
11 |
| 44 |
Garden Party |
Rick Nelson |
|
6 |
12 |
| 45 |
You Are Everything |
The Stylistics |
|
9 |
13 |
| 46 |
Hurting Each Other |
The Carpenters |
|
2 |
11 |
| 47 |
I'll Be Around |
The Spinners |
|
3 |
11 |
| 48 |
Day After Day |
Badfinger |
|
4 |
12 |
| 49 |
How Do You Do? |
Mouth & MacNeal |
|
8 |
12 |
| 50 |
I'm Still In Love
With You |
Al Green |
|
3 |
11 |
| 51 |
Go All The Way |
The Raspberries |
|
5 |
11 |
| 52 |
Freddie's Dead
(Theme From Superfly) |
Curtis Mayfield |
|
4 |
11 |
| 53 |
I'd Love You To
Want Me |
Lobo |
|
2 |
10 |
| 54 |
Look What You Done
For Me |
Al Green |
|
4 |
11 |
| 55 |
Everything I Own |
Bread |
|
5 |
11 |
| 56 |
(Last Night) I
Didn't Get To Sleep At All |
5th Dimension |
|
8 |
13 |
| 57 |
Where Is The Love |
Roberta Flack &
Donny Hathaway |
|
5 |
11 |
| 58 |
Puppy Love |
Donny Osmond |
|
3 |
10 |
| 59 |
Mother And Child
Reunion |
Paul Simon |
|
4 |
11 |
| 60 |
Day Dreaming |
Aretha Franklin |
|
5 |
11 |
| 61 |
Rocket Man |
Elton John |
|
6 |
12 |
| 62 |
Morning Has Broken |
Cat Stevens |
|
6 |
11 |
| 63 |
Clean Up Woman |
Betty Wright |
|
6 |
12 |
| 64 |
Summer Breeze |
Seals & Croft |
|
6 |
11 |
| 65 |
Popcorn |
Hot Butter |
|
9 |
12 |
| 66 |
Use Me |
Bill Withers |
|
2 |
10 |
| 67 |
In The Rain |
The Dramatics |
|
5 |
11 |
| 68 |
Never Been To Spain |
Three Dog Night |
|
5 |
10 |
| 69 |
Black & White |
Three Dog Night |
|
1(1) |
9 |
| 70 |
Sylvia's Mother |
Dr. Hook & The Medicine
Show |
|
5 |
10 |
| 71 |
Saturday In The
Park |
Chicago |
|
3 |
10 |
| 72 |
Hold Your Head Up |
Argent |
|
5 |
11 |
| 73 |
Joy |
Apollo 100 |
|
6 |
10 |
| 74 |
Jungle Fever |
Chakachas |
|
8 |
10 |
| 75 |
The Way Of Love |
Cher |
|
7 |
10 |
| 76 |
If I Could Reach
You |
5th Dimension |
|
10 |
12 |
| 77 |
Tumbling Dice |
Rolling Stones |
|
7 |
9 |
| 78 |
Cherish |
David Cassidy |
|
9 |
11 |
| 79 |
Troglodyte (Cave
Man) |
Jimmy Castor Bunch |
|
6 |
10 |
| 80 |
School's Out |
Alice Cooper |
|
7 |
10 |
| 81 |
A Cowboy's Work Is
Never Done |
Sonny & Cher |
|
8 |
11 |
| 82 |
Bang A Gong (Get It
On) |
T. Rex |
|
10 |
11 |
| 83 |
Coconut |
Nilsson |
|
8 |
10 |
| 84 |
Doctor My Eyes |
Jackson Browne |
|
8 |
9 |
| 85 |
You Don't Mess
Around With Jim |
Jim Croce |
|
8 |
10 |
| 86 |
Rock And Roll (Part
2) |
Gary Glitter |
|
7 |
9 |
| 87 |
Hot Rod Lincoln |
Commander Cody
& His Lost Planet Airmen |
|
9 |
11 |
| 88 |
Slippin' Into
Darkness |
War |
|
16 |
10 |
| 89 |
Hey Girl / I Knew
You When |
Donny Osmond |
|
9 |
9 |
| 90 |
Ventura Highway |
America |
|
8 |
9 |
| 91 |
Good Time Charlie's
Got The Blues |
Danny O'Keefe |
|
9 |
10 |
| 92 |
Beautiful Sunday |
Daniel Boone |
|
15 |
11 |
| 93 |
Happiest Girl In
The Whole U.S.A. |
Donna Fargo |
|
11 |
10 |
| 94 |
I'd Like To Teach
The World To Sing
(In Perfect Harmony) |
The New Seekers |
|
7 |
9 |
| 95 |
Goodbye To Love |
The Carpenters |
|
7 |
9 |
| 96 |
Layla |
Derek & The
Dominos |
|
10 |
10 |
| 97 |
Drowning In The Sea
Of Love |
JoeSimon |
|
11 |
11 |
| 98 |
Vincent |
Don McLean |
|
12 |
10 |
| 99 |
Witchy Woman |
Eagles |
|
9 |
10 |
| 100 |
I'd Like To Teach
The World To Sing
(In Perfect Harmony) |
The Hillside
Singers |
|
13 |
10 |
Chart
to be extended as the Top
Pop Songs of All Time rankings are expanded.
Based
on songs that peaked in 1972 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Chart methodology used for the ARC Weekly Top 40 applied to the chart runs
to determine final rankings.
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