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Al Green had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1972. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1972. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 30, 1972, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of December 4, 1971 through November 18, 1972.
Stuck in the Middle with You. " Stuck in the Middle with You " (sometimes known as " Stuck in the Middle ") is a song written by Scottish musicians Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan and performed by their band Stealers Wheel . The band performed the song on the BBC's Top of the Pops in May 1973, and the song charted at No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart.
Last Song (Edward Bear song) " Last Song " is a 1972 hit song by Canadian trio Edward Bear. It was the first release from their self-titled third album and their greatest hit. The song is written in the key of F# major. "Last Song" spent 18 weeks on the U.S. charts and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Easy Livin' " is a song by the British rock band Uriah Heep, released as the second single from their 1972 album Demons and Wizards. The band also shot a basic music video for the song in 1972. It was the band's first hit in the United States and the only top 40 hit there, peaking at No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1972. [ 2 ]
"Tomorrow Belongs to Me" is a song from the 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret, and the 1972 film of the same name, sung primarily by a Nazi character. It was written and composed by two Jewish musicians – John Kander and Fred Ebb – as part of an avowedly anti-fascist work; the nationalist character of the song serves as a warning to the musical's characters of the rise of Nazism.
Country music singer Lynn Anderson covered the song in 1973 for her studio album Top of the World, released on Columbia Records. It was the first single released from her album and her version became the first hit. Anderson's cover reached No. 2 on the US country singles chart and No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 in mid-1973.
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1972. That year, 18 acts earned their first number one song, such as Don McLean, Al Green, Nilsson, Neil Young, America, Roberta Flack, The Chi-Lites, The Staple Singers, Sammy Davis Jr., Bill Withers, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Looking Glass, Mac Davis, Chuck Berry, Johnny Nash, Helen Reddy, and ...
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1972 which peaked in 1971 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten November 13 "Have You Seen Her" The Chi-Lites: 3 December 11 8 November 20 "Family Affair" Sly and the Family Stone: 1 December 4 9 "Got to Be There" Michael Jackson: 4 December 11 9 December 4