Billboard Hot 100™

Week of August 26, 1972

Billboard Hot 100™

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY FROM DIGITAL MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY LUMINATE AND SALES DATA AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

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Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

Looking Glass

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

Billboard Hot 100™

Week of August 26, 1972

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
  Looking Glass
- 2
- 1
- 11
- - 2
  - 1
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

2
- Alone Again (Naturally)
  Gilbert O'Sullivan
- 1
- 1
- 11
- - 1
  - 1
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mam

3
- Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)
  The Hollies
- 3
- 3
- 10
- - 3
  - 3
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

4
- I'm Still In Love With You
  Al Green
- 5
- 4
- 8
- - 5
  - 4
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

5
- Hold Your Head Up
  Argent
- 8
- 5
- 11
- - 8
  - 5
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

6
- (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right
  Luther Ingram
- 4
- 3
- 13
- - 4
  - 3
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Koko

7
- Goodbye To Love
  Carpenters
- 10
- 7
- 7
- - 10
  - 7
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

8
- Coconut
  Nilsson
- 9
- 8
- 12
- - 9
  - 8
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

9
- You Don't Mess Around With Jim
  Jim Croce
- 12
- 9
- 9
- - 12
  - 9
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

10
- Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me
  Mac Davis
- 18
- 10
- 9
- - 18
  - 10
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

11
- The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A.
  Donna Fargo
- 11
- 11
- 14
- - 11
  - 11
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dot

12
- Motorcycle Mama
  Sailcat
- 16
- 12
- 12
- - 16
  - 12
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra

13
- The Guitar Man
  Bread
- 17
- 13
- 5
- - 17
  - 13
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra

14
- Back Stabbers
  The O'Jays
- 26
- 14
- 6
- - 26
  - 14
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia I.

15
- Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
  Wayne Newton
- 7
- 4
- 19
- - 7
  - 4
  - 19

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Chelsea

16
- Lookin' Through The Windows
  Jackson 5
- 20
- 16
- 7
- - 20
  - 16
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

17
- Rock And Roll Part 2
  Gary Glitter
- 21
- 17
- 6
- - 21
  - 17
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

18
- Where Is The Love
  Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
- 6
- 5
- 12
- - 6
  - 5
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

19
- Sealed With A Kiss
  Bobby Vinton
- 19
- 19
- 12
- - 19
  - 19
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

20
- Saturday In The Park
  Chicago
- 33
- 20
- 4
- - 33
  - 20
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

21
- School's Out
  Alice Cooper
- 14
- 7
- 13
- - 14
  - 7
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

22
- Join Together
  The Who
- 23
- 22
- 6
- - 23
  - 22
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

23
- Black & White
  Three Dog Night
- 47
- 23
- 3
- - 47
  - 23
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dunhill/ABC

24
- Beautiful Sunday
  Daniel Boone
- 29
- 24
- 13
- - 29
  - 24
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

25
- Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)
  Detroit Emeralds
- 27
- 25
- 14
- - 27
  - 25
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Westbound

26
- How Do You Do?
  Mouth & MacNeal
- 15
- 8
- 18
- - 15
  - 8
  - 18

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philips

27
- Power Of Love
  Joe Simon
- 37
- 27
- 8
- - 37
  - 27
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spring

28
- Go All The Way
  Raspberries
- 40
- 28
- 9
- - 40
  - 28
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

29
- Small Beginnings
  Flash
- 31
- 29
- 10
- - 31
  - 29
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

30
- Too Late To Turn Back Now
  Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
- 13
- 2
- 14
- - 13
  - 2
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

31
- Lean On Me
  Bill Withers
- 25
- 1
- 19
- - 25
  - 1
  - 19

Songwriter(s):

W.Withers, Jr., R.Jackson

Producer(s):

W.Withers, Jr., R.Jackson, J.Gadson, M.Dunlap, B.Blackman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sussex

32
- When You Say Love
  Sonny & Cher
- 32
- 32
- 8
- - 32
  - 32
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Kapp

33
- Popcorn
  Hot Butter
- 39
- 33
- 8
- - 39
  - 33
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Musicor

34
- Pop That Thang
  The Isley Brothers
- 36
- 34
- 9
- - 36
  - 34
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

T-Neck

35
- Gone
  Joey Heatherton
- 24
- 24
- 14
- - 24
  - 24
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

36
- You're Still A Young Man
  Tower Of Power
- 41
- 36
- 7
- - 41
  - 36
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

37
- Run To Me
  Bee Gees
- 43
- 37
- 5
- - 43
  - 37
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

38
- Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead
  Barbra Streisand
- 38
- 38
- 10
- - 38
  - 38
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

39
- This World
  The Staple Singers
- 45
- 39
- 4
- - 45
  - 39
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

40
- Honky Cat
  Elton John
- 44
- 40
- 3
- - 44
  - 40
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Uni

41
- Happy
  The Rolling Stones
- 22
- 22
- 7
- - 22
  - 22
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Rolling Stones/Rolling Stones

42
- Everybody Plays The Fool
  The Main Ingredient
- 51
- 42
- 7
- - 51
  - 42
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

43
- Hold Her Tight
  The Osmonds
- 30
- 14
- 9
- - 30
  - 14
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

44
- Play Me
  Neil Diamond
- 55
- 44
- 3
- - 55
  - 44
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Uni

45
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
  The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy
- 28
- 28
- 9
- - 28
  - 28
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

46
- The City Of New Orleans
  Arlo Guthrie
- 49
- 46
- 5
- - 49
  - 46
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise

47
- Nights In White Satin
  The Moody Blues
- 69
- 47
- 4
- - 69
  - 47
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Deram

48
- The Coldest Days Of My Life (Part 1)
  The Chi-lites
- 50
- 48
- 7
- - 50
  - 48
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Brunswick

49
- Speak To The Sky
  Rick Springfield
- 57
- 49
- 4
- - 57
  - 49
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

50
- Starting All Over Again
  Mel And Tim
- 52
- 50
- 8
- - 52
  - 50
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

51
- Ben
  Michael Jackson
- 61
- 51
- 4
- - 61
  - 51
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

52
- In The Ghetto
  Candi Staton
- 48
- 48
- 10
- - 48
  - 48
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fame

53
- Put It Where You Want It
  The Crusaders
- 53
- 53
- 7
- - 53
  - 53
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Blue Thumb

54
- Easy Livin
  Uriah Heep
- 58
- 54
- 5
- - 58
  - 54
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

55
- Get On The Good Foot-Part 1
  James Brown
- 67
- 55
- 4
- - 67
  - 55
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor

56
- A Simple Man
  Lobo
- 56
- 56
- 8
- - 56
  - 56
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Big Tree

57
- We've Come Too Far To End It Now
  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- 54
- 46
- 10
- - 54
  - 46
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

58
- My Man, A Sweet Man
  Millie Jackson
- 64
- 58
- 4
- - 64
  - 58
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spring

59
- America
  Yes
- 70
- 59
- 3
- - 70
  - 59
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

60
- Rock Me On The Water
  Jackson Browne
- 63
- 60
- 4
- - 63
  - 60
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Asylum

61
- I'm Coming Home
  Stories
- 42
- 42
- 11
- - 42
  - 42
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Kama Sutra

62
- Alabama Wild Man
  Jerry Reed
- 62
- 62
- 7
- - 62
  - 62
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

63
- My Ding-A-Ling
  Chuck Berry
- 71
- 63
- 4
- - 71
  - 63
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Chess

64
- I Miss You (Part I)
  Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes
- 59
- 58
- 9
- - 59
  - 58
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia I.

65
- That's The Way God Planned It
  Billy Preston
- 68
- 62
- 14
- - 68
  - 62
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Apple

66
- Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart
  The Trammps
- 66
- 66
- 8
- - 66
  - 66
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Buddah

67
- Garden Party
  Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band
- 72
- 67
- 5
- - 72
  - 67
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

68
- Burning Love
  Elvis Presley
- 90
- 68
- 2
- - 90
  - 68
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

69
- Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love
  The Supremes
- 75
- 69
- 4
- - 75
  - 69
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

70
- My Guy
  Petula Clark
- 73
- 70
- 12
- - 73
  - 70
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

71
- If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry
  Jerry Wallace
- 83
- 71
- 2
- - 83
  - 71
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

72
- I Believe In Music
  Gallery
- 78
- 72
- 3
- - 78
  - 72
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sussex

73
- In The Quiet Morning
  Joan Baez
- 74
- 73
- 5
- - 74
  - 73
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

74
- Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
  Van Morrison
- 87
- 74
- 2
- - 87
  - 74
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

75
- In Time
  Engelbert Humperdinck
- 77
- 75
- 4
- - 77
  - 75
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Parrot

76
- If I Were A Carpenter
  Bob Seger
- 76
- 76
- 9
- - 76
  - 76
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Palladium

77
- Starman
  David Bowie
- 65
- 65
- 9
- - 65
  - 65
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

David Bowie

Producer(s):

K.Scott, David Bowie

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

78
- What A Wonderful Thing We Have
  The Fabulous Rhinestones
- 79
- 78
- 4
- - 79
  - 78
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Just Sunshine

79
- Geronimo's Cadillac
  Michael Murphey
- 82
- 79
- 4
- - 82
  - 79
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

80 NEW
NEW
- Use Me
  Bill Withers
- -
- 80
- 1
- - -
  - 80
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sussex

81
- Wholy Holy
  Aretha Franklin With James Cleveland & The Southern California Community Choir
- 84
- 81
- 2
- - 84
  - 81
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

82 NEW
NEW
- Tight Rope
  Leon Russell
- -
- 82
- 1
- - -
  - 82
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Shelter

83
- Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar
  Commander Cody
- 81
- 81
- 6
- - 81
  - 81
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Paramount

84 NEW
NEW
- Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
  Bobby Womack & Peace
- -
- 84
- 1
- - -
  - 84
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

85 NEW
NEW
- Why/Lonely Boy
  Donny Osmond
- -
- 85
- 1
- - -
  - 85
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM/Kolob

86
- Love Song
  Tommy James
- 89
- 86
- 2
- - 89
  - 86
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Roulette

87 NEW
NEW
- You Wear It Well
  Rod Stewart
- -
- 87
- 1
- - -
  - 87
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

88
- Goodbye Again
  John Denver
- 88
- 88
- 6
- - 88
  - 88
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

89 NEW
NEW
- From The Beginning
  Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- -
- 89
- 1
- - -
  - 89
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cotillion

90 NEW
NEW
- I Will Never Pass This Way Again
  Glen Campbell
- -
- 90
- 1
- - -
  - 90
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

91
- How Could I Let You Get Away
  The Spinners
- 91
- 91
- 2
- - 91
  - 91
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

92
- Down By The River
  Albert Hammond
- 92
- 92
- 6
- - 92
  - 92
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mums

93
- Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly")
  Curtis Mayfield
- 95
- 93
- 2
- - 95
  - 93
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curtom

94
- Summer Sun
  Jamestown Massacre
- 94
- 94
- 3
- - 94
  - 94
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

95 NEW
NEW
- Toast To The Fool
  The Dramatics
- -
- 95
- 1
- - -
  - 95
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Volt

96
- A Sunday Kind Of Love
  Lenny Welch
- 97
- 96
- 3
- - 97
  - 96
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

97
- Guess Who/Them Changes
  B.B. King
- 100
- 97
- 2
- - 100
  - 97
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

98
- He's An Indian Cowboy In The Rodeo
  Buffy Sainte-Marie
- 98
- 98
- 2
- - 98
  - 98
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Vanguard

99 NEW
NEW
- A Piece Of Paper
  Gladstone
- -
- 99
- 1
- - -
  - 99
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

100 NEW
NEW
- I've Got To Have You
  Sammi Smith
- -
- 100
- 1
- - -
  - 100
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mega

Billboard Hot 100™

Week of August 26, 1972

Billboard Hot 100™

Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Billboard Hot 100™

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Alone Again (Naturally)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I'm Still In Love With You

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hold Your Head Up

Imprint/Promotion Label:

(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Goodbye To Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Coconut

Imprint/Promotion Label:

You Don't Mess Around With Jim

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A.

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motorcycle Mama

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Guitar Man

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Back Stabbers

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Lookin' Through The Windows

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Rock And Roll Part 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Where Is The Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sealed With A Kiss

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Saturday In The Park

Imprint/Promotion Label:

School's Out

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Join Together

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Black & White

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Beautiful Sunday

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

How Do You Do?

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Power Of Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Go All The Way

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Small Beginnings

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Too Late To Turn Back Now

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Lean On Me

Songwriter(s):

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

When You Say Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Popcorn

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Pop That Thang

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gone

Imprint/Promotion Label: