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FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 8, 1972

HOT 100SINGLES

100 positions ← 07/01 07/15 →

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
1	4	7	12	★★ NO. 1 ★★ Lean On MeBILL WITHERS	1
2	3	3	12	Outa-SpaceBILLY PRESTON	2
3	1	2	10	Song Sung BlueNEIL DIAMOND	1
4	5	10	7	Too Late To Turn Back NowCORNELIUS BROTHERS & SISTER ROSE	4
5	2	1	18	The Candy ManSAMMY DAVIS JR. with THE MIKE CURB CONGREGATION	1
6	6	6	9	Troglodyte (Cave Man)THE JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH	6
7	8	14	10	Rocket ManELTON JOHN	7
8	10	15	12	Daddy Don't You Walk So FastWAYNE NEWTON	8
9	9	13	8	I Need YouAMERICA	9
10	14	19	6	(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be RightLUTHER INGRAM	10
11	7	4	20	Nice To Be With YouGALLERY	4
12	27	45	4	Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)LOOKING GLASS	12
13	19	29	11	How Do You Do?MOUTH & MACNEAL	13
14	18	28	5	Too YoungDONNY OSMOND	14
15	16	23	19	LaylaDEREK & THE DOMINOS	15
16	23	40	6	School's OutALICE COOPER	16
17	20	35	6	Take It EasyEAGLES	17
18	21	27	7	I Wanna Be Where You AreMICHAEL JACKSON	18
19	26	33	5	Where Is The LoveROBERTA FLACK & DONNY HATHAWAY	19
20	34	59	4	Alone Again (Naturally)GILBERT O'SULLIVAN	20
21	11	12	8	Amazing GraceTHE PIPES & DRUMS & THE MILITARY BAND OF THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS	11
22	30	34	7	ConquistadorPROCOL HARUM	22
23	13	8	15	(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At AllTHE 5TH DIMENSION	8
24	15	9	14	Oh GirlTHE CHI-LITES	1
25	12	5	14	I'll Take You ThereTHE STAPLE SINGERS	1
26	29	32	6	All The King's HorsesARETHA FRANKLIN	26
27	28	30	12	I've Been Lonely For So LongFREDERICK KNIGHT	27
28	32	37	8	Day By DayGODSPELL	28
29	17	11	15	Sylvia's MotherDR. HOOK & THE MEDICINE SHOW	5
30	22	22	8	Living In A House DividedCHER	22
31	39	43	6	People Make The World Go RoundTHE STYLISTICS	31
32	25	26	8	How Can I Be SureDAVID CASSIDY	25
33	50	75	3	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)THE HOLLIES	33
34	44	49	5	CoconutNILSSON	34
35	46	52	7	The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A.DONNA FARGO	35
36	49	56	5	Sealed With A KissBOBBY VINTON	36
37	38	38	8	Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)STEVIE WONDER	37
38	43	58	4	Mary Had A Little Lamb/Little Woman LoveWINGS	38
39	76	—	2	Hold Her TightTHE OSMONDS	39
40	56	66	4	Hold Your Head UpARGENT	40
41	42	42	8	You Said A Bad WordJOE TEX	41
42	45	47	8	After MidnightJ.J. CALE	42
43	48	53	11	We're FreeBEVERLY BREMERS	43
44	47	51	6	We're On Our WayCHRIS HODGE	44
45	53	60	4	The RunwayTHE GRASS ROOTS	45
46	51	64	7	GoneJOEY HEATHERTON	46
47	67	80	5	Motorcycle MamaSAILCAT	47
48	61	70	4	Brown Eyed GirlEL CHICANO	48
49	57	63	7	Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)DETROIT EMERALDS	49
50	60	—	2	You Don't Mess Around With JimJIM CROCE	50

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
51	58	74	3	Honky Tonk - Part 1THE JAMES BROWN SOUL TRAIN	51
52	55	57	10	Life And BreathCLIMAX featuring SONNY GERACI	52
53	37	16	14	I Saw The LightTODD RUNDGREN	16
54	54	55	8	Powder Blue Mercedes QueenTHE RAIDERS	54
55	62	73	4	I'm Coming HomeSTORIES	55
56	75	81	3	Sweet Inspiration/Where You LeadBARBRA STREISAND	56
57	NEW▶		1	★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★ I'm Still In Love With YouAL GREEN	57
58	59	62	7	Funk FactoryWILSON PICKETT	58
59	71	88	3	We've Come Too Far To End It NowSMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES	59
60	66	69	7	In A Broken DreamPYTHON LEE JACKSON	60
61	73	86	3	In The GhettoCANDI STATON	61
62	68	71	7	BeautifulGORDON LIGHTFOOT	62
63	69	76	7	Victim Of A Foolish HeartBETTYE SWANN	63
64	79	95	3	Small BeginningsFLASH	64
65	64	61	7	It Doesn't MatterSTEPHEN STILLS	61
66	72	83	4	Men Of LearningVIGRASS & OSBORNE	66
67	83	90	6	Beautiful SundayDANIEL BOONE	67
68	63	67	5	Papa Was A Rollin' StoneTHE UNDISPUTED TRUTH	63
69	70	72	8	FranceneZZ TOP	69
70	74	78	5	Bed And BoardBARBARA MASON	70
71	80	—	2	I Miss YouHAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES	71
72	81	—	2	War SongNEIL YOUNG & GRAHAM NASH	72
73	77	—	2	Baby Don't Get Hooked On MeMAC DAVIS	73
74	NEW▶		1	DuncanPAUL SIMON	74
75	78	82	5	Rip OffLAURA LEE	75
76	87	—	2	Pop That ThangTHE ISLEY BROTHERS	76
77	84	84	5	Eddie's LoveEDDIE KENDRICKS	77
78	82	85	5	ButterflyDANYEL GERARD	78
79	NEW▶		1	Look What They've Done To My Song, MaRAY CHARLES	79
80	85	89	6	Vanilla ÓlayJACKIE DeSHANNON	80
81	86	87	5	I Don't Need No DoctorNEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE	81
82	95	—	2	Breaking Up Is Hard To DoTHE PARTRIDGE FAMILY starring SHIRLEY JONES featuring DAVID CASSIDY	82
83	NEW▶		1	Starting All Over AgainMEL & TIM	83
84	88	—	2	Go All The WayRASPBERRIES	84
85	89	92	5	My GuyPETULA CLARK	85
86	91	96	3	Tell Me This Is A DreamTHE DELFONICS	86
87	94	—	2	If I Were A CarpenterBOB SEGER	87
88	92	—	2	Delta DawnTANYA TUCKER	88
89	NEW▶		1	PopcornHOT BUTTER	89
90	NEW▶		1	A Simple ManLOBO	90
91	90	91	4	Cat's Eye In The WindowTOMMY JAMES	90
92	NEW▶		1	Zing Went The Strings Of My HeartTRAMMPS	92
93	93	—	2	Mother NatureTHE TEMPTATIONS	93
94	NEW▶		1	Power Of LoveJOE SIMON	94
95	96	98	3	Vaya Con DiosDAWN featuring TONY ORLANDO	95
96	100	—	2	StarmanDAVID BOWIE	96
97	98	99	3	I Am WomanHELEN REDDY	97
98	RE-ENTRY		7	That's The Way God Planned ItBILLY PRESTON	62
99	NEW▶		1	When You Say LoveSONNY & CHER	99
100	NEW▶		1	Country WomanTHE MAGIC LANTERNS	100

Bullets and Hot Shot Debuts before 1980 are inferred from the chart's movement, not read off the page: a bullet for a record that is new, back, up on last week, or at last week's rank for the second week running; the Hot Shot Debut is the week's highest new entry. The first Hot 100, 8/4/1958, has none.