Editing 1972 in music (section)

===Other Chart hit singles===
*"[[Apache (instrumental)|Apache]]" – [[The Shadows]] (reissue)
*"[[Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me]]" – [[Mac Davis]]
*"[[Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)]]" – [[The Detroit Emeralds]]
*"[[Back Off Boogaloo]]" – [[Ringo Starr]]
*"[[Back Stabbers (song)|Back Stabbers]]" – [[The O'Jays]]
*"[[Get It On (T. Rex song)|Bang a Gong (Get It On)]]" – [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]
*"[[Beautiful Sunday (song)|Beautiful Sunday]]" – [[Daniel Boone]]
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*"Been to Canaan" – [[Carole King]]
*"[[Beg, Steal or Borrow]]" – [[The New Seekers]]
*"[[Ben (song)|Ben]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"Best Thing" – [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
*"[[Betcha by Golly, Wow]]" – [[The Stylistics]]
*"[[Black and White (Three Dog Night song)|Black and White]]" – [[Three Dog Night]]
*"[[Black Dog (Led Zeppelin song)|Black Dog]]"- [[Led Zeppelin]]
*"Blockbuster!"- [[The Sweet|Sweet]]
*"A Brand New Song" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Brand New Key]]" – [[Melanie Safka|Melanie]]
*"[[Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)]]" – [[Looking Glass (band)|Looking Glass]]
*"[[Burning Love]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
*"[[California Man (song)|California Man]]" – [[The Move]]
*"[[The Candy Man]]" – [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
*"[[Can't You Hear the Song?]]" – [[Wayne Newton]]
*"[[Children of the Revolution (song)|Children of the Revolution]]" – [[T.Rex (band)|T.Rex]]
*"Circles" – [[The New Seekers]]
*"[[The Cisco Kid (song)|The Cisco Kid]]" – [[War (U.S. band)|War]]
*"[[City of New Orleans (song)|City of New Orleans]]" – [[Arlo Guthrie]]
*"[[Clair (song)|Clair]]" – [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]]
*"[[Clean Up Woman]]" – [[Betty Wright]]
*"[[Coconut (song)|Coconut]]" – [[Harry Nilsson]]
*"[[Changes (David Bowie song)|Changes]]" – [[David Bowie]]
*"[[Après Toi|Come What May (Après Toi)]]" – [[Vicky Leandros]]
*"[[Conquistador (Procol Harum song)|Conquistador]]" – [[Procol Harum]]
*"[[Cotton Jenny]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
*"[[The Cover of the Rolling Stone]]" – [[Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show]]
*"[[Crazy Horses]]" – [[The Osmonds]]
*"[[Crocodile Rock]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast]]" – [[Wayne Newton]]
*"[[Danny's Song]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
*"[[Day After Day (Badfinger song)|Day After Day]]" – [[Badfinger]]
*"[[Day by Day (Godspell song)|Day by Day]]" – [[Godspell]]
*"The Day I Found Myself" – [[Honey Cone]]
*"[[Day Dreaming (Aretha Franklin song)|Day Dreaming]]" – [[Aretha Franklin]]
*"[[Diary (Bread song)|Diary]]" – [[Bread (band)|Bread]]
*"[[Do It Again (Steely Dan song)|Do It Again]]" – [[Steely Dan]]
*"[[Doctor My Eyes]]" – [[Jackson Browne]]
*"[[Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight]]" – [[James Taylor]]
*"[[Don't Say You Don't Remember]]" – [[Beverly Bremers]]
*"[[Drowning in the Sea of Love]]" – [[Joe Simon (musician)|Joe Simon]]
*"[[Down by the Lazy River]]" – [[The Osmonds]]
*"[[Easy Livin' (song)|Easy Livin']]" – [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]
*"[[Elected (song)|Elected]]" – [[Alice Cooper]]
*"[[Everybody Plays the Fool]]" – [[The Main Ingredient (band)|The Main Ingredient]]
*"[[Ev'ry Day of My Life]]" – [[Bobby Vinton]]
*"[[Everything I Own]]" – [[Bread (band)|Bread]]
*"[[Eye Level]]" – [[Simon Park Orchestra]]
*"[[Family Affair]]" – [[Sly & the Family Stone]]
*"[[The Family of Man (Three Dog Night song)|The Family of Man]]" – [[Three Dog Night]]
*"[[Feel the Need in Me]]" – [[The Detroit Emeralds]]
*"[[The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face]]" – [[Roberta Flack]]
*"Floy Joy" – [[Supremes]]
*"Footstompin' Music" – [[Grand Funk Railroad]]
*"Forever Autumn" – [[Vigrass and Osborne|Vigrass & Osborne]]
*"[[Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly)]]" – [[Curtis Mayfield]]
*"[[Garden Party (Rick Nelson song)|Garden Party]]" – [[Ricky Nelson|Rick Nelson]]
*"[[Geronimo's Cadillac (Michael Martin Murphey song)|Geronimo's Cadillac]]" – [[Michael Martin Murphey]]
*"[[Get on the Good Foot|Get on the Good Foot pt.1]]" – [[James Brown]]
*"[[Give Ireland Back to the Irish]]" – [[Wings (band)|Wings]]
*"[[Go All the Way (Raspberries song)|Go All the Way]]" – [[Raspberries (band)|Raspberries]]
*"[[Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues]]" – [[Danny O'Keefe]]
*"[[Goodbye to Love]]" – [[The Carpenters]]
*"[[Got to Be There (song)|Got to Be There]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Gudbuy T'Jane]]" – [[Slade]]
*"[[The Guitar Man]]" – [[Bread (band)|Bread]]
*"[[The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA]]" – [[Donna Fargo]]
*"[[Happy (Rolling Stones song)|Happy]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"Happy the Man" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)]]" – [[John Lennon]] & [[Yoko Ono]], the [[Plastic Ono Band]] with the Harlem Community Choir
*"[[He Is Your Brother]]" – [[ABBA]]
*"[[Heart of Gold (Neil Young song)|Heart of Gold]]" – [[Neil Young]]
*"[[Hi, Hi, Hi]]"/"[[C Moon]]" – [[Wings (band)|Wings]]
*"[[Highway Star (song)|Highway Star]]" – [[Deep Purple]]
*"[[Hold Her Tight (song)|Hold Her Tight]]" – [[The Osmonds]]
*"[[Hold Your Head Up]]" – [[Argent (band)|Argent]]
*"[[Honky Cat]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Hot Rod Lincoln]]" – [[Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen]]
*"[[How Do You Do (Mouth & MacNeal song)|How Do You Do]]" – [[Mouth & MacNeal]]
*"[[Hurting Each Other]]" – [[The Carpenters]]
*"[[I Am Woman]]" – [[Helen Reddy]]
*"[[I Believe in Music (song)|I Believe in Music]]" – [[Gallery (band)|Gallery]]
*"[[I Can See Clearly Now]]" – [[Johnny Nash]]
*"[[I Get the Sweetest Feeling]]" – [[Jackie Wilson]]
*"[[I Gotcha (Joe Tex song)|I Gotcha]]" – [[Joe Tex]]
*"[[I Need You (America song)|I Need You]]" – [[America (band)|America]]
*"[[I Saw the Light (Todd Rundgren song)|I Saw The Light]]" – [[Todd Rundgren]]
*"[[I Wanna Be Where You Are]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[I Wanna Be with You (Raspberries song)|I Wanna Be With You]]" – [[Raspberries (band)|Raspberries]]
*"[[I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing]]" – [[The New Seekers]]
*"[[I'd Love You to Want Me]]" – [[Lobo (musician)|Lobo]]
*"[[I'll Be Around (The Spinners song)|I'll Be Around]]" – [[The Spinners (U.S. band)|The Spinners]]
*"[[I'll Take You There]]" – [[The Staple Singers]]
*"[[I'm Still in Love with You (Al Green song)|I'm Still in Love with You]]" – [[Al Green]]
*"[[I'm Stone in Love with You]]" – [[The Stylistics]]
*"[[I've Been Lonely for So Long]]" – [[Frederick Knight (singer)|Frederick Knight]]
*"[[(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right]]" – [[Luther Ingram]]
*"[[If You Don't Know Me by Now]]" – [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]]
*"[[I'll Make You Music]]" – [[Beverly Bremers]]
*"[[Immigration Man]]" – [[Crosby & Nash]]
*"[[In the Rain (song)|In the Rain]]" – [[The Dramatics]]
*"Isn't Life Strange" – [[The Moody Blues]]
*"[[It Never Rains in Southern California]]" – [[Albert Hammond]]
*"[[It's Going to Take Some Time]]" – [[The Carpenters]]
*"Jesus" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Jesus Is Just Alright]]" – [[The Doobie Brothers]]
*"[[John, I'm Only Dancing]]" – [[David Bowie]]
*"[[Join Together (The Who song)|Join Together]]" – [[The Who]]
*"[[Joy (Apollo 100 song)|Joy]]" – [[Apollo 100]]
*"Jump into the Fire" – [[Harry Nilsson]]
*"Jungle Fever" – The Chakachas (Roland Kluger under an assumed group name)
*"[[(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All]]" – [[The 5th Dimension]]
*"[[Layla]]" – [[Derek and the Dominos]]
*"[[Lean on Me (song)|Lean on Me]]" – [[Bill Withers]]
*"Legend in Your Own Time" – [[Carly Simon]]
*"[[Let's Stay Together (Al Green song)|Let's Stay Together]]" – [[Al Green]]
*"[[The Lion Sleeps Tonight]]" – [[Robert John]]
*"[[Listen to the Music]]" – [[The Doobie Brothers]]
*"Living in Harmony" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)]]" – [[The Hollies]]
*"[[Look What You Done for Me]]" – [[Al Green]]
*"[[Looking Through the Eyes of Love]]" – [[The Partridge Family]]
*"Loop di Love" – Shag [''[[Jonathan King]] under a pseudonym'']
*"[[Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from The Godfather)|Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from ''The Godfather'')]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
*"[[Mama Weer All Crazee Now]]" – [[Slade (band)|Slade]]
*"[[Mary Had a Little Lamb (Paul McCartney song)|Mary Had a Little Lamb]]" – [[Wings (band)|Wings]]
*"[[Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard]]" – [[Paul Simon]]
*"[[Me and Mrs. Jones]]" – [[Billy Paul]]
*"[[Metal Guru]]" – [[T.Rex (band)|T.Rex]]
*"[[Mother and Child Reunion]]" – [[Paul Simon]]
*"[[Motorcycle Mama]]" – [[Sailcat]]
*"[[Mouldy Old Dough]]" – Stavely Makepeace Enterprises dba "[[Lieutenant Pigeon]]" (classic Dortmund Breakbeat track)
*"[[My Ding-a-Ling]]" – [[Chuck Berry]]
*"[[Never Been to Spain]]" – [[Three Dog Night]]
*"[[Nice to Be With You]]" – [[Gallery (band)|Gallery]]
*"[[Nights in White Satin]]" – [[The Moody Blues]]
*"No One to Depend On" – [[Santana (band)|Santana]]
*"[[Oh Girl]]" – [[The Chi-Lites]]
*"[[Old Man (song)|Old Man]]" – [[Neil Young]]
*"[[One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (song)|One Monkey Don't Stop No Show]]" – [[Honey Cone]]
*"[[You Don't Mess Around with Jim|Operator]]" – [[Jim Croce]]
*"[[Outa-Space]]" – [[Billy Preston]]
*"[[Papa Was a Rollin' Stone]]" – [[The Temptations]]
*"[[Paper Plane (song)|Paper Plane]]" – [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
*"[[People Need Love]]" – [[ABBA]] 
*"[[Pieces of April (song)|Pieces of April]]" – [[Three Dog Night]]
*"[[Precious and Few]]" – [[Climax (band)|Climax]]
*"[[Puppy Love (Paul Anka song)|Puppy Love]]" – [[Donny Osmond]]
*"[[Reelin' In the Years]]" – [[Steely Dan]]
*"[[Respect Yourself]]" – [[The Staple Singers]]
*"[[Roadrunner (Jonathan Richman song)|Roadrunner]]"- [[Jonathan Richman]]
*"[[Rock and Roll (Gary Glitter song)|Rock and Roll Part 1 + 2]]" – [[Gary Glitter]]
*"[[Rock Me Baby (song)|Rock Me Baby]]" – [[Sacha Distel]] (dubbed)
*"[[Rocket Man (song)|Rocket Man]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu]]" – [[Johnny Rivers]]
*"[[Rockin' Robin (song)|Rockin' Robin]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"Rock & Roll Soul" – [[Grand Funk Railroad]]
*"[[Rolling Stone (Suzi Quatro song)|Rolling Stone]]" - [[Suzi Quatro]]
*"[[Roundabout (Yes song)|Roundabout]]" – [[Yes (band)|Yes]]
*"Run Run Run" – [[Jo Jo Gunne]]
*"[[Run to Me (Bee Gees song)|Run to Me]]" – [[Bee Gees]]
*"[[Saturday in the Park (song)|Saturday in the Park]]" – [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
*"[[School's Out (song)|School's Out]]" – [[Alice Cooper]]
*"[[Scorpio (instrumental)|Scorpio]]" – [[Dennis Coffey]] & The Detroit Guitar Band
*"[[Sealed With A Kiss]]" – [[Bobby Vinton]]
*"Seaside Shuffle" – Terry Dactyl & the Dinosaurs
*"She is Just Kind of a Girl" – Byorn&Benny
*"Signs" – [[The Drifters]]
*"Silver Machine" – [[Hawkwind]]
*"Simone" – [[England Dan & John Ford Coley]]
*"[[Slippin' into Darkness]]" – [[War (American band)|War]]
*"Small Beginnings" – [[Flash (band)|Flash]]
*"[[Solid Gold Easy Action]]" – [[T.Rex (band)|T.Rex]]
*"Someday Never Comes" – [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]
*"[[Something's Wrong with Me]]" – [[Austin Roberts (singer)|Austin Roberts]]
*"[[Song Sung Blue]]" – [[Neil Diamond]]
*"Spaceman" – [[Harry Nilsson]]
*"[[Speak to the Sky]]" – [[Rick Springfield]]
*"[[Starman (song)|Starman]]" – [[David Bowie]]
*"[[Starting All Over Again (Mel & Tim song)|Starting All Over Again]]" – [[Mel & Tim]]
*"[[Stay with Me (Faces song)|Stay with Me]]" – [[Faces (band)|Faces]]
*"[[Suavecito (Malo song)|Suavecito]]" – [[Malo (band)|Malo]]
*"[[Sugar Daddy (The Jackson 5 song)|Sugar Daddy]]" – [[The Jackson 5]]
*"[[Summer Breeze (song)|Summer Breeze]]" – [[Seals and Crofts]]
*"[[Sunshine (Jonathan Edwards song)|Sunshine]]" – [[Jonathan Edwards (musician)|Jonathan Edwards]]
*"[[Superstition (song)|Superstition]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]
*"[[Sweet Seasons]]" – [[Carole King]]
*"[[Sweet Surrender (David Gates song)|Sweet Surrender]]" – [[Bread (band)|Bread]]
*"[[Sylvia's Mother]]" – [[Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show]]
*"[[Take It Easy]]" – [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
*"[[Take Me Bak 'Ome]]" – [[Slade]]
*"[[Taxi (Harry Chapin song)|Taxi]]" – [[Harry Chapin]]
*"[[Telegram Sam]]" – [[T.Rex (band)|T.Rex]]
*"[[That's When the Music Takes Me]] – [[Neil Sedaka]]
*"[[Thunder and Lightning (Chi Coltrane song)|Thunder and Lightning]]" – [[Chi Coltrane]]
*"[[Tight Rope (song)|Tight Rope]]" – [[Leon Russell]]
*"[[Tiny Dancer]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Together Let's Find Love]]" – [[The 5th Dimension]]
*"[[Too Late to Turn Back Now (song)|Too Late to Turn Back Now]]" – [[Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose]]
*"[[Top of the World (The Carpenters song)|Top of the World]]" – [[The Carpenters]] ''(in Japan; it became a hit in the U.S. and the UK the following year)''
*"Traveling in the Dark" – [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]]
*"[[The Jean Genie]]" – [[David Bowie]]
*"Troglodyte (Cave Man)" – [[Jimmy Castor Bunch]]
*"[[Trouble Man (song)|Trouble Man]]" – [[Marvin Gaye]]
*"[[Tumbling Dice]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"[[Two Divided by Love]]" – [[The Grass Roots]]
*"[[Use Me (Bill Withers song)|Use Me]]" – [[Bill Withers]]
*"[[Ventura Highway]]" – [[America (band)|America]]
*"[[Vincent (Don McLean song)|Vincent]]" – [[Don McLean]]
*"[[Virginia Plain]]" – [[Roxy Music]]
*"Walkin' in the Rain With the One I Love" – [[Love Unlimited]]
*"[[The Way of Love]]" – [[Cher]]
*"[[We Can Make it Together]]" – [[Steve and Eydie]] featuring [[The Osmonds]]
*"[[We're Free]]" – [[Beverly Bremers]]
*"[[Where Is the Love?]]" – [[Roberta Flack]] & [[Donny Hathaway]]
*"[[Without You (Badfinger song)#Harry Nilsson version|Without You]]" – [[Harry Nilsson]]
*"[[Witchy Woman]]" – [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
*"[[Woman Is the Nigger of the World]]" – [[John Lennon]]
*"[[You Are Everything]]" – [[The Stylistics]]
*"[[You Don't Mess Around with Jim]]" – [[Jim Croce]]
*"You Ought to be With Me" – [[Al Green]]
*"You Turn Me On I'm a Radio" – [[Joni Mitchell]]
*"[[You Want It, You Got It (song)|You Want It, You Got It]]" – [[The Detroit Emeralds]]
*"[[You Wear It Well]]" – [[Rod Stewart]]
*"[[You're So Vain]]" – [[Carly Simon]]
*"[[Your Mama Don't Dance]]" – [[Loggins and Messina]]
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