Top 100 songs for January 22, 1972
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1972 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “American Pie (Parts I & II)” by Don McLean. Meanwhile, “Hurting Each Other” by Carpenters rises from No. 76 to No. 38. 14 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Hurting Each Other — Carpentersup 38 places, No. 76 → No. 38
- Do The Funky Penguin Part I — Rufus Thomasup 31 places, No. 82 → No. 51
- You Want It, You Got It — Detroit Emeraldsup 29 places, No. 84 → No. 55
New to this week’s Top 10
- Day After Day — BadfingerNo. 5
- You Are Everything — The StylisticsNo. 9
- Sugar Daddy — Jackson 5No. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Precious And Few — ClimaxNo. 34
- Joy — Apollo featuring Tom ParkerNo. 35
- Don't Say You Don't Remember — Beverly BremersNo. 37
- Hurting Each Other — CarpentersNo. 38
First-week entries
- Down By The Lazy River — The OsmondsNo. 68
- Softly Whispering I Love You — The English CongregationNo. 77
- We've Got To Get It On Again — Addrisi BrothersNo. 78
- Move 'Em Out — Delaney & BonnieNo. 80
- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow — Roberta FlackNo. 84
- I Wrote A Simple Song — Billy PrestonNo. 86
- The Nickel Song — MelanieNo. 87
- I Gotcha — Joe TexNo. 90
- Love And Liberty — Laura LeeNo. 94
- Gimme Some More — The JB'sNo. 95
- Sweet Baby — Donnie ElbertNo. 96
- You Really Got A Hold On Me — Gayle McCormickNo. 98
- Slippin' Into Darkness — WarNo. 99
- Standing In For Jody — Johnnie Taylor (The Soul Philosopher)No. 100
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.