Top 100 songs for March 25, 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 “A Horse With No Name” by America. Meanwhile, “Day Dreaming” by Aretha Franklin rises from No. 58 to No. 32. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Day Dreaming — Aretha Franklinup 26 places, No. 58 → No. 32
- Give Ireland Back To The Irish — Wingsup 26 places, No. 63 → No. 37
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face — Roberta Flackup 25 places, No. 42 → No. 17
New to this week’s Top 10
- Jungle Fever — The ChakachasNo. 8
- I Gotcha — Joe TexNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face — Roberta FlackNo. 17
- Day Dreaming — Aretha FranklinNo. 32
- Give Ireland Back To The Irish — WingsNo. 37
- The Day I Found Myself — The Honey ConeNo. 38
- Could It Be Forever — David CassidyNo. 39
- Do Your Thing — Isaac HayesNo. 40
First-week entries
- Help Me Make It Through The Night — Gladys Knight And The PipsNo. 74
- Baby Blue — BadfingerNo. 78
- The Family Of Man — Three Dog NightNo. 79
- I Had It All The Time — Tyrone DavisNo. 86
- Pool Of Bad Luck — Joe SimonNo. 89
- Legend In Your Own Time — Carly SimonNo. 90
- You Could Have Been A Lady — April WineNo. 94
- Hot Rod Lincoln — Commander Cody & His Lost Planet AirmenNo. 98
- Ask Me What You Want — Millie JacksonNo. 99
- Jubilation — Paul AnkaNo. 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.