Top 100 songs for May 6, 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 “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” by Roberta Flack. Meanwhile, “It's Going To Take Some Time” by Carpenters rises from No. 79 to No. 43. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- It's Going To Take Some Time — Carpentersup 36 places, No. 79 → No. 43
- Tumbling Dice — The Rolling Stonesup 27 places, No. 50 → No. 23
- Long Haired Lover From Liverpool — Little Jimmy Osmond with The Mike Curb Congregationup 27 places, No. 96 → No. 69
New to this week’s Top 10
- I'll Take You There — The Staple SingersNo. 7
- Back Off Boogaloo — Ringo StarrNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Tumbling Dice — The Rolling StonesNo. 23
- I Saw The Light — Todd RundgrenNo. 31
- Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love — Love UnlimitedNo. 36
- Sylvia's Mother — Dr. Hook And The Medicine ShowNo. 37
- Diary — BreadNo. 40
First-week entries
- Song Sung Blue — Neil DiamondNo. 67
- Someday Never Comes — Creedence Clearwater RevivalNo. 72
- Automatically Sunshine — The SupremesNo. 77
- Rocket Man — Elton JohnNo. 80
- Hot 'N' Nasty — Humble PieNo. 82
- Life And Breath — Climax featuring Sonny GeraciNo. 83
- I Can't Turn You Loose — Edgar Winter's White TrashNo. 87
- Immigration Man — Graham Nash & David CrosbyNo. 90
- Woman's Gotta Have It — (The Preacher) Bobby WomackNo. 94
- An American Trilogy — Elvis PresleyNo. 97
- I Got Some Help I Don't Need — B.B. KingNo. 98
- There It Is (Part 1) — James BrownNo. 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.