Top 100 songs for September 30, 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 “Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me” by Mac Davis. Meanwhile, “American City Suite” by Cashman & West rises from No. 90 to No. 63. 11 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- American City Suite — Cashman & Westup 27 places, No. 90 → No. 63
- Can't You Hear The Song? — Wayne Newtonup 25 places, No. 87 → No. 62
- I'd Love You To Want Me — Loboup 23 places, No. 83 → No. 60
New to this week’s Top 10
- Use Me — Bill WithersNo. 8
- Burning Love — Elvis PresleyNo. 9
- Popcorn — Hot ButterNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Thunder And Lightning — Chi ColtraneNo. 34
- Witchy Woman — EaglesNo. 35
- If I Could Reach You — The 5th DimensionNo. 37
- If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry — Jerry WallaceNo. 38
First-week entries
- A Lonely Man/The Man & The Woman (The Boy & The Girl) — The Chi-litesNo. 81
- Guilty — Al GreenNo. 83
- If You Don't Know Me By Now — Harold Melvin And The Blue NotesNo. 86
- The Mosquito — The DoorsNo. 87
- If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair) — Laura LeeNo. 93
- Dinah Flo — Boz ScaggsNo. 94
- Funny Face — Donna FargoNo. 95
- Take Me Bak 'Ome — SladeNo. 97
- Why Can't We Be Lovers — Holland-DozierNo. 98
- Sing A Song/Make Your Own Kind Of Music — Barbra StreisandNo. 99
- So Long Dixie — Blood, Sweat & TearsNo. 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.