Top 100 songs for January 27, 1973
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1973 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder. Meanwhile, “I Got Ants In My Pants (and i want to dance) (Part 1)” by James Brown rises from No. 79 to No. 51. 13 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- I Got Ants In My Pants (and i want to dance) (Part 1) — James Brownup 28 places, No. 79 → No. 51
- Tweedlee Dee — Little Jimmy Osmondup 27 places, No. 96 → No. 69
- Love Train — The O'Jaysup 24 places, No. 61 → No. 37
New to this week’s Top 10
- Trouble Man — Marvin GayeNo. 8
- The World Is A Ghetto — WarNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
First-week entries
- Killing Me Softly With His Song — Roberta FlackNo. 54
- Space Oddity — David BowieNo. 71
- Don't Cross The River — AmericaNo. 76
- Rosalie — Sam NeelyNo. 79
- Today I Started Loving You Again — Bettye SwannNo. 83
- Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) — Gladys Knight And The PipsNo. 86
- Dead Skunk — Loudon Wainwright IIINo. 88
- Love Is What You Make It — The Grass RootsNo. 91
- Don't Burn Me — Paul KellyNo. 94
- One Of The Boys — Mott The HoopleNo. 96
- Somebody Loves You — The WhispersNo. 98
- We're Gonna Have A Good Time — Rare EarthNo. 99
- Come Softly To Me — The New SeekersNo. 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.
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