Top 100 songs for March 3, 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 “Killing Me Softly With His Song” by Roberta Flack. Meanwhile, “The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia” by Vicki Lawrence rises from No. 80 to No. 59. 11 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia — Vicki Lawrenceup 21 places, No. 80 → No. 59
- Break Up To Make Up — The Stylisticsup 20 places, No. 42 → No. 22
- Call Me (Come Back Home) — Al Greenup 20 places, No. 48 → No. 28
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Break Up To Make Up — The StylisticsNo. 22
- Call Me (Come Back Home) — Al GreenNo. 28
- Stir It Up — Johnny NashNo. 36
- Kissing My Love — Bill WithersNo. 38
- Good Morning Heartache — Diana RossNo. 39
- Soul Song — Joe StampleyNo. 40
First-week entries
- One Man Parade — James TaylorNo. 75
- The Cisco Kid — WarNo. 79
- Out Of The Question — Gilbert O'SullivanNo. 81
- The Twelfth Of Never — Donny OsmondNo. 82
- If You Gotta Break Another Heart — Albert HammondNo. 84
- Stuck In The Middle With You — Stealers WheelNo. 86
- Yesterday I Had The Blues — Harold Melvin And The Blue NotesNo. 88
- Let Your Yeah Be Yeah — Brownsville StationNo. 94
- I'm Doin' Fine Now — New York CityNo. 96
- Hocus Pocus — FocusNo. 98
- River Road — Uncle DogNo. 99
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.