Top 100 songs for March 31, 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, “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life” by Stevie Wonder rises from No. 56 to No. 29. 9 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- You Are The Sunshine Of My Life — Stevie Wonderup 27 places, No. 56 → No. 29
- Hocus Pocus — Focusup 16 places, No. 79 → No. 63
- Stuck In The Middle With You — Stealers Wheelup 14 places, No. 48 → No. 34
New to this week’s Top 10
- Sing — CarpentersNo. 9
- The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia — Vicki LawrenceNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- You Are The Sunshine Of My Life — Stevie WonderNo. 29
- Walk On The Wild Side — Lou ReedNo. 31
- Stuck In The Middle With You — Stealers WheelNo. 34
- Drift Away — Dobie GrayNo. 36
- Wildflower — SkylarkNo. 39
First-week entries
- The Right Thing To Do — Carly SimonNo. 70
- Thinking Of You — Loggins & MessinaNo. 79
- Hearts Of Stone — The Blue Ridge RangersNo. 84
- If We Try — Don McLeanNo. 87
- Nobody Wins — Brenda LeeNo. 94
- Back When My Hair Was Short — Gunhill RoadNo. 97
- Give It To Me — The J. Geils BandNo. 98
- Will It Go Round In Circles — Billy PrestonNo. 99
- If I Could Only Be Sure — Nolan PorterNo. 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.