Top 20 Song Chart for January 1, 1972 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 3 | 1 | American Pie | ▲ |
| Don McLean |
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| 1 | 2 | Brand New Key | 1 |
| Melanie |
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| 4 | 3 | Family Affair | 1 |
| Sly & The Family Stone |
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| 12 | 4 | Let's Stay Together | 1 |
| Al Green |
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| 2 | 5 | Got To Be There | 2 |
| Michael Jackson |
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| 15 | 6 | Clean Up Woman | 4 |
| Betty Wright |
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| 5 | 7 | Scorpio | 4 |
| Dennis Coffey And The Detroit Guitar Band |
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| 11 | 8 | You Are Everything | 5 |
| The Stylistics |
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| 9 | 9 | Cherish | ▲ |
| David Cassidy |
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| 6 | 10 | An Old Fashioned Love Song | 4 |
| Three Dog Night |
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| 13 | 11 | One Monkey Don't Stop No Show | 7 |
| The Honey Cone |
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| 20 | 12 | Sugar Daddy | 6 |
| The Jackson 5 |
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| 14 | 13 | Sunshine | 5 |
| Jonathan Edwards |
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| 17 | 14 | Hey, Girl | 13 |
| Donny Osmond |
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| 7 | 15 | All I Ever Need Is You | 6 |
| Sonny & Cher |
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| 19 | 16 | Day After Day | 1 |
| Badfinger |
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| 8 | 17 | Theme From Shaft | 1 |
| Isaac Hayes |
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| - | 18 | Drowning In The Sea Of Love | 11 |
| Joe Simon |
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| - | 19 | I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) | 14 |
| The Hillside Singers |
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| 10 | 20 | Baby I'm-A Want You | 5 |
| Bread |
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