Top 20 Song Chart for August 12, 1972 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 1 | 1 | Alone Again (Naturally) | ▲ |
| Gilbert O'Sullivan |
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| 2 | 2 | Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) | 1 |
| Looking Glass |
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| 5 | 3 | School's Out | ▲ |
| Alice Cooper |
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| 8 | 4 | Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) | 3 |
| The Hollies |
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| 10 | 5 | I'm Still In Love With You | 3 |
| Al Green |
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| 9 | 6 | Hold Your Head Up | 4 |
| Argent |
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| 6 | 7 | Where Is The Love | 6 |
| Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway |
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| 4 | 8 | Lean On Me | 1 |
| Bill Withers |
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| 17 | 9 | You Don't Mess Around With Jim | 4 |
| Jim Croce |
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| 13 | 10 | Coconut | ▲ |
| Nilsson |
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| 11 | 11 | Sealed With A Kiss | ▲ |
| Bobby Vinton |
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| 16 | 12 | Motorcycle Mama | 7 |
| Sailcat |
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| 14 | 13 | The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. | 10 |
| Donna Fargo |
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| - | 14 | Goodbye To Love | 10 |
| Carpenters |
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| 7 | 15 | (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right | 4 |
| Luther Ingram |
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| 18 | 16 | Lookin' Through The Windows | ▲ |
| The Jackson 5 |
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| - | 17 | Back Stabbers | 2 |
| The O'Jays |
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| 3 | 18 | Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast | 2 |
| Wayne Newton |
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| 12 | 19 | Conquistador | 7 |
| Procol Harum |
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| 15 | 20 | Think (About It) | 15 |
| Lyn Collins |
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