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Top 20 Song Chart for December 2, 1972

LW TW       peak  
3 1   I Am Woman  
  Helen Reddy
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5 2   Papa Was A Rollin' Stone 1  
  The Temptations
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6 3   I'd Love You To Want Me  
  Lobo
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1 4   I Can See Clearly Now 1  
  Johnny Nash
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2 5   If You Don't Know Me By Now 2  
  Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes
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9 6   You Ought To Be With Me 4  
  Al Green
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8 7   Ventura Highway  
  America
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11 8   Clair 3  
  Gilbert O'Sullivan
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15 9   It Never Rains In Southern California 5  
  Albert Hammond
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18 10   Me And Mrs. Jones 1  
  Billy Paul
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16 11   Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu 5  
  Johnny Rivers
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14 12   Crazy Horses  
  The Osmonds
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12 13   I'm Stone In Love With You 9  
  The Stylistics
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17 14   Superfly 8  
  Curtis Mayfield
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7 15   Summer Breeze 7  
  Seals & Crofts
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20 16   Sweet Surrender 13  
  Bread
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17 17   Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) 12  
  Jim Croce
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4 18   I'll Be Around 2  
  The Spinners
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- 19   Walk On Water 14  
  Neil Diamond
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- 20   Something's Wrong With Me 15  
  Austin Roberts
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Helen Reddy holds the top position this week with I Am Woman. The Temptations finds the number two position this week with Papa Was A Rollin' Stone. I'd Love You To Want Me by Lobo comes in at number three.


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