Top 20 Song Chart for January 8, 1972 |
American Pie tops the entire chart this week for Don McLean. Melanie finds the number two position this week with Brand New Key. Let's Stay Together by Al Green comes in at number three. |
| 1 | 1 | American Pie | ▲ |
| Don McLean |
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| 2 | 2 | Brand New Key | 1 |
| Melanie |
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| 4 | 3 | Let's Stay Together | 1 |
| Al Green |
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| 3 | 4 | Family Affair | 1 |
| Sly & The Family Stone |
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| 6 | 5 | Clean Up Woman | 4 |
| Betty Wright |
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| 8 | 6 | You Are Everything | 5 |
| The Stylistics |
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| 11 | 7 | One Monkey Don't Stop No Show | ▲ |
| The Honey Cone |
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| 5 | 8 | Got To Be There | 2 |
| Michael Jackson |
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| 13 | 9 | Sunshine | 5 |
| Jonathan Edwards |
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| 12 | 10 | Sugar Daddy | 6 |
| The Jackson 5 |
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| 10 | 11 | An Old Fashioned Love Song | 4 |
| Three Dog Night |
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| 16 | 12 | Day After Day | 1 |
| Badfinger |
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| 14 | 13 | Hey, Girl | ▲ |
| Donny Osmond |
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| 19 | 14 | I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) | ▲ |
| The Hillside Singers |
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| 18 | 15 | Drowning In The Sea Of Love | 11 |
| Joe Simon |
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| 15 | 16 | All I Ever Need Is You | 6 |
| Sonny & Cher |
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| 7 | 17 | Scorpio | 4 |
| Dennis Coffey And The Detroit Guitar Band |
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| - | 18 | Anticipation | 10 |
| Carly Simon |
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| - | 19 | Never Been To Spain | 6 |
| Three Dog Night |
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| 17 | 20 | Theme From Shaft | 1 |
| Isaac Hayes |
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