Top 20 Song Chart for January 8, 1972 |
Don McLean and American Pie fill the top chart song spot this week. Melanie finds the number two position this week with Brand New Key. Al Green finds the third chart position this week with Let's Stay Together. |
| 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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