| Top 20 Song Chart for November 18, 1972 | 
| LW | TW |   |   | peak | 
| 1 | 1 | I Can See Clearly Now | ▲ | 
| Johnny Nash | 
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| 3 | 2 | If You Don't Know Me By Now | ▲ | 
| Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes | 
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| 5 | 3 | I Am Woman | 1 | 
| Helen Reddy | 
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| 2 | 4 | I'll Be Around | 2 | 
| The Spinners | 
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| 8 | 5 | I'd Love You To Want Me | 3 | 
| Lobo | 
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| 4 | 6 | Nights In White Satin | 1 | 
| The Moody Blues | 
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| 11 | 7 | Summer Breeze | ▲ | 
| Seals & Crofts | 
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| 10 | 8 | Papa Was A Rollin' Stone | 1 | 
| The Temptations | 
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| 7 | 9 | Garden Party | 3 | 
| Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band | 
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| 16 | 10 | If I Could Reach You | ▲ | 
| The 5th Dimension | 
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| 13 | 11 | Ventura Highway | 7 | 
| America | 
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| 12 | 12 | You Ought To Be With Me | 4 | 
| Al Green | 
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| 20 | 13 | I'm Stone In Love With You | 9 | 
| The Stylistics | 
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| 18 | 14 | Witchy Woman | ▲ | 
| Eagles | 
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| 19 | 15 | Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) | 12 | 
| Jim Croce | 
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| 9 | 16 | Listen To The Music | 7 | 
| The Doobie Brothers | 
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| - | 17 | It Never Rains In Southern California | 5 | 
| Albert Hammond | 
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| - | 18 | Crazy Horses | 12 | 
| The Osmonds | 
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| - | 19 | Clair | 3 | 
| Gilbert O'Sullivan | 
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| 17 | 20 | Thunder And Lightning | 17 | 
| Chi Coltrane | 
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