Top 20 Song Chart for December 23, 1972 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 2 | 1 | Me And Mrs. Jones | ▲ |
| Billy Paul |
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| 1 | 2 | Papa Was A Rollin' Stone | 1 |
| The Temptations |
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| 4 | 3 | Clair | ▲ |
| Gilbert O'Sullivan |
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| 3 | 4 | I Am Woman | 1 |
| Helen Reddy |
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| 7 | 5 | Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu | ▲ |
| Johnny Rivers |
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| 5 | 6 | It Never Rains In Southern California | 5 |
| Albert Hammond |
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| 17 | 7 | Superstition | 1 |
| Stevie Wonder |
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| 10 | 8 | Superfly | ▲ |
| Curtis Mayfield |
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| 6 | 9 | You Ought To Be With Me | 4 |
| Al Green |
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| 11 | 10 | You're So Vain | 1 |
| Carly Simon |
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| 16 | 11 | Your Mama Don't Dance | 5 |
| Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina |
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| 8 | 12 | I Can See Clearly Now | 1 |
| Johnny Nash |
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| 13 | 13 | Sweet Surrender | ▲ |
| Bread |
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| 19 | 14 | Funny Face | 5 |
| Donna Fargo |
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| 14 | 15 | Walk On Water | 14 |
| Neil Diamond |
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| - | 16 | Hi, Hi, Hi | 11 |
| Wings |
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| - | 17 | Living In The Past | 16 |
| Jethro Tull |
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| 15 | 18 | Something's Wrong With Me | 15 |
| Austin Roberts |
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| 20 | 19 | Keeper Of The Castle | 14 |
| The Four Tops |
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| - | 20 | I Wanna Be With You | 12 |
| Raspberries |
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