1972 in music

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[edit] Events

[edit] Also in 1972

[edit] Albums released

[edit] Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1972.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Don McLean American Pie 1972 Template:Country data US US BB 1 - Dec 1971, US CashBox 1 of 1972, Canada 1 - Nov 1971, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1972, Australia Goset 1 - Feb 1972, UK 2 - Jan 1972, US BB 2 of 1972, France 2 - Mar 1972, POP 2 of 1972, Poland 4 - Feb 2000, Australia 4 of 1972, OzNet 4, RIAA 5, DDD 6 of 1971, Norway 9 - Mar 1972, Holland 11 - Feb 1972, Germany 17 - Mar 1972, Scrobulate 17 of folk, RYM 22 of 1971, 23 in 2FM list, TheQ 25, WXPN 61, Party 64 of 1999, Acclaimed 266
2 Hot Butter Popcorn 1972 Template:Country data South Africa Holland 1 - Aug 1972, France 1 - Jul 1972, Switzerland 1 - Aug 1972, Norway 1 - Aug 1972, Germany 1 - Aug 1972, Australia 1 for 8 weeks May 1973, Australia Goset 1 - Sep 1972, Canada 3 - Sep 1972, Australia 3 of 1972, UK 5 - Jul 1972, US BB 9 - Aug 1972, Austria 10 - Jan 1973, POP 32 of 1972, RYM 45 of 1972, US CashBox 70 of 1972, Scrobulate 84 of 70s, Italy 88 of 1972, Germany 137 of the 1970s
3 Harry Nilsson Without You 1972 Template:Country data US UK 1 - Feb 1972, US BB 1 - Jan 1972, Canada 1 - Jan 1972, Eire 1 - Mar 1972, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Nov 1972, Australia Goset 1 - Mar 1972, Australia 2 of 1972, Peel list 3 of 1971, US CashBox 5 of 1972, France 8 - Mar 1972, Holland 10 - Apr 1972, Italy 12 of 1972, Germany 16 - May 1972, RYM 16 of 1971, Scrobulate 17 of ballad, Acclaimed 823
4 Derek & The Dominos Layla 1972 Template:Country data US / Template:Country data UK France 1 - Jul 1972, DDD 1 of 1970, 3 in 2FM list, UK 4 - Mar 1982, Canada 4 - Jun 1972, Holland 4 - Oct 1992, RYM 5 of 1970, Virgin 9, Scrobulate 9 of blues, US BB 10 - Jun 1972, Poland 10 - Apr 1982, US BB 11 of 1972, TheQ 11, POP 11 of 1972, WXPN 16, Europe 21 of the 1970s, Rolling Stone 27, Switzerland 28 - Nov 1992, Acclaimed 37, Belgium 102 of all time, RIAA 118, OzNet 213
5 Neil Young Heart of Gold 1972 Image:Flag of Canada.svg US BB 1 - Feb 1972, Canada 1 - Feb 1972, France 2 - Apr 1972, Norway 4 - May 1972, Germany 4 - May 1972, RYM 5 of 1972, DDD 5 of 1972, Holland 9 - Feb 1972, UK 10 - Mar 1972, US CashBox 12 of 1972, Australia Goset 15 - Apr 1972, US BB 26 of 1972, POP 49 of 1972, TheQ 67, Europe 81 of the 1970s, Scrobulate 95 of classic rock, Belgium 220 of all time, RIAA 286, Rolling Stone 297, Germany 344 of the 1970s, Acclaimed 350, WXPN 359

[edit] American and/or British hit singles

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1972

[edit] Published popular music

[edit] Classical music

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[edit] Births