| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![Alone Again (Naturally) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_17621.jpg "Alone Again (Naturally) [article]") | 1. | 03/1972 | | 355
 | US ✫1
UK 3
US AC ✫1 | |
![You're So Vain [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_7864.jpg "You're So Vain [article]") | 2. | 12/1972 | | 335
| US ✫1
UK 3
US AC ✫1 | written by Carly Simon |
| 3. | 10/1972 | | 333
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | |
![I Can See Clearly Now [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_23112.jpg "I Can See Clearly Now [article]") | 4. | 06/1972 | | 317
| US ✫1
UK 5
US AC ✫1
US R&B 38 | written by Johnny Nash |
![The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_35328.jpg "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face [article]") | 5. | 03/1972 | | 304
| US ✫1
UK 14
US AC ✫1
US R&B 4 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1973]
written by Ewan MacColl |
![Ben [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_28762.jpg "Ben [article]") | 6. | 08/1972 | | 282
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC 3
US R&B 5 | written by Don Black, Walter Scharf
[Motown 1207] |
![Lean on Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_4791.jpg "Lean on Me [article]") | 7. | 04/1972 | | 266
| US ✫1
UK 18
US AC 4
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #205]
written by Bill Withers |
| 8. | 09/1972 | | 260
| US 2
UK 5
US AC ✫1 | |
| 9. | 04/1972 | | 260
| US 3
UK 4
US AC 2 | |
![Superstition [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39483.jpg "Superstition [article]") | 10. | 11/1972 | | 257
| US ✫1
UK 11
US AC 38
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #74]
written by Stevie Wonder
[Tamla 54226] |
| 11. | 07/1972 | | 243
| US ✫1
UK 29
US AC ✫1
US country 26 | |
| 12. | 05/1972 | | 236
| US ✫1
UK 14
US AC ✫1 | written by Neil Diamond |
![Mother and Child Reunion [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_32148.jpg "Mother and Child Reunion [article]") | 13. | 02/1972 | | 235
| US 4
UK 5
US AC 4 | written by Paul Simon |
![Betcha by Golly Wow [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_45111.jpg "Betcha by Golly Wow [article]") | 14. | 02/1972 | | 226
| US 3
UK 13
US AC 7
US R&B 2 | featuring Russell Thompkins, Jr.
written by Thom Bell, Linda Creed
[Avco 4591] |
| 15. | 03/1972 | | 211
| US ✫1
US AC ✫1 | with the Mike Curb Congregation |
![I Am Woman [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_18999.jpg "I Am Woman [article]") | 16. | 09/1972 | | 203
| US ✫1
US AC 2 | [R]
written by Ray Burton, Helen Reddy |
| 17. | 01/1972 | | 198
| US 6
UK 9
US AC ✫1 | written by Eleanor Farjeon, Cat Stevens |
| 18. | 06/1972 | | 191
| US 5
UK 29
US AC ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | written by Ralph MacDonald, William Salter |
| 19. | 08/1972 | | 185
| US 13
UK 3
US AC 19 | Lonely Boy charted as B side in US Hot 100 from 16 Sept 1972 |
![Goodbye to Love [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_41806.jpg "Goodbye to Love [article]") | 20. | 07/1972 | | 182
| US 7
UK 9
US AC 2 | written by Richard Carpenter, John Bettis |
| 21. | 08/1972 | | 178
| US ✫1
US AC ✫1 | |
![Hurting Each Other [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_41804.jpg "Hurting Each Other [article]") | 22. | 01/1972 | | 167
| US 2
US AC ✫1 | written by Peter Udell, Gary Geld |
| 23. | 06/1972 | | 161
| US 13
UK 5
US AC 23 | |
| 24. | 09/1972 | | 159
| US 5
US AC 5
US country ✫1 | |
| 25. | 01/1972 | | 159
| US 5
UK 32
US AC 3 | written by David Gates |
| 26. | 12/1972 | | 159
| US 3
US AC ✫1 | |
| 27. | 04/1972 | | 158
| US 4
US AC 3
US country 55 | |
![The Lion Sleeps Tonight [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_35248.jpg "The Lion Sleeps Tonight [article]") | 28. | 01/1972 | | 158
| US 3
US AC 6 | written by Solomon Linda, Paul Campbell, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss, Albert Stanton
[Atlantic 2846] |
| 29. | 07/1972 | | 147
| US 6
UK 41
US AC ✫1
US country 44 | as Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band |
![Run to Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_41516.jpg "Run to Me [article]") | 30. | 07/1972 | | 136
| US 16
UK 9
US AC 6 | written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb |
| 31. | 07/1972 | | 134
| US 11
UK 16
US AC ✫1 | |
![Rocky Mountain High [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_22564.jpg "Rocky Mountain High [article]") | 32. | 11/1972 | | 126
| US 9
US AC 3 | written by John Denver, Mike Taylor |
| 33. | 09/1972 | | 122
| US 6
US AC 4 | |
![Honky Cat [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14060.jpg "Honky Cat [article]") | 34. | 08/1972 | | 119
| US 8
UK 31
US AC 6 | written by Elton John, Bernie Taupin
[Uni 55343] |
| 35. | 12/1972 | | 113
| US 8
US AC ✫1 | |
![Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_32149.jpg "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard [article]") | 36. | 04/1972 | | 107
| US 22
UK 15
US AC 6 | written by Paul Simon |
| 37. | 02/1972 | | 107
| US 8
US AC 4 | |
| 38. | 05/1972 | | 105
| US 11
US AC 7
US country ✫1 | |
| 39. | 09/1972 | | 99
| US 10
US AC ✫1 | written by Randall Clayton McNeill
[Bell 45261] |
| 40. | 01/1972 | | 96
| US 9
US AC 2 | written by Carole King, Toni Stern |
