| Cover | | Date  | Title • Artist  Album | Points  | Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![Alone Again (Naturally) [article] Alone Again (Naturally) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_17621.jpg) | 1. | 03/1972 | | 355
 | US ✫1 UK 3 US AC ✫1 | |
![You're So Vain [article] You're So Vain [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_7864.jpg) | 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] I Can See Clearly Now [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_23112.jpg) | 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] The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_35328.jpg) | 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] Ben [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_28762.jpg) | 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] Lean on Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_4791.jpg) | 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] Superstition [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39483.jpg) | 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] Mother and Child Reunion [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_32148.jpg) | 13. | 02/1972 | | 235
 | US 4 UK 5 US AC 4 | written by Paul Simon |
![Betcha by Golly Wow [article] Betcha by Golly Wow [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_45111.jpg) | 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] I Am Woman [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_18999.jpg) | 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] Goodbye to Love [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_41806.jpg) | 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] Hurting Each Other [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_41804.jpg) | 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] The Lion Sleeps Tonight [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_35248.jpg) | 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] Run to Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_41516.jpg) | 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] Rocky Mountain High [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_22564.jpg) | 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] Honky Cat [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14060.jpg) | 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] Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_32149.jpg) | 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 |