| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![I Can See Clearly Now [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_23112.jpg "I Can See Clearly Now [article]") | 1. | 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]") | 2. | 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 |
![Rockin' Robin [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_28759.jpg "Rockin' Robin [article]") | 3. | 03/1972 | | 291
| US 2
UK 3
US R&B 2 | written by Jimmie Thomas
[Motown 1197] |
![Ben [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_28762.jpg "Ben [article]") | 4. | 08/1972 | | 282
| US ✫1
UK 7
US AC 3
US R&B 5 | written by Don Black, Walter Scharf
[Motown 1207] |
![Me and Mrs. Jones [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_5048.jpg "Me and Mrs. Jones [article]") | 5. | 11/1972 | | 267
| US ✫1
UK 12
US R&B ✫1 | written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert |
![Lean on Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_4791.jpg "Lean on Me [article]") | 6. | 04/1972 | | 266
| US ✫1
UK 18
US AC 4
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #205]
written by Bill Withers |
![Superstition [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_39483.jpg "Superstition [article]") | 7. | 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] |
| 8. | 04/1972 | | 245
| US ✫1
UK 14
US R&B ✫1 | |
![Papa Was a Rollin' Stone [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_45292.jpg "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone [article]") | 9. | 10/1972 | | 232
| US ✫1
UK 14
US R&B 5 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #168]
written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
[Gordy 7121] |
![If You Don't Know Me by Now [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_18755.jpg "If You Don't Know Me by Now [article]") | 10. | 09/1972 | | 226
| US 3
UK 9
US R&B ✫1 | written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff |
![Betcha by Golly Wow [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_45111.jpg "Betcha by Golly Wow [article]") | 11. | 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] |
![I'll Take You There [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_45014.jpg "I'll Take You There [article]") | 12. | 04/1972 | | 221
| US ✫1
UK 30
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #276]
written by Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell) |
| 13. | 12/1972 | | 216
| US 4
UK 11
US R&B ✫1 | written by Melvin Steals, Mervin Steals |
| 14. | 11/1972 | | 212
| US 3
UK 12
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 15. | 01/1972 | | 191
| US 2
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 16. | 06/1972 | | 191
| US 5
UK 29
US AC ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | written by Ralph MacDonald, William Salter |
| 17. | 04/1972 | | 186
| US 2
UK 44
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 18. | 07/1972 | | 178
| US 3
UK 35
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 19. | 1972 | | 173
| US 3
US R&B ✫1 | B side to How Could I Let You Get Away
written by Thom Bell, Phil Hurtt |
| 20. | 05/1972 | | 169
| US 2
US R&B 5 | written by Eddie Cornelius |
| 21. | 06/1972 | | 168
| US 3
US R&B ✫1 | written by Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson |
| 22. | 10/1972 | | 163
| US 3
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 23. | 07/1972 | | 163
| US 3
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 24. | 08/1972 | | 163
| US 2
US R&B 2 | |
| 25. | 10/1972 | | 162
| US 10
UK 9
US R&B 4 | written by Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Anthony Bell
[Avco 4603] |
| 26. | 04/1972 | | 161
| US 4
UK 44
US R&B 2 | |
| 27. | 02/1972 | | 161
| US 5
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 28. | 07/1972 | | 156
| US 3
US R&B 2 | written by J.R. Bailey, Rudy Clark, Ken Williams |
![Freddie's Dead (Theme from Superfly) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_10067.jpg "Freddie's Dead (Theme from Superfly) [article]") | 29. | 08/1972 | | 145
| US 4
US R&B 2 | written by Curtis Mayfield
[Curtom 1975] |
![Floy Joy [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_45183.jpg "Floy Joy [article]") | 30. | 01/1972 | | 142
| US 16
UK 9
US R&B 5 | [Motown 1195] |
| 31. | 03/1972 | | 140
| US 5
US R&B ✫1 | written by Aretha Franklin |
![Lookin' Through the Windows [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_20471.jpg "Lookin' Through the Windows [article]") | 32. | 07/1972 | | 140
| US 16
UK 9
US R&B 5 | written by Clifton Davis
[Motown 1205] |
| 33. | 01/1972 | | 127
| US 8
UK 29
US R&B 11 | |
| 34. | 11/1972 | | 127
| US 10
UK 18
US R&B 7 | |
| 35. | 04/1972 | | 124
| US 14
UK 14
US R&B 6 | featuring Barry White |
| 36. | 05/1972 | | 123
| US 6
US R&B 4 | as The Jimmy Castor Bunch
written by Harry Jensen, Gerald Thomas, Douglas Gibson, Robert Manigault, Jimmy Castor, Langdon Fridie Jr.
[RCA 1029] |
| 37. | 11/1972 | | 115
| US 110
UK 4
US R&B 22 | |
![Superfly [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_10068.jpg "Superfly [article]") | 38. | 11/1972 | | 114
| US 8
US R&B 5 | written by Curtis Mayfield
[Curtom 1978] |
| 39. | 11/1972 | | 114
| US 7
US R&B 3 | |
| 40. | 01/1972 | | 111
| US 22
UK 11
US R&B 14 | written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. |
