Top Country Songs of 1972 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

1971 <-1972-> 1973
Top songs: #1: Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me by Mac Davis - #2: Funny Face by Donna Fargo - #3: Garden Party by Ricky Nelson - #4: Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast by Wayne Newton - #5: A Thing Called Love by Johnny Cash
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Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
#1
06/1972

Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
Mac Davis

from Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me   
312 pts
1
US
1
AC
26
ctry
29
UK
[Columbia 4-45618]
written by Mac Davis
Funny Face
#2
09/1972

Funny Face
Donna Fargo

from The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA   The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA
194 pts
5
US
5
AC
1
ctry


[Dot 17429]
written by Donna Fargo
Garden Party
#3
07/1972

Garden Party
Ricky Nelson

from Garden Party   Garden Party
191 pts
6
US
1
AC
44
ctry
41
UK
as Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band
[Decca 32980]
written by Rick Nelson
Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast
#4
04/1972

Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast
Wayne Newton

from Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast   
189 pts
4
US
3
AC
55
ctry


[Chelsea 0100]
written by Peter Callander & Geoff Stephens
#5
01/1972

A Thing Called Love
Johnny Cash

from A Thing Called Love   A Thing Called Love
184 pts
103
US
37
AC
2
ctry
4
UK
as Johnny Cash & The Evangel Temple Choir
[Columbia 45534]
written by Jerry Reed Hubbard
Until It's Time for You to Go
#6
01/1972

Until It's Time for You to Go
Elvis Presley

from Elvis Now   Elvis Now
179 pts
40
US
9
AC
68
ctry
5
UK
charted as Until It's Time for You to Go / We Can Make the Morning in US AC charts
[RCA Victor 74-0619]
written by Buffy Sainte-Marie
#7
12/1972

Danny's Song
Anne Murray

from Danny's Song   Danny's Song
166 pts
7
US
1
AC
10
ctry


[Capitol 3481]
written by Kenny Loggins
#8
03/1972

The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
Donna Fargo

from The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA   The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA
131 pts
11
US
7
AC
1
ctry


[Dot 17409]
written by Donna Fargo
Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
#9
09/1972

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
Danny O'Keefe

from O'Keefe   
124 pts
9
US
5
AC
63
ctry


[Signpost 70006]
written by Danny O'Keefe
Hot Rod Lincoln
#10
03/1972

Hot Rod Lincoln
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

from Lost in the Ozone   Lost in the Ozone
110 pts
9
US
28
AC
51
ctry


[novelty]
[Paramount 0146]
written by Charlie Ryan & W. S. Stevenson
Always on My Mind
#11
12/1972

Always on My Mind
Elvis Presley

from Separate Ways   Separate Ways
104 pts




16
ctry
9
UK
US B-side to Always On My Mind and The Elvis Medley
[RCA 74-0815]
written by Johnny Christopher, Mark James [songwriter] & Wayne Carson Thompson
Separate Ways
#12
12/1972

Separate Ways
Elvis Presley

from Separate Ways   Separate Ways
88 pts
20
US
3
AC
16
ctry


[RCA Victor 74-0815]
written by Richard Mainegra & Red West
#13
12/1972

Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
John Fogerty

from The Blue Ridge Rangers   
84 pts
16
US
11
AC
66
ctry


as The Blue Ridge Rangers
[Fantasy 689]
written by Hank Williams & Moon Mullican
Chantilly Lace
#14
03/1972

Chantilly Lace
Jerry Lee Lewis

from The Killer Rocks On   
82 pts
43
US
23
AC
1
ctry
33
UK
[novelty]
[Mercury 73273]
written by JP Richardson
Teddy Bear Song
#15
12/1972

Teddy Bear Song
Barbara Fairchild

from A Sweeter Love   
72 pts
32
US
9
AC
1
ctry


[Columbia 4-45743]
written by Don Earl & Nick Nixon
#16
07/1972

If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry
Jerry Wallace

from To Get to You   
64 pts
38
US
9
AC
1
ctry


[Decca 32989]
written by Gerald Sanford & Harold Mooney
Soul Song
#17
11/1972

Soul Song
Joe Stampley

from Soul Song   
61 pts
37
US
17
AC
1
ctry


[Dot 17442]
written by George Richey, Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson
Cry
#18
01/1972

Cry
Lynn Anderson

from Cry   
39 pts
71
US
16
AC
3
ctry


[Columbia 4-45529]
written by Churchill Kohlman
#19
12/1972

The Lord Knows I'm Drinking
Cal Smith

from I've Found Someone of My Own   
39 pts
64
US


1
ctry


[Decca 33040]
written by Bill Anderson
#20
01/1972

To Get to You
Jerry Wallace

from To Get to You   
35 pts
48
US
21
AC
12
ctry


[Decca 32914]
written by Jean Chapel
#21
03/1972

Do You Remember These
The Statler Brothers

from Interview   
34 pts
105
US
18
AC
2
ctry


[Mercury 73275]
written by Don Reid, Harold Reid & Larry Lee
Bedtime Story
#22
01/1972

Bedtime Story
Tammy Wynette

from Bedtime Story   
33 pts
86
US


1
ctry


[Epic 10818]
written by Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton
Kate
#23
05/1972

Kate
Johnny Cash

from A Thing Called Love   A Thing Called Love
32 pts
75
US


2
ctry


as Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three
[Columbia 4-45590]
written by Marty Robbins
#24
11/1972

She's Got to Be a Saint
Ray Price

from She's Got to Be a Saint   
32 pts
93
US


1
ctry


[Columbia 4-45724]
written by Joe Paulini & Mike DiNapoli
It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer
#25
06/1972

It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer
Charley Pride

from A Sunshine Day with Charley Pride   
29 pts
102
US


1
ctry


[RCA Victor 74-0707]
written by Ben Peters
When the Snow Is on the Roses
#26
07/1972

When the Snow Is on the Roses
Sonny James

from When the Snow Is on the Roses   
29 pts
103
US


1
ctry


[Columbia 4-45644]
written by James Last, Ernst Bader, Larry Kusik & Eddie Snyder
#27
12/1972

'Til I Get It Right
Tammy Wynette

from My Man   
29 pts
106
US


1
ctry


[Epic 10940]
written by Red Lane & Larry Henley
(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date
#28
04/1972

(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date
Conway Twitty

from I Can't Stop Loving You   
29 pts
112
US


1
ctry


[Decca 32945]
written by Floyd Cramer & Conway Twitty
All His Children
#29
02/1972

All His Children
Charley Pride

from Sometimes a Great Nation   
29 pts
92
US


2
ctry


with Henry Mancini
[RCA Victor 74-0624]
written by Henry Mancini, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman
#30
06/1972

There's a Party Goin' On
Jody Miller

from There's a Party Goin' On   
28 pts
115
US
23
AC
4
ctry


[Epic 10878]
written by Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton
#31
08/1972

I Will Never Pass This Way Again
Glen Campbell

from Glen Travis Campbell   
27 pts
61
US
14
AC
45
ctry


[Capitol 3411]
written by Ronnie Gaylord
Oney
#32
08/1972

Oney
Johnny Cash

from Any Old Wind That Blows   Any Old Wind That Blows
26 pts
101
US


2
ctry


[Columbia 45660]
written by Jerry Chesnut
#33
04/1972

The Lonesomest Lonesome
Ray Price

from The Lonesomest Lonesome   
26 pts
109
US


2
ctry


[Columbia 4-45583]
written by Mac Davis
Delta Dawn
#34
05/1972

Delta Dawn
Tanya Tucker

from Delta Dawn   Delta Dawn
25 pts
72
US


6
ctry


[Columbia 4-45588]
written by Larry Collins & Alex Harvey
#35
12/1972

Songman
Cashman & West

from A Song or Two   
25 pts
59
US
16
AC
69
ctry


[Dunhill/ABC 4333]
written by Terry Cashman & Tommy West
#36
01/1972

My Hang-Up Is You
Freddie Hart

from My Hang-Up Is You   
25 pts




1
ctry


[Capitol 3261]
written by Freddie Hart
#37
1972

Turnin' Off a Memory
Merle Haggard

from Let Me Tell You About a Song   
25 pts




1
ctry


as Merle Haggard & the Strangers
written by Merle Haggard
#38
1972

Grandma Harp
Merle Haggard

from Let Me Tell You About a Song   
25 pts




1
ctry


as Merle Haggard & the Strangers
[Capitol 3294]
written by Merle Haggard
#39
06/1972

Woman (Sensuous Woman)
Don Gibson

from Woman (Sensuous Woman)   
25 pts




1
ctry


[Hickory 1638]
written by Gary S. Paxton
#40
10/1972

Got the All Overs for You (All Over Me)
Freddie Hart

from Got the All Overs for You   
25 pts




1
ctry


as Freddie Hart & The Heartbeats
[Capitol 3453]
written by Freddie Hart
#41
10/1972

She's Too Good to Be True
Charley Pride

from Songs of Love by Charley Pride   
25 pts




1
ctry


[RCA Victor 74-0802]
written by Johnny Duncan
#42
12/1972

She Needs Someone to Hold Her (When She Cries)
Conway Twitty

from She Needs Someone to Hold Her   
25 pts




1
ctry


[Decca 33033]
written by Raymond Smith
#43
12/1972

Rated X
Loretta Lynn

from Entertainer of the Year   
25 pts




1
ctry


[Decca 33039]
written by Loretta Lynn
I Can't Stop Loving You
#44
07/1972

I Can't Stop Loving You
Conway Twitty

from I Can't Stop Loving You   
25 pts




1
ctry


[Decca 32988]
written by Don Gibson
#45
04/1972

Eleven Roses
Hank Williams Jr.

from Eleven Roses   
25 pts




1
ctry


[MGM 14371]
written by Lamar Morris & Dorrell McCall
#46
12/1972

Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine
Tom T. Hall

from The Storyteller   
25 pts




1
ctry


[Mercury 73346]
written by Tom T. Hall
Made in Japan
#47
04/1972

Made in Japan
Buck Owens

from In the Palm of Your Hand   
25 pts




1
ctry


as Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
[Capitol 3314]
written by Bob Morris & Faye Morris
#48
12/1972

I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me
Merle Haggard

from I Love Dixie Blues   I Love Dixie Blues
25 pts




1
ctry


as Merle Haggard & the Strangers
[Capitol 3488]
written by Merle Haggard
#49
08/1972

I Ain't Never
Mel Tillis

from I Ain't Never   
25 pts




1
ctry


as Mel Tillis and The Statesiders
[MGM 14418]
written by Mel Tillis & Webb Pierce
#50
06/1972

Bless Your Heart
Freddie Hart

from Bless Your Heart   
25 pts




1
ctry


as Freddie Hart & The Heartbeats
[Capitol 3353]
written by Freddie Hart & Jack Lebsock
My Man (Understands)
#51
09/1972

My Man (Understands)
Tammy Wynette

from My Man   
25 pts




1
ctry


[Epic 10909]
written by Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson & Carmol Taylor
#52
09/1972

It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
Merle Haggard

from It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)   
25 pts




1
ctry


as Merle Haggard & the Strangers
[Capitol 3419]
written by Hank Cochran & Glenn Martin
#53
05/1972

That's Why I Love You Like I Do
Sonny James

from That's Why I Love You Like I Do   
25 pts




1
ctry


[Capitol 3322]
written by Jack Morrow
#54
01/1972

Cotton Jenny
Anne Murray

from Talk It Over in the Morning   
25 pts
71
US
32
AC
11
ctry


[Capitol 3260]
written by Gordon Lightfoot
I've Got to Have You
#55
06/1972

I've Got to Have You
Sammi Smith

from Something Old, Something New   
23 pts
77
US
35
AC
13
ctry


[Mega 0079]
written by Kris Kristofferson
#56
09/1972

Heaven Is My Woman's Love
Tommy Overstreet

from Heaven Is My Woman's Love   
22 pts
102
US


3
ctry


[Dot DOA-17428]
written by Sharon K. Millsap
Only Love Can Break a Heart
#57
01/1972

Only Love Can Break a Heart
Sonny James

from Biggest Hits   
22 pts




2
ctry


[Capitol 3232]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
#58
09/1972

Don't She Look Good
Bill Anderson

from Don't She Look Good   
22 pts




2
ctry


[Decca 33002]
written by Jerry Chestnut
#59
12/1972

Do You Know What It's Like to Be Lonesome
Jerry Wallace

from Do You Know What It's Like to Be Lonesome?   
22 pts




2
ctry


[Decca 33036]
written by Bert Pellish
#60
01/1972

Ann (Don't Go Runnin')
Tommy Overstreet

from This Is Tommy Overstreet   
22 pts




2
ctry


[Dot DOA-17402]
written by James E. Cason
#61
05/1972

Reach Out Your Hand
Tammy Wynette

from Bedtime Story   
22 pts




2
ctry


[Epic 10856]
written by Billy Sherrill & Tammy Wynette
#62
05/1972

Loving You Could Never Be Better
George Jones

from We Can Make It   
22 pts




2
ctry


[Epic 10858]
written by Earl Montgomery
#63
12/1972

Good Things
David Houston

from Good Things   
22 pts




2
ctry


[Epic 10939]
written by Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson & Carmol Taylor
Fool Me
#64
10/1972

Fool Me
Lynn Anderson

from Listen to a Country Song   
21 pts
101
US


4
ctry


[Columbia 4-45692]
written by Joe South
Listen to a Country Song
#65
06/1972

Listen to a Country Song
Lynn Anderson

from Listen to a Country Song   
21 pts
107
US


4
ctry


[Columbia 4-45615]
written by Alan Garth & Jim Messina
#66
12/1972

One Last Time
Glen Campbell

from Glen Travis Campbell   
21 pts
78
US
20
AC
33
ctry


[Capitol 3483]
written by Don Addrisi & Dick Addrisi
#67
07/1972

Alabama Wild Man
Jerry Reed

from Jerry Reed   
19 pts
62
US


22
ctry


R
[RCA Victor 74-0738]
written by Jerry Reed
#68
07/1972

Here I Am Again
Loretta Lynn

from Here I Am Again   
18 pts




3
ctry


[Decca 32974]
written by Shel Silverstein
Good Hearted Woman
#69
01/1972

Good Hearted Woman
Waylon Jennings

from Good Hearted Woman   
18 pts




3
ctry


[RCA Victor 74-0615]
written by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
#70
09/1972

Pride's Not Hard to Swallow
Hank Williams Jr.

from After You/Pride's Not Hard to Swallow   
18 pts




3
ctry


[MGM 14421]
written by Jerry Chesnut
Any Old Wind That Blows
#71
12/1972

Any Old Wind That Blows
Johnny Cash

from Any Old Wind That Blows   Any Old Wind That Blows
18 pts




3
ctry


[Columbia 4-45740]
written by Dick Feller
#72
12/1972

Neon Rose
Mel Tillis

from I Ain't Never   
18 pts




3
ctry


as Mel Tillis and The Statesiders
[MGM 14454]
written by Rory Bourke & Gayle Barnhill
#73
10/1972

Sing Me a Love Song to Baby
Billy Walker

from All Time Greatest Hits   
18 pts




3
ctry


[MGM 14422]
written by Rayburn Anthony, Gene Dobbins & Benny Whitehead
#74
12/1972

You Lay So Easy on My Mind
Bobby G. Rice

from You Lay So Easy on My Mind   
18 pts




3
ctry


[Metromedia 902]
written by Bobby G. Rice, Charles Fields & Donald Riis
Manhattan, Kansas
#75
04/1972

Manhattan, Kansas
Glen Campbell

18 pts
114
US


6
ctry


[Capitol 3305]
written by Joe Allen
Me and Jesus
#76
03/1972

Me and Jesus
Tom T. Hall

from We All Got Together and...   
18 pts
98
US


8
ctry


[Mercury 73278]
written by Tom T. Hall
Lonely Women Make Good Lovers
#77
09/1972

Lonely Women Make Good Lovers
Bob Luman

from Lonely Women Make Good Lovers   
17 pts




4
ctry


[Epic 10905]
written by Freddy Weller & Lindon Oldham
#78
03/1972

Someone to Give My Love To
Johnny Paycheck

from Someone to Give My Love To   
17 pts




4
ctry


[Epic 10836]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
I've Found Someone of My Own
#79
05/1972

I've Found Someone of My Own
Cal Smith

from I've Found Someone of My Own   
17 pts




4
ctry


[Decca 32959]
written by Frank Robinson
#80
01/1972

Another Puff
Jerry Reed

from Ko-Ko Joe   
17 pts
65
US


27
ctry


[RCA Victor 74-0613]
written by Earl Jarrett & Jerry Reed
#81
08/1972

It's a Matter of Time
Elvis Presley

from Burning Love and Hits from His Movies, Volume 2   Burning Love and Hits from His Movies, Volume 2
17 pts


9
AC
36
ctry


charted as It's a Matter of Time / Burning Love in US AC charts
[RCA Victor 74-0769]
written by Clive Westlake
#82
1972

Love's the Answer
Tanya Tucker

from Delta Dawn   Delta Dawn
16 pts




5
ctry


[Columbia 45721]
written by Emily Mitchell & Norro Wilson
#83
07/1972

This Little Girl of Mine
Faron Young

from This Little Girl of Mine   
16 pts




5
ctry


[Mercury 73308]
written by Jan Crutchfield
#84
11/1972

Lovin' on Back Streets
Mel Street

from Borrowed Angel   
16 pts




5
ctry


[Metromedia 901]
written by Hugh King
I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door
#85
07/1972

I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door
Billy Crash Craddock

from Two Sides of "Crash"   
16 pts




5
ctry


[Cartwheel 216]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Sid Wayne
A Picture of Me (Without You)
#86
10/1972

A Picture of Me (Without You)
George Jones

from A Picture of Me (Without You)   
16 pts




5
ctry


[Epic 10917]
written by Norro Wilson & George Richey
#87
03/1972

Just for What I Am
Connie Smith

from Ain't We Havin' Us a Good Time   
16 pts




5
ctry


[RCA Victor 74-0655]
written by Dallas Frazier & Arthur Leo Owens
#88
03/1972

All the Lonely Women in the World
Bill Anderson

from All the Lonely Women in the World   
16 pts




5
ctry


[Decca 32930]
written by Bill Anderson
#89
10/1972

White Silver Sands
Sonny James

from When the Snow Is on the Roses   
16 pts




5
ctry


[Columbia 4-45706]
written by Charles 'Red' Matthews & Gladys Reinhart
Oklahoma Sunday Morning
#90
01/1972

Oklahoma Sunday Morning
Glen Campbell

15 pts
104
US
36
AC
15
ctry


[Capitol 3254]
written by Tony Macaulay, Albert Hammond & Mike Hazlewood
#91
03/1972

Josie
Kris Kristofferson

from Border Lord   
15 pts
63
US


70
ctry


[Monument 8536]
written by Kris Kristofferson
#92
01/1972

When You Say Love
Bob Luman

from When You Say Love   
14 pts




6
ctry


[Epic 10823]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
#93
08/1972

The Class of '57
The Statler Brothers

from Country Music Then and Now   
14 pts




6
ctry


[Mercury 73315]
written by Don Reid & Harold Reid
#94
07/1972

The Ceremony
George Jones & Tammy Wynette

from Me and the First Lady   
14 pts




6
ctry


as Tammy Wynette & George Jones
[Epic 10881]
written by Carmol Taylor, Billy Sherrill & Jenny Strickland
#95
01/1972

The Best Part of Living
Marty Robbins

from I've Got a Woman's Love   
14 pts




6
ctry


[Columbia 4-45520]
written by B.D. Johnson
Touch Your Woman
#96
03/1972

Touch Your Woman
Dolly Parton

from Touch Your Woman   
14 pts




6
ctry


[RCA Victor 74-0662]
written by Dolly Parton
#97
10/1972

Pretend I Never Happened
Waylon Jennings

from Lonesome On'ry and Mean   
14 pts




6
ctry


[RCA Victor 74-0808]
written by Willie Nelson
#98
08/1972

I Take It On Home
Charlie Rich

from Behind Closed Doors   Behind Closed Doors
14 pts




6
ctry


[Epic 10867]
written by Kenny O'Dell
We Can Make It
#99
02/1972

We Can Make It
George Jones

from We Can Make It   
14 pts




6
ctry


[Epic 10831]
written by Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton
#100
02/1972

Everybody's Reaching Out for Someone
Pat Daisy

13 pts
112
US
38
AC
20
ctry


[RCA Victor 0637]
written by Dickey Lee & Allen Reynolds

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