Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1972

The Top Songs from 1972
Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Song	Sample
1	41	Stevie Wonder	Superstition	Listen
2	64	Lou Reed	Walk on the Wild Side
3	136	The Temptations	Papa Was a Rolling Stone
4	148	David Bowie	Ziggy Stardust	Listen
5	159	Roxy Music	Virginia Plain
6	216	Mott the Hoople	All the Young Dudes	Listen
7	325	Alice Cooper	School's Out	Listen
8	409	Deep Purple	Smoke on the Water	Listen
9	411	Jimmy Cliff	The Harder They Come	Listen
10	477	Neil Young	Heart of Gold	Listen
11	518	Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes	If You Don't Know Me by Now
12	547	The O'Jays	Back Stabbers	Listen
13	556	Steely Dan	Reeling in the Years	Listen
14	564	The Rolling Stones	Tumbling Dice	Listen
15	618	T. Rex	Telegram Sam	Listen
16	632	Carly Simon	You're So Vain	Listen
17	658	The O'Jays	Love Train	Listen
18	710	Lou Reed	Perfect Day
19	750	David Bowie	Starman	Listen
20	760	Randy Newman	Sail Away	Listen
21	793	T. Rex	Children of the Revolution
22	830	Todd Rundgren	I Saw the Light	Listen
23	925	Stevie Wonder	You Are the Sunshine of My Life	Listen
24	995	Bill Withers	Lean on Me	Listen
25	1067	Faces	Stay with Me	Listen
26	1093	Spinners	I'll Be Around	Listen
27	1126	The Staple Singers	I'll Take You There	Listen
28	1182	Curtis Mayfield	Freddie's Dead	Listen
29	1283	The Chi-Lites	Oh Girl
30	1339	Steely Dan	Do It Again	Listen
31	1361	Rick Nelson	Garden Party
32	1420	Al Green	Love and Happiness	Listen
33	1491	Big Star	Thirteen	Listen
34	1566	Johnny Nash	I Can See Clearly Now
35	1570	Lou Reed	Satellite of Love
36	1598	The Stylistics	I'm Stone in Love with You	Listen
37	1603	Townes Van Zandt	Pancho and Lefty
38	1622	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	Big Eyed Beans from Venus	Listen
39	1643	Stealers Wheel	Stuck in the Middle with You
40	1665	Thin Lizzy	Whiskey in the Jar
41	1749	Timmy Thomas	Why Can't We Live Together
42	1771	Raspberries	Go All the Way
43	1778	Nick Drake	Pink Moon	Listen
44	1848	Elton John	Rocket Man	Listen
45	1857	Al Green	I'm Still in Love with You	Listen
46	1928	Slade	Mama Weer All Crazee Now
47	1949	Elvis Presley	Always on My Mind
48	1954	Gilbert O'Sullivan	Alone Again (Naturally)
49	2004	Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes	The Love I Lost
50	2012	Elvis Presley	Burning Love
51	2037	Rod Stewart	You Wear It Well	Listen
52	2075	Curtis Mayfield	Superfly	Listen
53	2122	David Bowie	Suffragette City	Listen
54	2149	The Rolling Stones	Happy	Listen
55	2169	Helen Reddy	I Am Woman
56	2179	Neil Young	The Needle and the Damage Done	Listen
57	2227	Deep Purple	Highway Star	Listen
58	2252	Randy Newman	God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)	Listen
59	2438	Eagles	Take It Easy	Listen
60	2462	Billy Paul	Me and Mrs. Jones
61	2566	Lyn Collins	Think (About It)
62	2647	Little Feat	Willin'	Listen
63	2663	Al Green	Look What You Done for Me	Listen
64	2741	The Rolling Stones	Rocks Off	Listen
65	2759	The Move	Do Ya
66	2787	Spinners	Could It Be I'm Falling in Love	Listen
67	2865	Gary Glitter	Rock and Roll Part 2
68	2957	Neil Young	A Man Needs a Maid
Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Elton John	Crocodile Rock	Listen
		Bobby Womack	Across 110th Street
		Spinners	One of a Kind (Love Affair)	Listen
		The Stylistics	Betcha By Golly, Wow	Listen
		Chick Corea	Return to Forever	Listen
		Paul Simon	Mother and Child Reunion	Listen
		Tim Buckley	Get on Top of Me Woman
		The Rolling Stones	All Down the Line	Listen
		Dr. Hook	Sylvia's Mother
		Mel and Tim	Starting All Over Again
		B.J. Thomas	Rock & Roll Lullaby
		Nick Drake	Which Will	Listen
		America	A Horse with No Name
		Randy Newman	You Can Leave Your Hat On
		Matching Mole	O Caroline
		Carpenters	Goodbye to Love
		Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio	Listen
		Ray Charles	America the Beautiful
		Bread	Everything I Own	Listen
		Van Morrison	Listen to the Lion	Listen
		David Bowie	Five Years	Listen
		Jackson Browne	My Opening Farewell
		Bonnie Raitt	Love Has No Pride	Listen
		War	The World Is a Ghetto	Listen
		Paul Simon	Peace Like a River	Listen
		The Osmonds	Crazy Horses
		Jackson Browne	Doctor My Eyes
		Jim Croce	Time in a Bottle
		Big Star	In the Street	Listen
		Bobby Womack	Woman�s Gotta Have It
		Randy Newman	Political Science	Listen
		Joni Mitchell	Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire	Listen
		The Who	Join Together