Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1972

The Top Songs from 1972
Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Single	Sample
1	33	Stevie Wonder	Superstition	Listen
2	64	Lou Reed	Walk on the Wild Side
3	115	The Temptations	Papa Was a Rolling Stone
4	143	David Bowie	Ziggy Stardust	Listen
5	153	Roxy Music	Virginia Plain
6	227	Mott the Hoople	All the Young Dudes	Listen
7	388	Steely Dan	Reeling in the Years	Listen
8	394	Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes	If You Don't Know Me by Now
9	412	Neil Young	Heart of Gold	Listen
10	458	Carly Simon	You're So Vain	Listen
11	463	The Rolling Stones	Tumbling Dice	Listen
12	466	The O'Jays	Back Stabbers	Listen
13	484	Alice Cooper	School's Out	Listen
14	485	The O'Jays	Love Train	Listen
15	515	Deep Purple	Smoke on the Water	Listen
16	563	David Bowie	Starman	Listen
17	569	T. Rex	Telegram Sam	Listen
18	576	Stevie Wonder	You Are the Sunshine of My Life	Listen
19	634	Jimmy Cliff	The Harder They Come	Listen
20	674	T. Rex	Children of the Revolution
21	703	Randy Newman	Sail Away	Listen
22	784	Todd Rundgren	I Saw the Light	Listen
23	1078	The Spinners	I'll Be Around	Listen
24	1081	The Chi-Lites	Oh Girl!
25	1088	Johnny Nash	I Can See Clearly Now
26	1125	Bill Withers	Lean on Me	Listen
27	1132	Rick Nelson	Garden Party
28	1166	Steely Dan	Do It Again	Listen
29	1171	The Faces	Stay with Me	Listen
30	1174	Lou Reed	Perfect Day
31	1217	The Staple Singers	I'll Take You There	Listen
32	1260	Lou Reed	Satellite of Love
33	1322	The Raspberries	Go All the Way
34	1376	Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band	Big Eyed Beans from Venus	Listen
35	1394	The Stylistics	I'm Stone in Love with You
36	1445	Timothy Thomas	Why Can't We Live Together
37	1478	Elton John	Rocket Man	Listen
38	1489	Curtis Mayfield	Freddie's Dead	Listen
39	1597	Rod Stewart	You Wear It Well	Listen
40	1708	Al Green	I'm Still in Love with You	Listen
41	1727	Curtis Mayfield	Superfly	Listen
42	1841	Helen Reddy	I Am Woman
43	1850	Gilbert O'Sullivan	Alone Again, Naturally
44	1860	Thin Lizzy	Whiskey in the Jar
45	1960	Deep Purple	Highway Star	Listen
46	2027	The Eagles	Take It Easy	Listen
47	2180	Slade	Mama Weer All Crazee Now
48	2218	Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes	The Love I Lost
49	2255	The Spinners	Could It Be I'm Falling in Love	Listen
50	2267	Big Star	Thirteen	Listen
51	2295	Al Green	Look What You Done for Me	Listen
52	2372	The Move	Do Ya
53	2406	Gary Glitter	Rock and Roll Part 2
54	2410	Elvis Presley	Always on My Mind
55	2460	The Rolling Stones	Rocks Off	Listen
56	2471	Elton John	Crocodile Rock	Listen
57	2498	Nick Drake	Pink Moon	Listen
58	2543	The Stylistics	Betcha By Golly Wow	Listen
59	2622	The Rolling Stones	Happy	Listen
60	2723	Paul Simon	Mother and Child Reunion	Listen
61	2774	Nick Drake	Which Will	Listen
62	2783	The Rolling Stones	All Down the Line	Listen
63	2864	Dr. Hook	Sylvia's Mother
64	2898	B.J. Thomas	Rock & Roll Lullaby
65	2995	Mel and Tim	Starting All Over Again
Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Toots and The Maytals	54 46 (Was My Number)	Listen
		David Bowie	Suffragette City	Listen
		America	A Horse with No Name
		Neil Young	The Needle and the Damage Done	Listen
		The Carpenters	Goodbye to Love
		Bread	Everything I Own	Listen
		Ray Charles	America the Beautiful
		Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio	Listen
		Billy Paul	Me and Mrs. Jones
		Jackson Browne	Doctor My Eyes
		The Osmonds	Crazy Horses
		Matching Mole	O Caroline
		David Bowie	Five Years	Listen
		War	The World Is a Ghetto	Listen
		Jackson Browne	My Opening Farewell
		Little Feat	Willin'	Listen
		Bonnie Raitt	Love Has No Pride	Listen
		Paul Simon	Peace Like a River	Listen
		Joni Mitchell	Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire	Listen
		The Who	Join Together