1972 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1972
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	Stairway to Heaven	Led Zeppelin	150
2	Blue Sky	Allman Brothers Band	117
3	Vincent	Don McLean	111
4	Superstitious	Stevie Wonder	104
5	Without You	Harry Nilsson	101
6	Rock n' Roll (Pt. 2)	Gary Glitter	98
7	Moonage Daydream	David Bowie	97
8	Rock and Roll	Led Zeppelin	97
9	Coconut	Harry Nilsson	96
10	I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)	The Moody Blues	93
11	Going to California	Led Zeppelin	91
12	Rocket Man	Elton John	90
13	Immigration Man	Graham Nash, David Crosby	87
14	Song Sung Blue	Neil Diamond	87
15	The City of New Orleans	Arlo Guthrie	82
16	Spaceman	Harry Nilsson	81
17	Four Sticks	Led Zeppelin	81
18	Smoke on the Water	Deep Purple	80
19	Peace	Malo	79
20	Dirty Work	Steely Dan	76
21	You've Got a Friend	Carole King	75
22	I Can See Clearly Now	Johnny Nash	75
23	You Wear It Well	Rod Stewart	73
24	The Candy Man	Sammy Davis Jr.	72
25	Do It Again	Steely Dan	72
26	Joy	Apollo 11	71
27	Melissa	Allman Brothers Band	71
28	You're So Vain	Carly Simon	70
29	Alabama	Neil Young	70
30	The Battle of Evermore	Led Zeppelin	70
31	Jesus Is Just Alright	The Doobie Brothers	69
32	Across 110th Street	Bobby Womack	68
33	Aristocracy	Caravan	68
34	Ben	Michael Jackson	67
35	A Horse with No Name	America	65
36	Honky Cat	Elton John	64
37	Les Brers in A Minor	Allman Brothers Band	63
38	Listen to the Music	The Doobie Brothers	63
39	Oh Girl	The Chi-Lites	61
40	School's Out	Alice Cooper	60
41	You Don't Mess Around with Jim	Jim Croce	59
42	Black and White	Three Dog Night	59
43	Rockin' Down the Highway	The Doobie Brothers	58
44	The Jean Genie	David Bowie	57
45	Little Martha	Allman Brothers Band	57
46	Join Together	The Who	56
47	Hello Mary Lou	Creedence Clearwater Revival	56
48	Get on the Good Foot- Pt. 1	James Brown	56
49	In the Quiet Morning	Joan Baez	55
50	Me and My Guitar	Freddie King	54
1972
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	IV	Led Zeppelin	9.3
2	Eat a Peach	Allman Brothers Band	7.1
3	Harvest	Neil Young	5.5
4	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust…	David Bowie	5.4
5	American Pie	Don McLean	4.7
6	Exile on Main Street	The Rolling Stones	4.3
7	Malo	Malo	4.1
8	Transformer	Lou Reed	3.8
9	Caravanserai	Santana	3.7
10	A Thing Called Love	Johnny Cash	3.5
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	The Day of the Jackal	Frederick Forsyth	2.6
2	Ways of Seeing	John Berger	2.1
3	Angle of Repose	Wallace Stegner	1.9
4	Augustus	John Williams	1.6
5	The Social Animal	Elliott Aronson	1.3
6	The Winds of War	Herman Wouk	1.3
7	Chimera	John Barth	1.3
8	Invisible Cities	Italo Calvino	1.2
9	My Name is Asher Lev	Chaim Potok	1.1
10	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Hunter Thompson	1.0
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	The Godfather		15.9
2	Sleuth		14.0
3	Aguirre, the Wrath of God		13.7
4	The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie		11.3
5	Solaris		10.6
6	Deliverance		10.5
7	What's Up, Doc?		9.7
8	1776		8.3
9	The Poseidon Adventure		8.2
10	Cabaret		8.2