List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1972 - wikipedia List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1972 This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2013 ) These are the Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1972. Key Indicates number - one single of 1972 Issue date Song Artist ( s ) Reference January 1 `` Brand New Key '' Melanie January 8 January 15 `` American Pie '' Don McLean January 22 January 29 February 5 February 12 `` Let 's Stay Together '' Al Green February 19 `` Without You '' Nilsson February 26 March 4 March 11 March 18 `` Heart of Gold '' Neil Young March 25 `` A Horse with No Name '' America April 1 April 8 April 15 `` The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face '' Roberta Flack April 22 April 29 May 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 `` Oh Girl '' The Chi - Lites June 3 `` I 'll Take You There '' The Staple Singers June 10 `` The Candy Man '' Sammy Davis Jr. June 17 June 24 July 1 `` Song Sung Blue '' Neil Diamond July 8 `` Lean on Me '' Bill Withers July 15 July 22 July 29 `` Alone Again ( Naturally ) '' Gilbert O'Sullivan August 5 August 12 August 19 August 26 `` Brandy ( You 're a Fine Girl ) '' Looking Glass September 2 `` Alone Again ( Naturally ) '' Gilbert O'Sullivan September 9 September 16 `` Black and White '' Three Dog Night September 23 `` Baby, Do n't Get Hooked on Me '' Mac Davis September 30 October 7 October 14 `` Ben '' Michael Jackson October 21 `` My Ding - a-Ling '' Chuck Berry October 28 November 4 `` I Can See Clearly Now '' Johnny Nash November 11 November 18 November 25 December 2 `` Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone '' The Temptations December 9 `` I Am Woman '' Helen Reddy December 16 `` Me and Mrs. Jones '' Billy Paul December 23 December 30 See also 1972 in music Sources Fred Bronson 's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition ( ISBN 0 - 8230 - 7677 - 6 ) Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2008, 12 Edition ( ISBN 0 - 89820 - 180 - 2 ) Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts : The Seventies ( ISBN 0 - 89820 - 076 - 8 ) Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard 's online archive services and print editions of the magazine. Lists of Billboard number - one singles 1940 -- 1959 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 -- 1979 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 -- 1999 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 2000 -- present 2017 2018 By decade 1930s 1940s 1950 -- 1958 1958 -- 1969 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s See also Top - ten singles Hot 100 Year - end List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number-one_singles_of_1972&oldid=844802493 '' Categories : 1972 record charts Lists of Billboard Hot 100 number - one songs Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from January 2013 All articles lacking sources Talk About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Español Français Nederlands Polski Русский Slovenčina Svenska Türkçe Tiếng Việt 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 7 June 2018, at 08 : 01 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: what was the number one song on august 23 1972
Answer: "Alone Again (Naturally)"