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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top Country Songs of 1972

1971 <-1972-> 1973

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1.
06/1972

Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me by Mac Davis

from Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me   
295

✫1
US
✫1
AC
26
country
29
UK
[Columbia 4-45618]
written by Mac Davis
2.
09/1972

Funny Face by Donna Fargo

from The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA   The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA
183

5
US
5
AC
✫1
country


[Dot 17429]
written by Donna Fargo
3.
07/1972

Garden Party by Ricky Nelson

from Garden Party   Garden Party
181

6
US
✫1
AC
44
country
41
UK
as Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band
[Decca 32980]
written by Ricky Nelson (as Rick Nelson)
4.
04/1972

Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast by Wayne Newton

from Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast   
179

4
US
3
AC
55
country


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

A Thing Called Love by Johnny Cash

from A Thing Called Love   A Thing Called Love
174

103
US
37
AC
2
country
4
UK
as Johnny Cash & The Evangel Temple Choir
[Columbia 45534]
written by Jerry Reed (as Jerry Reed Hubbard)
6.
01/1972

Until It's Time for You to Go by Elvis Presley

from Elvis Now   Elvis Now
169

40
US
9
AC
68
country
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 by Anne Murray

from Danny's Song   Danny's Song
156

7
US
✫1
AC
10
country


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

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

from The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA   The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA
124

11
US
7
AC
✫1
country


[Dot 17409]
written by Donna Fargo
9.
09/1972

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

from O'Keefe   
117

9
US
5
AC
63
country


[Signpost 70006]
written by Danny O'Keefe
10.
03/1972

Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

from Lost in the Ozone   Lost in the Ozone
104

9
US
28
AC
51
country


[novelty]
[Paramount 0146]
written by Charlie Ryan & W. S. Stevenson
11.
12/1972

Always on My Mind by Elvis Presley

from Separate Ways   Separate Ways
99





16
country
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
12.
12/1972

Separate Ways by Elvis Presley

from Separate Ways   Separate Ways
83

20
US
3
AC
16
country


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

Jambalaya (On the Bayou) by John Fogerty

from The Blue Ridge Rangers   
79

16
US
11
AC
66
country


as The Blue Ridge Rangers
[Fantasy 689]
written by Hank Williams & Moon Mullican (uncredited)
14.
03/1972

Chantilly Lace by Jerry Lee Lewis

from The Killer Rocks On   
78

43
US
23
AC
✫1
country
33
UK
[novelty]
[Mercury 73273]
written by The Big Bopper (as JP Richardson)
15.
12/1972

Teddy Bear Song by Barbara Fairchild

from A Sweeter Love   
68

32
US
9
AC
✫1
country


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

If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry by Jerry Wallace

from To Get to You   
61

38
US
9
AC
✫1
country


[Decca 32989]
written by Gerald Sanford & Harold Mooney
17.
11/1972

Soul Song by Joe Stampley

from Soul Song   
57

37
US
17
AC
✫1
country


[Dot DOA-17442]
written by George Richey, Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson
18.
01/1972

Cry by Lynn Anderson

from Cry   
37

71
US
16
AC
3
country


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

The Lord Knows I'm Drinking by Cal Smith

from I've Found Someone of My Own   
36

64
US


✫1
country


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

To Get to You by Jerry Wallace

from To Get to You   
34

48
US
21
AC
12
country


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

Do You Remember These by The Statler Brothers

from Interview   
32

105
US
18
AC
2
country


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

Bedtime Story by Tammy Wynette

from Bedtime Story   
31

86
US


✫1
country


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

Kate by Johnny Cash

from A Thing Called Love   A Thing Called Love
31

75
US


2
country


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

She's Got to Be a Saint by Ray Price

from She's Got to Be a Saint   
30

93
US


✫1
country


[Columbia 4-45724]
written by Joe Paulini & Mike DiNapoli
25.
06/1972

It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer by Charley Pride

from A Sunshine Day with Charley Pride   
28

102
US


✫1
country


[RCA Victor 74-0707]
written by Ben Peters
26.
07/1972

When the Snow Is on the Roses by Sonny James

from When the Snow Is on the Roses   
28

103
US


✫1
country


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

'Til I Get It Right by Tammy Wynette

from My Man   
28

106
US


✫1
country


[Epic 10940]
written by Red Lane & Larry Henley
28.
04/1972

(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date by Conway Twitty

from I Can't Stop Loving You   
28

112
US


✫1
country


[Decca 32945]
written by Floyd Cramer & Conway Twitty
29.
02/1972

All His Children by Charley Pride

from Sometimes a Great Nation   
27

92
US


2
country


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

There's a Party Goin' On by Jody Miller

from There's a Party Goin' On   
26

115
US
23
AC
4
country


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

I Will Never Pass This Way Again by Glen Campbell

from Glen Travis Campbell   
25

61
US
14
AC
45
country


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

Oney by Johnny Cash

from Any Old Wind That Blows   Any Old Wind That Blows
24

101
US


2
country


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

The Lonesomest Lonesome by Ray Price

from The Lonesomest Lonesome   
24

109
US


2
country


[Columbia 4-45583]
written by Mac Davis
34.
05/1972

Delta Dawn by Tanya Tucker

from Delta Dawn   Delta Dawn
24

72
US


6
country


[Columbia 4-45588]
written by Larry Collins & Alex Harvey
35.
01/1972

My Hang-Up Is You by Freddie Hart

from My Hang-Up Is You   
24





✫1
country


[Capitol 3261]
written by Freddie Hart
36.
1972

Turnin' Off a Memory by Merle Haggard

from Let Me Tell You About a Song   
24





✫1
country


as Merle Haggard & the Strangers
written by Merle Haggard
37.
1972

Grandma Harp by Merle Haggard

from Let Me Tell You About a Song   
24





✫1
country


as Merle Haggard & the Strangers
[Capitol 3294]
written by Merle Haggard
38.
06/1972

Woman (Sensuous Woman) by Don Gibson

from Woman (Sensuous Woman)   
24





✫1
country


[Hickory 1638]
written by Gary Paxton (as Gary S. Paxton)
39.
10/1972

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

from Got the All Overs for You   
24





✫1
country


as Freddie Hart & the Heartbeats
[Capitol 3453]
written by Freddie Hart
40.
10/1972

She's Too Good to Be True by Charley Pride

from Songs of Love by Charley Pride   
24





✫1
country


[RCA Victor 74-0802]
written by Johnny Duncan
41.
12/1972

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

from She Needs Someone to Hold Her   
24





✫1
country


[Decca 33033]
written by Raymond Smith
42.
12/1972

Rated X by Loretta Lynn

from Entertainer of the Year   
24





✫1
country


[Decca 33039]
written by Loretta Lynn
43.
07/1972

I Can't Stop Loving You by Conway Twitty

from I Can't Stop Loving You   
24





✫1
country


[Decca 32988]
written by Don Gibson
44.
04/1972

Eleven Roses by Hank Williams Jr.

from Eleven Roses   
24





✫1
country


[MGM 14371]
written by Lamar Morris & Dorrell McCall
45.
12/1972

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

from The Storyteller   
24





✫1
country


[Mercury 73346]
written by Tom T. Hall
46.
04/1972

Made in Japan by Buck Owens

from In the Palm of Your Hand   
24





✫1
country


as Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
[Capitol 3314]
written by Bob Morris & Faye Morris
47.
12/1972

I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me by Merle Haggard

from I Love Dixie Blues   I Love Dixie Blues
24





✫1
country


as Merle Haggard & the Strangers
[Capitol 3488]
written by Merle Haggard
48.
08/1972

I Ain't Never by Mel Tillis

from I Ain't Never   
24





✫1
country


as Mel Tillis and The Statesiders
[MGM 14418]
written by Mel Tillis & Webb Pierce
49.
06/1972

Bless Your Heart by Freddie Hart

from Bless Your Heart   
24





✫1
country


as Freddie Hart & the Heartbeats
[Capitol 3353]
written by Freddie Hart & Jack Grayson (as Jack Lebsock)
50.
09/1972

My Man (Understands) by Tammy Wynette

from My Man   
24





✫1
country


[Epic 10909]
written by Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson & Carmol Taylor
51.
09/1972

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

from It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)   
24





✫1
country


as Merle Haggard & the Strangers
[Capitol 3419]
written by Hank Cochran & Glenn Martin
52.
05/1972

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

from That's Why I Love You Like I Do   
24





✫1
country


[Capitol 3322]
written by Jack Morrow
53.
01/1972

Cotton Jenny by Anne Murray

from Talk It Over in the Morning   
24

71
US
32
AC
11
country


[Capitol 3260]
written by Gordon Lightfoot
54.
12/1972

Songman by Cashman & West

from A Song or Two   
23

62
US
16
AC
69
country


[Dunhill/ABC 4333]
written by Terry Cashman & Tommy West
55.
06/1972

I've Got to Have You by Sammi Smith

from Something Old, Something New   
21

77
US
35
AC
13
country


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

Heaven Is My Woman's Love by Tommy Overstreet

from Heaven Is My Woman's Love   
21

102
US


3
country


[Dot DOA-17428]
written by Sharon K. Millsap
57.
01/1972

Only Love Can Break a Heart by Sonny James

from Biggest Hits   
21





2
country


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

Don't She Look Good by Bill Anderson

from Don't She Look Good   
21





2
country


[Decca 33002]
written by Jerry Chesnut (as Jerry Chestnut)
59.
12/1972

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

from Do You Know What It's Like to Be Lonesome?   
21





2
country


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

Ann (Don't Go Runnin') by Tommy Overstreet

from This Is Tommy Overstreet   
21





2
country


[Dot DOA-17402]
written by Buzz Cason (as James E. Cason)
61.
05/1972

Reach Out Your Hand by Tammy Wynette

from Bedtime Story   
21





2
country


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

Loving You Could Never Be Better by George Jones

from We Can Make It   
21





2
country


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

Good Things by David Houston

from Good Things   
21





2
country


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

Fool Me by Lynn Anderson

from Listen to a Country Song   
20

101
US


4
country


[Columbia 4-45692]
written by Joe South
65.
06/1972

Listen to a Country Song by Lynn Anderson

from Listen to a Country Song   
20

107
US


4
country


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

One Last Time by Glen Campbell

from Glen Travis Campbell   
20

78
US
20
AC
33
country


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

Alabama Wild Man by Jerry Reed

from Jerry Reed   
18

62
US


22
country


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

Here I Am Again by Loretta Lynn

from Here I Am Again   
17





3
country


[Decca 32974]
written by Shel Silverstein
69.
01/1972

Good Hearted Woman by Waylon Jennings

from Good Hearted Woman   
17





3
country


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

Pride's Not Hard to Swallow by Hank Williams Jr.

from After You/Pride's Not Hard to Swallow   
17





3
country


[MGM 14421]
written by Jerry Chesnut
71.
12/1972

Any Old Wind That Blows by Johnny Cash

from Any Old Wind That Blows   Any Old Wind That Blows
17





3
country


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

Neon Rose by Mel Tillis

from I Ain't Never   
17





3
country


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

Sing Me a Love Song to Baby by Billy Walker

from All Time Greatest Hits   
17





3
country


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

You Lay So Easy on My Mind by Bobby G. Rice

from You Lay So Easy on My Mind   
17





3
country


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

Manhattan, Kansas by Glen Campbell

17

114
US


6
country


[Capitol 3305]
written by Joe Allen
76.
03/1972

Me and Jesus by Tom T. Hall

from We All Got Together and...   
17

98
US


8
country


[Mercury 73278]
written by Tom T. Hall
77.
09/1972

Lonely Women Make Good Lovers by Bob Luman

from Lonely Women Make Good Lovers   
16





4
country


[Epic 10905]
written by Freddy Weller & Spooner Oldham (as Lindon Oldham)
78.
03/1972

Someone to Give My Love To by Johnny Paycheck

from Someone to Give My Love To   
16





4
country


[Epic 10836]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
79.
05/1972

I've Found Someone of My Own by Cal Smith

from I've Found Someone of My Own   
16





4
country


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

Another Puff by Jerry Reed

from Ko-Ko Joe   
16

65
US


27
country


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

It's a Matter of Time by Elvis Presley

from Burning Love and Hits from His Movies, Volume 2   Burning Love and Hits from His Movies, Volume 2
16



9
AC
36
country


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 by Tanya Tucker

from Delta Dawn   Delta Dawn
15





5
country


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

This Little Girl of Mine by Faron Young

from This Little Girl of Mine   
15





5
country


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

Lovin' on Back Streets by Mel Street

from Borrowed Angel   
15





5
country


[Metromedia 901]
written by Hugh King
85.
07/1972

I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door by Billy Crash Craddock

from Two Sides of "Crash"   
15





5
country


[Cartwheel 216]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Sid Wayne
86.
10/1972

A Picture of Me (Without You) by George Jones

from A Picture of Me (Without You)   
15





5
country


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

Just for What I Am by Connie Smith

from Ain't We Havin' Us a Good Time   
15





5
country


[RCA Victor 74-0655]
written by Dallas Frazier & A.L. "Doodle" Owens (as Arthur Leo Owens)
88.
03/1972

All the Lonely Women in the World by Bill Anderson

from All the Lonely Women in the World   
15





5
country


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

White Silver Sands by Sonny James

from When the Snow Is on the Roses   
15





5
country


[Columbia 4-45706]
written by Charles 'Red' Matthews & Gladys Reinhart
90.
01/1972

Oklahoma Sunday Morning by Glen Campbell

15

104
US
36
AC
15
country


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

Josie by Kris Kristofferson

from Border Lord   
14

63
US


70
country


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

When You Say Love by Bob Luman

from When You Say Love   
14





6
country


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

The Class of '57 by The Statler Brothers

from Country Music Then and Now   
14





6
country


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

The Ceremony by George Jones & Tammy Wynette

from Me and the First Lady   
14





6
country


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

The Best Part of Living by Marty Robbins

from I've Got a Woman's Love   
14





6
country


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

Touch Your Woman by Dolly Parton

from Touch Your Woman   
14





6
country


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

Pretend I Never Happened by Waylon Jennings

from Lonesome On'ry and Mean   
14





6
country


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

I Take It On Home by Charlie Rich

from Behind Closed Doors   Behind Closed Doors
14





6
country


[Epic 10867]
written by Kenny O'Dell
99.
02/1972

We Can Make It by George Jones

from We Can Make It   
14





6
country


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

Everybody's Reaching Out for Someone by Pat Daisy

13

112
US
38
AC
20
country


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