Top 20 Song Chart for May 20, 1972 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 1 | 1 | I'll Take You There | ▲ |
| The Staple Singers |
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| 3 | 2 | Oh Girl | ▲ |
| The Chi-Lites |
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| 8 | 3 | The Candy Man | 1 |
| Sammy Davis, Jr. |
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| 4 | 4 | Look What You Done For Me | ▲ |
| Al Green |
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| 2 | 5 | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | 1 |
| Roberta Flack |
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| 14 | 6 | Nice To Be With You | 1 |
| Gallery |
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| 6 | 7 | Vincent | 6 |
| Don McLean |
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| 12 | 8 | Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love | 6 |
| Love Unlimited |
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| 7 | 9 | Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard | 7 |
| Paul Simon |
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| 10 | 10 | Outa Space | 3 |
| Billy Preston |
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| 13 | 11 | Sylvia's Mother | 3 |
| Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show |
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| 9 | 12 | Taxi | 9 |
| Harry Chapin |
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| 11 | 13 | Morning Has Broken | 11 |
| Cat Stevens |
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| 15 | 14 | Tumbling Dice | 10 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| - | 15 | It's Going To Take Some Time | 12 |
| Carpenters |
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| - | 16 | Lean On Me | 1 |
| Bill Withers |
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| - | 17 | The Diary | 15 |
| Bread |
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| - | 18 | (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All | 6 |
| The 5th Dimension |
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| 18 | 19 | Hot Rod Lincoln | 9 |
| Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen |
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| - | 20 | The Troglodyte (Cave Man) | 19 |
| The Jimmy Castor Bunch |
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