Top 20 Song Chart for May 5, 1973 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 1 | 1 | Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree | ▲ |
| Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando |
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| 6 | 2 | You Are The Sunshine Of My Life | 1 |
| Stevie Wonder |
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| 4 | 3 | Stuck In The Middle With You | ▲ |
| Stealers Wheel |
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| 2 | 4 | The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia | 1 |
| Vicki Lawrence |
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| 5 | 5 | Little Willy | ▲ |
| Sweet |
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| 11 | 6 | Frankenstein | 1 |
| Edgar Winter Group |
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| 3 | 7 | The Cisco Kid | 3 |
| War |
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| 7 | 8 | Drift Away | 7 |
| Dobie Gray |
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| 9 | 9 | My Love | 1 |
| Paul McCartney & Wings |
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| 17 | 10 | Daniel | 2 |
| Elton John |
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| 12 | 11 | Wildflower | 6 |
| Skylark |
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| 8 | 12 | The Twelfth Of Never | 8 |
| Donny Osmond |
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| 13 | 13 | Reeling In The Years | 10 |
| Steely Dan |
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| 19 | 14 | I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby | 1 |
| Barry White |
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| 20 | 15 | Pillow Talk | 5 |
| Sylvia |
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| 18 | 16 | Armed And Extremely Dangerous | ▲ |
| First Choice |
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| - | 17 | Daisy A Day | ▲ |
| Jud Strunk |
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| - | 18 | Out Of The Question | 16 |
| Gilbert O'Sullivan |
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| - | 19 | The Right Thing To Do | 14 |
| Carly Simon |
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| - | 20 | Hocus Pocus | 9 |
| Focus |
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