Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits of 1972

There were 22 different songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1972. Given the artist and their respective issue dates, can you name every song?

The weeks are listed as "issue date," meaning the song was at #1 when the list was published on that Saturday

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Issue Date	#1 Hit	Artist
January 1	Brand New Key	Melanie
January 8	Brand New Key	Melanie
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 I Ever 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	Alone Again (Naturally)	Gilbert O'Sullivan
September 16	Black and White	Three Dog Night
September 23	Baby, Don'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	My Ding-a-Ling	Chuck Berry
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 A Woman	Helen Reddy
December 16	Me and Mrs. Jones	Billy Paul
December 23
December 30