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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1972.
Al Green scored four top ten hits during the year with "Let's Stay Together", "Look What You Done for Me", "I'm Still in Love with You", and "You Ought to Be with Me", the most among all other artists.
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 13 | "Have You Seen Her" | The Chi-Lites | 3 | December 11 | 8 |
| November 20 | "Family Affair" | Sly and the Family Stone | 1 | December 4 | 9 |
| "Got to Be There" | Michael Jackson | 4 | December 11 | 9 | |
| December 4 | "An Old Fashioned Love Song" | Three Dog Night | 4 | December 18 | 5 |
| December 11 | "Brand New Key" | Melanie | 1 | December 25 | 10 |
| December 18 | "Cherish" | David Cassidy | 9 | December 25 | 4 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 23 | "You're So Vain" | Carly Simon | 1 | January 6 | 11 |
| "Funny Face" | Donna Fargo | 5 | January 6 | 4 | |
| "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" | Johnny Rivers | 6 | January 20 | 6 | |
| December 30 | "Your Mama Don't Dance" | Loggins and Messina | 4 | January 27 | 6 |
| "Superfly" | Curtis Mayfield | 8 | January 13 | 4 |
You've Got a Friend is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on August 11, 1971, by Columbia Records. The phrase "Today's Great Hits" can be found above the title on both sides of the record jacket as well as both sides of the LP label as if to emphasize that this is essentially an album covering songs that were recently on the charts. This was a common practice of many vocalists of the period, so much so in fact that fellow Columbia artist Andy Williams also released an album titled You've Got a Friend in August 1971 on which he coincidentally covers seven of the 11 tracks that Mathis recorded for this album.