| Top 40 Hits of August 1972 |
| 1 |
Alice Cooper | School's Out |
| 2 |
Rod Stewart | You Wear It Well |
| 3 |
Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs | Seaside Shuffle |
| 4 |
Hawkwind | Silver Machine |
| 5 |
Hot Butter | Popcorn |
| 6 |
Partridge Family | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do |
| 7 |
Donny Osmond | Puppy Love |
| 8 |
Mott The Hoople | All The Young Dudes |
| 9 |
Faron Young | It's Four In The Morning |
| 10 |
Derek & The Dominoes | Layla |
| 11 |
Dr Hook & The Medicine Show | Sylvia's Mother |
| 12 |
Bee Gees | Run To Me |
| 13 |
Electric Light Orchestra | 10538 Overture |
| 14 |
Johnny Nash | I Can See Clearly Now |
| 15 |
Slade | Mama Weer All Crazee Now |
| 16 |
Gary Glitter | Rock And Roll Parts 1 & 2 |
| 17 |
Little Eva | The Loco-motion |
| 18 |
New Seekers | Circles |
| 19 |
Blackfoot Sue | Standing In The Road |
| 20 |
Bruce Ruffin | Mad About You |
| 21 |
Jackie Wilson | I Get The Sweetest Feeling |
| 22 |
Supremes | Automatically Sunshine |
| 23 |
Stylistics | Betcha By Golly Wow |
| 24 |
David Bowie | Starman |
| 25 |
Mary Wells | My Guy |
| 26 |
Chairmen Of The Board | Working On A Building Of Love |
| 27 |
Mardi Gras | Too Busy Thinking About My Baby |
| 28 |
Lynsey De Paul | Sugar Me |
| 29 |
Procol Harum | Conquistador |
| 30 |
Sweet | Little Willy |
| 31 |
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Where Is The Love |
| 32 |
Roxy Music | Virginia Plain |
| 33 |
Bill Withers | Lean On Me |
| 34 |
Duncan Browne | Journey |
| 35 |
Middle Of The Road | Samson And Delilah |
| 36 |
Michael Jackson | Ain't No Sunshine |
| 37 |
Who | Join Together |
| 38 |
Labi Siffre | Watch Me |
| 39 |
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band | Heykens Serenade / The Day Is Ended |
| 40 |
Four Tops | Walk With Me Talk With Me Darling |
