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