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 | The Bee Gees | Run To Me |
| 14 | Little Eva | The Loco-Motion |
| 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 |