R&B number-one hits of 1972 (USA)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1972:
See also: 1972 in music, List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 1 | Family Affair | Sly & the Family Stone |
| January 8 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green |
| January 15 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green |
| January 22 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green |
| January 29 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green |
| February 5 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green |
| February 12 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green |
| February 19 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green |
| February 26 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green |
| March 4 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green |
| March 11 | Talking Loud and Saying Nothing, Pt. 1 | James Brown |
| March 18 | I Gotcha | Joe Tex |
| March 25 | In the Rain | The Dramatics |
| April 1 | In the Rain | The Dramatics |
| April 8 | In the Rain | The Dramatics |
| April 15 | In the Rain | The Dramatics |
| April 22 | Day Dreaming | Aretha Franklin |
| April 29 | Day Dreaming | Aretha Franklin |
| May 6 | I'll Take You There | The Staple Singers |
| May 13 | I'll Take You There | The Staple Singers |
| May 20 | I'll Take You There | The Staple Singers |
| May 27 | I'll Take You There | The Staple Singers |
| June 3 | Oh Girl | The Chi-Lites |
| June 10 | Oh Girl | The Chi-Lites |
| June 17 | Woman's Gotta Have It | Bobby Womack |
| June 24 | Lean On Me | Bill Withers |
| July 1 | Outa-Space | Billy Preston |
| July 8 | (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right | Luther Ingram |
| July 15 | (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right | Luther Ingram |
| July 22 | (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right | Luther Ingram |
| July 29 | (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right | Luther Ingram |
| August 5 | Where Is The Love | Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway |
| August 12 | I'm Still In Love With You | Al Green |
| August 19 | I'm Still In Love With You | Al Green |
| August 26 | Power Of Love | Joe Simon |
| September 2 | Power Of Love | Joe Simon |
| September 9 | Back Stabbers | The O'Jays |
| September 16 | Get On the Good Foot | James Brown |
| September 23 | Get On the Good Foot | James Brown |
| September 30 | Get On the Good Foot | James Brown |
| October 7 | Get On the Good Foot | James Brown |
| October 14 | I'll Be Around | The Spinners |
| October 21 | I'll Be Around | The Spinners |
| October 28 | I'll Be Around | The Spinners |
| November 4 | I'll Be Around | The Spinners |
| November 11 | I'll Be Around | The Spinners |
| November 18 | If You Don't Know Me By Now | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes |
| November 25 | If You Don't Know Me By Now | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes |
| December 2 | You Ought To Be With Me | Al Green |
| December 9 | Me and Mrs. Jones | Billy Paul |
| December 16 | Me and Mrs. Jones | Billy Paul |
| December 23 | Me and Mrs. Jones | Billy Paul |
| December 30 | Me and Mrs. Jones | Billy Paul |
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