UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (9th September 1972)

UK Singles Chart 9th September 1972

01 (02) Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now 

02 (01) Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well 

03 (05) Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes 

04 (09) Blackfoot Sue - Standing in the Road 

05 (06) Faron Young - It's Four in the Morning 

06 (12) Lynsey De Paul - Sugar Me 

07 (04) Hawkwind - Silver Machine 

08 (18) Roxy Music - Virginia Plain 

09 (07) Derek and the Dominos - Layla 

10 (14) Jackie Wilson - I Get the Sweetest Feeling 

11 (03) Alice Cooper - School's Out 

12 (11) Little Eva - The Loco-Motion 

13 (13) Bee Gees - Run to Me 

14 (08) Hot Butter - Popcorn 

15 (10) Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs - Seaside Shuffle 

16 (20) Michael Jackson - Ain't No Sunshine 

17 (15) The Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture 

18 (25) Bill Withers - Lean On Me 

19 (17) Donny Osmond - Puppy Love 

20 (16) The Partridge Family - Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Slade overtake Rod Stewart to take the number 1 position in ths week's chart, as Rod drops to number 2. Just one artist breaking into the top 20, Bill Withers with "Lean On Me", enters at number 18.

Lyndsey De Paul continues to rise in the charts, moving from number 12 to number 6 and it is a good week for Roxy Music, as "Virginia Plain" climbs 10 places to number 8.