UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (10th February 1973)

UK Singles Chart 10th February 1973

• 01 (01) The Sweet - Blockbuster
• 02 (02) Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
• 03 (07) Strawbs - Part of The Union
• 04 (03) Carly Simon - You’re So Vain
• 05 (06) Elton John - Daniel
• 06 (04) Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover from Liverpool
• 07 (08) Free - Wishing Well
• 08 (11) Status Quo - Paper Plane
• 09 (21) Focus - Sylvia
• 10 (17) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
• 11 (09) Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - If You Don’t Know Me by Now
• 12 (12) Billy Paul - Me and Mrs Jones
• 13 (05) David Bowie - The Jean Jeanie
• 14 (15) Cat Stevens - Can’t Keep It In
• 15 (18) The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
• 16 (23) Thin Lizzy - Whisky in The Jar
• 17 (24) Stevie Wonder - Superstition
• 18 (27) Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads
• 19 (10) Wizzard - Ball Park Incident
• 20 (13) Wings - Hi Hi Hi / C Moon

The Sweet make it three weeks at number one with “Blockbuster”, Gary Glitter stays at number two. Four records move into the top 20 this week, Focus with “Sylvia”, which is at number 9, Thin Lizzy with Whiskey in The Jar, at number 16, Stevie Wonder with “Superstition”, at number 17 and Olivia Newton-John with “Take Me Home Country Roads”, which is at number 18.

The biggest climber this week is “Roll Over Beethoven” by the Electric Light Orchestra, who move up 8 places to number 10.