UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (17th February 1973)

UK Singles Chart 17th February 1973

• 01 (01) The Sweet - Blockbuster
• 02 (03) Strawbs - Part of The Union
• 03 (02) Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
• 04 (05) Elton John - Daniel
• 05 (09) Focus - Sylvia
• 06 (10) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
• 07 (16) Thin Lizzy - Whisky in The Jar
• 08 (04) Carly Simon - You’re So Vain
• 09 (06) Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover from Liverpool
• 10 (08) Status Quo - Paper Plane
• 11 (17) Stevie Wonder - Superstition
• 12 (28) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You
• 13 (07) Free - Wishing Well
• 14 (22) The Partridge Family - Looking Through the Eyes of Love
• 15 (11) Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - If You Don’t Know Me by Now
• 16 (12) Billy Paul - Me and Mrs Jones
• 17 (ne) The Faces - Cindy Incidentally
• 18 (18) Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads
• 19 (44) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray
• 20 (25) Junior Walker & The All Stars - Take Me Girl I’m Ready

The Sweet stay at the top of this week’s chart, whilst The Faces go straight into this week’s chart at number 17. Four singles move into the top 20, “Baby I Love You” by Dave Edmunds, which is at number 12, “Looking Through the Eyes of Love”, by The Partridge Family, at number 14, “Hello Hurray” by Alice Cooper, at number 19 and “Take Me Girl I’m Ready” by Junior Walker & The All Stars, which is at number 20.

This week’s biggest climber is Thin Lizzy with “Whiskey in The Jar”, which moves up 9 places to number 7.