Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of March 11, 1972

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The week’s most popular songs, ranked by audio and video streaming activity on leading digital music services, radio airplay audience impressions based on monitored airplay and sales data, all compiled by Luminate. Audience totals are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio listener estimates.

see charts legends

Lazy loaded image

1

Talking Loud And Saying Nothing - Part I

James Brown

Lazy loaded image

Last week

2

Weeks at no. 1

1

Weeks on chart

5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of March 11, 1972

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Talking Loud And Saying Nothing - Part I
  James Brown
- 2
- 1
- 5
- - 2
  - 1
  - 5

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor

2
- That's The Way I Feel About Cha
  Bobby Womack & Peace
- 4
- 2
- 15
- - 4
  - 2
  - 15

Lazy loaded image

3
- Now Run And Tell That
  Denise LaSalle
- 7
- 3
- 6
- - 7
  - 3
  - 6

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Westbound

4
- Do Your Thing
  Isaac Hayes
- 17
- 4
- 3
- - 17
  - 4
  - 3

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Enterprise

5
- Floy Joy
  The Supremes
- 8
- 5
- 9
- - 8
  - 5
  - 9

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

6
- In The Rain
  The Dramatics
- 38
- 6
- 3
- - 38
  - 6
  - 3

Lazy loaded image

7
- Fire And Water
  Wilson Pickett
- 3
- 2
- 11
- - 3
  - 2
  - 11

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

8
- I Gotcha
  Joe Tex
- 13
- 8
- 5
- - 13
  - 8
  - 5

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dial

9
- The Day I Found Myself
  The Honey Cone
- 10
- 9
- 4
- - 10
  - 9
  - 4

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hot Wax

10
- Let's Stay Together
  Al Green
- 1
- 1
- 15
- - 1
  - 1
  - 15

Lazy loaded image

RIAA Certification: Platinum

11
- Jungle Fever
  The Chakachas
- 11
- 11
- 10
- - 11
  - 11
  - 10

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor

12
- You Want It, You Got It
  Detroit Emeralds
- 5
- 5
- 11
- - 5
  - 5
  - 11

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Westbound

13
- Gimme Some More
  The JB's
- 20
- 13
- 7
- - 20
  - 13
  - 7

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

People

14
- Ain't Understanding Mellow
  Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager
- 14
- 3
- 14
- - 14
  - 3
  - 14

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

15
- I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
  Donnie Elbert
- 15
- 15
- 6
- - 15
  - 15
  - 6

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Avco

16
- Runnin' Away
  Sly & The Family Stone
- 16
- 16
- 4
- - 16
  - 16
  - 4

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

17
- That's What Love Will Make You Do
  Little Milton
- 9
- 9
- 6
- - 9
  - 9
  - 6

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

18
- Your Precious Love
  Linda Jones
- 21
- 18
- 4
- - 21
  - 18
  - 4

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Turbo

19
- I Had It All The Time
  Tyrone Davis
- 41
- 19
- 2
- - 41
  - 19
  - 2

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dakar

20
- Do What You Set Out To Do
  Bobby Bland
- 6
- 6
- 8
- - 6
  - 6
  - 8

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Duke

21
- Slippin' Into Darkness
  War
- 12
- 12
- 9
- - 12
  - 12
  - 9

Lazy loaded image

22
- You Got Me Walking
  Jackie Wilson
- 33
- 22
- 4
- - 33
  - 22
  - 4

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Brunswick

23
- Breaking Up Somebody's Home
  Ann Peebles
- 25
- 23
- 4
- - 25
  - 23
  - 4

Lazy loaded image

24
- Afro-Strut
  The Nite-Liters
- 24
- 24
- 2
- - 24
  - 24
  - 2

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

25
- Taurus
  Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
- 28
- 25
- 3
- - 28
  - 25
  - 3

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sussex

26
- Since I Fell For You
  Laura Lee
- 29
- 26
- 2
- - 29
  - 26
  - 2

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hot Wax

27
- Missing You
  Luther Ingram
- 31
- 27
- 5
- - 31
  - 27
  - 5

Lazy loaded image

28
- Betcha By Golly, Wow
  The Stylistics
- 43
- 28
- 2
- - 43
  - 28
  - 2

Lazy loaded image

29
- Mr. Penguin-Pt. I
  Lunar Funk
- 30
- 29
- 5
- - 30
  - 29
  - 5

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

30
- You And Me Together Forever
  Freddie North
- 26
- 26
- 6
- - 26
  - 26
  - 6

Lazy loaded image

31
- In And Out Of My Life
  Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
- 22
- 22
- 7
- - 22
  - 22
  - 7

Lazy loaded image

32
- We Got To Have Peace
  Curtis Mayfield
- 32
- 32
- 3
- - 32
  - 32
  - 3

Lazy loaded image

33
- It's All Up To You/Oh, My Dear
  The Dells
- 23
- 23
- 5
- - 23
  - 23
  - 5

Lazy loaded image

34
- Standing In For Jody
  Johnnie Taylor (The Soul Philosopher)
- 27
- 12
- 9
- - 27
  - 12
  - 9

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

35
- Take A Look Around
  The Temptations
- 46
- 35
- 2
- - 46
  - 35
  - 2

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy

36
- Mama's Little Baby (Loves Lovin')
  Brotherly Love
- 36
- 36
- 3
- - 36
  - 36
  - 3

Lazy loaded image

37
- Love The Life You Live, Part I
  Kool & The Gang
- 37
- 37
- 4
- - 37
  - 37
  - 4

Lazy loaded image

38
- What It Is
  The Undisputed Truth
- 39
- 38
- 2
- - 39
  - 38
  - 2

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy

39
- King Heroin
  James Brown
- 48
- 39
- 2
- - 48
  - 39
  - 2

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor

40
- Keep On Doin' What You're Doin'
  Bobby Byrd
- 40
- 40
- 5
- - 40
  - 40
  - 5

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Brownstone

41
- Make Me The Woman That You Go Home To
  Gladys Knight And The Pips
- 18
- 3
- 13
- - 18
  - 3
  - 13

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Soul

42
- Inner City Blues
  Grover Washington, Jr.
- 42
- 42
- 2
- - 42
  - 42
  - 2

Lazy loaded image

43
- Hearsay
  The Soul Children
- 49
- 43
- 2
- - 49
  - 43
  - 2

Lazy loaded image

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax