HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Brand New Key” by Melanie
“Brand New Key” by Melanie finished No. 9 on the year-end Top 100 of 1972, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year, making it one of the ten biggest hits of the year.
Year-end peakNo. 91972
Year-end charts11972
ArtistMelanie2 year-end hits
Decade1970ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1972 was “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” by Roberta Flack. Melanie had 2 different songs on the year-end charts.
Play “Brand New Key”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1972 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1972 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | I Gotcha | Joe Tex | ▶♪ |
| 7 | Lean On Me | Bill Withers | ▶♪ |
| 8 | Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me | Mac Davis | ▶♪ |
| 9 | Brand New Key | Melanie | ▶♪ |
| 10 | Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast | Wayne Newton | ▶♪ |
| 11 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green | ▶♪ |
| 12 | Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) | Looking Glass | ▶♪ |
More hits by Melanie
| # | Song | Artist | Year-end | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) | Melanie and The Edwin Hawkins Singers | 1970 #23 | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.