HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“I Can See Clearly Now” by Johnny Nash
“I Can See Clearly Now” by Johnny Nash finished No. 47 on the year-end Top 100 of 1972, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 471972
Year-end charts11972
ArtistJohnny Nash3 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. Johnny Nash had 3 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “I Can See Clearly Now”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Morning Has Broken | Cat Stevens | ▶♪ |
| 45 | The City Of New Orleans | Arlo Guthrie | ▶♪ |
| 46 | Garden Party | Rick Nelson | ▶♪ |
| 47 | I Can See Clearly Now | Johnny Nash | ▶♪ |
| 48 | Burning Love | Elvis Presley | ▶♪ |
| 49 | Clean Up Woman | Betty Wright | ▶♪ |
| 50 | Hold Your Head Up | Argent | ▶♪ |
More hits by Johnny Nash
| # | Song | Artist | Year-end | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold Me Tight | Johnny Nash | 1968 #37 | ▶♪ |
| 2 | Stir It Up | Johnny Nash | 1973 #91 | ▶♪ |
Same title, different hit
“I Can See Clearly Now” by Jimmy Cliff (1994)
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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.