HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Slippin' Into Darkness” by War
“Slippin' Into Darkness” by War finished No. 23 on the year-end Top 100 of 1972, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 231972
Year-end charts11972
ArtistWar7 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. War had 7 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “Slippin' Into Darkness”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Ben | Michael Jackson | ▶♪ |
| 21 | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | Robert John | ▶♪ |
| 22 | Outa-Space | Billy Preston | ▶♪ |
| 23 | Slippin' Into Darkness | War | ▶♪ |
| 24 | Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) | The Hollies | ▶♪ |
| 25 | How Do You Do | Mouth and MacNeal | ▶♪ |
| 26 | Song Sung Blue | Neil Diamond | ▶♪ |
More hits by War
| # | Song | Artist | Year-end | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why Can't We Be Friends? | War | 1975 #23 | ▶♪ |
| 2 | The Cisco Kid | War | 1973 #55 | ▶♪ |
| 3 | Summer | War | 1976 #73 | ▶♪ |
| 4 | Gypsy Man | War | 1973 #93 | ▶♪ |
| 5 | The World Is A Ghetto | War | 1973 #94 | ▶♪ |
| 6 | Me And Baby Brother | War | 1974 #95 | ▶♪ |
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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.