Record of the Year Revisited: 1972

Original Record of the Year: Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her

I originally said I kept changing my mind about the 1972 Record of the Year and that it was a close call between 5 different candidates. I don't specifically remember which 5 were the candidates but have an idea of what at least some of them were.

However when I looked through the list of records that charted in 1972 I did remember that "Have You Seen Her" was the one I picked so it was a question of whether I considered any of the other records to be better.

The answer was no. This is the nearest to a rap record you're going to get in 1972 but it's more the backing track that makes the song for me. I do like the vocals too.

At the time I said that Marshall Thompson was the only original member of the group still alive and 10 years later than remains the case.