The Sanremo Music Festival 1972 (), officially the 22nd Italian Song Festival (), was the 22nd annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 24 and 26 February 1972, and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Mike Bongiorno, assisted by actors Sylva Koscina and Paolo Villaggio. Vittorio Salvetti served as artistic director.
It was broadcast by Programma Nazionale and was the last edition to be broadcast in black and white. From this edition it was abolished the competition rule, established in 1959, which prescribed a double performance by two different artists or groups for every song.
The winner of the festival was Nicola Di Bari with the song "I giorni dell'arcobaleno", with which he went on to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest 1972.
All shows were broadcast on Secondo Programma (radio). The semi-finals was broadcast on Secondo Programma (radio) at 21:10 CET and on Secondo Programma (television) at 21:15 CET. The final was broadcast on Programma Nazionale and on Secondo Programma at 21:00 CET.
Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.