Soul R&B Music Charts of 1985 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1985 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1985, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on

to see information about song. Click on song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available) and to add to playlist. Click on

to play song. . Click on label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1985, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1985 . . .

The following songs were released in 1985 but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of 1985 or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
701	recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2021 chartposition: RandB #74 writtenby: Donny Hathaway and Edward Howard album: Someday We'll All Be Free comments: [southern soul ballad]	Bobby Womack	Someday We'll All Be Free	1985	Beverly Glen
---	recordlabel: MCA 52624 writtenby: Bobby Womack, Harold Payne album: So Many Rivers comments: [ballad album cut]	Bobby Womack	Got To Be With You Tonight	1985	MCA
1	recordlabel: MCA 52709 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Bobby Womack album: So Many Rivers	Bobby Womack	Let Me Kiss It Where It Hurts	1985	MCA
---	recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2023 writtenby: Robert Moore album: Someday We'll All Be Free	Bobby Womack	Searching For My Love	1985	Beverly Glen
1	recordlabel: MCA 258 918 chartposition: UK #64 writtenby: James Eubanks, Peter Luboff & Harold Payne album: The Poet II	Bobby Womack	I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much	1985	MCA
2	recordlabel: Malaco 2122 chartposition: RandB #54 writtenby: Larry Addison album: Members Only comments: [southern soul ballad]	Bobby Bland	Members Only	1985	Malaco
---	recordlabel: Malaco 2126 writtenby: Frank Johnson album: Members Only comments: [ballad] mpcode: ZaFbZz5GLUg	Bobby Bland	Can We Make Love Tonight	1985	Malaco
1	recordlabel: Panoramic 1207 chartposition: US dance #18 writtenby: John Henderson and Edward Dozier	Black Ivory	I've Got My Eyes On You	1985	Panoramic
2	recordlabel: Total Experience 2424 chartposition: RandB #75 weeksinr&bchart: 5 album: Billy and Baby Gap comments: [hip hop]	Billy & Baby Gap	Rock the Nation	1985	Total Experience
3	recordlabel: Total Experience 2434 chartposition: UK #80 writtenby: Jonah Ellis album: Lately	Billy Paul	Sexual Therapy	1985	Total Experience
---	recordlabel: Total Experience 49899 writtenby: M. Jenkins album: Lately comments: [ballad]	Billy Paul	Lately	1985	Total Experience
---	recordlabel: Total Experience 85711 writtenby: J. Ellis album: Lately comments: [album cut] mpcode: f9cYP7V8PJY	Billy Paul	Get Down To Lovin'	1985	Total Experience
1	recordlabel: Jive 9374 chartposition: RandB #10, UK #49, US #24, US AC #5 writtenby: Billy Ocean, Keith Diamond & James Woodley album: Suddenly	Billy Ocean	Mystery Lady	1985	Jive
2	recordlabel: Jive 1672 chartposition: RandB #6, UK #1, US #2, US AC #2, US dance #31, writtenby: Wayne Anton Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond (as Barry James Eastmond), Robert John album: The Jewel of the Nile: Music from the 20th Century Fox Motion Picture Soundtrack	Billy Ocean	When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going	1985	Jive
3	recordlabel: Jive 9323 chartposition: RandB #5, UK #4, US #4, US AC #1 writtenby: Billy Ocean & Keith Diamond album: Suddenly comments: [love ballad]	Billy Ocean	Suddenly	1985	Jive
4	recordlabel: Jive 9421 chartposition: US AC #24 writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney album: Suddenly comments: [ballad]	Billy Ocean	The Long and Winding Road	1985	Jive
---	recordlabel: CBS 6415 (UK) writtenby: P. Sawyer, L. Ware album: Systematic	Billy Griffin (feat. Angel Rogers)	If I Ever Lose This Heaven	1985	CBS(UK)
---	recordlabel: Columbia 38 05675 writtenby: Bill Withers album: Watching You Watching Me	Bill Withers	We Could Be Sweet Lovers	1985	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Columbia 38 05424 writtenby: B. Withers, M. Colombier album: Watching You Watching Me	Bill Withers	You Try To Find A Love	1985	Columbia
1	recordlabel: Columbia 05424 chartposition: RandB #46 writtenby: Bill Withers album: Watching You Watching Me	Bill Withers	Something That Turns You On	1985	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Columbia 39887 album: Watching You Watching Me comments: [ballad album cut]	Bill Withers	Watching You Watching Me	1985	Columbia
1	recordlabel: Columbia 04841 chartposition: RandB #22, US #106, UK #60, US AC #40 writtenby: Bill Withers album: Watching You Watching Me	Bill Withers	Oh Yeah!	1985	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Elite 36 (UK) writtenby: R. De Jongh	Beverley Skeete	Warm	1985	Elite(UK)
---	recordlabel: Elite 39 writtenby: R. De Jongh	Beverley Skeete	You Can't Say No	1985	Elite
---	recordlabel: Jamaica 9004 writtenby: Betty Wright, Scott Zito comments: [disco, dance]	Betty Wright	Sinderella	1985	Jamaica
1	recordlabel: Manhattan 50011 chartposition: RandB #6 writtenby: Bernard Wright and Lenny White album: Mr. Wright	Bernard Wright	Who Do You Love	1985	Manhattan
2	recordlabel: Time 9 (UK) chartposition: UK #41 writtenby: Barrington Levy album: Here I Come comments: [reggae]	Barrington Levy	Here I Come	1985	Time(UK)
3	recordlabel: London 67 (UK) writtenby: Barrington Levy album: Money Move comments: [reggae]	Barrington Levy	Money Moves	1985	London(UK)
4	recordlabel: Record Shack 37 chartposition: UK #62 writtenby: Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench album: Out Of The Darkest Night	Barbara Pennington	Fan The Flame	1985	Record Shack
5	recordlabel: Record Shack 49 chartposition: UK #57 album: Out Of The Darkest Night	Barbara Pennington	On A Crowded Street	1985	Record Shack
6	recordlabel: Starlite 959 chartposition: RandB #69 comments: [hip hop]	Bad Boys featuring K Love	Bad Boys	1985	Starlite
---	recordlabel: Streetwave 62 album: Various ‎ The Best Of Funkytown Vol. 1+2	B.T. Express	Uptown Express	1985	Streetwave
---	recordlabel: King Davis 3661 writtenby: H. King, K. Robinson, K. Grady	B.T. Express	Cover Girl	1985	King Davis
---	recordlabel: Dupar writtenby: A. Price, B. Harris comments: [ballad] mpcode: 17wvCq5e9Aw	B.O.F.	I've Got Your Number	1985	Dupar
---	recordlabel: Elektra/Pretty Pearl writtenby: Kae Williams album: Genie comments: [dance, boogie album cut] mpcode: gNp9coI64vw	B.B. & Q. Band (Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens)	Won't You Be With Me Tonight	1985	Elektra/Pretty Pearl
1	recordlabel: Elektra 69505 chartposition: UK #40 writtenby: Kae Williams album: Genie	B.B. & Q. Band (Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens)	Genie	1985	Elektra
2	recordlabel: MCA 52675 chartposition: RandB #62 writtenby: Al Smith album: Six Silver Strings	B.B. King	Big Boss Man	1985	MCA
3	recordlabel: MCA 52530 chartposition: RandB #15, US #107 writtenby: Ira Newborn album: Six Silver Strings	B.B. King	Into the Night	1985	MCA
4	recordlabel: Ten Records 54 (UK) chartposition: UK #85 album: Like I Like It	Aurra	Happy Feeling	1985	Ten Records(UK)
5	recordlabel: 10 Records 45 chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Eban Kelly and Jim Randolph album: Like I Like It	Aurra	Like I Like It	1985	Records
6	recordlabel: AandM 2766 chartposition: RandB #13, UK 41 writtenby: David Lewis and Wayne Lewis album: As the Band Turns	Atlantic Starr	Silver Shadow	1985	A&M
7	recordlabel: AandM 2742 chartposition: RandB #33, US #110 writtenby: Joey Gallo, Pamela Phillips Oland and Wardell Potts Jr. album: As the Band Turns	Atlantic Starr	Cool, Calm, Collected	1985	A&M
8	recordlabel: AandM 273 (UK) chartposition: UK #58 writtenby: David Lewis and Wayne Lewis album: As the Band Turns	Atlantic Starr	One Love	1985	A&M(UK)
9	recordlabel: AandM 245 chartposition: RandB #6, US #90 writtenby: David Lewis album: As the Band Turns	Atlantic Starr	Freak-A-Ristic	1985	A&M
10	recordlabel: AandM 2788 chartposition: RandB #4, US #3, UK #10, US AC #1 writtenby: David Lewis & Wayne Lewis album: As the Band Turns comments: [love ballad]	Atlantic Starr	Secret Lovers	1985	A&M
11	recordlabel: Simba 101 (UK) chartposition: UK #91 writtenby: Aswad album: To The Top comments: [reggae]	Aswad	Bubbling	1985	Simba(UK)
12	recordlabel: Capitol 5435 chartposition: RandB #4, US #102, US dance #4 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson album: Solid	Ashford & Simpson	Outta the World	1985	Capitol
13	recordlabel: Capitol 5468 chartposition: RandB #29, US #102, UK #56 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson album: Solid	Ashford & Simpson	Babies	1985	Capitol
14	recordlabel: Manhattan 50017 chartposition: RandB #21, UK #21, US #38, US dance #48, US rock #41 writtenby: Steven Van Zandt album: Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid	Artists United Against Apartheid	Sun City	1985	Manhattan
15	recordlabel: London 70 (UK) chartposition: UK #30 writtenby: Cassell	Arrow	Long Time	1985	London(UK)
16	recordlabel: Profile 7066 chartposition: US Dance #45 writtenby: Bobby Miller comments: [disco dance]	Arnie's Love	Date with the Rain	1985	Profile
17	recordlabel: Arista 9354 chartposition: RandB #1, UK #68, US #3, US AC #11, US dance #1 writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen & Narada Michael Walden album: Who's Zoomin' Who?	Aretha Franklin	Freeway of Love	1985	Arista
18	recordlabel: Arista 9410 chartposition: RandB #2, UK #11, US #7, US AC #10, US dance #1 writtenby: Aretha Franklin, Preston Glass & Narada Michael Walden album: Who's Zoomin' Who?	Aretha Franklin	Who's Zoomin' Who?	1985	Arista
19	recordlabel: SRO 231 chartposition: RandB #85 writtenby: Anthony Watson, Paul Childs and Syl Parsons comments: [Sweet Soul ballad]	Anthony Watson	Solid Love Affair	1985	SRO
20	recordlabel: Arista 9312 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Angela Bofill, Rick Suchow and Alan Palanker album: Let Me Be the One comments: [beat ballad]	Angela Bofill	Let Me Be the One	1985	Arista
21	recordlabel: Arista 9414 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: David Lesley and Randy Goodrum album: Tell Me Tomorrow	Angela Bofill	Tell Me Tomorrow	1985	Arista
22	recordlabel: Columbia 05435 chartposition: RandB #10, US Dance #8 writtenby: Prince album: A.C.	André Cymone	The Dance Electric	1985	Columbia
23	recordlabel: Columbia 5710 chartposition: RandB #63 writtenby: André Cymone album: A.C.	André Cymone	Lipstick Lover	1985	Columbia
---	recordlabel: RCA 40205	Amii Stewart & Mike Francis	Together	1985	RCA
1	recordlabel: Sedition 3307 (UK) chartposition: UK #89 writtenby: Barry Leng & Simon May album: The Hits	Amii Stewart	You Really Touch My Heart (remix)	1985	Sedition(UK)
2	recordlabel: Vanguard 82 chartposition: US Dance #6 writtenby: Alexandra Forbes album: Alisha	Alisha	Too Turned On	1985	Vanguard
3	recordlabel: Vanguard 35262 chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #75, UK #67, US #68 writtenby: Greg Brown album: Alisha	Alisha	Baby Talk	1985	Vanguard
4	recordlabel: Prism 99661 chartposition: RandB #69 writtenby: Ernesto Phillips	Alfonso Ribeiro	Not Too Young (To Fall in Love)	1985	Prism
5	recordlabel: Motown 1777 chartposition: RandB #68 writtenby: Gregg Crockett, Sharon Barnes and Gwen Gordy (as Gwen Gordy Fuqua) album: That Look comments: [Motown Sound] [from the movie The Last Dragon]	Alfie Silas	Star	1985	Motown
6	recordlabel: Sire 28967 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Alexander Robotnick (as Maurizio Dami) album: Ce n'est qu'un dÃ©but	Alexander Robotnick	Problemes D'amour	1985	Sire
7	recordlabel: Tabu 05767 chartposition: RandB #2, UK #6, US #26, US dance #13 writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis album: High Priority	Alexander O'Neal & Cherrelle	Saturday Love	1985	Tabu
---	recordlabel: Tabu 39331 writtenby: M. Moir album: Alexander O\'Neal comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: nC9Zc1KIKMY	Alexander O'Neal	Do You Wanna Like I Do	1985	Tabu
1	recordlabel: Tabu 05646 chartposition: RandB #62, UK #53 writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris) & Terry Lewis album: Alexander O'Neal	Alexander O'Neal	A Broken Heart Can Mend	1985	Tabu
---	recordlabel: Tabu 39331 writtenby: J. Harris III, T. Lewis album: Alexander O\'Neal comments: [album cut] mpcode: 7AWS0CRFSzg	Alexander O'Neal	Medley...Innocent--Alex 9000--Innocent II	1985	Tabu
1	recordlabel: Tabu 05418 chartposition: RandB #17, UK #13 writtenby: Monte Moir album: Alexander O'Neal comments: [love ballad] [slow jam]	Alexander O'Neal	If You Were Here Tonight	1985	Tabu
2	recordlabel: Tabu 04718 chartposition: RandB #11, US #101 writtenby: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis album: Alexander O'Neal	Alexander O'Neal	Innocent	1985	Tabu
---	recordlabel: Tabu 39331 writtenby: M. Moir album: Alexander O\'Neal comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: 0gCGdBpyMfs	Alexander O'Neal	Look At Us Now	1985	Tabu
1	recordlabel: Mercury 880 694 chartposition: RandB #66, US #76, US dance #27 writtenby: Marti Sharron and Gary Skardina	Alex Brown	(Come On) Shout	1985	Mercury
2	recordlabel: WEA 259 145 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: Robbie Buchanan album: High Crime	Al Jarreau	Raging Waters	1985	WEA
---	recordlabel: Lite 503081	Al Green & Deniece Williams	Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing	1985	Lite
---	recordlabel: AandM 302 writtenby: Al Green, Willie Mitchell album: He Is The Light	Al Green	True Love	1985	A&M
---	recordlabel: Hi 7003 (UK) writtenby: Al Green album: Trust in God	Al Green	Never Met Nobody Like You	1985	Hi(UK)
---	recordlabel: AandM 2786 writtenby: Al Green album: He Is The Light comments: [gospel]	Al Green	Going Away	1985	A&M
---	recordlabel: Fat Boy 2026 writtenby: J. Mathhew and A. Matthews	ADC Band	It's Friday Night	1985	Fat Boy
1	recordlabel: RCA 14082 chartposition: RandB #5, US #51, UK #53 writtenby: Richard Dimples Fields, Joshua Sklair and Belinda Wilson album: 9.9 comments: [disco dance]	9.9	All of Me for All of You	1985	RCA
2	recordlabel: RCA 14203 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Belinda Wilson and Richard Dimples Fields album: 9.9	9.9	I Like the Way You Dance	1985	RCA
3	recordlabel: Ten Records 74 chartposition: RandB #8, UK #54, US Dance #14 writtenby: Tony Henry album: Children of the Night	52nd Street	Tell Me (How It Feels)	1985	Ten Records
4	recordlabel: Profile 7062 chartposition: US Dance #16 writtenby: 52nd Street	52nd Street	Can't Afford	1985	Profile
5	recordlabel: Golden Boy 126 chartposition: RandB #76	450 SL	The Rock	1985	Golden Boy

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