| 1 |
recordlabel: Virgin 5
chartposition: US dance #23, RandB #57, US AC #2, UK #65
writtenby: Ziggy Marley and Stephen Marley
album: One Bright Day
comments: [reggae]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Reprise 22849
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore
album: Zapp Vibe
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Orpheus 72650
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Claytoven Richardson, Dooney Jones and John Bendich
album: Take U Back to My Place
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Orpheus 72678
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Arthur Zamora, Michael Carpenter and Wayne Carpenter
album: Take U Back to My Place
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Delicious Vinyl 161
chartposition: RandB #51, US #33, UK #54
writtenby: Young MC, Matt Dike and Michael Ross
album: Stone Cold Rhymin'
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Delicious Vinyl 137
chartposition: RandB #9, US #7, US dance #7, UK #73
writtenby: Young MC, Matt Dike & Michael Ross
album: Stone Cold Rhymin
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Motown 43577
chartposition: RandB #14, UK #82, US dance #48
writtenby: Aqil
album: Wreckx N Effect
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Island 99268
chartposition: UK #92
writtenby: Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
album: Conscience
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: 4th and Bway 125 (UK)
chartposition: UK #19
writtenby: Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
album: Conscience
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recordlabel: Island 96524
album: Conscience
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Polydor 839 935
chartposition: RandB #62
album: Never Too Late
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Polydor 889 658
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: General Crook
album: Never Too Late
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Polydor 889 659
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Jon Bendich and Thor Baldursson
album: Never Too Late
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recordlabel: Wilbe 89 508
writtenby: William Bell, Michael Stewart
album: On The Roll
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| --- |
recordlabel: Wilbe 89 508
writtenby: William Bell, Michael Stewart
album: On The Roll
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recordlabel: Wilbe 90 515
writtenby: William Bell
album: On The Roll
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Epic 654651
chartposition: US #65, UK #84, US Dance #1
writtenby: Bob Rosenberg
album: Will to Power
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Island 99175
chartposition: RandB #35, UK #67
writtenby: Kenny Harris and Mark Holden
album: Come Together As One
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Musidisc 106251
chartposition: RandB #52, US #60
writtenby: Kangol
album: Always and Forever
comments: [ballad]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Virgin 1156
chartposition: RandB #26, UK #70
writtenby: Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman
album: Fruit at the Bottom
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 43365
chartposition: US #75, UK #67, US Dance #19
writtenby: David Was, Don Was and Aaron Zigman
album: What Up, Dog?
comments: RandB mix Original version released in UK 1988
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Mercury 876 002
chartposition: RandB #95
writtenby: Walter Beasley
album: Just Kickin' It
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: AandM 1263
chartposition: RandB #9
writtenby: Attala Zane Giles
album: Vesta 4 U
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: AandM 680
chartposition: RandB #5, US #55
writtenby: Tena Clark, Gary Prim & Vesta Williams
album: Vesta 4 U
comments: [ballad]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: AandM 1443
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Attala Zane Giles and Vesta Williams (as Vesta)
album: Vesta 4 U
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Wing 887 781
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Wesley Thomas Jr., Adil Bayyan and Amir Salaam Bayyan
album: The Right Stuff
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Wing 871 936
chartposition: RandB #10, US #88, US AC #10
writtenby: Kenny Harris and Salas
album: The Right Stuff
comments: [ballad]
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Wing 871 078
chartposition: RandB #1, US #8, UK #74, US AC #2
writtenby: Lisa Montegomery & Geneva Paschal
album: The Right Stuff
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: WEA 440 (UK)
chartposition: UK #62
writtenby: Mark Harris, Jay Steinhour, Teddy Douglas and Thomas Davis
album: Blue Notes in the Basement
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Columbia 45151
chartposition: RandB #92
writtenby: Cornelius Mims
album: Don't Rush It
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: RCA 9094
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Phillip Gordy and Tyler Collins
album: Girls Nite Out
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: RCA 8926
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Troy Johnson
album: The Way It Is
comments: [new jack swing]
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 86292
chartposition: RandB #19
album: Attitude
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 88818
chartposition: RandB #19
writtenby: Attala Zane Giles, Lawrence McNeil, Steve Russell and Tony Haynes
album: Troop
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Capitol 44268
chartposition: RandB #31, US #85
writtenby: John Lennon
album: Tracie Spencer
comments: [ballad]
|
| 20 |
recordlabel: Mango 25 (UK)
chartposition: UK #86
writtenby: F. Hibbert
album: Slatyam Stoot
comments: [reggae] re release from 1970
|
| 21 |
recordlabel: Dangerous Music 1163
chartposition: RandB #43
album: Life Is...Too $hort
|
| 22 |
recordlabel: Wing 871 935
chartposition: RandB #6
album: Who?
|
| 23 |
recordlabel: Epic 655021
chartposition: UK #97, US Dance #9
writtenby: J. Calvert and Everton McCalla (as Everton Deluke McCalla)
|
| 24 |
recordlabel: Paisley Park 22907
chartposition: RandB #37, US Dance #17
writtenby: David Gamson and Tony LeMans
album: Tony LeMans
comments: [new jack swing funk]
|
| 25 |
recordlabel: Delicious Vinyl 1006
chartposition: RandB #59
weeksinr&bchart: 7
album: Loc'ed After Dark
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 26 |
recordlabel: Delicious Vinyl 104
chartposition: RandB #7, US #3, UK #13, US dance #8
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Young MC, Michael L. Ross & Matt Dike
album: Loc'ed After Dark
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 27 |
recordlabel: Motown 4627
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #29, UK #94
writtenby: Larry McCain, Larry Singletary, Big Bub and Wesley Adams
album: Today
|
| 28 |
recordlabel: Motown 1967
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Gene Griffin, Wesley Adams, Larry Singletary, Big Bub and Larry McCain
album: Today
|
| 29 |
recordlabel: Capitol 637 (UK)
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Albert Hammond and Graham Lyle
album: Foreign Affair
|
| 30 |
recordlabel: Capitol 44473
chartposition: US #39, UK #13, US dance #33
writtenby: Tony Joe White
album: Foreign Affair
|
| 31 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 22813
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Robert Brookins and Timmy Gatling
album: Help
comments: [new jack swing]
|
| 32 |
recordlabel: Arista 9834
chartposition: RandB #22
album: Original Stylin'
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 33 |
recordlabel: Mercury 288
chartposition: RandB #17
writtenby: Richie Daley, R. Bent, Michael Cooper, G. Bolton, William Clark and Steven
album: Serious Business
comments: [reggae]
|
| 34 |
recordlabel: Mercury 874 787
chartposition: RandB #77, UK #80
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Serious Business
comments: [reggae]
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recordlabel: Hot Soul 12112
writtenby: A. Felder, E. Curry, J. Freeman
mpcode: HOxWPI5JODg
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Warner 27533
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Bill Withers
comments: [from the movie Lean on Me]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Enigma 11
chartposition: US Dance #30, US AC #28
writtenby: Bill Sharpley and Edwin Starr
album: Agent Double 0 Soul
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Motown 43233
chartposition: RandB #16, UK #71
writtenby: Stan Sheppard and Shwayze (as Aaron Smith [Shwayze])
album: Special
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Motown 72667
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Stan Sheppard and James Varner
album: Special
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 1328
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: David Frank and Mic Murphy (as Michael Murphy)
album: Rhythm and Romance
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 542
chartposition: UK #58
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Jive 1178
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: The Stop the Violence Movement
album: Rap Attack (Various Artists)
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Tabu 69054
chartposition: RandB #7
writtenby: Curtis F. Williams and K. Lynette Patterson
album: Diamonds in the Raw
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Select 62334
chartposition: RandB #80
album: The Real Roxanne
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: EMI 90921
chartposition: RandB #9
writtenby: Lewis Christian, Terry Stubbs and Walter Williams
album: Serious
comments: [ballad]
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: EMI 50212
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
album: Serious
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: AandM 1277
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: Charles Moore, Cyril Neville, Cyril Neville Jr., Daryl Johnson, Jason Neville and Liryca Neville
album: Yellow Moon
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Valley Vue 72946
chartposition: RandB #67
album: Sweet Talk
comments: [new jack swing]
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Valley Vue 72946
chartposition: RandB #62
album: Sweet Talk
|
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recordlabel: Valley Vue 75330
writtenby: Gary Taylor
album: Sweet Talk
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: abqY65uc-P4
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Valley Vue 75330
writtenby: Amen East and RandW Lovett
album: Sweet Talk
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: tQUog-FfS-Q
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Polydor 889 910
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Ray Barnes and Tony Coleman
album: I Just Wanna Love You
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: MCA 53673
chartposition: RandB #73, US #59, US Dance #28
writtenby: Michael Jonzun
album: Believe
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: MCA 53734
chartposition: US #87, US AC #15
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Believe
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Epic 655206
chartposition: RandB #9, UK #76
writtenby: Michael Jackson, Babyface and The Jacksons
album: 2300 Jackson Street
comments: [ballad]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Epic 68688
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #33, US dance #8, US #77
writtenby: L.A. Reid & Babyface
album: 2300 Jackson Street
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Warner 22748
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Angela Winbush
album: Spend the Night
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Warner 22900
chartposition: RandB #3
writtenby: Angela Winbush
album: Spend the Night
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Motown 1976
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: John Barnes III and Kymberli Armstrong
album: All for Your Love
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Arista 112 016
chartposition: RandB #14, UK #63, US Dance #35
writtenby: Norman Whitfield and William Bryant
album: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 88882
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
comments: [disco funk]
|
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recordlabel: Arista 9801
writtenby: Paul Kelly
album: Indestructible
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Tin Pan Apple 889 747
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Franklyn Grant, Kool Rock Ski and Buff Love
album: On and On
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Tin Pan Apple 838 867
chartposition: RandB #86
writtenby: Prince Markie Dee (as Mark Morales), M. Rooney and Kool Rock Ski (as Damon Wimbley)
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Urban 35
chartposition: RandB #93, UK #83
writtenby: M. Wells, C. Richards, M. Anderson, Giovanni, K. Thomas and P. Klein
album: Coming Back Hard Again
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Volt 302
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: Paul Simon
album: Positive State of Mind
comments: [ballad]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Veteran 9308
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Andre Miller, Cornell Ward, Harold Currington and Otis Leavil
album: The Second Time
comments: [ballad]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Ruthless 2766
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: The D.O.C.
album: No One Can Do It Better
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Capitol 79705
chartposition: RandB #38, US Dance #4
writtenby: David Cole
album: We Can't Go Wrong
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: FFRR 19
chartposition: UK #23
writtenby: Susie Banfield, Debbie Pryce, Daddy O and Martin Nemley
album: Born This Way
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: FFRR 110
chartposition: UK #42
writtenby: Daddy O (as Glenn Bolton) and Martin Nemely
album: Born This Way
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: FFRR 25
chartposition: UK #17, US Dance #33
writtenby: Debbie Pryce, Susie Banfield (as Susan Banfield), Daddy O (as Glenn Bolton) and Martin Nemley
album: Born This Way
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Capitol 79530
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Donnell Spencer
album: Just in Time
|
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recordlabel: Capitol 44484
album: Just In Time
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Capitol 44414
chartposition: RandB #87
album: Just in Time
comments: [ballad]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: CBS 655166
chartposition: RandB #41, US #86, UK #60
writtenby: Pauline Henry, Mike Peden and James Locke
album: The Chimes
comments: [dance, garage house]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Motown 1965
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Babyface, Sid Johnson, Charles Muldrow Jr. and Bruce Robinson
album: Messages from the Boys
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Motown 1952
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #94
writtenby: Babyface, Greg Scelsa and Daryl Simmons (as Darryl Simmons)
album: Messages from the Boys
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Motown 1993
chartposition: RandB #57
album: Messages from the Boys
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: RCA 42958
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Dr. Robert
album: Choices The Singles Collection
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: RCA 43204
chartposition: UK #73
writtenby: Dr. Robert
album: Choices The Singles Collection
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: RCA 42149
chartposition: UK #32
writtenby: Dr. Robert
album: Whoops! There Goes The Neighbourhood
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Rhythm King 31
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Paul Carter, Richard Walmsley, Amanda Glanfield and Justin
album: Anywayawanna
comments: [house, hip hop]
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Mercury 872 955
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Chad, Kenni Hairston and Trevor Gale
album: Animal
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