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Soul R&B Music Charts of 1996 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1996 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 1996, 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 1996, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1996 . . .

The following songs were released in 1996 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 1996 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
401 recordlabel: Relativity 1546
chartposition: RandB #44, US #76
weeksinr&bchart: 13
Fat Joe featuring Raekwon, Big Punisher & Armageddon Envy -- Firewater 1996 Relativity
402 recordlabel: Cheeky 12017
chartposition: UK #3, US Dance #1, US #63
writtenby: Rollo (as Rollo Armstrong), Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz
album: Reverence
comments: [dance, house]
Faithless Insomnia 1996 Cheeky
403 recordlabel: Big Beat 2327
chartposition: RandB #38
album: High School High: The Soundtrack
Faith Evans I Just Can't 1996 Big Beat
404 recordlabel: Bad Boy 78612790681
chartposition: RandB #14, US #67
writtenby: D. Owens, D. Wolinski, Babyface, Chucky Thompson, Faith Evans and Diddy (as Sean Combs)
album: Faith
Faith Evans Ain't Nobody -- Kissing You 1996 Bad Boy
405 recordlabel: Bad Boy 79065
chartposition: RandB #56, US #109
writtenby: Faith Evans and Floyd Howard
album: Faith
comments: [slow jam]
Faith Evans Come Over 1996 Bad Boy
406 recordlabel: Positiva 66
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Robert White
comments: [dance, house instrumental]
Express of Sound Real Vibration (Want Love) 1996 Positiva
407 recordlabel: Arista 07822129201
chartposition: US #117
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Greatest Hits
comments: [ballad] [from the film Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home]
Exposé I'll Say Goodbye for the Two of Us 1996 Arista
408 recordlabel: Deconstruction (UK)
chartposition: UK #60
writtenby: Barry Jamieson, Jon Sutton and Lisa Millett
comments: [dance, house]
Evolution Your Love is Calling 1996 Deconstruction (UK)
409 recordlabel: MCA 48003(UK)
chartposition: UK #5
writtenby: Willie Dixon
album: The Genuine Article: The Best of Etta James
comments: Featured in Diet Coke advert in the UK Originally released in 1961 as B side of 'At Last'
Etta James I Just Want to Make Love to You 1996 MCA (UK)
410 recordlabel: EMI 7243(UK)
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
album: Before the Rain
comments: [slow jam]
Eternal Someday 1996 EMI (UK)
411 recordlabel: EMI 459(UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: The Greatest Hits
Eternal Secrets 1996 EMI (UK)
412 recordlabel: EMI 419(UK)
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: David Frank and Jeff Pescetto (as Jeffrey Pescetto)
album: Power of a Woman
Eternal Good Thing 1996 EMI (UK)
413 recordlabel: Def Jam 577790
chartposition: RandB #41, US #103
writtenby: Rockwilder (as Dana Stinson) and Erick Sermon
album: Double or Nothing
comments: [hip hop]
Erick Sermon Welcome 1996 Def Jam
414 recordlabel: Reprise 17621
chartposition: RandB #54, US #5, UK #18, US AC #1
writtenby: Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick
album: Phenomenon: Music from the Motion Picture
Eric Clapton Change the World 1996 Reprise
415 recordlabel: Warner 17656
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Demonté Posey, Eric Benét and George Nash Jr.
album: True to Myself
comments: [slow jam]
Eric Benét Let's Stay Together 1996 Warner
416 recordlabel: Warner 17498
chartposition: RandB #41, UK #62
writtenby: Demonté Posey, Eric Benét and George Nash Jr.
album: True to Myself
Eric Benét Spiritual Thang 1996 Warner
417 recordlabel: EastWest 64231
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #5
writtenby: Andrea Martin, Ivan Matias, Marqueze Ethridge and Organized Noize
album: EV3/Set If Off Soundtrack
En Vogue Don't Let Go (Love) 1996 EastWest
418 recordlabel: Adept 1
chartposition: UK #136
writtenby: Elisha La'Verne and Takuji Kura
album: Her Name Is....
Elisha La'Verne I May Be Single 1996 Adept
--- recordlabel: Adept 6 (UK)
album: Her Name Is....
Elisha La'Verne Say Yeah 1996 Adept(UK)
--- recordlabel: Rhythm Republic 58(UK)
Elisha La'Verne Do Me Right 1996 Rhythm Republic (UK)
1 recordlabel: Suave House 1545
chartposition: RandB #58, US #110
weeksinr&bchart: 15
album: On Top of the World
comments: [hip hop]
Eightball & MJG featuring Nina Creque Space Age 1996 Suave House
2 recordlabel: Jive 42412
chartposition: UK #164
writtenby: E 40 and Too $hort
album: Tha Hall of Game
comments: [hip hop]
E-40 featuring Too $hort & K-Ci Rapper's Ball 1996 Jive
3 recordlabel: Island 7235
chartposition: RandB #5, US #18, UK #30
writtenby: Stanley Brown, Myron and Alex Cantrall
album: Dru Hill
comments: [slow jam]
Dru Hill Tell Me 1996 Island
4 recordlabel: Relativity 1567
chartposition: RandB #68, US #92
album: Can You Feel Me
Dru Down Can You Feel Me 1996 Relativity
5 recordlabel: Aftermath 6087
chartposition: RandB #19
writtenby: Dr. Dre , Bud'da and J Flexx
album: The Aftermath
Dr. Dre Been There, Done That 1996 Aftermath
6 recordlabel: Def Jam 576552
chartposition: RandB #77
weeksinr&bchart: 10
album: Dos of Soul
comments: [slow jam] (from the movie The Nutty Professor)
Dos of Soul Come Around 1996 Def Jam
7 recordlabel: LaFace 73008 24193 2
chartposition: RandB #14, US #49, UK #58
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: My Heart
comments: [ballad]
Donell Jones Knocks Me Off My Feet 1996 LaFace
8 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 329
chartposition: UK #136
Don-E Don't She 1996 th and Bway
9 recordlabel: Outburst/Def Jam 577794
chartposition: RandB #46, US #87
writtenby: Domino
album: Physical Funk
Domino Physical Funk 1996 Outburst/Def Jam
10 recordlabel: Outburst 314 576
chartposition: RandB #64, US #112
album: Physical Funk
Domino So Fly 1996 Outburst
11 recordlabel: Rap A Lot 11588
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: N.A.R.D., Belo Zero, AK 47 and The Legendary Traxster
Do or Die Playa Like Me and You 1996 Rap A Lot
12 recordlabel: Rap A Lot 11541
chartposition: RandB #15, US #22
writtenby: AK 47, Belo Zero and N.A.R.D.
album: Picture This
comments: [hip hop]
Do or Die Po Pimp 1996 Rap A Lot
13 recordlabel: Mercury 1(UK)
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: Dina Carroll, Nigel Lowis, B. Blue and R. Smith
album: Only Human
Dina Carroll Escaping 1996 Mercury (UK)
14 recordlabel: Mercury 2(UK)
chartposition: UK #33
writtenby: Vikki Wells and Mike S. Riley
album: Only Human
Dina Carroll Only Human 1996 Mercury (UK)
15 recordlabel: Critique 01624155901
chartposition: RandB #95
album: Future Rhythm
Digital Underground Walk Real Kool 1996 Critique
16 recordlabel: Critique 155711
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: Shock G, Loose Ends and Ronald Brooks
album: Future Rhythm
Digital Underground Oregano Flow 1996 Critique
17 recordlabel: Motown 3746313791
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Monty Seward
album: Take Me Higher
Diana Ross If You're Not Gonna Love Me Right 1996 Motown
18 recordlabel: EMI 724388354820(UK)
chartposition: UK #34
writtenby: Marsha Malamet
album: Voice of Love
comments: [ballad]
Diana Ross In the Ones You Love 1996 EMI (UK)
19 recordlabel: Motown 3746313921
chartposition: US AC #28
writtenby: Bettis, Roberts and Stanley
album: Take Me Higher
comments: [ballad]
Diana Ross Voice of the Heart 1996 Motown
20 recordlabel: Motown 374633001
chartposition: US dance #37, UK #14
writtenby: Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris
album: Take Me Higher
Diana Ross I Will Survive 1996 Motown
21 recordlabel: MCA 3614
chartposition: RandB #105
writtenby: Devante
album: from the Motion Picture Dangerous Minds
mpcode: 9bbOi3EKo7Q
Devante Gin and Juice 1996 MCA
22 recordlabel: RCA 64581
chartposition: RandB #61, US #35
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Ives, Kemo, O.G. Style and Sol Lake (sample)
album: Delinquent Habits
comments: [hip hop]
Delinquent Habits Tres Delinquentes 1996 RCA
23 recordlabel: Arista 13223
chartposition: RandB #28, US #48
writtenby: Deborah Cox and Lascelles Stephens
album: Deborah Cox
comments: [slow jam]
Deborah Cox Where Do We Go from Here 1996 Arista
24 recordlabel: Arista 12950
chartposition: RandB #12, US #17, UK #31, US dance #1
writtenby: Vassal Benford and Larry Campbell
album: Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox Who Do U Love 1996 Arista
25 recordlabel: Arista 13277
chartposition: RandB #51, US #97
writtenby: Keith Crouch and Kipper Jones
album: Deborah Cox
comments: [ballad]
Deborah Cox The Sound of My Tears 1996 Arista
26 recordlabel: Arista 3237
chartposition: US dance #8
writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox Just Be Good to Me 1996 Arista
27 recordlabel: Arista 3289
chartposition: US dance #19
writtenby: Deborah Cox and Lascelles Stephens
album: Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox It Could've Been You 1996 Arista
28 recordlabel: Tommy Boy 728
chartposition: RandB #53, US #101
writtenby: Posdnuos, David Jolicoeur, Maseo and L. Lynn
album: Stakes Is High
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul (featuring Common Sense) The Bizness 1996 Tommy Boy
29 recordlabel: Tommy Boy 757
chartposition: RandB #60, US #113
writtenby: Posdnuos, David Jolicoeur and Maseo
album: Stakes Is High
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul Itzsoweezee (Hot) 1996 Tommy Boy
30 recordlabel: Tommy Boy 1149
chartposition: RandB #70, UK #55
writtenby: Posdnuos, David Jolicoeur, Maseo and J. Yancey
album: Stakes Is High
De La Soul Stakes Is High 1996 Tommy Boy
31 recordlabel: Jireh 55192
chartposition: RandB #73
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Earnest 'Scootie' Hairston Jr. and Reginald 'Reggie' McFadgen
album: Take Your Time
Day ta Day Smile 1996 Jireh
32 recordlabel: Mercury 858 657 1
chartposition: US dance #3, UK #35, US #102
writtenby: David Morales , Delta Bennett, Handel Tucker and Sly Dunbar (as Lowell Dunbar)
album: The Program
comments: [dance, house]
David Morales & the Bad Yard Club In De Ghetto 1996 Mercury
33 recordlabel: EastWest 64309
chartposition: RandB #39, US #86
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Dre, Skoob and Easy Mo Bee
album: Hold It Down
Das EFX featuring Mobb Deep Microphone Master 1996 EastWest
34 recordlabel: Death Row 99974
chartposition: RandB #67, US #106
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Reggie Moore and Danny Boy
comments: [slow jam]
Danny Boy Slip n' Slide 1996 Death Row
35 recordlabel: Big Life 129
chartposition: UK #68
writtenby: Terri Robinson, Dominic Owen and Fabian Hamilton
album: Forever
comments: (Rap by Lil' Cease)
Damage Anything 1996 Big Life
36 recordlabel: Big Life 132
chartposition: UK #6
writtenby: Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Marcus Johnson and Lorne Tennant
album: Forever
comments: [love ballad]
Damage Forever 1996 Big Life
37 recordlabel: Critique 01624 15608
chartposition: RandB #67, UK #12, US #82
writtenby: W.A. Hector, Lorne Alistair Tennant, Brian Powell and Subway Soopa Stringz
album: Forever
Damage Love II Love 1996 Critique
38 recordlabel: Pure 2331
chartposition: RandB #64
weeksinr&bchart: 18
album: Dalia
comments: [slow jam]
Dalia It Ain't Easy 1996 Pure
39 recordlabel: Warner 17586
chartposition: RandB #66, US #117
weeksinr&bchart: 10
album: Gravity
Da Bush Babees featuring Mos Def The Love Song 1996 Warner
40 recordlabel: So So Def 78427
chartposition: RandB #18, US #30
writtenby: Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat (as Shawntae Harris) and Rick James
album: Anuthatantrum
Da Brat Sittin' on Top of the World 1996 So So Def
41 recordlabel: Attitude 17029
chartposition: RandB #71
album: Da Tour
DJ Trans Suki Suki 1996 Attitude
42 recordlabel: Salmon 372
chartposition: RandB #95
weeksinr&bchart: 2
DJ Polo featuring Ron Jeremy Freak Of The Week 1996 Salmon
43 recordlabel: Def Jam 854514
chartposition: RandB #94
weeksinr&bchart: 3
album: Private Party
comments: [slow jam]
DG Soakin' Wet 1996 Def Jam
44 recordlabel: Music Plant 037
chartposition: UK #58
writtenby: Maurice J. Walker
comments: [dance, house]
D'Bora Good Love Real Love 1996 Music Plant
45 recordlabel: EMI 58532
chartposition: RandB #2, US #10, UK #21
writtenby: D'Angelo and Raphael Saadiq
album: Brown Sugar
comments: [neo soul]
D'Angelo Lady 1996 EMI
46 recordlabel: EMI 58570
chartposition: RandB #25, US #74
writtenby: D'Angelo
album: Brown Sugar
comments: [neo soul]
D'Angelo Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine 1996 EMI
47 recordlabel: Ruffhouse 78339
chartposition: RandB #73, US #87
writtenby: B Real (as Louis Freese), DJ Muggs (as Lawrence Muggerud) and Sen Dog (as Senen Reyes)
album: Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom
Cypress Hill Boom Biddy Bye Bye 1996 Ruffhouse
48 recordlabel: Ruffhouse 7643
chartposition: RandB #87, US #103, UK #23
writtenby: B Real and DJ Muggs
album: Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom
Cypress Hill Illusions 1996 Ruffhouse
49 recordlabel: Warner 9463482
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: New World Order
comments: [ballad]
Curtis Mayfield New World Order 1996 Warner
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 403 (UK)
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield, Carlos Glover
album: New World Order
Curtis Mayfield Just a Little Bit of Love 1996 Warner Bros.(UK)
1 recordlabel: Universal 56008
chartposition: RandB #10, US #18
writtenby: Stanley Brown, Myron and Alex Cantrall (as Alex
album: The Final Tic
comments: [hip hop]
Crucial Conflict Hay 1996 Universal
2 recordlabel: Pallas
chartposition: RandB #62
album: The Final Tic
Crucial Conflict Ride the Rodeo 1996 Pallas
3 recordlabel: Talkin' Loud 2
chartposition: UK #82
album: Modern Day Jazz Stories
comments: [jazz funk]
Courtney Pine featuring Cassandra Wilson I've Known Rivers 1996 Talkin' Loud
4 recordlabel: Tommy Boy 721
chartposition: RandB #24, US #5, UK #13
writtenby: Coolio (as Artis Ivey Jr.) and Adrian Sear
album: Gangsta's Paradise
comments: [hip hop]
Coolio 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New) 1996 Tommy Boy
5 recordlabel: Tommy Boy 731
chartposition: RandB #47, US #29, UK #34
writtenby: Coolio (as Artis Ivey) and Fred Lewis
album: Eddie OST
comments: [hip hop]
Coolio It's All the Way Live (Now) 1996 Tommy Boy
6 recordlabel: Intersound 9220
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: George Duke, Michael Cooper, Byron Miller, Ndugo Chandler and Charles Icarus Johnson
album: Live For Ya A**
Con Funk Shun Throw It Up, Throw It Up 1996 Intersound
7 recordlabel: JVC 8010
chartposition: RandB #59
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Les Pierce and Bernard Wise
album: In the Flow
Colour Club If It's All Good 1996 JVC
8 recordlabel: Giant 17654
chartposition: RandB #69, US #21
writtenby: Elliot Wolff and Stacey Piersa
album: Now and Forever
comments: [love ballad]
Color Me Badd The Earth, the Sun, the Rain 1996 Giant
9 recordlabel: Giant 17624
chartposition: R&B #104, US #121
writtenby: Tricky Stewart, Rob Thicke and Sean K. Hall
album: Now and Forever
Color Me Badd Sexual Capacity 1996 Giant
10 recordlabel: Polydor 576 399 2
chartposition: UK #50
writtenby: Deni Lew, Nicky Graham and Wayne Hector
album: Scarlet
comments: [love ballad]
Code Red I Gave You Everything 1996 Polydor
11 recordlabel: Polydor 575 633 2
chartposition: UK #59
writtenby: Deni Lew, Nicky Graham and Wayne Hector
album: Scarlet
comments: [love ballad]
Code Red This Is Our Song 1996 Polydor
12 recordlabel: Mercury 578416
chartposition: RandB #90
weeksinr&bchart: 6
album: Autobiography of Mistachuck
comments: samples 'Ain't I Been Good To You' by The Isley Brothers
Chuck D No 1996 Mercury
13 recordlabel: Avex (UK)
chartposition: UK #96
album: Good Time
Cheryl Lynn Good Time -- Got To Be Real '95 1996 Avex (UK)
14 recordlabel: MCA 55149
chartposition: RandB #77, US Dance #18
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: The House That I Built
Charisse Arrington Down with This 1996 MCA
15 recordlabel: RCA 64492
chartposition: RandB #5, US #24, UK #12, US dance #35
writtenby: Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris
album: I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way)
comments: [beat ballad]
Chantay Savage I Will Survive 1996 RCA
--- recordlabel: RCA 66775 2
album: I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way)
comments: [album cut] [slow jam]
Chantay Savage Pillow Talk 1996 RCA
1 recordlabel: Big Beat 98046
chartposition: RandB #49, UK #42, US #123
writtenby: Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart, Owen Mcintyre, Malcom Duncan, Roger Ball, Robbie Mcintosh, Andrea Martin
album: High School High: The Soundtrack
Changing Faces I Got Somebody Else 1996 Big Beat
2 recordlabel: Reprise 17503
chartposition: RandB #36, US #102, UK #59, US dance #1
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Gerry DeVeaux and Charlie Mole
album: Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan Vol.1
Chaka Khan featuring Me'shell Ndegéocello Never Miss the Water 1996 Reprise
3 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
Chaka Khan My Funny Valentine 1996 Arista
4 recordlabel: Island Jamaica 854 730 2
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Andy Fraser
album: For Every Kinda People
Chaka Demus & Pliers Every Kinda People 1996 Island Jamaica
5 recordlabel: Loud 64532
chartposition: RandB #79
weeksinr&bchart: 7
comments: samples 'Winter Sadness' by Kool and The Gang
Cella Dwellas Perfect Match 1996 Loud
6 recordlabel: Epic 3678237
chartposition: RandB #41, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Falling into You
comments: [slow jam]
Celine Dion Because You Loved Me 1996 Epic
7 recordlabel: AandM 2004
chartposition: RandB #52, US #120
writtenby: JoJo (as JoJo Hailey) and Darryl Pearson
album: I'm Movin' On
comments: [slow jam] ( featuring JoJo Hailey)
CeCe Peniston Before I Lay (You Drive Me Crazy) 1996 A&M
8 recordlabel: AandM 3145816571
chartposition: RandB #29, US #83
writtenby: Dave Hall, CeCe Peniston and Gordon Chambers
album: I'm Movin' On
CeCe Peniston Movin' On 1996 A&M
9 recordlabel: Def Jam 575652
chartposition: RandB #36, US #104
album: Case
Case More to Love 1996 Def Jam
10 recordlabel: Hip Hop Remixes 604
chartposition: RandB #4, US #14, UK #26
writtenby: Scott Alexander, Rodney Browning, Kolanek, George Pendergast and J.R. Richards
album: Case
Case Touch Me, Tease Me 1996 Hip Hop Remixes
11 recordlabel: Penalty 7193
chartposition: RandB #56, US #103
weeksinr&bchart: 19
album: The War Report
comments: [hip hop]
Capone-N-Noreaga featuring Tragedy a.k.a. Khadaf T.O.N.Y. (Top of New York) 1996 Penalty
12 recordlabel: Penalty 0177
chartposition: RandB #84
weeksinr&bchart: 3
album: The War Report
Capone-N-Noreaga Stick You -- Illegal Life 1996 Penalty
13 recordlabel: African Star 576016
chartposition: RandB #79, US #125
weeksinr&bchart: 2
album: Prophecy
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Capleton Heathen Rage 1996 African Star
14 recordlabel: Profile 5445
chartposition: RandB #62, US #104
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Anthony Roberts, Saladine Wallace and Salahadeen Wilds
album: Uptown Saturday Night
Camp Lo Coolie High 1996 Profile

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