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Soul R&B singles on the Mercury_ label...


The Soul Years - 1960-2001
Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the Mercury_ record label. Click on "Mercury_" in the label column on the right below to display the records in order of popularity with the best-selling songs 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 year to list all songs from that year.
(Search on 'Mercury_' returned 599 results)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
1 recordlabel: Mercury 154
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #7, US #19, US dance #26
writtenby: Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples & Lonnie Simmons
album: The Two of Us
Yarbrough & Peoples Don't Stop the Music 1980 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 76111
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Jonah Ellis
album: The Two of Us
comments: [disco dance]
Yarbrough & Peoples Third Degree 1981 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 73338
writtenby: F. Hart
Willie Hightower Easy Lovin' 1972 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 73390
writtenby: Willie Hightower
comments: [deep soul]
Willie Hightower Don't Blame Me 1973 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 11146
writtenby: James McDuffie, Paul Mitchell, William Bell
album: Coming Back For More
comments: [album cut]
William Bell Relax 1977 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 73839
writtenby: W. Bell, P. Mitchell
album: Coming Back for More
William Bell If Sex Was All We Had 1976 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 73922
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Paul Mitchell and William Bell
album: Coming Back for More
William Bell Coming Back for More 1977 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 73922
writtenby: W. Bell, P. Mitchell
album: Coming Back for More
William Bell I Absotively, Posolutely Love You 1977 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 73961
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Paul Mitchell and William Bell
album: It's Time You Took Another Listen
William Bell Easy Comin' Out (Hard Goin' In) 1977 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 73961
writtenby: William Bell, Paul Mitchell
album: It's Time You Took Another Listen
William Bell Your Love Keeps Me Going 1977 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 73839
chartposition: RandB #1, US #10
writtenby: Paul Mitchell & William Bell
album: Coming Back for More
William Bell Tryin' to Love Two 1976 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 862 549
chartposition: RandB #57, UK #67
writtenby: Connor Reeves and Greg Smith
album: Love's the Place to Be
Will Downing There's No Living Without You 1993 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Mercury 28755
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Rex Rideout, Will Downing and Armstead Christian
album: Moods
comments: [ballad]
Will Downing Sorry, I 1995 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 314 536 350
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Rex Rideout, Will Downing and Ronnie Garrett
album: Invitation Only
Will Downing All About You 1997 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 73744
writtenby: A. Williams
Wil Collins & Willpower Don't Fight The Feelin' 1976 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 73744
writtenby: T. Bridwell, R. Weekes
Wil Collins And Willpower Say It, Play It 1976 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 1
chartposition: UK #95
writtenby: David Was and Don Was
album: What Up, Dog?
Was (Not Was) Robot Girl 1986 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 112
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Walter Beasley and Thor Baldursson
album: Just Kickin' It
comments: [jazz funk]
Walter Beasley Just Kickin' It 1990 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Mercury 314 512 592
chartposition: RandB #63
album: Intimacy
comments: [slow jam]
Walter Beasley If You Ever Loved Someone and Lost 1993 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 876 002
chartposition: RandB #95
writtenby: Walter Beasley
album: Just Kickin' It
comments: [slow jam]
Walter Beasley Don't Say Goodbye 1989 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 945
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #1, US #2, US dance #2
writtenby: Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo & Victor Willis
album: Cruisin'
comments: [disco]
Village People Y.M.C.A. 1978 Mercury
6 recordlabel: Mercury 1203-1
chartposition: RandB #104
album: V... As In Veronica
mpcode: i5xVcOlnjjI
Veronica Without Love 1995 Mercury
7 recordlabel: Mercury 856 801
chartposition: R&B #18, US #45
album: Panther: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: Aaliyah, Caron Wheeler, Jody Watley, Patra, Yo Yo, Pebbles, Mary J, Salt n Pepa, etc.
Various Artists Freedom (Theme from Panther) 1995 Mercury
8 recordlabel: Mercury 167
chartposition: US AC #15
writtenby: Gloria Shayne Baker and Noël Regney
comments: [christmas]
Vanessa Williams Do You Hear What I Hear? 1996 Mercury
9 recordlabel: Mercury 427
chartposition: US AC #6
writtenby: Simon Climie and Will Jennings
album: Next
Vanessa Williams Oh How the Years Go By 1997 Mercury
10 recordlabel: Mercury 439
chartposition: RandB #23, US #67, UK #52, US dance #6
writtenby: Abenaa and J. Dibbs
album: The Sweetest Days
Vanessa Williams The Way That You Love 1995 Mercury
11 recordlabel: Mercury 3145781027
chartposition: RandB #90, US #71, UK #162, US AC #5
writtenby: David Foster, E. Kopelson, Douglas Pashley and Linda Thompson
album: Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years
comments: [ballad]
Vanessa Williams Where Do We Go from Here? 1996 Mercury
12 recordlabel: Mercury 135
chartposition: RandB #5, US #22
writtenby: R. Saadiq, D. Wiggins, T. Riley
album: House of Music
Tony! Toni! Tone! Thinking of You 1997 Mercury
13 recordlabel: Mercury 128
chartposition: RandB #5, US #30, UK #33
writtenby: DJ Quik (as David Blake) and Raphael Saadiq
album: House of Music
comments: [hip hop] (featuring DJ Quik)
Tony! Toni! Tone! Let's Get Down 1996 Mercury
14 recordlabel: Mercury 73831
chartposition: RandB #95
writtenby: Patrick Adams and Fay Hauser
Tony Sylvester & the New Ingredient Magic Touch 1976 Mercury
15 recordlabel: Mercury 73700
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Lee Pittman
Tomorrow's Promise You're Everything Good to Me 1975 Mercury
16 recordlabel: Mercury 574 811
chartposition: UK #5, US dance #1
album: Ready For A New Day
comments: [dance. house]
Todd Terry Something Goin' On 1997 Mercury
17 recordlabel: Mercury 848
chartposition: US #96
writtenby: Bill Cook
Timi Yuro You Can Have Him 1965 Mercury
18 recordlabel: Mercury 72316
chartposition: US #120
writtenby: Tolchard Evans, Stanley Damerell and Robert Hargreaves
Timi Yuro If 1964 Mercury
19 recordlabel: Mercury 72628
chartposition: US AC #37
writtenby: Ben Peters
Timi Yuro Turn the World Around the Other Way 1966 Mercury
20 recordlabel: Mercury 72515
chartposition: US #118
writtenby: Bill Anderson
Timi Yuro Once a Day 1966 Mercury
21 recordlabel: Mercury 288
chartposition: RandB #17
writtenby: Richie Daley, R. Bent, Michael Cooper, G. Bolton, William Clark and Steven
album: Serious Business
comments: [reggae]
Third World Forbidden Love 1989 Mercury
22 recordlabel: Mercury 864 023
chartposition: RandB #27
writtenby: Stephen Stewart, Michael Cooper and Willie Stewart
album: Committed
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Third World Committed 1992 Mercury
23 recordlabel: Mercury 874 787
chartposition: RandB #77, UK #80
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Serious Business
comments: [reggae]
Third World It's the Same Old Song 1989 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 72564
writtenby: G. Goffin, C. King
Theola Kilgore It's Gonna Be All Right 1966 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 73838
chartposition: RandB #99
writtenby: Sir Mack Rice
The Treasures You Ain't Playin' with No Toy 1976 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 73447
writtenby: C. Gumbs
The Topics Booking Up Baby 1973 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 74006
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: Teddy Randazzo, Bob Weinstein and Bobby Hart
comments: [ballad]
The Stylistics First Impressions 1978 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 74042
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: Teddy Randazzo and Roger Joyce
album: Love Spell
The Stylistics Love At First Sight 1979 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Mercury 870 115
chartposition: RandB #33
album: Start It Up
The Skwares Don't Mess with My Heart 1988 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 71427
chartposition: RandB #9, US #12
writtenby: Buck Ram
album: Come Sing With Us
The Platters Enchanted 1959 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 71289
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn and Buck Ram
The Platters Twilight Time 1958 Mercury
6 recordlabel: Mercury 71467
chartposition: UK #25
writtenby: Buck Ram and Mickey Addy
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
The Platters Remember When 1959 Mercury
7 recordlabel: Mercury 70753
chartposition: US #87
writtenby: Cy Crane and Herb Weiner (as Herbert Weiner)
The Platters I'm Just a Dancing Partner 1956 Mercury
8 recordlabel: Mercury 70819
chartposition: RandB #4, US #4
writtenby: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters (You've Got) The Magic Touch 1956 Mercury
9 recordlabel: Mercury 71246
chartposition: US #56
writtenby: Buck Ram
album: Encores!
The Platters Helpless 1958 Mercury
10 recordlabel: Mercury 70893
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
writtenby: Georges Boulanger and Jimmy Kennedy
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
The Platters My Prayer 1956 Mercury
11 recordlabel: Mercury 70948
chartposition: RandB #9, US #11
writtenby: Buck Ram (as Jeanette Miles), Paul Robi and Tony Williams
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters You'll Never Never Know 1956 Mercury
12 recordlabel: Mercury 70633
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5
writtenby: Buck Ram (as Ande Rand)
The Platters Only You (And You Alone) 1956 Mercury
13 recordlabel: Mercury 70753
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1
writtenby: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters The Great Pretender 1956 Mercury
14 recordlabel: Mercury 70893
chartposition: RandB #13, US #39
writtenby: Buck Ram
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
The Platters Heaven on Earth 1956 Mercury
15 recordlabel: Mercury 71502
chartposition: US #44
writtenby: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Buck Ram (as Lynn Paul)
The Platters Where 1959 Mercury
16 recordlabel: Mercury 71353
chartposition: US #42
writtenby: Buck Ram and Tito Madi
The Platters I Wish 1958 Mercury
17 recordlabel: Mercury 71847
chartposition: RandB #17, US #25, US AC #7
writtenby: Ruth Lowe
The Platters I'll Never Smile Again 1961 Mercury
18 recordlabel: Mercury 71320
chartposition: US #51
writtenby: Jim Williams
comments: [ballad]
The Platters You're Making a Mistake 1958 Mercury
19 recordlabel: Mercury 71032
chartposition: RandB #5, US #16
writtenby: Paul Robi, Buck Ram (as Jean Miles) and Zola Taylor
The Platters He's Mine 1957 Mercury
20 recordlabel: Mercury 71563
chartposition: RandB #15, US #8, UK #11
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Will Grosz (as Hugh Williams) & Jimmy Kennedy
album: Reflections
The Platters Harbor Lights 1960 Mercury
21 recordlabel: Mercury 71032
chartposition: RandB #15, US #11, UK #18
writtenby: Agnes White, Buck Ram and Peter Tinturin
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
The Platters I'm Sorry 1957 Mercury
22 recordlabel: Mercury 71011
chartposition: US #20
writtenby: Tony Williams, Gene Miles
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters One In A Million 1957 Mercury
23 recordlabel: Mercury 71749
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #46, US #30
writtenby: Jack Lawrence
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
The Platters If I Didn't Care 1961 Mercury
24 recordlabel: Mercury 71093
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #7, US #24
writtenby: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters My Dream 1957 Mercury
25 recordlabel: Mercury 71184
chartposition: US #65
writtenby: Ralph Yates, John Small and Buck Ram (as Lynn Paul)
The Platters Only Because 1957 Mercury
26 recordlabel: Mercury 71383
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
The Platters Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 1958 Mercury
27 recordlabel: Mercury 71011
chartposition: RandB #7, US #20
writtenby: Harry Nesbitt, Max Nesbitt, C. Venis
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
The Platters On My Word of Honor 1957 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 6007147 (UK)
writtenby: Eddy Grant
The Pioneers My Good Friend James 1977 Mercury(UK)
-- recordlabel: Mercury 74011
writtenby: Mark Chapman
The Newcomers That's When You Know Your Woman Wants To Be Free 1978 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 74011
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: J. Banks, H. Thigpen and D. Weatherspoon
The Newcomers Do Yourself a Favor 1978 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 72829
writtenby: E. Tobe, J. Diggs
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
The Knight Brothers Tried So Hard To Please Her 1968 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 73458
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: Glenn Dorsey
album: Keep Up with the Joneses
The Joneses Hey Babe (Is the Gettin' Still Good?) (Part 1) 1974 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 6167223
chartposition: RandB #10, US #47, US dance #9
writtenby: Glenn Dorsey
album: Keep Up with the Joneses
The Joneses Sugar Pie Guy 1974 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Mercury 73778
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Glenn Dorsey
comments: [disco funk]
The Joneses Child of Mine 1976 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 73689
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Glenn Dorsey
The Joneses Love Inflation (Pt. 1) 1975 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 73663
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Glenn Dorsey
album: Keep Up with the Joneses
The Joneses I Can't See What You See in Me 1975 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 73407
writtenby: Glenn Dorsey
album: Keep Up with the Joneses
The Joneses Baby, Don't Do It 1973 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 73719
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Glenn Dorsey
The Joneses Name of the Game (Pt. 1) 1975 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 73778
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: G. Dorsey, D. Psalidas
The Joneses In a Good Groove 1976 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 74021
writtenby: Carlyle Miller
comments: [uptempo sweet soul]
mpcode: fr9jNgj2X5k
The Insiders Tunnel Of Love 1978 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 74021
writtenby: Carlyle Miller
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
mpcode: E_syjrZqBJ4
The Insiders Nighty Night 1978 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 76021
chartposition: RandB #10, US #103
writtenby: Lonnie Simmons, Charlie Wilson and Ronnie Wilson
album: Gap Band II
The Gap Band Steppin' (Out) 1980 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 22 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #6, US #101, US Dance #52
writtenby: C. Wilson, L. Simmons, R. Wilson, R. Taylor
album: Gap Band II
comments: [disco funk]
The Gap Band Oops Up Side Your Head 1980 Mercury(UK)
3 recordlabel: Mercury 76114
chartposition: RandB #60, UK #36, US Dance #19
writtenby: Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons and Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band III
comments: [funk]
The Gap Band Humpin' 1981 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 74080
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Ronnie Wilson (as Ronnie James Wilson) and Charles Wilson (as Charles Kent Wilson)
album: The Gap Band
The Gap Band Open Up Your Mind (Wide) 1980 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 74053
chartposition: RandB #4, US #101
writtenby: Charles Wilson (as Charles Kent Wilson)
album: The Gap Band
The Gap Band Shake 1979 Mercury
6 recordlabel: Mercury 4006
chartposition: US Dance #48
writtenby: Lonnie Simmons and Charles Wilson (as Charles Kent Wilson)
album: The Gap Band
The Gap Band Baby Baba Boogie 1979 Mercury
7 recordlabel: Mercury 76062
chartposition: RandB #36, UK #30
writtenby: Lonnie Simmons, Rudolph Taylor, Charlie Wilson and Ronnie Wilson
album: Gap Band II
The Gap Band Party Lights 1980 Mercury
8 recordlabel: Mercury 76101
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #47, US #60
writtenby: Oliver Scott & Ronnie Wilson
album: Gap Band III
The Gap Band Yearning for Your Love 1981 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 76114
writtenby: Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson
album: The Gap Band II
The Gap Band No Hiding Place 1980 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 76091
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #22, US dance #19
writtenby: Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons & Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band III
comments: [disco funk boogie]
The Gap Band Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) 1980 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 1
chartposition: UK #3, RandB #71
writtenby: Wyclef Jean, L. Hill, Pras, S. Anderson, B. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus, Q Tip, J. Forte
album: When We Were Kings
comments: [hip hop]
The Fugees Rumble in the Jungle 1997 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Mercury 871 010
chartposition: US #89, UK #46
writtenby: Richard Berry
album: Coming Back Hard Again
The Fat Boys Louie, Louie 1988 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 73759
chartposition: RandB #58, US #106
writtenby: Lawton Williams
The Dells The Power of Love 1976 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 73842
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Andrew Terry, Robert Emanuel Brooks and Walter Morris
The Dells No Way Back 1976 Mercury
6 recordlabel: Mercury 73807
chartposition: RandB #49, US #102
writtenby: Ivy Hunter, Andre Moore and Charles Leverett
album: No Way Back
The Dells Slow Motion 1976 Mercury
7 recordlabel: Mercury 73901
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Allan Felder, Norman Harris, Ron Kersey and Ron Tyson (as Ronald Tyson
album: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It!
The Dells Betcha Never Been Loved (Like This Before) 1977 Mercury
8 recordlabel: Mercury 73909
chartposition: RandB #20
writtenby: Allan Felder, Ron Tyson (as Ronald Tyson) and T.G. Conway
album: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It!
The Dells Our Love 1977 Mercury

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