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


The Soul Years - 1960-2001
Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the Elektra_ record label. Click on "Elektra_" 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.

More Soul R&B Songs From Elektra_ . . .

The following songs were released in Elektra_ 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 Elektra_ 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
201 recordlabel: Elektra 64257
chartposition: US #106
writtenby: Tracy Chapman
album: New Beginning
comments: [reggae]
Tracy Chapman New Beginning 1996 Elektra
202 recordlabel: Elektra 64137
chartposition: RandB #67, US #106
Rampage Wegetzdown 1997 Elektra
203 recordlabel: Elektra 66338
chartposition: RandB #66, US #108
writtenby: Pete Rock, CL Smooth and Nevelle Hodge
album: Mecca and the Soul Brother
comments: [hip hop]
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Lots of Lovin' 1993 Elektra
204 recordlabel: Elektra 66106
chartposition: RandB #90, US #109
writtenby: Grand Puba (as Maxwell Dixon) and Anthony Martin
album: 2000
Grand Puba A Little of This 1995 Elektra
205 recordlabel: Elektra 5082
chartposition: RandB #36
writtenby: David Wolinski
album: Take No Prisoners
Peabo Bryson There's Nothin' Out There 1985 Elektra
206 recordlabel: Elektra 61394
chartposition: RandB #45, US #109
writtenby: Gary Jenkins, Keith Sweat and Roy Murray
album: Lose Control
comments: [slow jam]
Silk It Had to Be You 1993 Elektra
207 recordlabel: Elektra 6254
chartposition: RandB #36
writtenby: Lil' Mo
album: Didn't See Me Coming
comments: [slow jam]
Keith Sweat featuring Lil Mo I'll Trade (A Million Bucks) 2000 Elektra
208 recordlabel: Elektra 66354
chartposition: RandB #85, US #110
album: Reel to Reel
Grand Puba featuring Mary J. Blige Check It Out 1993 Elektra
209 recordlabel: Elektra 6353
chartposition: RandB #37, US #123
album: The G Spot
Gerald Levert Funny 2002 Elektra
210 recordlabel: Elektra 1963
chartposition: RandB #40, US #112
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: More
comments: [slow jam]
Tamia Questions 2004 Elektra
211 recordlabel: Elektra 62655
chartposition: RandB #37, US #121
album: Gerald's World
Gerald Levert Made to Love Ya 2001 Elektra
212 recordlabel: Elektra 69972
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Donald Byrd and Isaac Hayes
comments: [jazz funk]
Donald Byrd Sexy Dancer 1982 Elektra
213 recordlabel: Elektra 47403
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Alex Brown and Kevin Moore
album: Azz Izz
comments: [beat ballad]
Ren Woods Take Me to Heaven 1982 Elektra
214 recordlabel: Elektra 64293
chartposition: RandB #71, US #115
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Prodigy, Gregory Phillips, Johnatan Davis, Havoc, Mayfield Small Jr., Pete Rock, R. Rousseau
comments: samples "Give Up The Goods" by Mobb Deep
Ini featuring Pete Rock Fakin Jax 1996 Elektra
215 recordlabel: Elektra 64297
chartposition: US #119
writtenby: Tracy Chapman
album: New Beginning
Tracy Chapman Smoke and Ashes 1996 Elektra
216 recordlabel: Elektra 67270
chartposition: RandB #45, US #118
album: Music and Me
Nate Dogg I Got Love 2001 Elektra
217 recordlabel: Elektra 5700
chartposition: RandB #69, US #117
album: The Main Ingredient
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth I Got a Love 1994 Elektra
218 recordlabel: Elektra 64164
chartposition: US dance #29, R&B #106, US #118
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Fallen Is Babylon
comments: [reggae]
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers People Get Ready 1997 Elektra
219 recordlabel: Elektra 84732
chartposition: R&B #104, US #124
writtenby: Mel Tormé and Robert Wells
album: The Magic of Christmas
comments: [christmas]
Natalie Cole The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) 1998 Elektra
220 recordlabel: Elektra 69813
chartposition: US dance #29
writtenby: Eddy Grant
album: Attitude
comments: [jazz funk]
Lenny White My Turn to Love You 1983 Elektra
221 recordlabel: Elektra 5614
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Carl Aiken and Dave Hall
album: Sidewalk University
comments: [hip hop]
Shinehead Try My Love 1992 Elektra
222 recordlabel: Elektra 5171
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Keith Rawls
album: Quiet Storm
comments: [beat ballad]
Peabo Bryson Good Combination 1986 Elektra
223 recordlabel: Elektra 1805
chartposition: RandB #44
album: Rebirth
comments: [slow jam]
Keith Sweat featuring Lola Troy & Lade Bac One on One 2002 Elektra
224 recordlabel: Elektra 69991
chartposition: US Dance #30
writtenby: Randy Jackson and WandaWalden
comments: [disco dance]
Wanda Walden I Must Be Dreamin' 1982 Elektra
225 recordlabel: Elektra 5462
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Claytoven, Jon Bendich and Thor Baldursson
album: Have You Got What It Takes
comments: [love ballad]
Starpoint Midnight Love 1990 Elektra
226 recordlabel: Elektra 067999
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Patrice Rushen and Brenda Russell
album: Straight from the Heart...
Patrice Rushen Breakout! 1982 Elektra
227 recordlabel: Elektra 8734
chartposition: US AC $23, R&B #107
writtenby: Sammy Cahn and Matthew Wilder
album: Allegiance
comments: [love ballad]
Howard Hewett How Fast Forever Goes 1993 Elektra
228 recordlabel: Elektra 47198
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: David Lasley and Roxanne Joy Seeman
album: Very Special
Debra Laws Meant for You 1981 Elektra
229 recordlabel: Elektra 46597
chartposition: RandB #47
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Lenny White, Denzil Miller and Leslie Rene
Lenny White Best Of Friends 1980 Elektra
230 recordlabel: Elektra 066488
chartposition: RandB #89, US Dance #47
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Dale DeGroat and Shirley Murdock
album: Let There Be Love
comments: [dance, garage house]
Shirley Murdock Let There Be Love 1992 Elektra
231 recordlabel: Elektra 11451
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Angela Rushen and Patrice Rushen
Patrice Rushen & D.J. Rogers Givin' It Up Is Givin' Up 1980 Elektra
232 recordlabel: Elektra 1821
chartposition: UK #146
writtenby: Tracy Chapman
album: Let It Rain
Tracy Chapman You're the One 2002 Elektra
233 recordlabel: Elektra 1547
chartposition: RandB #48
album: Surrender
comments: [slow jam]
Kut Klose Surrender 1995 Elektra
234 recordlabel: Elektra 5699
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Marvin Gaye and James Nyx
album: Angela Winbush
Angela Winbush Inner City Blues 1994 Elektra
235 recordlabel: Elektra 624012
chartposition: AC #25
writtenby: Natalie Cole, Ina Wolf and Peter Wolf
album: Snowfall on the Sahara
comments: [love ballad]
Natalie Cole Snowfall on the Sahara 1999 Elektra
236 recordlabel: Elektra 46604
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Patrice Rushen and Sheree Brown
album: Pizzazz
Patrice Rushen Let the Music Take Me 1980 Elektra
237 recordlabel: Elektra 46533
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Harold Johnson
comments: [instrumental]
Stanley Turrentine Concentrate on You 1979 Elektra
238 recordlabel: Elektra 7 69896
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
comments: [disco, funk]
Dr. America 1990 1982 Elektra
239 recordlabel: Elektra 45416
chartposition: RandB #51, US AC #50
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
Sergio Mendes The Real Thing 1977 Elektra
240 recordlabel: Elektra 69585
chartposition: RandB #63, US AC #26
writtenby: Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow
album: Take No Prisoners
comments: [love ballad]
Peabo Bryson Love Always Finds a Way 1985 Elektra
241 recordlabel: Elektra 12490
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Joe Ericksen and Thom Bell
Dee Dee Bridgewater One in a Million (Guy) 1980 Elektra
242 recordlabel: Elektra 5481
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Ernest Williamson Jr., Jazze Pha (as Phalon) and Stanford Banks
album: Rising to the Top
Phalon Dance Floor of Life 1990 Elektra
243 recordlabel: Elektra 69552
chartposition: RandB #54
album: The Source
Grandmaster Flash Style (Peter Gunn Theme) 1986 Elektra
244 recordlabel: Elektra 5244
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Howard Hewett and Monty Seward
album: I Commit to Love
comments: [gospel ballad]
Howard Hewett Say Amen 1987 Elektra
245 recordlabel: Elektra 5052
chartposition: RandB #54
album: They Said It Couldn't Be Done
comments: [hip hop]
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five Girls Love the Way He Spins 1985 Elektra
246 recordlabel: Elektra 12569
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel
album: Pieces of a Dream
comments: [smooth jazz funk ballad]
Pieces of a Dream Warm Weather 1981 Elektra
247 recordlabel: Elektra 6191
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Dwain Mitchell and Eddie Levert Sr.
album: G
comments: [slow jam]
Gerald Levert Nothin' to Somethin' 1999 Elektra
248 recordlabel: Elektra 142
chartposition: RandB #55
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Charles Bobbitt, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Fred Wesley, Ice Cube and James Brown
album: I Wish My Brother George Was Here
comments: [hip hop]
Del tha Funkee Homosapien Mistadobalina 1992 Elektra
249 recordlabel: Elektra 1608
chartposition: RandB #56
writtenby: Darrell Allamby
album: Love Session
comments: [slow jam]
Silk We're Callin U 2001 Elektra
250 recordlabel: Elektra 69490
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Rahiem, Lavon Dukes and Grandmaster Flash
album: Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang
comments: [hip hop]
mpcode: 7UVRMzymR2s
Grandmaster Flash U Know What Time It Is 1987 Elektra
251 recordlabel: Elektra 5339
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Reggie Calloway and Vincent Calloway
album: Joy
comments: [slow jam]
Teddy Pendergrass Love Is the Power 1988 Elektra
252 recordlabel: Elektra 46060
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Grover Washington Jr.
album: Paradise
comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]
Grover Washington, Jr. Tell Me About It Now 1979 Elektra
253 recordlabel: Elektra 1693
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Lil' Mo, D. McClary and M. Allen
album: Based on a True Story
Lil Mo Gangsta (Love 4 the Streets) 2001 Elektra
254 recordlabel: Elektra 18432
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Gerald Levert, Randall Bowland and Niles McKinney
album: The G Spot
comments: [slow jam]
Gerald Levert Closure 2003 Elektra
255 recordlabel: Elektra 5162
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: George Duke
album: George Duke
George Duke Broken Glass 1986 Elektra
256 recordlabel: Elektra 47426
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Mel Bolton
album: Mighty Fire
comments: [electro funk]
Mighty Fire Sixth Street (Turn It Up) 1982 Elektra
257 recordlabel: Elektra 1914
chartposition: RandB #58
album: Stroke of Genius
Gerald Levert Wear It Out 2004 Elektra
258 recordlabel: Elektra 1409
chartposition: RandB #58
album: Tonight
comments: [slow jam]
Silk Let's Make Love 2000 Elektra
259 recordlabel: Elektra 67048
chartposition: RandB #59
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Rashia Fisher
album: Imperial by Rah Digga video MP3 from Dirty Harriet
Rah Digga Imperial 2000 Elektra
260 recordlabel: Elektra 67338
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Fabolous, T. Green and L. Gaye
album: Street Dreams
Fabolous This Is My Party 2002 Elektra
261 recordlabel: Elektra 69711
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips
album: It's All Yours
comments: [slow jam]
Starpoint Am I Still the One 1984 Elektra
262 recordlabel: Elektra 47108
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: D'Lanie McQuaig and Mel Bolto
album: No Time for Masquerading
comments: [disco funk]
Mighty Fire Love Attack 1981 Elektra
263 recordlabel: Elektra 5191
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: George Duke
album: George Duke
comments: [ballad]
George Duke Good Friend 1986 Elektra
264 recordlabel: Elektra 67059
chartposition: RandB #61
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Rashia Fisher
album: Dirty Harriet
comments: [hip hop]
Rah Digga Break Fool 2000 Elektra
265 recordlabel: Elektra 5618
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Pete Rock (as Peter Phillips) and CL Smooth (as Corey Penn)
album: Mecca and the Soul Brother
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Straighten It Out 1992 Elektra
266 recordlabel: Elektra 6326
chartposition: RandB #61
comments: [hip hop]
Nate Dogg featuring Lil Mo & Xzibit Keep It Gansta 2001 Elektra
267 recordlabel: Elektra 46664
chartposition: RandB #61, US dance #71
writtenby: Robert Gray, Michael Gray
album: Love Injection
Trussel I Love It 1980 Elektra
268 recordlabel: Elektra 69700
chartposition: RandB #79, US AC #31
writtenby: Ralph MacDonald and William Salter
album: Rendezvous
comments: [love ballad]
Sadao Watanabe & Roberta Flack If I'm Still Around Tomorrow 1984 Elektra
269 recordlabel: Elektra 11539
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Carla Vaughn
album: Just Like Dreamin'
comments: [beat ballad]
Twennynine featuring Lenny White All I Want 1981 Elektra
270 recordlabel: Elektra 12495
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Grover Washington Jr.
comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]
Grover Washington, Jr. Let It Flow (For Dr. J) 1980 Elektra
271 recordlabel: Elektra 5524
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Grand Puba, Sadat X, Lord Jamar, Edie Brickell (sample), Kenny Withrow (sample), J. Houser, J. Bush
album: One for All
Brand Nubian Slow Down 1991 Elektra
272 recordlabel: Elektra 672210
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Missy Elliott and Timbaland
album: Miss E... So Addictive
comments: [hip hop]
Missy Elliott Lick Shots 2001 Elektra
273 recordlabel: Elektra 301849
chartposition: UK #191
writtenby: Tracy Chapman
album: Where You Live
Tracy Chapman Change 2005 Elektra
274 recordlabel: Elektra 46637
chartposition: RandB #64
album: After the Rain
Side Effect Superwoman 1980 Elektra
275 recordlabel: Elektra 69534
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Keith Diamond
album: Restless
comments: [ballad]
Starpoint Till the End of Time 1986 Elektra
276 recordlabel: Elektra 11515
chartposition: US Dance #43
writtenby: Lee Ritenour
album: Rit
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Lee Ritenour Countdown (Captain Fingers) 1981 Elektra
277 recordlabel: Elektra 69933
chartposition: US dance #43
writtenby: Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell and Bernard Fowler
album: One Down
comments: [disco funk]
Material I'm the One 1982 Elektra
278 recordlabel: Elektra 69750
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Curtis Harmon, James K. Lloyd, Cedric A. Napoleon and Cameron Murray
album: Imagine This
comments: [beat ballad]
Pieces of a Dream It's Time for Love 1984 Elektra
279 recordlabel: Elektra 47093
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Leon Ware, Marcos Valle, Peter Cetera and Laudir de Oliveira
album: Rockin' You Eternally
Leon Ware Baby Don't Stop Me 1981 Elektra
280 recordlabel: Elektra 146
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Kevin Bacon, Ephraim Lewis and Jonathan Quarmby
album: Skin
Ephraim Lewis It Can't Be Forever 1992 Elektra
281 recordlabel: Elektra 8315
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Ernest Williamson Jr., Leon Hitchens, Louis McKay III and Stanford Banks
album: Rising to the Top
Phalon Ready or Not 1991 Elektra
282 recordlabel: Elektra 5492
chartposition: RandB #67
album: Howard Hewett
comments: [love song]
Howard Hewett Let Me Show You How to Fall in Love 1990 Elektra
283 recordlabel: Elektra 8675
chartposition: RandB #67
album: Allegiance
Howard Hewett Save Your Sex for Me 1992 Elektra
284 recordlabel: Elektra 7559 61384
chartposition: RandB #68
weeksinr&bchart: 1
album: Various Made In America, Music From The Original Soundtrack
comments: [slow jam album cut]
Keith Sweat & Silk Does He Do It Good 1993 Elektra
285 recordlabel: Elektra 47002
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: James
album: Shadow
Shadow Mystery Dancer 1980 Elektra
286 recordlabel: Elektra 66540
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Eric McCaine
album: Entouch
Entouch Drop Dead Gorgeous 1991 Elektra
287 recordlabel: Elektra 47451
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Ernest N. Baker, Freebo, Marshall Otwell and Sherwood E. Ball
album: Heartache
Leslie Smith & Merry Clayton Before the Night Is Over 1982 Elektra
288 recordlabel: Elektra 4 64836
chartposition: RandB #71
album: Entouch
comments: [slow jam]
Entouch She Used 2 B My Girl 1991 Elektra
289 recordlabel: Elektra 6343
chartposition: RandB #71
album: The Remedy
comments: [hip hop]
Rell ft. Jay-Z It's Obvious 2002 Elektra
290 recordlabel: Elektra 1400
chartposition: RandB #72
Ja Rule How Many Wanna 1999 Elektra
291 recordlabel: Elektra 46605
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Billy Beck (as Willie Beck), Clarence Willis and James
album: Love Life
Shadow No Better Love 1980 Elektra
292 recordlabel: Elektra 4980
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips, George Phillips, Ky Adeyemo, Lionel Job, Marvin Ennis and Orlando Phillips
album: It's All Yours
comments: [funk]
Starpoint Breakout 1984 Elektra
293 recordlabel: Elektra 6277
chartposition: RandB #73
album: Didn't See Me Coming
comments: [slow jam]
Keith Sweat Real Man 2001 Elektra
294 recordlabel: Elektra 46019
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Joe Hall
album: [jazz funk]
Donald Byrd Loving You 1979 Elektra
295 recordlabel: Elektra 67390
chartposition: RandB #74
album: LSG2
LSG (Levert, Sweat & Gill) ft. Loon Just Friends 2003 Elektra
296 recordlabel: Elektra 47139
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Leon Ware
album: Rockin You Eternally
comments: [ballad]
Leon Ware Rockin' You Eternally 1981 Elektra
297 recordlabel: Elektra 47002
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: James
album: Shadow
Shadow Hot City 1980 Elektra
298 recordlabel: Elektra 47007
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: David Paich
album: After the Rain
Side Effect Georgy Porgy 1980 Elektra
299 recordlabel: Elektra 47241
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Aaron Mills, Andrew Stevens, Isaac Hayes and William Duckett
album: Love Byrd: Donald Byrd and 125th St, N.Y.C.
comments: [jazz funk]
Donald Byrd I Love Your Love 1982 Elektra
300 recordlabel: Elektra 66309
chartposition: RandB #77
weeksinr&bchart: 8
album: T.I.M.E. The Inner Mind's Eye
Leaders of the New School What's Next? 1993 Elektra

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