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

Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the Motown_ record label. Click on "Motown_" 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

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The following songs were released in Motown_ 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 Motown_ 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
601	recordlabel: Motown 6309 chartposition: RandB #46 album: The New Formula comments: [ballad]	Today	I Wanna Come Back Home	1991	Motown
602	recordlabel: Motown 18264 chartposition: RandB #59, US Dance #46 album: All for Your Love	The Good Girls	I Need You Love	1990	Motown
603	recordlabel: Motown 1845 chartposition: RandB #46 album: The Genie	Rockwell	Carme (Part I)	1986	Motown
604	recordlabel: Motown 3746310831 chartposition: RandB #47 writtenby: Kyle Hudnall and Lucresia Holbdy album: Just Call Me	The Good Girls	It Must Be Love	1992	Motown
605	recordlabel: Motown 1405 chartposition: RandB #48 writtenby: Van McCoy album: Everything's Coming Up Love comments: [Motown Sound]	David Ruffin	On and Off	1976	Motown
606	recordlabel: Motown 17828 chartposition: RandB #68, US AC #32 writtenby: Ken Gold and Brenda Madison album: Love, Smokey comments: [love ballad]	Smokey Robinson	(It's the) Same Old Love	1990	Motown
607	recordlabel: Motown 3746310211 chartposition: RandB #48 writtenby: James Varner and Lynn Roderick album: It's Real comments: [slow jam]	By All Means	The Feeling I Get	1992	Motown
608	recordlabel: Motown 158549 chartposition: RandB #51, US #125 album: Men of Honor: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack comments: [slow jam]	Brian McKnight	Win	2001	Motown
609	recordlabel: Motown 41773 chartposition: RandB #48 writtenby: Brown Mark (as Brownmark) album: Just Like That	Brownmark	Next Time	1988	Motown
610	recordlabel: Motown 374631196 chartposition: RandB #48 writtenby: Queen Latifah and Sidney Reynolds album: Black Reign	Queen Latifah	Black Hand Side	1994	Motown
611	recordlabel: Motown 1424 chartposition: RandB #49 writtenby: Willie Hutch album: Havin' a House Party / In And Out (UK compilation) comments: [Motown Sound]	Willie Hutch	We Gonna Party Tonight	1977	Motown
612	recordlabel: Motown 1620 chartposition: RandB #49 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: Trust Me comments: [ballad]	Jean Carn	If You Don't Know Me by Now	1982	Motown
613	recordlabel: Motown 208712 chartposition: RandB #49 writtenby: Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams album: Star / Empire OST	702	I Still Love You	2003	Motown
614	recordlabel: Motown 1878 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Corey Blake album: Blake and Hines	Blake & Hines	Sherry	1987	Motown
615	recordlabel: Motown 1711 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Bobby Nunn album: Private Party comments: [disco funk]	Bobby Nunn	Hangin' Out At the Mall	1983	Motown
616	recordlabel: Motown 1383 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Jeffrey Bowen, Jim Ford and Truman Thomas album: Rose comments: [Motown Sound]	Rose Banks	Whole New Thing	1976	Motown
617	recordlabel: Motown 1031 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #50 writtenby: Stevenson, Holland comments: [Motown Sound]	Eddie Holland	If It's Love (It's Alright)	1962	Motown
618	recordlabel: Motown 1356 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Donald Fenceton, Mel Larson, Gerald Marcellino and Roderick Rancifer album: Moving Violation comments: [Motown Sound]	The Jackson 5	All I Do Is Think of You	1975	Motown
619	recordlabel: Motown 1359 chartposition: R writtenby: Nickolas Ashford (as Nick Ashford) and Valerie Simpson album: Pure Pleasure comments: [Motown Sound]	The Dynamic Superiors	Nobody's Gonna Change Me	1976	Motown
620	recordlabel: Motown 1839 chartposition: RandB #51 writtenby: Alan Gorrie and Michael Mugrage album: Smoke Signals	Smokey Robinson	Sleepless Nights	1986	Motown
621	recordlabel: Motown 43084 chartposition: RandB #51 writtenby: Sami McKinney, Lori Perry (as Lorraine Perry) and Michael O'Hara comments: [from the movie Do the Right Thing]	Perri	Feel So Good	1989	Motown
622	recordlabel: Motown 1733 chartposition: RandB #51 writtenby: Recco Philmore and Eric O'Neal album: KoKo Pop comments: [Motown Sound]	KoKo-Pop	Baby Sister	1984	Motown
623	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 858 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Kathy Wakefield and Leonard Caston album: Nature Planned It comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	I Can't Quit Your Love	1972	Tamla Motown
624	recordlabel: Motown 1969 chartposition: RandB #52 writtenby: Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit album: Gerald Alston	Gerald Alston	I Can't Tell You Why	1989	Motown
625	recordlabel: Motown 374631208 chartposition: RandB #52 weeksinr&bchart: 16 writtenby: Darin Whittington and Felicia Adams album: Read My Lips	Felicia Adams	Thinking About You	1994	Motown
626	recordlabel: Motown 1801 chartposition: RandB #53 writtenby: Glen Barbee, Isaias Gamboa and Leon Sylvers III album: More Than You Can Handle	Lushus Daim & the Pretty Vain	More Than You Can Handle	1985	Motown
627	recordlabel: Motown 1419 chartposition: RandB #53, US Dance #9 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr album: Give and Take comments: [Motown Sound]	The Dynamic Superiors	Nowhere to Run	1977	Motown
628	recordlabel: Motown 1355 chartposition: RandB #53 writtenby: Lamont Dozier album: California Sunset comments: [Motown Sound]	The Originals	Good Lovin' Is Just a Dime Away	1975	Motown
629	recordlabel: Motown 1933 chartposition: RandB #53 writtenby: Otis Williams, Ron Tyson and Victor Carstarphen album: Together Again comments: [ballad]	The Temptations	Do You Wanna Go with Me	1988	Motown
630	recordlabel: Motown 1365 chartposition: RandB #53 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford (as Nick Ashford) and Valerie Simpson comments: [Motown Sound]	The Dynamic Superiors	Deception	1975	Motown
631	recordlabel: Motown 21428 chartposition: RandB #53 writtenby: Dallas Austin and Novel (as Alonzo 'Novel' Stevenson) album: Diary of a Mad Black Woman soundtrack	India.Arie	Purify Me	2005	Motown
632	recordlabel: Motown 1935 chartposition: RandB #53 writtenby: Mitch McDowell, Rodney Trotter and Craig Owen album: Kiss Serious	Chico DeBarge	Kiss Serious	1988	Motown
633	recordlabel: Motown 1520 chartposition: US #106 writtenby: Ollie E. Brown album: Billy Preston and Syreeta comments: [Motown Sound]	Billy Preston & Syreeta	Searchin'	1981	Motown
634	recordlabel: Motown 937 chartposition: RandB #54 writtenby: Theo Peoples album: Phoenix Rising comments: [ballad]	The Temptations	This Is My Promise	1999	Motown
635	recordlabel: Motown 1649 chartposition: RandB #54 writtenby: Benny Medina, Cliff Liles, Kerry Gordy and William E. Bickelhaupt album: Let Me Tickle Your Fancy comments: [disco dance]	Jermaine Jackson	Very Special Part	1982	Motown
636	recordlabel: Motown 1637 chartposition: RandB #55, US Dance #29 writtenby: Willie Hutch album: In And Out (UK compilation) comments: [disco funk]	Willie Hutch	In and Out	1982	Motown
637	recordlabel: Motown 1668 chartposition: RandB #55 writtenby: Ozone album: Glasses comments: [disco funk]	Ozone	Strutt My Thang	1983	Motown
638	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 1039 chartposition: RandB #55 writtenby: Michael Smith album: Love's on the Menu comments: [Motown Sound]	Jerry Butler	The Devil in Mrs. Jones	1976	Tamla Motown
639	recordlabel: Motown 56233 chartposition: RandB #55	Chico DeBarge	Soopaman Lover	1999	Motown
640	recordlabel: Motown 1178 chartposition: US #112 writtenby: Ivy Jo Hunter and William album: David comments: [Motown Sound]	David Ruffin	Don't Stop Loving Me	1971	Motown
641	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
642	recordlabel: Motown 1837 chartposition: RandB #63, US AC #28 writtenby: Henry Mancini and Dennis Lambert album: To Be Continuedâ€¦	The Temptations	A Fine Mess	1986	Motown
643	recordlabel: Motown 530 206 chartposition: RandB #56 album: Provocative comments: [slow jam]	Johnny Gill	Let's Just Run Away	1992	Motown
644	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 664 chartposition: US #113 writtenby: Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield album: Ruff'n Ready / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) comments: [Motown Sound]	Jimmy Ruffin	Don't Let Him Take Your Love from Me	1968	Tamla Motown
645	recordlabel: Motown 156409 chartposition: RandB #57 writtenby: Joseph Thomas and Joshua Thompson album: Whispers in the Dark comments: [slow jam]	Profyle	Whispers in the Dark	2000	Motown
646	recordlabel: Motown 1993 chartposition: RandB #57 album: Messages from the Boys	The Boys	Happy	1989	Motown
647	recordlabel: Motown 0937 chartposition: RandB #57 writtenby: Darcy Aldridge, Rex Rideout, Ronnie Garrett and Tony Kurtis album: Phoenix Rising comments: [slow jam]	The Temptations	How Could He Hurt You	1999	Motown
648	recordlabel: Motown 1768 chartposition: RandB #57 writtenby: Sue Shifrin, Susan Pomerantz and Thomas McClary album: Thomas McClary comments: [Motown Sound]	Thomas McClary	Thin Walls	1984	Motown
649	recordlabel: Motown 0121567721 chartposition: RandB #58 writtenby: Missy Elliott (as Melissa Elliott), Eric Seats and Rapture Stewart album: 702	702	Gotta Leave	2000	Motown
650	recordlabel: Motown 218801 chartposition: RandB #58 writtenby: Esther Dean, Traci C. Hale, MÃ½a, Jevon Sims and Tricky Stewart album: Liberation	Mya	Ridin'	2007	Motown
651	recordlabel: Motown 41123 chartposition: RandB #59 writtenby: Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers album: Chico DeBarge	Chico DeBarge	The Girl Next Door	1987	Motown
652	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 651 chartposition: UK #59 writtenby: Smokey Robinson (as William comments: [Motown Sound]	Chuck Jackson	Girls Girls Girls	1968	Tamla Motown
653	recordlabel: Motown 1893 chartposition: RandB #59 writtenby: Corey Blake album: Blake and Hines	Blake & Hines	Road Dog	1987	Motown
654	recordlabel: Motown 17778 chartposition: US dance #39 writtenby: Georgio album: Georgio	Georgio	Romantic Love	1989	Motown
655	recordlabel: Motown 1600 chartposition: RandB #60 writtenby: Jermaine Jackson album: I Like Your Style / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12 comments: [ballad]	Jermaine Jackson	Paradise in Your Eyes	1982	Motown
656	recordlabel: Motown 422860652 chartposition: RandB #60 writtenby: Sherri Blair and Sprague album: This Time	Taral	Distant Lover	1997	Motown
657	recordlabel: Motown 1411 chartposition: RandB #60 writtenby: Willie Hutch album: Color Her Sunshine / In And Out (UK compilation) comments: [Motown Sound]	Willie Hutch	Shake It, Shake It	1976	Motown
658	recordlabel: Motown 1323 chartposition: RandB #60 writtenby: Norman Whitfield album: The Bitch Is Black comments: [Motown Sound]	Yvonne Fair	Walk Out the Door If You Wanna	1974	Motown
659	recordlabel: Motown 158490 chartposition: RandB #61 weeksinr&bchart: 18 comments: [slow jam]	BeBe featuring Brian McKnight & Joe	Coming Back Home	2000	Motown
660	recordlabel: Motown 104917 chartposition: RandB #61 writtenby: Lance Alexander and Tony Tolbert album: 21...Ways to Grow comments: [slow jam]	Shanice Wilson	I Wish	1994	Motown
661	recordlabel: Motown 1359 chartposition: RandB #61 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Colin England, Jorge album: Colin England	Colin England	I Got What You Need	1991	Motown
662	recordlabel: Motown 1489 chartposition: RandB #61 writtenby: Dee Harvey and Tena Clark album: Just As I Am comments: [slow jam]	Dee Harvey	Leave Well Enough Alone	1991	Motown
663	recordlabel: Motown 1772 chartposition: RandB #65, US #108 writtenby: Curtis Anthony Nolen and Peter Rafelson album: Captured	Rockwell	He's a Cobra	1985	Motown
664	recordlabel: Motown 0121575841 chartposition: RandB #62 writtenby: Sparkle and Steve Huff album: Told You So	Sparkle	It's a Fact	2000	Motown
665	recordlabel: Motown 1759 chartposition: RandB #62 writtenby: Recco Philmore and Chris Powell album: KoKo Pop comments: [Motown Sound]	KoKo-Pop	I'm in Love with You	1984	Motown
666	recordlabel: Motown 4666 chartposition: RandB #63 writtenby: Joyce Fenderella Irby album: Maximum Thrust	Joyce Fenderella Irby	She's Not My Lover	1989	Motown
667	recordlabel: Motown 1680 chartposition: RandB #63 writtenby: Eric Fearman, Kwame Heshimu and Bobby Harris album: On the One comments: [funk]	Dazz Band	Party Right Here	1983	Motown
668	recordlabel: Motown 1530 chartposition: RandB #63 writtenby: Leon Ware and Arthur Ross album: Jose Feliciano / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12	Jose Feliciano	I Wanna Be Where You Are	1981	Motown
669	recordlabel: Motown 1040 chartposition: US #129 writtenby: Clarence Paul album: The Supremes Sing Country and Western and Pop comments: [Motown Sound]	The Supremes (with Diana Ross)	My Heart Can't Take It No More	1963	Motown
670	recordlabel: Motown 44548 chartposition: RandB #64 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Kelvin Bradshaw, Lloyd Turner, Walter Scott and Timmy Arthur	Basic Black	Whatever It Takes	1991	Motown
671	recordlabel: Motown 1292 chartposition: RandB #64 writtenby: Willie Hutch album: Foxy Brown OST / In And Out (UK compilation) comments: [Motown Sound]	Willie Hutch	Theme of Foxy Brown	1974	Motown
672	recordlabel: Motown 1316 chartposition: RandB #64 writtenby: Frank Johnson and Terry Woodford comments: [Motown Sound]	Thelma Houston	You've Been Doing Wrong for So Long	1974	Motown
673	recordlabel: Motown 156315 chartposition: RandB #65 writtenby: Jon John (as Jonathan Robinson), Rick Cousin, Joey Elias and Juvenile (as Terius Grey) album: Whispers in the Dark	Profyle	I Ain't the One	1999	Motown
674	recordlabel: Motown 1500 chartposition: RandB #65, US Dance #75 writtenby: Michael Calhoun album: Invitation to Love comments: [Motown Sound]	Dazz Band	Shake It Up	1980	Motown
675	recordlabel: Motown 1831 chartposition: RandB #65 writtenby: Troy Johnson album: Getting A Grip On Love comments: [ballad]	Troy Johnson	It's You	1986	Motown
676	recordlabel: Motown 1695 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Bobby Nunn album: Private Party comments: [disco funk]	Bobby Nunn	Private Party	1983	Motown
677	recordlabel: Motown 1428 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #66 writtenby: R. Davis, R. Brown and S. Floyd album: Give and Take comments: [Motown Sound]	The Dynamic Superiors	You're What I Need	1977	Motown
678	recordlabel: Motown 1437 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Harold Johnson comments: [Motown Sound]	The 5th Dimension	You Are the Reason (I Feel Like Dancing)	1978	Motown
679	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
680	recordlabel: Motown 1416 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #67 writtenby: W. Hutch album: Havin' A House Party	Willie Hutch	I Never Had It So Good	1977	Motown
681	recordlabel: Motown 81533 chartposition: RandB #67 album: Intimate comments: [love ballad]	Smokey Robinson	Easy to Love	1999	Motown
682	recordlabel: Motown 1004 chartposition: RandB #68 writtenby: Dee Harvey, Gary Prim and Tena Clark album: Just As I Am comments: [slow jam]	Dee Harvey	Just As I Am	1992	Motown
683	recordlabel: Motown 927 chartposition: US AC #34 writtenby: Pam Reswick and Steve Werfel album: Love, Smokey	Smokey Robinson	Take Me Through the Night	1990	Motown
684	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
685	recordlabel: Motown 72768 chartposition: RandB #68 writtenby: Jeff Franzel, Nina Ossoff and Porter Carroll album: Milestone comments: [slow jam]	The Temptations	Hoops of Fire	1992	Motown
686	recordlabel: Motown 1623 chartposition: RandB #68 writtenby: Skip Scarborough album: Love Changes comments: [Motown Sound]	O.C. Smith	Love Changes	1982	Motown
687	recordlabel: Motown/Illtown 3145307511 chartposition: RandB #69 album: Saturday Night	Zhané	Saturday Night	1997	Motown/Illtown
688	recordlabel: Motown 1471 chartposition: RandB #69 writtenby: L. Smokey Bates, Percy Bady and Ray Fuller album: Open Invitation comments: [slow jam]	Gerald Alston with Brenda Russell	Tell Me This Night Won't End	1991	Motown
689	recordlabel: Motown 1216 chartposition: RandB #69 writtenby: Fred Karlin and Dean Pitchford album: Loving Couples: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from Loving Couples comments: [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	Take Me Away	1980	Motown
690	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 950 chartposition: RandB #69 writtenby: Greg Wright and Karin Patterson album: The Supremes comments: [Motown Sound]	The Supremes	He's My Man	1975	Tamla Motown
691	recordlabel: Motown 6853 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Nick Cannon, Antoine Battle and Dr. Freeze (as Elliot Straite)	Nick Cannon Featuring Izzy	Dime Piece	2006	Motown
692	recordlabel: Universal Motown 217061 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Christopher album: Liberation	Mya	Ayo	2006	Universal Motown
693	recordlabel: Motown 374636345 chartposition: RandB #70 weeksinr&bchart: 7 album: Sweet As It Comes comments: [ballad]	Nikita Germaine	Sweet as It Comes	1993	Motown
694	recordlabel: Motown 1287 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Willie Hutch and Richard Hutch album: Fully Exposed / In And Out (UK compilation) comments: [Motown Sound]	Willie Hutch	If You Ain't Got No Money (You Can't Get No Honey) Pt I	1974	Motown
695	recordlabel: Motown 1924 chartposition: RandB #71 writtenby: Darryl Duncan album: Heaven comments: [instrumental]	Darryl Duncan	James Brown (Pt.1)	1987	Motown
696	recordlabel: Motown 1838 chartposition: RandB #71 writtenby: Romeo album: Fizzy Qwick	Fizzy Qwick	Hangin Out	1986	Motown
697	recordlabel: Motown 1435 writtenby: Van McCoy album: In My Stride / David Ruffin At His Best comments: [Motown Sound]	David Ruffin	You're My Peace of Mind	1978	Motown
698	recordlabel: Motown 20938 1 chartposition: RandB #71 writtenby: Stevie Wonder	Joe (Lewis Thomas) ft. Mr. Cheeks	That Girl	2003	Motown
699	recordlabel: Motown 1827 chartposition: RandB #71 writtenby: Gary Taylor album: That Look	Alfie Silas	Just Gets Better with Time	1986	Motown
700	recordlabel: Motown 374631107 chartposition: RandB #72 weeksinr&bchart: 8 album: Out of Control	Colin England	Come Over, Baby	1993	Motown

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