| 401 |
recordlabel: Warner 28819
chartposition: AC #15
writtenby: Michael Franks
album: Skin Dive
comments: [smooth jazz]
mpcode: ACIKGVwJLs8
|
| 402 |
recordlabel: RCA 14203
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Belinda Wilson and Richard Dimples Fields
album: 9.9
|
| 403 |
recordlabel: Simba 101 (UK)
chartposition: UK #91
writtenby: Aswad
album: To The Top
comments: [reggae]
|
| 404 |
recordlabel: Motown 1794
chartposition: RandB #82, UK #94
writtenby: Michael Lovesmith
album: Rhymes of Passion
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 405 |
recordlabel: Ten Records 70
chartposition: UK #93
writtenby: China Burton
|
| 406 |
recordlabel: Virgin 718 (UK)
chartposition: UK #93
writtenby: I Level
album: Shake
comments: [funk jazz]
|
| 407 |
recordlabel: Virgin 745 (UK)
chartposition: UK #93
writtenby: Marvin Gaye, James Nyx
album: Working Nights
|
| 408 |
recordlabel: Solar 69638
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Bill Simmons, Bo Watson, Melvin Gentry, Reggie Calloway and Vincent Calloway
album: Planetary Invasion
|
| 409 |
recordlabel: WEA 32 (UK)
chartposition: UK #94
writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Change of Heart
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 410 |
recordlabel: RCA 474 (UK)
chartposition: UK #93
writtenby: Clif Magness and Glen Ballard
album: So Romantic
|
| 411 |
recordlabel: Private I 04819
chartposition: RandB #87, US dance #31
writtenby: Eric Kaz and Marvin Morrow
|
| 412 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5421
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Ronnie Laws
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 413 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04873
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Kevin Walker, Pamela Phillips Oland and Wilmer Raglin
album: Life
comments: [ballad]
|
| 414 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28955
chartposition: RandB #36, US #102
writtenby: Prince
album: Romance 1600
|
| 415 |
recordlabel: Warner 28893
chartposition: US Dance #21
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen
album: The Nature of Things
|
| 416 |
recordlabel: Record Shack 39 (UK)
chartposition: UK #97
writtenby: Jacques Morali, Frederick Zarr and Bruce Vilanch
album: Sex Over the Phone
|
| 417 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 9103
chartposition: UK #97
writtenby: Donna Summer and Michael Omartian
album: Cats without Claws
|
| 418 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05395
chartposition: RandB #79, US Dance #32
writtenby: B Fine, Shy Shy, Paul Anthony, Bow Legged, Curt T T and Baby Gee
album: Full Force
|
| 419 |
recordlabel: Warner 29087
chartposition: RandB #66, US #103
writtenby: Al Green and Mabon Hodges
album: Straight to the Heart
|
| 420 |
recordlabel: UK Bubblers 2 (UK)
chartposition: UK #97
writtenby: Tippa Irie (as Anthony Henry)
album: Is It Really Happening to Me
comments: [reggae]
|
| 421 |
recordlabel: Motown 40099
chartposition: US Dance #21
writtenby: Rockwell, Janet Cole, Antoine Green, Curtis Anthony Nolen, John Duarte and Frank Busey
album: Captured
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 422 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 143 (UK)
chartposition: UK #97
writtenby: Melvin Glover, Furious Five
album: Grandmaster Melle Mel and The Furious Five
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 423 |
recordlabel: Motown 1826
chartposition: RandB #33
writtenby: Joey Gallo and Lushus Daim
album: More Than You Can Handle
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 424 |
recordlabel: Cooltempo 114 (UK)
chartposition: UK #99
writtenby: Sonique, Ernie McKone, Everton McCalla
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 425 |
recordlabel: Cooltempo 106(UK)
chartposition: UK #100
writtenby: Ken Kessie and Morey Goldstein
album: M 1015
comments: [disco, dance]
|
| 426 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 140
chartposition: UK #99
writtenby: Tony Fisher, Robert Reed and James Avery
album: Say What?
|
| 427 |
recordlabel: Streetwave 43 (UK)
chartposition: UK #99
writtenby: Leon Bryant
album: Who Do You Love?
|
| 428 |
recordlabel: Sutra 139
chartposition: RandB #38, US #101
writtenby: Kurtis Blow, Prince Markie Dee, Buff Love , Kool Rock Ski and D. Ogrin
album: Fat Boys
|
| 429 |
recordlabel: Ariola 107 698
chartposition: UK #99
writtenby: Miles Waters and Peter Vale
album: Trilogy
|
| 430 |
recordlabel: Record Shack 41 (UK)
chartposition: UK #100
writtenby: Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench
album: Standing at the Crossroads
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 431 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1816
chartposition: RandB #79, US Dance #33
writtenby: Rick James
album: Only Four You
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 432 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5440
chartposition: RandB #60, UK #66, US Dance #47
writtenby: Timmy Allen and Paul Laurence (as Paul Jones)
album: All of You
|
| 433 |
recordlabel: Megatone 135
chartposition: US dance #22
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert
comments: [disco, dance]
|
| 434 |
recordlabel: Warner 28729
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Morris Day
album: The Color of Success
|
| 435 |
recordlabel: RCA 14154
chartposition: US #104
writtenby: Alejandro Monroy, Carlos Villa and Mary Lynne Pagán
album: Menudo
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 436 |
recordlabel: Cotillion Fback 1
chartposition: RandB #79, UK #69
writtenby: Bill Curtis, Gerry Thomas and Robert Damper
album: So Delicious
|
| 437 |
recordlabel: Philly World 99662
chartposition: RandB #75, US #103
writtenby: Donald R. Robinson, Eddie D and Lawrence Goodman
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 438 |
recordlabel: Arista 9415
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Kashif
album: Condition of the Heart
|
| 439 |
recordlabel: Private I 04736
chartposition: RandB #34, US Dance #39
writtenby: Michael Bolton and Doug James
album: Heavenly Bodies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [ballad]
|
| 440 |
recordlabel: EMI 5514 (UK)
chartposition: UK #68
writtenby: Jimmy Ruffin
|
| 441 |
recordlabel: Sutra 802
chartposition: US Dance #23
writtenby: Andy Tripoli
album: Nayobe
|
| 442 |
recordlabel: Entertain. Co. 05428
chartposition: RandB #76, US #107
writtenby: Jesse Winchester
album: Big Girls Don't Cry
|
| 443 |
recordlabel: Mirage 99651
chartposition: RandB #48, US #105
writtenby: George Jackson
album: Yo Little Brother
|
| 444 |
recordlabel: Heat 2022
chartposition: RandB #48, US #108
writtenby: Gerald Mims
comments: [ballad]
|
| 445 |
recordlabel: Elektra 5082
chartposition: RandB #36
writtenby: David Wolinski
album: Take No Prisoners
|
| 446 |
recordlabel: Motown 40369 (UK)
chartposition: UK #75
writtenby: Michael Lovesmith
album: Rhymes of Passion
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 447 |
recordlabel: Prelude 103
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Mick Jones [Foreigner] and Lou Gramm (uncredited)
|
| 448 |
recordlabel: The New York Music 1202
chartposition: RandB #84, US Dance #37
writtenby: Trevor Lawrence and Frank Musker
album: In the Evening
|
| 449 |
recordlabel: Polydor 881 767
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Charlie Singleton
album: If Looks Could Kill
comments: [ballad]
|
| 450 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 50021
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Walter Sigler, James Sigler
album: Love Fever
comments: [ballad]
|
| 451 |
recordlabel: MDM 12
chartposition: US Dance #25
writtenby: Andy Lerner, Craig Peyton and Nelson Cruz
|
| 452 |
recordlabel: Carrere 353 (UK)
chartposition: US dance #26
writtenby: J. Vincent Edwards, Steve O'Donnell and Colin Jennings
album: You Make Me Feel Brand New
comments: [disco, dance]
|
| 453 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05288
chartposition: US Dance #26
writtenby: Billy Livsey and Terry Britten
|
| 454 |
recordlabel: Private I 05565
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: Charles Allen and John Hill
album: The Staple Singers
|
| 455 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5460
chartposition: RandB #85, US Dance #40
album: Mirror
|
| 456 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 850
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Michael Jonzun
album: Down to Earth
|
| 457 |
recordlabel: Epic 05377
chartposition: US AC #20
writtenby: D. Kuramoto
album: Another Place
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 458 |
recordlabel: Sunnyview 3028
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Amos Larkins II and Inez J. Stone
album: Connie
|
| 459 |
recordlabel: Private I 05422
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Jerry Barnes and Katreese Barnes
album: It Takes Two
|
| 460 |
recordlabel: CBS 05427
chartposition: RandB #89, US Dance #41
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel
album: Tenita
|
| 461 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1806
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Rick James
album: Glow
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 462 |
recordlabel: Spring 3043
chartposition: US dance #28
writtenby: Peter Foldy and Joel Wertman
comments: [disco funk]
mpcode: NEq6pkXdofI
|
| 463 |
recordlabel: WEA 259 145
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Robbie Buchanan
album: High Crime
|
| 464 |
recordlabel: Qwest 28874
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Barry Hankerson, Carvin Winans and Marvin Winans
album: Let My People Go
|
| 465 |
recordlabel: Elekra 5058
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack and Bobby Womack
album: Radio M.U.S.C. Man
|
| 466 |
recordlabel: Private I 04794
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Shaundre Dream and Marquis Dair
|
| 467 |
recordlabel: Select 62256
chartposition: RandB #44
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 468 |
recordlabel: AandM 2724
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Geoffrey Leib and Jeffrey Osborne
album: Don't Stop
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 469 |
recordlabel: Reality 239
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Charles Pettiford, Gregory Wigfall and Richard Fowler
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 470 |
recordlabel: MCA 52516
chartposition: RandB #45
album: Rockie Robbins
|
| 471 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04733
chartposition: RandB #51, US Dance #45
writtenby: Michael Cooper, Richie Daley, Steven
album: Sense of Purpose
|
| 472 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2427
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Jonah Ellis
album: Gap Band VII
|
| 473 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05424
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Watching You Watching Me
|
| 474 |
recordlabel: Pop Art 1413
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: C. James, S. Denton
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 475 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89581
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Sam Bostic
album: Circuitry starring Sam Bostic
|
| 476 |
recordlabel: Jive 9371
chartposition: US Dance #31
album: Escape
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 477 |
recordlabel: Constellation 52714
chartposition: RandB #47
album: Meeting in the Ladies Room
|
| 478 |
recordlabel: Mercury 884 189
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: C. Martin, V. Ross Redding and M. Madden
|
| 479 |
recordlabel: Sleeping Bag 16
chartposition: US Dance #31
writtenby: Kurtis Mantronik and Tricky Tee
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 480 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 314 512 969
chartposition: US Dance #32
album: Funkyworld: The Best Of Lipps, Inc.
|
| 481 |
recordlabel: Pandisc 012
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: John St. John
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 482 |
recordlabel: Paula 1244
chartposition: RandB #72, US Dance #48
writtenby: Rory Sizemore and Rick Sizemore
|
| 483 |
recordlabel: Jive 9421
chartposition: US AC #24
writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Suddenly
comments: [ballad]
|
| 484 |
recordlabel: Pop Art 1408
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Roxanne Shante and Marley Marl
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 485 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 99646
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Barry Alfanzo, Dennis Matkosky and Bill Neale
album: Chemistry
|
| 486 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05613
chartposition: RandB #49
album: You Might Be Surprised
|
| 487 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5507
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Paul Laurence, Soony Moore and Freddie Jackson
album: Haven't You Heard
|
| 488 |
recordlabel: MCA 52709
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Bobby Womack
album: So Many Rivers
|
| 489 |
recordlabel: Sutra 147
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Kool Rock Ski, Buff Love, Davy D , Kurtis Blow and Prince Markie Dee
album: The Fat Boys Are Back
comments: [reggae, hip hop]
|
| 490 |
recordlabel: Elektra 69585
chartposition: RandB #63, US AC #26
writtenby: Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow
album: Take No Prisoners
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 491 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 99635
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Michael Masser and Randy Goodrum
album: I'm Not the Same Girl
|
| 492 |
recordlabel: MCA 52699
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Dave Roberson
album: Wrap Your Body
comments: [ballad]
|
| 493 |
recordlabel: SuperTronics 009
chartposition: US Dance #35
writtenby: Boyd Jarvis and Walter Briggins Jr.
|
| 494 |
recordlabel: Motown 1801
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Glen Barbee, Isaias Gamboa and Leon Sylvers III
album: More Than You Can Handle
|
| 495 |
recordlabel: Island 99660
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Katreese Barnes and Jerry Barnes
album: Just for You
comments: [ballad]
|
| 496 |
recordlabel: Profile 7080
chartposition: RandB #53
album: King of Rock
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 497 |
recordlabel: Modern 96841
chartposition: US dance #36
writtenby: Diane Steinberg and Marti Sharron
album: Dangerous
|
| 498 |
recordlabel: RCA 14157
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Richard Dimples Fields, Belinda Wilson and John Pilla
album: Dark Gable
comments: [funk]
|
| 499 |
recordlabel: Elektra 5052
chartposition: RandB #54
album: They Said It Couldn't Be Done
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 500 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05442
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: Dream of a Lifetime
comments: [ballad]
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