| 1 |
recordlabel: ZTT 1
chartposition: RandB #90, UK #51
writtenby: Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik (as Jonathan Jeczalik), Gary Langan and Paul Morley
album: Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?
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| 2 |
recordlabel: World Trade 1000
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Leroy Burgess and Sonny T. Davenport (as Sonny Davenport)
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Winner 01 (UK)
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: A. Davis
album: Fresh
comments: [Reggae]
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recordlabel: Wilbe 85 201
writtenby: William Bell, Joe Shamwell, Homer Banks
album: Passion
comments: re recording
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recordlabel: Wilbe 85 201
writtenby: William Bell, Albert Burroughs
album: Passion
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 9103
chartposition: UK #97
writtenby: Donna Summer and Michael Omartian
album: Cats without Claws
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 9097 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #14, US dance #1, US #60
writtenby: Mic Murphy & David Frank
album: I Feel for You
comments: [disco, dance, boogie] Â
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 29331
chartposition: RandB #91
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 29042
chartposition: UK #60
writtenby: Charles Trenet and Jack Lawrence
album: 20/20
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28998
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #60, US #7, US dance #5,
writtenby: Prince
album: Around the World in a Day
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28955
chartposition: RandB #36, US #102
writtenby: Prince
album: Romance 1600
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Warner 7 29079
chartposition: RandB #40, US #25
writtenby: Prince
album: Purple Rain
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| 8 |
recordlabel: Warner 29123
chartposition: RandB #79
album: The Saga Continues...
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| 9 |
recordlabel: Warner 29094
chartposition: RandB #33, US dance #6, US #36
writtenby: Prince & Jesse Johnson
album: Ice Cream Castle
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| 10 |
recordlabel: Warner 29087
chartposition: RandB #66, US #103
writtenby: Al Green and Mabon Hodges
album: Straight to the Heart
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| 11 |
recordlabel: Warner 29077
chartposition: RandB #39, US #106, UK #87
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Preston Glass
album: The Nature of Things
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| 12 |
recordlabel: Warner 29049
chartposition: RandB #35, US #88, US Dance #38
album: B Movie Matinee
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| 13 |
recordlabel: Warner 29042
chartposition: RandB #24, US #102, UK #93, US AC #7
writtenby: Michael Sembello, Cruz Sembello and Dan Sembello (as Danny Sembello)
album: 20/20
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Warner 29025
chartposition: RandB #15, US #60, UK #77, US AC 16
writtenby: David Foster, Tom Keane and Cynthia Weil
album: I Feel for You
comments: [ballad]
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| 15 |
recordlabel: Warner 29024
chartposition: US Dance #18
writtenby: David Spradley, Evan Rogers and Ted Currier
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| 16 |
recordlabel: Warner 29017
chartposition: RandB #82, US Dance #21
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Preston Glass
album: The Nature of Things
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recordlabel: Warner 28980
writtenby: Roger Troutman, Sugarfoot
album: Sugar Kiss
comments: [funk]
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Warner 28969
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
album: 20/20
comments: [ballad]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Warner 28969
chartposition: UK #76
writtenby: Clif Magness, Tom Keane and Mark Mueller
album: 20/20
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Warner 28949
chartposition: RandB #85, US #11, UK #48, US Dance #6
writtenby: Green Gartside and David Gamson
album: Cupid and Psyche 85
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Warner 28923
chartposition: RandB #18, UK #80, US dance #30
writtenby: Charlie Midnight and Dan Hartman
album: Krush Groove: Music from the Original Motion Picture Sound Track
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Warner 28899
chartposition: RandB #3, US #65, US dance #14
writtenby: Morris Day
album: The Color of Success
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Warner 28893
chartposition: US Dance #21
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen
album: The Nature of Things
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Warner 28860
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: David Williams and Patrick Leonard
album: Masterpiece
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| 8 |
recordlabel: Warner 28843
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Kool Rock Ski, Buff Love, DMC, DJ Run, Kurtis Blow, Prince Markie Dee, Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons
album: Krush Groove Music From The Original Motion Picture
comments: [hip hop] (Fat Boys, Run D.M.C., Sheila E. and Kurtis Blow)
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| 9 |
recordlabel: Warner 28819
chartposition: AC #15
writtenby: Michael Franks
album: Skin Dive
comments: [smooth jazz]
mpcode: ACIKGVwJLs8
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| 10 |
recordlabel: Warner 28809
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Morris Day
album: The Color of Success
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Warner 28729
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Morris Day
album: The Color of Success
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recordlabel: Warner 25168
writtenby: Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman
album: Sugar Kiss
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Warlock 001
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Gregory Charley
album: To Change and / or Make a Difference
comments: [ballad]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: WEA 6
chartposition: RandB #54, UK #6, US #5, US dance #10, US AC #38, US rock #21
writtenby: Howard Jones
album: Dream into Action
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| 3 |
recordlabel: WEA 32 (UK)
chartposition: UK #94
writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Change of Heart
comments: [love ballad]
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| 4 |
recordlabel: WEA 259 145
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Robbie Buchanan
album: High Crime
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Virgin 822 (UK)
chartposition: UK #78
writtenby: Eric van Tijn and Jochim Fluitsima
album: Mai Tai
comments: [ballad]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Virgin 807 (UK)
chartposition: UK #80
writtenby: Stabbins, Booth
album: Working Nights
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Virgin 801 (UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Jochim Fluitsima and Eric van Tijn
album: Mai Tai
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Virgin 795 (UK)
chartposition: UK #59
writtenby: David Bowie
album: So Where Are You?
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Virgin 775 (UK)
chartposition: UK #82
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Virgin 761 (UK)
chartposition: UK #16
writtenby: Carl Mcintosh, Steve Nichol and Jane Eugene
album: So Where Are You?
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Virgin 759 (UK)
chartposition: UK #83
writtenby: Simon Booth
album: Working Nights
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| 12 |
recordlabel: Virgin 745 (UK)
chartposition: UK #93
writtenby: Marvin Gaye, James Nyx
album: Working Nights
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| 13 |
recordlabel: Virgin 744 (UK)
chartposition: UK #86
writtenby: S. Ward, M. Ward
album: Into the Hot
comments: [jazz funk]
mpcode: edKA3U7O_2w
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Virgin 718 (UK)
chartposition: UK #93
writtenby: I Level
album: Shake
comments: [funk jazz]
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recordlabel: Virgin 601711 (UK)
writtenby: I Level
album: Shake
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Vanguard 82
chartposition: US Dance #6
writtenby: Alexandra Forbes
album: Alisha
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Vanguard 35262
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #75, UK #67, US #68
writtenby: Greg Brown
album: Alisha
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Urban Sound 785
chartposition: RandB #64
album: You Got Me Running
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Urban Sound 780
chartposition: RandB #76
album: You Got Me Running
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recordlabel: Urban Rock 919
writtenby: Ray Arlen
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recordlabel: Unidisc 190
writtenby: Michael Burton
album: Superstar
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| 1 |
recordlabel: UK Bubblers 2 (UK)
chartposition: UK #97
writtenby: Tippa Irie (as Anthony Henry)
album: Is It Really Happening to Me
comments: [reggae]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Tuckwood 105
chartposition: RandB #72, UK #27
writtenby: Marcel T. East, Ralph Johnson and Eric "Rico" Reed
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recordlabel: Trey Records
writtenby: W. Smith, A. Ponder
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Total Experience 85711
writtenby: J. Ellis
album: Lately
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: f9cYP7V8PJY
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 49965
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Jimmy Hamilton and Maurice Hayes
album: Backed Up Against the Wall
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recordlabel: Total Experience 49899
writtenby: M. Jenkins
album: Lately
comments: [ballad]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2434
chartposition: UK #80
writtenby: Jonah Ellis
album: Lately
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2427
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Jonah Ellis
album: Gap Band VII
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recordlabel: Total Experience 2426
writtenby: V. Hill, W. King, B. Spears, B. Young
album: Backed Up Against The Wall
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2424
chartposition: RandB #75
weeksinr&bchart: 5
album: Billy and Baby Gap
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2418
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: Charlie Wilson
album: Gap Band VI
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2413
chartposition: RandB #42, US dance #24
writtenby: Jonah Ellis
album: Pennye
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2412
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Raymond Calhoun
album: Gap Band VI
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2405
chartposition: RandB #2, US #103, US Dance #66
writtenby: Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons and Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band VI
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2404
chartposition: RandB #25, US dance #49
writtenby: Oliver Scott and Pennye Ford
album: Pennye
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Tommy Brown 871
chartposition: RandB #20
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 877
chartposition: US dance #10
writtenby: Murat Konar
album: Information Society
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 854
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Whiz Kid, Monica Lynch and Steve Knutson
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 850
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Michael Jonzun
album: Down to Earth
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 286
chartposition: RandB #13, US #105
writtenby: The Force M.D.'s, Robin Halpin and Steinski
album: Love Letters
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Time 9 (UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Barrington Levy
album: Here I Come
comments: [reggae]
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: The New York Music 1202
chartposition: RandB #84, US Dance #37
writtenby: Trevor Lawrence and Frank Musker
album: In the Evening
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Tent 40445 (UK)
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Nick Trevisick and Paul Gurvitz
album: Luxury of Life
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Tent 40354 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #9, UK #25, US Dance #30
writtenby: Bernard Oattes and Rob van Schaik
album: Luxury of Life
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Ten Records 74
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #54, US Dance #14
writtenby: Tony Henry
album: Children of the Night
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: Ten Records 70
chartposition: UK #93
writtenby: China Burton
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: Ten Records 54 (UK)
chartposition: UK #85
album: Like I Like It
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Tempre 1835
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Eddie Levert
album: I Get Hot
comments: [slow jam]
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recordlabel: Tear Drop 3495
writtenby: Jerry Jenkins, Charles Gibbs
comments: [southern soul]
mpcode: 1_KsLdV1k8w
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recordlabel: Team Records 1001
writtenby: Leo Graham
album: Love Don't Change Overnight
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Tamla 1817
chartposition: RandB #2, US #10, US dance #1, US AC #1, UK #67
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: In Square Circle
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Tamla 1808
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: In Square Circle
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Tabu 6623
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: High Priority
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recordlabel: Tabu 39331
writtenby: M. Moir
album: Alexander O\'Neal
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: nC9Zc1KIKMY
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| --- |
recordlabel: Tabu 39331
writtenby: M. Moir
album: Alexander O\'Neal
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: 0gCGdBpyMfs
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recordlabel: Tabu 39331
writtenby: J. Harris III, T. Lewis
album: Alexander O\'Neal
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: 7AWS0CRFSzg
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Tabu 05767
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #6, US #26, US dance #13
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: High Priority
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Tabu 05646
chartposition: RandB #62, UK #53
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris) & Terry Lewis
album: Alexander O'Neal
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Tabu 05418
chartposition: RandB #17, UK #13
writtenby: Monte Moir
album: Alexander O'Neal
comments: [love ballad] [slow jam]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Tabu 04718
chartposition: RandB #11, US #101
writtenby: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: Alexander O'Neal
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: TBA 705
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Greg Phillinganes and Lionel Richie
album: Dancing in the Sun
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: T.T.E.D. 205
chartposition: RandB #58, US Dance #28
writtenby: A. Williams, C. Jones, D. Pearson
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Sutra 802
chartposition: US Dance #23
writtenby: Andy Tripoli
album: Nayobe
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Sutra 148
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Kurtis Blow
album: The Fat Boys Are Back
comments: [hip hop]
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| 9 |
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]
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