Soul R&B Music Charts of 1984 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1984 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1984, sorted by the most popular or best selling 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 label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1984, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1984 . . .

The following songs were released in 1984 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 1984 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: MCA 31691 chartposition: UK #23 writtenby: Frederick Waite and Lamont Dozier album: Different Style comments: [reggae]	Musical Youth	Sixteen	1984	MCA
602	recordlabel: CBS 4568 chartposition: RandB #47 writtenby: Stan Sheppard, Chauncey Matthews and Billy Sheppard album: Skool Boyz [1984 album] comments: [disco funk]	Skool Boyz	Slip Away	1984	CBS
603	recordlabel: Private I 04583 chartposition: RandB #22, US #109, UK #78, US Dance #4 writtenby: Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth album: Turning Point	The Staple Singers	Slippery People	1984	Private I
604	recordlabel: Elektra 69699 chartposition: RandB #35, US #82 writtenby: Peabo Bryson album: Straight from the Heart	Peabo Bryson	Slow Dancin'	1984	Elektra
605	recordlabel: Portrait 04807 chartposition: RandB #5, US #5, UK #19, US dance #11, US AC #1 writtenby: Sade Adu & Ray St. John album: Diamond Life	Sade	Smooth Operator	1984	Portrait
606	recordlabel: Red Label 7002 chartposition: RandB #62 writtenby: Gary Lee Jones album: Sneakin' Out	Linda Clifford	Sneakin' Out	1984	Red Label
607	recordlabel: WEA 24 9460 chartposition: UK #44 writtenby: Mark Reilly and Danny White album: Whose Side Are You On?	Matt Bianco	Sneaking Out the Backdoor	1984	WEA
608	recordlabel: Capitol 5397 chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #12, US AC #34, US dance #15 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson album: Solid	Ashford & Simpson	Solid	1984	Capitol
609	recordlabel: London 882 008 chartposition: RandB #47, UK #64, US Dance #28 writtenby: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) and Glenn Nightingale album: Aquired Taste	Junior Giscombe	Somebody	1984	London
610	recordlabel: Vinyl Dreams 71 chartposition: RandB #2, UK #13, US #75, US dance #13 writtenby: Jocelyn Brown & Annette Brown album: Somebody Else's Guy	Jocelyn Brown	Somebody Else's Guy	1984	Vinyl Dreams
---	recordlabel: Try Me 2345 writtenby: Dan Douglas comments: [southern soul] mpcode: W_ZzeNOc_ok	Dan Douglas	Somebody's Gonna Hurt You	1984	Try Me
1	recordlabel: Motown 1702 chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #6, US dance #3, US rock #31 writtenby: Rockwell (as Kennedy Gordy) & Curtis Anthony Nolen album: Somebody's Watching Me comments: [Motown Sound]	Rockwell	Somebody's Watching Me	1984	Motown
2	recordlabel: Total Experience 5 (UK) chartposition: UK #17 writtenby: Ronnie Wilson and Billy Young album: Gap Band V comments: (featuring Stevie Wonder)	The Gap Band	Someday	1984	Total Experience(U
3	recordlabel: Prelude 400 chartposition: US Dance #58 writtenby: R. Jarvis, J. Smith, R. Serrano	Visual	Somehow, Someway	1984	Prelude
---	recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2013 writtenby: Patrick Moten, Sandra Sully album: The Songstress comments: [ballad] mpcode: b8q3tBidRCU	Anita Baker	Sometimes	1984	Beverly Glen
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 89620 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Jazzy Jay and Lenny Underwood comments: [instrumental] [from the movie Beat Street]	Jazzy Jay	Son of Beat Street	1984	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Arista 9156 chartposition: RandB #65, US Dance #34 writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden and Preston Glass album: Teaser	Angela Bofill	Special Delivery	1984	Arista
3	recordlabel: Warner 29380 chartposition: RandB #77 writtenby: Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman and Billy Beck album: Zapp III comments: [ballad]	Zapp	Spend My Whole Life	1984	Warner
4	recordlabel: Spring 12 414 chartposition: RandB #88, US Dance #32 writtenby: Evelyn Thomas and Gerry Thomas album: Is This the Future? comments: [funk]	Fatback Band	Spread Love	1984	Spring
5	recordlabel: Steinar 720 chartposition: UK #100 writtenby: Fridrik Karlsson album: Observations comments: [jazz funk instrumental]	Mezzoforte	Spring Fever	1984	Steinar
6	recordlabel: Elektra 4982 chartposition: UK #67, US dance #13 writtenby: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John and Ashley Ingram album: Scandalous	Imagination	State of Love	1984	Elektra
7	recordlabel: Epic 4431 chartposition: RandB #4, US #3, UK #14, US dance #3, US rock #42 writtenby: Michael Jackson, Randy Hansen & Mick Jagger album: Victory	The Jacksons	State of Shock	1984	Epic
---	recordlabel: H.C.R.C. writtenby: Anne LeSear, Mike Goods album: Tasty comments: [dance, boogie] mpcode: bzPPJy0XvVk	Anne LeSear	Stay Awhile Tonight	1984	H.C.R.C.
1	recordlabel: Columbia 1826 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Denzil Miller and Rodney Franklin album: Marathon comments: [jazz funk instrumental]	Rodney Franklin	Stay On in the Groove	1984	Columbia
2	recordlabel: Sugar Hill 139 chartposition: RandB #48, UK #8 writtenby: Gamble, Huff, Jackson, Glover, Ward, Morris	Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five	Step Off	1984	Sugar Hill
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 1 chartposition: RandB #73 writtenby: Danny Webster, Floyd Miller, Mark Adams and Wayne Foote album: Bad Enuff comments: [funk]	Slave	Steppin Out	1984	Atlantic
4	recordlabel: GRP 96862 chartposition: RandB #76 writtenby: George Howard album: Steppin' Out comments: [jazz funk]	George Howard	Steppin' Out	1984	GRP
5	recordlabel: Mercury 3 chartposition: UK #57 writtenby: Michael Omartian, Greg Phillinganes and Donna Summer album: She Works Hard for the Money	Donna Summer	Stop Look and Listen	1984	Mercury
---	recordlabel: Radar 7015 writtenby: S. Drayton, W. Reddick	Steve Drayton	Stop Playin' With My Love	1984	Radar
1	recordlabel: Private I 04365 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Adil Bayyan, Amir Bayyan, Huey album: Steppin' Out	The Chi-Lites	Stop What You're Doin'	1984	Private I
2	recordlabel: Virgin 652 (UK) chartposition: UK #88 writtenby: Alfonso Smith, Terry Price and Larry James album: Straight from the Heart comments: [disco dance]	Fat Larry's Band	Straight From The Heart	1984	Virgin(UK)
3	recordlabel: Sire 29319 chartposition: UK #3, US dance #6, RandB #78, US #105 writtenby: Jacques Moralli, Frederick Zarr, Henri Belolo & Keith Rodgers album: Break Dance Party	Break Machine	Street Dance	1984	Sire
4	recordlabel: MCA 52384 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Rich Cason (as Richard Cason)	Jimmy Lewis & the L.A. Street Band	Street Freeks	1984	MCA
5	recordlabel: Vanguard 35250 chartposition: RandB #89, US dance #50 writtenby: Gordon Bahary and Joseph Saulter album: Twilight 22	Twilight 22	Street Love	1984	Vanguard
6	recordlabel: Private I 04403 chartposition: RandB #64 writtenby: Rich Cason	Rich Cason & the Galactic Orchestra	Street Symphony	1984	Private I
7	recordlabel: Valley Vue 769 chartposition: RandB #77 writtenby: Johnny Guitar Watson album: Strike on Computers	Johnny Guitar Watson	Strike on Computers	1984	Valley Vue
8	recordlabel: Silver Blue 04422 chartposition: UK #86 writtenby: Julius Joseph Davis and Linwood M. Simon album: I Am Gloria Gaynor	Gloria Gaynor	Strive	1984	Silver Blue
9	recordlabel: CBS 4241 (UK) chartposition: US dance #32 writtenby: Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn and Winston Foster album: King Yellowman comments: Reggae	Yellowman	Strong Me Strong	1984	CBS(UK)
10	recordlabel: AandM 2685 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Carole Bayer Sager, Burt Bacharach and Bruce Roberts album: Lookin' for Trouble	Joyce Kennedy	Stronger Than Before	1984	A&M
11	recordlabel: Motown 1746 chartposition: RandB #8, US #3, UK #12, US AC #1 writtenby: Lionel Richie album: Can't Slow Down comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]	Lionel Richie	Stuck on You	1984	Motown
12	recordlabel: I & S Production 002 chartposition: UK #9 writtenby: Lionel Richie album: Walters Gold With Love comments: [reggae]	Trevor Walters	Stuck on You	1984	I & S Production
13	recordlabel: Columbia 04159 chartposition: RandB #89, US #95 writtenby: Paul Jabara and Bob Esty album: Success	The Weather Girls	Success	1984	Columbia
14	recordlabel: [Sound of NY 04543 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Timmy Gatling, Clurel Henderson and Teddy Riley album: Kids at Work	Kids at Work	Sugar Baby	1984	[Sound of NY
15	recordlabel: EMI America 8253 chartposition: RandB #3, US #9, US dance #1, UK #95 writtenby: Prince (as Alexander Nevermind) album: A Private Heaven	Sheena Easton	Sugar Walls	1984	EMI America
---	recordlabel: P.I.R. 4613 (UK) writtenby: M. Rose album: Love And More	The O'Jays	Summer Fling	1984	P.I.R.(UK)
1	recordlabel: Cedar 1 chartposition: UK #93 writtenby: Cyril Gibbs	Tony Jackson	Summer Groove	1984	Cedar
2	recordlabel: Constellation MCA 23512 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Carrie Lucas, Ed Palermo and John Palermo album: Horsin' Around	Carrie Lucas	Summer in the Street	1984	Constellation MCA
3	recordlabel: Geffen 29142 chartposition: RandB #51, US #75, US dance #39 writtenby: Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano and Donna Summer album: Cats without Claws	Donna Summer	Supernatural Love	1984	Geffen
4	recordlabel: Epic 04969 chartposition: RandB #5, US #87 writtenby: Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell, Stevie Wonder album: Busy Body comments: [ballad]	Luther Vandross	Superstar -- Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)	1984	Epic
5	recordlabel: Corner Stone 1001 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: Robbie Nevil, M. Love and Duncan Pain comments: [disco dance]	Eddie Kendricks	Surprise Attack	1984	Corner Stone
---	recordlabel: Motown 1353 (UK) writtenby: B. Womack, J. Ford album: The Poet II comments: [southern soul]	Bobby Womack	Surprise Surprise	1984	Motown(UK)
1	recordlabel: Solar 4993 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Bill Simmons, Bobby Lovelace and Darnell Bristol album: Street Beat	The Deele	Surrender	1984	Solar
---	recordlabel: MK2 Record	Roland & Manwell	Sweet Shot	1984	MK Record
1	recordlabel: Club 3 (UK) chartposition: UK #25 writtenby: Ann Godwin, Curtis Josephs and Rob Kilgore album: Let the Music Play	Shannon	Sweet Somebody	1984	Club(UK)
---	recordlabel: Sor 102948 writtenby: W. Bostic	William Bostic	Sweet Thang -- Girl I'd Like To See You	1984	Sor
1	recordlabel: Arista 1(UK) chartposition: UK #52 writtenby: Arthur Jacobson, Ellison Chase and Robin Lerner album: Jermaine Jackson [1984 album]	Jermaine Jackson	Sweetest Sweetest	1984	Arista (UK)
2	recordlabel: RCA 13864 chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #3, US #19 writtenby: Daryl Hall & Sara Allen album: Endless Love	Diana Ross	Swept Away	1984	RCA
3	recordlabel: Total Experience 2401 chartposition: RandB #55 writtenby: Jonah Ellis, Lonnie Simmons, J. Hamilton and M. Hayes album: Am I Still Your Boyfriend?	Switch	Switch It Baby	1984	Total Experience
4	recordlabel: Motown 1725 chartposition: RandB #12 writtenby: Reggie Andrews and Leon album: Joystick comments: [Motown Sound]	Dazz Band	Swoop (I'm Yours)	1984	Motown
5	recordlabel: Elekra 69762 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: Eddie Noble Jr., Cecil Womack and Linda Womack album: Love Wars comments: [ballad[	Womack & Womack	T.K.O.	1984	Elekra
---	recordlabel: Premo 1230 writtenby: Greg Jackson comments: [disco funk]	Precious	Taboo	1984	Premo
---	recordlabel: Pablo Today 143 writtenby: Jorge Ben album: Sunrise comments: [jazz funk instrumental]	Paulinho Da Costa	Taj Mahal	1984	Pablo Today
1	recordlabel: HCRC 31901 chartposition: RandB #94 writtenby: Chuck Brooks, Homer Banks, Anne LeSear, Charles P. Rhinehart, Randy West and Thomas Jones album: Tasty comments: [ballad]	Anne LeSear	Take Him Back (Taxi)	1984	HCRC
2	recordlabel: Capitol 5337 chartposition: RandB #73 writtenby: Theophilus Coakley and Kirkwood Coakley album: Take It to the Limit comments: [disco funk]	T-Connection	Take It To The Limit	1984	Capitol
3	recordlabel: West End 22172 chartposition: US Dance #15 writtenby: Larry Joseph	Sparque	Take Some Time	1984	West End
4	recordlabel: Ocean Front 2002 writtenby: David Williams album: Take The Ball And Run	David Williams	Take The Ball And Run	1984	Ocean Front
5	recordlabel: 4th and Bway 4 chartposition: RandB #23, US Dance #20 writtenby: Ronald Miller and Nancy McDuffy comments: [disco, dance, boogie]	Nuance featuring Vikki Love	Take a Chance	1984	th and Bway
6	recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 818 870 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant and Charlie Singleton album: She's Strange comments: [funk]	Cameo	Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck	1984	Atlanta Artists
7	recordlabel: Motown 64334 chartposition: UK #88 writtenby: George Harrison album: Somebody's Watching Me comments: [electronic, synth]	Rockwell	Taxman	1984	Motown
8	recordlabel: Tommy Boy 848 chartposition: RandB #5, US #102 writtenby: The Force M.D.'s and Robin Halpin album: Love Letters comments: [sweet soul ballad]	The Force M.D.s	Tears	1984	Tommy Boy
9	recordlabel: Island 99693 chartposition: RandB #71, US Dance #13 writtenby: Junie Morrison (as Walter Morrison)	Junie Morrison	Tease Me	1984	Island
10	recordlabel: RCA 13825 chartposition: RandB #28 writtenby: AndrÃƒÂ© Cymone album: Face to Face	Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King)	Teenager	1984	RCA
11	recordlabel: Compleat 120 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: General Crook comments: re recorded version released in 1989 with superior arrangement and sound	Willie Clayton	Tell Me	1984	Compleat
12	recordlabel: Arista 9457 chartposition: US dance #1 writtenby: Jay Gruska, Michael Omartian and Bruce Sudano album: Jermaine Jackson [1984 album]	Jermaine Jackson	Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)	1984	Arista
13	recordlabel: Virgin 658 chartposition: UK #74, US Dance #29 writtenby: Carl Mcintosh, Steve Nichol and Ray Shell album: A Little Spice	Loose Ends	Tell Me What You Want	1984	Virgin
14	recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2014 chartposition: RandB #54, UK #60 writtenby: Bobby Womack and Jim For album: The Poet II	Bobby Womack	Tell Me Why	1984	Beverly Glen
---	recordlabel: Salsoul 8565 writtenby: C. Stephenson, P. Hamilton album: Funk Deluxe	Funk Deluxe	Tender Lovin'	1984	Salsoul
1	recordlabel: Modern 99708 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: Leon Haywood album: Freaky Man	Leon Haywood	Tenderoni	1984	Modern
2	recordlabel: RandB 219 (UK) chartposition: UK #22 writtenby: Leee John and Ashley Ingram album: Trilogy	Imagination	Thank You My Love	1984	RandB(UK)
3	recordlabel: Warner 7 29180 chartposition: RandB #68, UK #18, US #34 writtenby: Sheila E. album: The Glamorous Life	Sheila E.	The Belle of St. Mark	1984	Warner
4	recordlabel: Tuff City 04190 chartposition: RandB #69 writtenby: Spoonie Gee (as Gabriel Jackson) and Davy D (as David Reeves) comments: [hip hop]	Spoonie Gee	The Big Beat	1984	Tuff City
---	recordlabel: Sound Town 0017 writtenby: C. Brooks, H. Banks album: Physical Attraction	J. Blackfoot	The Girl Next Door	1984	Sound Town
1	recordlabel: Warner 7 29285 chartposition: RandB #9, US #7, US dance #1, UK #96 writtenby: Prince album: The Glamorous Life	Sheila E.	The Glamorous Life	1984	Warner
2	recordlabel: AandM 2656 chartposition: RandB #2, US #40, US AC #37 writtenby: Jeff Barry, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil album: Lookin' for Trouble comments: [love ballad]	Joyce Kennedy & Jeffrey Osborne	The Last Time I Made Love	1984	A&M
3	recordlabel: Casablanca 880 180 7 chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #8, UK #29, US #65 writtenby: David Wolinski album: I've Got the Cure	Stephanie Mills	The Medicine Song	1984	Casablanca
4	recordlabel: Constellation 52486 chartposition: RandB #5 writtenby: Bernadette Cooper and Joyce album: Meeting in the Ladies Room	Klymaxx	The Men All Pause	1984	Constellation
5	recordlabel: Sound Of New York 610 chartposition: RandB #45, US Dance #32 writtenby: Mike Cleveland (as Michael Cleveland)	Indeep	The Record Keeps Spinning	1984	Sound Of New York
6	recordlabel: Capitol 318 chartposition: RandB #69, UK #75 writtenby: Rahni Harris and David Shawn Sandridge album: Feel the Music	Dayton	The Sound of Music	1984	Capitol
7	recordlabel: Columbia 04524 chartposition: RandB #56 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Vassal Benford and Jeremy Lubbock album: The Two of Us comments: [beat ballad]	Ramsey Lewis ft. Nancy Wilson & Daryl Coley	The Two of Us	1984	Columbia
8	recordlabel: Virgin/Epic 04638 chartposition: US dance #7, RandB #87, UK #2, US #17 writtenby: Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss album: Waking Up with the House on Fire	Culture Club	The War Song	1984	Virgin/Epic
---	recordlabel: World 22606 writtenby: Ernesta Dunbar album: The Wind comments: [ballad] mpcode: 0DqaIBVZ4no	Ernesta Dunbar	The Wind	1984	World
---	recordlabel: Cotillion 99677 writtenby: Carter, Webster, Douglass, Nash, Adams album: New Plateau comments: [disco funk] mpcode: 6xntloSuwLA	Slave	The Word Is Out	1984	Cotillion
1	recordlabel: Geffen 29291 chartposition: RandB #20, US #21, UK #99, US AC #17 writtenby: Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson & George Treadwell album: Cats without Claws	Donna Summer	There Goes My Baby	1984	Geffen
2	recordlabel: Streetwise 2218 chartposition: RandB #69	Rockers Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin	There Goes My Heart	1984	Streetwise
---	recordlabel: MCA 863 (UK) album: Strange Reflections	Second Image	There She Goes	1984	MCA(UK)
1	recordlabel: Qwest 29316 chartposition: RandB #14, US #58, US AC #7 writtenby: Barry Mann album: It's Your Night comments: [ballad]	James Ingram	There's No Easy Way	1984	Qwest
2	recordlabel: Columbia 04381 chartposition: RandB #50, US #102, US dance #1 writtenby: Peter Brown and Robert Vavrik	Peter Brown	They Only Come Out at Night	1984	Columbia
3	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
---	recordlabel: Pizazz 119 writtenby: Buddy Turner comments: [disco, boogie] mpcode: yDOLIlVzt8o	Pamela Joy	Think Fast	1984	Pizazz
1	recordlabel: Cotillion 9744 (UK) chartposition: UK #11 writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers album: We Are Family	Sister Sledge	Thinking of You	1984	Cotillion(UK)

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