Soul R&B Music Charts of 1985 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1985 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 1985, 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 1985, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1985 . . .

The following songs were released in 1985 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 1985 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
501	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]	Stevie Wonder	Part-Time Lover	1985	Tamla
502	recordlabel: Columbia 05609 chartposition: RandB #8, US #2, US dance #19, UK #87 writtenby: Rick James album: How Could It Be	Eddie Murphy	Party All the Time	1985	Columbia
503	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]	Rockwell	Peeping Tom	1985	Motown
504	recordlabel: Warner 28949 chartposition: RandB #85, US #11, UK #48, US Dance #6 writtenby: Green Gartside and David Gamson album: Cupid and Psyche 85	Scritti Politti	Perfect Way	1985	Warner
505	recordlabel: 4th and Bway 18 (UK) chartposition: UK #34 writtenby: McKinley Horton and Ronald Broomfield album: Eugene Wilde	Eugene Wilde	Personality	1985	th and Bway(UK)
---	recordlabel: Qwest 28861 album: Pick N Choose	Radiance	Pick-N-Choose	1985	Qwest
1	recordlabel: Mirage 99618 chartposition: RandB #83, US dance #9 writtenby: Arthur Baker and Lotti Golden album: I Want Your Love	Brenda K. Starr	Pickin' Up Pieces	1985	Mirage
2	recordlabel: RCA 14154 chartposition: US #104 writtenby: Alejandro Monroy, Carlos Villa and Mary Lynne PagÃ¡n album: Menudo comments: [beat ballad]	Menudo	Please Be Good to Me	1985	RCA
---	recordlabel: Easy Street 7516	The Affair Featuring Alyson Williams	Please Don't Break My Heart	1985	Easy Street
1	recordlabel: Sutra 802 chartposition: US Dance #23 writtenby: Andy Tripoli album: Nayobe	Nayobe	Please Don't Go	1985	Sutra
2	recordlabel: Arista 9325 chartposition: US dance #1, UK #83 writtenby: Lewis Martineé album: Exposure	Exposé	Point of No Return	1985	Arista
3	recordlabel: Columbia 04821 chartposition: RandB #89 writtenby: Roy Ayers album: In the Dark	Roy Ayers	Poo Poo La La	1985	Columbia
4	recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28998 chartposition: RandB #8, UK #60, US #7, US dance #5, writtenby: Prince album: Around the World in a Day	Prince	Pop Life	1985	Warner Bros.
5	recordlabel: RCA 14098 chartposition: US dance #20, RandB #69, US #30, US AC #8 writtenby: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen & Janna Allen album: Big Bam Boom	Hall & Oates	Possession Obsession	1985	RCA
6	recordlabel: Casablanca 880 949 chartposition: RandB #28 writtenby: Allen Jones album: Private Property	Carl Carlton	Private Property	1985	Casablanca
7	recordlabel: Sire 28967 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Alexander Robotnick (as Maurizio Dami) album: Ce n'est qu'un dÃ©but	Alexander Robotnick	Problemes D'amour	1985	Sire
8	recordlabel: Sugar Hill 141 (UK) chartposition: UK #45 writtenby: E. Morris, M. Glover, K. Wiggins, R. Reed, E. Nixon, T. Fisher, T. Reed comments: [hip hop]	Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five	Pump Me Up	1985	Sugar Hill(UK)
---	recordlabel: Rudini 102 writtenby: Rue Caldwell	Rue Caldwell	Put It On Paper (Sign on the Dotted Line)	1985	Rudini
1	recordlabel: Mirage 99604 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #82 writtenby: Gerald McMahon album: Lovin' Feelings comments: [disco dance]	The Spinners	Put Us Together Again	1985	Mirage
2	recordlabel: Pop Art 1408 chartposition: RandB #49 writtenby: Roxanne Shante and Marley Marl comments: [hip hop]	Roxanne Shante	Queen of Rox (Shante Rox On)	1985	Pop Art
3	recordlabel: Warlock 001 chartposition: RandB #88 writtenby: Gregory Charley album: To Change and / or Make a Difference comments: [ballad]	Kiara	Quiet Guy	1985	Warlock
4	recordlabel: Tent 40445 (UK) chartposition: UK #45 writtenby: Nick Trevisick and Paul Gurvitz album: Luxury of Life	Five Star	RSVP	1985	Tent(UK)
5	recordlabel: WEA 259 145 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: Robbie Buchanan album: High Crime	Al Jarreau	Raging Waters	1985	WEA
6	recordlabel: 4th and Bway 30 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: McKinley Horton and Ronald Broomfield album: Eugene Wilde comments: [ballad]	Eugene Wilde	Rainbow	1985	th and Bway
7	recordlabel: Profile 7078 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: Spyder D (as Duane Hughes) comments: [hip hop]	Spyder-D	Rap Is Here to Stay	1985	Profile
8	recordlabel: Atlantic 89566 chartposition: RandB #68 writtenby: Larry Smith and Randy Murry comments: [from the movie Rappin']	Lovebug Starski	Rappin'	1985	Atlantic
9	recordlabel: JWP 1460 chartposition: RandB #73 writtenby: Greg Brown and Rappin' Duke (as Shawn Brown) album: Que Pasa?	Rappin' Duke (Shawn Brown)	Rappin' Duke	1985	JWP
10	recordlabel: Paisley Park 28972 chartposition: RandB #3, US #2, US dance #4, UK #25, US rock #40 writtenby: Prince album: Around the World in a Day	Prince	Raspberry Beret	1985	Paisley Park
11	recordlabel: Capitol 20 0547 7 chartposition: RandB #12, US #104 writtenby: Madeline Stone and Sam Lorber album: Read My Lips	Melba Moore	Read My Lips	1985	Capitol
---	recordlabel: Epic 5714 writtenby: Joe Pescetto album: Close Company comments: [disco dance] mpcode: MCJJg2G1myk	Lou Rawls	Ready Or Not?	1985	Epic
1	recordlabel: Reality 230 chartposition: RandB #21, US #103, US Dance #56 writtenby: Charles Pettiford, Gregory Wigfall, Jerry Bloodrock and Richard Fowler	Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three	Request Line	1985	Reality
2	recordlabel: Gordy 1770 chartposition: RandB #1, UK #4, US #3, US dance #3, US AC #1 writtenby: Diane Warren album: Rhythm of the Night comments: [pop soul] [Motown Sound]	DeBarge	Rhythm of the Night	1985	Gordy
3	recordlabel: 2000 AD 19 (UK) chartposition: UK #47 writtenby: Joe Josea and B.B. King album: Here Again comments: [reggae]	Johnny Nash	Rock Me Baby	1985	AD(UK)
4	recordlabel: Spring 3043 chartposition: US dance #28 writtenby: Peter Foldy and Joel Wertman comments: [disco funk] mpcode: NEq6pkXdofI	Mona Lisa Young	Rock Me Down	1985	Spring
5	recordlabel: Capitol 5459 chartposition: RandB #1, UK #18, US #18 writtenby: Paul Laurence album: Rock Me Tonight comments: [slow jam]	Freddie Jackson	Rock Me Tonight (for Old Time's Sake)	1985	Capitol
6	recordlabel: Total Experience 2424 chartposition: RandB #75 weeksinr&bchart: 5 album: Billy and Baby Gap comments: [hip hop]	Billy & Baby Gap	Rock the Nation	1985	Total Experience
7	recordlabel: Select 62260 chartposition: RandB #64 writtenby: Full Force comments: [hip hop]	The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie Tee	Romeo	1985	Select
8	recordlabel: Constellation 52588 chartposition: RandB #86, UK #46, US Dance #49 writtenby: Larry White and Lee Peters album: Shine the Light	Collage	Romeo Where's Juliet?	1985	Constellation
9	recordlabel: CBS 6069 (UK) chartposition: UK #65 writtenby: Peter Vale and Mike Leeson (as Mick Leeson) album: Arrival	Haywoode	Roses	1985	CBS(UK)
10	recordlabel: Capitol 5516 chartposition: RandB #85, UK #9 writtenby: Derek Bramble album: Heaven Knows	Jaki Graham	Round and Round	1985	Capitol
11	recordlabel: Pop Art 7546 chartposition: RandB #22, US #109 writtenby: Full Force, Roxanne Shante and UTFO comments: [hip hop]	Roxanne Shante	Roxanne's Revenge	1985	Pop Art
12	recordlabel: Select 1182 chartposition: RandB #10, US #77, US Dance #40 writtenby: Educated Rapper, Kangol Kid, Doctor Ice, Mix Master Ice and Full Force album: UTFO comments: [hip hop]	UTFO	Roxanne, Roxanne	1985	Select
13	recordlabel: Tommy Boy 877 chartposition: US dance #10 writtenby: Murat Konar album: Information Society	Information Society	Running	1985	Tommy Boy
14	recordlabel: Columbia 04861 chartposition: RandB #2, US #101, UK #57, US Dance #47 writtenby: Marvin Gaye and Gordon Banks album: Dream of a Lifetime	Marvin Gaye	Sanctified Lady	1985	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Prelude 8092 writtenby: W. Burton album: Sexy Thing comments: [southern soul]	Tyrone Davis	Satisfy You Before i Satisfy Me	1985	Prelude
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	Alexander O'Neal & Cherrelle	Saturday Love	1985	Tabu
---	recordlabel: Prelude 8090 writtenby: L. Graham, P. Richmond album: Sexy Thing	Tyrone Davis	Save Me	1985	Prelude
1	recordlabel: Mercury 880 731 chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #3, UK #66, US #101 writtenby: Rene Moore & Angela Winbush album: Street Called Desire comments: [disco funk]	René & Angela	Save Your Love (For Number 1)	1985	Mercury
2	recordlabel: Arista 9381 chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1 writtenby: Gerry Goffin album: Whitney Houston comments: [ballad]	Whitney Houston	Saving All My Love for You	1985	Arista
3	recordlabel: Supreme 101 (UK) chartposition: RandB #20, UK #7, US dance #22 writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken & Pete Waterman album: Princess	Princess	Say I'm Your Number One	1985	Supreme(UK)
4	recordlabel: Private I 04720 chartposition: RandB #78	Butch Sam & the Station Band	Say That You Will	1985	Private I
5	recordlabel: Portrait 4808 chartposition: RandB #81, UK #17, US dance #7 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Bernard Oattes, Rob van Schaik & Van Gibbs comments: [disco, dance, boogie]	The Limit featuring Gwen Guthrie	Say Yeah	1985	Portrait
6	recordlabel: WEA 32 (UK) chartposition: UK #94 writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis album: Change of Heart comments: [love ballad]	Change	Say You Love Me Again	1985	WEA(UK)
7	recordlabel: Panoramic 206 writtenby: H. Goodman, L. Walter album: All About Love, Who\'s Gonna Make The First Move? comments: [sweet soul]	Ray, Goodman & Brown	Say You Will	1985	Panoramic
8	recordlabel: Motown 1819 chartposition: RandB #1, UK #8, US #1, US AC #1 writtenby: Lionel Richie album: Dancing on the Ceiling comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]	Lionel Richie	Say You, Say Me	1985	Motown
9	recordlabel: Solar 69659 chartposition: RandB #16, US #80, US Dance #19 writtenby: Belinda Lipscomb, Bo Watson, Melvin Gentry, Kenneth Gant and Vincent Calloway album: Planetary Invasion	Midnight Star	Scientific Love	1985	Solar
---	recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2023 writtenby: Robert Moore album: Someday We'll All Be Free	Bobby Womack	Searching For My Love	1985	Beverly Glen
1	recordlabel: AandM 2788 chartposition: RandB #4, US #3, UK #10, US AC #1 writtenby: David Lewis & Wayne Lewis album: As the Band Turns comments: [love ballad]	Atlantic Starr	Secret Lovers	1985	A&M
2	recordlabel: Champion 5 (UK) chartposition: UK #54 writtenby: RenÃ© Moore and Angela Winbush album: Street Called Desire	René & Angela	Secret Rendezvous	1985	Champion(UK)
3	recordlabel: Modern 96841 chartposition: US dance #36 writtenby: Diane Steinberg and Marti Sharron album: Dangerous	Natalie Cole	Secrets	1985	Modern
---	recordlabel: Four Eleven 777 writtenby: Ray Obiado, Teresa Trull album: Secrets	Linda Tillery	Secrets	1985	Four Eleven
1	recordlabel: Gordy 1812 chartposition: RandB #17, US Dance #7 writtenby: Rick James album: Seduction comments: [Motown Sound]	Val Young	Seduction	1985	Gordy
2	recordlabel: CBS 6570 (UK) chartposition: UK #3 writtenby: D.C. Lee album: Shrine comments: [ballad]	Dee C. Lee	See The Day	1985	CBS(UK)
3	recordlabel: Columbia 04733 chartposition: RandB #51, US Dance #45 writtenby: Michael Cooper, Richie Daley, Steven album: Sense of Purpose	Third World	Sense of Purpose	1985	Columbia
4	recordlabel: MCA 52631 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Al Hudson, Curtis Dudley, Maurice Gregory and Donald Mitchell album: Wrap Your Body	One Way	Serving It	1985	MCA
---	recordlabel: Malaco 1232 writtenby: K. Green, M. Green album: Set Me Free	Foxx	Set Me Free	1985	Malaco
1	recordlabel: Capitol 5440 chartposition: RandB #60, UK #66, US Dance #47 writtenby: Timmy Allen and Paul Laurence (as Paul Jones) album: All of You	Lillo Thomas	Settle Down	1985	Capitol
2	recordlabel: Record Shack 34 (UK) chartposition: UK #59 writtenby: Jacques Morali, Frederick Zarr and Bruce Vilanch album: Sex Over the Phone	Village People	Sex Over the Phone	1985	Record Shack(UK)
3	recordlabel: Total Experience 2434 chartposition: UK #80 writtenby: Jonah Ellis album: Lately	Billy Paul	Sexual Therapy	1985	Total Experience
---	recordlabel: Prelude 8090 writtenby: Toni Walker, Don Davis album: Sexy Thing comments: [southern soul]	Tyrone Davis	Sexy Thing	1985	Prelude
1	recordlabel: Motown 1790 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Willie Hutch and Val Johns album: Magic comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	Sexy Ways	1985	Motown
2	recordlabel: RCA 14157 chartposition: RandB #54 writtenby: Richard Dimples Fields, Belinda Wilson and John Pilla album: Dark Gable comments: [funk]	Richard Dimples Fields	Shake 'Em Down	1985	RCA
---	recordlabel: MCA 52598 writtenby: J. Wall album: Alternating Currents comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]	Spyro Gyra	Shakedown	1985	MCA
---	recordlabel: Malaco 2118 album: This Is Your Night comments: [southern soul]	Johnnie Taylor	She's Cheatin' On Me	1985	Malaco
1	recordlabel: Capitol 5507 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Paul Laurence, Soony Moore and Freddie Jackson album: Haven't You Heard	Paul Laurence with Lillo Thomas & Freddie Jackson	She's Not a Sleaze	1985	Capitol
---	recordlabel: Passion 1232 writtenby: Winston Sela, I.A. Folwell	Precinct	Shining Star	1985	Passion
---	recordlabel: California Gold 50 writtenby: C. Mann	Clarence Mann	Show Me Girl	1985	California Gold
1	recordlabel: Capitol 5461 chartposition: RandB #50, US #37 writtenby: Terry Britten and Sue Shifrin album: Private Dancer	Tina Turner	Show Some Respect	1985	Capitol
2	recordlabel: EMI 8297 chartposition: US dance #1, US #18, RandB #51 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Madonna album: Wotupski!?! comments: [disco dance] (featuring Madonna and Catherine Buchanan)	Jellybean	Sidewalk Talk	1985	EMI
3	recordlabel: Elektra 69677 chartposition: RandB #55, UK #72 album: They Said It Couldn't Be Done comments: [hip hop]	Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five	Sign of the Times	1985	Elektra
4	recordlabel: AandM 2766 chartposition: RandB #13, UK 41 writtenby: David Lewis and Wayne Lewis album: As the Band Turns	Atlantic Starr	Silver Shadow	1985	A&M
---	recordlabel: Jamaica 9004 writtenby: Betty Wright, Scott Zito comments: [disco, dance]	Betty Wright	Sinderella	1985	Jamaica
1	recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 884010 chartposition: RandB #2, UK #15, US dance #26 writtenby: Larry Blackmon & Tomi Jenkins album: Single Life comments: [funk]	Cameo	Single Life	1985	Atlanta Artists
2	recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28955 chartposition: RandB #36, US #102 writtenby: Prince album: Romance 1600	Sheila E.	Sister Fate	1985	Warner Bros.
3	recordlabel: RCA Victor 104472 chartposition: RandB #66, UK #9, US #18, US dance 10, writtenby: Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart] album: Be Yourself Tonight	Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin	Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves	1985	RCA Victor
4	recordlabel: Motown 1813 chartposition: US Dance #12, UK #88 writtenby: Richard Scher and Lotti Golden album: Fade In, Fade Out comments: [disco dance]	Warp 9	Skips a Beat	1985	Motown
5	recordlabel: Epic 05267 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Rosie Gaines	Rosie Gaines	Skool-ology (Ain't No Strain)	1985	Epic
6	recordlabel: Manhattan 20 0889 7 chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #20, UK #12 writtenby: Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson & Trevor Horn album: Slave to the Rhythm	Grace Jones	Slave to the Rhythm	1985	Manhattan
7	recordlabel: Columbia 05613 chartposition: RandB #49 album: You Might Be Surprised	Roy Ayers	Slip n' Slide	1985	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Team Records 1001 writtenby: Leo Graham album: Love Don't Change Overnight comments: [southern soul ballad]	Chuck Strong	So Good (To Be Home With You)	1985	Team Records
1	recordlabel: MCA 52622 chartposition: RandB #79 writtenby: Kevin McLin, Carl Dennis and Anatole Domino album: Windjammer III	Windjammer	So Hard	1985	MCA
---	recordlabel: Urban Rock 919 writtenby: Ray Arlen	Krystal Davis	So Smooth	1985	Urban Rock
1	recordlabel: SRO 231 chartposition: RandB #85 writtenby: Anthony Watson, Paul Childs and Syl Parsons comments: [Sweet Soul ballad]	Anthony Watson	Solid Love Affair	1985	SRO
2	recordlabel: Solar 69658 chartposition: RandB #17, US #106, UK #91 writtenby: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds) and Bo Watson album: So Good	The Whispers	Some Kinda Lover	1985	Solar
3	recordlabel: RCA 14035 chartposition: RandB #85, US #18, US AC #17 writtenby: Daryl Hall album: Big Bam Boom	Hall & Oates	Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid	1985	RCA
4	recordlabel: Streetwise 1137 chartposition: RandB #86 writtenby: Maurice Starr and Michael Jonzun album: Some Things Never Change comments: [sweet soul love ballad]	The Stylistics	Some Things Never Change	1985	Streetwise
5	recordlabel: Island 9870 chartposition: RandB #25, US AC #30 writtenby: David Pomeranz and Richard Marx album: Durell Coleman comments: [new jack swing]	Durell Coleman	Somebody Took My Love	1985	Island
6	recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2021 chartposition: RandB #74 writtenby: Donny Hathaway and Edward Howard album: Someday We'll All Be Free comments: [southern soul ballad]	Bobby Womack	Someday We'll All Be Free	1985	Beverly Glen
7	recordlabel: Privaye 5630 chartposition: RandB #71 writtenby: R. Dixon, B. Wright, V. Thomas	Legacy	Someone Else's Girl	1985	Privaye
---	recordlabel: Arista 104503 writtenby: Raymond Jones, Freddie Washington album: Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston	Someone For Me	1985	Arista

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