| 1 |
recordlabel: Unyque 3 (UK)
chartposition: UK #87
album: Just A Little More
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Music Merchant 2801
chartposition: RandB #88
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Eddie Holland Jr. (as Edward Holland Jr.) and Harold Beatty
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Siren 101
chartposition: RandB #10, US #88, US dance #18
writtenby: Oliver Leiber
album: Forever Your Girl
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Sedona 7511
chartposition: RandB #93
album: Love Zone
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Tabu 68562
chartposition: RandB #28, UK #27, US dance #32
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris) & Terry Lewis
album: Hearsay
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Epic 07921
chartposition: RandB #54, UK #9, US #3, US AC #1
writtenby: Gloria Estefan & Enrique Garcia
album: Let It Loose
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Tabu 07959
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Noel Closson, Preston Glass and Steve Birch
album: Jumpin' Off
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| 8 |
recordlabel: Elektra 69422
chartposition: RandB #3
writtenby: James S. Carter, Kevin Haskins (as Kevin J. Askins) and Marvin Hammett
album: Joy
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recordlabel: Malaco 2146
writtenby: Ted Jarrett
album: Blues You Can Use
comments: [southern soul blues]
mpcode: DJ1Beb76oRU
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 5
chartposition: UK #53
writtenby: Paul Hardcastle
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 105004
chartposition: UK #19
writtenby: William Henshall (as Liam Henshall), Jimmy Helms, George Chandler and Jimmy Chambers
album: Speak
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Island 99273
chartposition: US dance #4, RandB #77, UK #14
writtenby: David Cole, John Coltrane & Will Downing
album: Will Downing
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Island 99286
chartposition: RandB #66
album: I Can Make It Good for You
comments: [ballad]
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recordlabel: Epic 40376
album: Remember....
comments: [album cut] [slow jam]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Jive 1124
chartposition: RandB #9, US #15
writtenby: Will Smith, Jeff Townes & Peter Harris
album: He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Lorimar 99368
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Bernadette Cooper
album: Action Jackson OST
comments: [from the movie Action Jackson]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Capitol 484 (UK)
chartposition: UK #71
writtenby: Robert Palmer
album: Tina: Live in Europe
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Atco 99292
chartposition: RandB #1
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
album: Coming To America (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Ms.B 4503
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Betty Wright
album: Mother Wit
comments: [ballad]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Manhattan 50124
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Lenny White, Barry Johnson and Bernard Wright
album: Makes You Wanna
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Cold Chillin 27834
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Big Daddy Kane (as Antonio Hardy) and Marley Marl (as Marlon Williams)
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: A.1. 304
chartposition: UK #44
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Circa 12 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #51, UK #78
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Feeling Free
comments: charted in RandB charts in USA in 1991
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: CBS 653198 (UK)
chartposition: UK #82
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Bill Withers Greatest Hits
comments: Remix Ben Liebrand
|
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recordlabel: Angel City 500
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Champion Of Love
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89116
chartposition: RandB #23
writtenby: Carolyn Franklin
album: You're a Part of Me
comments: [ballad]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Start Records 2
chartposition: UK #90
writtenby: Gerry Thomas, Henry Ellerbee, Robert Damper and Vernon Lloyd
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8122
chartposition: UK #54
writtenby: Harold Faltermeyer and Donna Summer
album: All Systems Go
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Flame 7
chartposition: UK #63
writtenby: J. Burden, L. Williams, B. Wright, Eternity
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Columbia 07705
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Full Force
album: Guess Who's Comin' to the Crib?
comments: [ballad]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Polydor 871 065
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: René Moore
album: Destination Love
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Paisley Park 27900
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #9, US #8, US dance #22
writtenby: Prince
album: Lovesexy
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Arista 9656
chartposition: RandB #42, US AC #24
writtenby: Albert Hammond and Sue Shifrin
album: Reservations for Two
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Epic 07962
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #15, US #11, US dance #18, US AC #44
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Bad
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Tent 42081
chartposition: RandB #23, UK #18
writtenby: Leon Sylvers III
album: Rock the World
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: RCA 7614
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Dan Hartman
album: Rock the Room
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Epic 11
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #31, US #44, US AC #12
writtenby: Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller
album: Any Love
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Three Stripe 111 (UK)
chartposition: UK #96
writtenby: Bacharach, Mighty, Smith
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Epic 07759
chartposition: US #1, UK #10, US AC #1
writtenby: Gloria Estefan
album: Let It Loose
comments: [ballad]
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: MCA 53446
chartposition: US AC #35
writtenby: Rupert Holmes
album: Magic
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Debut 3056
chartposition: UK #86
writtenby: Paul A. Lowe and Peter Columbus
album: The Best Belong Together
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 86531
chartposition: US dance #2
writtenby: John Smith and Valerie Day
album: Told U So
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: 4th and Bway 106 (UK)
chartposition: UK #18
album: Paid in Full
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Wing 871 108
chartposition: RandB #5, US dance #44
writtenby: Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy and Tony! Toni! Toné!
album: Who?
|
| 20 |
recordlabel: Arista 9832
chartposition: RandB #9, US #1, UK #16, US dance #10
writtenby: Frank Farian & B. Nail
album: All or Nothing
|
| 21 |
recordlabel: Warner 27541
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Holly Knight and Billy Steinberg
album: C.K.
|
| 22 |
recordlabel: Tri World 2001
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Glenn Barbee, Leon Sylvers III and Norman Wheatfield Jr.
|
| 23 |
recordlabel: EMI 58
chartposition: RandB #52, US #34
writtenby: Robbie Nevil, David Paul Bryant and Steve Dubin
album: A Place Like This
|
| 24 |
recordlabel: Epic 653113
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Billy Always
album: Watch Out
|
| 25 |
recordlabel: Tuff Audio 1
chartposition: UK #16
writtenby: Derek B
album: Bullet from a Gun
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 26 |
recordlabel: FFRR 4
chartposition: UK #12, US Dance #3
writtenby: Simon Harris
album: Bass!
|
| 27 |
recordlabel: Manhattan 56093
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Raymond Jones
comments: [from the movie School Daze]
|
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recordlabel: Debut 3059 (UK)
writtenby: N. Rodgers, F. Byrd, C. Williams
album: The Best Belong Together
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Mister Ron 121
chartposition: UK #2, US dance #1
writtenby: Tim Simenon and Emilio Pasquez
album: Into the Dragon
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Motown 1927
chartposition: RandB #37, US dance #5
writtenby: Georgio
album: Sexappeal
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Phonogram 312
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: M. White, A. McKay
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Motown 42003
chartposition: RandB #45, UK #58
writtenby: Michael Stokes, Linda Stokes, Gerry Mallory, William Parker, Denise Parker and Adrina Steele
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: EMI 50153
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Dianne Reeves, Tony Lorrich
album: Better Days
comments: [ballad]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: KMS 015
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #50, UK #8
writtenby: Kevin Saunderson, Paris Grey, James Pennington & Arthur Forrest
album: Paradise
comments: [disco dance]
|
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recordlabel: Fresher 001
album: Janice Johnson (as Janice Marie Johnson) and Perry Kibble
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Virgin 1143
chartposition: RandB #94, US #53, UK #55, US dance #12
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Green Gartside, David Gamson
album: Provision
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Wing 887 680
chartposition: RandB #4
album: Who?
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Jive 1146
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Will Smith and Jeff Townes
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Columbia 08073
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #24, UK #28
writtenby: Vaughan Mason
album: Album 88
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Island 1380
chartposition: RandB #24, UK #26
writtenby: Mike Leeson and Peter Vale
album: So Good
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 651335
chartposition: RandB #56, UK #32
writtenby: Chuck D (as Carlton Ridenhour), Keith Shocklee and Eric Sadler (as Eric
album: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Virgin 99231
chartposition: RandB #30, UK #3, US #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Jamie J. Morgan, Cameron McVey (as Booga Bear), Neneh Cherry & Phillip Ramacon
album: Raw Like Sushi
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Rhythm King 70086
chartposition: UK #14
writtenby: Paul Carter, Amanda Glanfield and Richard Walmsley
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Profile 7195
chartposition: US Dance #32
writtenby: David Shaw, Calvin Gaines and Chanelle (as Charlene Munford)
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Mercury 870 305
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Angela Winbush
album: Sharp
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Motown 42264
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Lou Pace and The Blitze
album: Personal Attention
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Polydor 887 681
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: Dexter Redding, Otis Redding III, Mark Lockett and Autofrat
album: The Reddings
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Jive 2010
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Robert John
album: Tear Down These Walls
|
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recordlabel: Malaco 2128
writtenby: Larry Addison
album: Wall to Wall
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Orpheus 72654
chartposition: RandB #2
writtenby: Arthur Zamora, Eric Strickland and Michael Carpenter
album: Take U Back to My Place
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Veteran 101
writtenby: Vern A. Allison
album: The Second Time
comments: [ballad]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Chi Sound 1795
writtenby: Joe Henderson, Morris Butler
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Champion 79
chartposition: UK #14, US Dance #46
writtenby: Todd Terry
album: Can You Party
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: MCA 53296
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Giorge Pettus
album: Giorge Pettus
comments: [ballad]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Volt 990
writtenby: A. Williams, F.L. Pittman
album: Time Out For Me
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Reprise 7767 (UK)
chartposition: UK #93
album: Divine Emotion
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: AandM 17629
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Edward Grenga, Jeffrey Osborne and Ross Vannelli
album: One Love: One Dream
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Warner 27990
chartposition: RandB #83, UK #79, US Dance #44
writtenby: Gwen Guthrie
album: Lifeline
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Fresh 80124
chartposition: US Dance #7
writtenby: Aaron Hanson and Edward J. Davis
album: Can't Stop
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Next Plateau 50081
chartposition: RandB #90, US dance #49
writtenby: James Bratton, Joe Maggio, Joel Washington and Sybil Lynch
album: Sybil
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Malaco 2150
writtenby: Jimmy Lewis
album: Slow Down
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89005
chartposition: RandB #39, US #54
writtenby: Lady Tigra (as Rachel Derougemont), Bunny D. (as Elana Cager), Larry Julian, Joe Stone and Paul Klein
album: Grab It!
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Champion 12 58 (UK)
chartposition: UK #77
writtenby: Ben Epps, Stephon Johnson, Varryl Vano, Vaughan Mason and Wanda Sykes
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Club 78 (UK)
chartposition: UK #56
writtenby: Ronald Bell, Kool & the Gang
comments: Remix Stock, Aitken & Waterman
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Next Plateau Records 50071
chartposition: RandB #55, US dance #49
album: Hot Cool Vicious
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 68626
chartposition: RandB #5, US Dance #39
writtenby: Slick Rick
album: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89060
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: James Hawkins, Simon Stirling, Stephen John Warwick and Geoffrey Williams
album: Heroes, Spies And Gypsies
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Sire 27902
chartposition: RandB #77, US #70
writtenby: Ice T and Afrika Islam
album: Colors OST
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Arista 9644
chartposition: RandB #65, US Dance #37
writtenby: Lynn Davis and Patrice Rushen
album: Watch Out
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Sleeping Bag 28
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #7, US dance #48
writtenby: Joyce Sims
album: Come into My Life
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Polydor 905
chartposition: UK #91
writtenby: Marvin 'Ciyo' Brown & Freddie McGregor
album: Freddie McGregor
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Motown 41653
chartposition: UK #73
writtenby: Brock Walsh
album: The Return of Bruno
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 4
chartposition: UK #41, US Dance #9
writtenby: Arnie Roman and Toni C
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Atco 99320
chartposition: RandB #23, US #91
writtenby: Nancy Huang and Nile Rodgers
album: Coming to America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Ten Records 232
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Gary Taylor
album: Compassion
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