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Soul R&B Music Charts of 1996 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1996 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 1996, 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 1996, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1996 . . .

The following songs were released in 1996 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 1996 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: Motown 374 631 456
chartposition: RandB #40, US #95, UK #27
writtenby: Horace Brown , James Brown, Eddie Ferrell (as Edward Ferrell) and Fred Wesley
album: Horace Brown
Horace Brown Things We Do for Love 1996 Motown
502 recordlabel: Arista 07822 18796 4
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: Babyface and Lisa Lopes
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
TLC This Is How It Works 1996 Arista
503 recordlabel: Polydor 575 633 2
chartposition: UK #59
writtenby: Deni Lew, Nicky Graham and Wayne Hector
album: Scarlet
comments: [love ballad]
Code Red This Is Our Song 1996 Polydor
504 recordlabel: Epic 8668
chartposition: RandB #2, US #6, UK #12
writtenby: Howard Hewett and Dana Meyers
album: The Day
Babyface This Is for the Lover in You 1996 Epic
505 recordlabel: Noo Trybe 38536
chartposition: RandB #84, US #61
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Robert Briggs, Shyheim, Bernard Jackson, Arby Quinn and Ed Townsend
album: The Lost Generation
comments: [hip hop]
Shyheim This Iz Real 1996 Noo Trybe
506 recordlabel: Epic 7606
chartposition: RandB #23, US dance #18
writtenby: Michael Jackson , Dallas Austin, The Notorious B.I.G., Bruce Swedien and Rene Moore
album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
Michael Jackson This Time Around 1996 Epic
507 recordlabel: Killa Cali/Thug 7003
chartposition: RandB #78
weeksinr&bchart: 2
album: Killafornia Organization
Killafornia Organization ft. Comptons Most Wanted Throw It Up 1996 Killa Cali/Thug
508 recordlabel: Intersound 9220
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: George Duke, Michael Cooper, Byron Miller, Ndugo Chandler and Charles Icarus Johnson
album: Live For Ya A**
Con Funk Shun Throw It Up, Throw It Up 1996 Intersound
509 recordlabel: Tommy Boy 7699
chartposition: UK #49
writtenby: Maurice Thompson, Jasiri Williams, Kenneth Blue, Andre Edwards, Treach, L.V., Stevie Wonder
album: I Am L.V.
L.V. featuring Treach Throw Your Hands Up 1996 Tommy Boy
510 recordlabel: Mo Thugs
chartposition: RandB #27
album: Family Scriptures
Mo Thugs Thug Devotion 1996 Mo Thugs
511 recordlabel: Columbia 78275
chartposition: RandB #79, UK #63
writtenby: Maxwell and Hod David
album: Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
comments: [slow jam]
Maxwell Til the Cops Come Knockin' - The Opus 1996 Columbia
512 recordlabel: Hip Hop Remixes 604
chartposition: RandB #4, US #14, UK #26
writtenby: Scott Alexander, Rodney Browning, Kolanek, George Pendergast and J.R. Richards
album: Case
Case Touch Me, Tease Me 1996 Hip Hop Remixes
513 recordlabel: Rowdy 5089
chartposition: RandB #23, US #40, UK #48
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Dallas Austin
comments: from Fled: From the MGM Motion Picture
T-Boz Touch Myself 1996 Rowdy
514 recordlabel: Jive
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: R. Kelly
comments: [slow jam]
R. Kelly Trade in My Life 1996 Jive
515 recordlabel: RCA 64581
chartposition: RandB #61, US #35
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Ives, Kemo, O.G. Style and Sol Lake (sample)
album: Delinquent Habits
comments: [hip hop]
Delinquent Habits Tres Delinquentes 1996 RCA
516 recordlabel: Eternal 1926
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Mark Morrison
album: Return of the Mack
comments: [slow jam]
Mark Morrison Trippin' 1996 Eternal
517 recordlabel: Hyped International 745301
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Lynell Webster
The Dramatics Try Love Again 1996 Hyped International
518 recordlabel: Columbia 663534(UK)
chartposition: UK #15
writtenby: Simon Climie, Denis Ingoldsby and Oliver Smallman
album: Freaky
MN8 Tuff Act To Follow 1996 Columbia (UK)
519 recordlabel: AandM 00124
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #22
writtenby: Janet Jackson , Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: Design of a Decade
Janet Jackson Twenty Foreplay 1996 A&M
520 recordlabel: Elektra 5859
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #39
writtenby: Keith Sweat, Eric McCaine and Kut Klose
album: Keith Sweat
comments: [slow jam]
Keith Sweat Twisted 1996 Elektra
521 recordlabel: Chrysalis/EMI 58517
chartposition: RandB #53, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Bahamadia, Chris Martin and David Willis
album: Kollage
Bahamadia Uknowhowwedu 1996 Chrysalis/EMI
522 recordlabel: LaFace 24200
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US AC #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Secrets
comments: [slow jam]
Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart 1996 LaFace
523 recordlabel: Jive 397 (UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Juanita Carter, James Strong
album: Smooth
comments: [ballad]
Smooth Undercover Lover 1996 Jive(UK)
524 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasief
album: Daydream
Mariah Carey Underneath the Stars 1996 Columbia
525 recordlabel: MCA 55199
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Chucky Thompson, Daoud Baptiste and Quasim Baptiste
album: Until the Day
Nonchalant Until the Day 1996 MCA
526 recordlabel: RCA 64606
chartposition: RandB #6, US #22
writtenby: Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams
album: New Beginning
comments: [slow jam]
SWV Use Your Heart 1996 RCA
527 recordlabel: Motown 3746313921
chartposition: US AC #28
writtenby: Bettis, Roberts and Stanley
album: Take Me Higher
comments: [ballad]
Diana Ross Voice of the Heart 1996 Motown
528 recordlabel: Rip-It 203-1
chartposition: RandB 102
album: Just For You
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: jImqqOdeNFo
4U Waiting for a Girl Like You 1996 RipIt
529 recordlabel: Priority 53238
chartposition: RandB #89
weeksinr&bchart: 4
album: Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars
Killarmy Wake Up 1996 Priority
530 recordlabel: Critique 01624155901
chartposition: RandB #95
album: Future Rhythm
Digital Underground Walk Real Kool 1996 Critique
531 recordlabel: Virgin 19338
chartposition: UK #36
writtenby: Maxi Priest, Harry Hyams and Andrew Saidenberg
album: Man with the Fun
Maxi Priest Watching the World Go By 1996 Virgin
532 recordlabel: Mercury 852 665 2
chartposition: UK #51
writtenby: Allan Rich and Brenda Russell
album: Moving On
comments: [ballad]
Oleta Adams We Will Meet Again 1996 Mercury
533 recordlabel: Def Jam 577790
chartposition: RandB #41, US #103
writtenby: Rockwilder (as Dana Stinson) and Erick Sermon
album: Double or Nothing
comments: [hip hop]
Erick Sermon Welcome 1996 Def Jam
534 recordlabel: Blue Thumb 3061
chartposition: RandB #51, UK #105
writtenby: Rex Rideout, Byron Stingily and Phillip Temple
album: Maysa
Maysa What About Our Love? 1996 Blue Thumb
535 recordlabel: EastWest 64323
chartposition: RandB #41, US #113
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Thomas McElroy, Denzil Foster and Terry Ellis
Terry Ellis What Did I Do to You? 1996 EastWest
536 recordlabel: JAD 5001
chartposition: UK #42
writtenby: Jimmy Norman, Joe Vennen, Al Pyfrom
comments: [dance]
Bob Marley & the Wailers What Goes Around Comes Around 1996 JAD
537 recordlabel: Perspective 00282
chartposition: RandB #2, US #17, UK #38
writtenby: Vassal Benford
album: Definition of a Band
comments: [slow jam]
Mint Condition What Kind of Man Would I Be 1996 Perspective
538 recordlabel: AM:PM 581 735 2
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Kenny Thomas and Steve Mac
comments: [dance, house]
Future Force What You Want 1996 AM:PM
539 recordlabel: Interscope 97008
chartposition: RandB #36, UK #2. US #32
writtenby: Terry Britten and Graham Lyle
album: Supercop: Music from and Inspired by the Dimension Motion Picture
comments: [hip hop]
Warren G What's Love Got to Do with It 1996 Interscope
540 recordlabel: Qwest 17721
chartposition: RandB #92
weeksinr&bchart: 3
album: Intertwine Da' Fold
Kenneth Mangram What's Yo' Name 1996 Qwest
541 recordlabel: Def Jam 314 574 027 1
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: Redman (as Reggie Noble) and Erick Serman
album: Muddy Waters
Redman Whateva Man 1996 Def Jam
542 recordlabel: Parlophone 2
chartposition: UK #23
writtenby: Arthur Baker, Taylor Dayne and Fred Zarr
album: Wildest Dreams
Tina Turner Whatever You Want 1996 Parlophone
543 recordlabel: Bad Boy 79074
chartposition: RandB #28, US #50
writtenby: Tammy Lucas, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Q, Slim, Keisha Spivey, Pamela Long
album: Total
Total When Boy Meets Girl 1996 Bad Boy
544 recordlabel: Perspective 31458 7512
chartposition: RandB #8, US #50, UK #45
album: Solo
Solo Where Do U Want Me to Put It 1996 Perspective
545 recordlabel: Arista 13223
chartposition: RandB #28, US #48
writtenby: Deborah Cox and Lascelles Stephens
album: Deborah Cox
comments: [slow jam]
Deborah Cox Where Do We Go from Here 1996 Arista
546 recordlabel: Mercury 3145781027
chartposition: RandB #90, US #71, UK #162, US AC #5
writtenby: David Foster, E. Kopelson, Douglas Pashley and Linda Thompson
album: Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years
comments: [ballad]
Vanessa Williams Where Do We Go from Here? 1996 Mercury
547 recordlabel: MCA 55096
chartposition: RandB #88, US #108
writtenby: Kevin Irving, Passion
album: Baller's Lady
Passion Where I'm From 1996 MCA
548 recordlabel: Suave House 1562
chartposition: RandB #87
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Mr. Mike (as Mike Walls)
Mr. Mike Where Ya Love At 1996 Suave House
549 recordlabel: Wrap 349
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: John Guldberg and Tim Stahl
album: Get This Party Started
Kilo White Horse 1996 Wrap
550 recordlabel: Island 531055
chartposition: RandB #96
weeksinr&bchart: 2
album: Where There Is Life
Luciano Meets The Jungle Brothers Who Could It Be 1996 Island
551 recordlabel: Arista 12950
chartposition: RandB #12, US #17, UK #31, US dance #1
writtenby: Vassal Benford and Larry Campbell
album: Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox Who Do U Love 1996 Arista
552 recordlabel: Maverick 8318
chartposition: RandB #34, US dance #1, UK #83
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Bill Withers and Stan McKenny
album: Peace Beyond Passion
Me'shell Ndegéocello Who Is He and What Is He to You 1996 Maverick
553 recordlabel: MJJ Music 78366
chartposition: UK #2, RandB #71
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds)
album: Brotherhood
comments: [slow jam]
3T featuring Michael Jackson Why 1996 MJJ Music
554 recordlabel: Arista 13213
chartposition: RandB #22, US #26, US AC #6
writtenby: Babyface
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
Whitney Houston Why Does It Hurt So Bad 1996 Arista
555 recordlabel: Rowdy 35072
chartposition: RandB #3, US #7
writtenby: Daryl Simmons
album: Miss Thang
Monica Why I Love You So Much 1996 Rowdy
556 recordlabel: Virgin 38529
chartposition: RandB #52, UK #11, US #108
writtenby: Shaggy (as Orville Burrell), Robert Livingston, M. Dixon and Bob Marley
album: Boombastic
Shaggy Why You Treat Me So Bad 1996 Virgin
557 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: UK #53
writtenby: Shaun Labelle, Stevie Bensusen and G. Strober
mpcode: Jrx0chrHOFQ
Infiniti featuring Grand Puba Will You Be My Baby 1996 Arista
558 recordlabel: Island
chartposition: RandB #62
weeksinr&bchart: 2
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts] [album cut]
Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, U-God, Raekwon, Cappadonna Winter Warz 1996 Island
559 recordlabel: Perspective 587550
chartposition: RandB #56, US #86
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Nathan Morris and Stephen Stills
album: Kazaam OST
comments: samples 'For What It's Worth' by The Buffalo Springfield
Nathan Morris Wishes 1996 Perspective
560 recordlabel: Warner 17681
chartposition: RandB #34, US #98
writtenby: E. Baker, R. Holiday, Curtis
album: Somethin' for the People
Somethin' for the People With You 1996 Warner
561 recordlabel: Jellybean 2513
chartposition: US Dance #3
writtenby: Gavin Christopher and Mike
comments: [dance, house]
Pulse featuring Antoinette Roberson Won't Give Up My Music 1996 Jellybean
562 recordlabel: Wreck 20161
chartposition: RandB #95, US #116
album: Dah Shinin'
Smif-n-Wessun Wontime 1996 Wreck
563 recordlabel: Elektra 66028
chartposition: RandB #6, US #8, UK #8
writtenby: Busta Rhymes (as Trevor Smith) and Galt MacDermot
album: The Coming
comments: [rap]
Busta Rhymes Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check 1996 Elektra
564 recordlabel: Def Jam 111
chartposition: RandB #40
weeksinr&bchart: 11
album: T.H.U.G.S.
comments: [hip hop] [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts]
Flesh-N-Bone World So Cruel 1996 Def Jam
565 recordlabel: Wreck 20161
chartposition: RandB #95
weeksinr&bchart: 4
album: Dah Shinin'
Smif-n-Wessun Wrekonize 1996 Wreck
566 recordlabel: Big Beat 98045
chartposition: RandB #40, US #60, US Dance #11
weeksinr&bchart: 17
album: High School High OST
RZA featuring Method Man & Cappadonna Wu-Wear, The Garment Renaissance 1996 Big Beat
567 recordlabel: Payday 120100
chartposition: RandB #57, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier
album: Wrath of the Math
Jeru the Damaja Ya Playin' Yaself 1996 Payday
568 recordlabel: Universal 56001
chartposition: RandB #11, US #32
writtenby: Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard and Jack Irons
album: Moods...Moments
comments: [slow jam]
Monifah You 1996 Universal
569 recordlabel: Rap a Lot 38571
chartposition: RandB #49, US #104
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Marco Ennis, Raymond Scott and Simon Cullins
album: Doomsday: Forever RSO
The Almighty RSO featuring Faith Evans You Could Be My Boo 1996 Rap a Lot
570 recordlabel: MCA 55278
chartposition: RandB #7, US #7
writtenby: Chucky Thompson, Daron Jones, Heavy D, Slim , Michael Keith, Q [Quinnes Parker], Diddy, Jimmy Jam
album: Home Again
New Edition You Don't Have to Worry -- Still in Love with You 1996 MCA
571 recordlabel: Gasoline Alley 55276
chartposition: RandB #71
album: From I Extreme II Another
comments: [hip hop]
II D Extreme You Got Me Goin' 1996 Gasoline Alley
572 recordlabel: Island 854630
chartposition: RandB #33, US #83
writtenby: Rachel Oden, Flex and Sabrina Sapp
album: 11 20 79
Mona Lisa You Said 1996 Island
573 recordlabel: Warner 17753
chartposition: RandB #29, US #105
album: Somethin' for the People
Somethin' for the People You Want This Party Started 1996 Warner
574 recordlabel: Magnet 1834
chartposition: UK #76
writtenby: Billie Ray Martin, Brian Nordhoff, Joseph Stevens, Leslie Fleming and Robert Cimarosti
album: Deadline for My Memories
Billie Ray Martin You and I (Keep Holding On) 1996 Magnet
575 recordlabel: Relativity 1532
chartposition: RandB #84, US #113
weeksinr&bchart: 4
album: Politics and Bullshit
Frankie Cutlass You and You and You 1996 Relativity
576 recordlabel: LaFace 24160
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US AC #9, US dance #1
writtenby: Babyface and Bryce Luvah (as Bryce Wilson)
album: Secrets
Toni Braxton You're Makin' Me High -- Let It Flow 1996 LaFace
577 recordlabel: RCA 64515
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, UK #13
writtenby: Allen Gordon (as Allstar), Andrea Martin, I. Matias, Tamara Johnson and Coko (as Cheryl Gamble)
album: New Beginning
SWV You're the One 1996 RCA
578 recordlabel: MCA 11350
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Your Heart's in Good Hands
Al Green Your Heart's in Good Hands 1996 MCA
579 recordlabel: Six By Six Records 127
chartposition: UK #28
writtenby: Neil Howard, Tracy Howard, Ann Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson and Michael Wilson
Inner City Your Love 1996 Six By Six Records
580 recordlabel: Deconstruction (UK)
chartposition: UK #60
writtenby: Barry Jamieson, Jon Sutton and Lisa Millett
comments: [dance, house]
Evolution Your Love is Calling 1996 Deconstruction (UK)
581 recordlabel: Epic 78400
chartposition: RandB #5, US #52, UK #14
writtenby: Luther Vandross and Reed Vertelney
album: Your Secret Love
Luther Vandross Your Secret Love 1996 Epic

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