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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
101 recordlabel: London 36
chartposition: US Dance #40
writtenby: Steve Harvey
Steve Harvey Tonight 1984 London
--- recordlabel: Atlantic 89663
writtenby: N. Durham
album: Intimate Connection
comments: [album cut]
Kleeer Tonight 1984 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: De lite 830
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #2, US #13
writtenby: J. Taylor, C. Williamson
album: In the Heart
comments: Joanna / Tonight was released as a double a side in the UK
Kool & the Gang Tonight 1984 De lite
2 recordlabel: Philly World 99735
chartposition: RandB #81, UK #66
writtenby: Mark Collins
album: Talk It Up (Tell Everybody)
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ft. NIkko Today's Your Lucky Day 1984 Philly World
3 recordlabel: RCA 13829
chartposition: US Dance #35
writtenby: Nona Hendryx
album: The Art of Defense
Nona Hendryx To the Bone 1984 RCA
--- recordlabel: Presents 001
writtenby: Daisy Earnest, Leula Clark
Carmen Time To Move 1984 Presents
1 recordlabel: Tommy Boy 845 7
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Michael Jonzun and Maurice Starr
album: Down to Earth
The Jonzun Crew featuring Michael Jonzun Time Is Running Out 1984 Tommy Boy
--- recordlabel: Epic 04822
writtenby: J. Mtume, A. Heath
album: You Me and He
Mtume Tie Me Up 1984 Epic
1 recordlabel: Profile
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #79
writtenby: Bailey, Bedward, Marius, Green, Robinson, Booker
comments: [disco dance]
Disco Four Throwdown 1984 Profile
2 recordlabel: Qwest 29251
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Reggie Griffin
album: Hot Fingers
Griffin Throw Down 1984 Qwest
--- recordlabel: Motown 1339 (UK)
writtenby: B. Womack, J. Ford
album: The Poet 2
comments: [ballad]
Bobby Womack & Patti LaBelle Through The Eyes Of A Child 1984 Motown(UK)
--- recordlabel: Expansion 500
writtenby: G. Washington
Bobby Jonz Thought You Were Loving Me 1984 Expansion
1 recordlabel: Sound Town 0009
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
album: Intimate Storm
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Shirley Brown This Used to Be Your House 1984 Sound Town
2 recordlabel: Salsoul 422
chartposition: RandB #77, US Dance #34
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Funk Deluxe
Funk Deluxe This Time 1984 Salsoul
3 recordlabel: Columbia 04429
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: T. Johnson and D. Cohen
album: Preppie
comments: [ballad]
Cheryl Lynn This Time 1984 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Columbia 04721
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Champaign
album: Woman in Flames
comments: [ballad]
Champaign This Time 1984 Columbia
5 recordlabel: Elektra 66975
chartposition: RandB #29, US Dance #22
writtenby: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John and Ashley Ingram
album: Scandalous
Imagination This Means War (Shoo Be Doo da Dabba Doobee) 1984 Elektra
--- recordlabel: Soundtown 8008
writtenby: Homer Banks, Chuck Brooks
album: Intimate Storm
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Shirley Brown This Love 1984 Soundtown
1 recordlabel: Private I 04711
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Gary Goetzman and Mike Piccirillo
album: Turning Point
The Staple Singers This Is Our Night 1984 Private I
2 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)
--- recordlabel: Pizazz 119
writtenby: Buddy Turner
comments: [disco, boogie]
mpcode: yDOLIlVzt8o
Pamela Joy Think Fast 1984 Pizazz
1 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
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: 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
--- recordlabel: MCA 863 (UK)
album: Strange Reflections
Second Image There She Goes 1984 MCA(UK)
1 recordlabel: Streetwise 2218
chartposition: RandB #69
Rockers Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin There Goes My Heart 1984 Streetwise
2 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
--- recordlabel: Cotillion 99677
writtenby: Carter, Webster, Douglass, Nash, Adams
album: New Plateau
comments: [disco funk]
mpcode: 6xntloSuwLA
Slave The Word Is Out 1984 Cotillion
--- recordlabel: World 22606
writtenby: Ernesta Dunbar
album: The Wind
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: 0DqaIBVZ4no
Ernesta Dunbar The Wind 1984 World
1 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
2 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
3 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
4 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
5 recordlabel: Constellation 52486
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: Bernadette Cooper and Joyce
album: Meeting in the Ladies Room
Klymaxx The Men All Pause 1984 Constellation
6 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
7 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
8 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
--- recordlabel: Sound Town 0017
writtenby: C. Brooks, H. Banks
album: Physical Attraction
J. Blackfoot The Girl Next Door 1984 Sound Town
1 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
2 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
3 recordlabel: RandB 219 (UK)
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Leee John and Ashley Ingram
album: Trilogy
Imagination Thank You My Love 1984 RandB(UK)
4 recordlabel: Modern 99708
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: Leon Haywood
album: Freaky Man
Leon Haywood Tenderoni 1984 Modern
--- recordlabel: Salsoul 8565
writtenby: C. Stephenson, P. Hamilton
album: Funk Deluxe
Funk Deluxe Tender Lovin' 1984 Salsoul
1 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
2 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
3 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
4 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
5 recordlabel: RCA 13825
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: André Cymone
album: Face to Face
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Teenager 1984 RCA
6 recordlabel: Island 99693
chartposition: RandB #71, US Dance #13
writtenby: Junie Morrison (as Walter Morrison)
Junie Morrison Tease Me 1984 Island
7 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
8 recordlabel: Motown 64334
chartposition: UK #88
writtenby: George Harrison
album: Somebody's Watching Me
comments: [electronic, synth]
Rockwell Taxman 1984 Motown
9 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
10 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
11 recordlabel: Ocean Front 2002
writtenby: David Williams
album: Take The Ball And Run
David Williams Take The Ball And Run 1984 Ocean Front
12 recordlabel: West End 22172
chartposition: US Dance #15
writtenby: Larry Joseph
Sparque Take Some Time 1984 West End
13 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
14 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
--- recordlabel: Pablo Today 143
writtenby: Jorge Ben
album: Sunrise
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Paulinho Da Costa Taj Mahal 1984 Pablo Today
--- recordlabel: Premo 1230
writtenby: Greg Jackson
comments: [disco funk]
Precious Taboo 1984 Premo
1 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
2 recordlabel: Motown 1725
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Reggie Andrews and Leon
album: Joystick
comments: [Motown Sound]
Dazz Band Swoop (I'm Yours) 1984 Motown
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: RCA 13864
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #3, US #19
writtenby: Daryl Hall & Sara Allen
album: Endless Love
Diana Ross Swept Away 1984 RCA
5 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)
--- recordlabel: Sor 102948
writtenby: W. Bostic
William Bostic Sweet Thang -- Girl I'd Like To See You 1984 Sor
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: MK2 Record
Roland & Manwell Sweet Shot 1984 MK Record
1 recordlabel: Solar 4993
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Bill Simmons, Bobby Lovelace and Darnell Bristol
album: Street Beat
The Deele Surrender 1984 Solar
--- 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: Corner Stone 1001
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Robbie Nevil, M. Love and Duncan Pain
comments: [disco dance]
Eddie Kendricks Surprise Attack 1984 Corner Stone
2 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
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: 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
5 recordlabel: Cedar 1
chartposition: UK #93
writtenby: Cyril Gibbs
Tony Jackson Summer Groove 1984 Cedar
--- 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: 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
2 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
3 recordlabel: Columbia 04159
chartposition: RandB #89, US #95
writtenby: Paul Jabara and Bob Esty
album: Success
The Weather Girls Success 1984 Columbia
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 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)
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: Valley Vue 769
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Johnny Guitar Watson
album: Strike on Computers
Johnny Guitar Watson Strike on Computers 1984 Valley Vue
10 recordlabel: Private I 04403
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Rich Cason
Rich Cason & the Galactic Orchestra Street Symphony 1984 Private I
11 recordlabel: Vanguard 35250
chartposition: RandB #89, US dance #50
writtenby: Gordon Bahary and Joseph Saulter
album: Twilight 22
Twilight 22 Street Love 1984 Vanguard
12 recordlabel: MCA 52384
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Rich Cason (as Richard Cason)
Jimmy Lewis & the L.A. Street Band Street Freeks 1984 MCA
13 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
14 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)
15 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
--- recordlabel: Radar 7015
writtenby: S. Drayton, W. Reddick
Steve Drayton Stop Playin' With My Love 1984 Radar
1 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
2 recordlabel: GRP 96862
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: George Howard
album: Steppin' Out
comments: [jazz funk]
George Howard Steppin' Out 1984 GRP
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: 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
5 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
--- 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: 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
2 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
3 recordlabel: Steinar 720
chartposition: UK #100
writtenby: Fridrik Karlsson
album: Observations
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Mezzoforte Spring Fever 1984 Steinar

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