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
201	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
202	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
203	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
204	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
---	recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2013 writtenby: Patrick Moten, Sandra Sully album: The Songstress comments: [ballad] mpcode: b8q3tBidRCU	Anita Baker	Sometimes	1984	Beverly Glen
1	recordlabel: Prelude 400 chartposition: US Dance #58 writtenby: R. Jarvis, J. Smith, R. Serrano	Visual	Somehow, Someway	1984	Prelude
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: 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
---	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: 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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	recordlabel: Red Label 7002 chartposition: RandB #62 writtenby: Gary Lee Jones album: Sneakin' Out	Linda Clifford	Sneakin' Out	1984	Red Label
6	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
7	recordlabel: Elektra 69699 chartposition: RandB #35, US #82 writtenby: Peabo Bryson album: Straight from the Heart	Peabo Bryson	Slow Dancin'	1984	Elektra
8	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
9	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
10	recordlabel: MCA 31691 chartposition: UK #23 writtenby: Frederick Waite and Lamont Dozier album: Different Style comments: [reggae]	Musical Youth	Sixteen	1984	MCA
---	recordlabel: Spring 3040 writtenby: Millie Jackson, Brad Shapiro	Millie Jackson	Sister In The System	1984	Spring
1	recordlabel: Sound of NY 04661 chartposition: RandB #64 writtenby: Timmy Gatling, Clurel Henderson and Teddy Riley album: Kids at Work	Kids at Work	Singing Hey Yea	1984	Sound of NY
2	recordlabel: MCA 23514 chartposition: UK #53 writtenby: Foster album: Second Image	Second Image	Sing and Shout	1984	MCA
3	recordlabel: Fantasy 3001 chartposition: US dance #33 writtenby: Michael Finden, James Wirrick and Jeff Mehl album: Me and You	Jeanie Tracy	Sing Your Own Song	1984	Fantasy
4	recordlabel: Columbia 04468 chartposition: RandB #43, US #81, US AC #6 writtenby: Keith Stegall and Marvin Morrow	Johnny Mathis	Simple	1984	Columbia
5	recordlabel: Air City 402 chartposition: RandB #83 writtenby: B. Beck, G. Roebuck, M. Jones album: Graduation comments: [ballad]	Ohio Players	Sight for Sore Eyes	1984	Air City
6	recordlabel: Vanguard 35246 chartposition: RandB #56, US dance #31 writtenby: Gordon Bahary and Joseph Saulter album: Twilight 22 comments: [hip hop]	Twilight 22	Siberian Nights	1984	Vanguard
7	recordlabel: RCA 13873 chartposition: RandB #3 writtenby: Lala Cope, Steve Horton, Wayne Brathwaith album: Finesse comments: [beat ballad]	Glenn Jones	Show Me	1984	RCA
8	recordlabel: Mercury 880 294 chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #56, US rock #6, UK #4, US #1 writtenby: Roland Orzabal & Ian Stanley album: Songs from the Big Chair	Tears for Fears	Shout	1984	Mercury
9	recordlabel: Mosaic 05046 chartposition: US Dance #24 writtenby: Michael Zager and Jolyon Skinner comments: [disco dance]	Michael Zager Band	Shot in the Dark	1984	Mosaic
10	recordlabel: Qwest 29234 chartposition: RandB #49, US Dance #16 writtenby: Glen Ballard and Clif Magness album: Patti Austin	Patti Austin	Shoot the Moon	1984	Qwest
---	recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2016 writtenby: Jeffrey Osborne, Ron Kersey album: Best Of The Old And The New comments: [southern soul ballad]	Johnnie Taylor	Shoot For The Stars	1984	Beverly Glen
1	recordlabel: MCA 52312 chartposition: RandB #25, US #65, UK #87 writtenby: Sue Shifrin, Terry Britten and Billy Livsey album: Different Style	Musical Youth	She's Trouble	1984	MCA
2	recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 818 384 chartposition: RandB #1, UK #37, US #47, US dance #25 writtenby: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant & Charlie Singleton album: She's Strange comments: [funk]	Cameo	She's Strange	1984	Atlanta Artists
3	recordlabel: CBS 4629 (UK) chartposition: UK #98 writtenby: Bernard Oattes and Rob Van Schaik	Forrest	She's So Divine	1984	CBS(UK)
4	recordlabel: AandM 2679 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: Donnie Sterling album: Action comments: [funk]	Kiddo	She's Got the Body	1984	A&M
5	recordlabel: Qwest 29235 chartposition: RandB #59, US AC #19 writtenby: Brian Neary and Jim Photoglo album: It's Your Night comments: [beat ballad]	James Ingram	She Loves Me (The Best That I Can Be)	1984	Qwest
6	recordlabel: Easy Street 4506 chartposition: RandB #54, US Dance #15 writtenby: Bernard Bullock and Douglas Pittman comments: [disco funk]	World Premiere	Share the Night	1984	Easy Street
7	recordlabel: RCA Victor 13765 chartposition: RandB #12, US #107, US dance #34 writtenby: Foster Sylvers, Pamela Phillips Oland and Rickey Smith album: Face to Face	Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King)	Shake Down	1984	RCA Victor
8	recordlabel: Quality/Golden Boy 7059 chartposition: RandB #6 writtenby: R.J. Rice (as The Wiz) album: Harmony	R.J.s Latest Arrival	Shackles	1984	Quality/Golden Boy
---	recordlabel: Silver Cloud 26 writtenby: Glenn Dorsey	The Joneses	Sexy Motion	1984	Silver Cloud
1	recordlabel: Hodisk 008 chartposition: RandB #80 writtenby: L.J. Davis album: Rollin' Plus comments: [funk]	Numonics	Sexy Chile	1984	Hodisk
2	recordlabel: Warner 29182 chartposition: RandB #19, US #85, US Dance #32 writtenby: Apollonia (as Apollonia Kotero) and Prince (uncredited) album: Apollonia 6	Apollonia 6	Sex Shooter	1984	Warner
3	recordlabel: Mercury 880 255 chartposition: RandB #12, UK #51, US dance #15 writtenby: The Bar Kays and Allen Jones (as Allen A. Jones) album: Dangerous	The Bar-Kays	Sex O Matic	1984	Mercury
4	recordlabel: Personal 19811 chartposition: RandB #80, US Dance #3 writtenby: A. Phillips, Bruce Nazarian and Duane Bradley	Midway	Set It Out	1984	Personal
5	recordlabel: CBS 4192 (UK) chartposition: UK #88 writtenby: Dee C. Lee comments: [disco dance]	Dee C. Lee	Selina Wow Wow	1984	CBS(UK)
6	recordlabel: Neighbor 005 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Chris Favors and Howard Mosby album: Bronner Brothers	Bronner Brothers	Self Conscious	1984	Neighbor
7	recordlabel: Arista 9272 chartposition: RandB #36 writtenby: Maurice Starr album: Tommy Gun comments: (featuring Siedah Garrett)	Tom Browne	Secret Fantasy	1984	Arista
---	recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2016 writtenby: Sam Dees album: Best Of The Old And The New	Johnnie Taylor	Seconds Of Your Love	1984	Beverly Glen
---	recordlabel: Zebra 4001 writtenby: Vic Vaughn	Jack Sass Band	Save My Life	1984	Zebra
---	recordlabel: Myrrh 9016253262 writtenby: Ken Harding, Dave Lehman album: Sailin' comments: [gospel]	Shirley Caesar & Al Green	Sailin' On The Sea Of Your Love	1984	Myrrh
1	recordlabel: Gordy 1720 chartposition: RandB #13, US #54, US AC #17 writtenby: Norman Whitfield and Angelo Bond album: Back to Basics comments: [love ballad] [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	Sail Away	1984	Gordy
---	recordlabel: Private I 39316 writtenby: J. Knight album: Steppin' Out comments: [disco, funk, boogie album cut]	The Chi-Lites	Running Around	1984	Private I
1	recordlabel: CRC 002 (UK) chartposition: UK #95 writtenby: Gil Askey album: If My Friends Could See Me Now comments: [re release] [disco funk]	Linda Clifford	Runaway Love	1984	CRC(UK)
2	recordlabel: Ice 61 chartposition: US dance #12, RandB #68, US #26, UK #52, US rock #39 writtenby: Eddy Grant album: Going for Broke	Eddy Grant	Romancing the Stone	1984	Ice
3	recordlabel: Megatone Records 130 chartposition: UK #88, US dance #25 writtenby: Ken Kessie and Morey Goldstein album: M 1015 comments: [electro dance]	Sylvester	Rock the Box	1984	Megatone Records
4	recordlabel: Atlantic 89683 chartposition: RandB #88, US Dance #40 album: In Black and White comments: [electro, synth]	Jenny Burton	Rock Steady	1984	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: RCA 13947 writtenby: F. Thornton, R. Wright album: Pumpin'	Fonzi Thornton	Rock My Heart, Rock My World	1984	RCA
1	recordlabel: Profile 5045 chartposition: RandB #22, US dance #26 writtenby: Darryl McDaniels, DJ Run and Jam Master Jay album: Run D.M.C. comments: [hip hop]	Run-D.M.C.	Rock Box	1984	Profile
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 89689 chartposition: RandB #22, US #104 writtenby: Kamau Peterson & Dorie Pride	The Spinners	Right or Wrong	1984	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Malaco 22 (UK) writtenby: Denise Lasalle album: Right Place, Right Time [Denise LaSalle] comments: [southern soul ballad]	Denise Lasalle & Latimore	Right Place, Right Time	1984	Malaco(UK)
1	recordlabel: Qwest 29305 chartposition: RandB #33, US Dance #11 writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen, Preston Glass and Narada Michael Walden album: Patti Austin	Patti Austin	Rhythm of the Street	1984	Qwest
2	recordlabel: Tommy Boy 839 chartposition: RandB #48, UK #48, US dance #26 writtenby: Afrika Bambaataa , Arthur Baker, John Miller and John Robie album: Planet Rock The Album comments: [hip hop]	Afrika Bambaataa	Renegades of Funk	1984	Tommy Boy
3	recordlabel: 4th and Bway 405 chartposition: US Dance #9 writtenby: Boyd Jarvis	Circuit	Release the Tension	1984	th and Bway
4	recordlabel: NIA 1241 chartposition: RandB #83, US Dance #23 writtenby: Taharqa Aleem and Tunde Ra Aleem	Aleem featuring Leroy Burgess	Release Yourself	1984	NIA
---	recordlabel: Street-Level 67 (UK) writtenby: C. Nolan, R. Crossley comments: [disco, boogie] mpcode: g0abLQf9QSQ	Cat Miller	Ready or Not	1984	StreetLevel(UK)
1	recordlabel: Cotillion 99771 chartposition: RandB #69 album: Ready for the Night	Margie Joseph	Ready for the Night	1984	Cotillion
2	recordlabel: Prelude 683 chartposition: US Dance #54 writtenby: Audrey Wheeler and Mike Theodore	Unlimited Touch	Reach Out (Everlasting Lover)	1984	Prelude
3	recordlabel: Arista 9253 chartposition: RandB #72, UK #89 writtenby: Gil Scott Heron comments: [electro]	Gil Scott-Heron	Re-Ron	1984	Arista
4	recordlabel: Streetwave 13 chartposition: UK #83 writtenby: Jeffrey Guishard comments: [disco funk]	Hi-Tension	Rat Race	1984	Streetwave
5	recordlabel: Profile 5059 chartposition: US dance #2, RandB #5, UK #41 writtenby: Paul Hardcastle album: Paul Hardcastle comments: [jazz funk instrumental]	Paul Hardcastle	Rain Forest	1984	Profile
6	recordlabel: Island 99683 chartposition: RandB #69 writtenby: Larry Price, Ronald Larkins, Eric Thorngren, B. Baker and Jim Gregory album: Rappin'	The World's Famous Supreme Team	Radio Man	1984	Island
7	recordlabel: Capitol 5324 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Andre Williams, Ron Ford, Janice Evans and S. Linn album: You Shouldn't Nuf Bit Fish comments: [funk]	George Clinton	Quickie	1984	Capitol
8	recordlabel: Warner 9174 chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, UK #8, US rock #18 writtenby: Prince album: Purple Rain	Prince	Purple Rain	1984	Warner
9	recordlabel: Capitol 5433 chartposition: RandB #3, UK #26, US #7, US AC #30 writtenby: Mark Knopfler album: Private Dancer	Tina Turner	Private Dancer	1984	Capitol
10	recordlabel: Epic 4800 (UK) chartposition: UK #98 album: Eyes of Innocence	Miami Sound Machine	Prisoner of Love	1984	Epic(UK)
11	recordlabel: Epic 4720 chartposition: UK #57 writtenby: James Mtume album: You, Me and He	Mtume	Prime Time	1984	Epic
12	recordlabel: Motown 1752 chartposition: RandB #15, US #75, US dance #13 writtenby: Vanity album: Wild Animal comments: [Motown Sound]	Vanity	Pretty Mess	1984	Motown
13	recordlabel: Private I 4905117 chartposition: RandB #84 album: If the Price Is Right	Bonnie Pointer	Premonition	1984	Private I
---	recordlabel: Streetwave 27 (UK) writtenby: Steve and Sheila Washington album: Like A Shot	Steve Washington	Please Don't Go	1984	Streetwave(UK)
1	recordlabel: AandM 12089 chartposition: RandB #10, US Dance #6 writtenby: David Wolinski (as David album: Stay with Me Tonight	Jeffrey Osborne	Plane Love	1984	A&M
2	recordlabel: Tabu 05094 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Curtiss Boone, Everett Boone and Herschel Boone album: Detroyt comments: [disco funk]	Detroyt	Physical Lover	1984	Tabu
3	recordlabel: Columbia 04607 chartposition: RandB #61 writtenby: Jerry Knight, Davitt Sigerson and Lillie Clarke album: Chinese Wall	Philip Bailey	Photogenic Memory	1984	Columbia
4	recordlabel: Cotillion 99785 chartposition: RandB #10, US #75 writtenby: Preston Glass and Narada Michael Walden album: Perfect Combination comments: [love ballad]	Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gill	Perfect Combination	1984	Cotillion
5	recordlabel: Motown 1762 chartposition: RandB #8, UK #18, US #8, US AC #1 writtenby: Brenda Harvey Richie & Lionel Richie album: Can't Slow Down comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]	Lionel Richie	Penny Lover	1984	Motown
---	recordlabel: Direct Drive 00156 writtenby: M.J. Ward	Direct Drive	Pass The Paper	1984	Direct Drive
1	recordlabel: Capitol 5382 chartposition: RandB #53, UK #56 writtenby: Randy Muller album: Renegades	Brass Construction	Partyline	1984	Capitol
2	recordlabel: Gold Mountain 82006 chartposition: US Dance #59 writtenby: Franne Golde, Mary Lauria and Marti Sharron album: Own the Night	George McCrae	Own the Night	1984	Gold Mountain
3	recordlabel: Solar 66957 chartposition: RandB #7, US dance #42, US #101 writtenby: Lakeside album: Outrageous comments: [disco funk]	Lakeside	Outrageous	1984	Solar
4	recordlabel: Epic 04943 chartposition: RandB #56 writtenby: Teena Marie album: Starchild comments: [beat ballad]	Teena Marie	Out on a Limb	1984	Epic
5	recordlabel: RCA 13916 chartposition: RandB #24, US #1, US dance #1, UK #48, US AC #8, US rock #18 writtenby: Daryl Hall & John Oates album: Big Bam Boom	Hall & Oates	Out of Touch	1984	RCA
6	recordlabel: Private I 04545 chartposition: RandB #80, US Dance #49 writtenby: Alphonse Mouzon	Alphonse Mouzon featuring Carol Dennis	Our Love Is Hot	1984	Private I
7	recordlabel: Chrysalis 5 (UK) chartposition: UK #90 writtenby: David Grant album: David Grant	David Grant	Organize	1984	Chrysalis(UK)
8	recordlabel: Solar 69684 chartposition: RandB #1, US #18, UK #66, US dance #15 writtenby: Bo Watson, Reggie Calloway, Belinda Lipscomb & Boaz Watson album: Planetary Invasion	Midnight Star	Operator	1984	Solar
9	recordlabel: Cotillion 99696 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Mark Adams, Danny Webster, Charles Carter, Keith Nash and Jimmy Douglass album: New Plateau comments: [disco funk]	Slave	Ooohh	1984	Cotillion
10	recordlabel: EMI America 8198 chartposition: RandB #89, US #105 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Jon St. James and Stacey Q (as Stacey Swain) album: Trans Atlantic	Jon St. James	Oogity Boogity	1984	EMI America
11	recordlabel: Tuff City 04955 chartposition: RandB #59, US Dance #37 writtenby: Davy D (as David Reeves Jr.) comments: [instrumental]	Davy DMX	One for the Treble (Fresh)	1984	Tuff City
12	recordlabel: Jamaica 9002 chartposition: RandB #75, US dance #35 writtenby: Betty Wright , H. Harris, D. Johnson and Amir Bayyan	Betty Wright	One Step Up, Two Steps Back	1984	Jamaica
13	recordlabel: President 522 (UK) chartposition: UK #57 writtenby: Russ Mitchell and George McCrae album: One Step Closer To Love	George McCrae	One Step Closer (To Love)	1984	President(UK)
14	recordlabel: Private I 04448 chartposition: RandB #46 writtenby: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy album: One Step Closer comments: [disco dance]	The Dells	One Step Closer	1984	Private I
15	recordlabel: RCA 13988 chartposition: US dance #5, RandB #89, UK #12, US #3, US AC #35 writtenby: B. Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson & Tim Rice album: Chess	Murray Head	One Night in Bangkok	1984	RCA

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