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
301	recordlabel: Megatone 129 chartposition: US Dance #41 writtenby: Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen	Scherrie Payne	One Night Only	1984	Megatone
302	recordlabel: Warner 29406 chartposition: RandB #37, US #102, UK #86, US Dance #67 writtenby: Kevin Murphy and Jeffrey Osborne album: Stompin' At The Savoy	Rufus (and Chaka Khan)	One Million Kisses	1984	Warner
303	recordlabel: Prism 204 chartposition: US Dance #59 writtenby: Curtis Hudson album: Party On comments: [disco dance]	Pure Energy featuring Lisa Stevens	One Hot Night	1984	Prism
---	recordlabel: MCA 5514 writtenby: Jimmy Soelber album: The Controllers comments: [album cut] mpcode: hcTW0xOEXCM	The Controllers	One Girl	1984	MCA
1	recordlabel: Streetwise 2236 chartposition: US dance #72 writtenby: Andy Stennett and John Rocca comments: [disco dance]	John Rocca	Once Upon a Time	1984	Streetwise
2	recordlabel: Still Rising 1003 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #81 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: R. Mindseed comments: [electro dance] mpcode: adAPulwIdzk	Leon Love	Once Is Not Enough	1984	Still Rising
3	recordlabel: Columbia 04600 chartposition: RandB #10, US #104, UK #76 writtenby: Champaign album: Woman in Flames	Champaign	Off and On Love	1984	Columbia
4	recordlabel: Motown 64321 chartposition: RandB #9, US #35, UK #79 writtenby: Rockwell (as Kennedy Gordy) album: Somebody's Watching Me comments: [Motown Sound]	Rockwell	Obscene Phone Caller	1984	Motown
5	recordlabel: Passport 4005 chartposition: RandB #77 writtenby: Ronnie Wilson and Charles Wilson album: Strike A Groove comments: [funk]	The Gap Band	Not Guilty	1984	Passport
6	recordlabel: Epic 04412 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: P. Phillips Oland, R. Sherman, W. Zimmerman, W. Raglin album: Gettin' Ready	Krystol	Nobody's Gonna Get This Lovin' But You	1984	Epic
7	recordlabel: Personal 19805 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: Leroy Burgess and Sonny T. Davenport comments: [disco, dance, boogie]	Inner Life	No Way	1984	Personal
---	recordlabel: Music Power 1 (UK) writtenby: Intrigue comments: [disco funk]	Intrigue	No Turning Back	1984	Music Power(UK)
1	recordlabel: Tommy Boy 840 chartposition: RandB #75 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Malcolm X, Keith LeBlanc comments: contains actual excerpts from Malcolm X speeches; music performed by Keith LeBlanc	Malcolm X	No Sell Out	1984	Tommy Boy
2	recordlabel: Solar 69753 chartposition: RandB #43, US #81, US Dance #44 writtenby: Bill Simmons, Bobby Lovelace and Vincent Calloway album: No Parking on the Dance Floor comments: [disco, dance]	Midnight Star	No Parking (On the Dance Floor)	1984	Solar
3	recordlabel: Tabu 04665 chartposition: RandB #15, US #102 writtenby: Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) album: Just the Way You Like it	The S.O.S. Band	No One's Gonna Love You	1984	Tabu
4	recordlabel: Prism 495 chartposition: US Dance #17 writtenby: Richard Scher and Lotti Golden album: It's a Beat Wave	Warp 9	No Man Is an Island	1984	Prism
5	recordlabel: MCA 52412 chartposition: RandB #64, US Dance #1 writtenby: Anthony Malloy and Cleveland Wright III	Temper	No Favors	1984	MCA
6	recordlabel: Atlantic 89653 chartposition: RandB #62 album: All Points Bulletin comments: [ballad]	Amuzement Park Band	No	1984	Atlantic
7	recordlabel: Svengali 8403 chartposition: RandB #82, US dance #14 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Jade Starling and Whey Cooler	Pretty Poison	Nightime	1984	Svengali
---	recordlabel: Sunnyview 414 writtenby: Joyce D. Stovall, Buddy Chandler comments: [disco, funk, boogie]	Dolos	Night So Right	1984	Sunnyview
---	recordlabel: Grand 101 writtenby: Tom Jones III, David Weatherspoon Jr.	Sammy Relford	Night Person	1984	Grand
1	recordlabel: MCA 853 (UK) chartposition: UK #55 writtenby: Leon Ndugu Chancler album: Ghetto Blaster comments: [disco jazz funk]	The Crusaders	Night Ladies	1984	MCA(UK)
---	recordlabel: Crown Limited 5655 writtenby: Mary H. Bryant	David Sea	Night After Night	1984	Crown Limited
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 89699 chartposition: RandB #79 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham & Richard Lee album: Intimate Connection	Kleeer	Next Time Is For Real	1984	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Columbia 04537 chartposition: RandB #22, US #81, US dance #81 writtenby: Deniece Williams and George Duke album: Let's Hear It for the Boy	Deniece Williams	Next Love	1984	Columbia
3	recordlabel: MCA 52365 chartposition: RandB #27 writtenby: Joe Sample and Will Jennings album: Ghetto Blaster comments: [disco, boogie, jazz funk]	The Crusaders featuring Gwen Evans	New Moves	1984	MCA
---	recordlabel: Rain 253 writtenby: G. Henderson comments: [disco, funk, boogie] (featuring Rome Jefferies)	Greg Henderson	Never Too Late (To Find A Love)	1984	Rain
1	recordlabel: Polydor 716 chartposition: UK #73 writtenby: Andrew Gold comments: [reggae]	Trevor Walters	Never Let Her Slip Away	1984	Polydor
2	recordlabel: Capitol 5361 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Randy Muller album: Renegades comments: [disco funk]	Brass Construction	Never Had a Girl Like You	1984	Capitol
---	recordlabel: De-Lite 832 writtenby: L. Graham, P. Richmond album: Finders Keepers mpcode: UyFrhlzfZkA	Leon Bryant	Never	1984	DeLite
1	recordlabel: Planet 13951 chartposition: RandB #13, US #6, UK #31, US dance #4, US AC #23 writtenby: Allee Willis & Dan Sembello (as Danny Sembello) album: Break Out comments: [disco dance]	The Pointer Sisters	Neutron Dance	1984	Planet
---	recordlabel: Cooltempo 105 (UK) writtenby: Morgan, Scruggs comments: [disco, boogie, hip hop] mpcode: Ho-kiwL7c2w	Cutty	Naughty Times	1984	Cooltempo(UK)
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 89695 chartposition: RandB #80, US #102, US AC #6 writtenby: Rod Temperton album: Bodies and Souls	The Manhattan Transfer	Mystery	1984	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Becket 522 writtenby: P.S. Thomas album: Circle City Band comments: [disco funk]	Circle City Band	My Place	1984	Becket
1	recordlabel: Mirage 96937 chartposition: RandB #48, US Dance #3 writtenby: Ann Godwin and Chris Barbosa album: Let the Music Play	Shannon	My Heart's Divided	1984	Mirage
2	recordlabel: Geffen 29359 chartposition: RandB #88, UK #5, US #29, US AC #34, US rock #52 writtenby: Paul Weller album: Cafe Bleu	The Style Council	My Ever Changing Moods	1984	Geffen
3	recordlabel: Warner 29275 chartposition: RandB #53, US Dance #36 writtenby: Marcus Miller album: Marcus Miller	Marcus Miller	My Best Friend's Girlfriend	1984	Warner
4	recordlabel: MCA 52484 chartposition: RandB #1, UK #19, US #12 writtenby: Ray Parker Jr. album: New Edition	New Edition	Mr. Telephone Man	1984	MCA
5	recordlabel: Columbia 04589 chartposition: RandB #75 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Patrick Henderson, Laythan Armor, Kip Saginor comments: [hip hop]	Mr. T	Mr. T's Commandment	1984	Columbia
6	recordlabel: MCA 52409 chartposition: RandB #8, UK #84 writtenby: Kevin McCord album: Lady	One Way	Mr. Groove	1984	MCA
7	recordlabel: Tuff City 04229 chartposition: RandB #88 writtenby: Jerome Prister comments: [funk, hip hop]	Output	Move For Me	1984	Tuff City
8	recordlabel: AandM 2619 chartposition: RandB #11 writtenby: Sam Dees album: Yours Forever comments: [love ballad]	Atlantic Starr	More, More, More	1984	A&M
9	recordlabel: Columbia 04427 chartposition: RandB #67 writtenby: David Porter and Donald O'Connor album: Electric Universe	Earth, Wind & Fire	Moonwalk	1984	Columbia
10	recordlabel: Virgin/Epic 04727 chartposition: RandB #61, US #33, US AC #18 writtenby: Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss album: Waking Up with the House on Fire comments: [ballad]	Culture Club	Mistake No. 3	1984	Virgin/Epic
11	recordlabel: RCA 13966 chartposition: RandB #1, US #10, UK #76, US AC #4 writtenby: Lionel Richie album: Swept Away comments: [ballad]	Diana Ross	Missing You	1984	RCA
12	recordlabel: Virgin/Epic 04388 chartposition: RandB #8, US #5, US dance #10, US AC #12 writtenby: Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss album: Colour By Numbers	Culture Club	Miss Me Blind	1984	Virgin/Epic
13	recordlabel: De lite 880 431 chartposition: RandB #3, US #10, UK #28, US dance #9 writtenby: Robert Bell album: Emergency	Kool & the Gang	Misled	1984	De lite
14	recordlabel: Epic 04271 chartposition: RandB #36 writtenby: Teena Marie album: Robbery	Teena Marie	Midnight Magnet	1984	Epic
---	recordlabel: Cotillion 9713 (UK) writtenby: L. Jackson, R. Jackson album: Ready For The Night comments: [disco dance] mpcode: 9mCcPjQNIC4	Margie Joseph	Midnight Lover	1984	Cotillion(UK)
1	recordlabel: Warner 29231 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Steve Cropper and Wilson Pickett album: The Saga Continues comments: [disco, funk, electro]	Roger featuring the Mighty Clouds of Joy	Midnight Hour (Part I)	1984	Warner
2	recordlabel: RCA 13970 chartposition: RandB #21, US #5, UK #21, US dance #15, US AC #18, US rock #42 writtenby: Daryl Hall & Janna Allen album: Big Bam Boom	Hall & Oates	Method of Modern Love	1984	RCA
3	recordlabel: Columbia 04473 chartposition: RandB #36, US #105, US Dance #38	Herbie Hancock	Mega Mix	1984	Columbia
4	recordlabel: Record Shack 25 (UK) chartposition: UK #60 writtenby: Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench album: High Energy comments: [disco, hi NRG]	Evelyn Thomas	Masquerade	1984	Record Shack(UK)
5	recordlabel: Streetwave 12 chartposition: UK #89 writtenby: T. Morris, L. Phillips and F. Morris	Edwin Starr	Marvin	1984	Streetwave
6	recordlabel: Bearsville 29296 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Roger Troutman and Larry Troutman album: Make You Shake It comments: [funk]	The Human Body	Make You Shake It	1984	Bearsville
7	recordlabel: Solar 69695 chartposition: RandB #37 writtenby: Lakeside album: Outrageous	Lakeside	Make My Day	1984	Solar
8	recordlabel: Epic 04494 chartposition: RandB #48 writtenby: Luther Vandross and Nat Adderley Jr. album: Busy Body comments: [ballad]	Luther Vandross	Make Me a Believer	1984	Epic
9	recordlabel: C & R 7684 chartposition: RandB #77, UK #56 writtenby: Ron Kersey and Alex Brown album: Music Magic	Rose Royce	Magic Touch	1984	C & R
10	recordlabel: Epic 04360 chartposition: RandB #83 writtenby: Skip Anderson, Steve Williams album: On and On comments: [disco dance]	Carl Anderson	Magic	1984	Epic
11	recordlabel: Catawba 04576 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: G. Jackson, R. Moore comments: [disco dance]	Eleanor Grant	Lovin' Your Good Thing Away	1984	Catawba
12	recordlabel: Radar 12010 chartposition: UK #93	Status IV	Lovin' You	1984	Radar
13	recordlabel: Epic 04619 chartposition: RandB #9, US #4, US dance #6, UK #76 writtenby: Teena Marie album: Starchild	Teena Marie	Lovergirl	1984	Epic
14	recordlabel: Arista 9284 chartposition: RandB #20, US #2, UK #15, US dance #1 writtenby: Keith Diamond, Robert John album: Suddenly	Billy Ocean	Loverboy	1984	Arista
---	recordlabel: Surfside 840229 writtenby: General Johnson album: The Music	Chairmen of the Board	Lover Boy	1984	Surfside
1	recordlabel: Motown 1335 (UK) chartposition: UK #79 album: Love In The Fire comments: [Motown Sound]	Bobby King	Lovequake	1984	Motown(UK)
2	recordlabel: Capitol 5329 chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #37, US #101 writtenby: O'Bryan (as O'Bryan Burnette II) and Don Cornelius album: Be My Lover	O'Bryan	Lovelite	1984	Capitol
3	recordlabel: P.I.R. 4399 chartposition: RandB #10 writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Kenny Gamble album: I'm in Love Again comments: [love ballad]	Patti LaBelle	Love, Need and Want You	1984	P.I.R.
4	recordlabel: Pinnacle 102 chartposition: UK #79 writtenby: Donald Burnside and Gerald Cooper	Yvonne Gage	Love of My Dreams	1984	Pinnacle
---	recordlabel: P.I.R. 05040 writtenby: K.M. Burke, A. Felder album: Love and More	The O'Jays	Love You Direct	1984	P.I.R.
1	recordlabel: Columbia 04379 chartposition: RandB #32, US #106, US AC #14 writtenby: Vinnie Barrett and Bobby Eli album: That's What Friends Are For comments: [love ballad]	Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams	Love Won't Let Me Wait	1984	Columbia
2	recordlabel: Elektra 9799 chartposition: UK #14 writtenby: Cecil Womack and Linda Womack album: Love Wars	Womack & Womack	Love Wars	1984	Elektra
---	recordlabel: Pearl Harbor 33304 writtenby: Eugene Curry, George Guess	David Simmons	Love Tonight	1984	Pearl Harbor
1	recordlabel: Total Experience 2603 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Jonah Ellis album: Flying High	Prime Time	Love Talk	1984	Total Experience
2	recordlabel: RCA 13866 chartposition: RandB #62, UK #24, US #64, US AC #34 comments: [ballad medley]	Band of Gold	Love Songs Are Back Again	1984	RCA
---	recordlabel: Team 3006 writtenby: Michael Burton album: Superstar	Lydia Murdock	Love On The Line	1984	Team
1	recordlabel: Private I 04540 chartposition: RandB #60 writtenby: Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy and Tony Coleman album: One Step Closer	The Dells	Love On	1984	Private I
2	recordlabel: Gordy 1723 chartposition: RandB #11, US #45, US AC #21 writtenby: El DeBarge album: Love Me in a Special Way comments: [love ballad]	DeBarge	Love Me in a Special Way	1984	Gordy
3	recordlabel: Capitol 5359 chartposition: RandB #67 writtenby: Janice Johnson (as Janice Marie Johnson) album: One Taste of Honey	Janice Marie Johnson	Love Me Tonite	1984	Capitol
4	recordlabel: Capitol 5343 chartposition: RandB #15 writtenby: Paul Laurence (as Paul Lawrence Jones III) album: Never Say Never	Melba Moore	Love Me Right	1984	Capitol
5	recordlabel: Arista 565 chartposition: RandB #36, US Dance #60 writtenby: Leon Sylvers III, Leroy Hall and Dominic Leslie comments: [disco, boogie]	Real to Reel	Love Me Like This	1984	Arista
6	recordlabel: Motown 1769 chartposition: RandB #4, US #17, UK #44, US dance #6, US AC #10 writtenby: Stevie Wonder album: The Woman in Red: Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	Love Light in Flight	1984	Motown
7	recordlabel: Gold Mountain 82008 chartposition: RandB #90 album: Gotta Give a Little Love (Ten Years After)	Timmy Thomas	Love Is Never Too Late	1984	Gold Mountain
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 9649 writtenby: P. Phillips Oland, W. Raglin album: Cross Fire	The Spinners	Love Is In Season	1984	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Mercury 814 922 chartposition: RandB #35, US #70, US AC #19 writtenby: Donna Summer, Bruce Sudano and Michael Omartian album: She Works Hard for the Money comments: [ballad]	Donna Summer	Love Has a Mind of Its Own	1984	Mercury
2	recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2012 chartposition: RandB #3, US #88 writtenby: Bobby Womack album: The Poet II / Patti comments: [ballad] Â	Bobby Womack & Patti LaBelle	Love Has Finally Come at Last	1984	Beverly Glen
3	recordlabel: Phono 1051 chartposition: RandB #75 writtenby: Brian Holland, Edward Holland	Mavis Staples	Love Gone Bad	1984	Phono
---	recordlabel: 4th and Bway writtenby: D. Weathersponn, J. Banks, H. Thigpen, P. Shannon album: Intimate Storm	Shirley Brown	Love Fever	1984	th and Bway
1	recordlabel: Pop Art 1404 chartposition: RandB #59 writtenby: Lawrence Goodman comments: [disco, dance, boogie]	Mikki	Love Emergency	1984	Pop Art
---	recordlabel: Cedar 2 writtenby: C. Gibbs	Tony Jackson	Love Blind	1984	Cedar
1	recordlabel: Jamaica 4 chartposition: RandB #79 writtenby: Brian Jobson, Warren Mendes and Wayne Jobson album: New World	Native	Love Ain't No Holiday	1984	Jamaica
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 9718 (UK) chartposition: UK #4 writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers comments: [Special 1984 Nile Rodgers Remix]	Sister Sledge	Lost in Music (remix)	1984	Atlantic(UK)
3	recordlabel: CBS Associated 04642 chartposition: RandB #14 writtenby: Ernie Isley, Chris Jasper and Marvin Isley album: Broadway's Closer to Sunset Boulevard	Isley Jasper Isley	Look the Other Way	1984	CBS Associated
4	recordlabel: Allegiance 3923 chartposition: RandB #68 album: Rodney Saulsberry	Rodney Saulsberry	Look Whatcha Done Now	1984	Allegiance
---	recordlabel: Some 1 writtenby: Lesette Wilson album: Now That I've Got Your Attention comments: [jazz funk fusion]	Lesette Wilson	Look Into Tomorrow	1984	Some
1	recordlabel: AandM 2647 chartposition: RandB #28 writtenby: Billy Valentine and P. Peyton album: Have A Good Time	The Valentine Brothers	Lonely Nights	1984	A&M
2	recordlabel: Philly World 99760 chartposition: RandB #23, US #105, UK #97 writtenby: Bryan Loren album: Bryan Loren	Bryan Loren	Lollipop Luv	1984	Philly World
---	recordlabel: Profile 7054 comments: [disco, dance, boogie]	Al McCall	Loc it up	1984	Profile
1	recordlabel: Streetwise 2232 chartposition: US Dance #52 writtenby: Michael Wooten, Ron Schwimmer and Rockers Revenge comments: [electro, funk]	Rockers Revenge	Living for the Weekend	1984	Streetwise
2	recordlabel: Sugar Hill 32021 chartposition: RandB #78 album: Livin' in the Fast Lane comments: [hip hop]	The Sugarhill Gang	Livin' in the Fast Lane	1984	Sugar Hill
3	recordlabel: Capitol 5308 chartposition: RandB #6, US #108 writtenby: LaLa album: Never Say Never comments: [beat ballad]	Melba Moore	Livin' for Your Love	1984	Capitol

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