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Soul R&B Music Charts of 1985 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1985 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 1985, 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 1985, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

(Search on '1985' returned 784 results)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
1 recordlabel: Polydor 881 752
chartposition: US Dance #14
writtenby: Bobby O (as Bobby Orlando) and Patrick Adams
Claudja Barry Your Sweet Touch 1985 Polydor
2 recordlabel: Mercury 880 966
chartposition: RandB #12, US dance #44
writtenby: The Bar Kays and Allen Jones (as Allen A. Jones)
album: Banging the Wall
The Bar-Kays Your Place or Mine 1985 Mercury
3 recordlabel: RCA 49915
chartposition: RandB #9, US dance #5, US #86, UK #37
writtenby: Keithen Carter and Bruce Gaitsch
album: A Long Time Coming
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Your Personal Touch 1985 RCA
4 recordlabel: Profile 7075
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Huey 'Baby' Harris (as Huey Harris) and Joseph Williams
Huey 'Baby' Harris You've Got to Be a Winner 1985 Profile
5 recordlabel: Prelude 40301(UK)
chartposition: UK #15
writtenby: H. Eaves, J. Williams
comments: Paul Hardcastle remix
D Train You're the One for Me (Labour of Love mix) 1985 Prelude (UK)
6 recordlabel: The New York Music 1202
chartposition: RandB #84, US Dance #37
writtenby: Trevor Lawrence and Frank Musker
album: In the Evening
Sheryl Lee Ralph You're so Romantic 1985 The New York Music
--- recordlabel: Pendulum 506002
writtenby: J. Hogg, W. Hickman
Timeless Legend You're The One 1985 Pendulum
1 recordlabel: Gordy 1804
chartposition: RandB #7, US #46, US dance #1
writtenby: Chico DeBarge & El DeBarge
album: Rhythm of the Night
comments: [disco dance] [Motown Sound]
El DeBarge with Debarge You Wear It Well 1985 Gordy
--- recordlabel: Columbia 38 05424
writtenby: B. Withers, M. Colombier
album: Watching You Watching Me
Bill Withers You Try To Find A Love 1985 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Profile 5069
chartposition: RandB #19, US #107, US dance #30
writtenby: L. Smith, DJ Run, R. Simmons, DMC, Jam Master Jay
album: King of Rock
comments: [hip hop]
Run-D.M.C. You Talk Too Much 1985 Profile
2 recordlabel: Personal 3003
chartposition: US Dance #17
writtenby: William Alexander Smith
Skratch You Should Have Known Better 1985 Personal
3 recordlabel: Sire 29016
chartposition: US Dance #15, UK #50
writtenby: William Alexander Smith
T.C. Curtis You Should Have Known Better 1985 Sire
4 recordlabel: Columbia 04754
chartposition: RandB #20, US #81, US AC #8
writtenby: Sam Cooke
album: Too Hot to Stop It
comments: [ballad]
The Manhattans You Send Me 1985 Columbia
5 recordlabel: Sedition 3307 (UK)
chartposition: UK #89
writtenby: Barry Leng & Simon May
album: The Hits
Amii Stewart You Really Touch My Heart (remix) 1985 Sedition(UK)
6 recordlabel: Tabu 6623
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: High Priority
Cherrelle You Look Good to Me 1985 Tabu
7 recordlabel: Urban Sound 780
chartposition: RandB #76
album: You Got Me Running
Lonnie Hill You Got Me Running 1985 Urban Sound
8 recordlabel: Arista 9274
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, US AC #4, UK #93
writtenby: LaLa
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [ballad]
Whitney Houston You Give Good Love 1985 Arista
9 recordlabel: Ensign 517
chartposition: UK #42
writtenby: Phil Fearon
album: This Kind of Love
Phil Fearon & Galaxy You Don't Need a Reason 1985 Ensign
--- recordlabel: Elite 39
writtenby: R. De Jongh
Beverley Skeete You Can't Say No 1985 Elite
--- recordlabel: Magnolia 500
Lee Bates You Blew It 1985 Magnolia
1 recordlabel: Omni 99583
chartposition: RandB #86
writtenby: Terry Price, Jerry Cohen and Alfonso Smith
album: Stroke
Stroke You Are the One 1985 Omni
--- recordlabel: Columbia 40045
writtenby: D. Miller, P. Ingram, S. Sheppard
album: This Is The Real Thing
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: 1UTWn3RpP1k
Skool Boyz featuring Jeannie Tracy You Are My Love 1985 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Capitol 379
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #49, US #12, US AC #3
writtenby: Barry Eastmond
album: Rock Me Tonight
comments: [love ballad]
Freddie Jackson You Are My Lady 1985 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Capitol 5522
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: William D. Stroman, Joe Malloy, Ted Currier and Rudy Sheriff
album: City Life
The Boogie Boys You Ain't Fresh 1985 Capitol
3 recordlabel: Mirage 99697
chartposition: RandB 26, US #57, US Dance #39
writtenby: Ann Godwin (as Anne Godwin) and Curtis Josephs
album: Yo Little Brother
Nolan Thomas Yo Little Brother 1985 Mirage
4 recordlabel: Atlantic 89411
chartposition: UK #13
writtenby: Rodgers Grant, Pat Patrick and Jon Hendricks
album: Matt Bianco
Matt Bianco Yeh Yeh 1985 Atlantic
--- recordlabel: Lake 7052
writtenby: M. Woods
Table Of Contents Wrapped Around Your Finger 1985 Lake
1 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 143 (UK)
chartposition: UK #97
writtenby: Melvin Glover, Furious Five
album: Grandmaster Melle Mel and The Furious Five
comments: [hip hop]
Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five World War Three 1985 Sugar Hill(UK)
--- recordlabel: MCA 52516
writtenby: Maxayn Lewis, Wornell Jones
album: Rockie Robbins
mpcode: I8gh-oeF7rY
Rockie Robbins Work for Love 1985 MCA
--- recordlabel: Elektra/Pretty Pearl
writtenby: Kae Williams
album: Genie
comments: [dance, boogie album cut]
mpcode: gNp9coI64vw
B.B. & Q. Band (Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens) Won't You Be With Me Tonight 1985 Elektra/Pretty Pearl
--- recordlabel: Constellation 52698
writtenby: L. White, L. Peters
album: Shine The Light
Collage Winners And Losers 1985 Constellation
1 recordlabel: Gordy 1798
chartposition: US dance #3, RandB #10, US #42
writtenby: Kenny Hawkins & Rick James
album: Only Four You
comments: [Motown Sound]
Mary Jane Girls Wild and Crazy Love 1985 Gordy
--- recordlabel: Omni 99572
writtenby: Terry Price
album: 21st Century Fox
comments: [ballad]
Brandi Wells Why Can't We Be Lovers 1985 Omni
1 recordlabel: DBM 009 (UK)
chartposition: UK #88
writtenby: Bob Benham
OChi Brown Why Can't We Be Friends 1985 DBM(UK)
2 recordlabel: Arista 9410
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #11, US #7, US AC #10, US dance #1
writtenby: Aretha Franklin, Preston Glass & Narada Michael Walden
album: Who's Zoomin' Who?
Aretha Franklin Who's Zoomin' Who? 1985 Arista
3 recordlabel: Panoramic 201
chartposition: RandB #59
album: All About Love, Who's Gonna Make The First Move?
comments: [sweet soul]
Ray, Goodman & Brown Who's Gonna Make the First Move 1985 Panoramic
4 recordlabel: Gordy 1793
chartposition: RandB #2, US #6, UK #83, US AC #1
writtenby: David Foster, Jay Graydon & Randy Goodrum
album: Rhythm of the Night
comments: [beat ballad] [Motown Sound]
DeBarge Who Is Holding Donna Now? 1985 Gordy
5 recordlabel: Manhattan 50011
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Bernard Wright and Lenny White
album: Mr. Wright
Bernard Wright Who Do You Love 1985 Manhattan
6 recordlabel: Bluebird 13
chartposition: UK #33
writtenby: Robert Freeman
Little Benny & the Masters Who Comes to Boogie 1985 Bluebird
7 recordlabel: Chrysalis 7 (UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Derek Bramble
album: Hopes and Dreams
David Grant Where Our Love Begins 1985 Chrysalis(UK)
8 recordlabel: Polydor 881 767
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Charlie Singleton
album: If Looks Could Kill
comments: [ballad]
The Reddings Where Did Our Love Go 1985 Polydor
9 recordlabel: Mercury 884 572
chartposition: US Dance #1, RandB #88, UK #97
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: O'Chi
comments: [disco dance]
OChi Brown Whenever You Need Somebody 1985 Mercury
10 recordlabel: Jive 1672
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #1, US #2, US AC #2, US dance #31,
writtenby: Wayne Anton Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond (as Barry James Eastmond), Robert John
album: The Jewel of the Nile: Music from the 20th Century Fox Motion Picture Soundtrack
Billy Ocean When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going 1985 Jive
--- recordlabel: Elektra
writtenby: L. DiTommaso, R. Dino
album: Take No Prisoners
comments: [beat ballad album cut]
mpcode: FJbFpi1lWGw
Peabo Bryson When You Talk To Me 1985 Elektra
1 recordlabel: Capitol 5484
chartposition: RandB #14, US #106, US Dance #41
writtenby: Keith Diamond
album: Read My Lips
Melba Moore When You Love Me Like This 1985 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Warner 28819
chartposition: AC #15
writtenby: Michael Franks
album: Skin Dive
comments: [smooth jazz]
mpcode: ACIKGVwJLs8
Michael Franks ft. Brenda Russell When I Give My Love to You 1985 Warner
--- recordlabel: MCA 52793
writtenby: B. Womack, J. Ford
album: So Many Rivers
Bobby Womack Whatever Happened To The Times 1985 MCA
1 recordlabel: Critique 8518
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Eric van Tijn and Jochim Fluitsima
album: Mai Tai
Mai Tai What, Where, When, Who 1985 Critique
2 recordlabel: P.I.R. 50021
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Walter Sigler, James Sigler
album: Love Fever
comments: [ballad]
The O'Jays What a Woman 1985 P.I.R.
3 recordlabel: Elektra 5074
chartposition: RandB #9
writtenby: Keith Diamond and Jolyon Skinner
album: Restless
Starpoint What You Been Missin' 1985 Elektra
4 recordlabel: Ensign 522 (UK)
chartposition: UK #59
writtenby: Young, Tunney
comments: [disco, boogie]
Mercy Mercy What Are We Gonna Do About It? 1985 Ensign(UK)
5 recordlabel: EMI America 8307
chartposition: RandB #36, US dance #1, US #1, UK #1,
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe
album: Please
Pet Shop Boys West End Girls 1985 EMI America
6 recordlabel: Entertain. Co. 05428
chartposition: RandB #76, US #107
writtenby: Jesse Winchester
album: Big Girls Don't Cry
The Weather Girls Well-A-Wiggy 1985 Entertain. Co.
7 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 22
chartposition: RandB #68, UK #52
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Michael Forte and McKinley Horton
album: Cashmere
Cashmere We Need Love 1985 th and Bway
--- recordlabel: Red Label 70053
writtenby: Harriet Schock, Misha Segal
Leon Debouse We Go Better Together 1985 Red Label
1 recordlabel: Capitol 364
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #3, US #2, US dance #23, US AC #3, US rock #29
writtenby: Terry Britten & Graham Lyle
album: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Tina Turner We Don't Need Another Hero 1985 Capitol
--- recordlabel: Columbia 38 05675
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Watching You Watching Me
Bill Withers We Could Be Sweet Lovers 1985 Columbia
--- recordlabel: CRC 002
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: We Come in Peace with a Message of Love
Curtis Mayfield We Come In Peace 1985 CRC
1 recordlabel: MCA 52516
chartposition: RandB #45
album: Rockie Robbins
Rockie Robbins We Belong Together 1985 MCA
2 recordlabel: Columbia 04839
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1, US Rock #27, US Country #76,
writtenby: Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie
album: We Are the World: U.S.A. for Africa
USA for Africa We Are the World 1985 Columbia
--- recordlabel: Columbia 39887
album: Watching You Watching Me
comments: [ballad album cut]
Bill Withers Watching You Watching Me 1985 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Polydor 883 017
chartposition: RandB #77, UK #91
writtenby: McKinley Horton and Ronald Broomfield
album: Joanna Gardner
Joanna Gardner Watching You 1985 Polydor
2 recordlabel: Streetwave 43 (UK)
chartposition: UK #99
writtenby: Leon Bryant
album: Who Do You Love?
The Intruders Warm and Tender Love 1985 Streetwave(UK)
--- recordlabel: Elite 36 (UK)
writtenby: R. De Jongh
Beverley Skeete Warm 1985 Elite(UK)
1 recordlabel: AandM 395
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Freddie Washington, Raymond Jones and Portia Griffin
album: Wanna Play Your Game
Joyce Kennedy Wanna Play Your Game 1985 A&M
2 recordlabel: Columbia 04826
chartposition: RandB #56, US #46, UK #34
writtenby: Billie Hughes, Marcy Levy and Roxanne Seeman
album: Chinese Wall
Philip Bailey Walking on the Chinese Wall 1985 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Epic 1140
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Luther Vandross and Nat Adderley Jr.
album: The Night I Fell in Love
comments: [ballad]
Luther Vandross Wait for Love 1985 Epic
4 recordlabel: Philly World 99632
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Donald R. Robinson
album: Veronica Underwood
Veronica Underwood Victim of Desire 1985 Philly World
5 recordlabel: MCA 52740
chartposition: RandB #90
album: Miami Vice
comments: [hip hop]
Grandmaster Melle Mel Vice 1985 MCA
6 recordlabel: Mirage 890
chartposition: RandB #68, UK #84
writtenby: Mick Jones [Foreigner]
album: Do You Wanna Get Away
Shannon Urgent 1985 Mirage
--- recordlabel: Streetwave 62
album: Various ‎ The Best Of Funkytown Vol. 1+2
B.T. Express Uptown Express 1985 Streetwave
--- recordlabel: Capitol 5510
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
comments: [instrumental]
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Twilight (Remix) 1985 Capitol
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 89499
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Steve Arrington, India Arrington and George Johnson
album: Dancin' in the Key of Life
Steve Arrington Turn Up the Love 1985 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: 10 Records 57
chartposition: RandB #81, UK #11
writtenby: Fredrick Conway, Hiawatha Conway, Huston Conway & James Conway
album: Turn It Up!
comments: [disco funk]
The Conway Brothers Turn It Up 1985 Records
--- recordlabel: Champion 3 (UK)
writtenby: Denise LaSalle
comments: [ballad]
The Mad Lads & The Crossfire Band Trying to Forget About You 1985 Champion(UK)
--- recordlabel: AandM 302
writtenby: Al Green, Willie Mitchell
album: He Is The Light
Al Green True Love 1985 A&M
1 recordlabel: MCA 52638
chartposition: RandB #20, UK #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Colonel Abrams & Marston Freeman
album: Colonel Abrams
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
Colonel Abrams Trapped 1985 MCA
2 recordlabel: Pandisc 010
chartposition: US dance #61
writtenby: Jim Steinman
comments: [disco dance]
Koffie Total Eclipse of the Heart 1985 Pandisc
3 recordlabel: Vanguard 82
chartposition: US Dance #6
writtenby: Alexandra Forbes
album: Alisha
Alisha Too Turned On 1985 Vanguard
--- recordlabel: Adventure One 8502
writtenby: Jackie Ragland, Willie Hightower
comments: [southern soul]
Willie Hightower Too Many Irons In The Fire 1985 Adventure One
1 recordlabel: Capitol 5474
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #36, US #103
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Can't Stop the Love
comments: [disco funk]
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Too Many Games 1985 Capitol
--- recordlabel: Unidisc 190
writtenby: Michael Burton
album: Superstar
Lydia Murdock Tonight Tonight 1985 Unidisc
1 recordlabel: Fresh Records 001
chartposition: US Dance #20
writtenby: Aaron Hanson and Edward J. Davis
album: Can't Stop
Hanson & Davis Tonight (Love Will Make It Right) 1985 Fresh Records
2 recordlabel: MCA 52507
chartposition: RandB #6, US #103
writtenby: Gordon Strozier and Melvin Riley
album: Ready for the World
comments: [ballad]
Ready for the World Tonight 1985 MCA
3 recordlabel: Fantasy 245
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Carvin Winans and Debra Winans
album: Tell Me You Will
comments: [ballad]
L.J. Reynolds Tomorrow 1985 Fantasy
--- recordlabel: RCA 40205
Amii Stewart & Mike Francis Together 1985 RCA
--- recordlabel: Bound Sound 1001
writtenby: Clarence Reid
Joey Gilmore Time To Get With It 1985 Bound Sound
1 recordlabel: RCA 14048
chartposition: RandB #57, US AC #35
writtenby: Keithen Carter and Bruce Gaitsch
album: So Romantic
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Till Midnight 1985 RCA
2 recordlabel: Columbia 05679
chartposition: RandB #85
writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Marvin Morrow
album: Life
comments: [ballad]
Gladys Knight & the Pips Till I See You Again 1985 Columbia
--- recordlabel: Paula 1247
writtenby: Rory and Rick Sizemore
Magnum Force Tight Jeans 1985 Paula
1 recordlabel: Warner 29025
chartposition: RandB #15, US #60, UK #77, US AC 16
writtenby: David Foster, Tom Keane and Cynthia Weil
album: I Feel for You
comments: [ballad]
Chaka Khan Through the Fire 1985 Warner
2 recordlabel: Capitol 5487
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Rahni Harris and Zachary Harris
album: This Time
comments: [ballad]
Dayton This Time 1985 Capitol
3 recordlabel: Ensign 521
chartposition: UK #70
writtenby: Chester Fortune, Graham Parker, Ronnie Ross and Victor Martin
album: This Kind of Love
Phil Fearon & Galaxy This Kind of Love 1985 Ensign
4 recordlabel: Mirage 96851
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #78, US dance #43
writtenby: David Frank and Mic Murphy
album: Pleasure Seekers
The System This Is for You 1985 Mirage
--- recordlabel: Malaco 2111
writtenby: George Jackson, Robert Miller, Earl Forest
album: This Is Your Night
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Johnnie Taylor This Is Your Night 1985 Malaco
--- recordlabel: Columbia 40045
writtenby: C. Matthews
album: This Is The Real Thing
comments: [album cut]
Skool Boyz This Is The Real Thing 1985 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 9097 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #14, US dance #1, US #60
writtenby: Mic Murphy & David Frank
album: I Feel for You
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]  
Chaka Khan This Is My Night 1985 Warner Bros.(UK)
2 recordlabel: Columbia 05640
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Morris
album: Fantasy
Ramsey Lewis This Ain't No Fantasy 1985 Columbia
3 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 414
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #24, US #104, US dance #1
writtenby: Rodney Skipworth & Phil Turner
album: Skipworth & Turner
comments: [disco dance]
Skipworth & Turner Thinking About Your Love 1985 th and Bway
4 recordlabel: Arista 9466
chartposition: RandB #10, US dance #24
writtenby: Kashif and LaLa
album: Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston Thinking About You 1985 Arista

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