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.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1985 . . .

The following songs were released in 1985 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 1985 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: AandM 2749 chartposition: RandB #7, US #76 writtenby: Jesse Johnson album: Jesse Johnson's Revue	Jesse Johnson Revue	I Want My Girl	1985	A&M
502	recordlabel: Sunnyview 425 chartposition: RandB #74 writtenby: Ben Cenac and Bob Crafton album: Space Is The Place comments: [hip hop]	Newcleus	I Wanna Be a B-Boy	1985	Sunnyview
503	recordlabel: Warner Bros. 29331 chartposition: RandB #91 comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]	David Sanborn	I Told You So	1985	Warner Bros.
504	recordlabel: Virgin 807 (UK) chartposition: UK #80 writtenby: Stabbins, Booth album: Working Nights	Working Week	I Thought I'd Never See You Again	1985	Virgin(UK)
505	recordlabel: Stiff 227 chartposition: UK #59 writtenby: Herman Kelly and Popcorn Wylie (as Richard Wylie) comments: [northern soul]	The Untouchables	I Spy for the FBI	1985	Stiff
506	recordlabel: Epic 04866 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: Edward Zeek Kimball and Ron Scott album: I Really Want You	Smoke City	I Really Want You	1985	Epic
---	recordlabel: Direct Drive 3	Direct Drive	I Need Some Sunshine	1985	Direct Drive
1	recordlabel: Constellation 52606 chartposition: RandB #11, UK #89, US #5, US AC #3 writtenby: Lynn Malsby album: Meeting in the Ladies Room comments: [love ballad] Â	Klymaxx	I Miss You	1985	Constellation
---	recordlabel: P.I.R. 50021 writtenby: Walter Sigler, Kenneth Gamble album: Love Fever	The O'Jays	I Love America	1985	P.I.R.
1	recordlabel: RCA 14203 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Belinda Wilson and Richard Dimples Fields album: 9.9	9.9	I Like the Way You Dance	1985	RCA
2	recordlabel: Carrere 05583 chartposition: US Dance #1, RandB #65, US #61, UK #81 writtenby: Phyllis Nelson album: I Like You comments: [disco dance]	Phyllis Nelson	I Like You	1985	Carrere
3	recordlabel: Warner 29042 chartposition: RandB #24, US #102, UK #93, US AC #7 writtenby: Michael Sembello, Cruz Sembello and Dan Sembello (as Danny Sembello) album: 20/20 comments: [beat ballad]	George Benson	I Just Wanna Hang Around You	1985	Warner
4	recordlabel: Epic 04751 chartposition: RandB #88 writtenby: Jak (as Jack Edward Bailey) album: I Go Wild comments: [funk]	Jak	I Go Wild	1985	Epic
5	recordlabel: Polydor 881 953 chartposition: US #106, US Dance #28 writtenby: Arnie Roman and Marc Blatte album: Satisfaction Guaranteed	Carol Lynn Townes	I Freak for You	1985	Polydor
6	recordlabel: Total Experience 2412 chartposition: RandB #8 writtenby: Raymond Calhoun album: Gap Band VI	The Gap Band	I Found My Baby	1985	Total Experience
7	recordlabel: CBS 05427 chartposition: RandB #89, US Dance #41 writtenby: Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel album: Tenita	Tenita Jordan	I Don't Wanna Think About It	1985	CBS
---	recordlabel: Mainline 5003 writtenby: W. Lester and R. Brown comments: [disco, boogie] mpcode: rGo0jKm5vAE	Khemistry	I Can't Win For Losing	1985	Mainline
1	recordlabel: Capitol 352 (UK) chartposition: UK #57 writtenby: Ann Peebles, Don Bryant and Bernard Miller album: Private Dancer	Tina Turner	I Can't Stand the Rain	1985	Capitol(UK)
2	recordlabel: P.I.R. 05436 chartposition: RandB #63 writtenby: J.H. Smith and Wells album: Patti comments: [ballad]	Patti LaBelle	I Can't Forget You	1985	P.I.R.
3	recordlabel: Capitol 5520 chartposition: RandB #29 writtenby: Keith Diamond and Lew Kirton album: Read My Lips	Melba Moore	I Can't Believe It (It's Over)	1985	Capitol
4	recordlabel: Saturn 903 498 chartposition: US Dance #19 writtenby: Bruce Nazarian and Jerry Q. Jones	Samson & Delilah	I Can Feel Your Love Slippin' Away	1985	Saturn
---	recordlabel: Malaco 1216 writtenby: C. R. Cason album: Determination	Formula 5	I Ain't Never Gonna Let You See Me Cry	1985	Malaco
1	recordlabel: Arista 9434 chartposition: RandB #1, UK #5, US #1, US dance #3, US AC #1 writtenby: George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam & Narada Michael Walden album: Whitney Houston comments: [disco dance]	Whitney Houston	How Will I Know	1985	Arista
2	recordlabel: Gordy 1789 chartposition: RandB #81 writtenby: Mike Himelstein and Tom Keane album: Truly for You comments: [beat ballad]	The Temptations	How Can You Say That It's Over	1985	Gordy
3	recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2024 chartposition: RandB #89 writtenby: Patrick Maten album: This Love's for Real	Chapter 8	How Can I Get Next to You	1985	Beverly Glen
4	recordlabel: Motown 1800 chartposition: RandB #21, US Dance #33 writtenby: Keith Harrison, Marlon McClain and Bobby Harris album: Hot Spot comments: [Motown Sound]	Dazz Band	Hot Spot	1985	Motown
5	recordlabel: 4th and Bway 33 (UK) chartposition: UK #81 writtenby: Rodney Skipworth and Phil Turner album: Skipworth and Turner	Skipworth & Turner	Hot Pursuit	1985	th and Bway(UK)
6	recordlabel: Qwest 28935 chartposition: RandB #24, US Dance #15 writtenby: Alison Moyet, Steve Jolley and Tony Swain album: Gettin' Away with Murder	Patti Austin	Honey for the Bees	1985	Qwest
7	recordlabel: RCA 14087 chartposition: RandB #61, US #62 writtenby: Howie Rice album: Menudo	Menudo	Hold Me	1985	RCA
8	recordlabel: Casablanca 314 512 969 chartposition: US Dance #32 album: Funkyworld: The Best Of Lipps, Inc.	Lipps, Inc.	Hit the Deck	1985	Casablanca
9	recordlabel: London 76 (UK) chartposition: UK #41 writtenby: Steve Harvey, Robin Achampong and Delroy Murray album: Total Contrast	Total Contrast	Hit and Run	1985	London(UK)
10	recordlabel: Critique 715 chartposition: UK #8, US dance #3, RandB #37, US #109 writtenby: Jochim Fluitsima & Eric van Tijn album: Mai Tai	Mai Tai	History	1985	Critique
11	recordlabel: Warner 28893 chartposition: US Dance #21 writtenby: Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen album: The Nature of Things	Narada Michael Walden	High Above the Clouds	1985	Warner
12	recordlabel: Sound Town 0015 chartposition: RandB #77 writtenby: Homer Banks & Chuck Brooks album: Physical Attraction comments: [southern soul]	J. Blackfoot	Hiding Place	1985	Sound Town
13	recordlabel: Time 9 (UK) chartposition: UK #41 writtenby: Barrington Levy album: Here I Come comments: [reggae]	Barrington Levy	Here I Come	1985	Time(UK)
14	recordlabel: 21 Records 96837 chartposition: RandB #83 writtenby: Cesar Zuiderwijk, Jasper Van't Hof and Barry Hay	Labyrinth featuring Julie Loco	Help Me Out	1985	Records
15	recordlabel: Constellation 52602 chartposition: RandB #20 writtenby: Barbara Lewis album: Horsin' Around	Carrie Lucas featuring the Whispers	Hello Stranger	1985	Constellation
16	recordlabel: EMI 20 0809 7 chartposition: UK #59 writtenby: Derek Bramble album: Heaven Knows	Jaki Graham	Heaven Knows	1985	EMI
---	recordlabel: Priority 12 (UK)	Paradise	Heartstrings	1985	Priority(UK)
1	recordlabel: Motown 1775 chartposition: RandB #12, UK #79 writtenby: Reggie Andrews and Bobby Harris album: Wild and Free comments: [Motown Sound]	Dazz Band	Heartbeat	1985	Motown
2	recordlabel: Motown 1772 chartposition: RandB #65, US #108 writtenby: Curtis Anthony Nolen and Peter Rafelson album: Captured	Rockwell	He's a Cobra	1985	Motown
3	recordlabel: Tommy Boy 854 chartposition: RandB #74 writtenby: Whiz Kid, Monica Lynch and Steve Knutson	Whiz Kid	He's Got the Beat	1985	Tommy Boy
4	recordlabel: Capitol 5535 chartposition: RandB #8, US dance #19, UK #81, US #25, US AC #28 writtenby: Keith Diamond & Barry Eastmond album: Rock Me Tonight	Freddie Jackson	He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)	1985	Capitol
---	recordlabel: CBS 1291 (UK) album: Arrival	Haywoode	Haywoode Mega-Mix	1985	CBS(UK)
1	recordlabel: FastFire 7003 chartposition: RandB #61 writtenby: Barbara Acklin, Diane Womack and Karriem Muhammed album: Your Love Looks Good on Me comments: [ballad]	Gene Chandler	Haven't You Heard That Line Before?	1985	FastFire
2	recordlabel: Abstract Dance 5 chartposition: UK #73 writtenby: Lorraine McIntosh and Steve McIntosh album: Have a Good Forever	The Cool Notes	Have a Good Forever	1985	Abstract Dance
3	recordlabel: Geffen 28958 chartposition: RandB #17, US #69, UK #82, US Dance #26 writtenby: Lotti Golden and Richard Scher album: Say You Love Me comments: charted as Hard Times for Lovers / He's a Pretender in US dance charts	Jennifer Holliday	Hard Times for Lovers	1985	Geffen
4	recordlabel: Sutra 147 chartposition: RandB #52 writtenby: Kool Rock Ski, Buff Love, Davy D , Kurtis Blow and Prince Markie Dee album: The Fat Boys Are Back comments: [reggae, hip hop]	The Fat Boys	Hard Core Reggae	1985	Sutra
---	recordlabel: Nuance 1252 writtenby: E. Record, L. Francis Butler	The Chi-Lites	Hard Act To Follow	1985	Nuance
1	recordlabel: Ten Records 54 (UK) chartposition: UK #85 album: Like I Like It	Aurra	Happy Feeling	1985	Ten Records(UK)
2	recordlabel: MCA 52570 chartposition: RandB #1, UK #13, US #43, US dance #12 writtenby: Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene & Steve Nichol album: So Where Are You?	Loose Ends	Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)	1985	MCA
3	recordlabel: Cotillion 99671 chartposition: RandB #26 writtenby: Linda Creed and Lonnie Jordan album: Chemistry comments: [ballad]	Johnny Gill	Half Crazy	1985	Cotillion
---	recordlabel: MCA 52793 writtenby: C. Mayfield album: So Many Rivers	Bobby Womack	Gypsy Woman	1985	MCA
1	recordlabel: Coco Plum 2002 chartposition: RandB #79, UK #43, US AC #30 writtenby: Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati album: Where There's Smoke	War	Groovin'	1985	Coco Plum
---	recordlabel: MCA 52624 writtenby: Bobby Womack, Harold Payne album: So Many Rivers comments: [ballad album cut]	Bobby Womack	Got To Be With You Tonight	1985	MCA
1	recordlabel: Tommy Brown 871 chartposition: RandB #20	Choice M.C.'s featuring Fresh Gordon	Gordy's Groove (Mayberry Mix)	1985	Tommy Brown
2	recordlabel: 10 Records 109 chartposition: US Dance #14 writtenby: David Cole	C Bank ft. Eleanor Mills	Good to the Last Drop	1985	Records
---	recordlabel: Malaco 2111 writtenby: George Jackson album: This Is Your Night comments: [southern soul]	Johnnie Taylor	Good With My Hips	1985	Malaco
1	recordlabel: Virgin 795 (UK) chartposition: UK #59 writtenby: David Bowie album: So Where Are You?	Loose Ends	Golden Years	1985	Virgin(UK)
2	recordlabel: Motown 1778 chartposition: AC #39 writtenby: Jimmy Felber album: Light The Night mpcode: KdSMIQxIuuY	Jakata	Golden Girl	1985	Motown
---	recordlabel: AandM 2786 writtenby: Al Green album: He Is The Light comments: [gospel]	Al Green	Going Away	1985	A&M
1	recordlabel: Tamla 1817 chartposition: RandB #2, US #10, US dance #1, US AC #1, UK #67 writtenby: Stevie Wonder album: In Square Circle comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	Go Home	1985	Tamla
2	recordlabel: Gordy 1796 chartposition: RandB #5, US dance #1, US #106 writtenby: Rick James album: Glow comments: [disco funk] [Motown Sound]	Rick James	Glow	1985	Gordy
3	recordlabel: RCA 474 (UK) chartposition: UK #93 writtenby: Clif Magness and Glen Ballard album: So Romantic	Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King)	Give Me One Reason	1985	RCA(UK)
4	recordlabel: Capitol 377 chartposition: RandB #76, UK #62, US dance #28 writtenby: Randy Muller album: Conquest	Brass Construction	Give And Take	1985	Capitol
5	recordlabel: Cotillion Fback 1 chartposition: RandB #79, UK #69 writtenby: Bill Curtis, Gerry Thomas and Robert Damper album: So Delicious	Fatback Band	Girls on My Mind	1985	Cotillion Fback
6	recordlabel: Elektra 5052 chartposition: RandB #54 album: They Said It Couldn't Be Done comments: [hip hop]	Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five	Girls Love the Way He Spins	1985	Elektra
7	recordlabel: Arista 9352 chartposition: RandB #21, UK #46, US #34 writtenby: Ray Parker Jr album: Sex and the Single Man	Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio)	Girls Are More Fun	1985	Arista
8	recordlabel: Winner 01 (UK) chartposition: UK #7 writtenby: A. Davis album: Fresh comments: [Reggae]	Sophia George	Girlie Girlie	1985	Winner(UK)
9	recordlabel: Warner 29123 chartposition: RandB #79 album: The Saga Continues...	Roger featuring Shirley Murdock	Girl, Cut It Out	1985	Warner
10	recordlabel: Columbia 05395 chartposition: RandB #79, US Dance #32 writtenby: B Fine, Shy Shy, Paul Anthony, Bow Legged, Curt T T and Baby Gee album: Full Force	Full Force	Girl If You Take Me Home	1985	Columbia
11	recordlabel: Warner 29077 chartposition: RandB #39, US #106, UK #87 writtenby: Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Preston Glass album: The Nature of Things	Narada Michael Walden with Patti Austin	Gimme, Gimme, Gimme	1985	Warner
12	recordlabel: CBS 6582 (UK) chartposition: UK #67 album: Arrival	Haywoode	Getting Closer	1985	CBS(UK)
13	recordlabel: Asylum 69670 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Xavion album: Burnin' Hot	Xavion	Get Me Hot	1985	Asylum
---	recordlabel: Total Experience 85711 writtenby: J. Ellis album: Lately comments: [album cut] mpcode: f9cYP7V8PJY	Billy Paul	Get Down To Lovin'	1985	Total Experience
1	recordlabel: Heat 2022 chartposition: RandB #48, US #108 writtenby: Gerald Mims comments: [ballad]	Frederick	Gentle (Calling Your Name)	1985	Heat
2	recordlabel: Elektra 69505 chartposition: UK #40 writtenby: Kae Williams album: Genie	B.B. & Q. Band (Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens)	Genie	1985	Elektra
3	recordlabel: Sunnyview 3028 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Amos Larkins II and Inez J. Stone album: Connie	Connie	Funky Little Beat	1985	Sunnyview
---	recordlabel: RCA 14155 writtenby: C. Sturken, E. Rogers album: Love Games comments: [slow jam] mpcode: 32cV5KmqVZE	Evan Rogers ft. Evelyn Champagne King	Full-Time Lover	1985	RCA
1	recordlabel: SuperTronics 005 chartposition: RandB #86 writtenby: Keith Pole	Keith Pole	Fulfill Your Fantasy	1985	SuperTronics
2	recordlabel: Boiling Point 1 chartposition: UK #50	James Brown	Froggy Mix	1985	Boiling Point
3	recordlabel: Jive 9276 chartposition: RandB #4, US #87, US Dance #25 writtenby: Jalil Hutchins and Larry Smith album: Escape comments: [hip hop]	Whodini	Friends -- Five Minutes of Funk	1985	Jive
4	recordlabel: Arista 9354 chartposition: RandB #1, UK #68, US #3, US AC #11, US dance #1 writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen & Narada Michael Walden album: Who's Zoomin' Who?	Aretha Franklin	Freeway of Love	1985	Arista
5	recordlabel: RCA 14224 chartposition: RandB #25, US #59, US AC #16 writtenby: David McHugh album: Contact	The Pointer Sisters	Freedom	1985	RCA
6	recordlabel: Stiff 221 (UK) chartposition: UK #26 writtenby: Clyde Grimes comments: [northern soul]	The Untouchables	Free Yourself	1985	Stiff(UK)
7	recordlabel: AandM 2730 chartposition: US Dance #12 writtenby: Jesse Johnson album: Jesse Johnson's Revue	Jesse Johnson Revue	Free World	1985	A&M
8	recordlabel: Jive 9302 chartposition: RandB #43, US Dance #104, US Dance #25 writtenby: alil Hutchins and Larry Smith album: Escape comments: [hip hop]	Whodini	Freaks Come Out at Night	1985	Jive
9	recordlabel: AandM 245 chartposition: RandB #6, US #90 writtenby: David Lewis album: As the Band Turns	Atlantic Starr	Freak-A-Ristic	1985	A&M
10	recordlabel: Atlantic 89547 chartposition: RandB #32, UK #1, US #75, US AC #15 writtenby: Joy Denny album: When the Boys Meet the Girls comments: [pop soul]	Sister Sledge	Frankie	1985	Atlantic
11	recordlabel: RandB 1800 (UK) chartposition: UK #83 writtenby: Ashley Ingram and Leee John album: Trilogy	Imagination	Found My Girl	1985	RandB(UK)
12	recordlabel: World Trade 1000 chartposition: RandB #80 writtenby: Leroy Burgess and Sonny T. Davenport (as Sonny Davenport)	Intrigue	Fly Girl	1985	World Trade
13	recordlabel: Arista 9281 chartposition: RandB #47, US AC #12 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager album: Finder of Lost Loves	Dionne Warwick & Glenn Jones	Finder of Lost Loves	1985	Arista
14	recordlabel: Columbia 04932 chartposition: RandB #25, UK #97 writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis album: It's Gonna Be Right	Cheryl Lynn	Fidelity	1985	Columbia
15	recordlabel: Atlantic 89576 chartposition: RandB #17, UK #5, US dance #5, US #104 writtenby: Steve Arrington & India Arrington album: Dancin' in the Key of Life	Steve Arrington	Feel So Real	1985	Atlantic
16	recordlabel: Record Shack 37 chartposition: UK #62 writtenby: Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench album: Out Of The Darkest Night	Barbara Pennington	Fan The Flame	1985	Record Shack
17	recordlabel: Geffen 29061 chartposition: RandB #76 writtenby: Foster Sylvers and Pamela Phillips Oland album: Bizarre comments: [beat ballad]	The Sylvers	Falling for Your Love	1985	Geffen
18	recordlabel: AandM 2763 chartposition: RandB #7, US Dance #1, UK #60 writtenby: Robert Wright (as Robert Byron Wright) and V. Benford album: The Search Is Over	Tramaine	Fall Down (Spirit of Love)	1985	A&M
19	recordlabel: Columbia 05605 chartposition: RandB #85 writtenby: Cheryl Lynn, George Smith III and Thurlene Johnson album: It's Gonna Be Right	Cheryl Lynn	Fade to Black	1985	Columbia
20	recordlabel: Warner Bros. 9103 chartposition: UK #97 writtenby: Donna Summer and Michael Omartian album: Cats without Claws	Donna Summer	Eyes	1985	Warner Bros.
---	recordlabel: Elektra 20 (UK) writtenby: Cecil Womack and Linda Womack album: Radio M.U.S.C. Man comments: [ballad]	Womack & Womack	Eyes	1985	Elektra(UK)

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