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Soul R&B singles on the A label...


The Soul Years - 1960-2001
Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the A record label. Click on "A" in the label column on the right below to display the records in order of popularity with the best-selling songs 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 year to list all songs from that year.

More Soul R&B Songs From A . . .

The following songs were released in A 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 A 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
701 recordlabel: Atlantic 2185
chartposition: RandB #2 (5 weeks), US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Wilson Pickett, Robert Bateman and Sonny Sanders
album: Rock and Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Solomon Burke If You Need Me 1963 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Cadet 50046
writtenby: James Dean
album: The Dells
comments: [album cut]
The Dells If You Move I'll Fall 1973 Cadet
1 recordlabel: AandM 2738
chartposition: RandB #17, US dance #10, UK #26, US #3, US AC #39, US rock #1
writtenby: Sting
album: The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Sting If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 1985 A&M
2 recordlabel: Alston 4609
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #35
writtenby: Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke
album: I Love The Way You Love
Betty Wright If You Love Me Like You Say You Love Me 1972 Alston
3 recordlabel: Galaxy 729
chartposition: US #101
writtenby: Little Johnny Taylor
comments: US B Side To You'll Need Another Favor
Little Johnny Taylor If You Love Me (Like You Say) 1964 Galaxy
4 recordlabel: Elektra 1349
chartposition: RandB #5, US #30
writtenby: Keri Lewis
album: Life's Aquarium
comments: [slow jam]
Mint Condition If You Love Me 1999 Elektra
5 recordlabel: Atlantic 2033
chartposition: US #79
writtenby: Marguerite Monnot and Geoffrey Parsons
album: Blues Ballads
LaVern Baker If You Love Me 1959 Atlantic
6 recordlabel: Atlantic 2200
chartposition: US #131
writtenby: Mike Valvano & Robert Szilagy
Barbara Lewis If You Love Her 1963 Atlantic
7 recordlabel: AandM 2326
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Brenda Russell
album: Love Life
Brenda Russell If You Love (The One You Lose) 1981 A&M
-- recordlabel: Ichiban 86 106
writtenby: Clarence Carter
album: Dr. C.C.
Clarence Carter If You Let Me Take You Home 1986 Ichiban
1 recordlabel: Columbia 07398
chartposition: RandB #19, UK #7, US #68, US dance #47
writtenby: Terence Trent D'Arby
album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby If You Let Me Stay 1987 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Decca 32671
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #50
writtenby: C.C. Courtney, Peter Link
comments: [ballad]
Jive Fyve If You Let Me Make Love To You Then Why Can't I Touch You? 1970 Decca
3 recordlabel: Jenstar 1383
chartposition: RandB #89
album: Finally
Lou Mosley If You Let Me 2003 Jenstar
4 recordlabel: Tamla 54222
chartposition: RandB #17, US #66
writtenby: Frank Wilson
album: People... Hold On
comments: [Motown Sound]
Eddie Kendricks If You Let Me 1972 Tamla
-- recordlabel: Ichiban 293
writtenby: Theodis Ealey
album: If You Leave Me, I'm Going Witcha
comments: [southern soul]
Theodis Ealey If You Leave Me, I'm Going Witcha 1994 Ichiban
1 recordlabel: National General 5
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: J. Bishop
album: If You Knew Him Like I Do
Barbara Mason If You Knew Him Like I Do 1970 National General
-- recordlabel: Capitol 3633
writtenby: Jerry Weaver
Joe Odom If You Knew Her Like I Do 1973 Capitol
1 recordlabel: Dakar 4513
chartposition: RandB #28, US #107
writtenby: Raymond Haley and Richard Parker
album: Without You in My Life / Tyrone Davis Greatest Hits
Tyrone Davis If You Had a Change in Mind 1972 Dakar
2 recordlabel: Caprice 110
chartposition: RandB #10, US #22
writtenby: Rudy Clark
album: James Ray
James Ray If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody 1961 Caprice
3 recordlabel: Wand 1104
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #19
writtenby: Rudy Clark
Maxine Brown If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody 1965 Wand
4 recordlabel: Stax 198
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #37
writtenby: Porter, Hayes, Cropper
album: Hold On, I'm Comin'
Sam & Dave If You Got The Loving (I Got The Time) 1966 Stax
5 recordlabel: Columbia 74255
chartposition: US #16, UK #9
writtenby: John Bettis, Trey Lorenz and Walter Afanasieff
album: Face the Music
comments: [slow jam]
NKOTB If You Go Away 1991 Columbia
6 recordlabel: ABC 4203
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: The Soul Partners
album: Cherish
Al Hudson & the Soul Partners (One Way) If You Feel Like Dancin' 1977 ABC
7 recordlabel: RCA 12216
chartposition: US dance #6, US RandB #35, UK #48
writtenby: Ronald Brown & John Scroggins
album: Never Gonna Be Another One
comments: [disco dance]
Thelma Houston If You Feel It 1981 RCA
-- recordlabel: Avco 4618
writtenby: Linda Creed, Thom Bell
album: Round 2
comments: [sweet soul]
mpcode: T7X-aRGxpPg
The Stylistics If You Don't Watch Out 1972 Avco
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 49655
writtenby: Michael Price, Daniel Walsh
album: Bobby King
Bobby King If You Don't Want My Love 1981 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: DreamWorks 59040
chartposition: RandB #30, US #89
weeksinr&bchart: 16
comments: [slow jam]
Tamar If You Don't Wanna Love Me 2000 DreamWorks
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 2995
writtenby: A. Franklin
Aretha Franklin If You Don't Think 1973 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Paramount 0279
writtenby: Lowrell Simon, Rich Tufo
The Jones Girls If You Don't Love Me No More 1974 Paramount
1 recordlabel: WEA 377
chartposition: RandB #38, UK #2, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: A New Flame
Simply Red If You Don't Know Me by Now 1989 WEA
2 recordlabel: Atlantic 2191
chartposition: US #101
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Under The Boardwalk / Our Biggest Hits
The Drifters If You Don't Come Back 1963 Atlantic
3 recordlabel: Arctic 112
chartposition: US #85
writtenby: Barbara Mason
Barbara Mason If You Don't 1965 Arctic
4 recordlabel: Calla 148
chartposition: RandB #42, US #122
writtenby: Teddy Vann
The Sandpebbles If You Didn't Hear Me the First Time (I'll Say It Again) 1968 Calla
5 recordlabel: Quality 15184
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Jud Friedman and Gregory Abbott
album: Partners in Pleasure
comments: [ballad]
Mona Lisa If You Could See Through My Eyes 1992 Quality
6 recordlabel: Ariola 810
chartposition: US dance #2
writtenby: Gordon Lightfoot
album: If You Could Read My Mind
comments: [disco dance]
Viola Wills If You Could Read My Mind 1981 Ariola
7 recordlabel: Devaki 4005
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Bruce Gray and Dunn Pearson Jr.
album: Official Business
Dunn & Bruce Street If You Come with Me 1982 Devaki
8 recordlabel: Parlophone 6297 (UK)
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Kim Appleby , Mel Appleby and George De Angelis
album: Kim Appleby
Kim Appleby If You Cared 1991 Parlophone(UK)
-- recordlabel: United Artists
writtenby: C. Ivey, P. Mitchell
album: Facts of Life...
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: qGXUOHFKexc
Bobby Womack If You Can't Give Her Love Give Her Up 1973 United Artists
1 recordlabel: United Artists 840
chartposition: RandB #55, US #110, US Dance #12
writtenby: Mark Radice
album: Ain't Nothin' But a Party
Mark Radice If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em 1976 United Artists
2 recordlabel: Atlantic 2875
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41
writtenby: Herbert Carter, Timothy Matthews
Clarence Carter & Candi If You Can't Beat 'Em 1972 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 10799 (UK)
writtenby: Hawes, Simmons, Jefferson
album: Happiness Is Being With The Spinners
comments: [philly sound ballad]
mpcode: 19ZiPRv60_0
The Spinners If You Can't Be in Love 1976 Atlantic(UK)
1 recordlabel: Tamla 54162
chartposition: RandB #3, US #11, UK #50
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Special Occasion / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles If You Can Want 1968 Tamla
2 recordlabel: Capitol 44088
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #86, US Dance #27
writtenby: Paul Laurence Jones
album: Good Love
Meli'sa Morgan If You Can Do It I Can Too 1987 Capitol
3 recordlabel: Hot Wax 4892
chartposition: RandB #31, US #65
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Ronald Dunbar (as Ron Dunbar)
album: Two Sides of Laura Lee / The Best of Laura Lee
Laura Lee If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair) 1972 Hot Wax
-- recordlabel: Expansion 83101 (UK)
writtenby: T. Campbell
Niteflyte feat Jean Carne If You Believe 2003 Expansion(UK)
1 recordlabel: MCA 53358
chartposition: RandB #10, US #79, US AC #11
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Be Yourself
comments: [beat ballad]
Patti LaBelle If You Asked Me To 1989 MCA
2 recordlabel: Pye International 102
chartposition: UK #53
writtenby: Jerry Williams and Spain
comments: [northern soul]
Jerry Williams If You Ask Me (Because I Love You) 1974 Pye International
3 recordlabel: Elektra 1203
chartposition: RandB #4, US #13
writtenby: Kenneth Dickerson, Antoinette Roberson, Link (as Lincoln Browder) and Darrell Allamby
album: Tonight
comments: [slow jam]
Silk If You (Lovin' Me) 1999 Elektra
-- recordlabel: Janus 3041
writtenby: Norris Davis
album: The Whispers' Love Story
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: SODOS3GUE-E
The Whispers If You 1972 Janus
1 recordlabel: Solar 70022
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Tony Coates, Babyface (as Kenneth
album: Lovers
Babyface If We Try 1988 Solar
2 recordlabel: Warner 7560
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #56, US #84, US AC #37
writtenby: Jacques Brel, Eric Blau and Mort Shuman
album: Dionne [1972 album]
Dionne Warwick If We Only Have Love 1972 Warner
3 recordlabel: MCA 53448
chartposition: US AC #23
writtenby: James Horner and Will Jennings
album: The Force Behind the Power
Diana Ross If We Hold On Together 1989 MCA
-- recordlabel: Rocky Road 30078
writtenby: Charles Richard Cason
album: Come And Get Yourself Some
Formula IV If We Can't Get Along 1974 Rocky Road
1 recordlabel: Island 854976
chartposition: RandB #39, US #79
writtenby: DJ Quik, Hi C, Playa Ham, Robert Bacon
Suga Free If U Stay Ready 1997 Island
2 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Laura Izibor
album: Let the Truth Be Told
comments: [album cut]
Laura Izibor If Tonight Is My Last 2010 Atlantic
3 recordlabel: Flavor Unit 64195
chartposition: RandB #68, US #51, AC #15
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Garth Brooks and Kent Blazy
album: Joose
comments: [love ballad]
Joose If Tomorrow Never Comes 1997 Flavor Unit
-- recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 1507
writtenby: E. Washington, M. Williams
Ella Washington If Time Could Stand Still 1972 Sound Stage Seven
-- recordlabel: Black Diamond 1001
writtenby: S. Brown, Winston Stewart
album: Fire and Ice
comments: [slow jam]
Shirley Brown If This is Goodbye 1988 Black Diamond
1 recordlabel: Tamla 54161
chartposition: RandB #27, US #68
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
comments: [Motown Sound] B side to If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell If This World Were Mine 1968 Tamla
2 recordlabel: Columbia 03204
chartposition: RandB #4, US #101
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: Instant Love
comments: [love ballad]
Cheryl Lynn & Luther Vandross If This World Were Mine 1982 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Atco 6769
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45
writtenby: Jim Webb
album: Turning Around
Dee Dee Warwick If This Was The Last Song 1970 Atco
4 recordlabel: Arista Digital
chartposition: RandB #5, US #63, UK #37
writtenby: Theron Thomas, Timothy Thomas and Brian Kennedy
album: Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson If This Isn't Love 2009 Arista Digital
-- recordlabel: Entrance 7512
writtenby: D. Frazier
Mitty Collier If This Is Our Last Time 1972 Entrance
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 2872
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #50
writtenby: D. Frazier
First Born If This Is Our Last Time 1972 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: Art. of America 126
chartposition: RandB #92
writtenby: George Jackson
album: If There Were No Music
Rufus Thomas If There Were No Music 1976 Art. of America
-- recordlabel: Gold Coast 71000
writtenby: J. Boyce, J. Levine
album: Surprise! Surprise!
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
TTF If The World Could Love 1981 Gold Coast
-- recordlabel: Columbia 311031
writtenby: A. Fields, D. James, D. Frank
album: If The Shoe Fits
Ronnie Dyson If The Shoe Fits 1979 Columbia
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 1912
writtenby: Bond, Perry
album: Oops! Here I Go Again
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: RRA9CeY3Zio
Edna Wright If The Price Is Right 1977 RCA Victor
1 recordlabel: Giant 17988
chartposition: RandB #15, US #20, UK #19
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Antonina Armato, Robert Jerald, Ken Miller, Gordon Chambers and Dave Hall
album: Mind, Body and Song
comments: [slow jam]
Jade If The Mood Is Right 1994 Giant
2 recordlabel: Capitol 3773
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
Skylark If That's the Way You Want It 1973 Capitol
3 recordlabel: Maverick 18326
chartposition: RandB #23, US dance #20, US #73, UK #74
weeksinr&bchart: 18
writtenby: Me'shell Ndegéocello
album: Plantation Lullabies
Me'shell Ndegéocello If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night) 1994 Maverick
-- recordlabel: Sassy 1002
writtenby: Frank Beverly
comments: [northern soul]
Frank Beverly & The Butlers If That's What You Wanted 1967 Sassy
1 recordlabel: Columbia 02413
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Touch
comments: [ballad]
Gladys Knight & the Pips If That'll Make You Happy 1981 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Stax 0100
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: C. Smith, M. Jones and Don Davis
Little Milton If That Ain't a Reason (For Your Woman to Leave You) 1971 Stax
-- recordlabel: Juana 1944
writtenby: David Camon
album: Next In Line
The Controllers If Tears Were Pennies 1980 Juana
1 recordlabel: Smash 1858
chartposition: RandB #10, US #67
writtenby: Jim Jam
album: Back To Soul
Anna King If Somebody Told You 1964 Smash
2 recordlabel: Juana 3419
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: David Camon
album: Fill Your Life with Love
comments: [deep soul]
The Controllers If Somebody Cares 1978 Juana
-- recordlabel: Mankind 12002
writtenby: Jerry Williams Jr., Charles Whitehead
album: A Legend In Her Own Time
comments: [deep soul]
Doris Duke If She's Your Wife (Who Am I?) 1971 Mankind
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 88933
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: Anne G. and Eddie Irons
album: On A Mission
Anne G. If She Knew 1989 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: MCA 4026
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel and Kenny Gamble
album: Pure Pleasure
comments: [love ballad]
Phil Perry If Only You Knew 1995 MCA
3 recordlabel: Circa 34
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: Claus Zundel, Mike Staab, Sydney Youngblood and Ralf Hamm
album: Feeling Free
comments: [disco dance]
Sydney Youngblood If Only I Could 1989 Circa
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54095
writtenby: Broadnax, Vandenburg
album: When I'm Alone I Cry
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye If My Heart Could Sing 1964 Tamla
1 recordlabel: Arista 613 992
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: David Barratt and William Clift
album: Only Human
Jeffrey Osborne If My Brother's in Trouble 1991 Arista
2 recordlabel: Capricorn 0249
chartposition: US #95, US AC #22
writtenby: Will Jennings
album: New Ray of Sunshine
Dobie Gray If Love Must Go 1976 Capricorn
3 recordlabel: RCA 14168
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Nona Hendryx
album: The Heat
Nona Hendryx If Looks Could Kill (D.O.A.) 1985 RCA
4 recordlabel: Tamla 54283
chartposition: RandB #12, US #47, US AC #44
writtenby: Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin
album: Any Way You Like It
comments: [Motown Sound]
Thelma Houston If It's the Last Thing I Do 1977 Tamla
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54323
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs in the Key of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder If It's Magic 1981 Tamla
1 recordlabel: Def Jam 005342
chartposition: RandB #99, US #36, UK #11
writtenby: Sam Barnes, KRS One, Scott La Rock, Spanador, Jean Claude Olivier and Makeba Riddick
album: Music of the Sun
Rihanna If It's Lovin' That You Want 2005 Def Jam
-- recordlabel: Dakar 611
writtenby: Carl Wolfork, Barry Dispenza
album: Turn Back the Hands of Time
Tyrone Davis If It's Love That You're After 1970 Dakar
1 recordlabel: Hot Wax 7109
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #52
writtenby: Holland, Dozier, Holland
Flaming Ember If It's Good To You (It's Good For You) 1971 Hot Wax
2 recordlabel: ABC Tangerine 11170
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #28
writtenby: Ray Charles, Jimmy Lewis
Ray Charles & Jimmy Lewis If It Wasn't For Bad Luck 1969 ABC Tangerine
-- recordlabel: Mainstream
writtenby: Jimmy Briggs
album: Ellerine
comments: [ballad album cut]
Ellerine Harding If It Makes You Feel Good, It's All Right 1972 Mainstream
1 recordlabel: MCA 53264
chartposition: RandB #2, US #7, US dance #20, UK #94
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Samuel Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: N.E. Heartbreak
New Edition If It Isn't Love 1988 MCA
-- recordlabel: Avco 6105010 (UK)
writtenby: Vale
Della Reese If It Feels Good, Do It 1971 Avco(UK)
1 recordlabel: Shady Brook 1041
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Larry Farrow & Carolyn Johns
album: Turn On the Lights Be Happy
Kellee Patterson If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It 1977 Shady Brook
2 recordlabel: Boardwalk 7 11 139
chartposition: RandB #1, US #47
writtenby: Richard Dimples Fields & Belinda Wilson
album: Mr. Look So Good!
Richard Dimples Fields If It Ain't One Thing...It's Another 1982 Boardwalk
-- recordlabel: Argo 5442
writtenby: V. Allison, M. McGill
The Dells If It Ain't One Thing It's Another 1963 Argo
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 3587
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Prince Phillip Mitchell
album: Top of the Line
comments: [ballad]
Prince Phillip Mitchell If It Ain't Love, It'll Go Away 1979 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: Terror Squad
chartposition: RandB #57
comments: [hip hop]
Fat Joe ft. Trey Songz If It Ain't About Money 2010 Terror Squad
3 recordlabel: Elektra 69700
chartposition: RandB #79, US AC #31
writtenby: Ralph MacDonald and William Salter
album: Rendezvous
comments: [love ballad]
Sadao Watanabe & Roberta Flack If I'm Still Around Tomorrow 1984 Elektra

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