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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
401 recordlabel: RCA
chartposition: RandB #15, US #55, US dance #5
writtenby: Jimmy Wright, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: This Is Who I Am
comments: [slow jam]
Heather Headley I Wish I Wasn't 2003 RCA
402 recordlabel: Atlantic 2507
chartposition: RandB #32, US #68
writtenby: Billy Taylor and Dick Dallas
Solomon Burke I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) 1968 Atlantic
403 recordlabel: MCA 258 918
chartposition: UK #64
writtenby: James Eubanks, Peter Luboff & Harold Payne
album: The Poet II
Bobby Womack I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much 1985 MCA
404 recordlabel: Bad Boy 79321
chartposition: RandB #1, US #20
writtenby: Carl Thomas and Mike City
album: Emotional
Carl Thomas I Wish 2000 Bad Boy
405 recordlabel: Warner 28129
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Raymond Reeder
album: Smooth Sailin'
comments: [slow jam]
The Isley Brothers I Wish 1988 Warner
406 recordlabel: Tamla 54274
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5, US AC #23, US dance #2
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs in the Key of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder I Wish 1976 Tamla
407 recordlabel: RCA 64492
chartposition: RandB #5, US #24, UK #12, US dance #35
writtenby: Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris
album: I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way)
comments: [beat ballad]
Chantay Savage I Will Survive 1996 RCA
-- recordlabel: DonnaJean
comments: [disco]
Claudja Barry I Will Stand 2006 DonnaJean
1 recordlabel: Wand 138
chartposition: RandB #29, US #110
writtenby: Ed Townsend
Chuck Jackson I Will Never Turn My Back On You 1963 Wand
2 recordlabel: DreamWorks 59018
chartposition: RandB #23, US #32
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: The Prince of Egypt: Music from the Original Motion Picture
comments: [slow jam]
Boyz II Men I Will Get There 1999 DreamWorks
3 recordlabel: Columbia 02549
chartposition: RandB #21, US Dance #35
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Touch
comments: [disco dance]
Gladys Knight & the Pips I Will Fight 1981 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Atlantic 84466
chartposition: US AC #24
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: On and On
comments: [slow jam]
All-4-One I Will Be Right Here 1999 Atlantic
5 recordlabel: Atlantic 82035
chartposition: RandB #31
album: Attitude
comments: [ballad]
Troop I Will Always Love You 1991 Atlantic
6 recordlabel: Arista 74321
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Dolly Parton
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You 1992 Arista
7 recordlabel: Luke Skyywalker 109
chartposition: RandB #76
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Anquette (as Anquette Allen)
album: Respect
comments: [ballad]
Anquette I Will Always Be There for You 1989 Luke Skyywalker
8 recordlabel: Loma 2105
chartposition: US #116
writtenby: Carlo Donida, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Linda Jones I Who Have Nothing 1968 Loma
9 recordlabel: MCA 55457
chartposition: RandB #25, US #85
writtenby: Jonathon Robinson, Joey Elias and Eric Jackson
album: 'Bout It
Jesse Powell I Wasn't with It 1998 MCA
10 recordlabel: Alaga 1007
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34
writtenby: R. Hammond, J. Hines
album: Sex and Soul
comments: [southern soul]
Roy C I Wasn't There 1971 Alaga
11 recordlabel: RCA Victor 104626
chartposition: UK #93
writtenby: Sara Allen, Daryl Hall and Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart]
album: Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine
Daryl Hall I Wasn't Born Yesterday 1986 RCA Victor
12 recordlabel: RCA Victor 10017
chartposition: RandB #46, US #88
writtenby: Allen Frey and James Baker
album: Comin' from All Ends
New Birth I Wash My Hands of the Whole Damn Deal 1974 RCA Victor
13 recordlabel: Elektra 69930
chartposition: RandB #79, UK #39
writtenby: Angela Ehgiator, Patrice Rushen , Freddie Washington and Charles Mims (as Charles Mims Jr.)
album: Straight from the Heart...
Patrice Rushen I Was Tired of Being Alone 1982 Elektra
-- recordlabel: Cameo 472
writtenby: T. Bell, W. Hart
The Delfonics I Was There 1967 Cameo
-- recordlabel: ABC 12180
writtenby: N. Toney
album: Drama V
The Dramatics I Was The Life Of The Party 1976 ABC
1 recordlabel: Tamla 54151
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #5
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy
album: I Was Made to Love Her / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder I Was Made to Love Her 1967 Tamla
2 recordlabel: Atco 6547
chartposition: RandB #49, US #76
writtenby: Henry Cosby, Lula Mae Hardaway, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy
comments: [instrumental]
King Curtis I Was Made to Love Her 1967 Atco
-- recordlabel: RCA 47 9748
writtenby: Sylvester, Simmons, McPherson
album: L.T.D.
The Main Ingredient I Was Born to Lose 1970 RCA
-- recordlabel: Dawn Lite 12005
writtenby: Jackie L. Hogg
Timeless Legend I Was Born To Love You 1980 Dawn Lite
1 recordlabel: Pandisc 064
chartposition: RandB #82
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Pretty Tony
album: Forever Yours
Trinere I Wanted You 1990 Pandisc
2 recordlabel: Imperial 5606
chartposition: RandB #1, US #8, UK #14
writtenby: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino)
album: Lets Play Fats Domino
Fats Domino I Want to Walk You Home 1959 Imperial
3 recordlabel: Champion 310
chartposition: US #103, UK #48, US dance #10
writtenby: Kevin McCord
album: Show Me Love
comments: [dance, house]
Robin S. I Want to Thank You 1994 Champion
4 recordlabel: MCA 52107
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Kevin McCord
album: I Fooled You This Time
Alicia Myers I Want to Thank You 1982 MCA
5 recordlabel: Tangerine 986
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Billy Preston (as William E. Preston)
The Raelettes I Want to Thank You 1968 Tangerine
6 recordlabel: ABC 10901
chartposition: US #98
writtenby: Billy Eckstine
Ray Charles I Want to Talk About You 1967 ABC
7 recordlabel: Capitol 44930
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: My Brother's Keeper
comments: [slow jam]
Walter & Scotty of The Whispers I Want to Know Your Name 1993 Capitol
8 recordlabel: Atlantic 89596
chartposition: RandB #85, US rock #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #3
writtenby: Mick Jones [Foreigner] & Lou Gramm
album: Agent Provocateur
Foreigner I Want to Know What Love Is 1984 Atlantic
9 recordlabel: Island
chartposition: RandB #40, US #60, UK #19, US dance #2
writtenby: Mick Jones and Lou Gramm
album: Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
Mariah Carey I Want to Know What Love Is 2009 Island
10 recordlabel: Solar 47954
chartposition: RandB #5, US #102
writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Your Wish Is My Command
comments: [ballad]
Lakeside I Want to Hold Your Hand 1982 Solar
11 recordlabel: Capitol 5510
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Can't Stop the Love
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly I Want to Feel I'm Wanted 1985 Capitol
12 recordlabel: EMI America 8066
chartposition: US Dance #64
writtenby: Allen Jones, Bertram Brown, Terry Bartlett, Vince Ricari Williams and William Suml
album: Kwick
comments: [disco funk, boogie]
Kwick I Want to Dance with You 1980 EMI America
13 recordlabel: Tangerine 1006
chartposition: RandB #30, US #96
writtenby: Joe Tex
The Raelettes I Want to (Do Everything for You) 1970 Tangerine
14 recordlabel: Dial 4016
chartposition: RandB #1, US #23
writtenby: Joe Tex
album: The New Boss
comments: [southern soul]
Joe Tex I Want to (Do Everything for You) 1965 Dial
15 recordlabel: Back Beat 545
chartposition: RandB #34, US #132
writtenby: Billy Moll and Murray Mencher
Joe Hinton I Want a Little Girl 1965 Back Beat
16 recordlabel: Columbia 07164
chartposition: US dance #2, RandB #43, UK #3, US #2
writtenby: George Michael
album: Faith
George Michael I Want Your Sex 1987 Columbia
17 recordlabel: Pretty Pearl 215
chartposition: RandB #76, UK #13, US Dance #48
writtenby: Curtis Hairston, Greg Radford and Ray Barretto (as Ray Baretto)
Curtis Hairston I Want Your Lovin' (Just a Little Bit) 1985 Pretty Pearl
18 recordlabel: RCA 8881
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Donnie Woodruff and Leo Hall
album: There's Love Out There
La Rue I Want Your Love 1989 RCA
19 recordlabel: Atlantic 3557
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #4, US #7, US dance #1, US AC #9
writtenby: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: C'est Chic
comments: [disco]
Chic I Want Your Love 1978 Atlantic
20 recordlabel: MCA 53071
chartposition: US Dance #35
writtenby: Allen George and Fred McFarlane
Soul Club I Want Your Guy 1987 MCA
21 recordlabel: Atlantic 89149
chartposition: RandB #56
writtenby: Bernadette Cooper
album: Madame X
Madame X I Want Your Body 1987 Atlantic
22 recordlabel: Warner 100109
chartposition: RandB #89
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Lamar Simpson and Mike Concepcion
album: Peace In The City
comments: [slow jam]
RPM 2000 I Want Your Body 2000 Warner
23 recordlabel: Imperial 5477
chartposition: US #32
writtenby: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
album: The Fabulous Mr. D
Fats Domino I Want You to Know 1957 Imperial
24 recordlabel: Decca 32736
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Eugene Pitt and Leroy Glover
The Jyve Five (Jive Five) I Want You to Be My Baby 1970 Decca
25 recordlabel: Bluesway 61026
chartposition: RandB #34, US #
writtenby: B.B. King
B.B. King I Want You so Bad 1969 Bluesway
26 recordlabel: Hurricane 6974
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #39
writtenby: James Brown
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Tommy G. & The Charms I Want You So Bad 1966 Hurricane
27 recordlabel: Federal 12348
chartposition: RandB #20
writtenby: James Brown
album: Try Me
James Brown I Want You So Bad 1958 Federal
28 recordlabel: Capitol 659 (UK)
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Terry Britten and Graham Lyle
album: Simply the Best
Tina Turner I Want You Near Me 1992 Capitol(UK)
-- recordlabel: Mon Tab 3315
writtenby: Charles McCormick, Esau Joyner
Charles McCormick I Want You For Myself 1981 Mon Tab
1 recordlabel: Chocolate City 3226
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips and Ky Adeyemo
album: Keep on It
comments: [disco dance]
Starpoint I Want You Closer 1981 Chocolate City
-- recordlabel: RCA 11137
writtenby: Don Davis
album: Reflections
Johnnie Taylor I Want You Back Again 1977 RCA
-- recordlabel: Sho Boat 5025
writtenby: Richard Carl Watson
comments: [deep soul]
Richard C I Want You Back 1984 Sho Boat
1 recordlabel: WEA 3331000028
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards and Fonce Mizell
album: Comin' Atcha!
Cleopatra I Want You Back 1998 WEA
2 recordlabel: Elektra 5445
chartposition: RandB #32, US Dance #9
writtenby: Teddy Riley and Tammy Lucas
album: Have You Got What It Takes
Starpoint I Want You - You Want Me 1990 Elektra
3 recordlabel: AandM 1857
chartposition: US #110
writtenby: Arthur Ross and Leon Ware
album: Caliente!
Gato Barbieri I Want You (Part I) 1976 A&M
4 recordlabel: Pretty Pearl 510
chartposition: UK #44, US Dance #35
writtenby: Greg Radford
comments: [disco funk]
Curtis Hairston I Want You (All Tonight) 1983 Pretty Pearl
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54104
writtenby: Robinson, Stevenson
album: Side by Side
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston I Want You 'Round 1964 Tamla
1 recordlabel: AandM 2374
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Booker T. Jones, Michael Stokes
album: I Want You
comments: [smooth jazz funk ballad]
Booker T. I Want You 1981 A&M
2 recordlabel: Atlantic 3783
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden, Corrado Rustici and Lisa Walden
album: Victory
Narada Michael Walden I Want You 1980 Atlantic
3 recordlabel: Capitol 15745
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Arthur Ross and Leon Ware
album: I Want You
Marc Nelson I Want You 1991 Capitol
4 recordlabel: MCA 54138
chartposition: RandB #5, US #61, US dance #17
writtenby: Jody Watley and André Cymone
album: Affairs of the Heart
Jody Watley I Want You 1991 MCA
5 recordlabel: Sutra 051
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Leon Ware and Arthur Ross (as T Boy Ross)
Tamiko Jones I Want You 1986 Sutra
6 recordlabel: Tamla 54264
chartposition: RandB #1, US #15
writtenby: Leon Ware & Arthur Ross
album: I Want You
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye I Want You 1976 Tamla
-- recordlabel: MCA 5504
writtenby: Randy Hall, Douglas Smith
album: I Belong To You
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: rJwS6e53dy4
Randy Hall I Want To Touch You 1984 MCA
-- recordlabel: Maverick 1008
writtenby: Willie Hutchison
comments: [northern soul]
mpcode: -47Ysm_1jGs
The Fidels I Want To Thank You 1969 Maverick
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 2587 (UK)
writtenby: Malcolm Dodds, Geraldine Richelson
album: Rolling Down a Mountainside / Main Ingredient Super Hits
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: yUrrhiATp8w
The Main Ingredient I Want To Make You Glad 1975 RCA Victor(UK)
-- recordlabel: Action 4622 (UK)
writtenby: David Gates, Griffin
comments: [reggae soul]
Bobbie Houston I Want To Make It With You 1973 Action(UK)
-- recordlabel: Casablanca 7009
writtenby: L. Perry, K. Davis, M. Cowart
album: One For The Road
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: elqGpqRLiS0
Greg Perry I Want To Live And Let Live (Love And Let Love All The Time) 1975 Casablanca
-- recordlabel: Tamla Motown 799
writtenby: Gordy Jr.
comments: [Motown Sound]
Thelma Houston I Want To Go Back There Again 1972 Tamla Motown
-- recordlabel: Tamla 367
writtenby: William Smokey Robinson
album: Warm Thoughts
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: HVYpveynuec
Smokey Robinson I Want To Be Your Love 1980 Tamla
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8517
writtenby: Eugene Record
album: Trying To Get To You
Eugene Record I Want To Be With You 1978 Warner Bros.
-- recordlabel: Columbia 34866
writtenby: C. Jackson, M. Yancy
album: Love In All Flavors
comments: [album cut] re released as single in 2014 by Expansion (UK)
Ronnie Dyson I Want To Be Where You Are 1977 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Loma 2012
writtenby: Samuel, Bell
The Enchanters I Want To Be Loved 1965 Loma
-- recordlabel: Atlantic
writtenby: Bob Morrison
album: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
Bettye Swann I Want Sunday Back Again 1975 Atlantic
1 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
-- recordlabel: Phil L.A. of Soul 342
writtenby: S. Campbell
mpcode: -YHNomzzCNM
Tyrone Ashley & the Funky Music Machine I Want My Baby Back 1970 Phil L.A. of Soul
1 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 630
chartposition: US #120
writtenby: Grant, Eddie Kendricks and Norman Whitfield
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr I Want My Baby Back 1967 Tamla Motown
2 recordlabel: ACA Records 3290
chartposition: RandB #92
writtenby: Alain Landry, Gene Van Buren
comments: [new jack swing]
Candy I Want More Of You 1989 ACA Records
3 recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 327 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: Larry Blackmon, Robert Smith and Billy Allen
album: Real Men ... Wear Black
Cameo I Want It Now 1990 Atlanta Artists(UK
4 recordlabel: Believe In A Dream 5602
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Chester Fortune, Nick Mann and Bill Beard
album: The Awakening
comments: [2 step beat ballad]
The Reddings I Want It 1981 Believe In A Dream
5 recordlabel: Elektra 3887(UK)
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Keith Sweat and Teddy Riley
comments: [re release]
Keith Sweat I Want Her 1997 Elektra (UK)
6 recordlabel: Elektra 69431
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, UK #26, US dance #38
writtenby: Keith Sweat & Teddy Riley
album: Make It Last Forever
Keith Sweat I Want Her 1988 Elektra
7 recordlabel: Back Beat 597
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40
writtenby: D. Bryant
album: Nucleus Of Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
O.V. Wright I Want Everyone To Know 1968 Back Beat
-- recordlabel: Paula 367
writtenby: Don Bryant
album: Free
comments: [deep soul]
Fontella Bass I Want Everyone To Know 1972 Paula
1 recordlabel: Diamond 230
chartposition: RandB #47, US #109
writtenby: Andy Badale and Al Elias
Ruby Winters I Want Action 1967 Diamond
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54038
writtenby: B. Holland, F. Gorman
album: Meet the Supremes
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Supremes (with Diana Ross) I Want A Guy 1961 Tamla
1 recordlabel: Capitol 79803
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Skylark
album: More of the Night
The Whispers I Want 2B the 1 4U 1991 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Warner 5783
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Donald D. Bowden, Janice Dempsey and James McKinney
album: The Woman I Am
comments: [funk]
Chaka Khan I Want 1992 Warner
-- recordlabel: Starville 1983
writtenby: R. Lamb, C. Roberts, B. Sims
comments: [disco funk]
Mister I Wanna Thank You 1983 Starville
1 recordlabel: Capitol 12262
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: We Are One
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly I Wanna Thank You 1984 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 5460
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Meade, Bell
comments: [deep soul]
The Enchanters I Wanna Thank You 1964 Warner Bros.
-- recordlabel: ABC 12422
writtenby: George Clinton, Deron Taylor
album: New Beginnings
The Dells I Wanna Testify 1978 ABC
1 recordlabel: Casablanca 20206
chartposition: US Dance #55
writtenby: Daron Taylor, George Clinton
album: Feel It
Cindy & Roy I Wanna Testify 1979 Casablanca

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