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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
501 recordlabel: Universal 652
chartposition: RandB #9, US #3, UK #2
writtenby: Lumidee, Edwin Perez, Steven Marsden, Busta Rhymes and Fabolous
album: Almost Famous
Lumidee Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh) 2003 Universal
502 recordlabel: Death Row 6061
chartposition: RandB #22, US #33
writtenby: N. Jones, Snoop Dogg, Ralph MacDonald and William Salter
album: G Funk Classics, Vol. 1 and 2
Nate Dogg featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg Never Leave Me Alone 1996 Death Row
503 recordlabel: Barry 1010
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Clarence Jackson and Robert Banks
Thelma Jones Never Leave Me 1967 Barry
504 recordlabel: Sony Soho Square 662938 2
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Do Over
Pauline Henry ft. Wayne Marshall Never Knew Love Like This 1996 Sony Soho Square
505 recordlabel: Tabu 07646
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #26, US #28
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Hearsay
Alexander O'Neal & Cherrelle Never Knew Love Like This 1988 Tabu
506 recordlabel: Fontana 9
chartposition: RandB #60, UK #22
writtenby: Kathy Wakefield, Oleta Adams and Vassal Benford
album: Moving On
Oleta Adams Never Knew Love 1995 Fontana
507 recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: RandB #56, UK #99
writtenby: Ne Yo
album: The Princess and the Frog: Original Songs and Score
comments: [album cut]
Ne-Yo Never Knew I Needed 2009 Def Jam
508 recordlabel: Capitol 16032
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: Len Ron Hanks and Zane Grey
album: Madam Butterfly
Tavares Never Had a Love Like This Before 1979 Capitol
509 recordlabel: Capitol 5361
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Renegades
comments: [disco funk]
Brass Construction Never Had a Girl Like You 1984 Capitol
510 recordlabel: Tamla 54191
chartposition: RandB #11, US #26, UK #6, US AC #31
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Never Had a Dream Come True 1970 Tamla
-- recordlabel: Alston 3751
writtenby: H. Straws, Nathaniel Dean
Charles Johnson Never Had A Love So Good 1980 Alston
1 recordlabel: Uncle Jam 9900
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Bernie Worrell and George Clinton
album: Wynne Jammin'
Philippé Wynne Never Gonna Tell It (Pt. 1) 1980 Uncle Jam
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 49775
writtenby: J. Mtume, R. Lucas
album: One Way Love Affair
Marc Sadane Never Gonna Stop This Heart Of Mine 1981 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: AandM 2540
chartposition: RandB #28, US #4, US AC #1
writtenby: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
comments: [love ballad] (sung by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller)
Sergio Mendes Never Gonna Let You Go 1983 A&M
-- recordlabel: Capitol 11997
writtenby: Neal Shulman
album: Delores Hall
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: o_X53bxtUlk
Delores Hall Never Gonna Let You Go 1979 Capitol
1 recordlabel: RCA 74321
chartposition: RandB #27, US #112
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Tina Moore, Tommie Ford
album: Tina Moore
Tina Moore Never Gonna Let You Go 1995 RCA
2 recordlabel: Bad Boy 9212
chartposition: RandB #1, US #17
writtenby: Babyface and Damon Thomas
album: Keep the Faith
comments: [slow jam]
Faith Evans Never Gonna Let You Go 1999 Bad Boy
3 recordlabel: Columbia 73643
chartposition: RandB #24, US #17, US AC #17
writtenby: Bernard Jackson
album: 3 Deep
comments: [love ballad]
Surface Never Gonna Let You Down 1991 Columbia
4 recordlabel: RCA 5347
chartposition: US #1, UK #1, US Dance #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Whenever You Need Somebody
comments: [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1988]
Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up 1987 RCA
-- recordlabel: Capitol 44121
writtenby: Daryl B. Pedford
album: No More Cold Nights
comments: [ballad]
Bert Robinson Never Gonna Give You Up 1988 Capitol
1 recordlabel: MCA 52203
chartposition: UK #6
writtenby: Dennis Seaton, Kelvin Grant, Michael Grant, Patrick Waite and Freddie Waite
album: The Youth of Today
comments: [Reggae]
Musical Youth Never Gonna Give You Up 1983 MCA
2 recordlabel: Elektra 12494 (UK)
chartposition: US dance #2, RandB #30, UK #66
writtenby: Patrice Rushen & Freddie Washington
album: Posh
Patrice Rushen Never Gonna Give You Up 1981 Elektra(UK)
3 recordlabel: Arista 3424
chartposition: US Dance #1
writtenby: Lisa Stansfield and Ian Devaney
album: Lisa Stansfield
Lisa Stansfield Never Gonna Fall 1997 Arista
4 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: RandB #103
writtenby: Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and Andrea Remanda
album: Jewels In The Crown: All-Star Duets With The Queen
comments: [gospel ballad album cut]
mpcode: ZLbHi92YOhE
Aretha Franklin With Mary J. Blige ft. Harlem Boys Choir Never Gonna Break My Faith 2007 Arista
5 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Sean Paul, Donovan Bennett and Nigel Staff
album: The Trinity
comments: [reggae]
Sean Paul Never Gonna Be the Same 2006 Atlantic
6 recordlabel: Warner 49234
chartposition: RandB #26, US #102
writtenby: Tom Canning and Al Jarreau
album: This Time
Al Jarreau Never Givin' Up 1980 Warner
7 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Charles L. Hilton and Raphael Saadiq
album: The Way I See It
Raphael Saadiq featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton Never Give You Up 2009 Columbia
8 recordlabel: Warner 50005
chartposition: RandB #16, UK #14, US #52, US AC #29
writtenby: Michael Garvin & Tom Shapiro
album: The George Benson Collection
George Benson Never Give Up on a Good Thing 1982 Warner
9 recordlabel: South Bay 22004
chartposition: RandB #91 US Dance #48
writtenby: Jakki Milligan
album: Let Me In Your Life
comments: [disco dance]
Marlena Shaw Never Give Up on You 1983 South Bay
10 recordlabel: Elektra
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Jimmy Jam, Jimmy Wright, Terry Lewis and Yolanda Adams
album: Believe
comments: [slow jam]
Yolanda Adams Never Give Up 2002 Elektra
11 recordlabel: ABC 12210
chartposition: AC #46
writtenby: Jimmy Faragher, Tommy Faragher
album: Faragher Bros
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: sS0v09Mh7Ls
Faragher Brothers Never Get Your Love Behind Me 1976 ABC
-- recordlabel: AandM 2005
chartposition: RandB #8, US #56
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Ray Dahrouge
album: Something To Love
L.T.D. Never Get Enough Of Your Love 1977 A&M
-- recordlabel: Casablanca 422 811 364
writtenby: D. Wolfert, H. Gaffney
album: Merciless
Stephanie Mills Never Get Enough Of You 1983 Casablanca
-- recordlabel: Million Dollar 829
writtenby: Booker T. Jones, Eddie Floyd and Al Bell
Kenny Hamber Never Found A Girl 1986 Million Dollar
1 recordlabel: Asylum 69595
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Dennis Matkosky and Monty Seward
album: Workin' It Back
Teddy Pendergrass Never Felt Like Dancin' 1985 Asylum
2 recordlabel: LaFace
chartposition: RandB #9, US #66
writtenby: Polow da Don, Ciara, Ester Dean, Blac Elvis, Kenny Gamble, Young Jeezy and Leon Huff
album: Fantasy Ride
Ciara featuring Young Jeezy Never Ever 2009 LaFace
-- recordlabel: RCA 8659 7
writtenby: Darryl Duncan
album: Success Never Ends
Scott White Never Ends 1988 RCA
1 recordlabel: Tamla 54202
chartposition: US #78, UK #51
writtenby: Stevie Wonder and Syreeta
album: Where I'm Coming From
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer 1971 Tamla
2 recordlabel: MCA 54573
chartposition: RandB #33, US #57
writtenby: Vassal Benford, Ron Spearman, Carol Duboc and Rod Temperton
album: Something Real
Stephanie Mills Never Do You Wrong 1993 MCA
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 9505
album: Seeekret
Kleeer Never Cry Again 1985 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: ABC 10710
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
comments: US B side to I Need You
The Impressions Never Could You Be 1965 ABC
2 recordlabel: Chocolate City 3201
chartposition: RandB #27
writtenby: Vernon Burch, Howard Redmon Jr. and James Gadson
album: Get Up
Vernon Burch Never Can Find a Way (Hot Love) 1979 Chocolate City
3 recordlabel: Atlantic 3640
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: George Clinton and Ronald Dunbar (as Ron Dunbar)
album: Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy
The Brides of Funkenstein Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy (Pt. 1) 1980 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Fantasy 9536
writtenby: Al Ciner
album: Never Been Here Before
comments: [album cut]
Paulette McWilliams Never Been Here Before 1977 Fantasy
1 recordlabel: MCA
chartposition: RandB #101
album: No More Drama
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: BUNY86zE1mc
Mary J. Blige Never Been 2002 MCA
2 recordlabel: Portrait 05846
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #89, US #20, US AC #6
writtenby: Sade Adu & Stuart Matthewman
album: Promise
Sade Never As Good As the First Time 1986 Portrait
3 recordlabel: Walt Disney 60345
chartposition: US #48
writtenby: Michael Turner
comments: [ballad]
Tyler Collins Never Alone (Eeyore's Lullaby) 1995 Walt Disney
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54038
writtenby: Berry Gordy Jr.
album: Meet the Supremes
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Supremes (with Diana Ross) Never Again 1961 Tamla
1 recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: RandB #68
Ja Rule Never Again 2002 Def Jam
2 recordlabel: Atlantic 87183 2
chartposition: RandB #60
Intro Never Again 1994 Atlantic
3 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 495
chartposition: RandB #69, US #61
writtenby: Dino
album: 24 7
Dino Never 2 Much of U 1989 th and Bway
4 recordlabel: Atlantic 8347(UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Tim Cox, Nigel Swanston and Jomanda
Jomanda Never 1993 Atlantic (UK)
5 recordlabel: Universal 015542
chartposition: RandB #96, US #79
writtenby: Amanda Perez
album: Where You At?
comments: [slow jam]
Amanda Perez Never 2002 Universal
6 recordlabel: Divine Mill Digital
chartposition: RandB #12, US #76
writtenby: Daniel Farris, Davion Farris, Emmanuell Chisolm and Jaheim
album: The Makings of a Man
comments: [slow jam]
Jaheim Never 2007 Divine Mill Digital
7 recordlabel: AandM 2445
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Luther Vandross, Keyshia Cole and Eve
album: The Way It Is
Keyshia Cole featuring Eve Never 2004 A&M
-- recordlabel: Malaco 2129
writtenby: Bee Bee Green, V. Lee Green
album: Set Me Free
Foxx Never 1986 Malaco
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
2 recordlabel: Circa 112
chartposition: UK #27
writtenby: Carleen Anderson
album: True Spirit
Carleen Anderson Nervous Breakdown 1994 Circa
3 recordlabel: Argo 5277
chartposition: US #68
writtenby: Paul Gayten
Paul Gayten Nervous Boogie 1957 Argo
4 recordlabel: WEA 328
chartposition: UK #59
writtenby: Mark Fisher and Mark Reilly
album: Indigo
Matt Bianco Nervous -- Wap-Bam-Boogie (re-mix) 1989 WEA
5 recordlabel: Warner 29473
chartposition: RandB #56
writtenby: Jim Weatherly
album: Backstreet
comments: [instrumental]
David Sanborn Neither One of Us 1983 Warner
6 recordlabel: Upstairs 0160
chartposition: RandB #84
album: Neighborhood Music
Lil Rob Neighborhood Music 2004 Upstairs
-- recordlabel: Buddah 5679
writtenby: Tony Camillo
album: Sing About Life
comments: [album cut]
The Ebonys Neighborhood Gossip 1977 Buddah
1 recordlabel: Fame 1003
chartposition: RandB #4, US #65
writtenby: Huey P. Meaux (as Huey Meaux)
album: Why Not Tonight?
comments: [southern soul]
Jimmy Hughes Neighbor, Neighbor 1966 Fame
2 recordlabel: Manifesto (UK)
chartposition: US dance #1, UK #11
writtenby: David Morales
David Morales Presents the Face featuring Juliet Roberts Needin' U II 2001 Manifesto (UK)
3 recordlabel: Manifesto 46 (UK)
chartposition: US dance #1, UK #8
writtenby: David Morales
comments: [house]
David Morales Presents the Face ft. Juliet Roberts Needin' U 1998 Manifesto(UK)
4 recordlabel: Harmony 1718
chartposition: RandB #79
weeksinr&bchart: 13
album: Focus
Dawkins & Dawkins Need to Know 1998 Harmony
-- recordlabel: Deram 351
writtenby: Rickerton, Waddington
album: Nothing But A Heartache
The Flirtations Need Your Loving 1969 Deram
-- recordlabel: Dakar 609
writtenby: F. Smith, L. Simmons, W. Henderson
Tyrone Davis Need Your Lovin' Everyday 1969 Dakar
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54132
writtenby: M. Gaye, C. Paul
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Need Your Lovin' (Want You Back) 1966 Tamla
1 recordlabel: Kedar 56129
chartposition: RandB #26, US #70
writtenby: Big Bub, Bernard Edwards, Tom Jefferson, Nile Rodgers and Larry Singletary
album: Timeless
comments: [hip hop] samples 'I Want Your Love' by Chic
Big Bub featuring Queen Latifah & Heavy D Need Your Love 1997 Kedar
2 recordlabel: Arista 0142
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: Stan Vincent
Harlem River Drive Need You 1975 Arista
3 recordlabel: Vee Jay 567
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #31
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Need To Belong
Jerry Butler Need To Belong 1963 Vee Jay
-- recordlabel: Tamla Motown 686 (UK)
writtenby: Wm. Stevenson
album: How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Need Somebody 1965 Tamla Motown(UK)
-- recordlabel: Stax 200
writtenby: Al Jackson Donals Duck Dunn, Bobby Manuel, Carson Whinsett
album: The M.G.'s
comments: [instrumental]
The MGs Neckbone 1973 Stax
1 recordlabel: Cash Money 4551
chartposition: RandB #71
album: Fast Money
Baby featuring Lil Wayne Neck Of The Woods 2005 Cash Money
2 recordlabel: Sansu 466
chartposition: RandB #16, US #85
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
album: Soul Perfection
comments: [deep soul]
Betty Harris Nearer to You 1967 Sansu
3 recordlabel: Atlantic 7823282
chartposition: RandB #73
album: Nearer to You
comments: [slow jam]
Skyy Nearer to You 1992 Atlantic
4 recordlabel: Sea Horn 502
chartposition: RandB #39, US #118
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Wilbert Harrison
Wilbert Harrison Near To You 1963 Sea Horn
5 recordlabel: Columbia 76853
chartposition: RandB #8, US #3, UK #10, US dance #1
writtenby: Beyoncé, Scott Storch, EST, Angela Beyincé, Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer
album: Dangerously in Love
Beyoncé Naughty Girl 2004 Columbia
6 recordlabel: Warner 16980
chartposition: UK #26
writtenby: Eden Ahbez
album: In Flight
comments: [jazz funk]
George Benson Nature Boy 1977 Warner
-- recordlabel: United Artists 043
writtenby: C. King, G. Goffin, J. Wexler
album: Facts of Life...
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: vp735Lu7dD8
Bobby Womack Natural Man 1973 United Artists
1 recordlabel: Chrysalis 17321
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Arrested Development
album: Unplugged
comments: [hip hop]
Arrested Development Natural 1993 Chrysalis
2 recordlabel: Manifesto 18
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell
Black Box Native New Yorker 1997 Manifesto
3 recordlabel: RCA 11129
chartposition: RandB #6, US #21, UK #5, US AC #28, US dance #3,
writtenby: Sandy Linzer & Denny Randell
album: Odyssey
comments: [disco dance]
Odyssey Native New Yorker 1977 RCA
4 recordlabel: Warner 40712
chartposition: RandB #56
writtenby: Al B. Sure! and Kyle West
album: Sexy Versus
comments: [slow jam]
Al B. Sure! Natalie 1992 Warner
5 recordlabel: Relativity 1784
chartposition: RandB #53
weeksinr&bchart: 12
album: Enquiring Minds
Gangsta Boo Nasty Trick 1999 Relativity
6 recordlabel: Headhunter
chartposition: RandB #60
comments: [hip hop]
Lil Ru Nasty Song 2009 Headhunter
7 recordlabel: Warner 9908 7
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #7, US #101
writtenby: Prince
album: Vanity 6
Vanity 6 Nasty Girl 1982 Warner
8 recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Ludacris, Plies and Swizz Beatz
album: Theater of the Mind
Ludacris featuring Plies Nasty Girl 2009 Def Jam
9 recordlabel: Bad Boy 94145
chartposition: RandB #20, US #44, UK #1
writtenby: The Notorious B.I.G., Stevie J, Diddy, Nelly, Brandon Casey, Brian Casey and L. Watson
album: Duets: The Final Chapter
The Notorious B.I.G. ft. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm Nasty Girl 2005 Bad Boy
10 recordlabel: Universal 003357
chartposition: RandB #99, US #87
album: Player's Paradise
comments: [hip hop]
Nitty Nasty Girl 2005 Universal
11 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: UK #111, R&B #117
writtenby: Maurizio Bassi, Anthony Dent, Naimy Hackett and Beyonce (as Beyonce Knowles)
album: Survivor
Destiny's Child Nasty Girl 2002 Columbia
12 recordlabel: Wrap 349
chartposition: RandB #67, US #115
album: Get This Party Started
Kilo Nasty Dancer 1996 Wrap
13 recordlabel: Bad Boy 9128
chartposition: RandB #43
The Notorious B.I.G. Nasty Boy 1998 Bad Boy
14 recordlabel: AandM 2830
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #19, US dance #2
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis & Janet Jackson
album: Control
comments: [dance]
Janet Jackson Nasty 1986 A&M
15 recordlabel: Columbia 46415
chartposition: RandB #27, UK #24, US #92
writtenby: J. Brown, Nas and L. David Lewis
album: Nastradamus
comments: [rap]
Nas Nastradamus 1999 Columbia
16 recordlabel: Columbia 79113
chartposition: RandB #30, US #86
writtenby: R. Bell, G. Brown, R. Handy, C. Home, DJ Premier, R. Mickens, W. Mitchell, Nas
album: I Am...
comments: [rap]
Nas Nas Is Like 1999 Columbia
17 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Nas, Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo
album: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Music from the Motion Picture
comments: [hip hop]
Nas ft. Pharrell Nas Angels, The Flyest 2003 Columbia
18 recordlabel: Atlantic 83187
chartposition: RandB #20, US #62
comments: [hip hop]
Trick Daddy featuring Trina Nann Nigga 1999 Atlantic

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