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


The Soul Years - 1960-2001
Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the Arista record label. Click on "Arista" 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 Arista . . .

The following songs were released in Arista 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 Arista 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
-- recordlabel: Arista 9619
writtenby: Joseph B. Jefferson, Thom Bell
album: Goddess Of Love
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: dJteA6XaJRA
Phyllis Hyman Just Twenty Five Miles To Anywhere 1983 Arista
-- recordlabel: Arista
writtenby: Joseph B. Jefferson, Thom Bell
album: Goddess Of Love
comments: [beat ballad album cut]
Phyllis Hyman Just Me And You 1983 Arista
-- recordlabel: Arista 144
writtenby: D. Jordan, A. Smith
Debbie Taylor Just Don't Pay 1975 Arista
1 recordlabel: Arista 3237
chartposition: US dance #8
writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox Just Be Good to Me 1996 Arista
2 recordlabel: Arista 9528
chartposition: RandB #20, UK #58, US #21, US dance #33, US rock #36
writtenby: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
album: Aretha [1986 album]
Aretha Franklin Jumpin' Jack Flash 1986 Arista
3 recordlabel: Arista 0699
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #42, US #24, US dance #4
writtenby: Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller
album: Jump to It
Aretha Franklin Jump to It 1982 Arista
-- recordlabel: Arista 0289
writtenby: B.R. Appleberry, W. Cuomo
album: Garnet Mimms Has It All
Garnet Mimms Johnny Porter 1977 Arista
1 recordlabel: Arista 0152
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
album: From South Africa to South Carolina
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Johannesburg 1975 Arista
2 recordlabel: Arista 9476
chartposition: RandB #18, US #42, UK #50, US Dance #9
writtenby: Jermaine Stewart , Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen
album: Frantic Romantic
comments: charted as Jody (Remix) / Dancefloor in US dance charts
Jermaine Stewart Jody 1986 Arista
3 recordlabel: Arista 9546
chartposition: RandB #2, US #28, UK #46, US dance #19, US AC #17
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen, Lisa Walden
album: Aretha [1986 album]
Aretha Franklin Jimmy Lee 1986 Arista
4 recordlabel: Arista 3838
chartposition: RandB #112
album: Welcome II Nextasy
comments: [hip hop]
mpcode: Lt0wpaqyVkk
Next featuring 50 Cent Jerk 2000 Arista
5 recordlabel: Arista 9293
chartposition: RandB #12, US #14, US AC #6
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: Chartbusters
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Jamie 1984 Arista
6 recordlabel: Arista 3675
chartposition: RandB #4, US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 22
writtenby: Vincent Brown, Treach (as Anthony Criss), Kay Gee (as Kay Gee Gist) and B. Golson
album: Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature's Fury
comments: [hip hop]
Naughty by Nature featuring Zhané Jamboree 1999 Arista
7 recordlabel: Arista 0283
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #11, US #8
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: Raydio
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Jack and Jill (Back Up the Hill) 1978 Arista
8 recordlabel: Arista 0129
chartposition: UK #6, RandB #96, US dance #11, US #107
writtenby: Rudy Clark
album: Not a Little Girl Anymore
comments: [disco]
Linda Lewis It's in His Kiss 1975 Arista
9 recordlabel: Arista 113
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr.
album: A Woman Needs Love
comments: [disco funk, boogie]
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) It's Your Night 1981 Arista
10 recordlabel: Arista 102
chartposition: US Dance #61
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr.
album: Two Places at the Same Time
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) It's Time to Party Now 1980 Arista
11 recordlabel: Arista 3614
chartposition: RandB #20, US dance #1, US #70, UK #49
writtenby: Kay Gee (as Kay Gee Gist), Alonzo Jackson, De'Andre Griffin and Taura Stinson
album: One Wish
comments: [slow jam]
Deborah Cox It's Over Now 1999 Arista
12 recordlabel: Arista 1014
chartposition: RandB #44, US #106
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: The Other Woman
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) It's Our Own Affair 1982 Arista
13 recordlabel: Arista 3641
chartposition: RandB #7, US #4, UK #3, US dance #1
writtenby: LaShawn Daniels, Toni Estes, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III and Isaac Phillips
album: My Love Is Your Love
Whitney Houston It's Not Right but It's Okay 1999 Arista
14 recordlabel: Arista 0646
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Carol Bayer Sager, Michael Masser
album: Love All The Hurt Away
comments: [ballad]
Aretha Franklin It's My Turn 1982 Arista
15 recordlabel: Arista 74321
chartposition: RandB #44, US #34, UK #17, US dance #1
writtenby: Bill Withers, David Cole, Michelle Visage, Robert Clivillés, Skip Scarborough and Tommy Never
S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. introducing Michelle Visage It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day 1992 Arista
16 recordlabel: Arista 9851
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #29, US #41, US dance #18
writtenby: Albert Hammond & Diane Warren
album: Through The Storm
Aretha Franklin & Whitney Houston It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Ever Gonna Be 1989 Arista
17 recordlabel: Arista 3220
chartposition: RandB #51, US #116
writtenby: Babyface
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
Aretha Franklin It Hurts Like Hell 1996 Arista
18 recordlabel: Arista 3289
chartposition: US dance #19
writtenby: Deborah Cox and Lascelles Stephens
album: Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox It Could've Been You 1996 Arista
19 recordlabel: Arista 0328
chartposition: RandB #20, UK #27
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr.
album: Raydio
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Is This A Love Thing 1978 Arista
-- recordlabel: Arista 9616
writtenby: Angela Bofill, Danny Madden, Eva Lee, Steve Gaboury
album: Too Tough
comments: [disco, boogie album cut]
Angela Bofill Is This A Dream 1983 Arista
-- recordlabel: Arista 580
writtenby: A. Gorrie, H. Stuart, R. Ball
album: Shine
Average White Band Into The Night 1980 Arista
1 recordlabel: Arista 0407
chartposition: RandB #92
writtenby: Bernie Worrell , George Clinton and Bootsy Collins (as William Collins)
Bernie Worrell Insurance Man for the Funk 1979 Arista
2 recordlabel: Arista 9706
chartposition: RandB #57, UK #55, US #35, US AC #20
writtenby: Michael Price (as Harvey Price) & Bobby Sandstrom
album: Indestructible
Four Tops Indestructible 1988 Arista
3 recordlabel: Arista 0671
chartposition: RandB #69, US Dance #1
writtenby: Tom Bailey, Chris Bell, Alannah Currie, Pete Dodd, Joe Leeway, John Roog and Matthew Seligman
album: Set
comments: [disco dance]
Thompson Twins In the Name of Love 1982 Arista
4 recordlabel: Arista 9198
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr.
album: Woman Out of Control
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) In the Heat of the Night 1984 Arista
5 recordlabel: Arista 595
chartposition: US Dance #6, UK #64
writtenby: Frank Musker and Trevor Lawrence
album: In the Evening
Sheryl Lee Ralph In the Evening 1985 Arista
6 recordlabel: Arista 12679
chartposition: US #84, US AC #17
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Exposé
Exposé In Walked Love 1994 Arista
-- recordlabel: Arista 0137
writtenby: B. Maupin, B. Summers, P. Jackson, M. Clark, B. McKnight
album: Survival Of The Fittest
The Headhunters If You've Got It You'll Get It 1975 Arista
1 recordlabel: Arista 0182
chartposition: RandB #95
writtenby: Steve Kahn, Will Lee and Don Grolnick
The Brecker Brothers Band If You Wanna Boogie (Forget It Baby) 1976 Arista
2 recordlabel: Arista 9114
chartposition: RandB #21, US #30
writtenby: Jadakiss, Sheek Louch and Styles P
album: Money, Power and Respect
The LOX If You Think I'm Jiggy 1998 Arista
3 recordlabel: Arista 9623
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden, Preston Glass & Alan Glass
album: Aretha [1986 album]
comments: [ballad]
Aretha Franklin (with Larry Graham) If You Need My Love Tonight 1987 Arista
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
5 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
6 recordlabel: Arista 0650
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: David Lasley and Willie Wilcox
album: If I Had the Chance
comments: [love ballad]
Chuck Cissel & Marva King If I Had the Chance 1982 Arista
7 recordlabel: Arista 9766
chartposition: RandB #31, US AC #26
writtenby: Todd Cerney and Pamela Oland
album: Indestructible
Four Tops with Aretha Franklin If Ever a Love There Was 1988 Arista
-- recordlabel: Arista 8492
writtenby: Pamela Phillips Oland, Todd Cerney
album: Indestructible
comments: [album cut]
Aretha Franklin & Levi Stubbs If Ever A Love There Was 1988 Arista
-- recordlabel: Arista 133
writtenby: Leonard Perry, Dennis Stover
Jeff Perry I've Got To See You Right Away 1976 Arista
1 recordlabel: Arista 9207
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Kenny Gorelieck, Kashif
album: G Force
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Kenny G I've Been Missing You 1984 Arista
-- recordlabel: Arista 8205
writtenby: Kashif
album: Send Me Your Love
Kashif I've Been Missing You 1984 Arista
1 recordlabel: Arista 2238
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Angela Bofill, Jeffrey Cohen and Narada Michael Walden
album: I'm on Your Side
comments: [slow jam]
Jennifer Holliday I'm on Your Side 1991 Arista
2 recordlabel: Arista 9109
chartposition: RandB #20
writtenby: Angela Bofill, Jeffrey Cohen and Narada Michael Walden
album: Teaser
comments: [ballad]
Angela Bofill I'm on Your Side 1983 Arista
3 recordlabel: Arista 2108
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK 5, US AC #7, US dance #17
writtenby: L.A. Reid & Babyface
album: I'm Your Baby Tonight
Whitney Houston I'm Your Baby Tonight 1990 Arista
4 recordlabel: Arista 3458
chartposition: US dance #1
writtenby: Crayge Lindesay and Telisa Stinson
album: Lisa Stansfield
Lisa Stansfield I'm Leavin' 1998 Arista
5 recordlabel: Arista 112 016
chartposition: RandB #14, UK #63, US Dance #35
writtenby: Norman Whitfield and William Bryant
album: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
The Gap Band I'm Gonna Git You Sucka 1989 Arista
6 recordlabel: Arista 74321
chartposition: RandB #5, US #4, UK #4, US AC #26, US dance #1
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
Whitney Houston I'm Every Woman 1993 Arista
7 recordlabel: Arista 07822129201
chartposition: US #117
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Greatest Hits
comments: [ballad] [from the film Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home]
Exposé I'll Say Goodbye for the Two of Us 1996 Arista
8 recordlabel: Arista 2678
chartposition: RandB #58, US #55, US AC #32
writtenby: Elliot Wolff and Stacey Piersa
album: Time
comments: [ballad]
Atlantic Starr I'll Remember You 1994 Arista
9 recordlabel: Arista 0419
chartposition: RandB #18, US #5, US AC #5
writtenby: Richard Kerr & Will Jennings
album: Dionne [1979 album]
comments: [ballad]
Dionne Warwick I'll Never Love This Way Again 1979 Arista
10 recordlabel: Arista 74321 15896 7
chartposition: US #8, UK #75, US AC #1
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Exposé
comments: [ballad]
Exposé I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me) 1993 Arista
11 recordlabel: Arista 5023
chartposition: RandB #104
writtenby: James Big Jim Wright, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Blu Cantrell
album: So Blu
comments: [slow jam]
mpcode: 2jX-lyj3wOw
Blu Cantrell I'll Find A Way 2001 Arista
12 recordlabel: Arista 59811
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Cee Lo Green (as Thomas Callaway) and Timbaland (as Tim Mosley)
album: Cee Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine
comments: [hip hop]
Cee Lo featuring Timbaland I'll Be Around 2003 Arista
13 recordlabel: Arista 9700
chartposition: RandB #21, US #3, UK #41, US AC #2
writtenby: Jimmy George
album: Tell It to My Heart
comments: [ballad]
Taylor Dayne I'll Always Love You 1988 Arista
14 recordlabel: Arista 2029
chartposition: RandB #27
writtenby: Bernard Jackson
album: Don't Take It Personal
comments: [beat ballad]
Jermaine Jackson I'd Like to Get to Know You 1990 Arista
15 recordlabel: Arista 07822 12471
chartposition: US #28
writtenby: Michael Margules (as Michael Jay) and Marvin Morrow
album: Exposé
Exposé I Wish the Phone Would Ring 1992 Arista
16 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
17 recordlabel: Arista 9598
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #1
writtenby: George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam
album: Whitney
Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance with Somebody 1987 Arista
18 recordlabel: Arista 655 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #14, US #16, UK #96, US AC #5
writtenby: Jermaine Jackson, Michael Omartian & Stevie Wonder
album: Precious Moments
Jermaine Jackson I Think It's Love 1986 Arista(UK)
19 recordlabel: Arista 13521
chartposition: RandB #4, US #14
writtenby: Babyface, Darnell Bristol, Tweet, Arkeida Clowers, R.L., Buddy Johnson,Darren Lighty and Tony Tolbert
album: Rated Next
comments: [slow jam]
Next I Still Love You 1998 Arista
20 recordlabel: Arista 9116
chartposition: RandB #12, US #12, US AC #10
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: Woman Out of Control
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) I Still Can't Get Over Loving You 1983 Arista
21 recordlabel: Arista 2922
chartposition: US Dance #6
writtenby: Lotti Golden and Richard Scher
album: Exposé
Exposé I Specialize in Love 1995 Arista
22 recordlabel: Arista 3861
chartposition: US dance #1
writtenby: Fred Jerkins III, Isaac Phillips, Lashawn Daniels, Nycolia Turman and Rodney Jerkins
album: One Wish
Deborah Cox I Never Knew 2000 Arista
23 recordlabel: Arista 9252
chartposition: US Dance #37
writtenby: Michael Denne (as Micky Denne)
Katie Kissoon I Need a Man in My Life 1984 Arista
24 recordlabel: Arista 0254
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Harvey Mason
album: Shirley Brown
Shirley Brown I Need Somebody to Love Me 1977 Arista
25 recordlabel: Arista 12768
chartposition: RandB #14, US #22
writtenby: Vincent Herbert and Chuckie Howard
album: N II U
comments: [slow jam]
N II U I Miss You 1994 Arista
26 recordlabel: Arista Digital
chartposition: RandB #19, US #70, UK #115
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: I Look to You
comments: [ballad]
Whitney Houston I Look to You 2009 Arista Digital
27 recordlabel: Arista 3793
chartposition: RandB #13, US #27, UK #19, US dance #1, US AC #20
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: My Love Is Your Love
comments: [slow jam]
Whitney Houston I Learned from the Best 1999 Arista
28 recordlabel: Arista 9559
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #1, US #1, US AC #2, US dance #12
writtenby: Simon Climie & Dennis Morgan
album: Aretha [1986 album]
Aretha Franklin & George Michael I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) 1987 Arista
29 recordlabel: Arista 5079
chartposition: RandB #109
album: Face2Face
comments: [slow jam]
mpcode: XWaCPRcfr2M
Babyface I Keep Callin' 2002 Arista
30 recordlabel: Arista 0466
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Michael Price and Dan Walsh
album: Something More
Eddie Kendricks I Just Want to Be the One in Your Life 1980 Arista
31 recordlabel: Arista 1042
chartposition: RandB #5, US #103, UK #79, US Dance #28
writtenby: Kashif
album: Kashif [1983 album]
comments: [funk soul boogie]
Kashif I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On) 1983 Arista
-- recordlabel: Arista 421
writtenby: P. Allen, J. Barry
album: Roads of Life
Bobby Womack I Honestly Love You 1979 Arista
1 recordlabel: Arista 12527
chartposition: RandB #4, US #4, UK #3, US AC #1
writtenby: David Foster and Linda Thompson (as Linda Thompson Jenner)
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
Whitney Houston I Have Nothing 1993 Arista
-- recordlabel: Arista 9647
writtenby: La La and Kashif
album: La La
comments: [disco dance]
La La I Got A Thing For You 1987 Arista
1 recordlabel: Arista 144
chartposition: RandB #32
writtenby: D. Jordan, A. Smith
comments: [deep soul]
Debbie Taylor I Don't Want to Leave You 1976 Arista
2 recordlabel: Arista 9940
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: Mike Sutton and Brenda Sutton
album: Greatest Hits 1979 1990
Dionne Warwick & the Spinners I Don't Need Another Love 1990 Arista
-- recordlabel: Arista 0308
The Delfonics I Don't Care What People Say 1978 Arista
1 recordlabel: Arista 15075
chartposition: RandB #25, US #16
writtenby: Antoine Macon (as BAM), Ryan Bowser, Harold Guy and Toya (as Toya Rodriguez)
album: Toya
Toya I Do!! 2001 Arista
2 recordlabel: Arista 0426
chartposition: RandB #5, US #20
writtenby: Billy Stewart
album: Disco Nights
GQ I Do Love You 1979 Arista
3 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: RandB #66, UK #44
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: I Look to You
comments: [slow jam]
Whitney Houston I Didn't Know My Own Strength 2009 Arista
4 recordlabel: Arista 0334
chartposition: RandB #92
writtenby: Michael Gately and Robert John
Shirley Brown I Can't Move No Mountains 1978 Arista
5 recordlabel: Arista 12369
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #54
writtenby: Derek Bramble and Franne Golde
album: I'm Your Baby Tonight
Whitney Houston I Belong to You 1991 Arista
6 recordlabel: Arista 13293
chartposition: RandB #4, US #4, UK #16, US AC #2
writtenby: Sandy Linzer and David Wolfert
album: The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [slow jam]
Whitney Houston I Believe in You and Me 1996 Arista
7 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
8 recordlabel: Arista 9073
chartposition: RandB #7, US #27, UK #99, US AC #4
writtenby: Steve Goldman
album: How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye
comments: [love ballad]
Dionne Warwick & Luther Vandross How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye 1983 Arista
9 recordlabel: Arista 0421
chartposition: RandB #40, UK #86
writtenby: Bobby Womack and Patricia Moten
album: Roads Of Life
comments: Reached #86 in UK chart in 1986
Bobby Womack How Could You Break My Heart 1979 Arista
10 recordlabel: Arista 0353
chartposition: RandB #43, US #102
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr and Thurlene Johnson
album: Raydio
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Honey I'm Rich 1978 Arista
11 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: RandB #30, US #114
writtenby: Babyface
album: Greatest Hits (1980 1994)
comments: [ballad]
Aretha Franklin Honey 1994 Arista
12 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: RandB #101
writtenby: Chuck D, Hank Shocklee, Treach, Vin Rock and DJ Kay Gee
album: Nineteen Naughty Nine: Nature\'s Fury
comments: [hip hop]
mpcode: TSZtWI8h-tk
Naughty by Nature featuring Phiness Holiday 1999 Arista
13 recordlabel: Arista 78133
chartposition: UK #58
writtenby: Heather Small, Peter John Vettese
album: Proud
Heather Small Holding On 2000 Arista
14 recordlabel: Arista 0662
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow
album: Something About You
Angela Bofill Holdin' Out for Love 1982 Arista
15 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: US dance #53
writtenby: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
album: Love All The Hurt Away
comments: [disco dance]
Aretha Franklin Hold On I'm Comin' 1981 Arista
16 recordlabel: Arista 0450
chartposition: US dance #16
writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
album: Hold On I'm Comin'
Karen Silver Hold On I'm Comin' 1979 Arista
17 recordlabel: Arista 15196
chartposition: RandB #32, US #86, UK #29, US dance #2
writtenby: Loon and Pharrell Williams
album: More Than a Woman
Toni Braxton featuring Loon Hit the Freeway 2002 Arista

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