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


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

The following songs were released in Columbia 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 Columbia 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: Columbia 3 10666
writtenby: C. Bowden
comments: [Sweet Soul]
The Dynamics We Found Love 1977 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 11 11415
writtenby: L. Graham, E. Fisher
album: I Just Can't Keep On Going
Tyrone Davis We Don't Need No Music 1980 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 38 05675
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Watching You Watching Me
Bill Withers We Could Be Sweet Lovers 1985 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Columbia 46021
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: H. Cosby, R. Glover and J. Harris
Ronnie Dyson We Can Make It Last Forever 1974 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Columbia 04839
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1, US Rock #27, US Country #76,
writtenby: Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie
album: We Are the World: U.S.A. for Africa
USA for Africa We Are the World 1985 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Columbia 4 46073
chartposition: US #121
writtenby: Herbie Hancock
comments: [instrumental]
Herbie Hancock Watermelon Man 1963 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 39887
album: Watching You Watching Me
comments: [ballad album cut]
Bill Withers Watching You Watching Me 1985 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Columbia 4 42156
chartposition: RandB #89
writtenby: Ruth Lyons
album: Johnny's Newest Hits
Johnny Mathis Wasn't the Summer Short? 1961 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Columbia 74376
chartposition: RandB #3, US #13, UK #16, US dance #23
writtenby: Jermaine Dupri and Toni Colandreo
album: Totally Krossed Out
comments: [hip hop]
Kris Kross Warm It Up 1992 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Columbia 02688
chartposition: RandB #15, US #51
writtenby: Wayne Vaughn and Maurice White
album: Raise!
Earth, Wind & Fire Wanna Be with You 1982 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Columbia 73396
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: MC Hammer, Patterson, Sheldon Reynolds, Maurice White and Verdine White
album: Heritage
Earth, Wind & Fire Wanna Be the Man 1990 Columbia
5 recordlabel: Columbia 310874
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Skip Scarborough and Maurice White
album: Sunbeam
The Emotions Walking the Line 1979 Columbia
6 recordlabel: Columbia 04826
chartposition: RandB #56, US #46, UK #34
writtenby: Billie Hughes, Marcy Levy and Roxanne Seeman
album: Chinese Wall
Philip Bailey Walking on the Chinese Wall 1985 Columbia
7 recordlabel: Columbia 44890
chartposition: US #92
writtenby: Marvin Hamlisch
album: Love, Peace and Happiness
The Chambers Brothers Wake Up 1969 Columbia
8 recordlabel: Columbia 1908
chartposition: US #74, US dance #4
writtenby: George Michael, Michael Munves and Freedom Williams (as Frederick Williams)
album: Freedom
Freedom Williams Voice of Freedom 1993 Columbia
9 recordlabel: Columbia 73348
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #9, US AC #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey & Ben Margulies
album: Mariah Carey
comments: [ballad]
Mariah Carey Vision Of Love 1990 Columbia
10 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #69
album: Street's Disciple
comments: [hip hop]
Nas ft. Ludacris & Doug E. Fresh Virgo 2005 Columbia
11 recordlabel: Columbia 07804
chartposition: RandB #25, US Dance #46
writtenby: Herbie Hancock , Bill Laswell and Nicky Skopelitis
album: Perfect Machine
Herbie Hancock Vibe Alive 1988 Columbia
12 recordlabel: Columbia 77539
chartposition: UK #29, RandB #32, US #74
writtenby: John Legend and Kanye West
album: Get Lifted
John Legend Used to Love U 2004 Columbia
13 recordlabel: Columbia 10380
chartposition: RandB #81, US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Alan Spenner
album: Rise and Shine!
Kokomo Use Your Imagination 1976 Columbia
14 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #11, US #59, UK #176
writtenby: Beyoncé, MK, Makeba Riddick, Sean Garrett, Solange Knowles, Angela Beyincé, Jay Z and Willie Clarke
album: B'Day
Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z Upgrade U 2006 Columbia
15 recordlabel: Columbia 44181
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #37
writtenby: J. Byers
album: Soul Sister
Aretha Franklin Until You Were Gone 1967 Columbia
16 recordlabel: Columbia 05776
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: B Fine, Shy Shy, Paul Anthony, Bow Legged, Curt T T and Baby Gee
album: Full Force
Full Force Unselfish Lover 1986 Columbia
17 recordlabel: Columbia 06339
chartposition: RandB #20, US Dance #16
writtenby: B Fine, Shy Shy, Paul Anthony, Bow Legged, Curt T T and Baby Gee
album: Full Force Get Busy 1 Time!
Full Force Unfaithful So Much 1986 Columbia
18 recordlabel: Columbia 1693
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Bilal Bashir, Norma Jean Wright and Raymond Jones
album: Community
State of Art Understanding 1992 Columbia
19 recordlabel: Columbia 38 77341
chartposition: RandB #1, US #8
writtenby: Manuel Seal (as Manuel Seal Jr.)
album: Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha
comments: [slow jam]
Xscape Understanding 1993 Columbia
20 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasief
album: Daydream
Mariah Carey Underneath the Stars 1996 Columbia
21 recordlabel: Columbia 02651
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Bill Withers
Bill Withers U.S.A. 1981 Columbia
22 recordlabel: Columbia 74865
chartposition: RandB #29, US #64, US dance #38
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Prince Markie Dee, Cory Rooney, Damon Johnson and Raymond Calhoun
album: Free
Prince Markie Dee & the Soul Convention Typical Reasons (Swing My Way) 1993 Columbia
23 recordlabel: Columbia 79776
chartposition: RandB #11, US #28, UK #14
writtenby: Jerry Duplessis and Wyclef Jean
album: Masquerade
Wyclef Jean ft. Claudette Ortiz of City High Two Wrongs 2002 Columbia
24 recordlabel: Columbia 08107
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Maurice White, Rhett Lawrence and Martin Page
album: The Best of Earth, Wind and Fire, Vol. 2
Earth, Wind & Fire Turn on (The Beat Box) 1988 Columbia
25 recordlabel: Columbia 2533
chartposition: RandB #49, UK #15, US #104
writtenby: Bob Marley
album: The Best Man: Music from the Motion Picture
Lauryn Hill & Bob Marley Turn Your Lights Down Low 1999 Columbia
26 recordlabel: Columbia 10901
chartposition: RandB #79, US Dance #29
writtenby: Michael Stokes and Ronn Matlock
album: Physical Attraction
Keith Barrow Turn Me Up 1979 Columbia
27 recordlabel: ARC/Columbia 2239
chartposition: RandB #48, US Dance #50
writtenby: Wayne Vaughn
album: New Affair
comments: [disco dance]
The Emotions Turn It Out 1981 ARC/Columbia
28 recordlabel: Columbia 663534(UK)
chartposition: UK #15
writtenby: Simon Climie, Denis Ingoldsby and Oliver Smallman
album: Freaky
MN8 Tuff Act To Follow 1996 Columbia (UK)
29 recordlabel: Columbia 78686
chartposition: RandB #21, US #58
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips
album: Kimberly Scott
comments: [slow jam]
Kimberly Scott Tuck Me In 1997 Columbia
30 recordlabel: Columbia 18 02744
chartposition: RandB #23, US #101, UK #47, US Dance #17
Third World Try Jah Love 1982 Columbia
31 recordlabel: Columbia 03563
chartposition: RandB #2, US #23, US AC #6
writtenby: Dana Walden, Rocky Maffitt & Michael Day
album: Modern Heart
comments: [love ballad]
Champaign Try Again 1983 Columbia
32 recordlabel: Columbia 4 42520
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #35, US #100
writtenby: Harry M. Woods, James Campbell, And Reginald Connelly
album: The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin Try A Little Tenderness 1962 Columbia
33 recordlabel: Columbia 10672
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: B. Womack, D. Davis, L. Ware
album: Pieces
Bobby Womack Trust Your Heart 1978 Columbia
34 recordlabel: Columbia 42625
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #86
writtenby: Richard M. Jones
Aretha Franklin Trouble In Mind 1962 Columbia
35 recordlabel: Columbia 74380
chartposition: RandB #25, US dance #32
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Damon Johnson, Prince Markie Dee and Cory Rooney
album: Free
comments: [hip hop]
Prince Markie Dee & the Soul Convention Trippin' Out 1992 Columbia
36 recordlabel: Columbia 68575
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #5, US #52, US dance #27
writtenby: The Pasadenas & Pete Wingfield
album: To Whom It May Concern
The Pasadenas Tribute (Right On) 1988 Columbia
37 recordlabel: Columbia 04241
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Philip Bailey,Tony Haynes and Robert Brookins
album: Continuation
comments: [mid-tempo ballad]
Philip Bailey Trapped 1983 Columbia
38 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: Rob Fusari, Tiaa Wells, Balewa Muhammad and Sylvester Jordan
album: Simply Deep
mpcode: C3Sj8Z1pb3k
Kelly Rowland Train On A Track 2003 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 678
writtenby: R. Miller, M. Masser
album: Take A Bite
comments: [disco dance]
Marlena Shaw Touch Me In The Morning 1979 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Columbia 04329
chartposition: RandB #23, US #103, US AC #36
writtenby: Martin Page and Jon Lind
album: Electric Universe
Earth, Wind & Fire Touch 1984 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Columbia 10693
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: John Vallins & Nat Kipner
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 1978 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #53
DJ Kayslay Featuring Nas, Foxy Brown, Baby & Amerie Too Much For Me 2003 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 18 02238
writtenby: L. Dozier
album: Working On You
Lamont Dozier Too Little Too Long 1981 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Columbia 44 77304
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Bennett, Marqueze Etheridge and Organized Noize
album: Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha
Xscape Tonight 1994 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Columbia 41793
chartposition: RandB #10
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Curtis Lewis
album: Aretha (with the Ray Bryant Combo)
Aretha Franklin Today I Sing the Blues 1960 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Columbia 44414
chartposition: US #11
writtenby: Willie Chambers and Joseph Chambers
The Chambers Brothers Time Has Come Today 1968 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Columbia 73018
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: Eddie Murphy , Narada Michael Walden and Skyler Jett
album: So Happy
Eddie Murphy Till the Money's Gone 1989 Columbia
5 recordlabel: Columbia 05679
chartposition: RandB #85
writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Marvin Morrow
album: Life
comments: [ballad]
Gladys Knight & the Pips Till I See You Again 1985 Columbia
6 recordlabel: Columbia 78275
chartposition: RandB #79, UK #63
writtenby: Maxwell and Hod David
album: Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
comments: [slow jam]
Maxwell Til the Cops Come Knockin' - The Opus 1996 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 43515
writtenby: B. Dawn
Aretha Franklin Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It for the Door) 1966 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Columbia 68748
chartposition: RandB #70, US Dance #35
writtenby: Dean Pitchford and Rhett Lawrence
album: June Pointer
June Pointer Tight on Time (I'll Fit U In) 1989 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Columbia 73129
chartposition: RandB #74
weeksinr&bchart: 5
Big Mack Tick Tock (Ring My Phone) 1990 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Columbia 79407
chartposition: RandB #100
writtenby: Jerry Duplessis and Wyclef Jean
album: The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book
comments: [hip hop]
Wyclef Jean Thug Angels 2000 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Columbia 2925
chartposition: RandB #60, US #45, UK #15
writtenby: B Real (as Louis Freese) and DJ Muggs (as Lawrence Muggerud)
album: Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom
comments: [rap]
Cypress Hill Throw Your Set in the Air 1995 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 442528
writtenby: C. Davis, R. Wylie
Walter Jackson This World of Mine 1962 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Columbia 3666
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Kate Bush
album: Now
comments: [slow jam]
Maxwell This Woman's Work 2000 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #16, US #58
writtenby: Kate Bush
album: Now
comments: [slow jam]
Maxwell This Woman's Work 2002 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Columbia 10617
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: J. Weaver
Eleanor Grant This Time We're Really Though 1977 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Columbia 10680
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Frederick Knight
album: Let's Make a Deal
comments: [deep soul]
Z.Z. Hill This Time They Told the Truth 1978 Columbia
5 recordlabel: Columbia 10993
chartposition: RandB #24, US Dance #1, UK #49
writtenby: Leroy Bell and Casey James
album: I'm on My Way
Jackie Moore This Time Baby 1979 Columbia
6 recordlabel: Columbia 04721
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Champaign
album: Woman in Flames
comments: [ballad]
Champaign This Time 1984 Columbia
7 recordlabel: Columbia 04429
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: T. Johnson and D. Cohen
album: Preppie
comments: [ballad]
Cheryl Lynn This Time 1984 Columbia
8 recordlabel: Columbia 73064
chartposition: RandB #55, UK #9, US #7, US AC #27
writtenby: Maurice Starr
album: Merry, Merry Christmas
New Kids on the Block This One's for the Children 1989 Columbia
9 recordlabel: Columbia 74812
chartposition: RandB #104
album: Joe Public
comments: [hip hop]
mpcode: nvgT3kr-rj4
Joe Public This One's For You 1993 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 40045
writtenby: C. Matthews
album: This Is The Real Thing
comments: [album cut]
Skool Boyz This Is The Real Thing 1985 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Columbia 11109
chartposition: RandB #19, US 11, US AC #17
writtenby: Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald
album: Keep the Fire
Kenny Loggins This Is It 1979 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Columbia 08507
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Ron Boustead and Gregg Karukas
album: As Good As It Gets
comments: [ballad]
Deniece Williams This Is As Good As It Gets 1989 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 111334
writtenby: Earley J. Terry Jr., Carlton F. James
Patience This Is All I Can Say 1979 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Columbia 10528
chartposition: RandB #6, US #102
writtenby: Leo Graham
album: Let's Be Closer Together
Tyrone Davis This I Swear 1977 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Columbia 05640
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Morris
album: Fantasy
Ramsey Lewis This Ain't No Fantasy 1985 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Columbia 07695
chartposition: RandB #3, US dance #1, US #67, UK #94
writtenby: Wayne Vaughn & Maurice White
album: Touch the World
Earth, Wind & Fire Thinking of You 1988 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Columbia 44 73543
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Tashan, David Reeves, Jam Master Jay and Stanley Brown
album: On the Horizon
Tashan Think About You 1990 Columbia
5 recordlabel: Columbia 73687
chartposition: RandB #31, UK #4, US #4, US dance #1
writtenby: Robert Clivillés and Freedom Williams
album: Gonna Make You Sweat
comments: [hip hop]
C plus C Music Factory Things That Make You Go Hmmmm... 1991 Columbia
6 recordlabel: Columbia 06655
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Isaac Hayes
album: U Turn
comments: [beat ballad]
Isaac Hayes Thing for You 1987 Columbia
7 recordlabel: Columbia 04381
chartposition: RandB #50, US #102, US dance #1
writtenby: Peter Brown and Robert Vavrik
Peter Brown They Only Come Out at Night 1984 Columbia
8 recordlabel: Columbia 45838
chartposition: RandB #3, US #43
writtenby: Edward Bivins
album: There's No Me Without You
comments: [philly sound ballad]
The Manhattans There's No Me Without You 1973 Columbia
9 recordlabel: Columbia 74037
chartposition: UK #54
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Ric Wake
album: Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey There's Got to Be a Way 1991 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 43442
writtenby: M. Symes, I. Jones
album: Yeah!!
Aretha Franklin There Is No Greater Love 1965 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 4 42659
writtenby: A. Altman, N. Gimbel
Walter Jackson Then Only Then 1963 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Columbia 44 77513
chartposition: RandB #67, US #114
writtenby: Nas (as Nasir Jones) and Pete Rock (as Peter Phillips)
album: Illmatic
Nas The World Is Yours 1994 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Columbia 311024
chartposition: RandB #33
writtenby: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch, J. Bowen and D. Baldwin
album: Love Talk
The Manhattans The Way We Were -- Memories 1979 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Columbia 2368
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: Andrew Roachford
album: Feel
Roachford The Way I Feel 1997 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Columbia 04524
chartposition: RandB #56
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Vassal Benford and Jeremy Lubbock
album: The Two of Us
comments: [beat ballad]
Ramsey Lewis ft. Nancy Wilson & Daryl Coley The Two of Us 1984 Columbia
5 recordlabel: Columbia 9912
chartposition: RandB #2, US #61, UK #18
writtenby: Lauryn Hill
comments: [neo soul]
Refugee Camp All-Stars featuring Lauryn Hill The Sweetest Thing 1997 Columbia
6 recordlabel: Columbia 78773
chartposition: RandB #67
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Gustavo Gonzales, Jack Gonzales and B Real
comments: [rap]
The Psycho Realm The Stone Garden 1998 Columbia
7 recordlabel: Columbia 45386
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #47, US #100
writtenby: Paul Simon
Peaches & Herb The Sound of Silence 1971 Columbia
8 recordlabel: Columbia 44425
chartposition: UK #2, RandB #32, US #40
writtenby: Dallas Frazier
album: Hickory Holler Revisited
comments: [pop soul]
O.C. Smith The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp 1968 Columbia
9 recordlabel: Columbia 69204
chartposition: RandB #85, UK #29, US Dance #19
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Prince
album: Private Waters in the Great Divide
Kid Creole & the Coconuts The Sex Of It 1990 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 46081
writtenby: Edward Bivins, Gerald Alston
album: There's No Me Without You
comments: [philly sound ballad]
mpcode: r6ChmBRfWXs
The Manhattans The Other Side of Me 1974 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Columbia 02710
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Larry Blackmon
album: Earland's Jam
comments: [jazz funk]
Charles Earland The Only One 1982 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 10584
writtenby: B. Golson, Q. Jones
album: Killer Joe
comments: [jazz funk]
Benny Golson The New Killer Joe 1977 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Columbia 10356
chartposition: RandB #6, US #62
writtenby: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy
album: The More You Do It
Ronnie Dyson The More You Do It (The More I Like It Done to Me) 1976 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Columbia 45512
chartposition: RandB #49, US #50, US AC #6
writtenby: Frank Robinson
album: I've Found Someone of My Own
The Free Movement The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get) 1971 Columbia

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