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


The Soul Years - 1960-2001
Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the Mercury_ record label. Click on "Mercury_" 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.
(Search on 'Mercury_' returned 599 results)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
-- recordlabel: Mercury 72638
writtenby: Goffin King
album: I Want To Be With You / I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Dee Dee Warwick Yours Until Tomorrow 1966 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 884 271
chartposition: RandB #1, US #62, US dance #47
writtenby: Rene Moore & Angela Winbush
album: Street Called Desire
comments: [love ballad]
René & Angela Your Smile 1986 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 880 966
chartposition: RandB #12, US dance #44
writtenby: The Bar Kays and Allen Jones (as Allen A. Jones)
album: Banging the Wall
The Bar-Kays Your Place or Mine 1985 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 73961
writtenby: William Bell, Paul Mitchell
album: It's Time You Took Another Listen
William Bell Your Love Keeps Me Going 1977 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 76192
chartposition: RandB #54, US Dance #11, UK #58
writtenby: Camelle Hinds and Henri Defoe
album: Choice
comments: [disco funk]
Central Line You've Said Enough 1983 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 73206
chartposition: RandB #14, US #116
writtenby: James Thompson and Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon)
Gene Chandler You're a Lady 1971 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Mercury 71320
chartposition: US #51
writtenby: Jim Williams
comments: [ballad]
The Platters You're Making a Mistake 1958 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 73700
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Lee Pittman
Tomorrow's Promise You're Everything Good to Me 1975 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 70948
chartposition: RandB #9, US #11
writtenby: Buck Ram (as Jeanette Miles), Paul Robi and Tony Williams
album: The Platters Ă¢â‚¬â€œ Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters You'll Never Never Know 1956 Mercury
6 recordlabel: Mercury 73163
chartposition: RandB #32, US #94
writtenby: Ronald Simmons, Walter Simtec Simmons and Willie Dixon
album: Gene and Jerry One and One
Gene Chandler & Jerry Butler You Just Can't Win (By Making the Same Mistakes) 1971 Mercury
7 recordlabel: Mercury 884 587
chartposition: RandB #2, US #75
writtenby: Rene Moore and Angela Winbush
album: Street Called Desire
René & Angela You Don't Have to Cry 1986 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 1181
writtenby: The Bar-Kays
album: Flying High On Your Love
comments: [disco funk album cut]
mpcode: hrx9kFuT2X0
The Bar-Kays You Can't Run Away 1977 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 848
chartposition: US #96
writtenby: Bill Cook
Timi Yuro You Can Have Him 1965 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 574138
chartposition: RandB #53, US #122
writtenby: Jon John and Babyface (as Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds)
Gina Thompson You Bring The Sunshine 1997 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Mercury 250
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Nita Wells Pilate and Ray Miles
album: To the Max
Con Funk Shun You Are the One 1983 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 73838
chartposition: RandB #99
writtenby: Sir Mack Rice
The Treasures You Ain't Playin' with No Toy 1976 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 73258
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Eugene Record and Reve Gipson
Gene Chandler Yes I'm Ready (If I Don't Get To Go) 1972 Mercury
6 recordlabel: Mercury 76101
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #47, US #60
writtenby: Oliver Scott & Ronnie Wilson
album: Gap Band III
The Gap Band Yearning for Your Love 1981 Mercury
7 recordlabel: Mercury 945
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #1, US #2, US dance #2
writtenby: Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo & Victor Willis
album: Cruisin'
comments: [disco]
Village People Y.M.C.A. 1978 Mercury
8 recordlabel: Mercury (UK)
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson and Simon Climie
album: Wonder No. 8
Honeyz Won't Take It Lying Down 2000 Mercury (UK)
9 recordlabel: Mercury 417
chartposition: RandB #67, US #103, UK #60
writtenby: Mista Lawnge, Dres, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Marvin Isley, Ernie Isley, Kelly Isley and Chris Jasp
album: Non Fiction
Black Sheep Without a Doubt 1994 Mercury
10 recordlabel: Mercury 1203-1
chartposition: RandB #104
album: V... As In Veronica
mpcode: i5xVcOlnjjI
Veronica Without Love 1995 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 73427
writtenby: Roy C (as Roy C. Hammond)
album: Mark IV
Mark IV Why Do You Want To Hurt Me? 1973 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 868 229
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Kenni Hairston, Margee Forman and Trevor Gale
album: Small Change
Small Change Why 1991 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 9867467 (UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Terri Walker, Joe Belmaati, Mich Hansen and Remee
album: L.O.V.E.
comments: [dance, house] (Fanatix Soul Heaven Club Mix)
mpcode: Jqdt1ehM3Ys
Terri Walker Whoopsie Daisy 2005 Mercury(UK)
3 recordlabel: Mercury 73205
chartposition: RandB #49, US #71
writtenby: Otis Redding
album: A Message to the People
Buddy Miles Wholesale Love 1971 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 73814
chartposition: RandB #1, US #18
writtenby: Billy Beck , Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Contradiction
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players Who'd She Coo? 1976 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 858 463
chartposition: RandB #34, US #103
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Al Skratch, Big Ill, The LG Experience and Tonyp.
album: Creep Wit' Me
Ill featuring Al Skratch Where My Homiez? (Come Around My Way) 1994 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 72966
writtenby: F. Lloyd
album: Foolish Fool
Dee Dee Warwick Where Is That Rainbow 1969 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 3145781027
chartposition: RandB #90, US #71, UK #162, US AC #5
writtenby: David Foster, E. Kopelson, Douglas Pashley and Linda Thompson
album: Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years
comments: [ballad]
Vanessa Williams Where Do We Go from Here? 1996 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 73101
chartposition: RandB #42, US #95
writtenby: Bobby Scott and Danny Meehan
Jerry Butler Where Are You Going 1970 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Mercury 71502
chartposition: US #44
writtenby: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Buck Ram (as Lynn Paul)
The Platters Where 1959 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 884 572
chartposition: US Dance #1, RandB #88, UK #97
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: O'Chi
comments: [disco dance]
OChi Brown Whenever You Need Somebody 1985 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 74055
chartposition: RandB #89
writtenby: Marc Avsec and Peter Nervo
album: Mandolay
La Flavour When the Whistle Blows (Anything Goes) 1979 Mercury
6 recordlabel: Mercury 73695
chartposition: RandB #37, US #95, UK #53, US Dance #10
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: Young and in Love
Ralph Carter When You're Young and in Love 1975 Mercury
7 recordlabel: Mercury
chartposition: AC #25
writtenby: Amy Powers, Andy Marvel and Arnie Roman
album: When We Were Kings OST
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: xtaxdzmoVCk
Brian McKnight & Diana King When We Were Kings 1997 Mercury
8 recordlabel: Mercury 974
chartposition: RandB #43, US #92
writtenby: Jerry Ross, Scott English and Vic Melrose
album: Foolish Fool
Dee Dee Warwick When Love Slips Away 1967 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 73450
writtenby: L. Mizell
Brenda Lee Eager When I'm With You 1974 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 72960
chartposition: RandB #4, US #20
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Thom Bell & Jerry Butler
album: Ice on Ice
comments: [philly sound]
Jerry Butler What's the Use of Breaking Up 1969 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 843
writtenby: Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson and Marvin Gaye
album: Love Is Where It's At
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Doc Powell What's Going On 1987 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 71435
chartposition: RandB #4, US #8
writtenby: Grever and Adams
album: What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington What a Diff'rence a Day Makes 1959 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 74023
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: Michael Zager and Alvin Fields
album: Let's Do It Again
Gary Toms Empire Welcome To Harlem 1978 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 72738
writtenby: I. Levine, P. Springer
Dee Dee Warwick We've Got Everything Going For Us 1967 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 867
chartposition: RandB #28, US #96
writtenby: Horace Ott
album: I Want To Be With You / I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Dee Dee Warwick We're Doing Fine 1965 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 852 665 2
chartposition: UK #51
writtenby: Allan Rich and Brenda Russell
album: Moving On
comments: [ballad]
Oleta Adams We Will Meet Again 1996 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Mercury 71744
chartposition: US #76
writtenby: Dinah Washington and Alfonso Higgins
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington We Have Love 1960 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 73159
chartposition: RandB #47, US #86
writtenby: Buddy Miles
album: We Got to Live Together
Buddy Miles We Got to Live Together 1970 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 73723
chartposition: RandB #17, US #104
writtenby: Calvin Arlin, Jackie Avery and James Dean
The Dells We Got to Get Our Thing Together 1975 Mercury
6 recordlabel: Mercury 76126
chartposition: RandB #14, US dance #5, UK #42, US #84
writtenby: Linton Beckles, Lipson Francis & Roy Carter
album: Central Line
Central Line Walking into Sunshine 1981 Mercury
7 recordlabel: Mercury 71925
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #20, US #43
writtenby: Mack David and Elmer Bernstein
album: Golden Hits, Volume 2
Brook Benton Walk On The Wild Side 1962 Mercury
8 recordlabel: Mercury 73241
chartposition: RandB #33
writtenby: Chuck Jackson
album: The Sagittarius Movement
Jerry Butler Walk Easy My Son 1971 Mercury
9 recordlabel: Mercury 888 074
chartposition: RandB #2, US #10, UK #30, US dance #35, US AC #35
writtenby: Ronald Bell (as Khalis Bayyan), Kool & the Gang & James
album: Forever
Kool & the Gang Victory 1986 Mercury
10 recordlabel: Mercury 73886
chartposition: RandB #95
writtenby: Sam Dees
The Chi-Lites Vanishing Love 1977 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 579
writtenby: M. Jones
Shirley Brown Urgent 1983 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 71508
chartposition: RandB #15, US #17
writtenby: Irving Gordon
album: Unforgettable
comments: [jazz RnB ballad]
Dinah Washington Unforgettable 1959 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 814088
chartposition: RandB #9, UK #14, US #43
writtenby: Donna Summer & Michael Omartian
album: She Works Hard for the Money
Donna Summer Unconditional Love 1983 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Mercury 420
chartposition: RandB #5, US #28, UK #23
writtenby: Luther Archer and Michael Archer
B.M.U. (Black Men United) U Will Know 1994 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 72177
chartposition: RandB #15, US #32, US AC #8
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Brook Benton and Malcolm Dodds
Brook Benton Two Tickets To Paradise 1963 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 888 484
chartposition: US #31, UK #32, US Dance #9, US AC #7
writtenby: Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery and Martin Jackson
album: It's Better to Travel
Swing Out Sister Twilight World 1987 Mercury
6 recordlabel: Mercury 71289
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn and Buck Ram
The Platters Twilight Time 1958 Mercury
7 recordlabel: Mercury 72628
chartposition: US AC #37
writtenby: Ben Peters
Timi Yuro Turn the World Around the Other Way 1966 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 74021
writtenby: Carlyle Miller
comments: [uptempo sweet soul]
mpcode: fr9jNgj2X5k
The Insiders Tunnel Of Love 1978 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 73839
chartposition: RandB #1, US #10
writtenby: Paul Mitchell & William Bell
album: Coming Back for More
William Bell Tryin' to Love Two 1976 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 870 154
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #71, US #35
writtenby: Steve Harvey
album: Nothin' but Trouble
comments: [dance, boogie]
Nia Peeples Trouble 1988 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 72829
writtenby: E. Tobe, J. Diggs
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
The Knight Brothers Tried So Hard To Please Her 1968 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 76170
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Robert Ford Jr., J.B. Moore, Russell Simmons and Larry Smith
album: Tough
comments: [hip hop, funk]
Kurtis Blow Tough 1982 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 818 791 7
chartposition: RandB #27
album: Lovin' Man
L.J. Reynolds Touch Down 1984 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Mercury 76089
chartposition: RandB #8, US #40, US dance #25
writtenby: Michael Cooper
album: Touch
comments: [funk]
Con Funk Shun Too Tight 1980 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 72266
chartposition: RandB #8, US #43, US AC #14
writtenby: Clyde Otis
album: This Bitter Earth
Brook Benton Too Late To Turn Back Now 1964 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 76150
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #20, US dance #67
writtenby: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) & Bob Carter
album: Ji
Junior Giscombe Too Late 1982 Mercury
6 recordlabel: Mercury 73888
chartposition: RandB #8, US #74
writtenby: Michael Beard, Larry Dodson, Harvey Henderson, Lloyd Smith, Frank Thompson, Fred Freeman
album: Too Hot to Stop
comments: [funk]
The Bar-Kays Too Hot to Stop (Pt. 1) 1977 Mercury
7 recordlabel: Mercury 868 960
chartposition: RandB #86
album: Show Me What You Got
comments: [southern soul]
Marvin Sease Tonight 1991 Mercury
8 recordlabel: Mercury 71783
chartposition: US #103
writtenby: Gene Pitney
Clyde McPhatter Tomorrow Is a-Comin' 1961 Mercury
9 recordlabel: Mercury (UK)
chartposition: UK #192
writtenby: Duffy, Eg White
album: Mercy
Duffy Tomorrow 2008 Mercury (UK)
10 recordlabel: Mercury 6008 005 (UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Raeford Gerald
album: Act 1
Act 1 Tom the Peeper 1974 Mercury (UK)
11 recordlabel: Mercury 76036
chartposition: RandB #25, US #60
writtenby: Allen Jones, Charles Allen, Frank Thompson, Harvey Henderson, James Alexander, Larry Dodson
album: Injoy
The Bar-Kays Today Is the Day 1980 Mercury
12 recordlabel: Mercury 814749
chartposition: RandB #49, US Dance #39, UK #99
writtenby: Anthony McCorkell, Lipson Francis and Linton Beckles
album: Choice
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
Central Line Time for Some Fun 1983 Mercury
13 recordlabel: Mercury 74031
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Ohio Players
album: Jass Ay Lay Dee
Ohio Players Time Slips Away 1978 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 64 (UK)
writtenby: McKrieth, Wellington, Baptiste
album: Round Trip
Light Of The World Time 1981 Mercury(UK)
1 recordlabel: Mercury 417
chartposition: US AC #7
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Time
Lionel Richie Time 1998 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 153
chartposition: RandB #31, US dance #75
writtenby: Kurtis Blow , J.B. Moore and William Waring
album: Kurtis Blow
Kurtis Blow Throughout Your Years 1980 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Mercury 72214
chartposition: RandB #12, US #66
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Clyde Otis (as Cliff Owens) and Jessie Hollis
comments: [christmas]
Brook Benton This Time of the Year 1960 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 848 367
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Ann Gore and McKinley Horton
album: Small Change
Small Change This Must Be Love 1991 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 71635
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #24
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Clyde Otis
album: Unforgettable
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington This Bitter Earth 1960 Mercury
6 recordlabel: Mercury 76111
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Jonah Ellis
album: The Two of Us
comments: [disco dance]
Yarbrough & Peoples Third Degree 1981 Mercury
7 recordlabel: Mercury 135
chartposition: RandB #5, US #22
writtenby: R. Saadiq, D. Wiggins, T. Riley
album: House of Music
Tony! Toni! Tone! Thinking of You 1997 Mercury
8 recordlabel: Mercury 71774
chartposition: RandB #6, US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Joe Shapiro, Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams] & Clyde Otis
Brook Benton Think Twice 1961 Mercury
9 recordlabel: Mercury 862 549
chartposition: RandB #57, UK #67
writtenby: Connor Reeves and Greg Smith
album: Love's the Place to Be
Will Downing There's No Living Without You 1993 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 73607
writtenby: E. Townsend
Brenda Lee Eager There Ain't No Way 1974 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Mercury 73008
chartposition: RandB #36, US #81
writtenby: Buddy Miles
album: Them Changes
Buddy Miles & Freedom Express Them Changes 1970 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Mercury 439
chartposition: RandB #23, US #67, UK #52, US dance #6
writtenby: Abenaa and J. Dibbs
album: The Sweetest Days
Vanessa Williams The Way That You Love 1995 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Mercury 664
chartposition: RandB #11
album: Brian McKnight
comments: [beat ballad]
Brian McKnight The Way Love Goes 1992 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Mercury 71566
chartposition: RandB #15, US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Vin Corso (as Vincent A. Corso) and Clyde Otis
Brook Benton The Ties That Bind 1960 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 578158
chartposition: RandB #12, US #41
writtenby: Rodney Jerkins, Missy Elliott and Daron Jones
album: Nobody Does It Better
Gina Thompson The Things That You Do 1996 Mercury
6 recordlabel: Mercury 1
chartposition: RandB #75, US #41
writtenby: Bobby Daniels, Lloyd Barry, Richard Meyer and Melvin Owens
The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew The Super Bowl Shuffle 1986 Mercury
7 recordlabel: Mercury 71652
chartposition: RandB #21, US #16
writtenby: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
Brook Benton The Same One 1960 Mercury
8 recordlabel: Mercury 862 863 1
chartposition: US dance #1, UK #66
writtenby: David Morales, Handel Tucker, Sly Dunbar and Tyrone Thompson
album: The Program
comments: [dance, house, ragga]
David Morales & the Bad Yard Club The Program 1993 Mercury
9 recordlabel: Mercury 73759
chartposition: RandB #58, US #106
writtenby: Lawton Williams
The Dells The Power of Love 1976 Mercury
10 recordlabel: Mercury 856 937
chartposition: RandB #80, US #106
weeksinr&bchart: 6
comments: performed by: Big Mike, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Buckshot, Busta Rhymes, Coolio, etc.
Panther Soundtrack Artists The Points 1995 Mercury
-- recordlabel: Mercury 1653
writtenby: D. Covay
album: Super Dude I
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: Ch6ETMqE6NY
Don Covay The Pinch Hitters 1973 Mercury

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