rnbsoulmusic.com

  Soul Years Music Portal          Select:         Home   |   Log in (or join)   


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


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

The following songs were released in Warner 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 Warner 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
101 recordlabel: Warner 8209
chartposition: RandB #3, US #10, US AC #6
writtenby: Leon Russell
album: This Masquerade
comments: [smooth jazz ballad]
George Benson This Masquerade 1976 Warner
102 recordlabel: Warner 27763
chartposition: RandB #74
Rick James This Magic Moment -- Dance with Me 1989 Warner
103 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 9097 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #14, US dance #1, US #60
writtenby: Mic Murphy & David Frank
album: I Feel for You
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]  
Chaka Khan This Is My Night 1985 Warner Bros.(UK)
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 2893
writtenby: S. Marshall, T. Bell
album: Track Of The Cat
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: mnkYVE1IKRs
Dionne Warwick This Is Love 1975 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: Warner 8677
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Al Jarreau & Tom Canning
album: All Fly Home
Al Jarreau Thinkin' About It Too 1978 Warner
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 661
writtenby: M. Dickerson, C. Miller, H. Brown, H. Scott, L. Oskar, L. Jordan, S. Allen
album: In Flight
George Benson The World Is A Ghetto 1977 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: Warner 27773
chartposition: RandB #1, US #7, UK #42, US dance #5, US AC #38
writtenby: Babyface, L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons
album: Karyn White
comments: [dance, boogie]
Karyn White The Way You Love Me 1988 Warner
2 recordlabel: Warner 0073
chartposition: RandB #5, US #12, UK #65, US AC #35
album: Ritual Love
Karyn White The Way I Feel About You 1991 Warner
3 recordlabel: Warner 29856
chartposition: RandB #24, US #104, US dance #42
writtenby: Prince (as Jamie Starr)
album: What Time Is It?
The Time The Walk 1982 Warner
4 recordlabel: Warner 50039
chartposition: RandB #49
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Morris Day, Jamie Starr
album: The Time
comments: [disco funk]
The Time The Stick 1982 Warner
5 recordlabel: Warner 8328
chartposition: RandB #6
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Bootsy Collins (as William Collins) and George Clinton
album: Ahh…The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
Bootsy's Rubber Band The Pinocchio Theory 1977 Warner
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 929 680
album: Suddenly
comments: [disco funk]
Marcus Miller The Only Reason I Live 1983 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: Warner 28899
chartposition: RandB #3, US #65, US dance #14
writtenby: Morris Day
album: The Color of Success
Morris Day The Oak Tree 1985 Warner
2 recordlabel: Warner 29017
chartposition: RandB #82, US Dance #21
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Preston Glass
album: The Nature of Things
Narada Michael Walden The Nature of Things 1985 Warner
3 recordlabel: Warner 6603
chartposition: RandB #19
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Back to Basics
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly The Morning After 1993 Warner
4 recordlabel: Warner 6959
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Chris Harris, Lenny Williford and Eric Roberson
comments: [love song]
Eric Roberson The Moon 1994 Warner
5 recordlabel: Warner 8499
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: M. Wilson, F. Wilson and J. Wieder
New Birth The Mighty Army 1978 Warner
6 recordlabel: Warner 17586
chartposition: RandB #66, US #117
weeksinr&bchart: 10
album: Gravity
Da Bush Babees featuring Mos Def The Love Song 1996 Warner
7 recordlabel: Warner 8217
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Love Potion
New Birth The Long and Winding Road 1976 Warner
8 recordlabel: Warner 8175
chartposition: RandB #15, US #63
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: Ain't No 'Bout A Doubt It
Graham Central Station The Jam 1976 Warner
9 recordlabel: Warner 7 29285
chartposition: RandB #9, US #7, US dance #1, UK #96
writtenby: Prince
album: The Glamorous Life
Sheila E. The Glamorous Life 1984 Warner
10 recordlabel: Warner 49667
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: George Clinton, Junie Morrison and Barbarella Bishop
album: The Electric Spanking Of War Babies
comments: [funk]
Funkadelic The Electric Spanking of War Babies 1981 Warner
11 recordlabel: Warner 40549
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Miles Davis and Easy Mo Bee
album: Doo Bop
comments: [hip hop, jazz funk]
Miles Davis The Doo-Bop Song 1992 Warner
12 recordlabel: Warner 28809
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Morris Day
album: The Color of Success
Morris Day The Color of Success 1985 Warner
13 recordlabel: Warner 101737
chartposition: RandB #58
album: Ghetto Classics
Jaheim The Chosen One 2006 Warner
14 recordlabel: Warner 28729
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Morris Day
album: The Color of Success
Morris Day The Character 1985 Warner
15 recordlabel: Warner 29094
chartposition: RandB #33, US dance #6, US #36
writtenby: Prince & Jesse Johnson
album: Ice Cream Castle
The Time The Bird 1985 Warner
16 recordlabel: Warner 7 29180
chartposition: RandB #68, UK #18, US #34
writtenby: Sheila E.
album: The Glamorous Life
Sheila E. The Belle of St. Mark 1984 Warner
17 recordlabel: Warner 2757
chartposition: US #36, UK #27, US AC #21
writtenby: Prince and Sheena Easton
album: Batman
comments: [ballad]
Prince with Sheena Easton The Arms of Orion 1989 Warner
18 recordlabel: Warner 28100
chartposition: UK #79, US dance #28
writtenby: David Lewis & Wayne Lewis
album: All in the Name of Love
Atlantic Starr Thankful 1988 Warner
19 recordlabel: Warner 8163
chartposition: RandB #67
weeksinr&bchart: 9
The Quickest Way Out Thank You Baby For Loving Me 1975 Warner
20 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 7 28818
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #23, US #10, US AC #2
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Chillin'
comments: [sweet soul] [love ballad]
The Force M.D.s Tender Love 1986 Warner Bros.
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17728 (UK)
writtenby: Randy Crawford
album: Now We May Begin
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: Ns1AQN7vVv8
Randy Crawford Tender Falls The Rain 1980 Warner Bros.(UK)
1 recordlabel: Warner 6633
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: A. Mason, T. Mason and M. Powell
album: Guesss
comments: [slow jam]
Guesss Tell Me Where It Hurts 1994 Warner
-- recordlabel: Warner 27956
writtenby: Sherrick
album: Sherrick
Sherrick Tell Me What It Is 1987 Warner
1 recordlabel: Warner 28538
chartposition: RandB #37, UK #99
writtenby: Jay Graydon, Mike Himelstein & Tom Keane
album: L Is for Lover
Al Jarreau Tell Me What I Gotta Do 1986 Warner
2 recordlabel: Warner 2011
chartposition: RandB #33, US #108, UK #48
writtenby: Tony Bruno
Ike & Tina Turner Tell Her I'm Not Home 1965 Warner
3 recordlabel: Warner 8437
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden, Cory Lerios and David Jenkins
album: While the City Sleeps
George Benson Teaser 1987 Warner
4 recordlabel: Warner 29745
chartposition: RandB #48, US dance #26
writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Jane Lumibao
album: Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan Tearin' It Up 1982 Warner
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8432
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Peddlin' Music On The Side
Lamont Dozier Tear Down the Walls 1977 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: Warner 50032
chartposition: RandB #51, US #70, US AC #19
writtenby: Gene De Paul and Sammy Cahn
album: Breakin' Away
comments: [beat ballad]
Al Jarreau Teach Me Tonight 1982 Warner
2 recordlabel: Warner Bros.
chartposition: RandB #123
album: Various - Music From The Motion Picture The Brothers
mpcode: zDmlXW5B2dk
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Teach Each Other 2001 Warner Bros.
3 recordlabel: Warner 8196
chartposition: RandB #57, US #13
writtenby: Michael McDonald
album: Takin' It to the Streets
The Doobie Brothers Takin' It to the Streets 1976 Warner
4 recordlabel: Warner 50044
chartposition: RandB #29, US #103
writtenby: William Collins
album: The One Giveth, The Count Taketh Away
comments: [funk]
William Bootsy Collins Take a Lickin' and Keep on Kickin' 1982 Warner
5 recordlabel: Warner 7 29079
chartposition: RandB #40, US #25
writtenby: Prince
album: Purple Rain
Prince Take Me with U 1985 Warner
6 recordlabel: Warner 29790
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Tony Maiden, Bobby Watson and David Wolinski (as David
album: Seal in Red
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Take It to the Top 1983 Warner
7 recordlabel: Warner 8088
chartposition: RandB #30, US dance #7
writtenby: Jerry Ragovoy
album: Then Came You
Dionne Warwick Take It from Me 1975 Warner
8 recordlabel: Warner 8067
chartposition: RandB #33
writtenby: Paul Kelly
album: Hooked, Hogtied and Collared
Paul Kelly Take It Away from Him (Put It on Me) 1975 Warner
9 recordlabel: Warner 8443
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Paul Desmond
album: Look to the Rainbow
Al Jarreau Take Five 1977 Warner
10 recordlabel: Warner 8317
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Pass It On
The Staple Singers Sweeter Than the Sweet 1977 Warner
11 recordlabel: Warner 8885
chartposition: US Dance #39
writtenby: Bobbi Dupont and Curtis Lee
album: Sway
The Mighty Pope Sweet Blindness 1979 Warner
12 recordlabel: Warner 8026
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Sure Thing
Dionne Warwick Sure Thing 1974 Warner
13 recordlabel: Warner 27783
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #11, US #8, US AC #12
writtenby: L.A. Reid, Babyface & Daryl Simmons
album: Karyn White
comments: [slow jam]
Karyn White Superwoman 1989 Warner
14 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 7559
chartposition: US #18, US AC #8
writtenby: Richard Bean, Abel Zarate, Pablo Tellez
album: Malo
Malo Suavecito 1972 Warner Bros.
15 recordlabel: Warner 8215
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: George Clinton and Bootsy Collins (as William Collins)
album: Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
Bootsy Collins Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band) 1976 Warner
16 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 7798
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Barry White
album: Come On In Love
comments: [alias Jackie Lee]
Jay Dee Strange Funky Games and Things 1974 Warner Bros.
17 recordlabel: Warner 8417
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: Now Do U Wanta Dance
Graham Central Station Stomped Beat-Up and Whooped 1977 Warner
18 recordlabel: Warner 49226
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Prince
album: Prince
Prince Still Waiting 1979 Warner
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 23801
writtenby: Al Jarreau, Tom Canning, Jay Graydon
album: Jarreau
comments: [disco jazz funk album cut]
Al Jarreau Step by Step 1983 Warner Bros.
-- recordlabel: Warner 9642 (UK)
writtenby: Brian Jackson
album: Sunfire
comments: [disco funk] (full length version)
Sunfire Step In The Light 1982 Warner(UK)
1 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8187
chartposition: RandB #99
writtenby: Verdell Kelly
Paul Kelly Stealing Love on the Side 1976 Warner Bros.
2 recordlabel: Warner 5850
chartposition: RandB #11, US #64
writtenby: Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss
album: Heart and Soul
comments: [deep soul]
Lorraine Ellison Stay With Me 1966 Warner
3 recordlabel: Warner Bros.
chartposition: RandB #19
writtenby: Lyfe Jennings
album: I Still Believe
Lyfe Jennings Statistics 2010 Warner Bros.
4 recordlabel: Warner 49011
chartposition: RandB #85
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: Star Walk
Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Star Walk 1978 Warner
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8347
writtenby: Paul Kelly
album: Stand On The Positive Side
Paul Kelly Stand On The Positive Side Of Life 1977 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: Warner Bros.
chartposition: RandB #15, US #48, UK #46
writtenby: Gucci Mane, Usher and Polow Da Don
album: The State vs. Radric Davis
Gucci Mane featuring Usher Spotlight 2010 Warner Bros.
2 recordlabel: Warner 17498
chartposition: RandB #41, UK #62
writtenby: Demonté Posey, Eric Benét and George Nash Jr.
album: True to Myself
Eric Benét Spiritual Thang 1996 Warner
3 recordlabel: Warner 22900
chartposition: RandB #3
writtenby: Angela Winbush
album: Spend the Night
comments: [slow jam]
The Isley Brothers Spend the Night (Ce soir) 1989 Warner
4 recordlabel: Warner 28137
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Bernard Wright, Lenny White, Marcus Miller and Mark Stevens
album: The Jamaica Boys
The Jamaica Boys Spend Some Time with Me 1988 Warner
5 recordlabel: Warner 29380
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman and Billy Beck
album: Zapp III
comments: [ballad]
Zapp Spend My Whole Life 1984 Warner
6 recordlabel: Warner 16958
chartposition: RandB #1, US #21
weeksinr&bchart: 42
writtenby: Eric Benét
album: A Day in the Life
comments: [slow jam]
Eric Benét featuring Tamia Spend My Life with You 1999 Warner
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 9943 (promo)
writtenby: Eric Benét, George Nash Jr., Demonté Posey
comments: [slow jam]
Eric Benét featuring Terry Dexter Spend My Life With You (remix) 1999 Warner Bros.(promo
1 recordlabel: Warner 18012
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Prince
album: Come
Prince Space 1994 Warner
2 recordlabel: Warner 28284
chartposition: US dance #32
writtenby: James Wirrick
Sylvester Sooner or Later 1987 Warner
3 recordlabel: Warner 29956
chartposition: RandB #27, US #110, UK #54, US dance #17
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: Sooner or Later
comments: [disco funk]
Larry Graham Sooner or Later 1982 Warner
4 recordlabel: Warner 4047
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Silky Soul
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Songs of Love 1990 Warner
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 7662
writtenby: Phillip Mitchell
Bobby Sheen Something New To Do 1972 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: Warner
chartposition: RandB #69
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Angie Stone, Phil Temple, Rex Rideout and Sekou Aitken
album: Ride
comments: [slow jam] [album cut]
Boney James featuring Dave Hollister Something Inside 2001 Warner
2 recordlabel: Warner 28572
chartposition: RandB #19, US dance #1
writtenby: Len Barry and McKinley Horton
album: Mutual Attraction
Sylvester Someone Like You 1987 Warner
3 recordlabel: Warner 6133
chartposition: US AC #34. R&B #117
writtenby: James Ingram and Keith Thomas
album: Always You
comments: [ballad]
James Ingram Someone Like You 1993 Warner
4 recordlabel: Warner 8216
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Come as You Are
Ashford & Simpson Somebody Told a Lie 1976 Warner
5 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 7451
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #51
writtenby: Charles Wright
Charles Wright & Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band Solution For Pollution 1970 Warner Bros.
6 recordlabel: Warner 8619
chartposition: RandB #12, US #92
writtenby: Chris Moon and Prince
album: For You
Prince Soft and Wet 1978 Warner
7 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17889
chartposition: RandB #49, US #65
writtenby: David Foster, Lionel Richie, William Ross and Linda Thompson
album: Universal Nubian Voices
comments: [love ballad]
U.N.V. So in Love with You 1995 Warner Bros.
8 recordlabel: Warner 7687
chartposition: RandB #11, US #17, US AC #36
writtenby: Emilio Castillo & Stephen Kupka
album: Tower of Power
Tower of Power So Very Hard to Go 1973 Warner
9 recordlabel: Warner 8337
chartposition: RandB #27
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: So Satisfied
Ashford & Simpson So So Satisfied 1977 Warner
10 recordlabel: Warner 71308
chartposition: RandB #30, US #87
writtenby: Kevin Jackson, Eric Roberson and Rick White
album: Seize the Moment
comments: [slow jam]
Phajja So Long (Well, Well, Well) 1998 Warner
11 recordlabel: Warner 28385
chartposition: RandB #3
writtenby: Angela Winbush (as Angela L. Winbush)
album: Smooth Sailin'
The Isley Brothers Smooth Sailin' Tonight 1987 Warner
12 recordlabel: Warner 8367
chartposition: RandB #96
writtenby: George Clinton and Gary Shider
album: Hardcore Jollies
Funkadelic Smokey 1977 Warner
13 recordlabel: Warner 8272
chartposition: RandB #98
writtenby: C. Perkinson and Paul Simon
album: Sanborn
comments: [instrumental]
David Sanborn Smile 1976 Warner
14 recordlabel: Warner 27583
chartposition: RandB #36
writtenby: Steve Harvey, Daryl Simmons and Karyn White
album: Karyn White
comments: [beat ballad]
Karyn White Slow Down 1989 Warner
15 recordlabel: Warner 49277
chartposition: RandB #63
album: Gentleman Ruffin
David Ruffin Slow Dance 1980 Warner
16 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28278
chartposition: US Dance #21
writtenby: Chris Powell and LaMorris Payne
album: Let's Get Busy
Teen Dream Slip-Slide 1987 Warner Bros.
17 recordlabel: Warner 8112
chartposition: RandB #86
writtenby: Earl Wright, Dan Greer and George Jackson
album: Candi
Candi Staton Six Nights and a Day 1975 Warner
18 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28494
chartposition: RandB #4
writtenby: Denzil Foster, Jay King and Thomas McElroy
album: Life, Love and Pain
Club Nouveau Situation Number 9 1986 Warner Bros.
19 recordlabel: Warner 49727
chartposition: RandB #78, US Dance #71
writtenby: Basil Fearrington, James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
album: One Way Love Affair
comments: [disco funk]
Marc Sadane Sit Up 1981 Warner
20 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28955
chartposition: RandB #36, US #102
writtenby: Prince
album: Romance 1600
Sheila E. Sister Fate 1985 Warner Bros.
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 16312
writtenby: L. Ragland, M. Channey
Lou Ragland Since You Said You'd Be Mine 1973 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: Warner 22738
chartposition: RandB #4
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Silky Soul
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Silky Soul 1989 Warner
2 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28399
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #10, US dance #2
writtenby: Prince
album: Sign of the Times
Prince Sign o' the Times 1987 Warner Bros.

Visits today: 718
(18316232)


Home Page | About | Top 2000 Artists | Soul R&B Radio Stations | Best Soul Sites | Tell-A-Friend | Contact



Copyright © 2024 www.soulyears.com - All rights reserved




1716114213