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Soul R&B Music Charts of 1984 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1984 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1984, sorted by the most popular or best selling 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 label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1984, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

(Search on '1984' returned 819 results)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
1 recordlabel: Tuff City 04190
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Spoonie Gee (as Gabriel Jackson) and Davy D (as David Reeves)
comments: [hip hop]
Spoonie Gee The Big Beat 1984 Tuff City
2 recordlabel: Streetwise 2218
chartposition: RandB #69
Rockers Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin There Goes My Heart 1984 Streetwise
3 recordlabel: T Neck 05085
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Ronald Wilson
album: Party
Bloodstone Bloodstone's Party 1984 T Neck
4 recordlabel: Island 99683
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Larry Price, Ronald Larkins, Eric Thorngren, B. Baker and Jim Gregory
album: Rappin'
The World's Famous Supreme Team Radio Man 1984 Island
5 recordlabel: Nuance 1245
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Lonnie Reaves
Next Movement All I Do 1984 Nuance
6 recordlabel: Cotillion 759
chartposition: US Dance #45
writtenby: Reuben Cross
Three Million I've Got the Hots (For You) 1984 Cotillion
7 recordlabel: Sound Town 0007
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Chuck Brooks and Homer Banks
album: Intimate Storm
comments: [southern soul]
Shirley Brown I Don't Play That 1984 Sound Town
8 recordlabel: Rocshire 95522
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Mike Sutton and Brenda Sutton
album: So Good
comments: [funk]
Mike & Brenda Sutton (The Suttons) Kraazy 1984 Rocshire
9 recordlabel: Total Experience 2406
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Cavin Yarbrough and Alisa Peoples
album: I Wanna Be Your Man
comments: [beat ballad]
Goodie Because of You 1984 Total Experience
10 recordlabel: Philly World 747
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Bryan Loren
album: Bryan Loren
Bryan Loren Do You Really Love Me 1984 Philly World
11 recordlabel: Allegiance 3923
chartposition: RandB #68
album: Rodney Saulsberry
Rodney Saulsberry Look Whatcha Done Now 1984 Allegiance
12 recordlabel: Cotillion 99771
chartposition: RandB #69
album: Ready for the Night
Margie Joseph Ready for the Night 1984 Cotillion
13 recordlabel: Atlantic 89620
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Jazzy Jay and Lenny Underwood
comments: [instrumental] [from the movie Beat Street]
Jazzy Jay Son of Beat Street 1984 Atlantic
14 recordlabel: Streetwise 1123
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Colonel Abrams and Marston Freeman
comments: [ballad]
Colonel Abrams Leave the Message Behind the Door 1984 Streetwise
15 recordlabel: Columbia 1826
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Denzil Miller and Rodney Franklin
album: Marathon
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Rodney Franklin Stay On in the Groove 1984 Columbia
16 recordlabel: Ocean Front 2002
writtenby: David Williams
album: Take The Ball And Run
David Williams Take The Ball And Run 1984 Ocean Front
17 recordlabel: Capitol 5337
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Theophilus Coakley and Kirkwood Coakley
album: Take It to the Limit
comments: [disco funk]
T-Connection Take It To The Limit 1984 Capitol
18 recordlabel: Panoramic 200
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: David Hart
album: Then And Now
Black Ivory You Are My Lover 1984 Panoramic
19 recordlabel: Pretty Pearl 515
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: H and R Harris
Curtis Hairston We All Are One 1984 Pretty Pearl
20 recordlabel: Private I 04621
chartposition: RandB #72
Brenda Lee Eager Watch My Body Talk 1984 Private I
21 recordlabel: Cotillion 99749
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Deborah Street, Johnny Flippin and Michael Walker
album: Phoenix
comments: [ballad]
Fatback Band Call Out My Name 1984 Cotillion
22 recordlabel: Sound Town 0009
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
album: Intimate Storm
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Shirley Brown This Used to Be Your House 1984 Sound Town
23 recordlabel: Arista 9048
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr.
album: Woman Out of Control
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Woman Out of Control 1984 Arista
24 recordlabel: Capitol 5324
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Andre Williams, Ron Ford, Janice Evans and S. Linn
album: You Shouldn't Nuf Bit Fish
comments: [funk]
George Clinton Quickie 1984 Capitol
25 recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2013
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Patrick Moten
album: The Songstress
comments: [beat ballad]
Anita Baker Feel the Need 1984 Beverly Glen
26 recordlabel: Columbia 04427
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: David Porter and Donald O'Connor
album: Electric Universe
Earth, Wind & Fire Moonwalk 1984 Columbia
27 recordlabel: Private I 04403
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Rich Cason
Rich Cason & the Galactic Orchestra Street Symphony 1984 Private I
28 recordlabel: Capitol 5395
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Beau Williams
album: Bodacious
comments: [ballad]
Beau Williams You Are the One 1984 Capitol
29 recordlabel: Sound of NY 04661
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Timmy Gatling, Clurel Henderson and Teddy Riley
album: Kids at Work
Kids at Work Singing Hey Yea 1984 Sound of NY
30 recordlabel: Profile 5058
chartposition: RandB #65
album: Run D.M.C.
comments: [hip hop]
Run-D.M.C. Hollis Crew (Krush-Groove 2) 1984 Profile
31 recordlabel: Sutra 135
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Kool Rock Ski, Kurtis Blow, Prince Markie Dee, Ron Dean Miller and William Waring
comments: [hip hop]
Disco 3 Fat Boys 1984 Sutra
32 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
33 recordlabel: Columbia 04332
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: J. Thomas and Michael Stokes
album: Utopia
comments: [sweet soul love ballad]
Enchantment Don't Fight the Feeling 1984 Columbia
34 recordlabel: RCA 13900
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Richard Dimples Fields and Belinda Wilson
album: Mmm…
Richard Dimples Fields Jazzy Lady 1984 RCA
35 recordlabel: Sound Town 0006
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Homer Banks & Chuck Brooks
album: City Slicker
comments: [ballad]
J. Blackfoot I Stood on the Sidewalk and Cried 1984 Sound Town
36 recordlabel: Specific Records 229
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Michael Dowling and Richard Dowling
comments: [hip hop]
Divine Sounds Changes (We Go Through) 1984 Specific Records
37 recordlabel: Music Specialists 1104
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Pretty Tony (as Tony Butler)
comments: [electro]
Pretty Tony Fix It in the Mix 1984 Music Specialists
38 recordlabel: Elektra 69750
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Curtis Harmon, James K. Lloyd, Cedric A. Napoleon and Cameron Murray
album: Imagine This
comments: [beat ballad]
Pieces of a Dream It's Time for Love 1984 Elektra
39 recordlabel: Sutra 147
chartposition: RandB #65
weeksinr&bchart: 11
album: Fat Boys
comments: [hip hop]
The Fat Boys Human Beat Box 1984 Sutra
40 recordlabel: Capitol 5359
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Janice Johnson (as Janice Marie Johnson)
album: One Taste of Honey
Janice Marie Johnson Love Me Tonite 1984 Capitol
41 recordlabel: Philly World 99716
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: James Lee Williams, Jonathan King and Terri Wells
album: Just Like Dreamin'
Terri Wells I'm Givin' All My Love 1984 Philly World
42 recordlabel: Epic 4758
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: David Porter, Donald O'Conner
album: Close Company
Lou Rawls All Time Lover 1984 Epic
43 recordlabel: Award 7784008
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Joe Thomas [songwriter] and Richard Roeder
Kym Give Me the Dance 1984 Award
44 recordlabel: Freak Beat 00661
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: The Egyptian Lover
album: On the Nile
The Egyptian Lover Egypt, Egypt 1984 Freak Beat
45 recordlabel: Hodisk 8009
chartposition: RandB #66
Numonics Fox Trappin' (Part I) 1984 Hodisk
46 recordlabel: Tommy Boy 845 7
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Michael Jonzun and Maurice Starr
album: Down to Earth
The Jonzun Crew featuring Michael Jonzun Time Is Running Out 1984 Tommy Boy
47 recordlabel: Epic 3623
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: D. Cannon, James Mtume and P. Fields
album: Juicy Fruit
comments: [disco funk]
Mtume Green Light 1984 Epic
48 recordlabel: Neighbor 005
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Chris Favors and Howard Mosby
album: Bronner Brothers
Bronner Brothers Self Conscious 1984 Neighbor
49 recordlabel: Solar 4993
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Bill Simmons, Bobby Lovelace and Darnell Bristol
album: Street Beat
The Deele Surrender 1984 Solar
50 recordlabel: TSR 832
chartposition: US Dance #44
writtenby: Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench
album: Manpower
comments: [disco dance]
Miquel Brown Beeline 1984 TSR
51 recordlabel: Sound Town 0005
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Chuck Brooks, Homer Banks and Marvell Thomas
album: Intimate Storm
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Shirley Brown Leave the Bridges Standing 1984 Sound Town
52 recordlabel: Elektra 4980
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips, George Phillips, Ky Adeyemo, Lionel Job, Marvin Ennis and Orlando Phillips
album: It's All Yours
comments: [funk]
Starpoint Breakout 1984 Elektra
53 recordlabel: Jamaica 4
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Brian Jobson, Warren Mendes and Wayne Jobson
album: New World
Native Love Ain't No Holiday 1984 Jamaica
54 recordlabel: Capitol 5313
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
album: Let Me Be Yours
Lillo Thomas Just My Imagination 1984 Capitol
55 recordlabel: Profile
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #79
writtenby: Bailey, Bedward, Marius, Green, Robinson, Booker
comments: [disco dance]
Disco Four Throwdown 1984 Profile
56 recordlabel: Neighbor 003
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Nate Bronner and Kevin Dorsey
album: Bronner Brothers
comments: [beat ballad]
Bronner Brothers I'm Not That Bad a Man to Love 1984 Neighbor
57 recordlabel: Gordy 1721
chartposition: RandB #84, US Dance #106
writtenby: Rick James
album: Mary Jane Girls
comments: [Motown Sound]
Mary Jane Girls Jealousy 1984 Gordy
58 recordlabel: Atlantic 89699
chartposition: RandB #79
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham & Richard Lee
album: Intimate Connection
Kleeer Next Time Is For Real 1984 Atlantic
59 recordlabel: Tommy Boy 187
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Chris Lord, Keith LeBlanc and Robert Kilgore
comments: [electro]
Beatmaster Lipservice 1984 Tommy Boy
60 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 32021
chartposition: RandB #78
album: Livin' in the Fast Lane
comments: [hip hop]
The Sugarhill Gang Livin' in the Fast Lane 1984 Sugar Hill
61 recordlabel: Compleat 120
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: General Crook
comments: re recorded version released in 1989 with superior arrangement and sound
Willie Clayton Tell Me 1984 Compleat
62 recordlabel: Elektra 69708
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Ralph MacDonald, William Salter and Steve Gadd
album: Inside Moves
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
Grover Washington, Jr. Inside Moves 1984 Elektra
63 recordlabel: Columbia 04458
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Luther Vandross
album: Damaris
Damaris You Stopped Loving Me 1984 Columbia
64 recordlabel: StreetWise 2219
chartposition: RandB #80
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Ed Fletcher
Dr. John Jet Set 1984 StreetWise
65 recordlabel: Urban Rock 44444
chartposition: US Dance #53
writtenby: Frank Floyd, Manuel Dopazo and Ed Terry
comments: [dance, garage house]
Jocelyn Brown Hands Off 1984 Urban Rock
66 recordlabel: Columbia 04462
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Alton Shofner, Curtis Taylor, Curtis Wilson, Earl Siler, James Cureton, James Reese, James White
comments: [disco funk]
Catch Get On Freak 1984 Columbia
67 recordlabel: Park Place 104
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Frederick Knight
album: C.L. Blast
comments: [ballad]
C.L. Blast 50-50 Love 1984 Park Place
68 recordlabel: Epic 04360
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Skip Anderson, Steve Williams
album: On and On
comments: [disco dance]
Carl Anderson Magic 1984 Epic
69 recordlabel: Black Jack 0021
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Lee Michaels
comments: [disco funk]
Gwen McCrae Do You Know What I Mean? 1984 Black Jack
70 recordlabel: Air City 402
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: B. Beck, G. Roebuck, M. Jones
album: Graduation
comments: [ballad]
Ohio Players Sight for Sore Eyes 1984 Air City
71 recordlabel: Still Rising 1003
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #81
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: R. Mindseed
comments: [electro dance]
mpcode: adAPulwIdzk
Leon Love Once Is Not Enough 1984 Still Rising
72 recordlabel: Philly World 99709
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Harold Melvin and McKinley Horton
album: Talk It Up (Tell Everybody)
comments: [love ballad]
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes I Really Love You 1984 Philly World
73 recordlabel: Hodisk 008
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: L.J. Davis
album: Rollin' Plus
comments: [funk]
Numonics Sexy Chile 1984 Hodisk
74 recordlabel: Elektra 5023
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #80
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Fred Washington, Patrice Rushen
album: Now
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: vOEMKE3pUDE
Patrice Rushen Heartache Heartbreak 1984 Elektra
75 recordlabel: MCA 52364
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Different Style
comments: [reggae]
Musical Youth Whatcha Talking 'bout 1984 MCA
76 recordlabel: Prelude 683
chartposition: US Dance #54
writtenby: Audrey Wheeler and Mike Theodore
Unlimited Touch Reach Out (Everlasting Lover) 1984 Prelude
77 recordlabel: Streetwise 2232
chartposition: US Dance #52
writtenby: Michael Wooten, Ron Schwimmer and Rockers Revenge
comments: [electro, funk]
Rockers Revenge Living for the Weekend 1984 Streetwise
78 recordlabel: Capitol 9084
chartposition: RandB #78
album: High Rise
comments: [ballad]
Ashford & Simpson I'm Not That Tough 1984 Capitol
79 recordlabel: Columbia 04589
chartposition: RandB #75
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Patrick Henderson, Laythan Armor, Kip Saginor
comments: [hip hop]
Mr. T Mr. T's Commandment 1984 Columbia
80 recordlabel: RCA 464
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: David Paich
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Charme (feat. Luther Vandross) Georgy Porgy 1984 RCA
81 recordlabel: Phono 1051
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: Brian Holland, Edward Holland
Mavis Staples Love Gone Bad 1984 Phono
82 recordlabel: Personal 19803
chartposition: US Dance #50
writtenby: Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay
comments: [disco dance]
Debbie Jacobs Dr. Music 1984 Personal
83 recordlabel: P.I.R. 04535
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: J. Sigler
album: Love And More
comments: [love ballad]
The O'Jays Let Me Show You (How Much I Really Love You) 1984 P.I.R.
84 recordlabel: Tommy Boy 840
chartposition: RandB #75
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Malcolm X, Keith LeBlanc
comments: contains actual excerpts from Malcolm X speeches; music performed by Keith LeBlanc
Malcolm X No Sell Out 1984 Tommy Boy
85 recordlabel: Music Spec. 102
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: C.L. Mills II, M.T. Talbot
Freestyle Freestyle Express 1984 Music Spec.
86 recordlabel: Motown 1747
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Brian Potter and Frank Wildhorn
album: Love in the Fire
comments: [beat ballad]
Bobby King featuring Alfie Silas Close to Me 1984 Motown
87 recordlabel: Atlantic 1
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Danny Webster, Floyd Miller, Mark Adams and Wayne Foote
album: Bad Enuff
comments: [funk]
Slave Steppin Out 1984 Atlantic
88 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
89 recordlabel: Qwest 29136
chartposition: US AC #37
album: Patti Austin
Patti Austin All Behind Us Now 1984 Qwest
90 recordlabel: Profile 5037
chartposition: RandB #76
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Dave Ogrin and Jay Robinson
comments: [hip hop]
Fresh 3 M.C.'s Fresh 1984 Profile
91 recordlabel: Red Label 7000
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Bob Garrett and Marsha Malamet
album: Sneakin' Out
comments: [disco dance]
Linda Clifford A Night with the Boys 1984 Red Label
92 recordlabel: Total Experience 2610
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #77
writtenby: A. Peoples, J. Hamilton
album: Be A Winner
mpcode: 7Z297rZc_KE
Yarbrough & Peoples I'll Be There 1984 Total Experience
93 recordlabel: Valley Vue 769
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Johnny Guitar Watson
album: Strike on Computers
Johnny Guitar Watson Strike on Computers 1984 Valley Vue
94 recordlabel: Passport 4005
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Ronnie Wilson and Charles Wilson
album: Strike A Groove
comments: [funk]
The Gap Band Not Guilty 1984 Passport
95 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
96 recordlabel: Vidcom 884
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Tony Comer
album: Visions
comments: [gospel, funk]
Tony Comer & Crosswinds Don't Give Up 1984 Vidcom
97 recordlabel: RCA 13727
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Larry Graham and Robert Wright
album: Be Yourself
comments: [ballad]
Alfie Silas Be Yourself 1984 RCA
98 recordlabel: GRP 96862
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: George Howard
album: Steppin' Out
comments: [jazz funk]
George Howard Steppin' Out 1984 GRP
99 recordlabel: Beverly Glen Music 2018
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Chris Brubeck
album: The Poet II
comments: [ballad]
Bobby Womack & Patti LaBelle It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye 1984 Beverly Glen Music
100 recordlabel: Kee Wee 8409
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: K. Keys and Reginald A. Brown
comments: [disco funk]
One on One Gotta Thang 1984 Kee Wee

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