Soul R&B Music Charts of 1985 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1985 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 1985, 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 1985, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1985 . . .

The following songs were released in 1985 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 1985 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
601	recordlabel: Total Experience 2413 chartposition: RandB #42, US dance #24 writtenby: Jonah Ellis album: Pennye	Pennye Ford	Dangerous	1985	Total Experience
602	recordlabel: Abstract Dance 5 chartposition: UK #73 writtenby: Lorraine McIntosh and Steve McIntosh album: Have a Good Forever	The Cool Notes	Have a Good Forever	1985	Abstract Dance
603	recordlabel: Warner 28969 chartposition: UK #76 writtenby: Clif Magness, Tom Keane and Mark Mueller album: 20/20	George Benson	No One Emotion	1985	Warner
604	recordlabel: Total Experience 2404 chartposition: RandB #25, US dance #49 writtenby: Oliver Scott and Pennye Ford album: Pennye	Pennye Ford	Change Your Wicked Ways	1985	Total Experience
605	recordlabel: Gordy 1822 chartposition: RandB #29, US #75, US AC #17 writtenby: Diane Warren album: Rhythm of the Night comments: [Motown Sound]	El DeBarge with DeBarge	The Heart Is Not So Smart	1985	Gordy
606	recordlabel: Jive 85 (UK) chartposition: UK #77 writtenby: Richard Jon Smith	Richard Jon Smith	The ABC of Kissing	1985	Jive(UK)
607	recordlabel: Chrysalis 1536 chartposition: RandB #67, US #73, US Dance #32 writtenby: Peter Cox and Richard Drummie album: Go West	Go West	Eye to Eye	1985	Chrysalis
608	recordlabel: Profile 7062 chartposition: US Dance #16 writtenby: 52nd Street	52nd Street	Can't Afford	1985	Profile
609	recordlabel: RCA 13980 chartposition: So Romantic writtenby: Eugene Jackson and Jimmy Douglass	Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King)	Out of Control	1985	RCA
610	recordlabel: Important 6 (UK) chartposition: UK #72 writtenby: Ken Krasner, Lenny Underwood	Lukk featuring Felicia Collins	On The One	1985	Important(UK)
611	recordlabel: Elektra 69677 chartposition: RandB #55, UK #72 album: They Said It Couldn't Be Done comments: [hip hop]	Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five	Sign of the Times	1985	Elektra
612	recordlabel: Arista 9336 chartposition: RandB #24 album: Gravity	Kenny G & Kashif	Love on the Rise	1985	Arista
613	recordlabel: 4th and Bway 30 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: McKinley Horton and Ronald Broomfield album: Eugene Wilde comments: [ballad]	Eugene Wilde	Rainbow	1985	th and Bway
614	recordlabel: Arista 9356 chartposition: RandB #63, US #67 writtenby: Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano and Jermaine Jackson album: Precious Moments (Expanded Edition)	Jermaine Jackson	(Closest Thing To) Perfect	1985	Arista
615	recordlabel: RCA 14087 chartposition: RandB #61, US #62 writtenby: Howie Rice album: Menudo	Menudo	Hold Me	1985	RCA
616	recordlabel: MCA 23545 chartposition: UK #64 writtenby: Dave Roberson, Al Hudson and Irene Perkins album: Wrap Your Body	One Way	Let's Talk	1985	MCA
617	recordlabel: Motown 1790 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Willie Hutch and Val Johns album: Magic comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	Sexy Ways	1985	Motown
618	recordlabel: Epic 6081 chartposition: RandB #52, US #63, US Dance #46 writtenby: Ernie Isley, Chris Jasper and Marvin Isley album: Broadway's Closer to Sunset Boulevard	Isley Jasper Isley	Kiss and Tell	1985	Epic
619	recordlabel: Atlantic 89540 chartposition: UK #60 writtenby: Timmy Allen album: Turn on Your Radio	Change	Mutual Attraction	1985	Atlantic
620	recordlabel: Record Shack 37 chartposition: UK #62 writtenby: Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench album: Out Of The Darkest Night	Barbara Pennington	Fan The Flame	1985	Record Shack
621	recordlabel: Capitol 377 chartposition: RandB #76, UK #62, US dance #28 writtenby: Randy Muller album: Conquest	Brass Construction	Give And Take	1985	Capitol
622	recordlabel: Motown 1767 chartposition: RandB #23, US #107 writtenby: Vanity album: Wild Animal comments: [Motown Sound]	Vanity	Mechanical Emotion	1985	Motown
623	recordlabel: Tommy Brown 871 chartposition: RandB #20	Choice M.C.'s featuring Fresh Gordon	Gordy's Groove (Mayberry Mix)	1985	Tommy Brown
624	recordlabel: Prelude 8088 chartposition: UK #60 writtenby: Michael Stokes, Marvin Schlachter, Linda Stokes and Laythan Armor	Rose Royce	Love Me Right Now	1985	Prelude
625	recordlabel: MCA 936 chartposition: UK #65 album: Strange Reflections	Second Image	Starting Again	1985	MCA
626	recordlabel: Motown 1800 chartposition: RandB #21, US Dance #33 writtenby: Keith Harrison, Marlon McClain and Bobby Harris album: Hot Spot comments: [Motown Sound]	Dazz Band	Hot Spot	1985	Motown
627	recordlabel: 10 Records 109 chartposition: US Dance #14 writtenby: David Cole	C Bank ft. Eleanor Mills	Good to the Last Drop	1985	Records
628	recordlabel: Asylum 69595 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Dennis Matkosky and Monty Seward album: Workin' It Back	Teddy Pendergrass	Never Felt Like Dancin'	1985	Asylum
629	recordlabel: Modern 99630 chartposition: RandB #28, US #81, US AC #11 writtenby: Richard Kerr and Graham Lyle album: Dangerous	Natalie Cole	A Little Bit of Heaven	1985	Modern
630	recordlabel: CBS 6582 (UK) chartposition: UK #67 album: Arrival	Haywoode	Getting Closer	1985	CBS(UK)
631	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
632	recordlabel: Record Shack 48 (UK) chartposition: UK #63 writtenby: Ian Levine, Fiachra Trench album: Close to Perfection comments: [disco, dance]	Miquel Brown	Close To Perfection	1985	Record Shack(UK)
633	recordlabel: Polydor 881 752 chartposition: US Dance #14 writtenby: Bobby O (as Bobby Orlando) and Patrick Adams	Claudja Barry	Your Sweet Touch	1985	Polydor
634	recordlabel: CBS 6069 (UK) chartposition: UK #65 writtenby: Peter Vale and Mike Leeson (as Mick Leeson) album: Arrival	Haywoode	Roses	1985	CBS(UK)
635	recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 884 270 chartposition: RandB #76, UK #65 writtenby: Larry Blackmon and Nathan Leftenant album: Single Life	Cameo	A Goodbye	1985	Atlanta Artists
636	recordlabel: MCA 258 918 chartposition: UK #64 writtenby: James Eubanks, Peter Luboff & Harold Payne album: The Poet II	Bobby Womack	I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much	1985	MCA
637	recordlabel: Columbia 04932 chartposition: RandB #25, UK #97 writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis album: It's Gonna Be Right	Cheryl Lynn	Fidelity	1985	Columbia
638	recordlabel: Jive 9302 chartposition: RandB #43, US Dance #104, US Dance #25 writtenby: alil Hutchins and Larry Smith album: Escape comments: [hip hop]	Whodini	Freaks Come Out at Night	1985	Jive
639	recordlabel: Sutra 144 chartposition: RandB #27 writtenby: Kool Rock Ski, Buff Love, Kurtis Blow and Prince Markie Dee album: The Fat Boys Are Back comments: [hip hop]	The Fat Boys	The Fat Boys Are Back	1985	Sutra
640	recordlabel: Virgin 759 (UK) chartposition: UK #83 writtenby: Simon Booth album: Working Nights	Working Week	Sweet Nothing	1985	Virgin(UK)
641	recordlabel: 4th and Bway 33 (UK) chartposition: UK #81 writtenby: Rodney Skipworth and Phil Turner album: Skipworth and Turner	Skipworth & Turner	Hot Pursuit	1985	th and Bway(UK)
642	recordlabel: Malaco 2122 chartposition: RandB #54 writtenby: Larry Addison album: Members Only comments: [southern soul ballad]	Bobby Bland	Members Only	1985	Malaco
643	recordlabel: Warner 29024 chartposition: US Dance #18 writtenby: David Spradley, Evan Rogers and Ted Currier	Rochelle	Love Me Tonight	1985	Warner
644	recordlabel: Hippodrome 103 chartposition: UK #83 writtenby: Bruce Roberts and Donna Summer comments: [ballad]	Dusty Springfield	Sometimes Like Butterflies	1985	Hippodrome
645	recordlabel: RandB 1800 (UK) chartposition: UK #83 writtenby: Ashley Ingram and Leee John album: Trilogy	Imagination	Found My Girl	1985	RandB(UK)
646	recordlabel: Jive 1 9394 (UK) chartposition: UK #83 writtenby: W. Orange, D. Cambert, F. Golde comments: [reggae]	Winston Groovy	Nightshift	1985	Jive (UK)
647	recordlabel: Panoramic 1207 chartposition: US dance #18 writtenby: John Henderson and Edward Dozier	Black Ivory	I've Got My Eyes On You	1985	Panoramic
648	recordlabel: Island 251 (UK) chartposition: UK #83 album: Language Barrier	Sly & Robbie	Make 'Em Move	1985	Island(UK)
649	recordlabel: Atlantic 89569 chartposition: UK #82 writtenby: Pete Jackson and Gerald Jackson	Touch of Class	Let Me Be Your Everything	1985	Atlantic
650	recordlabel: Ten Records 54 (UK) chartposition: UK #85 album: Like I Like It	Aurra	Happy Feeling	1985	Ten Records(UK)
651	recordlabel: Casablanca 880 949 chartposition: RandB #28 writtenby: Allen Jones album: Private Property	Carl Carlton	Private Property	1985	Casablanca
652	recordlabel: Capitol 5520 chartposition: RandB #29 writtenby: Keith Diamond and Lew Kirton album: Read My Lips	Melba Moore	I Can't Believe It (It's Over)	1985	Capitol
653	recordlabel: DBM 009 (UK) chartposition: UK #88 writtenby: Bob Benham	OChi Brown	Why Can't We Be Friends	1985	DBM(UK)
654	recordlabel: Saturn 903 498 chartposition: US Dance #19 writtenby: Bruce Nazarian and Jerry Q. Jones	Samson & Delilah	I Can Feel Your Love Slippin' Away	1985	Saturn
655	recordlabel: Sedition 3307 (UK) chartposition: UK #89 writtenby: Barry Leng & Simon May album: The Hits	Amii Stewart	You Really Touch My Heart (remix)	1985	Sedition(UK)
656	recordlabel: Capitol 5510 chartposition: RandB #28 writtenby: Frankie Beverly album: Can't Stop the Love	Maze featuring Frankie Beverly	I Want to Feel I'm Wanted	1985	Capitol
657	recordlabel: Virgin 744 (UK) chartposition: UK #86 writtenby: S. Ward, M. Ward album: Into the Hot comments: [jazz funk] mpcode: edKA3U7O_2w	Floy Joy	Operator	1985	Virgin(UK)
658	recordlabel: Polydor 881 953 chartposition: US #106, US Dance #28 writtenby: Arnie Roman and Marc Blatte album: Satisfaction Guaranteed	Carol Lynn Townes	I Freak for You	1985	Polydor
659	recordlabel: Mirage 890 chartposition: RandB #68, UK #84 writtenby: Mick Jones [Foreigner] album: Do You Wanna Get Away	Shannon	Urgent	1985	Mirage
660	recordlabel: Atlantic 89549 chartposition: RandB #62, UK #86 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Woody Cunningham album: Seeekret	Kleeer	Take Your Heart Away	1985	Atlantic
661	recordlabel: T.T.E.D. 205 chartposition: RandB #58, US Dance #28 writtenby: A. Williams, C. Jones, D. Pearson	Redds & the Boys	Movin' and Groovin'	1985	T.T.E.D.
662	recordlabel: Epic 6226 chartposition: RandB #45, US #81 writtenby: Teena Marie album: Starchild	Teena Marie	Jammin'	1985	Epic
663	recordlabel: Passion 20 (UK) chartposition: UK #81	Mirage featuring Roy Gayle	Let's Groove (Medley)	1985	Passion(UK)
664	recordlabel: AandM 2752 chartposition: RandB #29, UK #91 writtenby: Howard Jones and Jerry Knight album: The Vision	Howard Johnson	Stand Up	1985	A&M
665	recordlabel: Boiling Point 754 (UK) chartposition: UK #77 writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell album: City Rhythm comments: [jazz funk]	Shakatak	City Rhythm	1985	Boiling Point(UK)
666	recordlabel: Elektra 69632 chartposition: RandB #39, US #78, US AC #37 writtenby: Billy Livsey and Sue Shifrin album: Take No Prisoners	Peabo Bryson	Take No Prisoners (In the Game of Love)	1985	Elektra
667	recordlabel: Personal 3003 chartposition: US Dance #17 writtenby: William Alexander Smith	Skratch	You Should Have Known Better	1985	Personal
668	recordlabel: 4th and Bway 30 chartposition: RandB #69, UK #83 writtenby: McKinley Horton and Ronald Broomfield album: Eugene Wilde	Eugene Wilde	Chey Chey Kule	1985	th and Bway
669	recordlabel: Source 13910 chartposition: UK #77 writtenby: Chuck Brown comments: Originally released in 1978 This longer version released in UK in 1985	Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers	Bustin' Loose	1985	Source
670	recordlabel: Atlantic 881 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: R.J. Rice (as The Wiz), DeDe Leitta and Robin Marie album: R.J.'s Latest Arrival [1985 album] comments: [ballad]	R.J.s Latest Arrival	Baby I'm Sorry	1985	Atlantic
671	recordlabel: Polydor 742 (UK) chartposition: UK #75 writtenby: P. Quinton	Direct Drive	A.B.C. (Falling In Love's Not Easy)	1985	Polydor(UK)
672	recordlabel: Mercury 880 694 chartposition: RandB #66, US #76, US dance #27 writtenby: Marti Sharron and Gary Skardina	Alex Brown	(Come On) Shout	1985	Mercury
673	recordlabel: Island 9870 chartposition: RandB #25, US AC #30 writtenby: David Pomeranz and Richard Marx album: Durell Coleman comments: [new jack swing]	Durell Coleman	Somebody Took My Love	1985	Island
674	recordlabel: Next Plateau Records 50032 chartposition: US Dance #17	Well Red	Limit of Your Loving	1985	Next Plateau Records
675	recordlabel: Red Label 71008 chartposition: US Dance #17 writtenby: Lenore Bangs, Michael Rochelle and Thomas Berry album: My Heart's on Fire	Linda Clifford	The Heat in Me	1985	Red Label
676	recordlabel: Virgin 807 (UK) chartposition: UK #80 writtenby: Stabbins, Booth album: Working Nights	Working Week	I Thought I'd Never See You Again	1985	Virgin(UK)
677	recordlabel: Ensign 518 (UK) chartposition: UK #79	Light of the World	London Town '85	1985	Ensign(UK)
678	recordlabel: Total Experience 49965 chartposition: RandB #26 writtenby: Jimmy Hamilton and Maurice Hayes album: Backed Up Against the Wall	Will King	I'm Sorry	1985	Total Experience
679	recordlabel: Virgin 775 (UK) chartposition: UK #82	T.C. Curtis	Take It Easy	1985	Virgin(UK)
680	recordlabel: Warner 29077 chartposition: RandB #39, US #106, UK #87 writtenby: Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Preston Glass album: The Nature of Things	Narada Michael Walden with Patti Austin	Gimme, Gimme, Gimme	1985	Warner
681	recordlabel: Tabu 6623 chartposition: RandB #26 writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis album: High Priority	Cherrelle	You Look Good to Me	1985	Tabu
682	recordlabel: Total Experience 2434 chartposition: UK #80 writtenby: Jonah Ellis album: Lately	Billy Paul	Sexual Therapy	1985	Total Experience
683	recordlabel: Virgin 822 (UK) chartposition: UK #78 writtenby: Eric van Tijn and Jochim Fluitsima album: Mai Tai comments: [ballad]	Mai Tai	Am I Losing You Forever	1985	Virgin(UK)
684	recordlabel: MCA 52489 chartposition: RandB #59, UK #80 writtenby: Monte Moir album: Qualifying Heat	Thelma Houston	(I Guess) It Must Be Love	1985	MCA
685	recordlabel: Cotillion 99671 chartposition: RandB #26 writtenby: Linda Creed and Lonnie Jordan album: Chemistry comments: [ballad]	Johnny Gill	Half Crazy	1985	Cotillion
686	recordlabel: Constellation 52602 chartposition: RandB #20 writtenby: Barbara Lewis album: Horsin' Around	Carrie Lucas featuring the Whispers	Hello Stranger	1985	Constellation
687	recordlabel: Warner Bros. 29042 chartposition: UK #60 writtenby: Charles Trenet and Jack Lawrence album: 20/20	George Benson	Beyond the Sea (La Mer)	1985	Warner Bros.
688	recordlabel: D.J. Int. 963 chartposition: US dance #9 writtenby: Steve 'Silk' Hurley album: The House Sound of Chicago mpcode: OBVZoLqjeos	J.M. Silk	Music Is the Key	1985	D.J. Int.
689	recordlabel: Island 99685 chartposition: RandB #17, US Dance #110 writtenby: Katreese Barnes and Jerry Barnes album: Just for You	Gwen Guthrie	Love in Moderation	1985	Island
690	recordlabel: Warner 29042 chartposition: RandB #24, US #102, UK #93, US AC #7 writtenby: Michael Sembello, Cruz Sembello and Dan Sembello (as Danny Sembello) album: 20/20 comments: [beat ballad]	George Benson	I Just Wanna Hang Around You	1985	Warner
691	recordlabel: Cotillion 99642 chartposition: UK #43 writtenby: Bill Curtis, Gerry Thomas and Maureen Reid album: So Delicious	Fatback Band	Lover Undercover	1985	Cotillion
692	recordlabel: Warner 28923 chartposition: RandB #18, UK #80, US dance #30 writtenby: Charlie Midnight and Dan Hartman album: Krush Groove: Music from the Original Motion Picture Sound Track	Chaka Khan	(Krush Groove) Can't Stop the Street	1985	Warner
693	recordlabel: 4th and Bway 418 chartposition: RandB #36, US dance #14 writtenby: Ronald Miller [Ronald Dean Miller] (as Ron Dean Miller) and Nancy McDuffy album: Sing, Dance, Rap, Romance	Nuance featuring Vikki Love	Stop Playing on Me	1985	th and Bway
694	recordlabel: Motown 1813 chartposition: US Dance #12, UK #88 writtenby: Richard Scher and Lotti Golden album: Fade In, Fade Out comments: [disco dance]	Warp 9	Skips a Beat	1985	Motown
695	recordlabel: London 886 005 chartposition: UK #41 writtenby: Roland Gift, David Steele and Andy Cox album: Fine Young Cannibals	Fine Young Cannibals	Blue	1985	London
696	recordlabel: Time 9 (UK) chartposition: UK #41 writtenby: Barrington Levy album: Here I Come comments: [reggae]	Barrington Levy	Here I Come	1985	Time(UK)
697	recordlabel: Supreme 102 (UK) chartposition: UK #42 writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman	The Three Degrees	The Heaven I Need	1985	Supreme(UK)
698	recordlabel: Profile 5069 chartposition: RandB #19, US #107, US dance #30 writtenby: L. Smith, DJ Run, R. Simmons, DMC, Jam Master Jay album: King of Rock comments: [hip hop]	Run-D.M.C.	You Talk Too Much	1985	Profile
699	recordlabel: Ensign 517 chartposition: UK #42 writtenby: Phil Fearon album: This Kind of Love	Phil Fearon & Galaxy	You Don't Need a Reason	1985	Ensign
700	recordlabel: Paisley Park 28999 chartposition: RandB #35, US #46 writtenby: Prince album: Around the World in a Day	Prince with The Revolution	America	1985	Paisley Park

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