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
701	recordlabel: Mirage 99639 chartposition: RandB #21, US #108, US dance #22 writtenby: David Frank and Mic Murphy album: Pleasure Seekers	The System	The Pleasure Seekers	1985	Mirage
702	recordlabel: 2000 AD 19 (UK) chartposition: UK #47 writtenby: Joe Josea and B.B. King album: Here Again comments: [reggae]	Johnny Nash	Rock Me Baby	1985	AD(UK)
703	recordlabel: RCA 40191 (UK) chartposition: UK #45 writtenby: Richard Hewson album: Mystery	The RAH Band	Sorry Doesn't Make It Anymore	1985	RCA(UK)
704	recordlabel: London 60 (UK) chartposition: UK #47 writtenby: Junior Giscombe and Glenn Nightingale album: Aquired Taste	Junior Giscombe	Do You Really (Want My Love)	1985	London(UK)
705	recordlabel: Constellation 52588 chartposition: RandB #86, UK #46, US Dance #49 writtenby: Larry White and Lee Peters album: Shine the Light	Collage	Romeo Where's Juliet?	1985	Constellation
706	recordlabel: MCA 52617 chartposition: RandB #52, US #78, US Dance #15 writtenby: Harold Faltermeyer and Franne Golde album: Fletch	Stephanie Mills	Bit by Bit	1985	MCA
707	recordlabel: Streetwave 51 chartposition: UK #45 writtenby: Lonnie Johnson	Royalle Delite	I'll Be a Freak for You	1985	Streetwave
708	recordlabel: Sire 29016 chartposition: US Dance #15, UK #50 writtenby: William Alexander Smith	T.C. Curtis	You Should Have Known Better	1985	Sire
709	recordlabel: Sugar Hill 141 (UK) chartposition: UK #45 writtenby: E. Morris, M. Glover, K. Wiggins, R. Reed, E. Nixon, T. Fisher, T. Reed comments: [hip hop]	Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five	Pump Me Up	1985	Sugar Hill(UK)
710	recordlabel: Tent 40445 (UK) chartposition: UK #45 writtenby: Nick Trevisick and Paul Gurvitz album: Luxury of Life	Five Star	RSVP	1985	Tent(UK)
711	recordlabel: RCA 14032 chartposition: RandB #13 writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Denzil Miller album: Swept Away	Diana Ross	Telephone	1985	RCA
712	recordlabel: Garage 72001 chartposition: RandB #25, US #102, US Dance #13 writtenby: Tami Lester Smith album: Padlock	Gwen Guthrie	Padlock	1985	Garage
713	recordlabel: 4th and Bway 18 (UK) chartposition: UK #34 writtenby: McKinley Horton and Ronald Broomfield album: Eugene Wilde	Eugene Wilde	Personality	1985	th and Bway(UK)
714	recordlabel: Bluebird 13 chartposition: UK #33 writtenby: Robert Freeman	Little Benny & the Masters	Who Comes to Boogie	1985	Bluebird
715	recordlabel: Columbia 04841 chartposition: RandB #22, US #106, UK #60, US AC #40 writtenby: Bill Withers album: Watching You Watching Me	Bill Withers	Oh Yeah!	1985	Columbia
716	recordlabel: Capitol 5461 chartposition: RandB #50, US #37 writtenby: Terry Britten and Sue Shifrin album: Private Dancer	Tina Turner	Show Some Respect	1985	Capitol
717	recordlabel: Columbia 04743 chartposition: US dance #11, RandB #83, US rock #1, UK #32, US #12 writtenby: Mick Jagger album: She's the Boss	Mick Jagger	Just Another Night	1985	Columbia
718	recordlabel: Tabu 04718 chartposition: RandB #11, US #101 writtenby: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis album: Alexander O'Neal	Alexander O'Neal	Innocent	1985	Tabu
719	recordlabel: RCA 14098 chartposition: US dance #20, RandB #69, US #30, US AC #8 writtenby: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen & Janna Allen album: Big Bam Boom	Hall & Oates	Possession Obsession	1985	RCA
720	recordlabel: Solar 69659 chartposition: RandB #16, US #80, US Dance #19 writtenby: Belinda Lipscomb, Bo Watson, Melvin Gentry, Kenneth Gant and Vincent Calloway album: Planetary Invasion	Midnight Star	Scientific Love	1985	Solar
721	recordlabel: Epic 1140 chartposition: RandB #11 writtenby: Luther Vandross and Nat Adderley Jr. album: The Night I Fell in Love comments: [ballad]	Luther Vandross	Wait for Love	1985	Epic
722	recordlabel: Geffen 28958 chartposition: RandB #17, US #69, UK #82, US Dance #26 writtenby: Lotti Golden and Richard Scher album: Say You Love Me comments: charted as Hard Times for Lovers / He's a Pretender in US dance charts	Jennifer Holliday	Hard Times for Lovers	1985	Geffen
723	recordlabel: 4th and Bway 37 chartposition: RandB #33, UK #45, US Dance #26 writtenby: Wally Badarou album: Echoes comments: [jazz funk instrumental]	Wally Badarou	Chief Inspector	1985	th and Bway
724	recordlabel: Mercury 880 914 chartposition: RandB #12 writtenby: Michael Cooper and Wayne Wallace album: Electric Lady comments: [beat ballad]	Con Funk Shun	I'm Leaving Baby	1985	Mercury
725	recordlabel: Streetwise 2235 chartposition: UK #84, US dance #11 writtenby: Winston Jones, Colonel Abrams and Marston Freeman	Colonel Abrams	Music Is the Answer	1985	Streetwise
726	recordlabel: Portrait 6805 (UK) chartposition: UK #41 writtenby: T. Thomas album: What About Me? mpcode: 29bzu2pfPxI	Nicole With Timmy Thomas	New York Eyes	1985	Portrait(UK)
727	recordlabel: Elektra 69505 chartposition: UK #40 writtenby: Kae Williams album: Genie	B.B. & Q. Band (Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens)	Genie	1985	Elektra
728	recordlabel: London 76 (UK) chartposition: UK #41 writtenby: Steve Harvey, Robin Achampong and Delroy Murray album: Total Contrast	Total Contrast	Hit and Run	1985	London(UK)
729	recordlabel: Chrysalis 7 (UK) chartposition: UK #40 writtenby: Derek Bramble album: Hopes and Dreams	David Grant	Where Our Love Begins	1985	Chrysalis(UK)
730	recordlabel: Warner 28860 chartposition: RandB #12 writtenby: David Williams and Patrick Leonard album: Masterpiece	The Isley Brothers	Colder Are My Nights	1985	Warner
731	recordlabel: Columbia 04754 chartposition: RandB #20, US #81, US AC #8 writtenby: Sam Cooke album: Too Hot to Stop It comments: [ballad]	The Manhattans	You Send Me	1985	Columbia
732	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
733	recordlabel: MCA 52530 chartposition: RandB #15, US #107 writtenby: Ira Newborn album: Six Silver Strings	B.B. King	Into the Night	1985	MCA
734	recordlabel: CBS 6104 chartposition: RandB #16, US #102 writtenby: Knight, Dees, Knight album: Life	Gladys Knight & the Pips	My Time	1985	CBS
735	recordlabel: Qwest 28935 chartposition: RandB #24, US Dance #15 writtenby: Alison Moyet, Steve Jolley and Tony Swain album: Gettin' Away with Murder	Patti Austin	Honey for the Bees	1985	Qwest
736	recordlabel: MCA 52566 chartposition: RandB #15 writtenby: Sid Wyche album: Love Cycles comments: [ballad]	Klique	A Woman, a Lover, a Friend	1985	MCA
737	recordlabel: RCA 13999 chartposition: RandB #18 writtenby: Wardell Potts, Jr., Rickey Smith, Dana Marshall album: Finesse comments: [ballad]	Glenn Jones	Bring Back Your Love	1985	RCA
738	recordlabel: Arista 9440 chartposition: US Dance #12 writtenby: Lewis Martineé album: Exposure	Exposé	Exposed to Love	1985	Arista
739	recordlabel: Polydor 881 461 chartposition: RandB #45, UK #57, US Dance #43 writtenby: Attala Z. Giles, Ollie E. Brown and Russ Regan album: Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo: Original Soundtrack	Ollie & Jerry	Electric Boogaloo	1985	Polydor
740	recordlabel: Profile 5088 chartposition: RandB #19 writtenby: J.T. Smith, Larry Smith and Rick Rubin album: King of Rock	Run-D.M.C.	Can You Rock It Like This	1985	Profile
741	recordlabel: Mirage 99697 chartposition: RandB 26, US #57, US Dance #39 writtenby: Ann Godwin (as Anne Godwin) and Curtis Josephs album: Yo Little Brother	Nolan Thomas	Yo Little Brother	1985	Mirage
742	recordlabel: Hippodrome 101 chartposition: UK #56 writtenby: Edwin Starr	Edwin Starr	It Ain't Fair	1985	Hippodrome
743	recordlabel: P.I.R. 50013 chartposition: RandB #18 album: Love Fever	The O'Jays	Just Another Lonely Night	1985	P.I.R.
744	recordlabel: Pop Art 7546 chartposition: RandB #22, US #109 writtenby: Full Force, Roxanne Shante and UTFO comments: [hip hop]	Roxanne Shante	Roxanne's Revenge	1985	Pop Art
745	recordlabel: London 61 chartposition: UK #56 writtenby: Dave Ylvisaker	Julia & Company	I'm So Happy	1985	London
746	recordlabel: Cooltempo 109 (UK) chartposition: UK #56 writtenby: Deborah Cooper, Paul Slade and Timmy Allen album: Turn on Your Radio	Change	Oh What a Feeling	1985	Cooltempo(UK)
747	recordlabel: Total Experience 2418 chartposition: RandB #18 writtenby: Charlie Wilson album: Gap Band VI	The Gap Band	Disrespect	1985	Total Experience
748	recordlabel: Profile 7087 chartposition: RandB #53, UK #58 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Haim Saban and Shuki Levy comments: [novelty] electro funk novelty version of the theme from the TV cartoon series	The Kartoon Krew	Inspector Gadget	1985	Profile
749	recordlabel: Stiff 227 chartposition: UK #59 writtenby: Herman Kelly and Popcorn Wylie (as Richard Wylie) comments: [northern soul]	The Untouchables	I Spy for the FBI	1985	Stiff
750	recordlabel: AandM 273 (UK) chartposition: UK #58 writtenby: David Lewis and Wayne Lewis album: As the Band Turns	Atlantic Starr	One Love	1985	A&M(UK)
751	recordlabel: 10 Records 52 (UK) chartposition: UK #57 writtenby: Rodney Brown	Gloria D. Brown	The More They Knock The More I Love You	1985	Records(UK)
752	recordlabel: Record Shack 34 (UK) chartposition: UK #59 writtenby: Jacques Morali, Frederick Zarr and Bruce Vilanch album: Sex Over the Phone	Village People	Sex Over the Phone	1985	Record Shack(UK)
753	recordlabel: MCA 52730 chartposition: RandB #66, US #57 writtenby: Franne Golde, Mary Lauria and Marti Sharron (as Marty Sharron) album: Miami Vice Soundtrack	Chaka Khan	Own the Night	1985	MCA
754	recordlabel: Virgin 795 (UK) chartposition: UK #59 writtenby: David Bowie album: So Where Are You?	Loose Ends	Golden Years	1985	Virgin(UK)
755	recordlabel: EMI 20 0809 7 chartposition: UK #59 writtenby: Derek Bramble album: Heaven Knows	Jaki Graham	Heaven Knows	1985	EMI
756	recordlabel: Ensign 522 (UK) chartposition: UK #59 writtenby: Young, Tunney comments: [disco, boogie]	Mercy Mercy	What Are We Gonna Do About It?	1985	Ensign(UK)
757	recordlabel: Capitol 352 (UK) chartposition: UK #57 writtenby: Ann Peebles, Don Bryant and Bernard Miller album: Private Dancer	Tina Turner	I Can't Stand the Rain	1985	Capitol(UK)
758	recordlabel: Record Shack 49 chartposition: UK #57 album: Out Of The Darkest Night	Barbara Pennington	On A Crowded Street	1985	Record Shack
759	recordlabel: Arista 9386 chartposition: RandB #19 writtenby: Charlie Singleton and Modern Man album: Modern Man	Charlie Singleton	Make Your Move on Me Baby	1985	Arista
760	recordlabel: Capitol 5473 chartposition: RandB #32, US #101, US Dance #18 writtenby: George Clinton , Garry Shider and St. Song album: Some of my Best Jokes Are Friends	George Clinton	Double Oh-Oh	1985	Capitol
761	recordlabel: AandM 2730 chartposition: US Dance #12 writtenby: Jesse Johnson album: Jesse Johnson's Revue	Jesse Johnson Revue	Free World	1985	A&M
762	recordlabel: Mirage 99643 chartposition: RandB #59, US #50 writtenby: Sidney Simien album: My Toot Toot	Jean Knight	My Toot Toot	1985	Mirage
763	recordlabel: Atlantic 89483 chartposition: UK #50 writtenby: Mark Reilly and Danny White album: Whose Side Are You On?	Matt Bianco	More Than I Can Bear	1985	Atlantic
764	recordlabel: 10 Records 45 chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Eban Kelly and Jim Randolph album: Like I Like It	Aurra	Like I Like It	1985	Records
765	recordlabel: Boiling Point 770 (UK) chartposition: UK #53 writtenby: Jill Saward and George Anderson album: City Rhythm comments: [jazz funk]	Shakatak featuring Al Jarreau	Day by Day	1985	Boiling Point(UK)
766	recordlabel: Atlantic 89520 chartposition: RandB #71, UK #50 writtenby: David Bryant, Dennis Herring and Lorelei Mcbroom album: When the Boys Meet the Girls	Sister Sledge	Dancing on the Jagged Edge	1985	Atlantic
767	recordlabel: Motown 1802 chartposition: RandB #65, US #87, UK #90, US AC #8 writtenby: Bobby Caldwell, Franne Golde and Paul Fox album: Nightshift comments: [Motown Sound]	The Commodores	Janet	1985	Motown
768	recordlabel: Warner 28809 chartposition: RandB #15 writtenby: Morris Day album: The Color of Success	Morris Day	The Color of Success	1985	Warner
769	recordlabel: Tommy Boy 877 chartposition: US dance #10 writtenby: Murat Konar album: Information Society	Information Society	Running	1985	Tommy Boy
770	recordlabel: Streetwave 45 chartposition: UK #49 writtenby: Stevie Wonder album: Protocol	Carl Anderson	Buttercup	1985	Streetwave
771	recordlabel: Boiling Point 1 chartposition: UK #50	James Brown	Froggy Mix	1985	Boiling Point
772	recordlabel: MCA 23600 chartposition: RandB #78, UK #53 writtenby: Colonel Abrams and Marston Freeman album: Colonel Abrams	Colonel Abrams	The Truth	1985	MCA
773	recordlabel: Elektra 5 chartposition: RandB #37, US dance #21, UK #89 writtenby: George Duke album: Thief in the Night	George Duke	Thief in the Night	1985	Elektra
774	recordlabel: Solar 69658 chartposition: RandB #17, US #106, UK #91 writtenby: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds) and Bo Watson album: So Good	The Whispers	Some Kinda Lover	1985	Solar
775	recordlabel: Champion 5 (UK) chartposition: UK #54 writtenby: RenÃ© Moore and Angela Winbush album: Street Called Desire	René & Angela	Secret Rendezvous	1985	Champion(UK)
776	recordlabel: Capitol 5468 chartposition: RandB #29, US #102, UK #56 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson album: Solid	Ashford & Simpson	Babies	1985	Capitol
777	recordlabel: Polydor 881 413 chartposition: RandB #65, US #109, UK #56, US Dance #25 writtenby: Layng Martine album: Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo: Original Soundtrack	Carol Lynn Townes	Believe in the Beat	1985	Polydor
778	recordlabel: Mirror 1 (UK) chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Louise Lopez	Odyssey	(Joy) I Know It	1985	Mirror(UK)
779	recordlabel: Capitol 5552 chartposition: US dance #11 writtenby: David Sanchez, Gary Cooper, Michael Camacho and David Spradley album: Let's Go All the Way	Sly Fox	Como Tu Te Llama?	1985	Capitol
780	recordlabel: ZTT 1 chartposition: RandB #90, UK #51 writtenby: Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik (as Jonathan Jeczalik), Gary Langan and Paul Morley album: Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?	The Art of Noise	Moments in Love	1985	ZTT
781	recordlabel: 4th and Bway 22 chartposition: RandB #68, UK #52 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Michael Forte and McKinley Horton album: Cashmere	Cashmere	We Need Love	1985	th and Bway
782	recordlabel: Tabu 05646 chartposition: RandB #62, UK #53 writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris) & Terry Lewis album: Alexander O'Neal	Alexander O'Neal	A Broken Heart Can Mend	1985	Tabu
783	recordlabel: Reality 230 chartposition: RandB #21, US #103, US Dance #56 writtenby: Charles Pettiford, Gregory Wigfall, Jerry Bloodrock and Richard Fowler	Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three	Request Line	1985	Reality
784	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

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