| 1 |
recordlabel: Arista 9620
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Full Force
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| 2 |
recordlabel: RCA 5230
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Andy Goldmark and Bruce Roberts
album: Hot Together
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| 3 |
recordlabel: 4th and Bway 51
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Bruce Nazarian and Ronn Matlock
album: Love Me Right
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| 4 |
recordlabel: EMI America 8384
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Glenn Everette and Randy Muller
album: Boys' Night Out
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| 5 |
recordlabel: 21 Records 96745
chartposition: RandB #55, US Dance #48
writtenby: Ann Godwin, Curtis Josephs and Rob Kilgore (as Robbie Kilgore)
album: Perfect Timing
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Warner 28284
chartposition: US dance #32
writtenby: James Wirrick
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Profile 7157
chartposition: US Dance #31
writtenby: Terry Jeffries
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| 8 |
recordlabel: Solar 71154
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Carl Green, Dwain Mitchell and L.A. Reid
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| 9 |
recordlabel: Geffen 28298
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Alan Glass and Preston Glass
album: Get Close to My Love
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| 10 |
recordlabel: Manhattan 50064
chartposition: US dance #32
writtenby: Grace Jones and Bruce Woolley
album: Inside Story
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| 11 |
recordlabel: Epic 02794
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: James Mtume and Karen Manno
album: Welcome to My Dream
comments: [slow jam]
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| 12 |
recordlabel: Motown 1878
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Corey Blake
album: Blake and Hines
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| 13 |
recordlabel: Luke Skyywalker 112
chartposition: RandB #53
album: Move Somethin'
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Amherst 312
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Rick James
album: Private Conversations
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| 15 |
recordlabel: Warner 28150
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Marvin Gaye and Anna Gordy Gaye
album: Sherrick
comments: [love ballad]
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| 16 |
recordlabel: Elektra 5244
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Howard Hewett and Monty Seward
album: I Commit to Love
comments: [gospel ballad]
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| 17 |
recordlabel: MCA 53071
chartposition: US Dance #35
writtenby: Allen George and Fred McFarlane
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| 18 |
recordlabel: RCA 5348
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy and Jay King
album: Broken Puzzle
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| 19 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89206
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Taharqa Aleem and Tunde Ra Aleem
album: Love Shock
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| 20 |
recordlabel: Arista 9605
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Alan Roy Scott, Lotti Golden and Michael Margules (as Michael Jay)
album: Watch Out
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| 21 |
recordlabel: Warner 28215
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Sam Dees
album: All in the Name of Love
comments: [ballad]
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| 22 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89162
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Valerie Stewart, Manzel Lamar, Larry Batiste, Twila Joy Richardson and Claytoven Richardson
album: Street Fare
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| 23 |
recordlabel: Epic 07499
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: E. 'Tree' Moore
album: Welcome to My Dream
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| 24 |
recordlabel: Select 62293
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Educated Rapper, Kangol Kid, Doctor Ice, Mix Master Ice and Full Force
album: Skeezer Pleezer
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| 25 |
recordlabel: Columbia 06655
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Isaac Hayes
album: U Turn
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 26 |
recordlabel: Capitol 44014
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Christopher Dixon and Chuck Jackson
album: Blu Blowin'
comments: [ballad]
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| 27 |
recordlabel: Polydor 866
chartposition: US AC #22
writtenby: Pam Reswick and Steve Werfel
album: United
comments: [ballad]
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| 28 |
recordlabel: Egyptian Empire 774
chartposition: RandB #52, US Dance #43
writtenby: The Egyptian Lover
album: One Track Mind
comments: charted as Freak A Holic in US dance charts
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| 29 |
recordlabel: Columbia 07599
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Richard Dimples Fields, Belinda Wilson and Tony Wells
album: Tellin' It Like It Is
comments: [ballad]
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| 30 |
recordlabel: RCA 5098
chartposition: RandB #42
comments: [love ballad]
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| 31 |
recordlabel: Solar 70004
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Darnell Bristol, Babyface, L.A. Reid and Kevin
album: Lovers
comments: [ballad]
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| 32 |
recordlabel: EMI America 8366
chartposition: RandB #42, US Dance #44
writtenby: Mark Bynum and Howard Redmon Jr.
|
| 33 |
recordlabel: Motown 1909
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Brown Mark (as Brownmark)
album: Kiss Serious
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| 34 |
recordlabel: Profile 5124
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Dana Dane and Hurby Azor
album: Dana Dane with Fame
comments: [hip hop]
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| 35 |
recordlabel: Qwest 28163
chartposition: RandB #44, US AC #30
writtenby: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Bill Conti
comments: [ballad from the movie Baby Boom]
|
| 36 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1881
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Brian O'Doherty
album: To Be Continued…
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 37 |
recordlabel: Omni 99476
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Bryan Williams and Terry Price
album: Fresh Cut
comments: [ballad]
|
| 38 |
recordlabel: Fever 815
chartposition: US Dance #30
writtenby: Andy Tripoli
album: Nayobe
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| 39 |
recordlabel: Warner 28220
chartposition: RandB #94, US dance #45
writtenby: Toni C.
album: One from the Heart
|
| 40 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 650780
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, Terry Johnson and Al Cleveland
album: Juice
comments: [ballad]
|
| 41 |
recordlabel: Warner 28322
chartposition: RandB #72, US dance #45
writtenby: Scott Cutler and Gerry Goffin
album: One from the Heart
comments: [ballad]
|
| 42 |
recordlabel: EMI 19261
chartposition: RandB #60, US Dance #44
writtenby: Prince (as Joey Coco)
album: Female Trouble
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| 43 |
recordlabel: EMI 43019
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Rahni Song
album: Najee's Theme
comments: [smooth jazz instrumental]
|
| 44 |
recordlabel: London 142
chartposition: UK #90
writtenby: Steve Harvey, Robin Achampong and Delroy Murray
album: Beat to Beat
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| 45 |
recordlabel: MCA 53208
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Colonel Abrams and Marston Freeman
album: You and Me Equals Us
|
| 46 |
recordlabel: MCA 53099
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Gregory Potts, John Eaton and Melvin Riley
album: Long Time Coming
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| 47 |
recordlabel: Warner 28159
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Don Addrisi and Dick Addrisi
album: Chill Factor
|
| 48 |
recordlabel: Critique 96731
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Raymond Earl and Terrence Reed
album: I'm Bustin' Out
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 49 |
recordlabel: Catawba 0961
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Dan Kimpel and Mark Trujillo
album: Savoir Faire
comments: [ballad]
|
| 50 |
recordlabel: Rejoice 2887
chartposition: US Dance #43
writtenby: Steve Wenger
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| 51 |
recordlabel: MCA 53125
chartposition: RandB #66, US AC #40
writtenby: Andre Cymone
album: Beverly Hills Cop II: The Motion Picture Soundtrack Album
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| 52 |
recordlabel: Jump Street 1011
chartposition: US Dance #41
|
| 53 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 50067
chartposition: RandB #60
album: Let Me Touch You
|
| 54 |
recordlabel: TTED 3026
chartposition: RandB #61
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 55 |
recordlabel: WRC 206
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Albert Burroughs
album: Don't Start a Fire
|
| 56 |
recordlabel: Luke Skyywalker 125
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich
album: Move Somethin'
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| 57 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 07425
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Vincent F. Bell and Clarence Hayes
album: The Finer Things In Life
comments: [ballad]
|
| 58 |
recordlabel: Paisley Park 28182
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Madhouse
album: 16
comments: [instrumental]
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| 59 |
recordlabel: Warner 28381
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Bernard Wright, Lenny White and Marcus Miller
album: The Jamaica Boys
|
| 60 |
recordlabel: Triple 706
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Smokey Robinson (as William Robinson) and Pete Moore (as Warren Moore)
|
| 61 |
recordlabel: Next Plateau 1416
chartposition: US Dance #45
writtenby: Elvin Molina and Marilyn E. Rodriguez
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| 62 |
recordlabel: Capitol 44075
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Mike Campbell, Janice Dempsey and Paul Laurence
album: Just Like the First Time
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 63 |
recordlabel: Jam Packed 702 45
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Pretty Tony
album: Trinere
|
| 64 |
recordlabel: Superstar Int. 55
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Ali-Ollie Woodson and Otis Williams
album: ncredible
mpcode: aAGt2j95jsE
|
| 65 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89308
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Gordon Worthy (as Gordon
album: Boy Crazy
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| 66 |
recordlabel: Muscle Shoals 2202
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Rich Cason
album: Everything's Coming Up Roses
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 67 |
recordlabel: Columbia 07220
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Maurice White and Robyn Smith
album: Keys to the City
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 68 |
recordlabel: Fresh 0013
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: Haleemah Turner and Robert Wright
|
| 69 |
recordlabel: MCA 53041
chartposition: US AC #30
writtenby: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe
comments: [ballad]
|
| 70 |
recordlabel: Fresh 0012
chartposition: US Dance #38
writtenby: Aaron Hanson and Edward J. Davis
album: Can't Stop
|
| 71 |
recordlabel: Capitol 44092
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Marlon Jackson
album: Baby Tonight
|
| 72 |
recordlabel: Select 62292
chartposition: US #115, R&B #120
writtenby: Jazz, Kangol Kid, Howie Tee
|
| 73 |
recordlabel: Elektra 69490
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Rahiem, Lavon Dukes and Grandmaster Flash
album: Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang
comments: [hip hop]
mpcode: 7UVRMzymR2s
|
| 74 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89149
chartposition: RandB #56
writtenby: Bernadette Cooper
album: Madame X
|
| 75 |
recordlabel: Reality 279
chartposition: RandB #56
writtenby: Doug E. Fresh and Chill Will
album: Oh, My God!
|
| 76 |
recordlabel: EMI 8362
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Anita Baker, Gary Bias and Louis Johnson (as Louis A. Johnson)
album: Najee's Theme
comments: [smooth jazz instrumental]
|
| 77 |
recordlabel: Profile 5132
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Albert Hammond and Diane Warren
album: Luther Ingram
|
| 78 |
recordlabel: Mercury 870 018
chartposition: RandB #56
writtenby: Allen Jones, Harvey Henderson, Larry Dodson and Winston Stewart
album: Contagious
|
| 79 |
recordlabel: Superstar International 12
chartposition: RandB #57
album: Incredible
|
| 80 |
recordlabel: Edge 012
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Luther Ingram & Mack Rice
|
| 81 |
recordlabel: EMI America 8387
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: James Mtume
album: Tonight
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 82 |
recordlabel: Motown 1893
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Corey Blake
album: Blake and Hines
|
| 83 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5673
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: O'Bryan (as O'Bryan Burnette II)
album: Surrender
|
| 84 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 136
chartposition: US Dance #40
writtenby: Avy Gonzalez
|
| 85 |
recordlabel: Motown 41123
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers
album: Chico DeBarge
|
| 86 |
recordlabel: Rendezvous 103
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Charles Wallert
album: What'cha Gonna Do
|
| 87 |
recordlabel: Superstar International 54
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Candice Ghant and T. Kennedy
comments: (Featuring Ollie Woodson)
|
| 88 |
recordlabel: MCA 52998
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Vincent Brantley
album: Sugar Babes
|
| 89 |
recordlabel: Jive 1040
chartposition: 158
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Billy Ocean, Jolyon Skinner, Jonathan Butler and Millie Jackson
album: An Imitation of Love
comments: [ballad]
|
| 90 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28602
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Chris Powell and Dan Hargrove
album: Teen Dream
|
| 91 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 06960
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: F. Gordon, O.J. Jones, R. Simmons, V.F. Bell
album: GTO: Gangsters Takin' Over
|
| 92 |
recordlabel: MCA 1115
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Norwood and Donald R. Robinson
album: I Can't Let You Go
|
| 93 |
recordlabel: 4th and Bway 5 (UK)
chartposition: UK #90
writtenby: R. Reed, T. Fisher
|
| 94 |
recordlabel: Jive 1029
chartposition: RandB #61, UK #93
writtenby: Jeff Townes and Will Smith
album: Rock the House
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 95 |
recordlabel: Champion 47
chartposition: RandB #65, UK #93
writtenby: Dana Goodman and Lawrence Goodman
album: Rock the House
comments: instrumental
|
| 96 |
recordlabel: Priority 9502
chartposition: RandB #59, UK #98
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott
album: The Best of War…and More
|
| 97 |
recordlabel: Jive 137 (UK)
chartposition: UK #90
writtenby: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
|
| 98 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89312
chartposition: UK #91
writtenby: Russell Taylor [producer] and Shannon
album: Love Goes All the Way
|
| 99 |
recordlabel: Profile 7171
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Dana Dane (as Dana McCleese) and Hurby Azor
album: Dana Dane with Fame
|
| 100 |
recordlabel: Motown 41655 (UK)
chartposition: UK #91
writtenby: Tommie Connor
comments: [christmas]
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