1 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02860
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1, US rock #34
writtenby: Paul McCartney
album: Tug of War
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2 |
recordlabel: RCA 13274
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #7, US #17
writtenby: Kashif (as Kashif Saleem)
album: Get Loose
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
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3 |
recordlabel: Motown 1284 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #6, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Cochrane & Lionel Richie
album: Lionel Richie
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad] Â
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4 |
recordlabel: RCA 13354
chartposition: US #1, RandB #78, UK #6, US dance #18, US AC #14, US rock #18
writtenby: Sara Allen, Daryl Hall & John Oates
album: H2O
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5 |
recordlabel: Qwest 15005 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #9, US #1, UK #11, US AC #1
writtenby: Rod Temperton
album: Every Home Should Have One
comments: [love ballad]
|
6 |
recordlabel: Columbia 03302
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #4, US #3, US dance #12, US AC #34
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: Midnight Love
|
7 |
recordlabel: Epic 03288
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #8, US #2, US AC #1
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
|
8 |
recordlabel: MCA 52149
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #1, US #10, US dance #11
writtenby: Lloyd Ferguson, Jackie Mittoo & Fitzroy Simpson
album: The Youth of Today
comments: [Reggae]
|
9 |
recordlabel: Arista 8883 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #14, UK #2, US #10, US AC #1
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Heartbreaker
|
10 |
recordlabel: Tamla 1602
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #39, US #4, US dance #27, US AC #10
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
11 |
recordlabel: Motown 1609
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, US dance #2
writtenby: Reggie Andrews & Leon
album: Keep It Live
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
12 |
recordlabel: Warner 29933
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #43, US #4, US AC #8
writtenby: Michael McDonald, Ed Sanford, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
album: If That's What It Takes
|
13 |
recordlabel: Arista 0669
chartposition: RandB #2, US #4, US dance #24, US AC #33
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: The Other Woman
|
14 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 79302
chartposition: RandB #4, US #10, UK #18, US dance #3
writtenby: Quincy Jones, Merria Ross & Rod Temperton
album: Donna Summer
|
15 |
recordlabel: Capitol 839 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #15, US #10, US AC #36
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Silk Electric
|
16 |
recordlabel: RCA 13021
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #36, US #8, US dance #14
writtenby: Dennis Matkosky & Michael Sembello
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
|
17 |
recordlabel: Motown 1269 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #10, US #13, US dance #1, US AC #25
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
18 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02812
chartposition: RandB #1, US #10, US AC #6
writtenby: Teddy Randazzo, Bob Weinstein & Lou Stallman
album: Niecy
comments: [love ballad]
|
19 |
recordlabel: Elektra 47427
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #8, US #23, US dance #2
writtenby: Patrice Rushen, Teri McFadden & Freddie Washington
album: Straight from the Heart...
|
20 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76132
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #7, US #30, US dance #4
writtenby: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) & Bob Carter
album: JI
|
21 |
recordlabel: ICE 56 (UK)
chartposition: UK #1, US #53
writtenby: Eddy Grant
album: Killer on the Rampage
comments: [reggae]
|
22 |
recordlabel: De lite 231
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #6, US #30
writtenby: Amir Bayyan, James
album: As One
|
23 |
recordlabel: MCA 52067
chartposition: UK #2, RandB #27, US #102, US dance #15
writtenby: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram
album: In the Heat of the Night
|
24 |
recordlabel: AandM 2434
chartposition: RandB #13, UK #11, US #29, US AC #7
writtenby: Jeffrey Osborne & Peter Schless
album: Jeffrey Osborne
comments: [love ballad]
|
25 |
recordlabel: Solar 48005
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #5, US #44, US dance #15
writtenby: Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers & Leon Sylvers III
album: Friends
|
26 |
recordlabel: Venture 149
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #13, US #39, US dance #1
writtenby: Geraldine Hunt & Daniel Joseph
album: Cheri
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
27 |
recordlabel: London 11
chartposition: UK #4, US dance #1, RandB #63
album: Eddy Grant
comments: (featuring Donnie Calvin)
|
28 |
recordlabel: RCA 226
chartposition: RandB #12, UK #3, US #104, US dance #25
writtenby: Jesse Rae
album: Happy Together
|
29 |
recordlabel: De lite 822
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #14, US #21
writtenby: Robert Bell, James
album: As One
|
30 |
recordlabel: Ze / Island 104 716
chartposition: UK #2, US Dance #18
writtenby: Kid Creole (as August Darnell)
album: Tropical Gangsters
|
31 |
recordlabel: WMOT 546
chartposition: UK #2, RandB #89
writtenby: Len Barry & Bobby Eli
album: Breakin' Out
|
32 |
recordlabel: Arista 0699
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #42, US #24, US dance #4
writtenby: Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller
album: Jump to It
|
33 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 4005
chartposition: RandB #29, US #13, US AC #7
writtenby: Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts & Carole Bayer Sager
album: I'm the One
comments: [love ballad]
|
34 |
recordlabel: Geffen 2644 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #32, US #22
writtenby: Henry Krieger & Tom Eyen
album: Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album
comments: [ballad]
|
35 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 584
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #8, US #62, US dance #12
writtenby: Ed Fletcher
album: The Message
comments: [hip hop]
|
36 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 8201
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #55, US #24, US dance #13
writtenby: Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor & Charlie Wilson
album: Gap Band IV
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
37 |
recordlabel: RCA 13201
chartposition: RandB #34, UK #7, US #44, US dance #14
writtenby: Diana Ross & Ray Chew
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
|
38 |
recordlabel: Sire 50069
chartposition: UK #4, US dance #18, RandB #44
writtenby: Kid Creole (as August Darnell) & Peter Schott
album: Tropical Gangsters
|
39 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 29896
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #4, UK #25, US #44
writtenby: Prince
album: 1999
comments: [disco]
|
40 |
recordlabel: Solar 69958
chartposition: UK #5
writtenby: Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers and Leon Sylvers III
album: Friends
|
41 |
recordlabel: Salsoul 2152
chartposition: RandB #1, US #26, US dance #3
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Skyy Line
comments: [disco funk]
|
42 |
recordlabel: Motown 1628
chartposition: RandB #5, US #18, US dance #24
writtenby: Jermaine Jackson, Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer & Paul M. Jackson Jr.
album: Let Me Tickle Your Fancy
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
43 |
recordlabel: Planet 13254
chartposition: RandB #23, US #16, US AC #9
writtenby: Parker McGee
album: So Excited!
|
44 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 47000
chartposition: RandB #14, US #23, US AC #2
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: The Sisters
|
45 |
recordlabel: EMI America 8126
chartposition: RandB #5, US dance #2, UK #15, US #104
writtenby: Paul Laurence (as Paul Lawrence Jones)
album: The Other Side of the Rainbow
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
46 |
recordlabel: RandB Records 210
chartposition: RandB #52, UK #5
writtenby: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram
album: In the Heat of the Night
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
47 |
recordlabel: Solar 48013
chartposition: UK #7, RandB #33, US #102
writtenby: Howard Hewett, Renwick Jackson & William Shelby
album: Friends
|
48 |
recordlabel: Polydor 407
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Night Birds
comments: [jazz funk]
|
49 |
recordlabel: Warner 50005
chartposition: RandB #16, UK #14, US #52, US AC #29
writtenby: Michael Garvin & Tom Shapiro
album: The George Benson Collection
|
50 |
recordlabel: Tamla 1601
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #51, US #33, US dance #53, US AC #31
writtenby: Gary Goetzman & Mike Piccirillo
album: Yes It's You Lady / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
|
51 |
recordlabel: Geffen 29895
chartposition: RandB #31, UK #14, US #41
writtenby: Jon Anderson & Vangelis
album: Donna Summer
|
52 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 823
chartposition: RandB #4, US #48, UK #53, US dance #3
writtenby: Arthur Baker, John Robie, Afrika Bambaataa, the Soulsonic Force
comments: [hip hop] (with the Soul Sonic Force)
|
53 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 114 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #2, US #31, US dance #39
writtenby: Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor & Charlie Wilson
album: Gap Band IV
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
54 |
recordlabel: AandM 2392
chartposition: RandB #2, US #38, US dance #9
writtenby: David Lewis & Wayne Lewis
album: Brilliance
|
55 |
recordlabel: RCA 13292
chartposition: RandB #16, US #33, US AC #15
writtenby: Kenny Nolan
album: New Directions
comments: [ballad]
|
56 |
recordlabel: Geffen 29805
chartposition: RandB #30, UK #62, US #33, US AC #17
writtenby: John Bettis & Michael Clark
album: Donna Summer
|
57 |
recordlabel: AandM 2410
chartposition: RandB #3, US #39, US dance #42
writtenby: Jeffrey Osborne & David Wolinski
album: Jeffrey Osborne
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
58 |
recordlabel: High Rise 2001
chartposition: RandB #2, US #40
writtenby: Sonny Charles & Bobby Paris
album: The Sun Still Shines
|
59 |
recordlabel: Planet 13327
chartposition: RandB #46, US #30, US dance #28
writtenby: Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer & Trevor Lawrence
album: So Excited!
comments: [disco]
|
60 |
recordlabel: AandM 12048 (UK)
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #6, UK #45, US #105
writtenby: Kashif
album: Keepin' Love New
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
61 |
recordlabel: Prelude 8043
chartposition: RandB #13, UK #30, US dance 31
writtenby: James
album: You're the One for Me
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
|
62 |
recordlabel: West End 1248
chartposition: UK #18, US dance #5, RandB #65
writtenby: Ronald Miller (as Ron Miller) & Bert Reid (as Bertram Reid)
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
63 |
recordlabel: Arista 1030
chartposition: RandB #6, US #35
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: Greatest Hits
|
64 |
recordlabel: Motown 1266 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #3, US dance #7, US #64
writtenby: Rick James
album: Throwin' Down
comments: [disco funk] [Motown Sound]
|
65 |
recordlabel: Boardwalk 7 11 139
chartposition: RandB #1, US #47
writtenby: Richard Dimples Fields & Belinda Wilson
album: Mr. Look So Good!
|
66 |
recordlabel: Arista 0695
chartposition: RandB #3, US #38
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: The Other Woman
comments: [ballad] Â
|
67 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76150
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #20, US dance #67
writtenby: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) & Bob Carter
album: Ji
|
68 |
recordlabel: Warner 9908 7
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #7, US #101
writtenby: Prince
album: Vanity 6
|
69 |
recordlabel: Sire 29953
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #31, US #73
writtenby: Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet
album: Upstairs at Eric's
|
70 |
recordlabel: Tamla 1639
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #45, US #54, US AC #21
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
71 |
recordlabel: RCA 3061
chartposition: US dance #6, RandB #18, UK #58, US #66
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb & Howard Scott
album: Outlaw
|
72 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 02619
chartposition: RandB #4, US #43
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: It's Time for Love
comments: [love ballad]
|
73 |
recordlabel: MCA 52049
chartposition: RandB #4, US #61, US dance #29
writtenby: Al Hudson, Jonathan Meadows, Dave Roberson, Glenda Hudson, Gregg Green, Terry Morgan
album: Who's Foolin' Who
comments: [funk]
|
74 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5109
chartposition: RandB #9, US #56, US dance #11
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Street Opera
|
75 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1616
chartposition: RandB #6, US dance #11, US #66
writtenby: Rick James
album: Reunion
comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]
|
76 |
recordlabel: Epic 2776 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #3, US #55
writtenby: Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller & Sam Cooke
album: Forever, for Always, for Love
|
77 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 4068
chartposition: RandB #24, US #42, US AC #10
writtenby: William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald & William Salter
album: I'm the One
|
78 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5099
chartposition: RandB #9, US #41, US AC #29
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Ladies of the Eighties
|
79 |
recordlabel: Profile 5006
chartposition: US dance #2, RandB #51, UK #38
writtenby: Lotti Golden & Richard Scher
|
80 |
recordlabel: Solar 1(UK)
chartposition: UK #12
writtenby: Glen Barbee, Nidra Beard and William Shelby
album: Friends
comments: [disco dance]
|
81 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5067
chartposition: RandB #5, US #57, US dance #62
writtenby: O'Bryan (as O'Bryan Burnette II) & Don Cornelius
album: Doin' Alright
|
82 |
recordlabel: Highrise 2005
chartposition: RandB #3, US #57
writtenby: L.V. Johnson & R. Miner
album: Tyrone Davis
|
83 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02796
chartposition: UK #20, RandB #75, US dance #66
writtenby: Alton Edwards & Chris Cameron
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
84 |
recordlabel: Epic 02701
chartposition: RandB #15, US #41, US dance #36
writtenby: George Duke
album: Dream On
|
85 |
recordlabel: EMI America 8111
chartposition: RandB #56, US #36
album: Missin' Twenty Grand
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
86 |
recordlabel: Island 8901
chartposition: US dance #2, RandB #17, US #103
writtenby: Grace Jones & Sly Dunbar
album: Living My Life
|
87 |
recordlabel: Warner 7 29952
chartposition: RandB #2, US #88, US dance #42
writtenby: Prince (as Jamie Starr)
album: What Time Is It?
|
88 |
recordlabel: Warner 29961
chartposition: RandB #1, US #101, US dance #62
writtenby: Roger (as Roger Troutman) & Larry Troutman
album: Zapp II
|
89 |
recordlabel: Believe In A Dream 02836
chartposition: RandB #21, US #55, US AC #15
writtenby: Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
album: Steamin' Hot
|
90 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 49864
chartposition: RandB #7, US dance #16, US #90
writtenby: Prince & Dez Dickerson
album: The Time
|
91 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 567
chartposition: RandB #13, US #53, US dance #51
writtenby: Jerry Lordan
album: 8th Wonder
comments: [rap]
|
92 |
recordlabel: Virgin/Epic 03368
chartposition: RandB #39, UK #1, US #2, US dance #34, US AC #8, US rock #21
writtenby: Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss
album: Kissing to Be Clever
comments: [Reggae]
|
93 |
recordlabel: Columbia 03204
chartposition: RandB #4, US #101
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: Instant Love
comments: [love ballad]
|
94 |
recordlabel: Y Records 10
chartposition: RandB #3, US dance #56
writtenby: Andrew Carpenter, Roger Freeman, Chris Hamlin, James Johnstone, Chris Lee, Timothy Moore
album: Pigbag
comments: [disco jazz funk instrumental]
|
95 |
recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2000
chartposition: RandB #3, US #101
writtenby: Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten & Richard Griffin
album: The Poet...
comments: [Soul Ballad]
|
96 |
recordlabel: Rams Horn 1090
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
album: Disc Charge
comments: [disco, dance]
|
97 |
recordlabel: Arista 9032
chartposition: UK #10, US #101, US AC #16
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
album: Heartbreaker
|
98 |
recordlabel: Becket 3
chartposition: RandB #44, US Dance #1
writtenby: Eric Matthew, Darryl Payne and Keith Diamond
|
99 |
recordlabel: Solar 12597
chartposition: RandB #8, US dance #8, US #103
writtenby: Charmaine Sylvers, Dana Meyers and Glen Barbee
album: Love Is Where You Find It
|
100 |
recordlabel: AandM 2440
chartposition: RandB #6, US #64
writtenby: René Moore and Angela Winbush
album: Janet Jackson
|