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
201	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
202	recordlabel: Tabu 04718 chartposition: RandB #11, US #101 writtenby: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis album: Alexander O'Neal	Alexander O'Neal	Innocent	1985	Tabu
203	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
204	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)
205	recordlabel: Bluebird 13 chartposition: UK #33 writtenby: Robert Freeman	Little Benny & the Masters	Who Comes to Boogie	1985	Bluebird
206	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
207	recordlabel: Capitol 5461 chartposition: RandB #50, US #37 writtenby: Terry Britten and Sue Shifrin album: Private Dancer	Tina Turner	Show Some Respect	1985	Capitol
208	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
209	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
210	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
211	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
212	recordlabel: MCA 52530 chartposition: RandB #15, US #107 writtenby: Ira Newborn album: Six Silver Strings	B.B. King	Into the Night	1985	MCA
213	recordlabel: CBS 6104 chartposition: RandB #16, US #102 writtenby: Knight, Dees, Knight album: Life	Gladys Knight & the Pips	My Time	1985	CBS
214	recordlabel: Warner 28860 chartposition: RandB #12 writtenby: David Williams and Patrick Leonard album: Masterpiece	The Isley Brothers	Colder Are My Nights	1985	Warner
215	recordlabel: Chrysalis 7 (UK) chartposition: UK #40 writtenby: Derek Bramble album: Hopes and Dreams	David Grant	Where Our Love Begins	1985	Chrysalis(UK)
216	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
217	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)
218	recordlabel: Elektra 69505 chartposition: UK #40 writtenby: Kae Williams album: Genie	B.B. & Q. Band (Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens)	Genie	1985	Elektra
219	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)
220	recordlabel: Garage 72001 chartposition: RandB #25, US #102, US Dance #13 writtenby: Tami Lester Smith album: Padlock	Gwen Guthrie	Padlock	1985	Garage
221	recordlabel: RCA 14032 chartposition: RandB #13 writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Denzil Miller album: Swept Away	Diana Ross	Telephone	1985	RCA
222	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
223	recordlabel: Time 9 (UK) chartposition: UK #41 writtenby: Barrington Levy album: Here I Come comments: [reggae]	Barrington Levy	Here I Come	1985	Time(UK)
224	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)
225	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
226	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
227	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
228	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
229	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.
230	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
231	recordlabel: Cotillion 99642 chartposition: UK #43 writtenby: Bill Curtis, Gerry Thomas and Maureen Reid album: So Delicious	Fatback Band	Lover Undercover	1985	Cotillion
232	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
233	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
234	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
235	recordlabel: Streetwave 51 chartposition: UK #45 writtenby: Lonnie Johnson	Royalle Delite	I'll Be a Freak for You	1985	Streetwave
236	recordlabel: Sire 29016 chartposition: US Dance #15, UK #50 writtenby: William Alexander Smith	T.C. Curtis	You Should Have Known Better	1985	Sire
237	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)
238	recordlabel: Tent 40445 (UK) chartposition: UK #45 writtenby: Nick Trevisick and Paul Gurvitz album: Luxury of Life	Five Star	RSVP	1985	Tent(UK)
239	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
240	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
241	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
242	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)
243	recordlabel: RCA 40191 (UK) chartposition: UK #45 writtenby: Richard Hewson album: Mystery	The RAH Band	Sorry Doesn't Make It Anymore	1985	RCA(UK)
244	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)
245	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
246	recordlabel: MCA 52566 chartposition: RandB #15 writtenby: Sid Wyche album: Love Cycles comments: [ballad]	Klique	A Woman, a Lover, a Friend	1985	MCA
247	recordlabel: Warner 28809 chartposition: RandB #15 writtenby: Morris Day album: The Color of Success	Morris Day	The Color of Success	1985	Warner
248	recordlabel: Tommy Boy 877 chartposition: US dance #10 writtenby: Murat Konar album: Information Society	Information Society	Running	1985	Tommy Boy
249	recordlabel: Streetwave 45 chartposition: UK #49 writtenby: Stevie Wonder album: Protocol	Carl Anderson	Buttercup	1985	Streetwave
250	recordlabel: Boiling Point 1 chartposition: UK #50	James Brown	Froggy Mix	1985	Boiling Point
251	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
252	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
253	recordlabel: Mirage 99643 chartposition: RandB #59, US #50 writtenby: Sidney Simien album: My Toot Toot	Jean Knight	My Toot Toot	1985	Mirage
254	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
255	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
256	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)
257	recordlabel: MCA 23600 chartposition: RandB #78, UK #53 writtenby: Colonel Abrams and Marston Freeman album: Colonel Abrams	Colonel Abrams	The Truth	1985	MCA
258	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
259	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
260	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
261	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
262	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
263	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
264	recordlabel: Mirror 1 (UK) chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Louise Lopez	Odyssey	(Joy) I Know It	1985	Mirror(UK)
265	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
266	recordlabel: Champion 5 (UK) chartposition: UK #54 writtenby: RenÃ© Moore and Angela Winbush album: Street Called Desire	René & Angela	Secret Rendezvous	1985	Champion(UK)
267	recordlabel: Capitol 5468 chartposition: RandB #29, US #102, UK #56 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson album: Solid	Ashford & Simpson	Babies	1985	Capitol
268	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
269	recordlabel: AandM 2730 chartposition: US Dance #12 writtenby: Jesse Johnson album: Jesse Johnson's Revue	Jesse Johnson Revue	Free World	1985	A&M
270	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
271	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
272	recordlabel: London 61 chartposition: UK #56 writtenby: Dave Ylvisaker	Julia & Company	I'm So Happy	1985	London
273	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)
274	recordlabel: Total Experience 2418 chartposition: RandB #18 writtenby: Charlie Wilson album: Gap Band VI	The Gap Band	Disrespect	1985	Total Experience
275	recordlabel: P.I.R. 50013 chartposition: RandB #18 album: Love Fever	The O'Jays	Just Another Lonely Night	1985	P.I.R.
276	recordlabel: Hippodrome 101 chartposition: UK #56 writtenby: Edwin Starr	Edwin Starr	It Ain't Fair	1985	Hippodrome
277	recordlabel: Arista 9440 chartposition: US Dance #12 writtenby: Lewis Martineé album: Exposure	Exposé	Exposed to Love	1985	Arista
278	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
279	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
280	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
281	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
282	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
283	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
284	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)
285	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)
286	recordlabel: Record Shack 49 chartposition: UK #57 album: Out Of The Darkest Night	Barbara Pennington	On A Crowded Street	1985	Record Shack
287	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
288	recordlabel: EMI 20 0809 7 chartposition: UK #59 writtenby: Derek Bramble album: Heaven Knows	Jaki Graham	Heaven Knows	1985	EMI
289	recordlabel: Virgin 795 (UK) chartposition: UK #59 writtenby: David Bowie album: So Where Are You?	Loose Ends	Golden Years	1985	Virgin(UK)
290	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)
291	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)
292	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)
293	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
294	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.
295	recordlabel: Constellation 52602 chartposition: RandB #20 writtenby: Barbara Lewis album: Horsin' Around	Carrie Lucas featuring the Whispers	Hello Stranger	1985	Constellation
296	recordlabel: Capitol 377 chartposition: RandB #76, UK #62, US dance #28 writtenby: Randy Muller album: Conquest	Brass Construction	Give And Take	1985	Capitol
297	recordlabel: Motown 1767 chartposition: RandB #23, US #107 writtenby: Vanity album: Wild Animal comments: [Motown Sound]	Vanity	Mechanical Emotion	1985	Motown
298	recordlabel: Tommy Brown 871 chartposition: RandB #20	Choice M.C.'s featuring Fresh Gordon	Gordy's Groove (Mayberry Mix)	1985	Tommy Brown
299	recordlabel: Prelude 8088 chartposition: UK #60 writtenby: Michael Stokes, Marvin Schlachter, Linda Stokes and Laythan Armor	Rose Royce	Love Me Right Now	1985	Prelude
300	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

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