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recordlabel: Motown 1745
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: The Woman in Red: Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [Motown Sound]
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2 |
recordlabel: Motown 1722
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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3 |
recordlabel: Epic 976
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley
album: Make It Big
comments: [ballad]
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4 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04417
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US dance #1, US AC #3
writtenby: Tom Snow & Dean Pitchford
album: Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture
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5 |
recordlabel: Arista 9212
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #6, US AC #9, US rock #38
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album
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6 |
recordlabel: Warner 29286
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #1, US rock #31
writtenby: Prince
album: Purple Rain
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7 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04679
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #1, US #2, US dance #7, US AC #15, US rock #5
writtenby: Philip Bailey, Phil Collins & Nathan East
album: Chinese Wall
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8 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5354
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #3, US dance #21, US AC #8, US rock #51
writtenby: Britten & Graham Lyle
album: Private Dancer
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9 |
recordlabel: Epic 4949
chartposition: RandB #12, UK #2, US #1, US dance #7, US AC #4
writtenby: George Michael
album: Make It Big
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10 |
recordlabel: Sire 9210 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #9, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #29
writtenby: Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly
album: Like a Virgin
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11 |
recordlabel: Jive 9199
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #1, US AC #7
writtenby: Billy Ocean & Keith Diamond
album: Suddenly
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12 |
recordlabel: Warner 29195
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Prince
album: I Feel for You
comments: (featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel)
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13 |
recordlabel: Motown 1702
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #6, US dance #3, US rock #31
writtenby: Rockwell (as Kennedy Gordy) & Curtis Anthony Nolen
album: Somebody's Watching Me
comments: [Motown Sound]
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14 |
recordlabel: Ensign 510
chartposition: UK #5
writtenby: Phil Fearon
album: Phil Fearon and Galaxy
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15 |
recordlabel: RCA 13916
chartposition: RandB #24, US #1, US dance #1, UK #48, US AC #8, US rock #18
writtenby: Daryl Hall & John Oates
album: Big Bam Boom
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16 |
recordlabel: Planet 105 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #2, US #5, US dance #2, US AC #36
writtenby: Mark Goldenberg & Brock Walsh
album: Break Out
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17 |
recordlabel: Warner 29216
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, US dance #1, US rock #19
writtenby: Prince
album: Purple Rain
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18 |
recordlabel: Planet 13780
chartposition: RandB #3, US #3, UK #6, US dance #8, US AC #11
writtenby: Steve Mitchell, Marti Sharron & Gary Skardina
album: Break Out
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19 |
recordlabel: Warner 9174
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, UK #8, US rock #18
writtenby: Prince
album: Purple Rain
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20 |
recordlabel: Arista 9284
chartposition: RandB #20, US #2, UK #15, US dance #1
writtenby: Keith Diamond, Robert John
album: Suddenly
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21 |
recordlabel: Motown 1746
chartposition: RandB #8, US #3, UK #12, US AC #1
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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22 |
recordlabel: Polydor 690
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #5, US #9, US dance #1
writtenby: Ollie E. Brown & Jerry Knight
album: Breakin': Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [disco dance]
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23 |
recordlabel: Portrait 04807
chartposition: RandB #5, US #5, UK #19, US dance #11, US AC #1
writtenby: Sade Adu & Ray St. John
album: Diamond Life
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24 |
recordlabel: De lite 880 623 7
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #11, US #9, US dance #1, US AC #5
writtenby: Kool & the Gang & James
album: Emergency
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25 |
recordlabel: MCA 52455
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #19, US #4
writtenby: Vincent Brantley & Rick Timas
album: New Edition
comments: [pop soul]
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26 |
recordlabel: Epic 4431
chartposition: RandB #4, US #3, UK #14, US dance #3, US rock #42
writtenby: Michael Jackson, Randy Hansen & Mick Jagger
album: Victory
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27 |
recordlabel: RCA 13970
chartposition: RandB #21, US #5, UK #21, US dance #15, US AC #18, US rock #42
writtenby: Daryl Hall & Janna Allen
album: Big Bam Boom
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28 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5397
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #12, US AC #34, US dance #15
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Solid
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29 |
recordlabel: Epic 04619
chartposition: RandB #9, US #4, US dance #6, UK #76
writtenby: Teena Marie
album: Starchild
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30 |
recordlabel: Motown 1762
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #18, US #8, US AC #1
writtenby: Brenda Harvey Richie & Lionel Richie
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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31 |
recordlabel: De lite 830
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #2, US #13
writtenby: J. Taylor, C. Williamson
album: In the Heart
comments: Joanna / Tonight was released as a double a side in the UK
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32 |
recordlabel: Planet 13951
chartposition: RandB #13, US #6, UK #31, US dance #4, US AC #23
writtenby: Allee Willis & Dan Sembello (as Danny Sembello)
album: Break Out
comments: [disco dance]
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33 |
recordlabel: De lite 880 431
chartposition: RandB #3, US #10, UK #28, US dance #9
writtenby: Robert Bell
album: Emergency
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34 |
recordlabel: RCA 13966
chartposition: RandB #1, US #10, UK #76, US AC #4
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Swept Away
comments: [ballad]
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35 |
recordlabel: Arista 9279
chartposition: RandB #14, UK #6, US #13, US AC #1
writtenby: Larry Di Tomaso & Ralph Dino
album: Jermaine Jackson [1984 album]
comments: [love ballad]
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36 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5387
chartposition: RandB #6, US #5, UK #45, US dance #16, US rock #32
writtenby: Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman & Holly Knight
album: Private Dancer
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37 |
recordlabel: Warner 7 29285
chartposition: RandB #9, US #7, US dance #1, UK #96
writtenby: Prince
album: The Glamorous Life
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38 |
recordlabel: EMI America 8253
chartposition: RandB #3, US #9, US dance #1, UK #95
writtenby: Prince (as Alexander Nevermind)
album: A Private Heaven
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39 |
recordlabel: Elektra 69728
chartposition: RandB #6, US #10, US AC #1
writtenby: Cynthia Weil, Michael Masser & Tom Snow
album: Straight from the Heart
comments: [love ballad]
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40 |
recordlabel: Virgin/Epic 04388
chartposition: RandB #8, US #5, US dance #10, US AC #12
writtenby: Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss
album: Colour By Numbers
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41 |
recordlabel: MCA 52378
chartposition: US #6, US dance #8, RandB #60, UK #78, US AC #7
writtenby: Dan Hartman
album: I Can Dream About You
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42 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5433
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #26, US #7, US AC #30
writtenby: Mark Knopfler
album: Private Dancer
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43 |
recordlabel: Epic 4614
chartposition: UK #6, US Dance #17
album: Eyes of Innocence
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44 |
recordlabel: Warner 29121
chartposition: RandB #11, US #8, UK #58, US dance #50
writtenby: Prince
album: Purple Rain
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45 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05577
chartposition: US dance #8, RandB #60, UK #9, US #13
writtenby: Earl Randle
album: The Secret of Association
comments: US Extended Remix
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46 |
recordlabel: MCA 52484
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #19, US #12
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr.
album: New Edition
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47 |
recordlabel: De lite 17 (UK)
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: Robert Bell, James
album: In the Heart
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48 |
recordlabel: Geffen 29328
chartposition: RandB #23, US #8, US dance #13, UK #88,
writtenby: Irene Cara, Giorgio Moroder & Bunny Hull
album: What a Feelin'
comments: [disco dance]
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49 |
recordlabel: Polydor 881 064 1
chartposition: UK #9, US #27
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Down on the Street
comments: [disco jazz funk]
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50 |
recordlabel: Motown 1769
chartposition: RandB #4, US #17, UK #44, US dance #6, US AC #10
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: The Woman in Red: Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [Motown Sound]
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51 |
recordlabel: Sire 29319
chartposition: UK #3, US dance #6, RandB #78, US #105
writtenby: Jacques Moralli, Frederick Zarr, Henri Belolo & Keith Rodgers
album: Break Dance Party
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52 |
recordlabel: Epic 34 04575
chartposition: RandB #12, US #17, UK #26, US dance #9
writtenby: Jackie Jackson & Kathy Wakefield
album: Victory
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53 |
recordlabel: RCA 13864
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #3, US #19
writtenby: Daryl Hall & Sara Allen
album: Endless Love
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54 |
recordlabel: Solar 69684
chartposition: RandB #1, US #18, UK #66, US dance #15
writtenby: Bo Watson, Reggie Calloway, Belinda Lipscomb & Boaz Watson
album: Planetary Invasion
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55 |
recordlabel: Portrait 05408
chartposition: RandB #35, UK #6, US #54, US AC #8
writtenby: Sade Adu & Stuart Matthewman
album: Diamond Life
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56 |
recordlabel: Motown 1342
chartposition: RandB #37, UK #7, US #38, US AC #20
writtenby: Keni St. Lewis
album: Farewell My Summer Love
comments: [Motown Sound]
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57 |
recordlabel: Arista 9293
chartposition: RandB #12, US #14, US AC #6
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: Chartbusters
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58 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04372
chartposition: RandB #18, US #17, US dance #9, UK #41
writtenby: Dean Pitchford & Bill Wolfer
album: Heartbreak
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59 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 9718 (UK)
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
comments: [Special 1984 Nile Rodgers Remix]
|
60 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04507
chartposition: RandB #38, UK #43, US #19, US AC #2
writtenby: Cynthia Weil, Tony Renis & Julio Iglesias
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61 |
recordlabel: Motown 1365 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #12, US #48, US dance #13
writtenby: Ali Ollie Woodson & Otis Williams
album: Truly for You
comments: [Motown Sound]
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62 |
recordlabel: Arista 9190
chartposition: RandB #8, US #15, US dance #20
writtenby: Andy Goldmark & Bruce Roberts
album: Jermaine Jackson [1984 album]
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63 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 91817
chartposition: RandB #6, US #20, US dance #9
writtenby: Prince & Jesse Johnson
album: Ice Cream Castle
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64 |
recordlabel: Sire 29346
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #5, US #26
writtenby: Tim Stahl & John Guldberg
album: Keep Smiling
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65 |
recordlabel: Mirage 79 69410
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #6, UK #24, US #46
writtenby: Chris Barbosa & Ed Chisolm
album: Let the Music Play
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66 |
recordlabel: Vinyl Dreams 71
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #13, US #75, US dance #13
writtenby: Jocelyn Brown & Annette Brown
album: Somebody Else's Guy
|
67 |
recordlabel: Motown 1760
chartposition: RandB #9, UK #12, US dance #3, US #84
writtenby: Bobby Harris & Keith Harrison
album: Jukebox
comments: [Motown Sound]
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68 |
recordlabel: TSR 106
chartposition: UK #5, US Dance #1, US #85
writtenby: Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench
album: High Energy
comments: [disco dance]
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69 |
recordlabel: Island 99754
chartposition: UK #8, US dance #4, RandB #23, US #102
writtenby: Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik, Paul Morley & Trevor Horn
album: Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?
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70 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04547
chartposition: RandB #4, US #24, US dance #29
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Centipede
|
71 |
recordlabel: Geffen 29291
chartposition: RandB #20, US #21, UK #99, US AC #17
writtenby: Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson & George Treadwell
album: Cats without Claws
|
72 |
recordlabel: Ice 61
chartposition: US dance #12, RandB #68, US #26, UK #52, US rock #39
writtenby: Eddy Grant
album: Going for Broke
|
73 |
recordlabel: Philly World 99710
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #18, US #83
writtenby: McKinley Horton & Ronald Broomfield
album: Eugene Wilde
|
74 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 880 180 7
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #8, UK #29, US #65
writtenby: David Wolinski
album: I've Got the Cure
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75 |
recordlabel: Asylum 32
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #45, US #46, US AC #6
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Linda Creed & Michael Masser
album: Love Language
comments: [love ballad]
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76 |
recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 818 384
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #37, US #47, US dance #25
writtenby: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant & Charlie Singleton
album: She's Strange
comments: [funk]
|
77 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2400
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #11, US #48, UK #60
writtenby: Jonah Ellis
album: Be a Winner
|
78 |
recordlabel: Warner 9120
chartposition: RandB #15, UK #29, US #48, US AC #15
writtenby: Randy Goodrum & Steve Kipner
album: 20/20
|
79 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 139
chartposition: RandB #48, UK #8
writtenby: Gamble, Huff, Jackson, Glover, Ward, Morris
|
80 |
recordlabel: RFC/Atlantic 89684
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #17, US dance #17
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Change of Heart
|
81 |
recordlabel: Tabu 4621
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #32, US #64, US dance #26
writtenby: Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III)
album: Just the Way You Like it
|
82 |
recordlabel: AandM 2656
chartposition: RandB #2, US #40, US AC #37
writtenby: Jeff Barry, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: Lookin' for Trouble
comments: [love ballad]
|
83 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04256
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #6, UK #68, US #69
writtenby: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: Preppie
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84 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1730
chartposition: RandB #6, US #36, US dance #60
writtenby: Rick James
album: Reflections
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
85 |
recordlabel: Motown 64321
chartposition: RandB #9, US #35, UK #79
writtenby: Rockwell (as Kennedy Gordy)
album: Somebody's Watching Me
comments: [Motown Sound]
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86 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 04248
chartposition: RandB #1, US #46
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel & Kenny Gamble
album: I'm in Love Again / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [love ballad]
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87 |
recordlabel: Elektra 9742 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #3, US dance #10, UK #51, US #78
writtenby: Patrice Rushen
album: Now
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88 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 104278
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Jacques Morali, Frederick Zarr, Henri Belolo and Keith Rodgers
|
89 |
recordlabel: Profile 5059
chartposition: US dance #2, RandB #5, UK #41
writtenby: Paul Hardcastle
album: Paul Hardcastle
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
90 |
recordlabel: RCA 471 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #46, UK #12
writtenby: Mike Francis
album: Try Love
|
91 |
recordlabel: AandM 2687
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #61, US #44
writtenby: Daniel Sembello & David Batteau
album: Don't Stop
|
92 |
recordlabel: MCA 52425
chartposition: RandB #5, US Dance #5, UK #58, US #105
writtenby: Kevin McCord and Al Hudson
album: I Appreciate
|
93 |
recordlabel: Ensign 514
chartposition: UK #10
writtenby: Phil Fearon
album: Phil Fearon and Galaxy
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94 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5329
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #37, US #101
writtenby: O'Bryan (as O'Bryan Burnette II) and Don Cornelius
album: Be My Lover
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95 |
recordlabel: Epic 04504
chartposition: RandB #2, US #83
writtenby: James Mtume
album: You, Me and He
comments: [slow jam]
|
96 |
recordlabel: Solar 69785
chartposition: RandB #3, US #77
writtenby: Stanley Burke, Melvin Gentry, Carl Greene, L.A. Reid (as Antonio Reid) and Bo Watson
album: Street Beat
|
97 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 9744 (UK)
chartposition: UK #11
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
album: We Are Family
|
98 |
recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2012
chartposition: RandB #3, US #88
writtenby: Bobby Womack
album: The Poet II / Patti
comments: [ballad] Â
|
99 |
recordlabel: Elektra 9799
chartposition: UK #14
writtenby: Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
album: Love Wars
|
100 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1715
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #45
writtenby: Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert and Duane Hitchings
album: Don't Look Any Further
comments: [Motown Sound]
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