1 |
recordlabel: Arista 9598
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #1
writtenby: George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam
album: Whitney
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2 |
recordlabel: Arista 9559
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #1, US #1, US AC #2, US dance #12
writtenby: Simon Climie & Dennis Morgan
album: Aretha [1986 album]
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3 |
recordlabel: Epic 07253
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Bad
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4 |
recordlabel: King Jay 28430
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #31
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Life, Love & Pain
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5 |
recordlabel: RCA 5347
chartposition: US #1, UK #1, US Dance #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Whenever You Need Somebody
comments: [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1988]
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6 |
recordlabel: Warner 28455
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Jonathan Lewis, David Lewis & Wayne Lewis
album: All in the Name of Love
comments: [love ballad]
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7 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89256
chartposition: UK #1, US Dance #1
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterma
album: F.L.M.
comments: [disco dance]
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8 |
recordlabel: Epic 07645
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #9
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Bad
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9 |
recordlabel: Arista 9642
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #5, US dance #1, AC #8
writtenby: Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg
album: Whitney
comments: [disco dance]
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10 |
recordlabel: Columbia 07675
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #7, US AC #44
writtenby: Terence Trent D'Arby & Sean Oliver
album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
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11 |
recordlabel: Epic 07418
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #33
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Bad
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12 |
recordlabel: Arista 9616
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #14, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Will Jennings & Michael Masser
album: Whitney
comments: [ballad]
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13 |
recordlabel: AandM 2906
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #2, US AC #2
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson & Melanie Andrews
album: Control
comments: [ballad]
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14 |
recordlabel: Columbia 07008
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #82, US dance #1
writtenby: Full Force
album: Spanish Fly
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15 |
recordlabel: Columbia 07267
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #58, US dance #8, US AC #27
writtenby: Full Force
album: Spanish Fly
|
16 |
recordlabel: MCA 52956
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #13, US dance #1
writtenby: Andre Cymone & Jody Watley
album: Jody Watley
|
17 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28399
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #10, US dance #2
writtenby: Prince
album: Sign of the Times
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18 |
recordlabel: Paisley Park 28289
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #11, US #2
writtenby: Prince
album: Sign of the Times
|
19 |
recordlabel: 4AD 707
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #1, US #13, US dance #1
writtenby: Steve Young & Martyn Young
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20 |
recordlabel: Arista 9640
chartposition: RandB #27, US #1, UK #97, US AC #1
writtenby: Lewis Martinez
album: Exposure
comments: [ballad]
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21 |
recordlabel: Motown 1876
chartposition: RandB #20, UK #7, US #5, US AC #22
writtenby: Luther Ingram & Mack Rice
album: The Return of Bruno
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22 |
recordlabel: AandM 2929
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, UK #27, US dance #1
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Keep Your Eye on Me
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23 |
recordlabel: Arista 9573
chartposition: RandB #23, UK #22, US #4, US AC #3
writtenby: Kenny G
album: Duotones
comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]
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24 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89217
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, UK #9, US dance #27
writtenby: Reggie Calloway
album: The Big Throwdown
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25 |
recordlabel: Reprise 28229
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, US AC #22
writtenby: Larry Troutman
album: Unlimited!
comments: [slow jam]
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26 |
recordlabel: Capitol 2339 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #2, US #12, US dance #42
writtenby: Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller & Ron Wilson
album: Crushin'
comments: [hip hop]
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27 |
recordlabel: London 117 (UK)
chartposition: UK #1
writtenby: Steve Hurley
album: Hold on to Your Dream
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28 |
recordlabel: MCA 53162
chartposition: RandB #3, US #6, UK #55, US dance #1
writtenby: Franne Golde, D.P. Bryant & Jody Watley
album: Jody Watley
comments: [disco, boogie]
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29 |
recordlabel: Motown 1877
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #52, US #8, US AC #1
writtenby: Jimmy George & Lou Pardini
album: One Heartbeat
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30 |
recordlabel: Solar 70006
chartposition: RandB #1, US #7, UK #38, US AC #49
writtenby: L.A. Reid & Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds)
album: Just Gets Better with Time
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31 |
recordlabel: SMP 1 (UK)
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: A. Evelyn, V. McCoy
comments: re release
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32 |
recordlabel: Next Plateau 315
chartposition: RandB #28, UK #2, US #19, US dance #18
writtenby: Hurby Azor & Ray Davies (as Raymond Douglas Davies)
album: Hot, Cool & Vicious
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33 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 789 320
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, US AC #35
writtenby: David Frank & Mic Murphy
album: Don't Disturb This Groove
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34 |
recordlabel: Virgin 96752
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #13, US #8
writtenby: Jade Starling & Whey Cooler
album: Catch Me I'm Falling
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35 |
recordlabel: Arista 9555
chartposition: RandB #14, US #5, US dance #1
writtenby: Lewis Martinez
album: Exposure
|
36 |
recordlabel: Motown 1897
chartposition: RandB #3, US #10, US AC #2
writtenby: Brian Ray & Steve LeGassick
album: One Heartbeat
|
37 |
recordlabel: MCA 52954
chartposition: RandB #64, US #7, UK #54, US dance #7
writtenby: Dan Gilroy & Stephen Bray (as Steve Bray)
album: Breakfast Club
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38 |
recordlabel: Mercury 888 292
chartposition: RandB #4, US #10, UK #45, US dance #41, US AC #11
writtenby: Claydes Charles Smith, Kool & the Gang & James
album: Forever
|
39 |
recordlabel: Arista 9617
chartposition: RandB #29, US #7, UK #76, US dance #2
writtenby: Lewis Martinez
album: Exposure
|
40 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 43104
chartposition: RandB #74, UK #5, US #17, US dance #6
writtenby: Marcus Vere & Steve Piggot
album: Living in a Box
|
41 |
recordlabel: AandM 2927
chartposition: RandB #1, US #14, UK #24, US dance #1
writtenby: Monte Moir
album: Control
|
42 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 43331
chartposition: US #7, US Dance #11, UK #10
writtenby: David Was, Don Was and Randy Jacobs
album: What Up, Dog?
|
43 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 07350
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #8, US #14
writtenby: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith), Bobby Erving, Darryl Pierce, Dwayne Simon & Steven Ett
album: Bigger and Deffer
comments: [hip hop]
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44 |
recordlabel: Manhattan 50094
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #23, US #13, US AC #2
writtenby: Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel & Allan Rich
album: Everlasting
comments: [love ballad]
|
45 |
recordlabel: MCA 53123
chartposition: RandB #11, US #7, US dance #8
writtenby: Stephen Bray & Michael Verdick
album: Magic
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46 |
recordlabel: MCA 53124
chartposition: RandB #32, US #23, UK #8, US AC #1
writtenby: Al Jarreau & Lee Holdridge
album: Moonlighting: The Television Soundtrack Album
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47 |
recordlabel: Orbitone 21 (UK)
chartposition: UK #2
writtenby: Felix Da Silva
album: Can't Be With You Tonight
comments: [ballad]
|
48 |
recordlabel: Motown 41349
chartposition: RandB #72, UK #2, US #59, US AC #20
writtenby: Kenny Young & Arthur Resnick
album: The Return of Bruno
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49 |
recordlabel: Tabu 07600
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #4, US #70, US dance #21
writtenby: A. O'Neal, G. Johnson
album: Hearsay
|
50 |
recordlabel: Arista 9567
chartposition: RandB #5, US #12, US AC #1
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Reservations for Two
|
51 |
recordlabel: Manhattan 50073
chartposition: RandB #2, US #13, UK #44, US dance #28
writtenby: Reggie Calloway & Vincent Calloway
album: Everlasting
|
52 |
recordlabel: Tabu 07100
chartposition: RandB #1, US #25, UK #33, US dance #7
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris) & Terry Lewis
album: Hearsay
|
53 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 43120
chartposition: UK #10, US #16, US Dance #3
writtenby: Paul Gurvitz
album: Just Visiting This Planet
|
54 |
recordlabel: Arista 9625
chartposition: RandB #17, US #15, US AC #2
writtenby: Walter Afanasieff, Preston Glass & Narada Michael Walden
album: Duotones
comments: [jazz soul ballad]
|
55 |
recordlabel: Club 63
chartposition: UK #3, US Dance #4
writtenby: Cassius Campbell, Mark Gamble and Ruth Joy
comments: charted as House Arrest / Jack's Back in US dance charts
|
56 |
recordlabel: Motown 1907
chartposition: RandB #1, US #19, UK #59, US dance #20
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Characters
|
57 |
recordlabel: Jive 141
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #18, US #27, US AC #16
writtenby: Jonathan Butler & Jolyon Skinner
album: Jonathan Butler
|
58 |
recordlabel: Omni 99426
chartposition: UK #4, US Dance #19
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Sinitta!
|
59 |
recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 888 385
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #11, US #50, US dance #6
writtenby: Kevin Kendrick, Nathan Leftenant, Larry Blackmon & Tomi Jenkins
album: Word Up!
comments: [funk]
|
60 |
recordlabel: Constellation 53028
chartposition: RandB #7, US #18, US AC #8
writtenby: Babyface, Greg Scelsa & Joyce
album: Klymaxx
|
61 |
recordlabel: China 43102
chartposition: UK #4, RandB #49
writtenby: Labi Siffre
album: So Strong
|
62 |
recordlabel: Mercury 3
chartposition: UK #7, US Dance #22, US AC #7
writtenby: Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery and Martin Jackson
album: It's Better to Travel
|
63 |
recordlabel: Columbia 44 06739
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #56, US #20, US AC #24
writtenby: Bernard Jackson, David Townsend & David Conley
album: Surface
|
64 |
recordlabel: Debut 3022 (UK)
chartposition: UK #4
album: Jack Mix 88 The Best Of Mirage 88 Non Stop Hits
|
65 |
recordlabel: Columbia 08023
chartposition: RandB #9, UK #20, US #30, US dance #7
writtenby: Terence Trent D'Arby
album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
|
66 |
recordlabel: Tent 41265 (UK)
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Michael Margules (as Michael Jay) and Marvin Morrow
album: Silk and Steel
|
67 |
recordlabel: Motown 1883
chartposition: RandB #12, UK #43, US #20, US AC #5
writtenby: L. Richie, G. Phillinganes
album: Dancing on the Ceiling
comments: [reggae]
|
68 |
recordlabel: Breakout 602
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #19, US #46, US dance #3
writtenby: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: Keep Your Eye on Me
comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]
|
69 |
recordlabel: Columbia 07398
chartposition: RandB #19, UK #7, US #68, US dance #47
writtenby: Terence Trent D'Arby
album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
|
70 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros 77 647
chartposition: RandB #58, UK #7, US #62, US AC #48
writtenby: Taja Sevelle
album: Taja Sevelle
|
71 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8237
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #13, US #48, US dance #13, US AC #38
writtenby: Brenda Russell
album: All Systems Go
|
72 |
recordlabel: Elektra 69518
chartposition: RandB #5, US #23, US AC #21
writtenby: Roger (as Roger Troutman) & Billy Beck
album: Shirley Murdock!
|
73 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 3167
chartposition: RandB #49, UK #13, US #82, US dance #1
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: A. Roman & Toni C.
album: Just Visiting This Planet
|
74 |
recordlabel: CBS 651180
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #54, US #60
writtenby: Skylark
album: Touch the World
|
75 |
recordlabel: Geffen 27
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #13, US #68, US AC #42
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: After Dark
|
76 |
recordlabel: RCA 4 (UK)
chartposition: UK #5
writtenby: Dr. Robert
album: She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter
|
77 |
recordlabel: Capitol 44037
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #81, US #32
writtenby: Freddie Jackson & Paul Laurence
album: Just Like the First Time
|
78 |
recordlabel: Profile 5131
chartposition: RandB #21, UK #16, US #57, US dance #30
writtenby: DJ Run (as Joseph Simmons) & DMC (as Darryl McDaniels)
album: Raising Hell
|
79 |
recordlabel: Capitol 437
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #33, US #69
writtenby: Barry Eastmond & Jolyon Skinner
album: Just Like the First Time
|
80 |
recordlabel: AandM 2949
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #87, US #35, US AC #21
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Keep Your Eye on Me
|
81 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28360
chartposition: RandB #2, US #39, US dance #22
writtenby: Denzil Foster, Jay King & Thomas McElroy
album: Life, Love & Pain
|
82 |
recordlabel: Epic 7
chartposition: RandB #1, US #50, UK #72, US AC #20
writtenby: Luther Vandross & Skip Anderson
album: Give Me The Reason
|
83 |
recordlabel: Elektra 69456
chartposition: RandB #5, US #44, US AC #9
writtenby: Ken Hirsch & Marti Sharron
album: Rapture...
|
84 |
recordlabel: Paisley Park 28334
chartposition: RandB #12, UK #20, US #67
writtenby: Prince
album: Sign of the Times
|
85 |
recordlabel: Epic 07201
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #16
writtenby: Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller
album: Give Me the Reason
|
86 |
recordlabel: MCA 53081
chartposition: RandB #3, US #56, UK #77, US dance #8
writtenby: Andre Cymone & Jody Watley
album: Jody Watley
|
87 |
recordlabel: Elektra 69484
chartposition: RandB #8, US #44, UK #100, US AC #6
writtenby: Marilyn Mcleod & Darryl K. Roberts
album: Rapture...
comments: [ballad]
|
88 |
recordlabel: Virgin 99422
chartposition: RandB #2, US #54, US dance #20
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Eban Kelly, Jimi Randolph & Kevin Moore
album: Serious
|
89 |
recordlabel: Important 10
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: Johnny Flippin and Michael Walker
album: With Love
|
90 |
recordlabel: Supreme 113
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterma
album: F.L.M.
|
91 |
recordlabel: EMI 8382
chartposition: RandB #5, US #58, US dance #6
writtenby: Garry Johnson
album: Female Trouble
|
92 |
recordlabel: Warner 28380
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #23
writtenby: Ralph Hawkins Jr. and Sherrick
album: Sherrick
|
93 |
recordlabel: AandM 2943
chartposition: RandB #17, UK #14
writtenby: Barry White & Jack Perry
album: The Right Night & Barry White
|
94 |
recordlabel: Motown 1892
chartposition: RandB #5, US #96, US dance #1
writtenby: Georgio
album: Sexappeal
|
95 |
recordlabel: Tent 41131 (UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Deniece Pearson
album: Silk and Steel
|
96 |
recordlabel: Warner 8327
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #57, US #58, US dance #16
writtenby: Richard Feldman & Jimmy Scott
album: All in the Name of Love
comments: [pop soul]
|
97 |
recordlabel: Jive 1049
chartposition: RandB #2, US #66, UK #85, US AC #36
writtenby: Timmy Allen & Glenn Jones
album: Glenn Jones
|
98 |
recordlabel: Germain 24 (UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Bobby Eli, Vinnie Barrett and John Freeman
album: Freddie McGregor
comments: [reggae]
|
99 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 28300
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #97, US #78, US AC #38
writtenby: Martin Lascelles, Geoff Gurd & Gina Foster
album: Touch and Go
comments: [sweet soul]
|
100 |
recordlabel: MCA 53151
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #62, US #85, US dance #23
writtenby: Timmy Allen & Paul Laurence
album: If I Were Your Woman
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