Soul R&B Music Charts of 1980 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1980 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 1980, 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 1980, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

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The following songs were released in 1980 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 1980 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
801	recordlabel: Elektra 46627 chartposition: RandB #86 writtenby: Hannon Lane and Ron Smith album: Love Injection	Trussel	Big City Rocker	1980	Elektra
802	recordlabel: AandM 2246 chartposition: RandB #44, US #50, US Dance #53, US AC #39 writtenby: Richard Hewson album: Beyond comments: [instrumental]	Herb Alpert	Beyond	1980	A&M
803	recordlabel: Island 6561 chartposition: UK #12 writtenby: D. Vangarde, J. Kluger album: Cuba	Gibson Brothers	Better Do It Salsa	1980	Island
804	recordlabel: Fantasy 9596 chartposition: US Dance #85 writtenby: Larry James, Doris James and Deborah Watson album: Go for It	Slick	Betcha Bottom Dollar	1980	Fantasy
805	recordlabel: Elektra 46597 chartposition: RandB #47 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Lenny White, Denzil Miller and Leslie Rene	Lenny White	Best Of Friends	1980	Elektra
806	recordlabel: Motown 1185 (UK) chartposition: RandB #21, UK #6, US dance #4 writtenby: Teena Marie, Richard Rudolph album: Lady T / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11 comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]	Teena Marie	Behind the Groove	1980	Motown(UK)
807	recordlabel: MCA 41241 chartposition: RandB #79 writtenby: L.J. Reynolds (as Larry album: 10Ã‚Â½	The Dramatics	Be with the One You Love	1980	MCA
---	recordlabel: Warner Bros. 49623 writtenby: Roger Troutman album: Zapp	Zapp	Be Alright	1980	Warner Bros.
1	recordlabel: Newman 5001 chartposition: RandB #74 writtenby: Don Covay and A. Covay	Don Covay	Badd Boy	1980	Newman
2	recordlabel: Capitol 4811 chartposition: RandB #10, US #47 writtenby: Gerard McMahon album: Supercharged	Tavares	Bad Times	1980	Capitol
3	recordlabel: MCA 41312 chartposition: RandB #69 writtenby: Rickey Sebastian album: Kingdom Come	Shotgun	Bad Babe	1980	MCA
4	recordlabel: Spring 149 chartposition: RandB #3, UK #41, US dance #53 writtenby: Johnny Flippin & Bill Curtis album: Hot Box	Fatback Band	Backstrockin	1980	Spring
5	recordlabel: CBS 9377 chartposition: UK #63 writtenby: Al McKay and Maurice White album: Faces	Earth, Wind & Fire	Back on the Road	1980	CBS
6	recordlabel: Atlantic 3661 chartposition: RandB #8, UK #3, US #56, US dance #6 writtenby: Reggie Lucas & James Mtume album: Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway	Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway	Back Together Again	1980	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: P.I.R. 2007 writtenby: K. Gamble, L. Huff album: At Peace With Woman	The Jones Girls	Back In The Day	1980	P.I.R.
1	recordlabel: Posse 5001 chartposition: RandB #60 writtenby: Don Goodman, Pam Rose and Mary K. Kennedy album: Glad You Came My Way	Joe Simon	Baby, When Love Is in Your Heart (It's in Your Eyes)	1980	Posse
2	recordlabel: Mercury 76054 chartposition: RandB #54 writtenby: Marvin Gaye and Anna Gordy Gaye album: Music in the Air	Hamilton Bohannon	Baby I'm for Real	1980	Mercury
---	recordlabel: Columbia 1 11373 writtenby: A. Brown album: A New Day	Johnnie Taylor	Baby Don't Hesitate	1980	Columbia
1	recordlabel: MCA 41203 chartposition: RandB #45 writtenby: Tom Saviano & Jean Marie Arnold album: Heat comments: Slow Jam	Heat	Baby (This Love That We've Found)	1980	MCA
---	recordlabel: P.I.R. 1030	The Jones Girls	At Peace With Woman	1980	P.I.R.
---	recordlabel: Kashgold 004 writtenby: Gerald Robinson, Harvey Scales comments: [ballad]	Harvey Scales	Are You Still in Love	1980	Kashgold
1	recordlabel: BC 4006 chartposition: US Dance #48 writtenby: Billy Ocean and Ken Gold album: Brooklyn Express	Brooklyn Express	Are You Ready	1980	BC
2	recordlabel: GTO 259 chartposition: UK #42, US dance #83 writtenby: Billy Ocean and Ken Gold album: City Limit	Billy Ocean	Are You Ready	1980	GTO
3	recordlabel: RAK 63 962 chartposition: RandB #50, UK #17 writtenby: Errol Brown album: Class	Hot Chocolate	Are You Getting Enough of What Makes You Happy	1980	RAK
4	recordlabel: Warner Bros. 49219 chartposition: RandB #75 writtenby: David Sanborn and Michael McDonald album: Hideaway comments: [instrumental]	David Sanborn	Anything You Want	1980	Warner Bros.
5	recordlabel: MCA 41191 chartposition: RandB #24, US #102, US Dance #5 writtenby: David Wolinski album: Masterjam	Rufus (and Chaka Khan)	Any Love	1980	MCA
---	recordlabel: Connowil 10742 writtenby: Stevie Wonder album: Fresh Start	Ike Noble	Another Star	1980	Connowil
1	recordlabel: Elektra 47031 chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #7, US dance #2 writtenby: John Deacon album: The Game mpcode: rY0WxgSXdEE	Queen	Another One Bites the Dust	1980	Elektra
2	recordlabel: GRP 2504 chartposition: RandB #67 writtenby: Bunny Hull and Jim Devlin album: Angel of the Night	Angela Bofill	Angel of the Night	1980	GRP
3	recordlabel: RCA 1894 chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #19, US dance #1 writtenby: Leon Sylvers III, Stephen Shockley & William Shelby album: The Whispers comments: [disco dance]	The Whispers	And the Beat Goes On	1980	RCA
4	recordlabel: Ensign 42 chartposition: UK #9 writtenby: Keith Drummond, Elroy Bailey, Anthony Brightly, Desmond Mahoney, Rupert Hanson and Cledwyn Rogers comments: [Reggae]	Black Slate	Amigo	1980	Ensign
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 4833 writtenby: Sam Dees album: Radiant comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: seKXIb_L5V4	Atlantic Starr	Am I Dreaming	1980	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Bang 4813 chartposition: RandB #38, US #106 album: Waiting on You	Brick	All the Way	1980	Bang
2	recordlabel: Venture 126 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: Don Davis, Jeannie Reynolds and Richard Fields	T.F.O.	All The Way	1980	Venture
3	recordlabel: Mango 103 chartposition: RandB #9 writtenby: Clarence Burke album: The Invisible Man's Band	The Invisible Man's Band	All Night Thing	1980	Mango
---	recordlabel: Tamla 1602 writtenby: S. Wonder, C. Paul, M. Broadnax album: Hotter Than July comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	All I Do	1980	Tamla
---	recordlabel: Epic 36873 writtenby: Lynsey De Paul, Susan Sheridan album: Candles comments: [love ballad album cut] mpcode: ppgYnrhm1vA	Heatwave	All I Am	1980	Epic
1	recordlabel: 20th Century 2463 chartposition: US Dance #72 writtenby: Clarence McDonald and Lowrell Simon album: I Touched a Dream	The Dells	All About the Paper	1980	20th Century
2	recordlabel: Ariola America 800 chartposition: RandB #97 writtenby: Sandy Torano	Niteflyte	All About Love	1980	Ariola America
3	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3102 chartposition: RandB #57 writtenby: Homer Banks and Allen Jones album: Sit Down and Talk to Me	Lou Rawls	Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)	1980	P.I.R.
---	recordlabel: Sweet City 7380 writtenby: W. Davis, S. Adams, J. Wilson	John Wilson	Ain't Enough Lovin'	1980	Sweet City
1	recordlabel: Casablanca 2317 chartposition: RandB #7 writtenby: Ronald Dunbar (as Ron Dunbar), Donnie Sterling and George Clinton album: Trombipulation	Parliament	Agony of DeFeet	1980	Casablanca
2	recordlabel: Arista 0498 chartposition: RandB #33, US #65, US AC #33 writtenby: David Frank and Doug James album: Dionne [1979 album]	Dionne Warwick	After You	1980	Arista
3	recordlabel: AandM 4805 chartposition: RandB #59 album: You And Me	Rockie Robbins	After Loving You	1980	A&M
---	recordlabel: Solar 12128 writtenby: R. Smith, K. Spencer, R. Randolph album: Adventures in the Land of Music comments: [disco, funk, boogie]	Dynasty	Adventures in the Land of Music	1980	Solar
1	recordlabel: Columbia 11330 chartposition: RandB #38, UK #35, US Dance #37 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson album: About Love comments: charted as A Taste of Bitter Love / Bourgie', Bourgie' in US dance charts	Gladys Knight & the Pips	A Taste of Bitter Love	1980	Columbia
---	recordlabel: MCA 41178 writtenby: Tony Hester album: Anytime, Anyplace	The Dramatics	A Marriage On Paper Only	1980	MCA
1	recordlabel: WEA 79141 (UK) chartposition: RandB #5, UK #14, US dance #1, US #40 writtenby: Davide Romani & Tanyayette Willoughby album: The Glow of Love comments: [disco funk]	Change	A Lover's Holiday	1980	WEA(UK)
2	recordlabel: Polydor 2068 chartposition: RandB #89 writtenby: Isaac Hayes album: Don't Let Go	Isaac Hayes	A Few More Kisses	1980	Polydor
3	recordlabel: Mercury Line 7 chartposition: UK #67 writtenby: Francis, Hinds, Beckles album: Breaking Point comments: [disco funk]	Central Line	(You Know) You Can Do It	1980	Mercury Line
4	recordlabel: RSO 1035 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Philip Gaines	TTF	(Baby) I Can't Get Over Losing You	1980	RSO

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