| 101 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5435
chartposition: RandB #4, US #102, US dance #4
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Solid
|
| 102 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05571
chartposition: RandB #6, US #50, US AC #11
writtenby: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Maurice White
|
| 103 |
recordlabel: AandM 2763
chartposition: RandB #7, US Dance #1, UK #60
writtenby: Robert Wright (as Robert Byron Wright) and V. Benford
album: The Search Is Over
|
| 104 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5552
chartposition: RandB #57, UK #3, US #7
writtenby: Gary Cooper
album: Let's Go All the Way
|
| 105 |
recordlabel: WEA 6
chartposition: RandB #54, UK #6, US #5, US dance #10, US AC #38, US rock #21
writtenby: Howard Jones
album: Dream into Action
|
| 106 |
recordlabel: AandM 2738
chartposition: RandB #17, US dance #10, UK #26, US #3, US AC #39, US rock #1
writtenby: Sting
album: The Dream of the Blue Turtles
|
| 107 |
recordlabel: Jive 9276
chartposition: RandB #4, US #87, US Dance #25
writtenby: Jalil Hutchins and Larry Smith
album: Escape
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 108 |
recordlabel: Polydor 790
chartposition: UK #6, US #7, US dance #4, AC #10, Rock #45
writtenby: M. Lindup, P. Gould, R. Gould, M. King, W. Badarou
album: World Machine
|
| 109 |
recordlabel: Vanguard 35262
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #75, UK #67, US #68
writtenby: Greg Brown
album: Alisha
|
| 110 |
recordlabel: Epic 05449
chartposition: RandB #80, US Dance #1
writtenby: Arthur Baker, Jimmy Bralower and Rob Kilgore (as Robbie Kilgore)
album: The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
|
| 111 |
recordlabel: MCA 52553
chartposition: RandB #6, US #35
writtenby: Russell Kramer
album: New Edition
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 112 |
recordlabel: Warner 28949
chartposition: RandB #85, US #11, UK #48, US Dance #6
writtenby: Green Gartside and David Gamson
album: Cupid and Psyche 85
|
| 113 |
recordlabel: MCA 52576
chartposition: RandB #62, US #106, US Dance #1
writtenby: Tony Carrasco
|
| 114 |
recordlabel: Warner 28899
chartposition: RandB #3, US #65, US dance #14
writtenby: Morris Day
album: The Color of Success
|
| 115 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89583
chartposition: RandB #19, US #101, UK #68, US Dance #1
writtenby: Allen George and Fred Mcfarlane
album: Jenny Burton
|
| 116 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04861
chartposition: RandB #2, US #101, UK #57, US Dance #47
writtenby: Marvin Gaye and Gordon Banks
album: Dream of a Lifetime
|
| 117 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2405
chartposition: RandB #2, US #103, US Dance #66
writtenby: Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons and Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band VI
|
| 118 |
recordlabel: CBS 6570 (UK)
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: D.C. Lee
album: Shrine
comments: [ballad]
|
| 119 |
recordlabel: Epic 04944
chartposition: RandB #4, US #102, US Dance #36
writtenby: Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller
album: The Night I Fell in Love
|
| 120 |
recordlabel: EMI America 8307
chartposition: RandB #36, US dance #1, US #1, UK #1,
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe
album: Please
|
| 121 |
recordlabel: Constellation 52545
chartposition: RandB #4, US #59, US Dance #22
writtenby: Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway and Bo Watson
album: Meeting in the Ladies Room
|
| 122 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05669
chartposition: RandB #40, US #69, UK #97, US Dance #6
writtenby: Full Force
album: Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force
|
| 123 |
recordlabel: AandM 2730
chartposition: RandB #3, US #110
writtenby: Jesse Johnson
album: Jesse Johnson's Revue
|
| 124 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5498
chartposition: RandB #6, US #106
writtenby: William D. Stroman, Gary Mudbone Cooper, Ted Currier and David Spradley
album: City Life
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 125 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05721
chartposition: US dance #42, RandB #55, UK #1, US #3, US AC #13
writtenby: George Michael
album: George Michael
|
| 126 |
recordlabel: Sire 29083
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #49, UK #3, US #2, US AC #38
writtenby: Peter Brown & Robert Rans
album: Like a Virgin
|
| 127 |
recordlabel: Sire 29008
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #71, UK #5, US #5, US AC #5
writtenby: Madonna & Stephen Bray
album: Like a Virgin
|
| 128 |
recordlabel: London 882 062
chartposition: UK #8, US dance #9, US #76
writtenby: Roland Gift and David Steele
album: Fine Young Cannibals
|
| 129 |
recordlabel: Mirage 96851
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #78, US dance #43
writtenby: David Frank and Mic Murphy
album: Pleasure Seekers
|
| 130 |
recordlabel: Manhattan 50017
chartposition: RandB #21, UK #21, US #38, US dance #48, US rock #41
writtenby: Steven Van Zandt
album: Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid
|
| 131 |
recordlabel: Pretty Pearl 215
chartposition: RandB #76, UK #13, US Dance #48
writtenby: Curtis Hairston, Greg Radford and Ray Barretto (as Ray Baretto)
|
| 132 |
recordlabel: AandM 245
chartposition: RandB #6, US #90
writtenby: David Lewis
album: As the Band Turns
|
| 133 |
recordlabel: MCA 52703
chartposition: RandB #2, US #51
writtenby: Vincent Brantley and Rick Timas
album: All for Love
|
| 134 |
recordlabel: Arista 9325
chartposition: US dance #1, UK #83
writtenby: Lewis Martineé
album: Exposure
|
| 135 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04826
chartposition: RandB #56, US #46, UK #34
writtenby: Billie Hughes, Marcy Levy and Roxanne Seeman
album: Chinese Wall
|
| 136 |
recordlabel: Arista 595
chartposition: US Dance #6, UK #64
writtenby: Frank Musker and Trevor Lawrence
album: In the Evening
|
| 137 |
recordlabel: Virgin 801 (UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Jochim Fluitsima and Eric van Tijn
album: Mai Tai
|
| 138 |
recordlabel: AandM 2749
chartposition: RandB #7, US #76
writtenby: Jesse Johnson
album: Jesse Johnson's Revue
|
| 139 |
recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 880 744
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #15, US dance #26
writtenby: Larry Blackmon and Kevin Kendricks
album: Single Life
comments: [ballad]
|
| 140 |
recordlabel: Sire 28919
chartposition: US dance #3 RandB #64, UK #5, US #5, US AC #32
writtenby: Peggy Stanziale & Andrea LaRusso
album: Like a Virgin
|
| 141 |
recordlabel: Qwest 29086
chartposition: RandB #63, US Dance #3
writtenby: China Burton and Nick Straker
comments: [from the movie Fast Forward]
|
| 142 |
recordlabel: Geffen 29065
chartposition: RandB #65, US #9, US dance #10, US rock #1
writtenby: Danny Kootch (as Danny Kortchmar)
album: Building the Perfect Beast
|
| 143 |
recordlabel: Ten Records 74
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #54, US Dance #14
writtenby: Tony Henry
album: Children of the Night
|
| 144 |
recordlabel: Abstract Dance 3 (UK)
chartposition: UK #11
writtenby: Steve McIntosh
album: Have A Good Forever...
|
| 145 |
recordlabel: MCA 52507
chartposition: RandB #6, US #103
writtenby: Gordon Strozier and Melvin Riley
album: Ready for the World
comments: [ballad]
|
| 146 |
recordlabel: Arista 9311
chartposition: RandB #31, US Dance #4
writtenby: Jeff Lorber and Anita Pointer
album: Step By Step
|
| 147 |
recordlabel: Mercury 880 636
chartposition: RandB #4, US #102
writtenby: Larry Smith, Ken J. Cedar and David Renzer
album: Electric Lady
|
| 148 |
recordlabel: Planet 13943
chartposition: RandB #77, US Dance #4
writtenby: Chris Mosdell, Michael Jackson and Ryuichi Sakamoto
|
| 149 |
recordlabel: Mercury 884 269
chartposition: RandB #16, UK #24, US dance #25
writtenby: Kurtis Blow, Davy D and AJ Scratch
album: America
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 150 |
recordlabel: Virgin 761 (UK)
chartposition: UK #16
writtenby: Carl Mcintosh, Steve Nichol and Jane Eugene
album: So Where Are You?
|
| 151 |
recordlabel: Warner 29025
chartposition: RandB #15, US #60, UK #77, US AC 16
writtenby: David Foster, Tom Keane and Cynthia Weil
album: I Feel for You
comments: [ballad]
|
| 152 |
recordlabel: Club 11 (UK)
chartposition: UK #13
writtenby: Isaac Hayes
album: Eddy and the Soul Band
|
| 153 |
recordlabel: Paisley Park 28953
chartposition: RandB #9, US #63, US dance #10
writtenby: Prince (uncredited), Jerome Benton and Jellybean Johnson
album: The Family
comments: charted as The Screams of Passion / Yes in US dance charts
|
| 154 |
recordlabel: Abstract Dance 4 (UK)
chartposition: UK #13
writtenby: Steve McIntosh (as Stephen McIntosh)
album: Have A Good Forever...
|
| 155 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89411
chartposition: UK #13
writtenby: Rodgers Grant, Pat Patrick and Jon Hendricks
album: Matt Bianco
|
| 156 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1776
chartposition: RandB #10, US #50, US dance #9
writtenby: Rick James
album: Glow
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 157 |
recordlabel: RCA 14224
chartposition: RandB #25, US #59, US AC #16
writtenby: David McHugh
album: Contact
|
| 158 |
recordlabel: Select 1182
chartposition: RandB #10, US #77, US Dance #40
writtenby: Educated Rapper, Kangol Kid, Doctor Ice, Mix Master Ice and Full Force
album: UTFO
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 159 |
recordlabel: Prelude 40301(UK)
chartposition: UK #15
writtenby: H. Eaves, J. Williams
comments: Paul Hardcastle remix
|
| 160 |
recordlabel: RCA 14178
chartposition: RandB #40, UK #58, US #20, US AC #12, US rock #43
writtenby: Smokey Robinson & Bobby Rogers
album: Hall and Oates Live at the Apollo
|
| 161 |
recordlabel: Profile 5064
chartposition: RandB #14, US #108, UK #94, US dance #40
writtenby: DMC (as Darryl McDaniels), Jam Master Jay (as Jason Mizell), DJ Run, L. Smith and R. Simmons
album: King of Rock
|
| 162 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 42922
chartposition: UK #19
writtenby: Kim Fuller and Paul Hardcastle
album: Paul Hardcastle
|
| 163 |
recordlabel: EMI 6 (UK)
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: Todd Rundgren
album: Breaking Away
|
| 164 |
recordlabel: RCA 14035
chartposition: RandB #85, US #18, US AC #17
writtenby: Daryl Hall
album: Big Bam Boom
|
| 165 |
recordlabel: AandM 2766
chartposition: RandB #13, UK 41
writtenby: David Lewis and Wayne Lewis
album: As the Band Turns
|
| 166 |
recordlabel: Manhattan 50011
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Bernard Wright and Lenny White
album: Mr. Wright
|
| 167 |
recordlabel: Modern 99648
chartposition: RandB #16, US #57, US dance #6
writtenby: Marti Sharron, Gary Skardina and Stephen Mitchell
album: Dangerous
|
| 168 |
recordlabel: MCA 52561
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Gordon Strozier, Gregory Potts, John Eaton and Melvin Riley
album: Ready for the World
comments: [ballad]
|
| 169 |
recordlabel: Island 219
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
comments: Paul Hardcastle remix
|
| 170 |
recordlabel: Motown 1775
chartposition: RandB #12, UK #79
writtenby: Reggie Andrews and Bobby Harris
album: Wild and Free
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 171 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1812
chartposition: RandB #17, US Dance #7
writtenby: Rick James
album: Seduction
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 172 |
recordlabel: MCA 52731
chartposition: RandB #15, US dance #7
writtenby: Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers
album: Stephanie Mills
|
| 173 |
recordlabel: Qwest 28788
chartposition: RandB #13, US #55, US Dance #16
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris) and Terry Lewis
album: Gettin' Away with Murder
|
| 174 |
recordlabel: Capitol 20 0547 7
chartposition: RandB #12, US #104
writtenby: Madeline Stone and Sam Lorber
album: Read My Lips
|
| 175 |
recordlabel: Stiff 221 (UK)
chartposition: UK #26
writtenby: Clyde Grimes
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 176 |
recordlabel: Planet 49983
chartposition: RandB #24, US #44, UK #76, US dance #8
writtenby: James Ingram, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
album: Break Out
|
| 177 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05435
chartposition: RandB #10, US Dance #8
writtenby: Prince
album: A.C.
|
| 178 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2412
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Raymond Calhoun
album: Gap Band VI
|
| 179 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89570
chartposition: UK #37, RandB #53, US dance #33
writtenby: D. Romani, J. F. Petrus, P. Slade
album: Turn On Your Radio
|
| 180 |
recordlabel: Mirage 99618
chartposition: RandB #83, US dance #9
writtenby: Arthur Baker and Lotti Golden
album: I Want Your Love
|
| 181 |
recordlabel: EMI America 8295
chartposition: US #29, US dance #21, US AC #39
writtenby: Adele Bertei and Mary Kesler
album: Do You
|
| 182 |
recordlabel: Motown 1788
chartposition: RandB #22, US #43, UK #74, US Dance #9
writtenby: Martin Page
album: Nightshift
comments: [Motown Sound] charted as Animal Instinct / Lightnin' Up the Night in US dance charts
|
| 183 |
recordlabel: Vanguard 82
chartposition: US Dance #6
writtenby: Alexandra Forbes
album: Alisha
|
| 184 |
recordlabel: Elektra 5074
chartposition: RandB #9
writtenby: Keith Diamond and Jolyon Skinner
album: Restless
|
| 185 |
recordlabel: Supreme 103 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #41, UK #28, US Dance #28
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Princess
|
| 186 |
recordlabel: Tuckwood 105
chartposition: RandB #72, UK #27
writtenby: Marcel T. East, Ralph Johnson and Eric "Rico" Reed
|
| 187 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 286
chartposition: RandB #13, US #105
writtenby: The Force M.D.'s, Robin Halpin and Steinski
album: Love Letters
|
| 188 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5484
chartposition: RandB #14, US #106, US Dance #41
writtenby: Keith Diamond
album: Read My Lips
|
| 189 |
recordlabel: Solar 69660
chartposition: RandB #22, UK #45, US #106, US Dance #25
writtenby: Micki Free, Hawk and Howard Hewett
album: Heartbreak
|
| 190 |
recordlabel: Solar 69644
chartposition: RandB #14, US #101
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenny Edmonds), Carl Greene, L.A. Reid, Kevin
album: Material Thangz
|
| 191 |
recordlabel: Profile 5070
chartposition: RandB #32, US dance #10
writtenby: Paul Hardcastle
album: Paul Hardcastle
|
| 192 |
recordlabel: Mirage 99631
chartposition: RandB #26, US #103, UK #46, US Dance #25
writtenby: Curtis Josephs and Ed Chisolm
album: Do You Wanna Get Away
|
| 193 |
recordlabel: Arista 9466
chartposition: RandB #10, US dance #24
writtenby: Kashif and LaLa
album: Whitney Houston
|
| 194 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1781
chartposition: RandB #14, UK #84
writtenby: Otis Williams, Ron Tyson and Victor Carstarphen
album: Truly for You
comments: [love ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 195 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1818
chartposition: RandB #14, UK #88, US Dance #49
writtenby: Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller
album: Touch Me
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 196 |
recordlabel: London 70 (UK)
chartposition: UK #30
writtenby: Cassell
|
| 197 |
recordlabel: Coco Plum 2002
chartposition: RandB #79, UK #43, US AC #30
writtenby: Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati
album: Where There's Smoke
|
| 198 |
recordlabel: RCA 14098
chartposition: US dance #20, RandB #69, US #30, US AC #8
writtenby: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen & Janna Allen
album: Big Bam Boom
|
| 199 |
recordlabel: Solar 69659
chartposition: RandB #16, US #80, US Dance #19
writtenby: Belinda Lipscomb, Bo Watson, Melvin Gentry, Kenneth Gant and Vincent Calloway
album: Planetary Invasion
|
| 200 |
recordlabel: Epic 1140
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Luther Vandross and Nat Adderley Jr.
album: The Night I Fell in Love
comments: [ballad]
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