1 |
recordlabel: CBS 8852
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #12
writtenby: Winfred Lovett
album: The Manhattans featuring Kiss and Say Goodbye
comments: [ballad]
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2 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05024
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #1, US AC #10
writtenby: Beyoncé, Ne Yo, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Espen Lind and Amund Bjørklund
album: B'Day
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3 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02860
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1, US rock #34
writtenby: Paul McCartney
album: Tug of War
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4 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10487
chartposition: RandB #1 (5 weeks) US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions
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5 |
recordlabel: ABC 9972
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7
writtenby: traditional, Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #456]
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6 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 79097
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Sting (as Gordon Sumner), Sauce Money (as Todd Gaither) and Faith Evans
album: No Way Out
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7 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78075
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6, US AC #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff, Wanya Morris, Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman and Michael McCary
album: Daydream
comments: [slow jam]
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8 |
recordlabel: Columbia 79493
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Beyoncé (as Beyoncé Knowles), Sam Barnes, Jean Claude Olivier and Cory Rooney
album: Charlie's Angels: Music from the Motion Picture
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9 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10330
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Don Gibson
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
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10 |
recordlabel: CBS 1593
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Robert Clivilles & Freedom Williams
album: Gonna Make You Sweat
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11 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04839
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1, US Rock #27, US Country #76,
writtenby: Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie
album: We Are the World: U.S.A. for Africa
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12 |
recordlabel: Columbia 79949
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Beyoncé, Rich Harrison, Jay Z and Eugene Record
album: Dangerously in Love
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13 |
recordlabel: Blitzz/Atlantic 87243
chartposition: RandB #13, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3
writtenby: Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers
album: All 4 One
|
14 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 2233
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Steven Greenberg
album: Mouth to Mouth
comments: [disco]
|
15 |
recordlabel: Columbia 77080
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #9, US AC #2, US dance #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Dave Hall
album: Music Box
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16 |
recordlabel: Beltone 1002
chartposition: RandB #1 (10 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Ritchie Adams & Malou Rene
album: Tossin' & Turnin'
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17 |
recordlabel: SBK 18
chartposition: RandB #6, US #1, UK #1, US dance #28
writtenby: Vanilla Ice & Earthquake
album: Hooked
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18 |
recordlabel: Columbia 74197
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US dance #13
writtenby: Treach (as Anthony Ciss)
album: Totally Krossed Out
comments: [hip hop]
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19 |
recordlabel: Columbia 12584
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US dance #39
writtenby: Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Beyoncé , LeToya Luckett, Kelly Rowland
album: The Writing's on the Wall
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20 |
recordlabel: Columbia 310544
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #11
writtenby: Maurice White & Al McKay
album: Rejoice
comments: [disco funk]
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21 |
recordlabel: Columbia 0786
chartposition: RandB #9, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Terri McFaddin (as Theresa McFaddin), Patrice Rushen and Will Smith
album: Men in Black: The Album
comments: [hip hop]
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22 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78043
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, US AC #8, UK #4, US dance #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Dave Hall, Adrian Belew and Steven Stanley
album: Daydream
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23 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78276
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US AC #2, US dance #6
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal
album: Daydream
comments: [slow jam]
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24 |
recordlabel: Columbia 76867
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US dance #2
writtenby: Beyoncé, Scott Storch, Sean Paul, EST and Jay Z
album: Dangerously in Love / Dutty Rock
comments: [reggae dancehall]
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25 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10018
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #9
writtenby: Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
album: Mr. 'Personality'
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26 |
recordlabel: Poe Boy 346620
chartposition: RandB #9, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Flo Rida, Montay Humphrey and T Pain
album: Mail on Sunday
|
27 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros.
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #1
writtenby: Prince
album: Parade
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28 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78648
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Puff Daddy, Stevie J, Q Tip (The Ummah), Bobby Robinson, Stephen Hague, Ronald Larkins
album: Butterfly
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29 |
recordlabel: Columbia 06191
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #6, US #1, US AC #2
writtenby: Gregory Abbott
album: Shake You Down
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30 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 476 (UK)
chartposition: UK #1, RandB #62, US #2
writtenby: Cee Lo Green, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Brody Brown
album: The Lady Killer
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31 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78804
chartposition: RandB #6, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Nas (as Nasir Jones), Sam Barnes, Bernard Edwards, Joe Robinson, Nile Rodgers and Will Smith
album: Big Willie Style
comments: [hip hop]
|
32 |
recordlabel: Beltone 1006
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Eugene Pitt, Oscar Waltzer & Phil Belmonte
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33 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17119
chartposition: US #1, UK #1 US dance #1
writtenby: Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennan, Paul Barry, Steven Torch, Matthew Gray and Timothy Powell
album: Believe
comments: [disco dance]
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34 |
recordlabel: Columbia 77614
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #4, US dance #22
writtenby: Ini Kamoze, Chris Kenner, Kenton Nix and Salaam Remi
album: Here Comes the Hotstepper
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35 |
recordlabel: Columbia 74037
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #17, US #1, US AC #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey, David Cole and Robert Clivillés
album: Emotions
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36 |
recordlabel: Columbia 07773
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #8, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: George Michael
album: Faith
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37 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78822
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #4, US AC #18, US dance #5
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff
album: Butterfly
comments: [slow jam]
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38 |
recordlabel: Columbia 74330
chartposition: RandB #11, US #1, UK #2, US AC #1
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis and Willie Hutch
album: MTV Unplugged
comments: [ballad]
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39 |
recordlabel: Columbia 77047
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1 UK #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Beyoncé Swizz Beatz, Sean Garrett, Angela Beyincé and Slim Thug
album: #1's
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40 |
recordlabel: Rebel Rock 524312
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: B.o.B, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine
album: B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
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41 |
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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42 |
recordlabel: Columbia 77224
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #7, US AC #2
writtenby: Mariah Carey
album: Music Box
comments: [ballad]
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43 |
recordlabel: Blackground 38722
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #5
writtenby: Static Major (as Steve Garrett) and Timbaland (as Timothy Mosley)
album: Romeo Must Die: The Album
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44 |
recordlabel: Columbia 79260
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5, US dance #2
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Sean Carter, Shirley Elliston, Lincoln Chase, Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen
album: Rainbow
comments: [hip hop dance]
|
45 |
recordlabel: Columbia 73348
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #9, US AC #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey & Ben Margulies
album: Mariah Carey
comments: [ballad]
|
46 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10244
chartposition: RandB #1 (5 weeks), US #1, UK #6
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Percy Mayfield
album: Ray Charles Greatest Hits
|
47 |
recordlabel: Columbia 08092
chartposition: RandB #28, UK #1, US #3, US dance #20
writtenby: Maurice Starr
album: Hangin' Tough
|
48 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55462
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #3
writtenby: Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
49 |
recordlabel: ABC 12208
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US AC #6
writtenby: James Dean & John Glover
|
50 |
recordlabel: Columbia 11125
chartposition: RandB #20, US #1, UK #3, US dance #1, US AC #7
writtenby: Paul Jabara & Bruce Roberts
album: Wet & on the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2
comments: [disco]
|
51 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55166
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #15
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Lena Agree
album: Jackie Sings The Blues
|
52 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02536
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #3, US dance #3
writtenby: Wayne Vaughn & Maurice White
album: Raise!
|
53 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 9080
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #19
writtenby: Diddy, Stevie J, Carlos Broady, Nashiem Myrick, Mase, Greg Prestopino, Matthew Wilder
album: No Way Out
comments: [hip hop]
|
54 |
recordlabel: Columbia 40443
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #13
writtenby: Kevin
album: The Writing's on the Wall
|
55 |
recordlabel: Columbia 38 77358
chartposition: RandB #7, US #3, UK #1, US AC #4
writtenby: Peter Ham and Tom Evans
album: Music Box
comments: [ballad]
|
56 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55239
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Jackie Wilson & Alonzo Tucker
album: Baby Workout
|
57 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10502
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #9
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Ray Whitley
album: Presenting The Tams / The Best Of The Tams
comments: [southern soul]
|
58 |
recordlabel: Columbia 73561
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, US AC #5, US dance #1, UK #38
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies
album: Mariah Carey
|
59 |
recordlabel: Buddah 383
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #55, US AC 19
writtenby: Jim Weatherly
album: Imagination...
comments: [beat ballad]
|
60 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, UK #1
writtenby: Mario Winans, Enya, Nicky Ryan, Roma Ryan, Lo Down and Loon
album: Hurt No More
|
61 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 978
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #11, US #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer & Keith Forsey
album: Bad Girls
comments: [disco]
|
62 |
recordlabel: Columbia 03302
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #4, US #3, US dance #12, US AC #34
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: Midnight Love
|
63 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 939
chartposition: RandB #8, US #1, UK #5, US dance #1, US AC #24
writtenby: Jimmy Webb
album: Live and More
|
64 |
recordlabel: Big Tree 16047
chartposition: RandB #6, US #3, UK #2
writtenby: Errol Brown & Tony Wilson
album: Hot Chocolate [1975 album]
comments: [pop soul]
|
65 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 79089
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #10
writtenby: Diddy, D Dot , Ron Lawrence, The Notorious B.I.G.
album: Life After Death
comments: [hip hop]
|
66 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55105
chartposition: RandB #1, US #7
writtenby: Berry Gordy and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo)
album: Lonely Teardrops
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #308]
|
67 |
recordlabel: Columbia 7547
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #11, US #1, US dance #13, US AC #3
writtenby: George Michael
album: Faith
|
68 |
recordlabel: ABC 12284
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1
writtenby: Marvin Willis, Arnold Ingram & James Mitchell
album: Float On
comments: [ballad]
|
69 |
recordlabel: SBK 19701
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #2, US #2, US dance #1
writtenby: Ya Kid K (as Manuela Kamosi) & Jo Bogaert (as Thomas de Quincey)
album: Pump Up the Jam: The Album
comments: [disco dance]
|
70 |
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
|
71 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 811 440 7
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #4
writtenby: Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey & Irene Cara
album: Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
comments: [disco dance]
|
72 |
recordlabel: Cub 9067
chartposition: RandB #8, US #3, UK #1
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Fred Tobias & Clint Ballard Jr.
album: Good Timin'
|
73 |
recordlabel: Columbia 79622
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US dance #13
writtenby: Beyoncé (as Beyoncé Knowles), Rob Fusari, Falonte Moore, Frank Tai and Stevie Nicks
album: Survivor
|
74 |
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
|
75 |
recordlabel: Beluga Heights 05578
chartposition: RandB #12, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: J.R.Rotem, Sean Kingston, Sly Jordan, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Ben E.King
album: Sean Kingston
|
76 |
recordlabel: Back Beat 541
chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #13
weeksinr&bchart: 18
writtenby: Willie Nelson
album: Funny (How Time Slips Away)
comments: [ballad]
|
77 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 988
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, US dance #1, UK #14
writtenby: Donna Summer, Joe Esposito
album: Bad Girls
comments: [disco]
|
78 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55471
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #14, US AC #34
writtenby: Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record
album: A Lonely Man / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
79 |
recordlabel: Columbia 74751
chartposition: RandB #21, US #1, UK #12, US AC #1
writtenby: Alan Menken and Tim Rice
album: Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [ballad]
|
80 |
recordlabel: Columbia 68671
chartposition: RandB #12, UK #5, US #1, US AC #3
writtenby: Maurice Starr
album: Hangin' Tough
comments: [love ballad]
|
81 |
recordlabel: Columbia 10693
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: John Vallins & Nat Kipner
|
82 |
recordlabel: Fueled by Ramen
chartposition: RandB #76, US #4, UK #3
writtenby: Travie McCoy, Bruno Mars, Ari Levine and Philip Lawrence
album: Lazarus
|
83 |
recordlabel: Columbia 79338
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #10
weeksinr&bchart: 23
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: Rainbow
|
84 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 9436
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, UK #4
writtenby: Diddy, Loon, Mario Winans and Michael Carlos Jones
album: We Invented the Remix Vol. 1
|
85 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 884
chartposition: RandB#9, US #6, UK #1, US AC #45, US dance #3
writtenby: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
album: Remember Yesterday
comments: [disco]
|
86 |
recordlabel: Columbia 77629
chartposition: RandB #7, US #2, UK #3, US AC #11
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Songs
comments: [love ballad]
|
87 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10032
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #23
writtenby: Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
album: Mr. 'Personality'
comments: Double sided hit.
|
88 |
recordlabel: Columbia 665659
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #5
writtenby: Barry White, Calvin Gaines, Mary Brown, Rob Fusari and Vincent Herbert
album: Destiny's Child
|
89 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10554
chartposition: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Keep On Pushing / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
|
90 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 10110
chartposition: RandB #7, US #5, UK #6, US dance #1
writtenby: Allen George and Fred McFarlane
album: Show Me Love
|
91 |
recordlabel: Columbia 73743
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Narada Michael Walden
album: Mariah Carey
comments: [ballad]
|
92 |
recordlabel: Columbia 70702
chartposition: RandB #3, US #3, UK #4, US dance #1
writtenby: Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Rich Harrison, T.I., Lil Wayne and Sean Garrett
album: Destiny Fulfilled
|
93 |
recordlabel: Columbia 44616
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, US AC #4
writtenby: Bobby Russell
album: Hickory Holler Revisited
|
94 |
recordlabel: Columbia 79566
chartposition: RandB #6, US #2, UK #1, US dance #3
writtenby: Beyoncé (as Beyoncé Knowles), Anthony Dent and Mathew Knowles
album: Survivor
|
95 |
recordlabel: Bell 940
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, US AC #1
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Portrait
comments: [pop soul ballad]
|
96 |
recordlabel: Back Beat 546
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, UK #30
writtenby: Roy Head
album: Roy Head and The Traits
|
97 |
recordlabel: Disturbing Tha Peace 001183
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #14
writtenby: Ludacris and Kanye West
album: Chicken N Beer
|
98 |
recordlabel: Columbia 74088
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #20, US #2, US AC #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff
album: Emotions
comments: [ballad]
|
99 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 2215
chartposition: RandB #58, UK #7, US #1, US AC #4
writtenby: Toni Tennille
album: Make Your Move
|
100 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17877 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, UK #29, US dance #32
writtenby: Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon & Steve Lukather
album: The George Benson Collection
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