1 |
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: Tamla 54176
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: In The Groove / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
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3 |
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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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: Tamla 54199
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) & Smokey Robinson
album: Make It Happen / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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6 |
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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7 |
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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8 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 008990
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Jay Z, Thaddis Harrell, The Dream and Tricky Stewart
album: Good Girl Gone Bad
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9 |
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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10 |
recordlabel: Motown 1074
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #7
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: More Hits By The Supremes
comments: [Motown Sound]
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11 |
recordlabel: MCA 52770
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US AC #2
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Winner in You
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12 |
recordlabel: Motown 1066
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #1, UK #1
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Where Did Our Love Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
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13 |
recordlabel: Motown 1098
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Reach Out
comments: [Motown Sound]
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14 |
recordlabel: Motown 1056
chartposition: RandB #1 (7 weeks), US #1, UK #5
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: William Robinson
album: Mary Wells Sings My Guy
comments: [Motown Sound]
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15 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54046
chartposition: RandB #1 (7 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 23
writtenby: Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman & Freddie Gorman
album: Please Mr. Postman
comments: [Motown Sound]
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16 |
recordlabel: Motown 374631191
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
writtenby: Babyface
album: II
comments: [slow jam]
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17 |
recordlabel: Motown 1494
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US dance #1, US 31, US AC #18
writtenby: Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards
album: Diana / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [Motown Sound]
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18 |
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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19 |
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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20 |
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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21 |
recordlabel: Motown 1519
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #7, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
22 |
recordlabel: Mercury 70893
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
writtenby: Georges Boulanger and Jimmy Kennedy
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
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23 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54080
chartposition: RandB #1 (6 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Clarence Paul & Henry Cosby
album: The 12 Year Old Genius: Recorded Live
comments: [Motown Sound] [instrumental]
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24 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54232
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #7, US AC #1
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Talking Book / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
25 |
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]
|
26 |
recordlabel: Motown 1060
chartposition: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #3
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Where Did Our Love Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
27 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71289
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn and Buck Ram
|
28 |
recordlabel: Motown 3746310611
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #35
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds), L.A. Reid (as Antonio
album: Boomerang: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [slow jam]
|
29 |
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
|
30 |
recordlabel: Motown 1097
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes A Go Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
31 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71565
chartposition: RandB #1 (10 weeks), US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 17
writtenby: Clyde Otis, Murray Stein & Brook Benton
album: The Two Of Us
comments: [jazz RnB]
|
32 |
recordlabel: Motown 1698
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #5, US AC #1
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
33 |
recordlabel: Motown 1171
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #24
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch
album: Third Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
34 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54281
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3, US dance #2
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs In The Key Of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
35 |
recordlabel: Motown 1076
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #23
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamount Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Second Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
36 |
recordlabel: Motown 1157
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, Fonce Mizell
album: Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
37 |
recordlabel: Dimension 1000
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Gerry Goffin & Carole King
album: Llllloco Motion
|
38 |
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]
|
39 |
recordlabel: Motown 1169
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US AC #6
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Diana Ross / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
40 |
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
|
41 |
recordlabel: MCA 088 155 782
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Shaggy (as Orville Burrell), Rik Rok, Shaun Pizzonia and Braun Thompson
album: Hot Shot
|
42 |
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]
|
43 |
recordlabel: Mercury 70753
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1
writtenby: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
|
44 |
recordlabel: Columbia 310544
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #11
writtenby: Maurice White & Al McKay
album: Rejoice
comments: [disco funk]
|
45 |
recordlabel: Imperial 107
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #6
writtenby: Vincent Rose, Al Lewis and Larry Stock
album: This Is Fats Domino!
|
46 |
recordlabel: Murder Inc. 588986
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
writtenby: Channel 7, Mark DeBarge, Ashanti, Etterlene Jordan and Irv Gotti
album: Ashanti
|
47 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54174
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, UK #3
writtenby: Ronald Miller & Orlando Murden
album: For Once in My Life / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
48 |
recordlabel: Maverick/Sire 18000
chartposition: RandB #40, US #1, UK #16, US AC #1
writtenby: Babyface and Madonna
album: Bedtime Stories
|
49 |
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
|
50 |
recordlabel: Motown 1443
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Natural High / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [ballad]
|
51 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54274
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5, US AC #23, US dance #2
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs in the Key of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
52 |
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]
|
53 |
recordlabel: Def Jam Digital
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1 UK #2, US dance #1
writtenby: Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Ester Dean, Makeba Riddick, Rob Swire and Rihanna
album: Rated R
|
54 |
recordlabel: MGM 12688
chartposition: US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Carl Sigman and Charles Dawes
album: It's All in the Game
comments: [ballad]
|
55 |
recordlabel: EMI Manhattan 50146
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #2, US #1, US AC #7
writtenby: Bobby McFerrin
album: Spontaneous Inventions
comments: [reggae style pop]
|
56 |
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]
|
57 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54034
chartposition: RandB #1 (8 weeks), US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Smokey Robinson & Berry Gordy
album: Hi We're The Miracles / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
58 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54321
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #2, US AC #4
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Being with You / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
59 |
recordlabel: Tamla 1808
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: In Square Circle
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
60 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10018
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #9
writtenby: Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
album: Mr. 'Personality'
|
61 |
recordlabel: Mercury 1109
chartposition: RandB #1 (9 weeks), US #7, UK #41
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
|
62 |
recordlabel: Motown 1239
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #9, US AC #1
writtenby: Ron Miller, M. Masser
album: Touch Me in the Morning / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
63 |
recordlabel: Motown 1135
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #15
writtenby: Henry Cosby, Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer, Deke Richards & R. Dean Taylor
album: Love Child / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
64 |
recordlabel: Imperial 5386
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #12
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino), Dave Bartholomew
album: Fats Domino Rock and Rollin'
|
65 |
recordlabel: AandM 004709
chartposition: RandB #8, US #2, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Cee Lo Green, Anthony Ray and Busta Rhymes
album: PCD
|
66 |
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]
|
67 |
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
|
68 |
recordlabel: MCA 088 155 820
chartposition: RandB #46, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Ahmet Ertegun, Eddie Curtis, Chip Taylor and Steve Miller
album: Hot Shot
|
69 |
recordlabel: Tommy 718
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Coolio, Doug Rasheed, L.V. (as Larry Sanders) and Stevie Wonder
album: Gangsta's Paradise
comments: [hip hop]
|
70 |
recordlabel: Motown 1284 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #6, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Cochrane & Lionel Richie
album: Lionel Richie
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad] Â
|
71 |
recordlabel: Motown 1156
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #13, US AC #12
writtenby: Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers & Harvey Fuqua
album: Cream of the Crop / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
72 |
recordlabel: Motown 1101
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes Sing Holland Dozier Holland / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
73 |
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
|
74 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 1015 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #3, US dance #20
writtenby: Billy Griffin & Pete Moore (as Warren Moore)
album: City of Angels / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [disco]
|
75 |
recordlabel: Columbia 07773
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #8, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: George Michael
album: Faith
|
76 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71394
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3
writtenby: Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis
album: It's Just a Matter of Time
comments: [ballad]
|
77 |
recordlabel: Columbia 06191
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #6, US #1, US AC #2
writtenby: Gregory Abbott
album: Shake You Down
|
78 |
recordlabel: Cameo 212
chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Jon Sheldon & Harry Land
album: It's Mashed Potato Time
|
79 |
recordlabel: Smash 1893
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, UK #2
writtenby: Johnny Roberts & Robert Spencer
album: My Boy Lollipop
comments: [pop soul]
|
80 |
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
|
81 |
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]
|
82 |
recordlabel: Motown 1401
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #2, US AC #50
writtenby: Jarvis La Rue Baker, Sylvester Jackson, Narada Michael Walden and Shanice Wilson
album: Inner Child
|
83 |
recordlabel: Minit 623
chartposition: RandB #1 (5 weeks), US #1, UK #29
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
album: Mother in Law
comments: [southern soul]
|
84 |
recordlabel: Music World
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US dance #1
writtenby: Tricky Stewart, The Dream, Thaddis Harrell and Beyoncé
album: I Am... Sasha Fierce
|
85 |
recordlabel: Motown 1433
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #20, US AC #8
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: II
|
86 |
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
|
87 |
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
|
88 |
recordlabel: MCA 53383
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #7
writtenby: Bobby Brown, Gene Griffin & Teddy Riley
album: Don't Be Cruel
comments: [dance]
|
89 |
recordlabel: Imperial 5428
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #19
writtenby: Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew
album: Here Stands Fats Domino
|
90 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54234
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #31
writtenby: E. Townsend
album: Let's Get It On / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
91 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 1010
chartposition: RandB #14, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
writtenby: Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin
album: Diana Ross [1976 album] / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
92 |
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]
|
93 |
recordlabel: Mercury 014302
chartposition: US #1, UK #1, AC #24, RandB #121
writtenby: Taio Cruz and Fraser T. Smith
album: Rokstarr
mpcode: ddgcdagdbwI
|
94 |
recordlabel: Mercury 70633
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5
writtenby: Buck Ram (as Ande Rand)
|
95 |
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]
|
96 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71383
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
|
97 |
recordlabel: Columbia 77224
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #7, US AC #2
writtenby: Mariah Carey
album: Music Box
comments: [ballad]
|
98 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54317
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #5, US dance #10
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Hotter Than July
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
99 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02536
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #3, US dance #3
writtenby: Wayne Vaughn & Maurice White
album: Raise!
|
100 |
recordlabel: Motown 1207
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #7, US AC #3
writtenby: Don Black & Walter Scharf
album: Ben / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
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