1 |
recordlabel: Epic 823
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #9
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
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2 |
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]
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3 |
recordlabel: Epic 3258
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US rock #14
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
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4 |
recordlabel: Parlophone 6062
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US dance #2, US AC #3, US rock #24
writtenby: Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
album: Pipes of Peace
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5 |
recordlabel: EMI America 8158
chartposition: RandB #14, US dance #1, UK #1, US #1, US rock #8
writtenby: David Bowie
album: Let's Dance
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6 |
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]
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7 |
recordlabel: Portrait 03793
chartposition: RandB #18, UK #2, US #2, US dance #6, US rock #12
writtenby: Eddy Grant
album: Killer on the Rampage
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8 |
recordlabel: De lite 829
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #2, US AC #2
writtenby: Charles Smith, James
album: In the Heart
comments: Joanna / Tonight was released as a double a side in the UK
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9 |
recordlabel: Mercury 812 370 7
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, US dance #3, UK #25
writtenby: Donna Summer & Michael Omartian
album: She Works Hard for the Money
comments: [disco dance]
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10 |
recordlabel: Motown 1710
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #9, US #7, US AC #6, US rock #49
writtenby: Lionel Richie & Cynthia Weil
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [Motown Sound]
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11 |
recordlabel: Motown 1657
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #43, US #4, US AC #1
writtenby: Brenda Harvey Richie & Lionel Richie
album: Lionel Richie
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
12 |
recordlabel: Mirage 99810
chartposition: RandB #2, US #8, US dance #1, UK #14
writtenby: Chris Barbosa & Ed Chisolm
album: Let the Music Play
comments: [disco dance]
|
13 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5242
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #2, US #16, US AC #4
writtenby: Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser
album: Born to Love
comments: [love ballad]
|
14 |
recordlabel: Dep 600 968
chartposition: UK #1, US #34, US rock #41
writtenby: Neil Diamond
album: Labour of Love
comments: [Reggae]
|
15 |
recordlabel: Epic 3017 (UK)
chartposition: UK #1, US #18, US dance #24
writtenby: Harry Wayne Casey and Deborah Carter
album: All in a Night's Work
|
16 |
recordlabel: Epic 924
chartposition: RandB #3, US #4, UK #10, US dance #44, US AC #24, US rock #42
writtenby: Rod Temperton
album: Thriller
|
17 |
recordlabel: Epic 3427
chartposition: RandB #5, US #5, UK #8
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
|
18 |
recordlabel: CBS 3371 (UK)
chartposition: UK #1, US #70
writtenby: Marvin Gaye, Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
album: No Parlez
|
19 |
recordlabel: Motown 1677
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #70, US #5, US AC #1
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Lionel Richie
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
20 |
recordlabel: RCA 375 (UK)
chartposition: US #2, US dance #1, RandB #45, UK #69, US AC #8, US rock #18
writtenby: Daryl Hall
album: Rock 'n' Soul: Part 1
|
21 |
recordlabel: Warner 29746
chartposition: RandB #15, US #6, UK #54, US dance #61, US rock #17
writtenby: Prince
album: 1999
|
22 |
recordlabel: Columbia 03181
chartposition: RandB #34, UK #2, US dance #1, US #46
writtenby: Paul Jabara & Paul Shaffer
album: Success
|
23 |
recordlabel: RCA 13421
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #63, US #7, US AC #4
writtenby: Daryl Hall
album: H2O
|
24 |
recordlabel: Streetwise 1108
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US dance #17, US #46
writtenby: Maurice Starr
album: Candy Girl
comments: [pop soul]
|
25 |
recordlabel: AandM 2540
chartposition: RandB #28, US #4, US AC #1
writtenby: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
comments: [love ballad] (sung by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller)
|
26 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5322
chartposition: RandB #3, US dance #1, UK #6, US #26
writtenby: Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr.
album: Private Dancer
|
27 |
recordlabel: Warner 29555
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #8, US dance 6, US #22
writtenby: David Wolinski (as Hawk Wolinski)
album: Live Stompin' At The Savoy
|
28 |
recordlabel: Warner 29503
chartposition: RandB #18, US #8
writtenby: Prince
album: 1999
|
29 |
recordlabel: Epic 654672 7
chartposition: RandB #27, US #7, US AC #2
writtenby: Steve Porcaro & John Bettis
album: Thriller
|
30 |
recordlabel: Epic 4136
chartposition: RandB #46, UK #11, US #10, US AC #37
writtenby: James Ingram & Quincy Jones
album: Thriller
|
31 |
recordlabel: Streetwise 1110
chartposition: RandB #13, UK #2, US dance #1, US #104
writtenby: Arthur Baker
album: Gonna Get You
|
32 |
recordlabel: Solar 9819 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #8, US #22, US dance #18, US rock #41
writtenby: Marquis Dair, Joey Gallo & Leon Sylvers III
album: The Look
|
33 |
recordlabel: Warner 29563
chartposition: RandB #21, UK #11, US #30, US AC #4
writtenby: James Newton Howard & David Paich
album: In Your Eyes
|
34 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1660
chartposition: RandB #5, US #17, US AC #1
writtenby: El DeBarge
album: All This Love
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
35 |
recordlabel: Warner 29720
chartposition: RandB #6, US #21, UK #28, US AC #2
writtenby: Jay Graydon, Al Jarreau & David Foster
album: Jarreau
|
36 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1705
chartposition: RandB #1, US #18, US AC #12
writtenby: El DeBarge & Bunny DeBarge
album: In a Special Way
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
37 |
recordlabel: Columbia 38 04054
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #8, US dance #1, US #71
writtenby: Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell & Michael Beinhorn
album: Future Shock
comments: instrumental
|
38 |
recordlabel: Arista 9116
chartposition: RandB #12, US #12, US AC #10
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: Woman Out of Control
|
39 |
recordlabel: AandM 9298 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #18, US #30, US dance #31
writtenby: Raymond Jones
album: Stay with Me Tonight
|
40 |
recordlabel: Tabu 03956
chartposition: RandB #2, US dance #3, UK #13, US #55
writtenby: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: On the Rise
|
41 |
recordlabel: Qwest 9394
chartposition: RandB #5, US #19, UK #44, US AC #10
writtenby: James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton & Quincy Jones
album: It's Your Night
|
42 |
recordlabel: Columbia 03566
chartposition: RandB #4, US #17, UK #47, US dance #31
writtenby: Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn & Maurice White
album: Powerlight
comments: [disco funk]
|
43 |
recordlabel: Columbia 03563
chartposition: RandB #2, US #23, US AC #6
writtenby: Dana Walden, Rocky Maffitt & Michael Day
album: Modern Heart
comments: [love ballad]
|
44 |
recordlabel: Geffen 29464
chartposition: RandB #41, US #13, US dance #7, UK #86
writtenby: Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara & Keith Forsey
album: What a Feelin'
|
45 |
recordlabel: Planet 13639
chartposition: RandB #13, UK #25, US dance #2, US #48, US AC #15
writtenby: Richard Feldman, John Black & Nan O'Byrne
album: Break Out
|
46 |
recordlabel: Island 99882
chartposition: RandB #71, UK #4
writtenby: Bob Marley & Noel George Williams
album: Confrontation
comments: [Reggae]
|
47 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89786
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #19, US dance #29, US #40, US AC #5
writtenby: Rod Temperton & Derek Bramble
album: Bodies and Souls
|
48 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 522001
chartposition: RandB #47, UK #7, US dance #9, US #101
writtenby: Sylvia Robinson & Mel Glover
album: Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five
|
49 |
recordlabel: AandM 2561
chartposition: RandB #3, US #25, UK #54, US AC #29
writtenby: Jeffrey Osborne, Don Freeman & Michael Sembello
album: Stay with Me Tonight
|
50 |
recordlabel: Arista 9073
chartposition: RandB #7, US #27, UK #99, US AC #4
writtenby: Steve Goldman
album: How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye
comments: [love ballad]
|
51 |
recordlabel: Sound of NY 602
chartposition: RandB #10, US dance #2, UK #13, US #101
writtenby: Mike Cleveland (as Michael Cleveland)
|
52 |
recordlabel: Warner 29442
chartposition: UK #7, US AC #30
writtenby: Dan Hill and Michael Masser
album: In Your Eyes
comments: [ballad]
|
53 |
recordlabel: Boardwalk 183
chartposition: RandB #46, UK #6, US dance #66
writtenby: Bobby Eli & Len Barry
album: Love Town
|
54 |
recordlabel: Motown 1312
chartposition: RandB #69, UK #6
writtenby: Gary Byrd & Stevie Wonder
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
55 |
recordlabel: Mercury 814088
chartposition: RandB #9, UK #14, US #43
writtenby: Donna Summer & Michael Omartian
album: She Works Hard for the Money
|
56 |
recordlabel: Epic 3424 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #34, US #45, US dance #30
writtenby: James Mtume
album: Juicy Fruit
|
57 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1645
chartposition: RandB #2, US #31
writtenby: Randy DeBarge, El DeBarge & Bunny DeBarge
album: All This Love
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
58 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1690
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #13, US dance #8, US #101
writtenby: Rick James
album: Mary Jane Girls
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
59 |
recordlabel: Island 101 (UK)
chartposition: UK #13, US dance #2, RandB #72
writtenby: David Joseph
album: The Joys of Life
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
60 |
recordlabel: Silver Blue 404294
chartposition: RandB #82, UK #13, US dance #3, US #102
writtenby: Jerry Herman
album: I Am Gloria Gaynor
comments: [disco]
|
61 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1687
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #17, UK #93, US #40
writtenby: Rick James
album: Cold Blooded
comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]
|
62 |
recordlabel: Arista 1042
chartposition: RandB #5, US #103, UK #79, US Dance #28
writtenby: Kashif
album: Kashif [1983 album]
comments: [funk soul boogie]
|
63 |
recordlabel: RCA 13638
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Tony Williams and Mandy Newton
|
64 |
recordlabel: RCA 13568
chartposition: RandB #15, US dance #17, UK #46, US #31
writtenby: Marc Jordan & John Capek
album: Ross [1983 album]
|
65 |
recordlabel: Profile 5017
chartposition: UK #4, US Dance #9
writtenby: Wally Holmes (as Waldo Holmes)
comments: [disco dance]
|
66 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 2 (UK)
chartposition: UK #10
writtenby: Derek Bramble
album: David Grant
|
67 |
recordlabel: Arista 9034
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #74, US #61, US dance #9
writtenby: Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller
album: Get It Right
|
68 |
recordlabel: Qwest 29618
chartposition: RandB #6, US #45, US AC #5
writtenby: Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman
album: It's Your Night
comments: [ballad]
|
69 |
recordlabel: Warner 29649
chartposition: RandB #3, US dance #7, US #43, US AC #35
writtenby: Kashif
album: In Your Eyes
|
70 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 704
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #24, US #51, UK #68
writtenby: Raymond Calhoun
album: Gap Band IV
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
71 |
recordlabel: Columbia 38 03761
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #18, US #66
writtenby: R. Smith, J. Gallo, B. Knight, G. Knight, S. L. Dees
album: Visions
|
72 |
recordlabel: De lite 831
chartposition: RandB #49, UK #15, US #103
writtenby: Ronald Bell, James Taylor, Kool And The Gang
album: In the Heart
|
73 |
recordlabel: CBS 223 136
chartposition: UK #2, US #45, US dance #42
writtenby: John Hurley
album: No Parlez
comments: charted as Love of the Common People / Come Back and Stay in US dance charts
|
74 |
recordlabel: RCA 13424
chartposition: RandB #76, UK #43, US #40, US AC #13
writtenby: Bill Wray, Diana Ross & Rob Mounsey
album: Silk Electric
|
75 |
recordlabel: RCA 13396
chartposition: RandB #2, US #49
writtenby: Kashif (as Kashif Saleem)
album: Get Loose
|
76 |
recordlabel: Geffen 7 29525
chartposition: RandB #2, US #49
writtenby: David Foster, Maurice White & Allee Willis
album: Feel My Soul
comments: [ballad]
|
77 |
recordlabel: Arista 1040
chartposition: RandB #43, US #41, US AC #5
writtenby: Barry Gibb & Albhy Galuten
album: Heartbreaker
|
78 |
recordlabel: MCA 52250
chartposition: RandB #2, US #50
writtenby: Lena Agree
album: Try It Out
|
79 |
recordlabel: Motown 1694
chartposition: RandB #20, UK #93, US #54, US AC #8
writtenby: Milan Williams
album: Commodores 13
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
80 |
recordlabel: Vanguard 35241
chartposition: RandB #7, US dance #5, US #79
writtenby: Gordon Bahary, Joseph Saulter & Errol Moore
album: Twilight 22
comments: [hip hop]
|
81 |
recordlabel: T Neck 03797
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #52, US #101
writtenby: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper
album: Between the Sheets
comments: [slow jam]
|
82 |
recordlabel: CBS 3636 (UK)
chartposition: UK #4, US #22, US dance #42, AC #40, Rock # 33
writtenby: Jack Lee
album: No Parlez
comments: charted as Love of the Common People / Come Back and Stay in US dance charts
|
83 |
recordlabel: Prelude 8068
chartposition: US dance #12, RandB #20, UK #23
writtenby: James
album: Music
|
84 |
recordlabel: Tamla 1684
chartposition: RandB #35, US #48, US AC #5
writtenby: Dave DeLuca & Ted Munda
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
85 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 99855
chartposition: RandB #13, US #40
writtenby: Gary Benson & Frank Wildhorn
album: Sixteen
comments: [love ballad]
|
86 |
recordlabel: WEA 9871 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #66, UK #36, US #63, US AC #10
writtenby: Jay Graydon, Trevor Veitch & Greg Mathieson
album: Jarreau
|
87 |
recordlabel: Solar 69828
chartposition: RandB #2, US dance #44, US #66
writtenby: Bill Simmons, Reggie Calloway & Vincent Calloway
album: No Parking on the Dance Floor
|
88 |
recordlabel: Capitol 8543
chartposition: RandB #25, UK #22, US dance #17
writtenby: Lillo Thomas
album: The Other Side of the Rainbow
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
89 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 42712
chartposition: RandB #75, UK #19, US dance #40
writtenby: Derek Bramble & David Grant
album: David Grant
|
90 |
recordlabel: Tabu 04161
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #81, US #65
writtenby: Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III)
album: On The Rise
|
91 |
recordlabel: Solar 69790
chartposition: RandB #8, US dance #15, US #61
writtenby: Reggie Calloway
album: No Parking on the Dance Floor
|
92 |
recordlabel: Arista 1031
chartposition: RandB #5, US dance #2
writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen & Narada Michael Walden
album: Too Tough
|
93 |
recordlabel: Mirage 99937
chartposition: RandB #10, US dance #14, US #64, UK #89
writtenby: David Frank & Mic Murphy
album: Sweat
|
94 |
recordlabel: Sound Town 0004
chartposition: RandB #4, US #90
writtenby: Homer Banks & Chuck Brooks (as Charles Brooks)
album: City Slicker
comments: [ballad]
|
95 |
recordlabel: MCA 52203
chartposition: UK #6
writtenby: Dennis Seaton, Kelvin Grant, Michael Grant, Patrick Waite and Freddie Waite
album: The Youth of Today
comments: [Reggae]
|
96 |
recordlabel: Mercury 814 581 7
chartposition: RandB #5, US #76
writtenby: Eumir Deodato
album: Fever
comments: [love ballad]
|
97 |
recordlabel: Streetwise 1115
chartposition: RandB #47, UK #26, US Dance #5, US #104
writtenby: Andy Stennett, Arthur Baker, John Rocca and Peter Maas
album: Gonna Get You
|
98 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04210
chartposition: RandB #10, US #57, UK #92, US dance #36
writtenby: Martin Page
album: Electric Universe
|
99 |
recordlabel: Polydor 622 (UK)
chartposition: UK #10
writtenby: Wally Badarou, Mark King, Lindup and Phil Gould
album: Standing in the Light
|
100 |
recordlabel: Columbia 03939
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #63, US #72
writtenby: Skip Anderson, Stephen Horton & Steve Williams [Steven Richard Williams]
album: Forever by Your Side
|