1 |
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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2 |
recordlabel: Arista 9381
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Gerry Goffin
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [ballad]
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3 |
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]
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4 |
recordlabel: Jive 1672
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #1, US #2, US AC #2, US dance #31,
writtenby: Wayne Anton Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond (as Barry James Eastmond), Robert John
album: The Jewel of the Nile: Music from the 20th Century Fox Motion Picture Soundtrack
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5 |
recordlabel: Arista 9434
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #5, US #1, US dance #3, US AC #1
writtenby: George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam & Narada Michael Walden
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [disco dance]
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6 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5459
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #18, US #18
writtenby: Paul Laurence
album: Rock Me Tonight
comments: [slow jam]
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7 |
recordlabel: Motown 1819
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #8, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Dancing on the Ceiling
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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8 |
recordlabel: Arista 9863
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #16, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Friends
comments: [ballad] featuring Elton John, Stevie Wonder & Gladys Knight
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9 |
recordlabel: De lite 880 869
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #4, US #2, US AC #1
writtenby: Robert Bell
album: Emergency
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10 |
recordlabel: MCA 52536
chartposition: RandB #13, UK #2, US #3, US AC #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Harold Faltermeyer
album: Beverly Hills Cop: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [instrumental]
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11 |
recordlabel: MCA 52666
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #5, US #1, US dance #23, US AC #16, US rock #2
writtenby: Jan Hammer
album: Miami Vice
comments: [instrumental]
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12 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1770
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #4, US #3, US dance #3, US AC #1
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Rhythm of the Night
comments: [pop soul] [Motown Sound]
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13 |
recordlabel: Carrere 337
chartposition: UK #1
writtenby: Phyllis Nelson
album: Move Closer
comments: [ballad] Â
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14 |
recordlabel: Motown 1773
chartposition: RandB #1 UK #3, US #3, US AC #2
writtenby: Walter Orange, Dennis Lambert & Franne Golde
album: Nightshift
comments: [Motown Sound]
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15 |
recordlabel: Capitol 364
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #3, US #2, US dance #23, US AC #3, US rock #29
writtenby: Terry Britten & Graham Lyle
album: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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16 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89560
chartposition: RandB #8, US dance #4, UK #12, US #1, US AC #30, US rock #10
writtenby: Phil Collins
album: No Jacket Required
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17 |
recordlabel: Jive 9323
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #4, US #4, US AC #1
writtenby: Billy Ocean & Keith Diamond
album: Suddenly
comments: [love ballad]
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18 |
recordlabel: AandM 2788
chartposition: RandB #4, US #3, UK #10, US AC #1
writtenby: David Lewis & Wayne Lewis
album: As the Band Turns
comments: [love ballad]
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19 |
recordlabel: Scotti Brothers 05682
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #5, US #4, US dance #3
writtenby: Dan Hartman & Charlie Midnight
album: Rocky IV: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [disco funk]
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20 |
recordlabel: Paisley Park 28972
chartposition: RandB #3, US #2, US dance #4, UK #25, US rock #40
writtenby: Prince
album: Around the World in a Day
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21 |
recordlabel: MCA 52636
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, US dance #1, UK #50
writtenby: Melvin Riley, Gordon Strozier & Gerald Valentine
album: Ready for the World
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22 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 42860
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #8, UK #1, US #15
writtenby: Paul Hardcastle, William Coutourie & Jonas McCord
album: Paul Hardcastle
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23 |
recordlabel: Arista 9410
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #11, US #7, US AC #10, US dance #1
writtenby: Aretha Franklin, Preston Glass & Narada Michael Walden
album: Who's Zoomin' Who?
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24 |
recordlabel: Arista 9354
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #68, US #3, US AC #11, US dance #1
writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen & Narada Michael Walden
album: Who's Zoomin' Who?
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25 |
recordlabel: Arista 9274
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, US AC #4, UK #93
writtenby: LaLa
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [ballad]
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26 |
recordlabel: Portrait 05713
chartposition: RandB #3, US #5, UK #31, US AC #1
writtenby: Sade Adu & Martin Ditcham
album: Promise
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27 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05609
chartposition: RandB #8, US #2, US dance #19, UK #87
writtenby: Rick James
album: How Could It Be
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28 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1793
chartposition: RandB #2, US #6, UK #83, US AC #1
writtenby: David Foster, Jay Graydon & Randy Goodrum
album: Rhythm of the Night
comments: [beat ballad] [Motown Sound]
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29 |
recordlabel: Tamla 1817
chartposition: RandB #2, US #10, US dance #1, US AC #1, UK #67
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: In Square Circle
comments: [Motown Sound]
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30 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1741
chartposition: RandB #3, US #7, US dance #1, UK #77
writtenby: Rick James
album: Only Four You
comments: [Motown Sound]
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31 |
recordlabel: Constellation 52606
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #89, US #5, US AC #3
writtenby: Lynn Malsby
album: Meeting in the Ladies Room
comments: [love ballad] Â
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32 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28998
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #60, US #7, US dance #5,
writtenby: Prince
album: Around the World in a Day
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33 |
recordlabel: RCA 40025
chartposition: UK #6
writtenby: Richard Hewson
album: Mystery
comments: [pop soul]
|
34 |
recordlabel: Sire 8934
chartposition: RandB #19, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Madonna & Stephen Bray
album: Like a Virgin [second edition]
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35 |
recordlabel: RCA 49957
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #17, US #11, US AC #32, US dance #1
writtenby: Sam Lorber & Dave Innis
album: Contact
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
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36 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89547
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #1, US #75, US AC #15
writtenby: Joy Denny
album: When the Boys Meet the Girls
comments: [pop soul]
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37 |
recordlabel: Epic 6361
chartposition: US #10, US dance #7, RandB #60, UK #79
writtenby: Enrique Garcia
album: Primitive Love
comments: [disco, dance]
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38 |
recordlabel: Tabu 05767
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #6, US #26, US dance #13
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: High Priority
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39 |
recordlabel: Capitol 386
chartposition: UK #1, RandB #85, US #95
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Eaten Alive
comments: [disco dance]
|
40 |
recordlabel: Paisley Park 28890
chartposition: RandB #2, US dance #1, US #11, UK #76
writtenby: Prince & Sheila E.
album: Romance 1600
comments: [disco dance]
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41 |
recordlabel: Capitol 379
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #49, US #12, US AC #3
writtenby: Barry Eastmond
album: Rock Me Tonight
comments: [love ballad]
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42 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 104472
chartposition: RandB #66, UK #9, US #18, US dance 10,
writtenby: Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart]
album: Be Yourself Tonight
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43 |
recordlabel: MCA 52638
chartposition: RandB #20, UK #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Colonel Abrams & Marston Freeman
album: Colonel Abrams
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
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44 |
recordlabel: CBS 6057
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #12, US #34, US dance #1
writtenby: Full Force
album: Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force
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45 |
recordlabel: Tabu 05418
chartposition: RandB #17, UK #13
writtenby: Monte Moir
album: Alexander O'Neal
comments: [love ballad] [slow jam]
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46 |
recordlabel: MCA 52517
chartposition: RandB #3, US dance #1, US #17
writtenby: Sharon Robinson (as Sharon Teresa Robinson), Jon Gilutin & Bunny Hull
album: Beverly Hills Cop: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
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47 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89576
chartposition: RandB #17, UK #5, US dance #5, US #104
writtenby: Steve Arrington & India Arrington
album: Dancin' in the Key of Life
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48 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5518
chartposition: RandB #41, UK #55, US #15, US dance #6
writtenby: Holly Knight
album: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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49 |
recordlabel: MCA 52570
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #13, US #43, US dance #12
writtenby: Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene & Steve Nichol
album: So Where Are You?
|
50 |
recordlabel: EMI 8297
chartposition: US dance #1, US #18, RandB #51
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Madonna
album: Wotupski!?!
comments: [disco dance] (featuring Madonna and Catherine Buchanan)
|
51 |
recordlabel: MCA 52734
chartposition: RandB #4, US dance #3, US #21
writtenby: Gregory Potts
album: Ready for the World
comments: [disco dance]
|
52 |
recordlabel: De lite 884 199
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #50, US #18, US dance #41
writtenby: George Brown, Kool & the Gang & James
album: Emergency
comments: [disco funk]
|
53 |
recordlabel: AandM 2768
chartposition: RandB #3, US dance #9, US #24
writtenby: Jesse Johnson & Ta Mara
album: Ta Mara & the Seen
comments: [disco dance]
|
54 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 9097 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #14, US dance #1, US #60
writtenby: Mic Murphy & David Frank
album: I Feel for You
comments: [disco, dance, boogie] Â
|
55 |
recordlabel: Jive 9374
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #49, US #24, US AC #5
writtenby: Billy Ocean, Keith Diamond & James Woodley
album: Suddenly
|
56 |
recordlabel: RCA 14229
chartposition: RandB #2, US dance #9, UK #18, US #59
writtenby: Ian Foster
album: Luxury of Life
|
57 |
recordlabel: Reality 242
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #7
writtenby: Doug E. Fresh (as Douglas E. Davis) & Slick Rick (as Ricky Walters)
album: Oh, My God!
comments: [hip hop]
|
58 |
recordlabel: Elektra 69621
chartposition: RandB #8, US dance #12, US #25
writtenby: Ky Adeyemo (as Kayode Adeyemo), Ernesto Phillips & Keith Diamond
album: Restless
comments: [disco funk]
|
59 |
recordlabel: Critique 715
chartposition: UK #8, US dance #3, RandB #37, US #109
writtenby: Jochim Fluitsima & Eric van Tijn
album: Mai Tai
|
60 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 6
chartposition: RandB #60, UK #5
writtenby: Melvin Steals & Mervin Steals
album: Hopes and Dreams
|
61 |
recordlabel: Capitol 353
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #79, US #88, US Dance #34
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Can't Stop The Love
comments: [disco funk]
|
62 |
recordlabel: RCA 14108
chartposition: RandB #16, US dance #6, UK #15, US #65
writtenby: Barry Blue & Robin Smith
album: Luxury of Life
|
63 |
recordlabel: Winner 01 (UK)
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: A. Davis
album: Fresh
comments: [Reggae]
|
64 |
recordlabel: Mercury 884 009
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #22, US #47, US dance #7
writtenby: Rene Moore & Angela Winbush
album: Street Called Desire
|
65 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5535
chartposition: RandB #8, US dance #19, UK #81, US #25, US AC #28
writtenby: Keith Diamond & Barry Eastmond
album: Rock Me Tonight
|
66 |
recordlabel: Supreme 101 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #20, UK #7, US dance #22
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken & Pete Waterman
album: Princess
|
67 |
recordlabel: Manhattan 20 0889 7
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #20, UK #12
writtenby: Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson & Trevor Horn
album: Slave to the Rhythm
|
68 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 9534 (UK)
chartposition: US dance #2, RandB #8, UK #21, US #68
writtenby: Steve Arrington & India Arrington
album: Dancin' in the Key of Life
comments: [disco dance]
|
69 |
recordlabel: Epic 6334
chartposition: RandB #79, UK #6
writtenby: Sidney Simien
|
70 |
recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 884010
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #15, US dance #26
writtenby: Larry Blackmon & Tomi Jenkins
album: Single Life
comments: [funk]
|
71 |
recordlabel: CBS 6640 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #16, UK #9, US dance #34
writtenby: Howie Tee
album: Full Force
comments: [disco funk]
|
72 |
recordlabel: Epic 04760
chartposition: RandB #4, US #29
writtenby: Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller
album: The Night I Fell in Love
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
73 |
recordlabel: 4th and Bway 414
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #24, US #104, US dance #1
writtenby: Rodney Skipworth & Phil Turner
album: Skipworth & Turner
comments: [disco dance]
|
74 |
recordlabel: London 882 070
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #80, UK #17
writtenby: Steve Harvey, Robin Achampong & Delroy Murray
album: Total Contrast
comments: [disco funk]
|
75 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1804
chartposition: RandB #7, US #46, US dance #1
writtenby: Chico DeBarge & El DeBarge
album: Rhythm of the Night
comments: [disco dance] [Motown Sound]
|
76 |
recordlabel: Mirage 096892
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #13, US #49
writtenby: Ann Godwin & Chris Barbosa
album: Do You Wanna Get Away
comments: [disco dance]
|
77 |
recordlabel: AandM 9820
chartposition: RandB #7, US dance #7, UK #98, US #38
writtenby: Raymond Jones
album: Don't Stop
comments: [disco dance]
|
78 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5516
chartposition: RandB #85, UK #9
writtenby: Derek Bramble
album: Heaven Knows
|
79 |
recordlabel: Epic 6612
chartposition: RandB #1, US #51, US AC #16
writtenby: Ernie Isley, Chris Jasper & Marvin Isley
album: Caravan of Love / Beautiful Ballads
comments: [slow jam]
|
80 |
recordlabel: MCA 52610
chartposition: RandB #5, US #41, US Dance #18
writtenby: Dan Sembello and Allee Willis
album: Beverly Hills Cop: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
|
81 |
recordlabel: Warner 7 29079
chartposition: RandB #40, US #25
writtenby: Prince
album: Purple Rain
|
82 |
recordlabel: Arista 9352
chartposition: RandB #21, UK #46, US #34
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: Sex and the Single Man
|
83 |
recordlabel: Mercury 880 731
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #3, UK #66, US #101
writtenby: Rene Moore & Angela Winbush
album: Street Called Desire
comments: [disco funk]
|
84 |
recordlabel: Portrait 4808
chartposition: RandB #81, UK #17, US dance #7
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Bernard Oattes, Rob van Schaik & Van Gibbs
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
85 |
recordlabel: Arista 9256
chartposition: RandB #17, US #41, US dance #4
writtenby: Jermaine Stewart, J. David Lindsay & G. Craig
album: The Word Is Out
|
86 |
recordlabel: 10 Records 57
chartposition: RandB #81, UK #11
writtenby: Fredrick Conway, Hiawatha Conway, Huston Conway & James Conway
album: Turn It Up!
comments: [disco funk]
|
87 |
recordlabel: Warner 29094
chartposition: RandB #33, US dance #6, US #36
writtenby: Prince & Jesse Johnson
album: Ice Cream Castle
|
88 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1796
chartposition: RandB #5, US dance #1, US #106
writtenby: Rick James
album: Glow
comments: [disco funk] [Motown Sound]
|
89 |
recordlabel: Carrere 05583
chartposition: US Dance #1, RandB #65, US #61, UK #81
writtenby: Phyllis Nelson
album: I Like You
comments: [disco dance]
|
90 |
recordlabel: RCA 14082
chartposition: RandB #5, US #51, UK #53
writtenby: Richard Dimples Fields, Joshua Sklair and Belinda Wilson
album: 9.9
comments: [disco dance]
|
91 |
recordlabel: Mercury 884 572
chartposition: US Dance #1, RandB #88, UK #97
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: O'Chi
comments: [disco dance]
|
92 |
recordlabel: RCA 49915
chartposition: RandB #9, US dance #5, US #86, UK #37
writtenby: Keithen Carter and Bruce Gaitsch
album: A Long Time Coming
|
93 |
recordlabel: 4th and Bway 20
chartposition: RandB #34, US dance #1
writtenby: Ronald Miller [Ronald Dean Miller] (as Ron Dean Miller)
album: Sing, Dance, Rap, Romance
comments: [disco dance]
|
94 |
recordlabel: AandM 2702
chartposition: RandB #4, US #61, US Dance #20
writtenby: Jesse Johnson
album: Jesse Johnson's Revue
comments: [disco funk]
|
95 |
recordlabel: RCA 14181
chartposition: RandB #10, US #77, UK #71, US dance #3
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Michael Jackson
album: Eaten Alive
|
96 |
recordlabel: Tent 40354 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #9, UK #25, US Dance #30
writtenby: Bernard Oattes and Rob van Schaik
album: Luxury of Life
|
97 |
recordlabel: MCA 919 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #63, US #102
writtenby: Bobby Womack and Paul Kisch
album: Secrets
comments: [ballad]
|
98 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1798
chartposition: US dance #3, RandB #10, US #42
writtenby: Kenny Hawkins & Rick James
album: Only Four You
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
99 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5474
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #36, US #103
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Can't Stop the Love
comments: [disco funk]
|
100 |
recordlabel: Philly World 99608
chartposition: RandB #1, US #76, UK #80
writtenby: Ronald Broomfield and McKinley Horton
album: Serenade
comments: [slow jam]
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