| 1 |
record label: Arista 9598
chart position: RandB #2, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #1
written by: George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam
album: Whitney
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| 2 |
record label: CBS 1593
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US dance #1
written by: Robert Clivilles & Freedom Williams
album: Gonna Make You Sweat
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| 3 |
record label: Bad Boy 9080
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #19
written by: Diddy, Stevie J, Carlos Broady, Nashiem Myrick, Mase, Greg Prestopino, Matthew Wilder
album: No Way Out
comments: [hip hop]
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| 4 |
record label: LaFace 24116
chart position: RandB #11, US #2, UK #4, US AC #2
written by: Joe Rich (as Joseph Richards) and Don DuBose
album: Words
comments: [slow jam]
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| 5 |
record label: Arista 3544
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #55, US dance #1
written by: Montell Jordan and Shep Crawford (as Anthony
album: One Wish
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 6 |
record label: Island 011159
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #5, US dance #1
written by: Mariah Carey, The Dream and Crystal Nicole
album: E=MC²
|
| 7 |
record label: Epic 510555
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: S. Stewart
album: Greatest Hits
comments: Double-sided hit with Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)
|
| 8 |
record label: Elektra 64245
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #30
written by: Keith Sweat and Fitzgerald Scott
album: Keith Sweat
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 9 |
record label: Motown 1702
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #6, US dance #3, US rock #31
written by: Rockwell (as Kennedy Gordy) & Curtis Anthony Nolen
album: Somebody's Watching Me
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 10 |
record label: Jive
chart position: RandB #45, US #5, UK #2, US dance #1
written by: Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
album: Justified
|
| 11 |
record label: EastWest 6055
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #21
written by: Darrell Allamby, Link (as Lincoln Browder) and Antoinette Roberson
album: Levert.Sweat.Gill
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 12 |
record label: Epic 50656
chart position: RandB #3, UK #4, US #7, US dance #20
written by: Michael Jackson & Randy Jackson [Jackson 5]
album: Destiny
|
| 13 |
record label: Jive 42373
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #23
written by: R. Kelly
album: R. Kelly
comments: [slow jam] (featuring Ronald Isley)
|
| 14 |
record label: Universal 002570
chart position: RandB #14, US #4, UK #6
written by: Nicole Albino, Natalie Albino, Cordel Burrell, Luis Diaz, Paul George, Curtis Bedeau, Gerald Charles
album: Nina Sky
|
| 15 |
record label: RCA Victor 0731
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, UK #52, US AC #25
written by: Jim Bailey, Rudy Clark & Ken Williams
album: Bitter Sweet
|
| 16 |
record label: AandM 588 589
chart position: RandB #4, US #5, UK #38
written by: Feloney Davis, Euclid Gray and Monica Gray
album: All Work, No Play
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 17 |
record label: London 117 (UK)
chart position: UK #1
written by: Steve Hurley
album: Hold on to Your Dream
|
| 18 |
record label: MCA 13956
chart position: UK #4
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Lee John, Ashley Ingram and Errol Kennedy
album: Body Talk
|
| 19 |
record label: Warner 29555
chart position: RandB #1, UK #8, US dance 6, US #22
written by: David Wolinski (as Hawk Wolinski)
album: Live Stompin' At The Savoy
|
| 20 |
record label: Hot Wax 7004
chart position: RandB #6, US #8
written by: General Johnson (as Norman Johnson), Greg Perry & Angelo Bond
album: Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed
|
| 21 |
record label: Jive 353
chart position: RandB #2, US #13, UK #19
written by: R. Kelly
album: 12 Play
comments: [slow jam]
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| 22 |
record label: Deconstruction 43715
chart position: RandB #2, US #8, UK #16, US dance #1
written by: Mirko Limoni, DJ Lelewel and Valerio Semplici
album: Dreamland
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 23 |
record label: Atlantic 3469
chart position: RandB #12, US #38, UK #9, US dance #1
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: CHIC
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 24 |
record label: Geffen 1063
chart position: UK #1, RandB #27, US #46
written by: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) and David Wolinski (as Hawk Wolinski)
album: Beavis and Butt Head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 25 |
record label: RCA 13201
chart position: RandB #34, UK #7, US #44, US dance #14
written by: Diana Ross & Ray Chew
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
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| 26 |
record label: P.I.R. 3579
chart position: RandB #1, US #12, UK #23, US AC #34
written by: John Whitehead, Gene McFadden & Victor Carstarphen
album: Wake Up Everybody / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 27 |
record label: Mango 810
chart position: UK #4
written by: Curtis Mayfield and Dino Fekaris
album: Tease Me
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 28 |
record label: Motown 1165
chart position: RandB #7, US #20, UK #33, US AC #18
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Diana Ross / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 29 |
record label: RCA 2735
chart position: RandB #10, US #23, UK #4, US dance #1
written by: Mirko Limoni, DJ Lelewel & Valerio Semplici
album: Dreamland
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 30 |
record label: Wildcard (UK)
chart position: UK #5
written by: David Bowie, Sacha Skarbek and Lukas Burton
album: Gotta Tell You
|
| 31 |
record label: De lite 17 (UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Robert Bell, James
album: In the Heart
|
| 32 |
record label: Atlantic 94131
chart position: RandB #22, US #12, UK #37
written by: Diamond Smith, Joseph Smith, S. Smith, Pleasure P, Corey Mathis, Jim Jonsin, D. Baker and S. Majors
album: Bluestars
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| 33 |
record label: Atlantic 2475
chart position: RandB #1, US #21, UK #11
written by: Timbaland (as Tim Mosley) and Static Major (as Stephen Garrett)
album: Dr. Dolittle Movie Soundtrack
comments: (featuring Timbaland)
|
| 34 |
record label: Tamla Motown 747(UK)
chart position: RandB #11, US #21, US AC #29
written by: Lou Stallman
album: Right On / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 35 |
record label: Atlantic 3206
chart position: RandB #4, US #15
written by: Charles Simmons & Joe Jefferson
album: Mighty Love
comments: [philly sound ballad]
|
| 36 |
record label: Warner 49857
chart position: UK #11
written by: Tom Snow and Nan O'Byrne
album: Secret Combination
|
| 37 |
record label: King 6224
chart position: RandB #3, US #20
written by: James Brown
album: Sex Machine
comments: [funk]
|
| 38 |
record label: Music World 79839
chart position: RandB #72, UK #5, US #97
written by: Rich Harrison, Robert Reed and Tony Fisher
album: Simply Deep
|
| 39 |
record label: AandM 2768
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #9, US #24
written by: Jesse Johnson & Ta Mara
album: Ta Mara & the Seen
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 40 |
record label: Elektra 1438
chart position: RandB #4, US #36, UK #48, US AC #25
written by: Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley
album: Rhythm of Love
|
| 41 |
record label: United Artists 255
chart position: RandB #2, US #29
written by: James Cox
album: Facts of Life...
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 42 |
record label: Vinyl Dreams 71
chart position: RandB #2, UK #13, US #75, US dance #13
written by: Jocelyn Brown & Annette Brown
album: Somebody Else's Guy
|
| 43 |
record label: Work 7658
chart position: RandB #63, US #94, UK #1, US dance #43
written by: Diana King, Andy Marvel and Marlon Graves
album: Tougher Than Love
|
| 44 |
record label: Freakstreet 2006 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Tom Snow and Nan O'Byrne
album: Much Love
|
| 45 |
record label: Epic 1907
chart position: RandB #4, US #37, UK #31
written by: Shabba Ranks, Mikey Bennett, Maxi Priest, Brian Thompson and Clifton Dillon
album: As Raw as Ever
comments: [reggae dancehall]
|
| 46 |
record label: Breakaway 4000
chart position: RandB #18, US #18
written by: Nate Dogg, Warren G and Harold Johnson
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 47 |
record label: Capitol 437
chart position: RandB #1, UK #33, US #69
written by: Barry Eastmond & Jolyon Skinner
album: Just Like the First Time
|
| 48 |
record label: Atlantic 11404
chart position: RandB #6, UK #34, US #64, US dance #34
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
|
| 49 |
record label: P.I.R. 137361
chart position: RandB #5, US #38, US dance #12
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: The Jones Girls / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 50 |
record label: Caprice 110
chart position: RandB #10, US #22
written by: Rudy Clark
album: James Ray
|
| 51 |
record label: Stone Flower 9001
chart position: RandB #8, US #32
written by: Sly Stone
|
| 52 |
record label: Ten Records 252
chart position: UK #10, US Dance #1
written by: Kevin Saunderson and Paris Grey
album: Paradise
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 53 |
record label: Stax 0078
chart position: RandB #4, US #39
written by: Arthur Snider
album: One Step Beyond
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 54 |
record label: Ensign 201(UK)
chart position: UK #15
written by: Breeze McKrieth, David Baptiste and Kenny Wellington
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 55 |
record label: Tamla 54048
chart position: RandB #11, US #52
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: William Robinson and Ronnie White
album: Cookin' with The Miracles
comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to I Can't Believe
|
| 56 |
record label: Atlantic 2381
chart position: RandB #19, US #29
written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns), Solomon Burke & Jerry Wexler
album: The Wicked Pickett
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 57 |
record label: Alston 4574
chart position: RandB #7, US #40
written by: Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke
album: Nobody But You Babe
comments: [southern soul funk]
|
| 58 |
record label: London 8802
chart position: RandB #3, US #21
written by: Dee Clark
album: Dee Clark
|
| 59 |
record label: Motown 4756
chart position: RandB #1, UK #57, US #84, US dance #48
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: Johnny Gill [1990 album]
|
| 60 |
record label: Soul 35034
chart position: RandB #3, US #39
written by: Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Everybody Needs Love / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 61 |
record label: Scepter 1243
chart position: RandB #15, US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Robert Allen & Richard Adler
album: The Shirelles Greatest Hits
comments: [released 1962, charted 1963]
|
| 62 |
record label: Nervous 20216 2
chart position: UK #14, US Dance #1
written by: Victor Osbourn, Eric Robinson, Paul Simpson, Byron Stingily and Zackery Toms
album: The Purist
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 63 |
record label: Columbia 10334
chart position: RandB #5, US #33
written by: Clarence Coulter, Don Davis & Chico Jones
album: Eargasm
|
| 64 |
record label: Ensign 514
chart position: UK #10
written by: Phil Fearon
album: Phil Fearon and Galaxy
|
| 65 |
record label: Giant 5539
chart position: RandB #1, US #84
written by: Lemel Humes
album: Femme Fatale
|
| 66 |
record label: Solar 69785
chart position: RandB #3, US #77
written by: Stanley Burke, Melvin Gentry, Carl Greene, L.A. Reid (as Antonio Reid) and Bo Watson
album: Street Beat
|
| 67 |
record label: Mercury 884 572
chart position: US Dance #1, RandB #88, UK #97
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: O'Chi
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 68 |
record label: Mercury 76015
chart position: RandB #3, US #57, US dance #90
written by: J. Alexander, L. Dodson, A. Jones, M. Beard, F. Thompson, W. Stewart, C. Allen, L. Smith, H. Henders
|
| 69 |
record label: Pulse-8 13 (UK)
chart position: US dance #1, UK #6, US #37
written by: Nigel Swanston and Tim Cox
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 70 |
record label: AandM 2738
chart position: RandB #17, US dance #10, UK #26, US #3, US AC #39, US rock #1
written by: Sting
album: The Dream of the Blue Turtles
|
| 71 |
record label: Critique 15529
chart position: US Dance #1, UK #44, US #101
written by: David Wolinski
album: Real Life
|
| 72 |
record label: RCA Victor 47 8088
chart position: RandB #3, US #70
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Twistin' The Night Away
|
| 73 |
record label: Keen 32018
chart position: RandB #2, US #31
written by: Barbara Campbell
album: Hit Kit / The Best of Sam Cooke
|
| 74 |
record label: Atlantic 2241
chart position: RandB #4, US #58
written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns), Solomon Burke and Jerry Wexler
album: Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 75 |
record label: RCA Victor 9447
chart position: UK #5
written by: Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb
album: To Love Somebody
|
| 76 |
record label: MCA 2074
chart position: RandB #2
written by: Bunny Sigler and Eugene Lambchops Curry
album: Burnin'
comments: [ballad]
|
| 77 |
record label: Capitol 5990
chart position: US #8
written by: R. Isley
album: Nobody But Me
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 78 |
record label: Columbia 45472
chart position: RandB #39, US #12
written by: David Brown, Tyrone Moss & Carlos Santana
album: Santana III
|
| 79 |
record label: AandM 1563
chart position: US #8, US AC #1
written by: J. R. Bailey, Rudy Clark & Ken Williams
album: Warm Your Heart
|
| 80 |
record label: Rowdy 5075
chart position: US #9
written by: Dallas Austin, Treach (as Anthony Criss) and Diane Warren
|
| 81 |
record label: Virgin 801 (UK)
chart position: UK #9
written by: Jochim Fluitsima and Eric van Tijn
album: Mai Tai
|
| 82 |
record label: Atlantic 86531
chart position: US dance #2
written by: John Smith and Valerie Day
album: Told U So
|
| 83 |
record label: Bell 733
chart position: RandB #7, US #57
written by: Charlie Moore, Lee Jones and Robert Wrightsil
comments: [ballad]
|
| 84 |
record label: West End 1215
chart position: RandB #79, UK #37, US Dance #3
written by: Mack L. Jones and Marty Simon
|
| 85 |
record label: Columbia 78393
chart position: US dance #3, US #113
written by: Robert Clivillés and Ya Kid K
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 86 |
record label: Stax 198
chart position: RandB #8, US #64
written by: David Porter and Isaac Hayes
album: Double Dynamite
|
| 87 |
record label: Ronn 55
chart position: RandB #9, US #60
written by: Miles Grayson and Lermon Horton
album: Everybody Knows About My Good Thing
|
| 88 |
record label: ARS 656837
chart position: UK #12
written by: Jo Bogaert, Melissa Beckford and Robert Einstein
album: Body to Body
|
| 89 |
record label: Elektra 69489
chart position: RandB #8, US #89, US Dance #40
written by: Preston Glass
album: Sensational
|
| 90 |
record label: AM:PM 5885001(UK)
chart position: UK #13
written by: Jocelyn Brown
album: I'm Movin' On
|
| 91 |
record label: Smash 1858
chart position: RandB #10, US #67
written by: Jim Jam
album: Back To Soul
|
| 92 |
record label: Bang 735
chart position: RandB #7, US #92
written by: Ray Ransom (as Raymond Lincoln Ransom Jr.)
album: Brick
|
| 93 |
record label: Prelude 8025
chart position: RandB #23, US Dance #4
written by: Willie Phillips and Carlton Maestro
album: The Strikers
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 94 |
record label: Atlantic 3541
chart position: RandB #9, US #47, US Dance #64
written by: Narada Michael Walden
album: Awakening
|
| 95 |
record label: Derrty 011572
chart position: RandB #69, US #42, UK #17
written by: Nelly, Akon, Ashanti and Giorgio Tuinfort
album: Brass Knuckles
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 96 |
record label: Big Beat 0004
chart position: UK #44, US Dance #6
written by: Cheri Williams and Dwayne Richardson
album: Someone to Love Me
|
| 97 |
record label: Delirious 9 (UK)
chart position: UK #20
written by: Jere McAllister, Tina Moore, Steve Carter
album: Tina Moore
|
| 98 |
record label: Deconstruction (UK)
chart position: UK #19
written by: Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards
|
| 99 |
record label: X Clusive 010
chart position: UK #21
written by: David Wolinski
|
| 100 |
record label: Tent 41661 (UK)
chart position: UK #23
written by: Dean Chamberlain and Martin Briley
album: Between the Lines
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