R&B Soul Music Jukebox Discography and Biography of Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan Songs

(with biography below if available)

Chaka Khan (born Yvette Marie Stevens, March 23, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter whose career has spanned four decades, beginning in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. Widely known as the Queen of Funk, Khan has won ten Grammys and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide. She has seven gold singles, seven gold albums, and three platinum albums. Khan was ranked at number 17 in VH1's original list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. In 2015, she was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the first time. She was previous nominated as member of Rufus in 2011. Because of her biggest hit "I Feel For You", she was the first R&B artist to feature a rapper.

Below is a list of Chaka Khan songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Warner 29195
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #3, US dance #1
written by: Prince
album: I Feel for You
comments: (featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel)
Chaka Khan I Feel for You
1984 Warner
2 record label: ABC 12010
chart position: RandB #3, US #3, UK #53
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Rags to Rufus
comments: [funk]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Tell Me Something Good
1974 ABC
3 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
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Ain't Nobody
1983 Warner
4 record label: ABC 12149
chart position: RandB #1, US #5
written by: Chaka Khan & Tony Maiden
album: Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
comments: [ballad]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Sweet Thing
1976 ABC
5 record label: Warner 8683
chart position: RandB #1, UK #11, US #21, US dance #30
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Chaka
comments: [disco dance]
Chaka Khan I'm Every Woman
1978 Warner
6 record label: Qwest 2697
chart position: RandB #1, UK #21, US #18, US dance #1, US AC #30
written by: George Johnson, Louis Johnson & Sonora Sam
album: Back on the Block
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles & Chaka Khan I'll Be Good to You
1989 Qwest
7 record label: ABC 12032
chart position: RandB #1, US #11
written by: Chaka Khan & Ray Parker Jr
album: Rags to Rufus
comments: [rock soul funk]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) You Got the Love
1974 ABC
8 record label: ABC 12066
chart position: RandB #4, US #10, UK #56, US dance #6
written by: Gavin Christopher
album: Rufusized
comments: [disco funk]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Once You Get Started
1975 ABC
9 record label: AandM 2043
chart position: RandB #1, UK #34, US #21
written by: Ashford, Simpson, Steve Gadd, Eric Gale, Quincy Jones, Ralph MacDonald, Richard Tee
album: Sounds And Stuff Like That!!
comments: [disco funk]
Quincy Jones ft. Ashford & Simpson & Chaka Khan Stuff Like That
1978 A&M
10 record label: Warner 49692
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #22, US #53
written by: Ned Doheny & Hamish Stuart
album: What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
comments: [disco funk]
Chaka Khan What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
1981 Warner
11 record label: MCA 531
chart position: RandB #1, US #30, US dance #5
written by: David Wolinski
album: Masterjam
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Do You Love What You Feel
1979 MCA
12 record label: ABC 12239
chart position: RandB #1, US #30, US dance #37
written by: Tony Maiden & Lalomie Washburn
album: Ask Rufus
comments: [disco funk]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)
1977 ABC
13 record label: Warner Bros. 9097 (UK)
chart position: RandB #11, UK #14, US dance #1, US #60
written by: Mic Murphy & David Frank
album: I Feel for You
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]  
Chaka Khan This Is My Night
1985 Warner Bros.
14 record label: ABC 12269
chart position: RandB #3, US #32
written by: A. Fischer & David Wolinski
album: Ask Rufus
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Hollywood
1977 ABC
15 record label: ABC 12349
chart position: RandB #3, US #38
written by: Richard Calhoun & Chaka Khan
album: Street Player
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Stay
1978 ABC
16 record label: Warner 5439 18940
chart position: RandB #2, US #68, UK #49, US dance #1
written by: Klarmann and Weber
album: The Woman I Am
Chaka Khan Love You All My Lifetime
1992 Warner
17 record label: EastWest 9610
chart position: RandB #10, US #25, US AC #30
written by: Gordon Chambers and Barry Eastmond
album: Set It Off: Music from the New Line Cinema Motion Picture
comments: [slow jam]
Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight & Chaka Khan Missing You
1996 EastWest
18 record label: Warner 28671
chart position: RandB #21, UK #52, US #53, US dance #11
written by: David Gamson & Green Gartside
album: Destiny
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
Chaka Khan Love of a Lifetime
1986 Warner
19 record label: ABC 12179
chart position: RandB #5, US #39
written by: Gavin Christopher
album: Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Dance Wit' Me
1976 ABC
20 record label: Warner 29881
chart position: RandB #5, US #67
written by: Elliot Willensky
album: Chaka Khan
comments: [beat ballad]
Chaka Khan Got to Be There
1983 Warner
21 record label: ABC 12099
chart position: RandB #6, US #48
written by: Brenda Gordon and Brian Russell
album: Rufusized
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Please Pardon Me (You Remind Me of a Friend)
1975 ABC
22 record label: Warner 7678
chart position: RandB #5, UK #71
written by: Womack and Womack
album: C.K.
Chaka Khan It's My Party
1989 Warner
23 record label: Reprise 17503
chart position: RandB #36, US #102, UK #59, US dance #1
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Gerry DeVeaux and Charlie Mole
album: Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan Vol.1
Chaka Khan featuring Me'shell Ndegéocello Never Miss the Water
1996 Reprise
24 record label: Sony BMG 88697151201
chart position: US dance #1, R&B #103
album: Funk This
Chaka Khan Disrespectful
2007 Sony BMG
25 record label: MCA 51203
chart position: RandB #8, US #91
written by: Kevin Murphy
album: Camouflage
comments: [beat ballad]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Sharing the Love
1981 MCA
26 record label: Warner 29025
chart position: RandB #15, US #60, UK #77, US AC 16
written by: David Foster, Tom Keane and Cynthia Weil
album: I Feel for You
comments: [ballad]
Chaka Khan Through the Fire
1985 Warner
27 record label: MCA 41191
chart position: RandB #24, US #102, US Dance #5
written by: David Wolinski
album: Masterjam
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Any Love
1980 MCA
28 record label: Warner 9009(UK)
chart position: UK #16
written by: Freeman, Sembello, Sembello and Sembello
album: I Feel for You
Chaka Khan Eye to Eye
1983 Warner
29 record label: Warner 17617
chart position: RandB #10, US #103, US Dance #31
written by: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Naughty
Chaka Khan Clouds
1980 Warner
30 record label: Warner 26296
chart position: RandB #8
written by: Wayne Braithwaite and Gabrielle Goodman
album: The Woman I Am
Chaka Khan You Can Make the Story Right
1992 Warner
31 record label: Chrysalis 58438
chart position: RandB #93, UK #28
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Branford Marsalis, DJ Premier, Guru, Bahamadia, Chaka Khan and Damian Holland
album: Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2
Guru featuring Chaka Khan Watch What You Say
1995 Chrysalis
32 record label: ABC 12444
chart position: RandB #16, US #109
written by: Allen Toussaint
album: Numbers
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Keep It Together (Declaration of Love)
1979 ABC
33 record label: Warner 27541
chart position: RandB #12
written by: Holly Knight and Billy Steinberg
album: C.K.
Chaka Khan Baby Me
1988 Warner
34 record label: Warner 28923
chart position: RandB #18, UK #80, US dance #30
written by: Charlie Midnight and Dan Hartman
album: Krush Groove: Music from the Original Motion Picture Sound Track
Chaka Khan (Krush Groove) Can't Stop the Street
1985 Warner
35 record label: ABC 12296
chart position: RandB #17
written by: Dennis Belfield, Kevin Murphy and David Wolinski
album: Ask Rufus
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Everlasting Love
1977 ABC
36 record label: MCA 51070
chart position: RandB #18
written by: David Wolinski
album: Party 'Til You're Broke
comments: [disco funk]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Tonight We Love
1981 MCA
37 record label: MCA 52730
chart position: RandB #66, US #57
written by: Franne Golde, Mary Lauria and Marti Sharron (as Marty Sharron)
album: Miami Vice Soundtrack
Chaka Khan Own the Night
1985 MCA
38 record label: Warner 49256
chart position: RandB #22, US dance #31
written by: Gregg Diamond
album: Naughty
comments: charted as Clouds / Papillon (Aka Hot Butterfly) in US dance charts
Chaka Khan Papillon (Aka Hot Butterfly)
1980 Warner
39 record label: Warner 49759
chart position: RandB #34. US dance #22
written by: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
comments: [disco funk]
Chaka Khan We Can Work It Out
1981 Warner
40 record label: Warner 5742
chart position: UK #73
written by: Diane Warren
album: The Woman I Am
comments: [ballad]
Chaka Khan Don't Look At Me That Way
1993 Warner
41 record label: Warner 29745
chart position: RandB #48, US dance #26
written by: Bunny Sigler and Jane Lumibao
album: Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan Tearin' It Up
1982 Warner
42 record label: Burgundy
chart position: RandB #26, US #121
album: Funk This
Chaka Khan Angel
2007 Burgundy
43 record label: Warner 29406
chart position: RandB #37, US #102, UK #86, US Dance #67
written by: Kevin Murphy and Jeffrey Osborne
album: Stompin' At The Savoy
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) One Million Kisses
1984 Warner
44 record label: Warner 28576
chart position: RandB #28
written by: Bunny Sigler and Marvin Morrow
album: Destiny
Chaka Khan Tight Fit
1986 Warner
45 record label: ABC 4209
chart position: RandB #34 US #105
written by: David Wolinski and Richard Calhoun
album: Street Player
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Blue Love
1978 ABC
46 record label: Warner Bros. 49847
chart position: US dance #22
written by: Chaka Khan, Arif Mardin
album: What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
comments: [disco funk]
Chaka Khan I Know You, I Live You
1981 Warner Bros.
47 record label: ABC 12197
chart position: RandB #35
written by: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
album: Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Jive Talkin'
1976 ABC
48 record label: Burgundy
chart position: RandB #35
album: Funk This
comments: [album cut]
Chaka Khan One for All Time
2008 Burgundy
49 record label: ABC 11356
chart position: US #110
written by: Ron Stockert
album: Rufus
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Slip N' Slide
1973 ABC
50 record label: Qwest 4458
chart position: RandB #39
written by: Glen Ballard, Clif Magness and Caiphus Semenya
album: Back on the Block
Quincy Jones feat. Siedah Garrett & Chaka Khan The Places You Find Love
1991 Qwest
51 record label: ABC 11376
chart position: RandB #40
written by: Allen Toussaint
album: Rufus
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Whoever's Thrilling You (Is Killing Me)
1973 ABC
52 record label: Warner 8740
chart position: RandB #40,
written by: Gavin Christopher
album: Chaka
Chaka Khan Life Is a Dance
1979 Warner
53 record label: Tommy Boy 2178
chart position: RandB #41, US #96, UK #33, US dance #17
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Posdnuos, David Jolicoeur, Maseo, Chaka Khan and Dave West
album: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul featuring Chaka Khan All Good
2000 Tommy Boy
54 record label: MCA 41230
chart position: RandB #43
written by: David Wolinski, John Robinson, Patti Austin and Peggy Jones
album: Masterjam
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) I'm Dancing for Your Love
1980 MCA
55 record label: ABC 11394
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Al Ciner
album: Rufus
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Feel Good
1973 ABC
56 record label: Warner 29790
chart position: RandB #47
written by: Tony Maiden, Bobby Watson and David Wolinski (as David
album: Seal in Red
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Take It to the Top
1983 Warner
57 record label: Warner 49571
chart position: RandB #48
written by: Anderson, Chase, Haberman and Jacobson
album: Naughty
Chaka Khan Get Ready, Get Set
1980 Warner
58 record label: MCA 52002
chart position: RandB #66, US dance #56
written by: Tony Maiden and Lalomie Washburn
album: Camouflage
comments: [disco funk]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Better Together
1981 MCA
59 record label: MCA 51125
chart position: RandB #56
written by: Bessie Poindexter and Lalomie Washburn
album: Party 'Til You're Broke
comments: [disco dance]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Hold On to a Friend
1981 MCA
60 record label: Warner 5783
chart position: RandB #62
written by: Donald D. Bowden, Janice Dempsey and James McKinney
album: The Woman I Am
comments: [funk]
Chaka Khan I Want
1992 Warner
61 record label: Burgundy
chart position: RandB #63
album: Funk This
Chaka Khan You Belong to Me
2007 Burgundy
62 record label: Arista
chart position: RandB #66
written by: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
Chaka Khan My Funny Valentine
1996 Arista
63 record label: Warner 49804
chart position: RandB #68
written by: Andy Fraser, Danny Ironstone, Alfred McCrary and Linda McCrary
album: What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
Chaka Khan Any Old Sunday
1981 Warner
64 record label: Warner 6285
chart position: RandB #72
written by: Chris Jasper, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley and Rudolph Isley
album: Between the Sheets
comments: [smooth jazz slow jam]
Fourplay ft. Chaka Khan & Nathan East Between the Sheets
1993 Warner
65 record label: Atlantic 89449
chart position: RandB #81
written by: B. A. Robertson and Mike Rutherford
album: Destiny
Chaka Khan The Other Side of the World
1986 Atlantic
66 record label: MCA 5270
chart position: US dance #56
written by: Tony Maiden, John Robinson, David Wolinski
album: Camouflage
comments: [disco funk album cuts]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Secret Friend -- Music Man (The D.J. Song)
1981 MCA
67 record label: Warner 28459
chart position: RandB #93
written by: Joshua Fried, Reggie Griffin, Arif Mardin, Charlie Singleton and Jeremy Wolff
album: Destiny
Chaka Khan Earth to Mickey
1986 Warner
68 record label: MCA 5159
chart position: US Dance #64
written by: David Wolinski
comments: [disco funk]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Party 'Til You're Broke
1981 MCA
69 record label: MCA 55111
chart position: RandB #105
album: Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan Vol.1
comments: [hip hop]
Chaka Khan Love Me Still
1995 MCA




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