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DeBarge was an American musical recording group composed of several members of the DeBarge family. DeBarge was active between 1979 to 1989 as an R&B group, and they enjoyed popularity throughout that time with a popular musical sound that has been compared to a mix pop-oriented whose repertoire included R&B, soul, funk, and pop music. The group originally consisted of Mark, Randy, and El. Bunny, James, and Bobby joined later. DeBarge released six studio albums, four of them with Motown's Gordy Records: The DeBarges (1981), All This Love (1982), In a Special Way (1983), and Rhythm of the Night (1985). The latter became the group's best-selling album and garnered the single "Rhythm of the Night", which neared the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. DeBarge entered its decline in 1986, when Bunny and El were offered solo deals with Motown and departed the group, and DeBarge was dropped from Motown soon afterward. The remaining members signed with Stripe Horse Records, an independent label, in 1987, which released their final studio album, Bad Boys. The group continued to perform for an additional two years, with Chico DeBarge joining the group in 1988. Legal issues, compounded with the ever changing musical tastes of the public led to the group's dispersion in 1989, 10 years after its inception.

Below is a list of DeBarge 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: Gordy 1770
chart position: RandB #1, UK #4, US #3, US dance #3, US AC #1
written by: Diane Warren
album: Rhythm of the Night
comments: [pop soul] [Motown Sound]
DeBarge Rhythm of the Night
1985 Gordy
2 record label: Gordy 1842
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, US dance #10, US AC #18
written by: Ina Wolf
album: El DeBarge
El DeBarge Who's Johnny (Short Circuit Theme)
1986 Gordy
3 record label: Gordy 1793
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #83, US AC #1
written by: David Foster, Jay Graydon & Randy Goodrum
album: Rhythm of the Night
comments: [beat ballad] [Motown Sound]
DeBarge Who Is Holding Donna Now?
1985 Gordy
4 record label: Gordy 1660
chart position: RandB #5, US #17, US AC #1
written by: El DeBarge
album: All This Love
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
DeBarge All This Love
1983 Gordy
5 record label: Gordy 1705
chart position: RandB #1, US #18, US AC #12
written by: El DeBarge & Bunny DeBarge
album: In a Special Way
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
DeBarge Time Will Reveal
1983 Gordy
6 record label: Motown 1858
chart position: RandB #7, US #21, US dance #11
written by: Nick Mundy, Franne Golde & Paul Fox
album: Chico DeBarge
Chico DeBarge Talk to Me
1986 Motown
7 record label: Gordy 1645
chart position: RandB #2, US #31
written by: Randy DeBarge, El DeBarge & Bunny DeBarge
album: All This Love
comments: [Motown Sound]
DeBarge I Like It
1983 Gordy
8 record label: Qwest 9992
chart position: RandB #1, US #31, UK #67, US AC #26
written by: Quincy Jones III, Rod Temperton, Siedah Garrett & El DeBarge
comments: [slow jam]
Quincy Jones, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, Barry White The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)
1990 Qwest
9 record label: Gordy 1804
chart position: RandB #7, US #46, US dance #1
written by: Chico DeBarge & El DeBarge
album: Rhythm of the Night
comments: [disco dance] [Motown Sound]
El DeBarge with Debarge You Wear It Well
1985 Gordy
10 record label: Gordy 1857
chart position: RandB #7, US #43, US AC #8
written by: Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts & Carole Bayer Sager
album: El DeBarge
comments: [love ballad]
El DeBarge Love Always
1986 Gordy
11 record label: Warner 19184
chart position: RandB #2
written by: Marvin Gaye and Leon Ware
album: Fourplay
Fourplay featuring El DeBarge After the Dance
1991 Warner
12 record label: Motown 1948
chart position: RandB #8, US Dance #14
written by: Darell DeBarge and El DeBarge
album: Gemini
El DeBarge Real Love
1989 Motown
13 record label: Motown 156443
chart position: RandB #11, US #71
written by: Soulshock (as Carsten Schack), Kenneth Karlin, Rahsaan Patterson and Chico DeBarge
album: The Game
Chico DeBarge Give You What You Want (Fa Sure)
1999 Motown
14 record label: Delicious Vinyl 866 104
chart position: RandB #16, US #80
weeksinr&bchart: 16
album: Cool Hand Lōc
Tone Loc featuring El DeBarge All Through The Night
1991 Delicious Vinyl
15 record label: Gordy 1723
chart position: RandB #11, US #45, US AC #21
written by: El DeBarge
album: Love Me in a Special Way
comments: [love ballad]
DeBarge Love Me in a Special Way
1984 Gordy
16 record label: Striped Horse 7004
chart position: RandB #33, US #33
written by: Galen Senogles, Hazel P. Payne, Lorenzo Pryor and Ralph Benatar
album: Bad Boys
DeBarge Dance All Night
1987 Striped Horse
17 record label: Warner 5460
chart position: RandB #14
written by: El DeBarge (as Eldra DeBarge)
album: In the Storm
El DeBarge You Know What I Like
1992 Warner
18 record label: Reprise 18140
chart position: RandB #19, US #106
written by: Babyface and El DeBarge
album: Heart, Mind and Soul
comments: [love ballad]
El DeBarge featuring Babyface Where Is My Love?
1994 Reprise
19 record label: Universal 53088
chart position: UK #50
written by: Chico DeBarge and El DeBarge
album: Long Time No See
comments: [neo slow jam]
Chico DeBarge Iggin' Me
1998 Universal
20 record label: Reprise 6918
chart position: RandB #21, US #112
written by: Babyface and Jon John (as Jonathan Robinson)
album: Heart, Mind and Soul
El DeBarge Can't Get Enough
1994 Reprise
21 record label: Motown 1922
chart position: RandB #18
written by: W. Douglas Jr., H. Redmond, T. Black and W. Brown III
album: Kiss Serious
Chico DeBarge Rainy Night
1987 Motown
22 record label: Universal 1277
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Chico DeBarge and James DeBarge
album: Long Time No See
comments: [slow jam]
Chico DeBarge No Guarantee
1997 Universal
23 record label: Gordy 1869
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Aaron Zigman and Jerry Knight
album: In Love
Bunny DeBarge Save the Best for Me (Best of Your Lovin')
1986 Gordy
24 record label: Gordy 1867
chart position: RandB #32, US #70, US AC #20
written by: Jay Graydon, Mark Mueller and Robbie Nevil
album: El DeBarge
El DeBarge Someone
1986 Gordy
25 record label: Motown 1966
chart position: RandB #24
written by: Darell DeBarge and El DeBarge
album: Gemini
El DeBarge Somebody Loves You
1989 Motown
26 record label: Gordy 1822
chart position: RandB #29, US #75, US AC #17
written by: Diane Warren
album: Rhythm of the Night
comments: [Motown Sound]
El DeBarge with DeBarge The Heart Is Not So Smart
1985 Gordy
27 record label: Reprise 7295
chart position: RandB #36
written by: El DeBarge , Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Jr. Seal
album: Heart, Mind and Soul
El DeBarge Slide
1995 Reprise
28 record label: Motown 1671
chart position: RandB #41, US #124
written by: Chico DeBarge and Smooth (as Juanita Stokes)
album: The Game
Chico DeBarge featuring Joe Listen to Your Man
2000 Motown
29 record label: Warner 17205
chart position: RandB #56, US #118
written by: Marvin Gaye, David Ritz and Odell Brown
album: 4
Fourplay featuring El DeBarge Sexual Healing
1998 Warner
30 record label: Geffen 001484402
chart position: RandB #41
written by: El DeBarge and Mischke
album: Second Chance
El DeBarge Second Chance
2010 Geffen
31 record label: Motown 1909
chart position: RandB #43
written by: Brown Mark (as Brownmark)
album: Kiss Serious
Chico DeBarge I've Been Watching You
1987 Motown
32 record label: Qwest 9605
chart position: RandB #73, US AC #27
album: From Q, with Love
comments: [slow jam]
Quincy Jones featuring Siedah Garrett & El DeBarge I'm Yours
1999 Qwest
33 record label: Gordy 1635
chart position: RandB #46
written by: El DeBarge
album: All This Love
comments: [disco funk]
DeBarge Stop! Don't Tease Me
1982 Gordy
34 record label: Motown 1935
chart position: RandB #53
written by: Mitch McDowell, Rodney Trotter and Craig Owen
album: Kiss Serious
Chico DeBarge Kiss Serious
1988 Motown
35 record label: Motown 56233
chart position: RandB #55
Chico DeBarge Soopaman Lover
1999 Motown
36 record label: Motown 41123
chart position: RandB #59
written by: Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers
album: Chico DeBarge
Chico DeBarge The Girl Next Door
1987 Motown
37 record label: Motown
chart position: RandB #59
written by: Chico DeBarge, Joe (as Joe Thomas) and Buckwild (as Anthony Best)
album: Addiction
comments: [album cut]
Chico DeBarge Oh No
2009 Motown
38 record label: MCA 53041
chart position: US AC #30
written by: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe
comments: [ballad]
El DeBarge Starlight Express
1987 MCA
39 record label: Warner Bros. 5602
chart position: RandB #62
written by: El DeBarge
album: In the Storm
comments: [beat ballad]
El DeBarge Another Chance
1992 Warner Bros.
40 record label: Warner 040357
chart position: RandB #64
written by: El DeBarge and Keith Crouch
album: In the Storm
El DeBarge My Heart Belongs to You
1992 Warner
41 record label: Striped Horse 7007
chart position: RandB #73
album: Bad Boys
comments: [slow jam]
DeBarge I Got You Babe
1988 Striped Horse
42 record label: Reprise 7408
chart position: RandB #86
written by: Babyface and El DeBarge
album: Heart, Mind & Soul
El DeBarge Where You Are
1995 Reprise
43 record label: Motown 012 158 524
chart position: RandB #87
comments: [slow jam]
Chico DeBarge Playa Hater
2001 Motown
44 record label: Universal 1381
chart position: RandB #97
written by: Chico DeBarge and Jack Knight
album: Long Time No See
comments: [slow jam]
Chico DeBarge Virgin
1999 Universal
45 record label: Koch Records
chart position: RandB #107
album: Free
comments: [neo soul album cut]
Chico DeBarge Not 2 Gether
2003 Koch Records
-- record label: Reprise 718155
written by: Babyface, Jonathan Robinson
album: Heart, Mind and Soul
El DeBarge Can't Get Enough
1994 Reprise




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