| 1 |
record label: Mosley
chart position: RandB #60, US #2, UK #3, US AC #4
written by: Timbaland and Ryan Tedder
album: Dreaming Out Loud
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| 2 |
record label: Virgin 38799
chart position: RandB #11, US #3, UK #11, US AC #29, US dance #1
written by: Dewey Bunnell, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris), Janet Jackson and Terry Lewis
album: All for You
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| 3 |
record label: Decca 32818
chart position: RandB #20, US #5, US AC #7
written by: Frank Robinson
album: I've Found Someone Of My Own
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| 4 |
record label: Imperial 66013
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #17
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Irma Thomas
album: Wish Someone Would Care Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
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| 5 |
record label: Mika 2
chart position: RandB #3, US #5, US AC #3
written by: Deon Estus & George Michael
album: Spell
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| 6 |
record label: Carla 2526
chart position: RandB #3, US #11
written by: Deon Jackson
album: Love Makes the World Go Round
comments: [sweet soul]
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| 7 |
record label: Ruffhouse 79191
chart position: RandB #5, US #12, UK #21
written by: Kevin
album: Street Cinema
comments: [rap]
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| 8 |
record label: 20th Century 2443
chart position: RandB #2, UK #12, US #49, US dance #10
written by: Leon Haywood
album: Naturally
comments: [disco funk]
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| 9 |
record label: Syco Music
chart position: UK #1
written by: Jorgen Elofsson and John Reid
album: Spirit [UK edition]
comments: [ballad]
|
| 10 |
record label: J Digital
chart position: RandB #99, US #11, UK #128
written by: J. R. Rotem and Andrea Martin
album: Spirit
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| 11 |
record label: Capitol 4869
chart position: RandB #21, US #21, US AC #3
written by: Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser
album: Don't Look Back
comments: [ballad]
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| 12 |
record label: Epic 74482
chart position: RandB #5, US #19, UK #65, US AC #18
written by: Walter Afanasieff, Trey Lorenz and Mariah Carey
album: Trey Lorenz
comments: [slow jam]
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| 13 |
record label: RCA 64893
chart position: RandB #5, US #19, UK #34
written by: Diddy (as Sean Combs), J. Walker, J. Graham, Harve Pierre, R. Price, C. Wallace, C. Martin and T. Shaw
album: Release Some Tension
comments: [hip hop]
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| 14 |
record label: 20th Century 2228
chart position: RandB #7, US #15, UK #53
written by: Leon Haywood
album: Come and Get Yourself Some
|
| 15 |
record label: Roc A Fella
chart position: RandB #21, US #43, UK #8
written by: Kanye West, Devon Harris, John Barry and Don Black
album: Late Registration
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| 16 |
record label: MCA 52049
chart position: RandB #4, US #61, US dance #29
written by: Al Hudson, Jonathan Meadows, Dave Roberson, Glenda Hudson, Gregg Green, Terry Morgan
album: Who's Foolin' Who
comments: [funk]
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| 17 |
record label: Epic
chart position: RandB #12, US #49
written by: Cory Rooney
album: Someone to Love You
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 18 |
record label: J Digital
chart position: RandB #74, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1, US dance #15
written by: Ryan Tedder and Jesse McCartney
album: Spirit
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| 19 |
record label: Chess 1661
chart position: RandB #5, US #73
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Percy Mayfield
comments: [ballad]
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| 20 |
record label: Syco Music (UK)
chart position: UK #5
written by: Akon, Claude Kelly and Giorgio Tuinfort
album: Spirit
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| 21 |
record label: Columbia 07619
chart position: RandB #7, US #78
written by: Full Force and Lisa Lisa
album: Spanish Fly
comments: [ballad]
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| 22 |
record label: Warner 28572
chart position: RandB #19, US dance #1
written by: Len Barry and McKinley Horton
album: Mutual Attraction
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| 23 |
record label: King 5573
chart position: RandB #2, US #48
written by: James Brown , Bobby Byrd and Lloyd Eugene Stallworth
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
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| 24 |
record label: H.O.L.A. 41082
chart position: US dance #2, RandB #101
written by: Harvey L. Frierson Jr., Richard Frierson and Veronica Vazquez
album: Rise
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| 25 |
record label: ZE Records 6793
chart position: UK #7, US Dance #25
written by: Kid Creole (as August Darnell)
album: Tropical Gangsters
comments: [disco funk hip-hop]
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| 26 |
record label: Virgin/Epic 04221
chart position: RandB #67, UK #1, US #1, US AC #3
written by: Boy George, Jon Moss, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Phil Pickett
album: Colour By Numbers
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| 27 |
record label: MCA 52348
chart position: RandB #5
written by: Al Hudson, Dave Roberson and Kevin McCord
album: Lady
|
| 28 |
record label: MCA 52409
chart position: RandB #8, UK #84
written by: Kevin McCord
album: Lady
|
| 29 |
record label: 20th Century 2065
chart position: RandB #11, US #50
written by: Leon Haywood
album: Keep It In The Family
|
| 30 |
record label: Yab Yum 77895
chart position: RandB #7, UK #112, US AC #32
written by: Babyface
album: Bonafide
comments: [love ballad]
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| 31 |
record label: Sony Music
chart position: UK #21
written by: Paul Barry, Steve Torch, Lemar
album: The Truth About Love
|
| 32 |
record label: Elektra 69426
chart position: RandB #14, US #89, UK #85, US AC #8
written by: Lamont Dozier
album: Positive
comments: [ballad]
|
| 33 |
record label: Imperial 66123
chart position: RandB #13, US #92
written by: Nathaniel Nathan and Leon Haywood
|
| 34 |
record label: 20th Century 2285
chart position: RandB #13, US #101
written by: Leon Haywood
|
| 35 |
record label: Volt 131
chart position: RandB #10, US #31
written by: Estelle Axton and Deanie Parker
|
| 36 |
record label: Polydor 571
chart position: UK #34
written by: Wayne Hector, Nicky Graham and Deni Lew
album: Scarlet
|
| 37 |
record label: Mercury 5689072(UK)
chart position: UK #38
written by: Van Morrison
comments: [ballad]
|
| 38 |
record label: Columbia 46002
chart position: RandB #18, US #42
written by: Herbie Hancock , Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson and Harvey Mason
album: Head Hunters
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| 39 |
record label: Syco Music
chart position: UK #46
written by: Kara Dioguardi, Leona Lewis and Salaam Remi
album: Spirit [Japanese edition]
comments: (B side to Bleeding Love)
|
| 40 |
record label: Decca 32164
chart position: RandB #21, US #63
written by: Leon Haywood
|
| 41 |
record label: 20th Century 2191
chart position: RandB #19, US #83
written by: Rich Cason (as Charles Richard Cason)
album: Come and Get Yourself Some
|
| 42 |
record label: Expansion 27
chart position: UK #48
written by: Billy Gaines and Joe Hogue
album: No One Loves Me Like You
comments: [gospel] re release
|
| 43 |
record label: Ruffhouse 77817
chart position: RandB #42, US #53
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Marti Sharron and Dan Sembello
album: It's Long Overdue
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 44 |
record label: Young Blood 1028 (UK)
chart position: UK #51
written by: Doug Flett and Guy Fletcher
album: The Beginning
|
| 45 |
record label: 20th Century 2146
chart position: RandB #21, US #94
written by: Leon Haywood
album: Come and Get Yourself Some
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 46 |
record label: MCA 52228
chart position: RandB #24, UK #88, US Dance #42
written by: Al Hudson, Dave Roberson and Kevin McCord
album: Shine on Me
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 47 |
record label: CBS 6
chart position: RandB #47, UK #55
written by: Terence Trent D'Arby
album: Neither Fish Nor Flesh
|
| 48 |
record label: Kent 416
chart position: Cashbox RandB #19
written by: Z.Z. Hill
album: The Soul Stirring Z.Z. Hill
comments: [soul blues ballad]
|
| 49 |
record label: Carla 2527
chart position: Cashbox R&B #25, US #77
written by: Helen Miller & Roger Atins
|
| 50 |
record label: Syco Music
chart position: UK #61
written by: Tony Reyes, Leona Lewis and Novel
album: Spirit
|
| 51 |
record label: Atlantic 4044
chart position: RandB #24, US #89
written by: Solomon Burke, Eddie Floyd and Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)
|
| 52 |
record label: Vee Jay 389
chart position: RandB #21
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Percy Mayfield
|
| 53 |
record label: 20th Century 2264
chart position: RandB #26, US #102
written by: Leon Haywood and Maria Tynes
album: Come and Get Yourself Some
|
| 54 |
record label: Modern 99708
chart position: RandB #22
written by: Leon Haywood
album: Freaky Man
|
| 55 |
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
|
| 56 |
record label: Mika 887 689
chart position: US Dance #15
written by: Deon Estus and Kenny Young
album: Spell
|
| 57 |
record label: Savoy 1555
chart position: Cashbox RandB #23
written by: Miller, Stewart
|
| 58 |
record label: MCA 40941
chart position: RandB #24
written by: Leon Haywood and Tony Coleman
album: Energy
|
| 59 |
record label: Geffen
chart position: RandB #28, US #108
written by: Jerry Duplessis, Leroy Watson, Lil Wayne and Diddy
album: My Life II…The Journey Continues
|
| 60 |
record label: BluesWay/ABC 61021
chart position: Cashbox R&B #30, US #102
written by: Percy Mayfield
|
| 61 |
record label: Kent 4547
chart position: RandB #30, US #86
written by: Z.Z. Hill (as Arzell Hill)
comments: (blues soul ballad) [re-release]
|
| 62 |
record label: Casablanca 812 164 1
chart position: RandB #27, US Dance #39
written by: Rich Cason (as Richard Cason)
album: It's Me Again
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 63 |
record label: MCA 79033
chart position: RandB #27
written by: Charles McCampbell, Ellis Jay, Keith Andes and Larry Hatcher
album: Love U 2 the Limit
|
| 64 |
record label: Carla 2537
chart position: RandB #28, US #65
written by: Richard Barbary and Harold Thomas
|
| 65 |
record label: Perspective 31458 7461
chart position: RandB #28
written by: Lawrence Waddell
album: From the Mint Factory
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 66 |
record label: JMJ 74982
chart position: RandB #52, US #92
weeksinr&bchart: 8
album: Bacdafucup
|
| 67 |
record label: Stax 0147
chart position: RandB #35, US #91
written by: Timothy Jackson and Raymond Matthews
album: I'll Play the Blues for You
|
| 68 |
record label: Decca 32230
chart position: RandB #35, US #92
written by: Leon Huff
|
| 69 |
record label: 20th Century 2103
chart position: RandB #35, US #108
written by: Billy Page
album: Keep It In The Family
|
| 70 |
record label: Syco Music (UK)
chart position: UK #97
written by: Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, Wayne Wilkins and Ryan Tedder
album: Spirit
|
| 71 |
record label: Duke 357
chart position: Cashbox RandB #34
written by: Herman Parker
album: Driving Wheel
comments: [soul blues]
|
| 72 |
record label: RCA 8711
chart position: RandB #36
written by: Doris Pearson and Delroy Pearson
album: Rock the World
|
| 73 |
record label: Electra 64415
chart position: RandB #71, US #111, US AC #39
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Anita Baker, Carole Bayer Sager and Marc Shaiman
album: Forget Paris OST
|
| 74 |
record label: Capitol 5643
chart position: RandB #38
written by: Frankie Beverly
album: Live in Los Angeles
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 75 |
record label: Atlantic 2272
chart position: RandB #39
written by: David Porter, Ed Lee and Raymond Moore
|
| 76 |
record label: Fabulous 748
chart position: RandB #42
written by: Leon Ware
album: Inside Is Love
|
| 77 |
record label: MCA 84089
chart position: RandB #43
written by: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and James Wright
album: Flame
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts] [MCA album cut]
|
| 78 |
record label: Fat Fish 8008
chart position: Cashbox RandB #44
written by: Leon Haywood
|
| 79 |
record label: All Platinum 2343
chart position: RandB #45
written by: All Platinum 2343
|
| 80 |
record label: Gordy 1881
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Brian O'Doherty
album: To Be Continued…
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 81 |
record label: Shadybrook 1047
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Ken Gold and Michael Denne
album: The Promise of Love
|
| 82 |
record label: King 6226
chart position: RandB #46
written by: Eddie Gray
|
| 83 |
record label: MCA 79048
chart position: RandB #49
written by: Darlene Perry and David Swanson
album: Tradewinds
|
| 84 |
record label: Data 78(UK)
chart position: UK #154
written by: Adam Presdee, Alex Tepper, Digby Lewis and Phil Docherty
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 85 |
record label: Arista 211 724
chart position: RandB #53
written by: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager & Bruce Roberts
album: What You See Is What You Sweat
comments: [ballad]
|
| 86 |
record label: Mainstream 5550
chart position: RandB #54
written by: Eddie Billups
|
| 87 |
record label: Mika 835 713
chart position: RandB #74, US AC 11
album: Spell
|
| 88 |
record label: MCA 40793
chart position: RandB #54
written by: Leon Haywood
album: Double My Pleasure
|
| 89 |
record label: Soul 35093
chart position: US #113
written by: Johnny Bristol, Stephen Bowden and Joyce Chambers
album: Definitions
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 90 |
record label: Carla 2530
chart position: US #111
written by: Johnny Griffith and Richard Pat Green
|
| 91 |
record label: Cotillion 44130
chart position: Cashbox RandB #56
written by: Percy Mayfield
album: Story Teller
comments: [ballad]
|
| 92 |
record label: Elektra
chart position: RandB #57
album: Day by Day
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 93 |
record label: P.I.R. 888
chart position: RandB #57
written by: L. Huff
album: Here to Create Music
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 94 |
record label: 20th Century 2003
chart position: Cashbox RandB #59
written by: Leon Haywood, Jimmy Lewis
album: Back To Stay
|
| 95 |
record label: CBS 4735
written by: Leon Haywood , Bill Williams Jr., Marshall McQueen Jr. and Jessie C. Roberts
album: Intimate
|
| 96 |
record label: LaFace
chart position: RandB #59
written by: Tricky Stewart (as Christopher Stewart) and The Dream (as Terius Nash)
album: Fantasy Ride
comments: [album cut]
|
| 97 |
record label: Jive 1311
chart position: RandB #60
album: Greatest Hits
|
| 98 |
record label: Mercury 314 512 592
chart position: RandB #63
album: Intimacy
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 99 |
record label: 20th Century 2065
chart position: RandB #63
written by: Leon Haywood , Bill Williams Jr. and Marshall McQueen Jr.
album: Keep It In The Family
|
| 100 |
record label: Don 102
chart position: RandB #65
written by: Leone Thomas
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