| 1 |
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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| 2 |
record label: RCA 13274
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #7, US #17
written by: Kashif (as Kashif Saleem)
album: Get Loose
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
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| 3 |
record label: 20th Century 2133
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1, US dance #2
written by: B. White, P. S. Radcliffe, T. Sepe
album: Can't Get Enough
comments: [disco dance]
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| 4 |
record label: Atlantic 2864
chart position: RandB #4, US #1, UK #14, US AC #1
written by: Ewan MacColl
album: First Take
comments: [ballad]
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| 5 |
record label: Gordy 7022
chart position: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Doxier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Heat Wave
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 6 |
record label: RCA 5347
chart position: US #1, UK #1, US Dance #1, US AC #1
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Whenever You Need Somebody
comments: [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1988]
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| 7 |
record label: Warner Bros. 17119
chart position: US #1, UK #1 US dance #1
written by: Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennan, Paul Barry, Steven Torch, Matthew Gray and Timothy Powell
album: Believe
comments: [disco dance]
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| 8 |
record label: Jive 42422
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1, US AC #3
written by: R. Kelly
album: Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
comments: [slow jam]
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| 9 |
record label: CBS 6300 (UK)
chart position: US #1, UK #4, US AC #1
written by: D. Hall
album: The Secret Of Association
comments: [blue-eyed soul]
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| 10 |
record label: Vee Jay 613
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Manny Curtis, C. Becaud and Pierre Delanoe
album: Delicious Together
comments: [love ballad]
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| 11 |
record label: King 4935
chart position: RandB #1, US #24
written by: Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell (as John Davenport)
album: Fever
|
| 12 |
record label: Epic 510407
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #36
written by: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
album: Stand!
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| 13 |
record label: EastWest 98586
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #4, US dance #8
written by: Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster
album: Funky Divas
|
| 14 |
record label: Vee Jay 585
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Rudy Clark
album: It's In His Kiss
|
| 15 |
record label: Grand Hustle 514202
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #47
written by: T.I., Jim Jonsin, David Siegel and Ricco Barrino
album: Paper Trail
|
| 16 |
record label: Epic 4949
chart position: RandB #12, UK #2, US #1, US dance #7, US AC #4
written by: George Michael
album: Make It Big
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| 17 |
record label: Arista 74321
chart position: RandB #5, US #4, UK #4, US AC #26, US dance #1
written by: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
|
| 18 |
record label: Gordy 7033
chart position: RandB #8, US #2, UK #28
written by: William Stevenson and Marvin Gaye
album: Dance Party
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 19 |
record label: Pye International 25709
chart position: UK #1, RandB #28, US #66
written by: Ken Gold & Michael Denne
album: Real Thing
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| 20 |
record label: Tamla 54124
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #14
written by: Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy & Stevie Wonder
album: Up Tight
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 21 |
record label: 20th Century 2460
chart position: RandB #12, UK #4, US #6, US dance #5, US AC #5
written by: James Mtume & Reggie Lucas
album: 11
|
| 22 |
record label: Atlantic 84198
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #13, US AC #25
written by: Diane Warrenu
album: Never Say Never
comments: [slow jam]
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| 23 |
record label: Cooltempo 265
chart position: RandB #2, UK #2. US #8, US dance #6
written by: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart) and Speech (as Todd Thomas)
album: 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of…
comments: [hip hop]
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| 24 |
record label: P.I.R. 3592
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #10, US AC #1, US dance #4
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: All Things In Time / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
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| 25 |
record label: Ruff Ryders 497562
chart position: RandB #6, US #2, UK #4
written by: Mike Elizondo, Eve (as Eve Jeffers) , S. Jordan, Scott Storch and Dr. Dre (as Andre Young)
album: Scorpion
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| 26 |
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)
|
| 27 |
record label: Motown 1179
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #33
written by: Clifton Davis
album: Maybe Tommorow / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 28 |
record label: Ruff Ryders 497817
chart position: RandB #2, US #2, UK #6
written by: Jonah Ellis, Lonnie Simmons and Alisa Yarbrough
album: Eve Olution
|
| 29 |
record label: Chrysalis 04674
chart position: RandB #6, US #6, UK #4, US dance #1
written by: Arrested Development
album: 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of…
comments: [hip hop] charted as Mr Wendal / Revolution in UK charts
|
| 30 |
record label: MCA 53618
chart position: RandB #1, UK #6, US #3, US dance #17
written by: L.A. Reid & Babyface
|
| 31 |
record label: Cash Money
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #123
written by: Drake, J.Perry and Lil Wayne
album: Girls Love Drake
|
| 32 |
record label: Gasoline Alley 2436
chart position: RandB #2, US #2, UK #36
written by: Carl Martin
album: If I Ever Fall in Love
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 33 |
record label: Siren 112
chart position: RandB #54, US #1, UK #24, US dance #28, US AC #11
written by: Oliver Leiber
album: Forever Your Girl
comments: [new jack swing]
|
| 34 |
record label: Universal 652
chart position: RandB #9, US #3, UK #2
written by: Lumidee, Edwin Perez, Steven Marsden, Busta Rhymes and Fabolous
album: Almost Famous
|
| 35 |
record label: Buddah 403
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #7, US AC #10
written by: Jim Weatherly
album: Imagination...
comments: [love song]
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| 36 |
record label: Jive
chart position: RandB #66, US #2, UK #4
written by: Chris Brown, Polow da Don, Brian Kennedy, Rob Allen and Andre Merritt
album: Exclusive: The Forever Edition
|
| 37 |
record label: Tamla Motown 1051 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Stevenson, Gaye
album: Dance Party / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound] [re release]
|
| 38 |
record label: Warner 29933
chart position: RandB #7, UK #43, US #4, US AC #8
written by: Michael McDonald, Ed Sanford, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
album: If That's What It Takes
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| 39 |
record label: Columbia 41887
chart position: RandB #3, US #4, UK #16, US dance #1, US AC #8
written by: Antonina Armato and Giuseppe Cantarelli
album: #1's
|
| 40 |
record label: MGM 14748
chart position: RandB #34, US #9, UK #2, US AC #11, US dance #1
written by: Clifton Davis
album: Never Can Say Goodbye
comments: [disco]
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| 41 |
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]
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| 42 |
record label: Arista 13293
chart position: RandB #4, US #4, UK #16, US AC #2
written by: Sandy Linzer and David Wolfert
album: The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [slow jam]
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| 43 |
record label: Epic 78485
chart position: RandB #5, US #6, UK #13, US AC #17
written by: Babyface
album: The Day
comments: [slow jam]
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| 44 |
record label: Tamla Motown 620
chart position: RandB #3, US #6, UK #26
written by: Norman Whitfield, Cornelius Grant & Roger Penzabene
album: The Temptations With A Lot O' Soul / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2
comments: [love ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 45 |
record label: Capitol 4179
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: Kenneth St. Lewis & Freddie Perren
album: Showcase
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 46 |
record label: AandM 1974
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, US dance #19
written by: Len Ron Hanks & Zane Grey
album: Something To Love
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 47 |
record label: Vee Jay 386
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Johnny Otis
album: Letter Full Of Tears
comments: [ballad]
|
| 48 |
record label: 20th Century 2058
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, UK #14, US AC #40
written by: Barry White
album: Stone Gon'
|
| 49 |
record label: London 850 765(UK)
chart position: UK #2
written by: Carl Martin
album: Gabrielle
|
| 50 |
record label: Atlantic 1081
chart position: RandB #2, US #44
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Willis Carroll, Carmen Taylor
album: Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
|
| 51 |
record label: AandM 700
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #34, US AC #33, US dance #4
written by: James Harris III & Terry Lewis
album: Rhythm Nation 1814
|
| 52 |
record label: Nappy Boy
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, UK #100
written by: T Pain, D.Bal4 and Lil Wayne
album: Thr33 Ringz
|
| 53 |
record label: MCA 54949
chart position: RandB #5, US #5
written by: Chris Stokes and Claudio Cueni
album: Playtyme Is Over
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 54 |
record label: Cash Money
chart position: RandB #2, US #10
written by: Lil Wayne, Drake, Jarvis Mills, Jermaine Preyan and Gudda Gudda
album: We Are Young Money
|
| 55 |
record label: Infinity 50002
chart position: RandB #7, UK #12, US #6
written by: Errol Brown
album: Every 1's a Winner
|
| 56 |
record label: Atlantic 89217
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #9, US dance #27
written by: Reggie Calloway
album: The Big Throwdown
|
| 57 |
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
|
| 58 |
record label: CBS 3371 (UK)
chart position: UK #1, US #70
written by: Marvin Gaye, Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
album: No Parlez
|
| 59 |
record label: Epic 4349
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #30
written by: Nathan Morris
album: Uncle Sam
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 60 |
record label: Cooltempo 270
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #18, US dance #34
written by: Speech (as Todd Thomas) and Taree Jones
album: 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of…
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 61 |
record label: Warner 7072
chart position: RandB #18, US #4
written by: Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy & Henry Cosby
album: Bill Cosby Sings/Silver Throat
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 62 |
record label: London 117 (UK)
chart position: UK #1
written by: Steve Hurley
album: Hold on to Your Dream
|
| 63 |
record label: Gordy 7056
chart position: RandB #2, US #9, UK #22
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Watchout! / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 64 |
record label: Interscope 003978
chart position: RandB #78, US #7, UK #4, US dance #39
written by: Mark Batson, Jerry Bock, Kara DioGuardi, Mike Elizondo, Eve, Sheldon Harnick and Chantal Kreviazuk
album: Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
|
| 65 |
record label: Paisley Park 19751
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #7, US dance #9
written by: Prince
album: Graffiti Bridge
|
| 66 |
record label: Scepter 12273
chart position: RandB #17, US # 6, US AC #1
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: I'll Never Fall In Love Again
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 67 |
record label: Giant 0148
chart position: RandB #20, US #4, UK #42
written by: Diane Warren
album: Beverly Hills, 90210: The Soundtrack
comments: [ballad]
|
| 68 |
record label: Capitol 15834
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #32, US AC #45
written by: Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy
album: Inseparable
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 69 |
record label: J Records 63091
chart position: RandB #12, US #1, US AC #27
written by: Louis Biancaniello, Tamyra Gray and Sam Watters
album: Free Yourself
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 70 |
record label: RCA 64759
chart position: RandB #2, US #6
written by: Jerome Woods and Gerald Baillergeau
album: Rome
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 71 |
record label: Gordy 7039
chart position: RandB #5, US #8, UK #26
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Dance Party / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 72 |
record label: London 11
chart position: UK #4, US dance #1, RandB #63
album: Eddy Grant
comments: (featuring Donnie Calvin)
|
| 73 |
record label: Arista 0419
chart position: RandB #18, US #5, US AC #5
written by: Richard Kerr & Will Jennings
album: Dionne [1979 album]
comments: [ballad]
|
| 74 |
record label: Arista 109 869
chart position: RandB #13, US #3, UK #81, US AC #2
written by: Daryl Hall
album: Ooh Yeah!
|
| 75 |
record label: MCA 53714
chart position: RandB #3, US #4, UK #74, US AC #11
written by: Gardner Cole & James Newton Howard
album: Larger Than Life
comments: [ballad]
|
| 76 |
record label: Avco 4581
chart position: RandB #10, US #9, US AC #24
written by: Thom Bell & Linda Creed
album: The Stylistics
comments: [philly sound sweet soul]
|
| 77 |
record label: AandM 2540
chart position: RandB #28, US #4, US AC #1
written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
comments: [love ballad] (sung by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller)
|
| 78 |
record label: RCA Victor 12244
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #27, US #40
written by: Kashif
album: I'm in Love
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 79 |
record label: Tamla Motown 998
chart position: UK #5
written by: Thom Bell and Linda Creed
album: Diana and Marvin / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [ballad]
|
| 80 |
record label: Columbia 666520
chart position: RandB #33, US #15, UK #4, US AC #3
written by: Stephen Schwartz, Babyface and Mariah Carey
album: My Love Is Your Love
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 81 |
record label: Atlantic 2386
chart position: RandB #1, US #9
written by: Ronnie Shannon
album: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 82 |
record label: Island 7485
chart position: RandB #1, US #7
written by: Daryl Thomas
album: Dru Hill
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 83 |
record label: Tamla 54191
chart position: RandB #11, US #26, UK #6, US AC #31
written by: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 84 |
record label: RCA 11122
chart position: RandB #7, US #9, UK #39, US dance #8
written by: John Fitch (as John H. Fitch Jr) & Reuben Cross
album: Smooth Talk
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 85 |
record label: Tamla Motown 599
chart position: RandB #1, US #10, UK #21
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Watchout! / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 86 |
record label: Back Beat 27001
chart position: RandB #11, US #6, US AC #15, US dance 4
written by: Buzz Cason & Mac Gayden
album: Everlasting Love
|
| 87 |
record label: Epic 1857
chart position: RandB #1, US #33, UK #44, US dance #4
written by: Luther Vandross
album: Never Too Much
comments: [dance, boogie]
|
| 88 |
record label: Polydor 15030
chart position: RandB #11, US #8, UK #29
written by: Bill Ador
album: Jungle Fever
comments: [funk instrumental]
|
| 89 |
record label: Columbia 06300
chart position: RandB #7, US #30, UK #4, US dance #1
written by: Sean Garrett, Eve, Polow da Don, Kelly Rowland, Blac Elvis and Jason Perry
album: Ms. Kelly
|
| 90 |
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]
|
| 91 |
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]
|
| 92 |
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]
|
| 93 |
record label: Giant 41910
chart position: RandB #15, US #20, UK #19
written by: Antonina Armato, Robert Jerald, Ken Miller, Gordon Chambers and Dave Hall
album: Mind, Body and Song
|
| 94 |
record label: Tamla 54094
chart position: RandB #3, US #13
written by: Ed Cobb
album: Every Little Bit Hurts
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 95 |
record label: Gordy 7014
chart position: RandB #6, US #29
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Come and Get These Memories
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 96 |
record label: Stax 0161
chart position: RandB #1, US #11
written by: Don Davis
album: Taylored in Silk
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 97 |
record label: Malaco 1042
chart position: RandB #5, UK #20, US #27, US AC #24
written by: Dick Addrisi & Don Addrisi
album: Dorothy Moore
comments: [ballad]
|
| 98 |
record label: Vee Jay 566
chart position: RandB #5, US #51
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Clint Ballard Sr.
album: You're No Good
|
| 99 |
record label: MCA 55354
chart position: RandB #5, US #24, UK #6
written by: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Hachidai Nakamura, Rokusuke Ei, James Brown, Linda Creed, John Starks
album: Share My World
|
| 100 |
record label: J Records
chart position: RandB #1, US #44
written by: Fritz Baskett, Missy Elliott, Cainon Lamb, Clarence McDonald and Jazmine Sullivan
album: Still Standing
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