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Imagination Songs

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Imagination were a British three piece band, who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They had chart hits in 28 countries, earning four platinum discs, nine gold discs and more than a dozen silver discs around the world between 1981 and 1983. Following this the success of the group in the UK waned, but they continued to perform, tour and record. In 1987, they were signed to RCA Records and recorded two albums and seven more singles. They had a US #1 dance hit with "Instinctual" in 1988. They recorded a last album Fascination of the Physical, in 1990. The band split in 1992.

Below is a list of Imagination 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 7105
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8, US AC #33
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Sky's the Limit / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
The Temptations Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
1971 Gordy
2 record label: Buddah 393
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #56
written by: Gerry Goffin & Barry Goldberg
album: Imagination...
Gladys Knight & the Pips I've Got to Use My Imagination
1973 Buddah
3 record label: MCA 52067
chart position: UK #2, RandB #27, US #102, US dance #15
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram
album: In the Heat of the Night
Imagination Just an Illusion
1982 MCA
4 record label: MCA 13956
chart position: UK #4
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Lee John, Ashley Ingram and Errol Kennedy
album: Body Talk
Imagination Body Talk
1981 MCA
5 record label: RandB Records 210
chart position: RandB #52, UK #5
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram
album: In the Heat of the Night
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Imagination Music and Lights
1982 RandB Records
6 record label: RandB 202(UK)
chart position: UK #16
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Lee John, Ashley Ingram and Errol Kennedy
album: Body Talk
Imagination In and Out of Love
1981 RandB
7 record label: RandB 206
chart position: UK #16
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Lee John, Ashley Ingram and Errol Kennedy
album: Body Talk
Imagination Flashback
1981 RandB
8 record label: Qwest 17253
chart position: RandB #12, US #37
written by: Tamia (as Tamia Hill), Mario Winans and Jermaine Dupri
album: Tamia
Tamia Imagination
1998 Qwest
9 record label: RCA 8618
chart position: UK #62, US Dance #1
written by: Arthur Baker and Paul Gurvitz
album: Closer
Imagination Instinctual
1988 RCA
10 record label: MCA 52007
chart position: RandB #68, US Dance #6
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John, Ashley Ingram and Errol Kennedy
album: Body Talk
comments: [instrumental] charted as Burnin' Up/So Good So Right in US dance charts
Imagination Burnin' Up
1982 MCA
11 record label: RandB Records 211
chart position: UK #22
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John and Ashley Ingram
album: In the Heat of the Night
Imagination In the Heat of the Night
1982 RandB Records
12 record label: RandB 219 (UK)
chart position: UK #22
written by: Leee John and Ashley Ingram
album: Trilogy
Imagination Thank You My Love
1984 RandB
13 record label: Elektra 69815
chart position: RandB #64, UK #29
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John and Ashley Ingram
album: Scandalous
Imagination Looking at Midnight
1983 Elektra
14 record label: RandB Records
chart position: US dance #9
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John, Ashley Ingram, Errol Kennedy
album: Body Talk
Imagination So Good, So Right
1981 RandB Records
15 record label: MCA 13962
chart position: RandB #46, UK #31, US Dance #66
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John and Ashley Ingram
album: In the Heat of the Night
comments: [disco dance]
Imagination Changes
1982 MCA
16 record label: RCA 13252
chart position: RandB #45, US #33
written by: Daryl Hall
album: Private Eyes
Hall & Oates Your Imagination
1982 RCA
17 record label: Elektra 4982
chart position: UK #67, US dance #13
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John and Ashley Ingram
album: Scandalous
Imagination State of Love
1984 Elektra
18 record label: Atlantic 89284
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke
album: Come Share My Love
comments: [ballad]
Miki Howard Imagination
1987 Atlantic
19 record label: Elektra 60316 1
chart position: UK #56
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John and Ashley Ingram
album: Scandalous
comments: [disco dance]
Imagination New Dimension
1983 Elektra
20 record label: Capitol 5118
chart position: RandB #21, US Dance #69
written by: Kae Williams
album: All Night Long
comments: [disco funk]
B.B. & Q. Band (Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens) Imagination
1982 Capitol
21 record label: Elektra 66975
chart position: RandB #29, US Dance #22
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John and Ashley Ingram
album: Scandalous
Imagination This Means War (Shoo Be Doo da Dabba Doobee)
1984 Elektra
22 record label: Cooltempo 2
chart position: UK #76
written by: Arnie Roman and Steven Dante
album: Find Out
Steven Dante Imagination
1988 Cooltempo
23 record label: RandB 1800 (UK)
chart position: UK #83
written by: Ashley Ingram and Leee John
album: Trilogy
Imagination Found My Girl
1985 RandB
24 record label: Powderworks 0348
chart position: UK #87
written by: Ashley Ingram and Leee John
album: Trilogy
Imagination Sunshine
1986 Powderworks
25 record label: Columbia 10380
chart position: RandB #81, US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Alan Spenner
album: Rise and Shine!
Kokomo Use Your Imagination
1976 Columbia
26 record label: RCA 5296
chart position: RandB #88, UK #93
written by: Victor Burks
album: Closer
Imagination The Last Time
1987 RCA
27 record label: Ariola 107 698
chart position: UK #99
written by: Miles Waters and Peter Vale
album: Trilogy
Imagination Last Days of Summer
1985 Ariola
28 record label: Honey Bee 10 (UK)
chart position: UK #100
written by: Dee Vaz and Leee John
album: All the Hits: Hot Sensational Re Mixes
comments: [dance, house]
Imagination L.T.O. (Love's Taking Over)
1989 Honey Bee
29 record label: Goldwax 314
chart position: RandB #40
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Claunch, Cantrell
The Ovations Me And My Imagination
1966 Goldwax
30 record label: 20th Century 2117
chart position: Cashbox RandB #68
written by: Norman Blue, Ronald Buchanan
album: The Imaginations
The Imaginations There's Another On Your Mind
1974 20th Century
31 record label: Capitol 5313
chart position: RandB #79
written by: Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
album: Let Me Be Yours
Lillo Thomas Just My Imagination
1984 Capitol
32 record label: Decca
chart position: RandB #83
written by: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
album: Motown: Hitsville USA
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
Boyz II Men Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
2008 Decca
-- record label: Columbia 3 10420
written by: Bill Withers
album: Naked and Warm
Bill Withers My Imagination
1976 Columbia
-- record label: Black Sun 13
written by: Imagination, S. Jolley, T. Swain
album: Body Talk
Imagination Tell Me Do You Want My Love
1981 Black Sun
-- record label: Beverly Glen 203
written by: Cecil Womack
album: The Poet...
Bobby Womack Just My Imagination
1981 Beverly Glen
-- record label: Fraternity 1001
written by: Bob Perpor
comments: [northern soul]
The Imaginations Strange Neighborhood
1968 Fraternity
-- record label: ABC/Dunhill 50163
written by: B. Goldberg, G. Goffin
album: His California Album
comments: [album cut]
Bobby Bland I've Got To Use My Imagination
1973 ABC/Dunhill
-- record label: Gospel Truth 1201
Rance Allen Group Just My Imagination (Just My Salvation)
1972 Gospel Truth
-- record label: P.I.R.
written by: A. Newley, L. Bricusse
album: All Things In Time
comments: [philly sound album cut]
Lou Rawls Pure Imagination
1976 P.I.R.
-- record label: Magic City 006
written by: Leroy Duckett E. Burt
Cynthia & The Imaginations There's Something The Matter (With Your Heart)
1968 Magic City
-- record label: Blue Rock 4074
written by: T. Shaw, E. Bert
Cynthia & The Imaginations Hey Boy (I Love You)
1969 Blue Rock




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