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