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Jonathan Kenneth Butler (born 10 October 1961) is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music. Butler was signed to Jive Records in 1977, and in the early 1980s he moved to the United Kingdom, where he remained for seventeen years. His international breakthrough came in 1987 with his Grammy-nominated hit single, "Lies" which reached #25 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, and his cover version of the Staple Singers song "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)", which he performed with Ruby Turner. His single "Lies", also reached the UK Official Singles Chart, peaking at number 18, spending 12 weeks, in total, in the Top 100.

Below is a list of Jonathan Butler 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: Jive 141
chart position: RandB #5, UK #18, US #27, US AC #16
written by: Jonathan Butler & Jolyon Skinner
album: Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Butler Lies
1987 Jive
2 record label: Jive 1174
chart position: RandB #4, US AC #48
written by: Jonathan Butler and Jolyon Skinner
album: More Than Friends
Jonathan Butler More Than Friends
1989 Jive
3 record label: Jive 1083
chart position: RandB #10, UK #89, US AC #24
written by: Jonathan Butler and Jolyon Skinner
album: Jonathan Butler
comments: [ballad]
Jonathan Butler Take Good Care of Me
1988 Jive
4 record label: Jive 1216
chart position: RandB #7
written by: Jonathan Butler and Jolyon Skinner
album: More Than Friends
comments: [beat ballad]
Jonathan Butler Sarah, Sarah
1989 Jive
5 record label: Jive 1143
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Jonathan Butler and Jolyon Skinner
album: More Than Friends
Jonathan Butler There's One Born Every Minute (I'm a Sucker for You)
1988 Jive
6 record label: Jive 1670
chart position: RandB #58, UK #30
written by: Homer Banks, Carl Hampton and Ray Jackson
album: Women Hold Up Half the Sky
Ruby Turner featuring Jonathan Butler If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)
1986 Jive
7 record label: Jive 1064
chart position: RandB #22, UK #92
written by: Jonathan Butler and Jolyon Skinner
album: Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Butler Holding On
1987 Jive
8 record label: Jive 258
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Jonathan Butler and Labi Siffre
album: Heal Our Land
Jonathan Butler Heal Our Land
1990 Jive
9 record label: Jive 9500
chart position: US AC #25
comments: [instrumental]
Jonathan Butler Baby Please Don't Take It (I Need Your Love)
1986 Jive
10 record label: Mercury 858 968
chart position: RandB #53
written by: Jonathan Butler
album: Head to Head
comments: [ballad]
Jonathan Butler I'm on My Knees
1994 Mercury
11 record label: Mercury 856570
chart position: RandB #61
written by: Jonathan Butler, Jolyon Skinner and Barry Eastmond
album: Head to Head
Jonathan Butler Can We Start All Over Again
1995 Mercury
12 record label: Jive 1416
chart position: RandB #66
written by: Jonathan Butler and Labi Siffre
album: Heal Our Land
Jonathan Butler Sing Me Your Love Song
1990 Jive
13 record label: N2K 10031
chart position: RandB #68
written by: Billy Lawrie, Jonathan Butler and Lulu
album: Do You Love Me?
comments: [ballad]
Jonathan Butler Lost to Love
1998 NK
14 record label: Rendezvous Music
chart position: RandB #113
written by: Jonathan Butler and Kurt Lykes
album: So Strong
Jonathan Butler So Strong
2010 Rendezvous Music
-- record label: Jive
written by: Jonathan Butler
album: J. Butler, B. Eastmond, J. Skinner
comments: [album cut]
Jonathan Butler I Miss Your Love Tonight
1987 Jive




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