1
record label: Motown 1443
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Natural High / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [ballad]
The Commodores
Three Times a Lady
1978
Motown
2
record label: Interscope 497066
chart position: RandB #43, US #1, UK #1, US dance #3
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan
album: Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film
Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya & Pink
Lady Marmalade
2001
Interscope
3
record label: Buddah 383
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #55, US AC 19
written by: Jim Weatherly
album: Imagination...
comments: [beat ballad]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Midnight Train to Georgia
1973
Buddah
4
record label: Soul 35098
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #31, US AC #15
written by: Jim Weatherly
album: Neither One of Us / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
1973
Soul
5
record label: Epic 2852
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #17, US dance #7
written by: Bob Crewe & Kenny Nolan
album: Nightbirds
comments: [disco funk]
LaBelle
Lady Marmalade
1975
Epic
6
record label: Columbia 10281
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #25
written by: Harvey Scales, Albert Vance & Don Davis
album: Eargasm
Johnnie Taylor
Disco Lady
1976
Columbia
7
record label: Buddah 403
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #7, US AC #10
written by: Jim Weatherly
album: Imagination...
comments: [love song]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
1974
Buddah
8
record label: Soul 35039
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #47
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Everybody Needs Love / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
1967
Soul
9
record label: T Neck 2251
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #14
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: The Isleys
album: 3 Plus 3 featuring That Lady
comments: originally recorded and released in 1964
The Isley Brothers
That Lady
1973
T Neck
10
record label: Motown 1514
chart position: RandB #5, US #8, UK #56, US dance #53, US AC #13
written by: Harold Hudson, Shirley King & William King
album: In the Pocket / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
The Commodores
Lady (You Bring Me Up)
1981
Motown
11
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]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Every Beat of My Heart
1961
Vee Jay
12
record label: United Artists 50721
chart position: RandB #20, US #3
written by: Eddie Cornelius
album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
comments: [northern soul]
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Treat Her Like a Lady
1971
United Artists
13
record label: Buddah 463
chart position: RandB #6, US #11, UK #4, US AC #2
written by: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch
album: I Feel a Song
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Try to Remember (The Way We Were)
1975
Buddah
14
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
15
record label: Polydor 2033
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #17
written by: Harry Ray, Al Goodman & Lee Walter
album: Ray, Goodman & Brown
comments: [Sweet Soul]
Ray, Goodman & Brown
Special Lady
1980
Polydor
16
record label: Streamline
chart position: RandB #72, US #1, UK #1
written by: Lady Gaga, RedOne and Akon
album: The Fame
Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis
Just Dance
2008
Streamline
17
record label: Motown 012158274
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Erykah Badu, B. Bailey, R. Brown, Nate Dogg, Isaac Hayes, C. Longmiles, S. Martin and Dr. Dre
album: Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Bag Lady
2000
Motown
18
record label: Soul 35078
chart position: RandB #1, US #9
written by: Gloria Jones, Clay McMurray & Pam Sawyer
album: If I Were Your Woman
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
If I Were Your Woman
1970
Soul
19
record label: ABC Paramount 45 10075
chart position: RandB #3 (3 weeks), US #14, UK #45
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Lloyd Price & Harold Logan
album: Mr Personality's 15 Hits
Lloyd Price
Lady Luck
1960
ABC Paramount
20
record label: Buddah 423
chart position: RandB #2, US #5
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Claudine
Gladys Knight & the Pips
On and On
1974
Buddah
21
record label: Buddah 569
chart position: RandB #10, US #52, UK #4
written by: Van McCoy
album: Still Together
comments: [disco dance]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Baby Don't Change Your Mind
1977
Buddah
22
record label: RCA 656881
chart position: RandB #9, US #12, UK #55
written by: Johnta Austin (as Johntá Austin), Charles Farrar and Troy Taylor
album: Tyrese
comments: [slow jam]
Tyrese
Sweet Lady
1999
RCA
23
record label: Soul 35068
chart position: RandB #2, US #17
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Gladys Knight & the Pips Greatest Hits / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Friendship Train
1969
Soul
24
record label: Warner 29563
chart position: RandB #21, UK #11, US #30, US AC #4
written by: James Newton Howard & David Paich
album: In Your Eyes
George Benson
Lady Love Me (One More Time)
1983
Warner
25
record label: EMI 58532
chart position: RandB #2, US #10, UK #21
written by: D'Angelo and Raphael Saadiq
album: Brown Sugar
comments: [neo soul]
D'Angelo
Lady
1996
EMI
26
record label: Tamla Motown 830(UK)
chart position: RandB #13, US #33, UK #11, US AC #25
written by: Kris Kristofferson
album: Standing Ovation / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Help Me Make It Through the Night
1972
Tamla Motown
27
record label: Legrand 1015
chart position: RandB #5, US #9
written by: Frank Guida (as Frank J. Guida)
album: Twist Up Calypso
Gary U.S. Bonds
Dear Lady Twist
1961
Legrand
28
record label: Soul 35063
chart position: RandB #2, US #19
written by: Lincoln Chase
album: Nitty Gritty
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
The Nitty Gritty
1969
Soul
29
record label: Capitol 379
chart position: RandB #1, UK #49, US #12, US AC #3
written by: Barry Eastmond
album: Rock Me Tonight
comments: [love ballad]
Freddie Jackson
You Are My Lady
1985
Capitol
30
record label: Buddah 433
chart position: RandB #1, US #21, UK #51
written by: Tony Camillo & Mary Sawyer
album: I Feel a Song
Gladys Knight & the Pips
I Feel a Song (In My Heart)
1974
Buddah
31
record label: MCA 53210
chart position: RandB #1, US #13, UK #42, US dance #4, US AC #45
written by: Reggie Calloway
album: All Our Love
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Love Overboard
1988
MCA
32
record label: MCA 53657
chart position: UK #6, RandB #69, US AC #18
written by: Narada Michael Walden,Jeffrey Cohen, Walter Afanasieff, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
album: Licence to Kill: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
Gladys Knight
Licence to Kill
1989
MCA
33
record label: Soul 35083
chart position: RandB #2, US #17
written by: J. Bristol, G. Knight, W. Guest, M. Knight, C. Schaffner
album: If I Were Your Woman
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
I Don't Want to Do Wrong
1971
Soul
34
record label: Soul 35105
chart position: RandB #2, US #19
written by: Merald Knight, Gladys Knight & Johnny Bristol
album: Neither One of Us
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Daddy Could Swear (I Declare)
1973
Soul
35
record label: Soul 35042
chart position: RandB #5, US #15
written by: Roger Penzabene, Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
album: All In A Knight's Work
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
The End of Our Road
1968
Soul
36
record label: Solar 4
chart position: RandB #3, US #28, UK #55, US AC #40
written by: Nicholas Caldwell
album: The Whispers
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
The Whispers
Lady
1980
Solar
37
record label: P.I.R. 3634
chart position: RandB #21, US #24, US AC #5
written by: Von Gray & Sherman Marshall
album: When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
Lou Rawls
Lady Love
1978
P.I.R.
38
record label: Buddah 438
chart position: RandB #4, US #22, UK #30, US AC #17
written by: David Gates
album: 2nd Anniversary
comments: [ballad]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Part Time Love
1975
Buddah
39
record label: Capitol 4259
chart position: RandB #1, US #25
written by: Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy & Natalie Cole
album: Natalie
comments: [funk]
Natalie Cole
Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)
1976
Capitol
40
record label: MCA 10198
chart position: RandB #1, US #25
written by: Al B. Sure! and DeVante Swing
album: Forever My Lady
comments: [slow jam]
Jodeci
Forever My Lady
1991
MCA
41
record label: Yung Boss 05563
chart position: RandB #16, US #18
written by: John Barry, Slick Rick, Christian Ward, Robert Watson, Don Black, Doug E.Fresh and Victor Molina
album: Almost Famous: The Sexy Lady EP
Yung Berg featuring Junior
Sexy Lady
2007
Yung Boss
42
record label: Soul 35071
chart position: RandB #3, US #25
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Gladys Knight & the Pips Greatest Hits / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)
1970
Soul
43
record label: Jive 9374
chart position: RandB #10, UK #49, US #24, US AC #5
written by: Billy Ocean, Keith Diamond & James Woodley
album: Suddenly
Billy Ocean
Mystery Lady
1985
Jive
44
record label: Motown 1365 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, UK #12, US #48, US dance #13
written by: Ali Ollie Woodson & Otis Williams
album: Truly for You
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Treat Her Like a Lady
1984
Motown
45
record label: Buddah 544
chart position: RandB #12, UK #20, US #47, US AC #3
written by: Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin
album: Pipe Dreams
comments: [ballad]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
So Sad the Song
1976
Buddah
46
record label: Buddah 363
chart position: RandB #6, US #28, US AC #18
written by: Jim Weatherly
album: Imagination...
comments: [ballad]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Where Peaceful Waters Flow
1973
Buddah
47
record label: Fury 1054
chart position: RandB #3, US #19
written by: Don Covay
album: Letter Full of Tears
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Letter Full of Tears
1961
Fury
48
record label: Tamla Motown 604
chart position: UK #13, US #98
written by: Barrett Strong, Roger Penzabene and Cornelius Grant
album: Everybody Needs Love / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me
1967
Tamla Motown
49
record label: Soul 35091
chart position: RandB #3, US #27
written by: Clay McMurray
album: Standing Ovation
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To
1971
Soul
50
record label: Columbia 38 03761
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #18, US #66
written by: R. Smith, J. Gallo, B. Knight, G. Knight, S. L. Dees
album: Visions
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Save the Overtime (For Me)
1983
Columbia
51
record label: Warner 49744
chart position: RandB #4, US #67
written by: Larry Graham
album: Just Be My Lady
comments: [ballad] Â
Larry Graham
Just Be My Lady
1981
Warner
52
record label: EastWest 9610
chart position: RandB #10, US #25, US AC #30
written by: Gordon Chambers and Barry Eastmond
album: Set It Off: Music from the New Line Cinema Motion Picture
comments: [slow jam]
Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight & Chaka Khan
Missing You
1996
EastWest
53
record label: Maxx 326
chart position: RandB #6, US #38
written by: Van McCoy
album: Gladys Knight And The Pips Deep Soul Treasures Vol.4 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Giving Up
1964
Maxx
54
record label: MCA 25895 2
chart position: RandB #97, UK #10
written by: Robert Livingston, Shaggy, Christopher Birch, Rik Rok, Brian Thompson and Patrick Morrison
album: Lucky Day
Shaggy with Sean Paul ft. Brian Gold & Tony Gold
Hey Sexy Lady
2002
MCA
55
record label: Columbia 11239
chart position: RandB #3, US #46
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: About Love
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Landlord
1980
Columbia
56
record label: Buddah 473(UK)
chart position: UK #15
written by: Van McCoy and Joe Cobb
album: The One and Only
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Come Back and Finish What You Started
1978
Buddah
57
record label: Soul 35034
chart position: RandB #3, US #39
written by: Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Everybody Needs Love / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Everybody Needs Love
1967
Soul
58
record label: Jive 42685
chart position: RandB #15, US #63, UK #60
written by: Isaac Hayes and Steve Huff
album: My Name Is Joe
comments: [slow jam]
Joe (Lewis Thomas)
Treat Her Like a Lady
2000
Jive
59
record label: Gordy 1856
chart position: RandB #4, US #47
written by: Mark Holden
album: To Be Continued…
The Temptations
Lady Soul
1986
Gordy
60
record label: Buddah 428
chart position: RandB #3, US #47, US AC #40
written by: Jim Weatherly
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Love Finds Its Own Way
1975
Buddah
61
record label: MCA 1237
chart position: RandB #3, UK #81, US Dance #10
written by: Alan Rich, Howie Rice and Jeff Pescetto
album: All Our Love
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Lovin' on Next to Nothin'
1988
MCA
62
record label: Columbia 04861
chart position: RandB #2, US #101, UK #57, US Dance #47
written by: Marvin Gaye and Gordon Banks
album: Dream of a Lifetime
Marvin Gaye
Sanctified Lady
1985
Columbia
63
record label: Liberty 1380
chart position: RandB #42, US #1, UK #12, US country #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits
Kenny Rogers
Lady
1980
Liberty
64
record label: CBS 4480 (UK)
chart position: UK #6
written by: Biddu, Gerry Shury and Ron Roker
album: Dance Little Lady
comments: [disco dance]
Tina Charles
Dance Little Lady Dance
1976
CBS
65
record label: Buddah 487
chart position: RandB #4, US #50
written by: Gene McDaniels (as Eugene McDaniels)
album: 2nd Anniversary
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Money
1975
Buddah
66
record label: MCA 54117
chart position: RandB #2
written by: Attala Zane Giles, Cornelius Mims and Gladys Knight
album: Good Woman
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Men
1991
MCA
67
record label: Atco 7038
chart position: RandB #90, US Dance #2, US #48
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Michael Kunze (as Stephan Prager), Sylvester Levay
album: Lady Bump
comments: charted as Lady Bump / The Lady Bumps On in US dance charts
Penny McLean
Lady Bump
1976
Atco
68
record label: London 1061
chart position: RandB #4, US #57
written by: Charles McCormick
album: Riddle of the Sphinx
Bloodstone
My Little Lady
1975
London
69
record label: Parrot 40058
chart position: RandB #42, US #2, UK #13, US AC #4
written by: Paul Anka
album: She's A Lady
Tom Jones
She's a Lady
1971
Parrot
70
record label: Tamla Motown 8402
chart position: RandB #9, US #40
written by: Norman Whitfield and William
album: Feelin' Bluesy
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
It Should Have Been Me
1968
Tamla Motown
71
record label: Charisma 337 (UK)
chart position: UK #12
written by: Bill Lovelady, Aulbory Cash
album: Cheer Up
comments: [reggae]
Bill Lovelady
Reggae For It Now
1979
Charisma
72
record label: Mercury 880 636
chart position: RandB #4, US #102
written by: Larry Smith, Ken J. Cedar and David Renzer
album: Electric Lady
Con Funk Shun
Electric Lady
1985
Mercury
73
record label: Island 572 171-2
chart position: UK #14
album: Hinda
comments: [neo soul slow jam]
Hinda Hicks
I Wanna Be Your Lady
1998
Island
74
record label: MCA 52348
chart position: RandB #5
written by: Al Hudson, Dave Roberson and Kevin McCord
album: Lady
One Way
Lady You Are
1984
MCA
75
record label: Soul 35057
chart position: RandB #11, US #63
written by: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Nitty Gritty
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime)
1969
Soul
76
record label: Columbia 38 04033
chart position: RandB #5
written by: Dana Meyers, Leon Sylvers III, William Zimmerman and Wilmer Raglin
album: Visions
comments: [beat ballad]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
You're Number One (In My Book)
1983
Columbia
77
record label: Buddah 447
chart position: RandB #13, UK #35
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Best of Gladys Knight and the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Make Yours a Happy Home
1976
Buddah
78
record label: MCA 3311
chart position: RandB #30, US Dance #6
written by: Gladys Knight , Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and Jimmy Wright
album: Just for You
Gladys Knight
Next Time
1995
MCA
79
record label: Tamla 844(UK)
chart position: UK #21
written by: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Silk N' Soul / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
The Look of Love
1973
Tamla
80
record label: Buddah 432
chart position: US #21
written by: Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller]
album: I Feel a Song
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Don't Burn Down the Bridge
1974
Buddah
81
record label: MCA 53209
chart position: RandB #7
written by: Stephanie Mills and Howard Gate
album: If I Were Your Woman
comments: [beat ballad]
Stephanie Mills
Secret Lady
1987
MCA
82
record label: Capitol 290
chart position: RandB #13, US #108
written by: Frankie Beverly
album: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Lady of Magic
1977
Capitol
83
record label: RSO 852
chart position: US #27
written by: Adrienne Anderson, Barry Manilow
album: Beauties In The Night
Lady Flash
Street Singin'
1976
RSO
84
record label: Soul 35047
chart position: RandB #15, US #41
written by: Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong and Roger Penzabene
album: Silk n' Soul
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
I Wish It Would Rain
1968
Soul
85
record label: CBS 3 (UK)
chart position: UK #31
written by: Pete Wingfield, John Banfield, Michael Milliner, David Milliner, Jeffrey Brown and Hammish Seelochan
album: To Whom It May Concern
The Pasadenas
Enchanted Lady
1988
CBS
86
record label: Buddah 407
chart position: RandB #40, UK #32
written by: Patrick Williams, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
album: The One and Only
Gladys Knight & the Pips
The One and Only
1978
Buddah
87
record label: Buddah 478
chart position: RandB #16, UK #59
written by: Tony Macaulay
Gladys Knight & the Pips
It's Better Than Good Time
1978
Buddah
88
record label: CBS 9081
chart position: RandB #45, UK #32, US Dance #37
written by: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: About Love
comments: charted as A Taste of Bitter Love / Bourgie', Bourgie' in US dance charts
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Bourgie', Bourgie'
1980
CBS
89
record label: Champion 228
chart position: UK #30
written by: Vaughan Mason
album: All 4 Love
comments: [garage house, hip hop]
Raze feat. Lady J & Secretary of Entertainment
All 4 Love
1990
Champion
90
record label: Mercury 73206
chart position: RandB #14, US #116
written by: James Thompson and Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon)
Gene Chandler
You're a Lady
1971
Mercury
91
record label: Epic 510353
chart position: US #93, UK #32
written by: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
album: Life
comments: B side to Life
Sly & the Family Stone
M'Lady
1968
Epic
92
record label: Tamla Motown 813(UK)
chart position: UK #35
written by: Helen Mastor and Kay Miller
album: Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Just Walk in My Shoes
1972
Tamla Motown
93
record label: Buddah 451(UK)
chart position: UK #34
written by: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
album: Pipe Dreams
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Nobody but You
1977
Buddah
94
record label: Buddah 460(UK)
chart position: UK #35
written by: Van McCoy and Joe Cobb
album: Still Together
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Home Is Where the Heart Is
1977
Buddah
95
record label: Columbia 11330
chart position: RandB #38, UK #35, US Dance #37
written by: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: About Love
comments: charted as A Taste of Bitter Love / Bourgie', Bourgie' in US dance charts
Gladys Knight & the Pips
A Taste of Bitter Love
1980
Columbia
96
record label: Big Life 137
chart position: UK #33
written by: Mervyn Africa, Mark Brown and Femi Williams
album: Forever
Damage
Love Lady
1997
Big Life
97
record label: AandM 1735
chart position: RandB #23, US #71
written by: Billy Preston and Syreeta (as Syreeta Wright)
album: It's My Pleasure
Billy Preston
Fancy Lady
1975
A&M
98
record label: CBS 6104
chart position: RandB #16, US #102
written by: Knight, Dees, Knight
album: Life
Gladys Knight & the Pips
My Time
1985
CBS
99
record label: De lite 912
chart position: RandB #20, UK #44
written by: Britt Britton and Freida Nerangis
album: Dance Lady Dance
Crown Heights Affair
Dance Lady Dance
1979
De lite
100
record label: MCA 23713
chart position: RandB #14
album: Miami Vice II: New Music
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Send It to Me
1986
MCA