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Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, music director and vocalist. Her 1982 single, "Forget Me Nots", received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Rushen had great success on the R&B and dance charts, but "Forget Me Nots" was her only song to crack the Top 40 pop chart in the US (US #23 UK #8). Her single "I Was Tired of Being Alone", also released in 1982, did make it into the UK Top 40 pop chart though at number 39.

Below is a list of Patrice Rushen 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: Elektra 47427
chart position: RandB #4, UK #8, US #23, US dance #2
written by: Patrice Rushen, Teri McFadden & Freddie Washington
album: Straight from the Heart...
Patrice Rushen Forget Me Nots
1982 Elektra
2 record label: Elektra 12414 (UK)
chart position: RandB #7, US dance #5, UK #62, US #42
written by: Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims (as Charles Mims Jr.), Freddie Washington & Sheree Brown
album: Pizzazz
comments: [disco funk]
Patrice Rushen Haven't You Heard
1980 Elektra
3 record label: Elektra 47067
chart position: US dance #2, RandB #13, US #102
written by: Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims , Freddie Washington & Sheree Brown
album: Posh
Patrice Rushen Look Up
1981 Elektra
4 record label: Elektra 12494 (UK)
chart position: US dance #2, RandB #30, UK #66
written by: Patrice Rushen & Freddie Washington
album: Posh
Patrice Rushen Never Gonna Give You Up
1981 Elektra
5 record label: Elektra 9742 (UK)
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #10, UK #51, US #78
written by: Patrice Rushen
album: Now
Patrice Rushen Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)
1984 Elektra
6 record label: Arista 9562
chart position: RandB #9, UK #78, US Dance #22
written by: Patrice Rushen and Sheree Brown
album: Watch Out
Patrice Rushen Watch Out
1987 Arista
7 record label: Elektra 69930
chart position: RandB #79, UK #39
written by: Angela Ehgiator, Patrice Rushen , Freddie Washington and Charles Mims (as Charles Mims Jr.)
album: Straight from the Heart...
Patrice Rushen I Was Tired of Being Alone
1982 Elektra
8 record label: Elektra 45549
chart position: RandB #16
written by: Patrice Rushen
album: Patrice
Patrice Rushen Hang It Up
1979 Elektra
9 record label: Elektra 69702
chart position: RandB #26, US Dance #40
written by: Patrice Rushen and Freddie Washington
album: Now
comments: [disco funk]
Patrice Rushen Get Off (You Fascinate Me)
1984 Elektra
10 record label: Elektra 5093
chart position: UK #90
written by: Patrice Rushen
album: Forget Me Nots and Other Hits
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Patrice Rushen Number One
2004 Elektra
11 record label: Arista 9644
chart position: RandB #65, US Dance #37
written by: Lynn Davis and Patrice Rushen
album: Watch Out
Patrice Rushen Come Back to Me
1988 Arista
12 record label: Elektra 067999
chart position: RandB #46
written by: Patrice Rushen and Brenda Russell
album: Straight from the Heart...
Patrice Rushen Breakout!
1982 Elektra
13 record label: Elektra 11451
chart position: RandB #47
written by: Angela Rushen and Patrice Rushen
Patrice Rushen & D.J. Rogers Givin' It Up Is Givin' Up
1980 Elektra
14 record label: Elektra 46604
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Patrice Rushen and Sheree Brown
album: Pizzazz
Patrice Rushen Let the Music Take Me
1980 Elektra
15 record label: Arista 9605
chart position: RandB #51
written by: Alan Roy Scott, Lotti Golden and Michael Margules (as Michael Jay)
album: Watch Out
Patrice Rushen Anything Can Happen
1987 Arista
16 record label: WMOT 02128
chart position: RandB #76
written by: Tom Grant and Gregg Tripp
album: You Hardly Know Me
comments: [jazz funk]
Tom Grant & Patrice Rushen Heaven Is Waiting
1981 WMOT
17 record label: Elektra 5023
chart position: Cashbox RandB #80
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Fred Washington, Patrice Rushen
album: Now
comments: [ballad]
Patrice Rushen Heartache Heartbreak
1984 Elektra
18 record label: Elektra 46024
chart position: RandB #87
written by: Patrice Rushen, Tony Coleman and Angela Rushen
album: Patrice
Patrice Rushen When I Found You
1979 Elektra
19 record label: Sin-Drome 1195
chart position: RandB #106
album: Anything But Ordinary
Patrice Rushen I Do
1994 SinDrome
-- record label: Elektra 46647
written by: Freddie Washington, Patrice Rushen, Sheree Brown
album: Pizzazz
Patrice Rushen Settle For My Love
1979 Elektra
-- record label: Prestige 764
written by: Patrice Rushen
album: Before The Dawn
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Patrice Rushen Kickin' Back
1976 Prestige
-- record label: Elektra 11495
written by: P. Rushen, A. Rushen Ehigiator, C.R. Bell
album: Posh
Patrice Rushen Don't Blame Me
1980 Elektra




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