1
record label: RSO 879
chart position: RandB #10, US #1, UK #32, US AC #20
written by: John Crowley & Peter Beckett
album: Player
comments: [ballad]
Player
Baby Come Back
1977
RSO
2
record label: Mercury 73734
chart position: RandB #1, US #11, UK #51
written by: Billy Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Honey...
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Love Rollercoaster
1975
Mercury
3
record label: Mercury 73643
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #10, US #1
written by: J. Williams C. Satchell L. Bonner M. Jones R. Middlebrooks M. Pierce W. Beck
album: Fire
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Fire
1974
Mercury
4
record label: Westbound 214
chart position: RandB #1, US #15
written by: Ohio Players
album: Pleasure
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Funky Worm
1973
Westbound
5
record label: Mercury 73814
chart position: RandB #1, US #18
written by: Billy Beck , Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Contradiction
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Who'd She Coo?
1976
Mercury
6
record label: Jive 42449
chart position: RandB #5, US #21, UK #16
written by: Joe (as Joe Thomas) and Jolyon Skinner
album: All That I Am
Joe (Lewis Thomas)
Don't Wanna Be a Player
1997
Jive
7
record label: Mercury 6167012
chart position: RandB #2, US #13
written by: Marshall Jones, Marvin Pierce, Leroy Bonner, James
album: Skin Tight
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Skin Tight
1974
Mercury
8
record label: Vanguard 5011
chart position: UK #8, US Dance #56
written by: Chris Hills and Laurel Dann
album: Turn The Music Up!
comments: [disco]
The Players Association
Turn the Music Up!
1979
Vanguard
9
record label: Big Beat 95750
chart position: RandB #7, US #13
written by: The Notorious B.I.G., Little Kim and Little Ceaser
album: Conspiracy
comments: [hip hop]
Junior M.A.F.I.A.
Player's Anthem
1995
Big Beat
10
record label: Loud/RCA 65478
chart position: RandB #6, US #24
written by: Jerome Foster and Big Punisher (as Christopher Lee Rios)
album: Capital Punishment
comments: [hip hop]
Big Punisher
Still Not a Player
1998
Loud/RCA
11
record label: Mercury 73713
chart position: RandB #1, US #33
written by: Billy Beck,Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones,Ralph Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
comments: [funk jazz]
Ohio Players
Sweet Sticky Thing
1975
Mercury
12
record label: Mercury 73775
chart position: RandB #9, US #30
written by: Billy Beck , Leroy Bonner, Marshal Jones , Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Honey... / Gold
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Fopp
1976
Mercury
13
record label: LaFace 74321 20942
chart position: RandB #12, US #37, UK #92
written by: Outkast and Organized Noize
album: Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
comments: [hip hop]
OutKast
Player's Ball
1994
LaFace
14
record label: Westbound 216
chart position: RandB #12, US #31
written by: Andrew Noland, Gregory Webster, Walter
album: Ecstasy
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Ecstasy
1973
Westbound
15
record label: Mercury 73480
chart position: RandB #6, US #47
written by: Jimmy Williams, Clarence Satchell, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks and Marvin Pierce
album: Skin Tight
Ohio Players
Jive Turkey (Part 1)
1974
Mercury
16
record label: Mercury 73675
chart position: RandB #6, US #44
written by: Ohio Players
album: Fire
Ohio Players
I Want to Be Free
1975
Mercury
17
record label: Philly Groove 200
chart position: RandB #7, US #71, UK #51
written by: Norman Harris and Allan Felder
album: The Player
First Choice
The Player (Part 1)
1974
Philly Groove
18
record label: Mercury 73932
chart position: RandB #9, US #45
written by: Billy Beck (as William Beck), Clarence Satchell, James
album: Angel
comments: [instrumental]
Ohio Players
O-H-I-O
1977
Mercury
19
record label: Jive 11063
chart position: RandB #12, US #70
album: Underground Kingz
comments: [hip hop]
UGK ft. OutKast
Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
2007
Jive
20
record label: The Right Stuff 7087 6 10945 1 0
chart position: US dance #7
written by: Allan Felder and Norman Harris
comments: [dance, house remix]
First Choice
The Player (Mousse T. and Boris Dlugosch Mixes)
2001
The Right Stuff
21
record label: Loud/RCA 64910
chart position: RandB #19, US #57
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Capital Punishment
Big Punisher
I'm Not a Player
1997
Loud/RCA
22
record label: RCA 326 (UK)
chart position: UK #52
written by: P. Bishop, P. Seymour
comments: [disco, boogie]
UK Players
Love's Gonna Get You
1983
RCA
23
record label: J Records
chart position: RandB #22, US #88
written by: Marsha Ambrosius and Canei Finch
album: Late Nights and Early Mornings
Marsha Ambrosius
Hope She Cheats on You (With a Basketball Player)
2010
J Records
24
record label: Vanguard 5016
chart position: UK #61, US Dance #18
written by: Chris Hills
album: We Got the Groove
The Players Association
We Got the Groove
1980
Vanguard
25
record label: Mercury 73913
chart position: RandB #19
written by: Ohio Players
album: Angel
Ohio Players
Body Vibes
1977
Mercury
26
record label: Westbound 188
chart position: RandB #35, US #64
written by: Andrew Noland, Gregory Webster, Walter
album: Pain
Ohio Players
Pain (Part I)
1971
Westbound
27
record label: Vanguard 5012(UK)
chart position: UK #42
written by: Chris Hills and Laurel Dann
album: Turn The Music Up!
The Players Association
Ride the Groove
1979
Vanguard
28
record label: Minit 32001
chart position: RandB #24, US #107
written by: Collis Gordon and John Thomas
album: He'll Be Back
The Players
He'll Be Back
1966
Minit
29
record label: Mercury 74014
chart position: RandB #27, US #105
written by: Ohio Players
album: Jass Ay Lay Dee
Ohio Players
Funk-O-Nots
1978
Mercury
30
record label: Mercury 73881
chart position: RandB #31, US #61
written by: Billy Beck (as William Beck), Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce
album: Gold
Ohio Players
Feel the Beat (Everybody Disco)
1977
Mercury
31
record label: Mercury 73860
chart position: RandB #26
written by: Ohio Players
album: Contradiction
Ohio Players
Far East Mississippi
1976
Mercury
32
record label: Jive 0515992
chart position: RandB #39, US #85
written by: Too $hort, Bootsy Collins, Gary Cooper and George Clinton
album: Get in Where You Fit In
comments: [hip hop]
Too $hort
I'm a Player
1993
Jive
33
record label: Thump Street 2265
chart position: RandB #38, US #90
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Ant Banks, Rappin' 4 Tay, Too $hort, K. Dixson, J. Rocker, Bill Withers and Skip Scarborough
album: Derty Werk
comments: [hip hop] ft. Too Short, Ant Banks, Rappin 4 Tay, Captain Save Em, Mac Mall
T.W.D.Y.
Players Holiday
1999
Thump Street
34
record label: Westbound 204
chart position: Cashbox RandB #30
written by: Ohio Players
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Got Pleasure
1972
Westbound
35
record label: Minit 32012
chart position: RandB #32, US #130
written by: Al Smith
album: He'll Be Back
The Players
I'm Glad I Waited
1966
Minit
36
record label: Mercury 73974
chart position: RandB #51, US #101
written by: Ohio Players
album: Mr. Mean
Ohio Players
Good Luck Charm
1978
Mercury
37
record label: Arista 0408
chart position: RandB #33
written by: Ohio Players
album: Everybody Up
Ohio Players
Everybody Up
1979
Arista
38
record label: Track 58812
chart position: RandB #33
album: Back
Ohio Players
Let's Play (From Now On)
1988
Track
39
record label: Vanguard 35198
chart position: US Dance #24
written by: Pam Sawyer, Marilyn McLeod
album: The Players Association
The Players Association
Love Hangover -- I Like It
1977
Vanguard
40
record label: Boardwalk 5708
chart position: RandB #40
written by: James Campbell, Reginald Connelly and Harry M. Woods
album: Tenderness
comments: [disco dance]
Ohio Players
Try a Little Tenderness
1981
Boardwalk
41
record label: Westbound 204
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Ohio Players
album: Pleasure
Ohio Players
Pleasure
1972
Westbound
42
record label: Boardwalk 02063
chart position: RandB #46
written by: L. Bonner, M. Jones, R. Middlebrooks, M. Pierce, D. Johnson
album: Tenderness
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Skinny
1981
Boardwalk
43
record label: Compass 7018
chart position: Cashbox RandB #47
written by: The Ohio Players
Ohio Players
I've Got To Hold On
1968
Compass
44
record label: Compass 7015
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Ohio Players
Ohio Players
Trespassin'
1968
Compass
45
record label: Track 58815
chart position: RandB #50
album: Back
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Sweat
1988
Track
46
record label: Mercury 74031
chart position: RandB #53
written by: Ohio Players
album: Jass Ay Lay Dee
Ohio Players
Time Slips Away
1978
Mercury
47
record label: Parlane
chart position: RandB #56
weeksinr&bchart: 12
album: Make It Phat, Baby
The Phat Cat Players featuring Coco Brown
Sundress
2000
Parlane
48
record label: Vanguard 5017
chart position: RandB #59
album: We Got The Groove!
The Players Association
The Get Down Mellow Sound
1980
Vanguard
49
record label: Westbound 5018
chart position: RandB #69, US #90
written by: Belda Baine and Louis Crane
album: Rattlesnake
Ohio Players
Rattlesnake
1976
Westbound
50
record label: Viking 2900
chart position: RandB #69
album: Do Me Baby
comments: [slow jam]
Willis
Love By A Real Player
1998
Viking
51
record label: Big J 1001
chart position: RandB #72
weeksinr&bchart: 10
album: Playin 4 Real
comments: [hip hop]
Players for Life
Thisaway, Thataway (Hillside Anthem)
1998
Big J
52
record label: Universal Motown 21894 2
chart position: RandB #74
album: Street Love
comments: [slow jam]
Lloyd
Players Prayer
2007
Universal Motown
53
record label: Mercury 73956
chart position: RandB #77
written by: W. Beck, J. Williams, M. Jones, M. Pierce, R. Middlebrooks, C. Satchell, L. Bonner
Ohio Players
Merry Go Round
1977
Mercury
54
record label: Paisley Park 28759
chart position: RandB #79
written by: Brown Mark (as Brownmark)
album: Mazarati
Mazarati
Players' Ball
1986
Paisley Park
55
record label: Wrap 97452
chart position: RandB #82
weeksinr&bchart: 15
album: Da Organization
Da Organization
Can't Stop No Player
1997
Wrap
56
record label: Air City 402
chart position: RandB #83
written by: B. Beck, G. Roebuck, M. Jones
album: Graduation
comments: [ballad]
Ohio Players
Sight for Sore Eyes
1984
Air City
57
record label: Rare One 9301
chart position: RandB #85
written by: Kent Wood, Michael Baker, Donnell Floyd, D. Frazier and D. Paige
comments: [hip hop]
Rare Essence
Player Hater
1998
Rare One
58
record label: EastWest 2 64290
chart position: RandB #86
weeksinr&bchart: 4
album: First Touch
Melieck Britt
I'm the Only Player
1998
EastWest
59
record label: Ariola America 7770
chart position: RandB #87
written by: Cash McCall (as Maurice Dollison)
album: Dancin' Fever
Street Players
Boogie Down
1979
Ariola America
60
record label: Columbia 11124
chart position: RandB #91
written by: Daniel Seraphine (as Danny Seraphine) and David Wolinski
album: Chicago 13
Chicago
Street Player
1979
Columbia
61
record label: Mercury 73983
chart position: RandB #93
written by: Ohio Players
album: Mr. Mean
Ohio Players
Magic Trick
1978
Mercury
62
record label: Bad Boy 9371
chart position: RandB #205
album: Part III
comments: [slow jam]
112
Player
2001
Bad Boy
--
record label: Bevnik 556
written by: W. Butler Jr., A. Harris
comments: [disco dance]
Jay Player
Love is The Answer
1982
Bevnik
--
record label: Mercury 1038
written by: W. Beck, C. Satchell, J. Williams, L. Bonner, M. Jones, M. Pierce, R. Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
comments: [album cut]
Ohio Players
Honey
1975
Mercury
--
record label: Mercury 73775
written by: W. Beck, C. Satchell, J. Williams, L. Bonner, M. Jones, M. Pierce, R. Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
Ohio Players
Let's Love
1975
Mercury
--
record label: Mercury 1038
written by: W. Beck, C. Satchell, J. Williams, L. Bonner, M. Jones, M. Pierce, R. Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
comments: [funk album cut]
Ohio Players
Ain't Givin' Up No Ground
1975
Mercury
--
record label: Mercury 73713
written by: W. Beck, C. Satchell, J. Williams, L. Bonner, M. Jones, M. Pierce, R. Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
Ohio Players
Alone
1975
Mercury
--
record label: Revue 11020
written by: J. Armstead
album: Jealous Kind Of Fella
Garland Green
You Played On A Player
1968
Revue
--
record label: AandM 8220 (UK)
written by: A. Gorrie, A. Thompson
album: No Way Out
UK Players
No Way Out
1982
A&M
--
record label: AandM 8238
album: No Way Out
UK Players
Missbehavin'
1982
A&M
--
record label: AandM 8137 (UK)
written by: P. Bishop, A. Simmons
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
UK Players
Exit
1981
A&M
--
record label: RCA 347 (UK)
written by: P. Seymour, P. Bishop
comments: [electronic, disco, boogie]
UK Players
You Make Me Feel
1983
RCA
--
record label: AandM 8169 (UK)
written by: J. Ross
comments: [disco jazz funk]
UK Players
Girl
1981
A&M
--
record label: AandM 7580 (UK)
written by: P. Bishop, A. Simmons, J. Ross
UK Players
Everybody Get Up
1980
A&M
--
record label: Polygram 167
written by: Snoop Dogg [Rap]
album: Urban Rapsody
Rick James ft. Snoop Dogg & Bobby Womack
Player's Way
1997
Polygram
--
record label: Vanguard 35215
written by: Chris Hills
album: We Got The Groove!
The Players Association
We're Almost There
1980
Vanguard