1
record label: Atco 6087
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #30
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
The Coasters
Searchin'
1957
Atco
2
record label: WEA 79156
chart position: RandB #23, UK #11, US dance #1
written by: Mauro Malavasi & Paul Slade
album: The Glow of Love
Change (featuring Luther Vandross)
Searching
1980
WEA
3
record label: Source 40967
chart position: RandB #1, US #34
written by: Chuck Brown
album: Bustin' Loose
comments: [funk]
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
Bustin' Loose (Part 1)
1978
Source
4
record label: Checker 1129
chart position: RandB #7, US #27
written by: Bobby Moore
comments: [southern soul]
Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces
Searching for My Love
1966
Checker
5
record label: Deconstruction 1
chart position: UK #9
written by: Mike Pickering and Paul Heard
album: Bizarre Fruit
M People
Search for the Hero
1995
Deconstruction
6
record label: 24 Seven 8724031
chart position: US Dance #5
album: So What?
Nicole McCloud
Search'n
2002
Seven
7
record label: Atlantic 82352
chart position: RandB #8
written by: Bernard Belle and Glenn Jones
album: Here I Go Again
comments: [slow jam]
Glenn Jones
I've Been Searchin' (Nobody Like You)
1992
Atlantic
8
record label: Atlantic 3345
chart position: RandB #67, UK #42
written by: Leroy Green and Norman Harris
album: Where the Happy People Go
The Trammps
Soul Searchin' Time
1976
Atlantic
9
record label: Carnival 509
chart position: RandB #20, US #135
written by: Winfred Lovett
The Manhattans
Searchin' for My Baby
1965
Carnival
10
record label: Prelude 8029
chart position: RandB #29, UK #76
written by: Lenny Underwood, Sandy Anderson, Bert Reid and Raymond Reid
album: Unlimited Touch
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Unlimited Touch
Searching to Find the One
1981
Prelude
11
record label: Source 13910
chart position: UK #77
written by: Chuck Brown
comments: Originally released in 1978 This longer version released in UK in 1985
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
Bustin' Loose
1985
Source
12
record label: T.T.E.D. 3004
chart position: RandB #26
written by: C. Brown, M. Johnson, D. Tillery, J.B. Buchanan, M. Fleming
comments: [funk]
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
We Need Some Money (About Money)
1984
T.T.E.D.
13
record label: Sussex 517
chart position: RandB #31
written by: Chuck Brown and Maxx Kidd
album: Salt of the Earth
The Soul Searchers
Blow Your Whistle
1974
Sussex
14
record label: Big Beat 0019
chart position: US Dance #26
album: Someone To Love Me
comments: [dance, garage house]
Jomanda
Share -- Searchin'
1990
Big Beat
15
record label: Aegis 68699
chart position: RandB #39
written by: Marcus Lewis
album: Sing Me a Song
Marcus Lewis
Searchin' for a Good Time
1989
Aegis
16
record label: Sussex 236
chart position: RandB #40
written by: Chuck Brown and John Buchanan
album: We the People
The Soul Searchers
We the People (Part I)
1972
Sussex
17
record label: Sussex 253
chart position: RandB #43
written by: James Brown
album: We the People
The Soul Searchers
Think
1973
Sussex
18
record label: Todd 1079
chart position: Cashbox RandB #49
written by: D. Schroeder, J. Henderson
Joe Henderson
The Searching Is Over
1962
Todd
19
record label: Future Stars 1005
chart position: RandB #74
written by: Clarence Carter
comments: [deep soul]
Margie Alexander
Keep On Searching
1974
Future Stars
20
record label: Epic
chart position: RandB #52
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Me'shell Ndegeocello
album: Peace Beyond Passion
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts]
Me'shell Ndegéocello
Soul Searchin' (I Wanna Know If It's Mine)
1995
Epic
21
record label: Motown 1520
chart position: US #106
written by: Ollie E. Brown
album: Billy Preston and Syreeta
comments: [Motown Sound]
Billy Preston & Syreeta
Searchin'
1981
Motown
22
record label: Source 41226
chart position: RandB #55
written by: Brenda Sutton, Michael Sutton
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
Sticks and Stones (But the Funk Won't Never Hurt You) (Part I)
1980
Source
23
record label: Back Beat 631
chart position: RandB #62
written by: Earl Randle
album: Memphis Unlimited
O.V. Wright
I've Been Searching
1974
Back Beat
24
record label: Jam Packed 2008
chart position: RandB #72
written by: Tony Butler and Jesse Diaz
Debbie Deb
I'm Searchin'
1987
Jam Packed
25
record label: Sussex 627
chart position: RandB #74
written by: Chuck Brown
album: Salt of the Earth
The Soul Searchers
If It Ain't Funky
1974
Sussex
26
record label: Source 41013
chart position: RandB #81
written by: Chuck Brown, John Buchanan, Leroy Fleming, Curtis Johnson, Donald Tillery and Jerry Wilder
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
Game Seven
1979
Source
27
record label: Soul Train 10560
chart position: Cashbox RandB #89
written by: S. Charles
album: Don Cornelius Presents The Soul Train Gang
comments: [love ballad]
Soul Train Gang
Searchin' For Another Love
1976
Soul Train
28
record label: Polydor 14277
chart position: RandB #93
written by: Sam Johnson
The Soul Searchers
Boogie Up the Nation (Part I)
1975
Polydor
29
record label: Madhouse
chart position: UK #190
album: Mahogany Vibe
Roy Ayers featuring Kerri Chandler
Searching
2003
Madhouse
--
record label: Destiny 10001
written by: C. Matthews
album: Skool Boyz
Skool Boyz
I Ain't Gonna Go Searching
1981
Destiny
--
record label: Uno Melodic 7006
written by: R. Ayers
album: Give Me Your Love
Sylvia Striplin
Searchin'
1981
Uno Melodic
--
record label: Deram 281 (UK)
written by: Rickerton, Waddington
The Flirtations
Keep On Searching
1969
Deram
--
record label: Philly World 2001
written by: J. Dudly, J. Robertson, Les Paul Roque
album: Search I
comments: [disco funk]
Search
Like The Way (You Funk With Me)
1982
Philly World
--
record label: Philly World 2003
written by: Jeff Dudley
album: Search I
comments: [disco funk boogie album cut]
Search
Is It Love (For Now)
1982
Philly World
--
record label: Beverly Glen 2023
written by: Robert Moore
album: Someday We'll All Be Free
Bobby Womack
Searching For My Love
1985
Beverly Glen
--
record label: Isom and Isom 103
album: Searchlight
comments: [gospel album cut]
Searchlight
Gaze Into Your Eyes
1988
Isom and Isom
--
record label: RSO 2090 465 (UK)
written by: R. Gibb, B. Weaver
album: Sunrise
Jimmy Ruffin
Searchin'
1980
RSO
--
record label: Atco 6796
written by: R. McDonald, B. Salter
Dee Dee Warwick
Searching
1971
Atco
--
record label: Scepter 12106
written by: V. Simpson, N. Ashford, J. Armstead
Candy & The Kisses
Keep On Searchin'
1965
Scepter
--
record label: Columbia 33820
written by: A. Felder, B. Gray, M. Farrow
album: The Manhattans featuring Kiss and Say Goodbye
comments: [disco dance album cut]
The Manhattans
Searching For Love
1976
Columbia
--
record label: SAC 50001
written by: Ivy Hunter & William Stevens
comments: Northern Soul
Eric Mercury & The Soul Searchers
Lonely Girl
1967
SAC
--
record label: Nite Life 1011
written by: Jason Bryant, R.B. Hudmon
comments: [disco, boogie]
R.B. Hudmon
Searching For Your Love
1983
Nite Life
--
record label: Ichiban 87 119
written by: Lee Bates
Lee Bates
Searching For Your Love
1987
Ichiban