1
record label: Soul 35008
chart position: RandB #1, US #4
written by: Jr. Walker (as Autry DeWalt)
album: Shotgun
comments: [Motown Sound]
Jr. Walker & The All Stars
Shotgun
1965
Soul
2
record label: Big Tree 16085
chart position: RandB #29, US #6, US AC #8
written by: Herbert Clayton Ivey, Terrence Woodford & Tom Brasfield
album: Hot
comments: [beat ballad]
Hot
Angel In Your Arms
1977
Big Tree
3
record label: RSO 409
chart position: RandB #33, US #1, UK #9
written by: Bob Marley
album: 461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
I Shot the Sheriff
1974
RSO
4
record label: Def Jam 31
chart position: RandB #16, US #20, UK #2
written by: Bob Marley and Warren G
album: Take a Look Over Your Shoulder
comments: [hip hop]
Warren G
I Shot the Sheriff
1997
Def Jam
5
record label: Island 273 (UK)
chart position: RandB #14, UK #6
written by: Roy C (as Roy Hammond)
comments: [southern soul]
Roy C
Shotgun Wedding
1966
Island
6
record label: West End 1211
chart position: RandB #24, UK #34, US #67, US dance #1
written by: Andy Kahn & Kurt Borusiewicz
album: Hot Shot
comments: [disco]
Karen Young
Hot Shot
1978
West End
7
record label: Cotillion 46022
chart position: RandB #6, US dance #21, US #91
written by: Mark Adams, Steve Arrington, Charles Carter, Jimmy Douglass & Floyd Miller
album: Show Time
comments: [funk]
Slave
Snap Shot
1981
Cotillion
8
record label: UK 4549012
chart position: UK #8
written by: Roy C (as Roy Hammond)
album: The Best Of The Roy C
comments: [southern soul]
Roy C
Shotgun Wedding
1972
UK
9
record label: RSO 1053
chart position: RandB #43, US Dance #1
written by: Isaac Hayes and Mignon Hayes
album: I'm Yours
Linda Clifford
Shoot Your Best Shot
1980
RSO
10
record label: Quality 7044
chart position: RandB #25, US Dance #1
written by: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Michael Jackson
Slingshot
Do it Again (Medley with Billie Jean)
1983
Quality
11
record label: Next Plateau 50011
chart position: RandB #87, US Dance #5
written by: John Robie
comments: [electronic disco]
C Bank featuring Jenny Burton
One More Shot
1983
Next Plateau
12
record label: Columbia 2014
chart position: UK #20
written by: DJ Muggs (as Larry Muggerud), Sen Dog (as Senen Reyes) and Louis Freeze
album: Black Sunday
Cypress Hill
Lick a Shot
1994
Columbia
13
record label: Trojan 672 (UK)
chart position: UK #21
written by: Gordon, Cook, Robinson
album: Long Shot
comments: [reggae]
The Pioneers
Long Shot Kick De Bucket
1969
Trojan
14
record label: Swan 4255
chart position: Cashbox RandB #12, US #87
written by: Tom Shannon, Carl Cisco and Nick Ameno
comments: [instrumental]
The Buena Vistas
Hot Shot
1966
Swan
15
record label: All Platinum 6146304(UK)
chart position: UK #26
written by: Roger Cook
album: Down To Earth / The Best of All Platinum
The Rimshots
7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle)
1975
All Platinum
16
record label: RAK 296
chart position: RandB #43, US #53, UK #53
written by: Errol Brown
album: Going Through the Motions
Hot Chocolate
Going Through the Motions
1979
RAK
17
record label: Ensign 4612(UK)
chart position: UK #40
written by: Bob Marley
album: Light of the World [1980 album]
comments: [disco funk]
Light of the World
I Shot the Sheriff
1981
Ensign
18
record label: Soul 35015
chart position: RandB #33, US #44
written by: Jr. Walker (as Autry DeWalt), James Graves and Lawrence Horn
comments: [Motown Sound]
Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Shoot Your Shot
1967
Soul
19
record label: Atlantic 2069
chart position: US #52
written by: Laura Webb, Jannie Pought, Reather Dixon, Helen Gathers and Emma Pought
The Bobbettes
I Shot Mr. Lee
1960
Atlantic
20
record label: Island 6235 (UK)
chart position: UK #69
written by: B. Marley, Rondor
album: Burnin'
comments: [Reggae]
Bob Marley & the Wailers
I Shot The Sheriff
1973
Island
21
record label: T.K. 1010
chart position: RandB #25, US #88
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
album: The Sound of Sunshine
The Sunshine Band
Shotgun Shuffle
1975
T.K.
22
record label: ABC 12452
chart position: RandB #35
written by: Ernest Latimore, Tyrone Steels and William Talbert
album: Shotgun III
Shotgun
Don't You Wanna Make Love?
1979
ABC
23
record label: A One 4002
chart position: RandB #36
The Rimshots
Save That Thing
1972
A One
24
record label: Mosaic 05046
chart position: US Dance #24
written by: Michael Zager and Jolyon Skinner
comments: [disco dance]
Michael Zager Band
Shot in the Dark
1984
Mosaic
25
record label: ABC 12363
chart position: RandB #38
written by: Tyrone Steels, William Talbert, Ernest Latimore, Larry Austin, Gregory Ingram, William Gentry
album: Good, Bad and Funky
Shotgun
Good, Bad and Funky
1978
ABC
26
record label: ABC 12395
chart position: RandB #40
written by: Algeron Casey, Tyrone Steels and William Talbert
album: Good, Bad and Funky
Shotgun
Love Attack
1978
ABC
27
record label: Elf 90002
chart position: RandB #95, US #45
written by: Chuck Neese and Mac Gayden
Clifford Curry
She Shot a Hole in My Soul
1967
Elf
28
record label: Montage 1214
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Ernest Latimore, Gregory Ingram, Larry Austin, Ray A. Moore, Rickey Sebastian and Tyrone Steels
album: Ladies Choice
comments: [disco funk]
Shotgun
Ladies Choice
1982
Montage
29
record label: Chycago Int. 02907
chart position: RandB #47
written by: Donald Burnside
album: The Key to Your Heart
comments: [funk]
Superior Movement
Wide Shot
1982
Chycago Int.
30
record label: Stang 5067
chart position: RandB #49
written by: Tommy Keith
comments: [instrumental]
The Rimshots
Super Disco
1976
Stang
31
record label: MoWest 5005
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Hal Davis & Willie Hutch
G.C. Cameron
Act Like a Shotgun
1971
MoWest
32
record label: Def Jam
chart position: UK #154
album: Mr. Smith
LL Cool J
Doin' It -- I Shot Ya
2005
Def Jam
33
record label: Def Jam
chart position: RandB #55
written by: LL Cool J, Foxy Brown, Prodigy, Fat Joe and Keith Murray
album: Mr. Smith
comments: [hip hop]
LL Cool J
I Shot Ya
1996
Def Jam
34
record label: Elektra 672210
chart position: RandB #63
written by: Missy Elliott and Timbaland
album: Miss E... So Addictive
comments: [hip hop]
Missy Elliott
Lick Shots
2001
Elektra
35
record label: ABC 12292
chart position: RandB #67
written by: Ernest Latimore, Gregory Ingram, Larry Austin, Tyrone Steels, William Gentry and William Talbert
album: Shotgun
Shotgun
Mutha Funk
1977
ABC
36
record label: Def Jam 4
chart position: RandB #68
written by: LL Cool J
album: Walking with a Panther
comments: [hip hop, ballad]
LL Cool J
One Shot at Love
1989
Def Jam
37
record label: MCA 41312
chart position: RandB #69
written by: Rickey Sebastian
album: Kingdom Come
Shotgun
Bad Babe
1980
MCA
38
record label: De lite 805
chart position: RandB #72
written by: Bert Reid, Raymond Reid and William Anderson
album: Sure Shot
Crown Heights Affair
Sure Shot
1980
De lite
39
record label: AandM 1262
chart position: US dance #50
written by: Raheem (as Oscar Ceres)
album: The Vigilante
Raheem
Shotgun
1989
A&M
40
record label: Sound Gems 100
chart position: RandB #78
written by: Frank Fioravanti and Pal Rakes
Ebb Tide
Give Me Your Best Shot, Baby (Part 1)
1975
Sound Gems
41
record label: Landspeed 3019
chart position: RandB #81
written by: Prodigy, Havoc and Big Noyd
album: Free Agents: The Murda Mixtape
Mobb Deep featuring Big Noyd
Double Shots
2003
Landspeed
42
record label: Montage 79900
chart position: RandB #83
written by: Gregory Ingram, Ray A. Moore, Rickey Sebastian and William Talbert
album: Ladies Choice
comments: [funk]
Shotgun
Shake and Pop
1982
Montage
43
record label: ABC 12264
chart position: RandB #87
written by: William Talbert, Tyrone Steels and Ernest Lattimore
album: Shotgun
Shotgun
Hot Line
1977
ABC
44
record label: Stang 5065
chart position: RandB #93
written by: Walter Morris, Al Goodman and Harry Ray
The Rimshots
Do What You Feel (Part 1)
1976
Stang
45
record label: Most Wanted
chart position: RandB #98
album: Back to Money
comments: [rap]
Kane & Abel ft. Yung Joc
Big Shot
2010
Most Wanted
46
record label: RaRa 1001
chart position: RandB #124
album: Now Stand Tall
comments: [reggae dancehall]
General Grant
D-Shot Call
1993
RaRa
--
record label: Chelsea Avenue 8601
written by: Lee Shot
comments: [southern soul]
Lee Shot (Williams)
Are You Leaving Me
1987
Chelsea Avenue
--
record label: MK2 Record
Roland & Manwell
Sweet Shot
1984
MK Record
--
record label: Constellation 1027
written by: K. Lewis, C. Kidd
comments: [northern soul]
Gene Chandler
Mr. Big Shot
1966
Constellation
--
record label: Easy Street 7523
Shot
Main Thing
1986
Easy Street
--
record label: Checker 1119
written by: J. Beavers, D. Hendepp, E. Reddon
Jackey Beavers
Sling Shot
1965
Checker
--
record label: Quality 005
written by: Nicky Braddy, Richard Bassoff
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
Tracy Weber
Sure Shot
1981
Quality