1
record label: Def Jam South
chart position: RandB #7, US #17, UK #20
written by: Ludacris (as Christopher Bridges) and Timbaland (as Tim Mosley)
album: Word of Mouf
Ludacris
Rollout (My Business)
2001
Def Jam South
2
record label: London 857 715
chart position: RandB #57, UK #19, US #32
written by: Trevor Guthrie
album: Very Necessary
comments: [hip hop]
Salt-N-Pepa
None of Your Business
1994
London
3
record label: Yung Boss Digital
chart position: RandB #6, US #33
written by: Christian Ward, Casha, Rob Holladay and Robert Watson
album: Look What You Made Me
Yung Berg featuring Casha
The Business
2008
Yung Boss Digital
4
record label: Chrysalis 57993
chart position: RandB #20, US alt. #20, UK #18
written by: Johnny Mullins
album: Am I Not Your Girl?
comments: [ballad]
Sinead O'Connor
Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home
1992
Chrysalis
5
record label: Epic 43724
chart position: RandB #7, US #48
written by: Ginuwine (as Elgin Lumpkin) and Timbaland (as Tim Mosley)
album: 100% Ginuwine
comments: [slow jam]
Ginuwine
None of Ur Friends Business
1999
Epic
6
record label: Shady 15051
chart position: RandB #77, UK #6
written by: Eminem, Dr. Dre, Theron Feemster and Mike Elizondo
album: The Eminem Show
comments: [hip hop]
Eminem
Business
2003
Shady
7
record label: Chess 1635
chart position: RandB #4
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Chuck Berry
album: After School Session
Chuck Berry
Too Much Monkey Business
1956
Chess
8
record label: CBS 6351(UK)
chart position: UK #33
written by: Patrick Adams and Richard Adler
Sine
Just Let Me Do My Thing
1978
CBS
9
record label: Dynamo 112
chart position: RandB #17, US #76
written by: Charlie Foxx, Brooks O'Dell and Yvonne Williams
Inez & Charlie Foxx
(1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days
1968
Dynamo
10
record label: Fantasy 9518
chart position: US Dance #14
written by: Kevin Toney
album: Unfinished Business
The Blackbyrds
Unfinished Business
1976
Fantasy
11
record label: MCA 54122
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Melvin Riley and Gerald Valentine
album: Straight Down to Business
Ready for the World
Straight Down to Business
1991
MCA
12
record label: Capitol 5941
chart position: RandB #25, US #45
written by: June Jackson
album: That's Lou
Lou Rawls
Show Business
1967
Capitol
13
record label: Fresh 80123
chart position: RandB #25, US Dance #19
written by: Erick Sermon and PMD (as Parrish Smith)
album: Strictly Business
EPMD
Strictly Business
1988
Fresh
14
record label: King 5545
chart position: RandB #19
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Eugene Church
Eugene Church
Mind Your Own Business
1961
King
15
record label: Prelude 8035
chart position: RandB #53, US Dance #31
written by: Biddu, Winston Sela and Ron Roker
comments: [disco funk]
Hot Cuisine
Who's Been Kissing You?
1981
Prelude
16
record label: Tumbleweed 1002
chart position: RandB #46
written by: Gwen Collins (as Gwendolyn Collins)
Albert Collins
Get Your Business Straight
1972
Tumbleweed
17
record label: Home Town 101
chart position: RandB #49
written by: Bobby Adams
Bobby Adams
Love Ain't Nothing But a Business
1970
Home Town
18
record label: Giant 7670
chart position: RandB #50
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Chris Smith and Dave Hollister
album: Sexsational
comments: [slow jam]
Tony Thompson
Handle Our Business
1995
Giant
19
record label: MCA 53683
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
album: I Choose You (Tonight)
Eugene Wilde
Ain't Nobody's Business
1989
MCA
20
record label: Warner 8802
chart position: US Dance #47
written by: Lamont Dozier
album: Bittersweet
Lamont Dozier
Boogie Business
1979
Warner
21
record label: DreamWorks
chart position: RandB #72
written by: Ron Isley, P. Diddy, Birdman, Jadakiss, Cassidy and TQ
album: Presents GHETTO Stories
Swizz Beatz ft. Ron Isley, P. Diddy, Baby, Jadakiss, Snoop Dogg, Cassidy & TQ
Bigger Business
2002
DreamWorks
22
record label: Pyramid 8001
chart position: RandB #94
written by: James Coleman Dugan
album: The Lady Has Arrived!
Pat Lundy
Let's Get Down to Business
1976
Pyramid
--
record label: Arista 8107
written by: Tom Browne
album: Rockin' Radio
comments: [disco, funk, boogie album cut]
Tom Browne
Mr. Business
1983
Arista
--
record label: Mercury 117
written by: Alfie Davison, Ted Lehrman, Libby Bush
comments: [northern soul]
Alfie Davison
Love Is Serious Business
1979
Mercury
--
record label: Mainstream 5543
written by: Rose Marie McCoy and Helen Miller
Doris Duke
Business Deal
1973
Mainstream
--
record label: True Soul 121143
written by: William Stuckey
William Stuckey
Taking Care Of Your Business
1968
True Soul