Discography and Biography of The S.O.S. Band. Listen to all their hits.
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The S.O.S. Band (sometimes written SOS Band; abbreviation for Sounds Of Success) is an American R&B and electro-funk group who gained fame in the 1980s. In 1980, the group released its first hit single, "Take Your Time (Do It Right)", which was certified platinum and sold over 2 million copies. Its debut album, S.O.S., went gold and sold over 800,000 copies. In 1983, the band joined forces with then-new production team of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who went on to craft a string of R&B hits for the group, which included "Just Be Good to Me," "High Hopes," "Tell Me If You Still Care," "Borrowed Love," "No One's Gonna Love You," "Just the Way You Like It," and "The Finest."

Below is a list of The S.O.S. Band 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: Tabu 493
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, US dance #1, UK #51
written by: Sigidi Abdullah & Harold Clayton
album: S.O.S.
The S.O.S. Band Take Your Time (Do It Right)
1980 Tabu
2 record label: Tabu 03956
chart position: RandB #2, US dance #3, UK #13, US #55
written by: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: On the Rise
The S.O.S. Band Just Be Good to Me
1983 Tabu
3 record label: Tabu 05848
chart position: RandB #2, UK #17, US #44, US dance #8
written by: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: Sands of Time
comments: [disco funk boogie]
The S.O.S. Band The Finest
1986 Tabu
4 record label: Tabu 4621
chart position: RandB #6, UK #32, US #64, US dance #26
written by: Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III)
album: Just the Way You Like it
The S.O.S. Band Just the Way You Like It
1984 Tabu
5 record label: Tabu 04161
chart position: RandB #5, UK #81, US #65
written by: Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III)
album: On The Rise
The S.O.S. Band Tell Me If You Still Care
1983 Tabu
6 record label: Tabu 650444 7
chart position: RandB #43, UK #64, US Dance #2
written by: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Sands of Time
The S.O.S. Band No Lies
1987 Tabu
7 record label: Tabu 7241
chart position: RandB #14, UK #50, US Dance #26
written by: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Sands of Time
The S.O.S. Band Borrowed Love
1986 Tabu
8 record label: Tabu 69054
chart position: RandB #7
written by: Curtis F. Williams and K. Lynette Patterson
album: Diamonds in the Raw
The S.O.S. Band I'm Still Missing Your Love
1989 Tabu
9 record label: Tabu 04665
chart position: RandB #15, US #102
written by: Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III)
album: Just the Way You Like it
The S.O.S. Band No One's Gonna Love You
1984 Tabu
10 record label: Tabu 28965 1202
chart position: RandB #12
written by: K. Lynette Patterson and Curtis F. Williams
album: One of Many Nights
The S.O.S. Band Sometimes I Wonder
1991 Tabu
11 record label: Tabu 2125
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Mbaji, Rhonghea, Sigidi
album: Too
comments: [disco funk]
The S.O.S. Band Do It Now (Part 1)
1981 Tabu
12 record label: Tabu 04776
chart position: RandB #40, UK #51
written by: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Just the Way You Like it
The S.O.S. Band Weekend Girl
1984 Tabu
13 record label: Tabu 5526
chart position: RandB #20, US Dance #54
written by: Jason Bryant, Mary Davis, Billy Ellis, James Earl Jones III, Willie
album: S.O.S.
The S.O.S. Band S.O.S (Dit Dit Dit Dat Dat Dit Dit)
1980 Tabu
14 record label: Tabu 03248
chart position: RandB #25, US Dance #49
written by: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: S.O.S. III
comments: [disco funk]
The S.O.S. Band High Hopes
1982 Tabu
15 record label: Tabu 03528
chart position: UK #72, US Dance #47
written by: Charmaine Sylvers and Gene Dozier
album: S.O.S. III
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
The S.O.S. Band Groovin' (That's What We're Doin')
1983 Tabu
16 record label: Tabu 04348
chart position: RandB #34, US Dance #26
written by: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: On the Rise
The S.O.S. Band For Your Love
1984 Tabu
17 record label: Tabu 06333
chart position: RandB #34
written by: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Sands of Time
The S.O.S. Band Even When You Sleep
1986 Tabu
18 record label: Tabu 73089
chart position: RandB #38
written by: J. Fluitsma, E.V. TIjn and R. Baars
album: Diamonds in the Raw
The S.O.S. Band Secret Wish
1990 Tabu
19 record label: Tabu 38352
chart position: RandB #57
written by: John Simpson
album: S.O.S. III
comments: [ballad]
The S.O.S. Band Have It Your Way
1983 Tabu
20 record label: Tabu 2569
chart position: Cashbox R&B #62
written by: A. Simpson, J. Simpson, B. Speight, Sigidi
album: The S.O.S. Band Too
The S.O.S. Band You
1981 Tabu
21 record label: Major Label 74471
chart position: RandB #81
weeksinr&bchart: 9
comments: All star funk group: SOS Band, Bar Kays, Con Funk Shun, Dazz Band, The Gap Band, and Zapp
The UWF All-Stars featuring The S.O.S. Band Girls Night Out
1999 Major Label
22 record label: Tabu 5527
chart position: RandB #87
written by: Jason Bryant
album: S.O.S.
The S.O.S. Band What's Wrong with Our Love Affair?
1980 Tabu
-- record label: Tabu 2569
written by: J. Simpson, M. Davis, Rhonghea, Sigidi
album: The S.O.S. Band Too
The S.O.S. Band There Is No Limit
1981 Tabu
-- record label: Tabu 05240 (UK)
written by: T. Lewis, J. Harris III
album: Just The Way You Like It
The S.O.S. Band Break Up (remix)
1984 Tabu




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