| 1 |
record label: Motown 1239
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #9, US AC #1
written by: Ron Miller, M. Masser
album: Touch Me in the Morning / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 2 |
record label: Island 011159
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #5, US dance #1
written by: Mariah Carey, The Dream and Crystal Nicole
album: E=MC²
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| 3 |
record label: Polydor 3
chart position: US #2, UK #5, US Dance #1, US AC #32
written by: Patrick Adams, Carmichael Gregory and Cathy Dennis
album: Move to This
comments: [disco dance]
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| 4 |
record label: Mercury 70819
chart position: RandB #4, US #4
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
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| 5 |
record label: RCA 13916
chart position: RandB #24, US #1, US dance #1, UK #48, US AC #8, US rock #18
written by: Daryl Hall & John Oates
album: Big Bam Boom
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| 6 |
record label: Capitol 610
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #3, US dance #6
written by: MC Hammer, Rick James & Alonzo Miller
album: Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
comments: [hip hop]
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| 7 |
record label: Columbia 45110
chart position: RandB #9, US #8
written by: Charles Courtney & Peter Link
album: (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?
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| 8 |
record label: Aftermath 006150
chart position: RandB #3, US #16, UK #6
written by: Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz, Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem Christo
album: The Big Bang
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| 9 |
record label: Columbia 77991
chart position: RandB #62, US #27, UK #6, US AC #9
written by: Michael Bolton and Robert John
album: Greatest Hits
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| 10 |
record label: Uptown 1328
chart position: RandB #9, US #9, UK #29
written by: Albert Charles, Tijuan Frampton, John Guildberg and Tim Stahl
album: Mo'hogany
comments: (featuring Jack Knight)
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| 11 |
record label: Motown 1165
chart position: RandB #7, US #20, UK #33, US AC #18
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Diana Ross / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 12 |
record label: Hip Hop Remixes 604
chart position: RandB #4, US #14, UK #26
written by: Scott Alexander, Rodney Browning, Kolanek, George Pendergast and J.R. Richards
album: Case
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| 13 |
record label: Solar 69525
chart position: RandB #7, UK #8, US #42
written by: Bo Watson & June Watson Williams
album: Headlines
comments: [disco dance]
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| 14 |
record label: Roc A Fella
chart position: RandB #23, US #42, UK #6
written by: Kanye West, Just Blaze, Lupe Fiasco and Curtis Mayfield
album: Late Registration
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| 15 |
record label: Tent 41265 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Michael Margules (as Michael Jay) and Marvin Morrow
album: Silk and Steel
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| 16 |
record label: Stax 2025224
chart position: RandB #3, US #23, US AC #27
written by: Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson & Carl Hampton
album: Be What You Are
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| 17 |
record label: Columbia 657524
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #83, US #50, UK #31
written by: Robert Clivillés
album: Gonna Make You Sweat
comments: [disco dance]
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| 18 |
record label: King 6144
chart position: RandB 4, US 28
written by: James Brown
album: I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me
comments: [funk]
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| 19 |
record label: Capitol 2382
chart position: RandB #14, US #38
written by: Hank Cochran
album: The Soul View Now!
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 20 |
record label: RCA 49915
chart position: RandB #9, US dance #5, US #86, UK #37
written by: Keithen Carter and Bruce Gaitsch
album: A Long Time Coming
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| 21 |
record label: Vintertainment 69260
chart position: RandB #7, US #71
written by: Eric McCaine and Free Smith
album: All Nite
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| 22 |
record label: 4th and B\'way
chart position: US dance #1, UK #3
written by: Narada Michael Walden, Preston Glass, Gianfranco Bortolotti, Pieradis Rossini, Paul Witts
album: 49ers
comments: [dance, house]
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| 23 |
record label: Lupine 1003
chart position: RandB #6, US #75
written by: Wilson Pickett, Willie Schofield And Robert West
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| 24 |
record label: Motown 2031
chart position: RandB #4, US AC #2
written by: Pam Reswick and Steve Werfel
album: Love, Smokey
comments: [ballad]
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| 25 |
record label: Roulette 7182
chart position: RandB #71, US #98, US Dance #4
written by: Allan Felder, Bunny Sigler and Norman Harris
album: Good Things
comments: [philly sound]
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| 26 |
record label: AandM 2580
chart position: RandB #4, US #87
written by: David Lewis and Wayne Lewis
album: Yours Forever
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| 27 |
record label: Virgin 761 (UK)
chart position: UK #16
written by: Carl Mcintosh, Steve Nichol and Jane Eugene
album: So Where Are You?
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| 28 |
record label: KN 1001
chart position: RandB #70, US Dance #5
written by: Greg Carmichael and Patrick Adams
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 29 |
record label: Date 1637
chart position: RandB #10, US #49
written by: C. Varga
|
| 30 |
record label: P.I.R. 50104
chart position: RandB #5
written by: Gerald Levert
album: Let Me Touch You
comments: [slow jam]
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| 31 |
record label: Prelude 8023
chart position: RandB #33, US Dance #6
written by: Lenny Underwood and Bert Reid
album: Unlimited Touch
comments: [disco funk boogie]
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| 32 |
record label: Arista 0110
chart position: RandB #12, US #29
written by: Johnny Bristol
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| 33 |
record label: Top and Bottom 401
chart position: R&B #12, US #50
written by: Jerry Jones and Eddie Jackson
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| 34 |
record label: Stiff 221 (UK)
chart position: UK #26
written by: Clyde Grimes
comments: [northern soul]
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| 35 |
record label: WEA 130
chart position: UK #25
written by: Errol Brown
album: That's How Love Is
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| 36 |
record label: WEA 199
chart position: UK #24
album: Comin' Atcha!
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| 37 |
record label: Capitol 5565
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Freddie Jackson and Barry Eastmond
album: Rock Me Tonight
comments: [ballad]
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| 38 |
record label: Prelude 8023
chart position: US dance #6
written by: Underwood, Reid, Anderson
album: Unlimited Touch
comments: [disco funk]
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| 39 |
record label: Cotillion 45005
chart position: RandB #9, US Dance #26
written by: Mark Adams, Danny Webster, Mark Hicks, Raye Turner (as Raymond Turner), Steve Arrington and Starleana
album: Just a Touch of Love
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| 40 |
record label: Tommy Boy 28181
written by: Antoine Lundy, Charles
album: Touch and Go
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| 41 |
record label: Rowdy 5089
chart position: RandB #23, US #40, UK #48
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Dallas Austin
comments: from Fled: From the MGM Motion Picture
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| 42 |
record label: Elektra 5869
chart position: RandB #38, US #35
written by: Steve Arrington, Mark Hicks, Raye Turner, Danny Webster and Starleana Young
album: Keith Sweat
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts]
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| 43 |
record label: Supertronics 017
chart position: RandB #48, US Dance #11
written by: Eric McCaine
album: Without You
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| 44 |
record label: MCA 79056
chart position: RandB #12
written by: Lori Perry, Raymond Jones and Sami McKinney
album: Easy to Love
|
| 45 |
record label: Atlantic 93646
chart position: RandB #26, US #39
album: 1 On 1
comments: [reggae soca]
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| 46 |
record label: Atlantic 88841
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Chuckii Booker
album: Chuckii
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| 47 |
record label: RCA 275(UK)
chart position: UK #41
written by: David Courtney
album: Happy Together
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| 48 |
record label: West End 1222
chart position: US Dance #10
written by: Kenton Nix
album: Taana Gardner
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| 49 |
record label: Duke 426
chart position: RandB #30
written by: D. Malone
album: Touch Of The Blues
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| 50 |
record label: Capitol 337 (UK)
chart position: UK #47
written by: Arthur Barrow, Joe Esposito and Richie Zito
album: Swept Away
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| 51 |
record label: Calibre 103
chart position: UK #49
written by: Freeez
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
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| 52 |
record label: 20th Century Fox 2463
chart position: RandB #17
written by: Eugene Record
album: I Touched a Dream
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| 53 |
record label: Hoo Bangin' 53327
chart position: RandB #31, US #54
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Mack 10, Gerald Levert, Slice Wade, David Weldon, F. Jackson and B. Eastwood
album: The Recipe
comments: samples "Love Is Just A Touch Away" by Freddie Jackson
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| 54 |
record label: C & R 7684
chart position: RandB #77, UK #56
written by: Ron Kersey and Alex Brown
album: Music Magic
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| 55 |
record label: Elektra 69294
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Eric McCaine and Free Smith
album: All Nite
|
| 56 |
record label: Stiff 227
chart position: UK #59
written by: Herman Kelly and Popcorn Wylie (as Richard Wylie)
comments: [northern soul]
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| 57 |
record label: MGM 708
chart position: RandB #19
written by: Dan Greer
album: Hooked on a Feeling
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| 58 |
record label: Rocky Road 30076
chart position: RandB #23, US #57, US AC #43
written by: Jerry Fuller
album: Show and Tell
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| 59 |
record label: CBS 460409
chart position: RandB #23, US #103, US AC #36
written by: Martin Page and Jon Lind
album: Electric Universe
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| 60 |
record label: Perspective 00729
chart position: RandB #26, US #59
album: 4 Bruthas and a Bass
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| 61 |
record label: Polydor 881 752
chart position: US Dance #14
written by: Bobby O (as Bobby Orlando) and Patrick Adams
|
| 62 |
record label: Motown 79061
chart position: US Dance #22
written by: Kenny Stover
album: Need to Know You Better
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 63 |
record label: Tommy Boy 2074
chart position: RandB #52, UK #68
written by: Bernard Edwards, Joseph Anthony Hernandez, Jürgen Korduletsch, Mats Björk
album: The Piece Maker
comments: [hip hop]
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| 64 |
record label: Columbia 04329
chart position: RandB #23, US #103, US AC #36
written by: Martin Page and Jon Lind
album: Electric Universe
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| 65 |
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]
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| 66 |
record label: RCA 42824
chart position: UK #78
written by: Paul Witts and Robert Manley
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| 67 |
record label: Private I 04449
chart position: RandB #35, US dance #64, UK #79
written by: B. Pointer, J. Bowen, Cleavant Derricks and Clinton Derricks
album: If the Price Is Right
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| 68 |
record label: Atlantic 89569
chart position: UK #82
written by: Pete Jackson and Gerald Jackson
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| 69 |
record label: Mercury 818 791 7
chart position: RandB #27
album: Lovin' Man
|
| 70 |
record label: City Beat 737 (UK)
chart position: UK #86
written by: B. Smith, D. Payne
comments: [dance, garage house]
|
| 71 |
record label: Sedition 3307 (UK)
chart position: UK #89
written by: Barry Leng & Simon May
album: The Hits
|
| 72 |
record label: Enigma 11
chart position: US Dance #30, US AC #28
written by: Bill Sharpley and Edwin Starr
album: Agent Double 0 Soul
comments: [dance, house]
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| 73 |
record label: Capitol 79525
chart position: RandB #30
written by: Kiyamma Griffin and Vincent Herbert
album: Time for Love
|
| 74 |
record label: Champion 47
chart position: RandB #65, UK #93
written by: Dana Goodman and Lawrence Goodman
album: Rock the House
comments: instrumental
|
| 75 |
record label: T.U.G. 72769
chart position: RandB #35, US #94
written by: Pharrell Williams
album: O
|
| 76 |
record label: Total Control 8 (UK)
chart position: UK #94
written by: Julian Jonah
|
| 77 |
record label: Mega Jam 2002
chart position: RandB #32
written by: Howard Redmon Jr., Mark Bynum and Larry Johnson
album: A Woman's Touch
comments: [ballad]
|
| 78 |
record label: Black Falcon 19102
chart position: RandB #36, US #114
written by: Bill Seabrook and Gilliam
album: [female vocal group]
|
| 79 |
record label: Motown 1190
chart position: US #71
written by: Pam Sawyer and Frank Wilson
album: Touch
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 80 |
record label: Tamla 1678
chart position: RandB #68, US #110
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Touch the Sky
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 81 |
record label: Rice & Beans 4
chart position: US #113
album: The Reggaetony Album
|
| 82 |
record label: Amaru 11975 1
chart position: RandB #91, US #111
written by: 2Pac (as Tupac Shakur)
album: Pac's Life
|
| 83 |
record label: Epic 40622
chart position: US Dance #25
written by: Claudja Barry, Jörg Evers and Jürgen Korduletsch
album: I, Claudja
|
| 84 |
record label: Venture 5021
chart position: RandB #52, US Dance #26
written by: Lonnie Johnson and Patrick Adams
|
| 85 |
record label: Tommy Boy 2073
chart position: UK #118
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 86 |
record label: MGM 13631
chart position: Cashbox RandB #40
written by: Bloom, Linde, Antell
|
| 87 |
record label: Minit 32051
chart position: Cashbox R&B #41
written by: Carolyn Varga
|
| 88 |
record label: MCA 52988
chart position: US Dance #28
written by: The Untouchables
|
| 89 |
record label: Salsoul 7029
chart position: RandB #43
written by: S. Roberts, Jr.
album: Skyy Line
comments: [ballad]
|
| 90 |
record label: Midland Int. 10754
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Pete Jackson and Gerald Jackson
album: I'm In Heaven
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 91 |
record label: T.K. 6017
chart position: US Dance #32
written by: Noel Williams
album: Touch to Touch
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 92 |
record label: SRI 00007
chart position: RandB #48
written by: Maureen Bailey, Willard Alan Oldfield and The Big Bopper (as J. P. Richardson)
|
| 93 |
record label: Jive
chart position: RandB #49
written by: R. Kelly
album: The R. in RandB Collection, Vol. 1
|
| 94 |
record label: Bragg 227
chart position: Cashbox RandB #49
written by: Carolyn Varga
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 95 |
record label: Casino 114
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Hank Cochran
|
| 96 |
record label: Decca 32671
chart position: Cashbox RandB #50
written by: C.C. Courtney, Peter Link
comments: [ballad]
|
| 97 |
record label: SRC 5961
chart position: RandB #54
comments: [rap]
|
| 98 |
record label: Solar 69829
chart position: RandB #56
written by: Lee Peters and Larry White
|
| 99 |
record label: Whitfield 49681
chart position: RandB #56
written by: Mark Kenoly, Norman Whitfield and Walter Downing
album: Golden Touch
comments: [ballad]
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| 100 |
record label: Geffen
chart position: RandB #57
written by: The Game, Raheem DeVaughn, Larrance Dopson, Lamar Edwards and Curtis Mayfield
album: LAX
comments: [album cut]
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