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The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band which rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. With the nucleus consisting of brothers Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson, the band first formed as the Greenwood, Archer and Pine Street Band in 1967, in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. They were originally known as the Greenwood, Archer and Pine Street Band in the late Sixties. The group shortened its name to The Gap Band in 1973. After 43 years together, they retired in 2010.

Below is a list of Gap 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: Mercury 22 (UK)
chart position: RandB #4, UK #6, US #101, US Dance #52
written by: C. Wilson, L. Simmons, R. Wilson, R. Taylor
album: Gap Band II
comments: [disco funk]
 		The Gap Band Oops Up Side Your Head
1980 Mercury
2 record label: Total Experience 8201
chart position: RandB #1, UK #55, US #24, US dance #13
written by: Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor & Charlie Wilson
album: Gap Band IV
comments: [disco funk boogie]
 		The Gap Band Early in the Morning
1982 Total Experience
3 record label: Total Experience 2700
chart position: RandB #8, UK #4
written by: Lonnie Simmons & Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band 8
comments: [disco funk boogie]
 		The Gap Band Big Fun
1986 Total Experience
4 record label: Total Experience 114 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, US #31, US dance #39
written by: Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor & Charlie Wilson
album: Gap Band IV
comments: [disco funk boogie]
 		The Gap Band You Dropped a Bomb on Me
1982 Total Experience
5 record label: Mercury 76091
chart position: RandB #1, UK #22, US dance #19
written by: Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons & Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band III
comments: [disco funk boogie]
 		The Gap Band Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
1980 Mercury
6 record label: Mercury 76101
chart position: RandB #5, UK #47, US #60
written by: Oliver Scott & Ronnie Wilson
album: Gap Band III
 		The Gap Band Yearning for Your Love
1981 Mercury
7 record label: Total Experience 704
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #24, US #51, UK #68
written by: Raymond Calhoun
album: Gap Band IV
comments: [disco funk boogie]
 		The Gap Band Outstanding
1983 Total Experience
8 record label: Total Experience 2405
chart position: RandB #2, US #103, US Dance #66
written by: Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons and Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band VI
 		The Gap Band Beep a Freak
1985 Total Experience
9 record label: Total Experience 8209
chart position: RandB #3, US #101
written by: Charlie Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons and Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band V
comments: [disco funk]
 		The Gap Band Party Train
1983 Total Experience
10 record label: Capitol 15493
chart position: RandB #1, UK #88
written by: Ronnie Wilson (as Ronnie James Wilson), Aldyn St. Jon and Raymond Calhoun
album: Round Trip
 		The Gap Band All Of My Love
1990 Capitol
11 record label: Mercury 74053
chart position: RandB #4, US #101
written by: Charles Wilson (as Charles Kent Wilson)
album: The Gap Band
 		The Gap Band Shake
1979 Mercury
12 record label: Total Experience 2436
chart position: RandB #2
written by: Jerry Peters and Anita Poree
album: Gap Band VII
comments: [ballad]
 		The Gap Band Going in Circles
1986 Total Experience
13 record label: Total Experience 5 (UK)
chart position: UK #17
written by: Ronnie Wilson and Billy Young
album: Gap Band V
comments: (featuring Stevie Wonder)
 		The Gap Band Someday
1984 Total Experience
14 record label: Mercury 76021
chart position: RandB #10, US #103
written by: Lonnie Simmons, Charlie Wilson and Ronnie Wilson
album: Gap Band II
 		The Gap Band Steppin' (Out)
1980 Mercury
15 record label: Club 54 (UK)
chart position: UK #20
written by: Ronnie Wilson, Rudy Taylor, Robert Wilson, Lonnie Simmons and Charlie Wilson
 		The Gap Band Oops Up Side Your Head (extended)
1987 Club
16 record label: Total Experience 2412
chart position: RandB #8
written by: Raymond Calhoun
album: Gap Band VI
 		The Gap Band I Found My Baby
1985 Total Experience
17 record label: Capitol 44490
chart position: RandB #8
written by: Roman Johnson, Ronnie Wilson, Charles Wilson and Aldyn St. Jon
album: Round Trip
comments: [new jack swing]
 		The Gap Band Addicted to Your Love
1990 Capitol
18 record label: Arista 112 016
chart position: RandB #14, UK #63, US Dance #35
written by: Norman Whitfield and William Bryant
album: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
 		The Gap Band I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1989 Arista
19 record label: Mercury 76062
chart position: RandB #36, UK #30
written by: Lonnie Simmons, Rudolph Taylor, Charlie Wilson and Ronnie Wilson
album: Gap Band II
 		The Gap Band Party Lights
1980 Mercury
20 record label: Mercury 76114
chart position: RandB #60, UK #36, US Dance #19
written by: Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons and Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band III
comments: [funk]
 		The Gap Band Humpin'
1981 Mercury
21 record label: Mercury 74080
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Ronnie Wilson (as Ronnie James Wilson) and Charles Wilson (as Charles Kent Wilson)
album: The Gap Band
 		The Gap Band Open Up Your Mind (Wide)
1980 Mercury
22 record label: Total Experience 49743
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Charlie Wilson, Morris Rente and Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band 8
comments: aka Get Loose, Get Funky
 		The Gap Band Zibble, Zibble (Get the Money)
1987 Total Experience
23 record label: Total Experience 8210
chart position: RandB #16
written by: Charlie Wilson, Robert Wilson and Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band V
comments: [funk]
 		The Gap Band Jam the Motha
1983 Total Experience
24 record label: Capitol 79045
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Ross Vannelli, Ronnie Wilson (as Ronnie James Wilson) and Charles Wilson
album: Round Trip
 		The Gap Band We Can Make It Right
1990 Capitol
25 record label: Total Experience 2418
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Charlie Wilson
album: Gap Band VI
 		The Gap Band Disrespect
1985 Total Experience
26 record label: Total Experience 49755 (UK)
chart position: UK #61
written by: John Black, Ronnie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons
album: Gap Band 8
 		The Gap Band How Music Came About (Bop B Da B Da Da)
1987 Total Experience
27 record label: Total Experience 6
chart position: UK #64
written by: Bernard Spears and Ronnie Wilson
album: Gap Band V
 		The Gap Band Jammin' in America
1984 Total Experience
28 record label: Total Experience 8211
chart position: RandB #74, UK #87
written by: Charlie Wilson, Jimmy Hamilton and Maurice Hayes Nestor
album: Gap Band V
comments: [disco funk]
 		The Gap Band I'm Ready If You're Ready
1983 Total Experience
29 record label: Raging Bull 5013
chart position: RandB #59, US Dance #36
written by: Amanda Rushing and Cam Wilson
album: Ain't Nothin' But a Party
 		The Gap Band First Lover
1995 Raging Bull
30 record label: Total Experience 101
chart position: RandB #36
written by: Greg C. Jackson
album: Straight from the Heart
The Gap Band Straight from the Heart
1988 Total Experience
31 record label: RCA 5305
chart position: RandB #40
written by: Raymond Calhoun and Roman Johnson
album: Penitentiary III
 		The Gap Band Sweeter Than Candy
1987 RCA
32 record label: Tattoo 10884
chart position: RandB #42
written by: Charles Wilson
 		The Gap Band Out of the Blue (Can You Feel It)
1977 Tattoo
33 record label: Total Experience 2427
chart position: RandB #46
written by: Jonah Ellis
album: Gap Band VII
The Gap Band Desire
1985 Total Experience
34 record label: Mercury 4006
chart position: US Dance #48
written by: Lonnie Simmons and Charles Wilson (as Charles Kent Wilson)
album: The Gap Band
 		The Gap Band Baby Baba Boogie
1979 Mercury
35 record label: Raging Bull 5023
chart position: RandB #75
written by: Cam Wilson, Raymond Calhoun and Val Young
album: Ain't Nothin' But a Party
 		The Gap Band Got It Goin' On
1995 Raging Bull
36 record label: Passport 4005
chart position: RandB #77
written by: Ronnie Wilson and Charles Wilson
album: Strike A Groove
comments: [funk]
 		The Gap Band Not Guilty
1984 Passport
37 record label: Total Experience 2636
chart position: RandB #78
written by: Anthony Walker, Charlie Wilson and Billy Young
album: Gap Band VII
 		The Gap Band Automatic Brain
1986 Total Experience
38 record label: Tattoo 0884
chart position: RandB #95
written by: Andy Fraser, Paul Kossoff, Paul Rogers and Simon Kirke
 		The Gap Band Little Bit of Love
1977 Tattoo
39 record label: Big Trax
chart position: RandB #104
album: Y2K: Funkin\' Till 2000 Comz
 		The Gap Band Good Old Fashion Lovin'
1999 Big Trax
-- record label: Mercury 76114
written by: Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson
album: The Gap Band II
 		The Gap Band No Hiding Place
1980 Mercury
-- record label: Total Experience 49755
written by: J. Hamilton, M. Hayes, T. Rabb
album: Gap Band 8
 		The Gap Band I Owe It To Myself
1986 Total Experience




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