1
record label: RCA 13274
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #7, US #17
written by: Kashif (as Kashif Saleem)
album: Get Loose
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King)
Love Come Down
1982
RCA
2
record label: RCA 12357
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8, US dance #1 US AC #12, US rock #28
written by: Daryl Hall, John Oates & Sara Allen
album: Private Eyes
Hall & Oates
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
1981
RCA
3
record label: RCA 5347
chart position: US #1, UK #1, US Dance #1, US AC #1
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Whenever You Need Somebody
comments: [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1988]
Rick Astley
Never Gonna Give You Up
1987
RCA
4
record label: RCA 13354
chart position: US #1, RandB #78, UK #6, US dance #18, US AC #14, US rock #18
written by: Sara Allen, Daryl Hall & John Oates
album: H2O
Hall & Oates
Maneater
1982
RCA
5
record label: RCA 07863 62585
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #33
written by: Brian Alexander Morgan
album: It's About Time
comments: [slow jam]
SWV
Weak
1993
RCA
6
record label: RCA Victor 0232
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6, US AC #12
written by: Wally Holmes (as Waldo Holmes)
album: Freedom for the Stallion
comments: [pop soul disco]
The Hues Corporation
Rock the Boat
1974
RCA Victor
7
record label: RCA 13479
chart position: RandB #6, UK #4, US #7, AC #2
written by: Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago (uncredited), George Goldner (uncredited) & Morris Levy
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Diana Ross
Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
1981
RCA
8
record label: RCA 1962
chart position: UK #1, US Dance #6
written by: L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer
album: Hang Together
comments: [disco dance]
Odyssey
Use It Up and Wear It Out
1980
RCA
9
record label: RCA 10320
chart position: RandB #21, US #1, UK #17
written by: David Bowie, Carlos Alomar & John Lennon
album: Young Americans
comments: [funk]
David Bowie
Fame
1975
RCA
10
record label: RCA 0822
chart position: RandB #29, US #3, UK #6
written by: Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore
album: Feliciano!
Jose Feliciano
Light My Fire
1968
RCA
11
record label: RCA 1894
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #19, US dance #1
written by: Leon Sylvers III, Stephen Shockley & William Shelby
album: The Whispers
comments: [disco dance]
The Whispers
And the Beat Goes On
1980
RCA
12
record label: RCA Victor 1202
chart position: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #2, UK #9
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Sam Cooke & Charles Cooke
album: Swing Low / The Best of Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Chain Gang
1960
RCA Victor
13
record label: RCA 74321 14497
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #17
written by: Brian Alexander Morgan
album: It's About Time
SWV
I'm So Into You
1993
RCA
14
record label: RCA Victor 47 8368
chart position: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Ain't That Good News
comments: [southern soul]
Sam Cooke
Good Times
1964
RCA Victor
15
record label: RCA Victor 47 8164
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #10, UK #23
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Ain't That Good News
Sam Cooke
Another Saturday Night
1963
RCA Victor
16
record label: RCA 07863626147
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: Brian Alexander Morgan, G. Parker, G. Gomez and K. Ortiz
album: It's About Time
SWV
Right Here (Human Nature) ... Downtown
1993
RCA
17
record label: RCA Victor 47 8299
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Ain't That Good News
Sam Cooke
(Ain't That) Good News
1964
RCA Victor
18
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
Hall & Oates
Out of Touch
1984
RCA
19
record label: RCA 13021
chart position: RandB #2, UK #36, US #8, US dance #14
written by: Dennis Matkosky & Michael Sembello
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Diana Ross
Mirror, Mirror
1982
RCA
20
record label: RCA Victor 47 8247
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Willie Dixon
album: Night Beat
Sam Cooke
Little Red Rooster
1963
RCA Victor
21
record label: RCA 11129
chart position: RandB #6, US #21, UK #5, US AC #28, US dance #3,
written by: Sandy Linzer & Denny Randell
album: Odyssey
comments: [disco dance]
Odyssey
Native New Yorker
1977
RCA
22
record label: RCA 64515
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #13
written by: Allen Gordon (as Allstar), Andrea Martin, I. Matias, Tamara Johnson and Coko (as Cheryl Gamble)
album: New Beginning
SWV
You're the One
1996
RCA
23
record label: RCA 0319
chart position: RandB #13, US #6, US AC #9
written by: Skip Scarborough, Jerry Peters & Anita Poree
album: Real Friends / The Best of Friends
comments: [pop soul]
The Friends of Distinction
Love or Let Me Be Lonely
1970
RCA
24
record label: Circa 34
chart position: UK #3
written by: Claus Zundel, Mike Staab, Sydney Youngblood and Ralf Hamm
album: Feeling Free
comments: [disco dance]
Sydney Youngblood
If Only I Could
1989
Circa
25
record label: RCA 64969
chart position: RandB #44, US #7, UK #8
written by: Max Martin and Robyn
album: Robyn Is Here
Robyn
Show Me Love
1997
RCA
26
record label: RCA Victor 74 0107
chart position: RandB #5, US #3
written by: Philemon Hou & Harry Elston
album: Grazin' / The Best of Friends
comments: [pop soul]
The Friends of Distinction
Grazing in the Grass
1969
RCA Victor
27
record label: RCA Victor 0731
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, UK #52, US AC #25
written by: Jim Bailey, Rudy Clark & Ken Williams
album: Bitter Sweet
The Main Ingredient
Everybody Plays the Fool
1972
RCA Victor
28
record label: RCA Victor 47 8129
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #13
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Leo Price & John Marascalco
album: Mr. Soul
Sam Cooke
Send Me Some Lovin'
1963
RCA Victor
29
record label: RCA 15
chart position: US #1, UK #33, US AC #16, US rock #54
written by: Janna Allen and Daryl Hall
album: Voices
Hall & Oates
Kiss on My List
1980
RCA
30
record label: RCA 2792
chart position: RandB #16, UK #16, US #8, US dance #1
written by: Mirko Limoni, DJ Lelewel (as Daniele Davoli) and Valerio Semplici
album: Dreamland
comments: [disco dance]
Black Box
Strike It Up
1991
RCA
31
record label: RCA 375 (UK)
chart position: US #2, US dance #1, RandB #45, UK #69, US AC #8, US rock #18
written by: Daryl Hall
album: Rock 'n' Soul: Part 1
Hall & Oates
Say It Isn't So
1983
RCA
32
record label: RCA 64759
chart position: RandB #2, US #6
written by: Jerome Woods and Gerald Baillergeau
album: Rome
comments: [slow jam]
Rome
I Belong to You (Every Time I See Your Face)
1997
RCA
33
record label: RCA 13421
chart position: RandB #8, UK #63, US #7, US AC #4
written by: Daryl Hall
album: H2O
Hall & Oates
One on One
1983
RCA
34
record label: RCA 47 7591
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: Bobby Worth
album: Della
comments: [ballad]
Della Reese
Don't You Know
1959
RCA
35
record label: RCA 13970
chart position: RandB #21, US #5, UK #21, US dance #15, US AC #18, US rock #42
written by: Daryl Hall & Janna Allen
album: Big Bam Boom
Hall & Oates
Method of Modern Love
1984
RCA
36
record label: RCA 64868
chart position: RandB #33, US #7, UK #26
written by: Denniz Pop, Herbie Crichlow (as Herbert Crichlow), Max Martin and Robyn
album: Robyn Is Here
Robyn
Do You Know (What It Takes)
1997
RCA
37
record label: RCA 10530
chart position: RandB #23, US #4, US AC #18
written by: Daryl Hall & John Oates
album: Daryl Hall and John Oates
comments: [ballad]
Hall & Oates
Sara Smile
1976
RCA
38
record label: RCA 226
chart position: RandB #12, UK #3, US #104, US dance #25
written by: Jesse Rae
album: Happy Together
Odyssey
Inside Out
1982
RCA
39
record label: RCA 2226
chart position: RandB #4, US #6
written by: Harry Jensen, Gerald Thomas, Douglas Gibson, Robert Manigault, Jimmy Castor & Langdon Fridie Jr.
album: It's Just Began
comments: [novelty]
The Jimmy Castor Bunch
Troglodyte (Cave Man)
1972
RCA
40
record label: RCA Victor 47 8486
chart position: RandB #2, US #7
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Shake
Sam Cooke
Shake
1965
RCA Victor
41
record label: RCA Victor 12244
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #27, US #40
written by: Kashif
album: I'm in Love
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King)
I'm in Love
1981
RCA Victor
42
record label: RCA Victor 47 7983
chart position: RandB #1, US #9, UK #6
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Twistin' The Night Away / The Best of Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Twistin' The Night Away
1962
RCA Victor
43
record label: RCA 2351
chart position: RandB #14, US #17, UK #20, US AC #8
written by: Sherman Marshall & Thom Bell
album: I'm Doin' Fine Now / The Best of New York City
comments: [philly sound disco dance]
New York City
I'm Doin' Fine Now
1973
RCA
44
record label: RCA 11122
chart position: RandB #7, US #9, UK #39, US dance #8
written by: John Fitch (as John H. Fitch Jr) & Reuben Cross
album: Smooth Talk
comments: [disco dance]
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King)
Shame
1978
RCA
45
record label: RCA 58(UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards and Fonce Mizell
album: Good Thing Going
comments: [Reggae]
Sugar Minott
Good Thing Going (We've Got a Good Thing Going)
1981
RCA
46
record label: RCA 12240
chart position: UK #4, RandB #68, US dance #55
written by: Lamont Dozier
album: I Got the Melody
Odyssey
Going Back to My Roots
1981
RCA
47
record label: RCA 2493
chart position: UK #1, RandB #75, US #91
written by: Johanna Hall & John Hall
album: Trustmaker
comments: [pop soul]
The Tymes
Ms. Grace
1974
RCA
48
record label: RCA Victor 0205
chart position: RandB #8, US #10, UK #27, US AC #42
written by: Bobby Eli, John Freeman & Vinnie Barrett
album: Euphrates River / Main Ingredient Super Hits
comments: [sweet soul love song]
The Main Ingredient
Just Don't Want to Be Lonely
1974
RCA Victor
49
record label: RCA Victor 74 0204
chart position: RandB #3, US #15
written by: Jerry Peters & Anita Poree
album: Grazin' / The Best of Friends
comments: [ballad]
The Friends of Distinction
Going in Circles
1969
RCA Victor
50
record label: RCA 656881
chart position: RandB #9, US #12, UK #55
written by: Johnta Austin (as Johntá Austin), Charles Farrar and Troy Taylor
album: Tyrese
comments: [slow jam]
Tyrese
Sweet Lady
1999
RCA
51
record label: RCA 13966
chart position: RandB #1, US #10, UK #76, US AC #4
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Swept Away
comments: [ballad]
Diana Ross
Missing You
1984
RCA
52
record label: RCA 65924
chart position: RandB #2, US #10
written by: Angelo Ray, David Scott and Anthony Smith
album: 24/7
comments: [slow jam]
Kevon Edmonds
24-7
1999
RCA
53
record label: RCA 10022
chart position: RandB #20, US #2, UK #18, US AC #31, US dance #7
written by: Christopher Mark Jackson
album: Trustmaker
comments: [pop soul] [disco dance]
The Tymes
You Little Trustmaker
1974
RCA
54
record label: RCA 07863 62884
chart position: RandB #4, US #18, UK #24
written by: Brian Alexander Morgan
album: It's About Time
SWV
Anything
1994
RCA
55
record label: RCA 13201
chart position: RandB #34, UK #7, US #44, US dance #14
written by: Diana Ross & Ray Chew
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Diana Ross
Work That Body
1982
RCA
56
record label: RCA Victor 47 8215
chart position: RandB #4, US #14, UK #30, US AC #2
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Arr. Sam Cooke
album: Sam Cooke at the Copa
Sam Cooke
Frankie and Johnny
1963
RCA Victor
57
record label: RCA 40025
chart position: UK #6
written by: Richard Hewson
album: Mystery
comments: [pop soul]
The RAH Band
Clouds Across the Moon
1985
RCA
58
record label: RCA Victor 10562
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #73, UK #51, US #10, US AC #43
written by: Gerald Jackson & Peter Jackson
album: Never Gonna Let You Go
comments: [disco]
Vicki Sue Robinson
Turn the Beat Around
1976
RCA Victor
59
record label: RCA 47 9602
chart position: UK #2, RandB #43, US #83
written by: Jimmy Webb
album: Nuff Said!
Nina Simone
Do What You Gotta Do
1968
RCA
60
record label: RCA 49957
chart position: RandB #6, UK #17, US #11, US AC #32, US dance #1
written by: Sam Lorber & Dave Innis
album: Contact
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
The Pointer Sisters
Dare Me
1985
RCA
61
record label: RCA Victor 10066
chart position: RandB #6, UK #24, US #18, US dance #5
written by: Wally Holmes
album: Rockin' Soul
comments: [pop soul]
The Hues Corporation
Rockin' Soul
1974
RCA Victor
62
record label: RCA 64972
chart position: RandB #5, US #6
written by: Lamar Johnson, Gerald Baillergeau, Victor Merritt, Chill
album: Raw Sylk
comments: [rap]
Sylk-E. Fyne
Romeo and Juliet
1998
RCA
63
record label: RCA 2630
chart position: RandB #8, US #6, US dance #33
written by: Darryl Ross and Sheri Byers
album: Girls Nite Out
Tyler Collins
Girls Nite Out
1990
RCA
64
record label: RCA 14421
chart position: RandB #7, UK #7, US #41, US dance #5
written by: Sue Sheridan & Paul Chiten
album: Silk and Steel
Five Star
Can't Wait Another Minute
1986
RCA
65
record label: RCA 2735
chart position: RandB #10, US #23, UK #4, US dance #1
written by: Mirko Limoni, DJ Lelewel & Valerio Semplici
album: Dreamland
comments: [disco dance]
Black Box
I Don't Know Anybody Else
1990
RCA
66
record label: RCA 62355
chart position: RandB #13, US #92, UK #3
written by: Brian Alexander Morgan
album: It`s About Time
SWV
Right Here
1992
RCA
67
record label: RCA Victor 104472
chart position: RandB #66, UK #9, US #18, US dance 10,
written by: Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart]
album: Be Yourself Tonight
Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin
Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
1985
RCA Victor
68
record label: RCA 5
chart position: UK #6
written by: Ralph Kotkov
album: Hang Together
comments: [love ballad]
Odyssey
If You're Looking for a Way Out
1980
RCA
69
record label: RCA 1242
chart position: UK #7, RandB #20, US #17
written by: Sam Cooke
album: The Best of Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Cupid
1961
RCA
70
record label: RCA 64492
chart position: RandB #5, US #24, UK #12, US dance #35
written by: Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris
album: I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way)
comments: [beat ballad]
Chantay Savage
I Will Survive
1996
RCA
71
record label: RCA 62367
chart position: US dance #1, UK #4, RandB #97
written by: Eric Beall
album: Martha Wash
comments: [dance, house]
Martha Wash
Carry On
1992
RCA
72
record label: RCA 64893
chart position: RandB #5, US #19, UK #34
written by: Diddy (as Sean Combs), J. Walker, J. Graham, Harve Pierre, R. Price, C. Wallace, C. Martin and T. Shaw
album: Release Some Tension
comments: [hip hop]
SWV
Someone
1997
RCA
73
record label: RCA 2616
chart position: UK #5
written by: Russell Stone (as Russell Oliver Stone)
album: We Do It
comments: [sweet soul love ballad]
R & J Stone
We Do It
1976
RCA
74
record label: RCA 13864
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #3, US #19
written by: Daryl Hall & Sara Allen
album: Endless Love
Diana Ross
Swept Away
1984
RCA
75
record label: RCA 13292
chart position: RandB #16, US #33, US AC #15
written by: Kenny Nolan
album: New Directions
comments: [ballad]
Tavares
A Penny for Your Thoughts
1982
RCA
76
record label: RCA 74321 23019
chart position: UK #4
written by: Narada Michael Walden and Preston Glass
album: Michelle Gayle
Michelle Gayle
Sweetness
1994
RCA
77
record label: RCA Victor 1386
chart position: RandB #7, UK #67, US #23, US dance #25
written by: John Fitch & Reuben Cross
album: Smooth Talk
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King)
I Don't Know If It's Right
1979
RCA Victor
78
record label: RCA Victor 47 8426
chart position: RandB #6, US #31, US AC #7
written by: Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Cousin Of Mine
1964
RCA Victor
79
record label: RCA 14326
chart position: UK #12, US #14, US dance #7
written by: Dr. Robert
album: Animal Magic
The Blow Monkeys
Digging Your Scene
1986
RCA
80
record label: RCA Victor 47 8088
chart position: RandB #2, US #12, US AC #4
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Mr. Soul
Sam Cooke
Nothing Can Change This Love
1962
RCA Victor
81
record label: RCA 14229
chart position: RandB #2, US dance #9, UK #18, US #59
written by: Ian Foster
album: Luxury of Life
Five Star
Let Me Be the One
1985
RCA
82
record label: RCA 13638
chart position: UK #8
written by: Tony Williams and Mandy Newton
The Funk Masters
It's Over
1983
RCA
83
record label: RCA 4 (UK)
chart position: UK #5
written by: Dr. Robert
album: She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter
The Blow Monkeys
It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
1987
RCA
84
record label: RCA 43939
chart position: RandB #3, UK #14, US dance #1, US #53
written by: Caron Wheeler, Stuart Hall, Cedric Miller & Keith Thornton
album: UK Blak
Caron Wheeler
Livin' in the Light
1990
RCA
85
record label: RCA 13568
chart position: RandB #15, US dance #17, UK #46, US #31
written by: Marc Jordan & John Capek
album: Ross [1983 album]
Diana Ross
Pieces of Ice
1983
RCA
86
record label: RCA Victor 47 8036
chart position: RandB #4, US #17, US AC #12
written by: Sam Cooke
album: The Best of Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Having A Party
1962
RCA Victor
87
record label: RCA Victor 47 8036
chart position: RandB #2, US #13
written by: Sam Cooke
album: The Best of Sam Cooke
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Sam Cooke
Bring It On Home To Me
1962
RCA Victor
88
record label: RCA 14108
chart position: RandB #16, US dance #6, UK #15, US #65
written by: Barry Blue & Robin Smith
album: Luxury of Life
Five Star
All Fall Down
1985
RCA
89
record label: RCA 5062
chart position: RandB #17, US #33, UK #78, US dance #7, US AC #27
written by: Andy Goldmark & Bruce Roberts
album: Hot Together
The Pointer Sisters
Goldmine
1986
RCA
90
record label: RCA
chart position: RandB #16, US #75, US dance #1
written by: Drew Ramsey and Shannon Sanders
album: In My Mind
comments: [slow jam]
Heather Headley
In My Mind
2006
RCA
91
record label: Loud/RCA 65478
chart position: RandB #6, US #24
written by: Jerome Foster and Big Punisher (as Christopher Lee Rios)
album: Capital Punishment
comments: [hip hop]
Big Punisher
Still Not a Player
1998
Loud/RCA
92
record label: RCA 64606
chart position: RandB #6, US #22
written by: Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams
album: New Beginning
comments: [slow jam]
SWV
Use Your Heart
1996
RCA
93
record label: RCA Victor 47 8486
chart position: RandB #9, US #31
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Ain't That Good News
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Sam Cooke
A Change Is Gonna Come
1965
RCA Victor
94
record label: RCA 10827
chart position: US dance #1, RandB#31, US #27, US AC #22
written by: Schonberger, Coburn, Rose, Browder & Darnell
album: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
comments: [disco dance]
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Cherchez La Femme
1976
RCA
95
record label: RCA 3061
chart position: US dance #6, RandB #18, UK #58, US #66
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb & Howard Scott
album: Outlaw
War
You Got the Power
1982
RCA
96
record label: RCA 477644
chart position: RandB #13, US #16
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Ella Robertson, Donald Robertson and Hal Blair
comments: [ballad]
Della Reese
Not One Minute More
1960
RCA
97
record label: RCA Victor 47 8368
chart position: RandB #6, US #35
written by: Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart
album: Ain't That Good News
Sam Cooke
Tennessee Waltz
1964
RCA Victor
98
record label: RCA 13424
chart position: RandB #76, UK #43, US #40, US AC #13
written by: Bill Wray, Diana Ross & Rob Mounsey
album: Silk Electric
Diana Ross
So Close
1983
RCA
99
record label: RCA 13396
chart position: RandB #2, US #49
written by: Kashif (as Kashif Saleem)
album: Get Loose
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King)
Betcha She Don't Love You
1983
RCA
100
record label: RCA Victor 47 8631
chart position: RandB #18, US #32
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Twistin' The Night Away
comments: [northern soul]
Sam Cooke
Sugar Dumpling
1965
RCA Victor