1
record label: Atlantic 2071
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #1, UK #2
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
album: Save The Last Dance For Me
The Drifters
Save the Last Dance for Me
1960
Atlantic
2
record label: Atlantic 84089
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
written by: Brandy (as Brandy Norwood), Rodney Jerkins, Japhe Tejeda, Fred Jerkins III and LaShawn Daniels
album: The Boy Is Mine
Brandy & Monica
The Boy Is Mine
1998
Atlantic
3
record label: Blitzz/Atlantic 87243
chart position: RandB #13, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3
written by: Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers
album: All 4 One
All-4-One
I Swear
1994
Blitzz/Atlantic
4
record label: Atlantic 85443
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, UK #1
written by: Mark Morrison and Phil Chill
album: Return of the Mack
Mark Morrison
Return of the Mack
1996
Atlantic
5
record label: Atlantic 2864
chart position: RandB #4, US #1, UK #14, US AC #1
written by: Ewan MacColl
album: First Take
comments: [ballad]
Roberta Flack
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
1972
Atlantic
6
record label: Atlantic 2326
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Percy Sledge
album: When A Man Loves A Woman / The Best Of Percy Sledge / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Percy Sledge
When a Man Loves a Woman
1966
Atlantic
7
record label: Atlantic 3637
chart position: RandB #6, UK #1, US #2, US dance #8, US AC #5
written by: Denny Randell & Sandy Linzer
album: Dancin' And Lovin'
comments: [disco dance]
The Spinners
Working My Way Back to You
1979
Atlantic
8
record label: Atlantic 2940
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6, US AC #2
written by: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
album: Killing Me Softly
comments: [ballad]
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly with His Song
1973
Atlantic
9
record label: Atlantic 2237
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #4, UK #45
weeksinr&bchart: 18
written by: Arthur Resnick & Kenny Young
album: Under The Boardwalk / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [pop soul]
The Drifters
Under The Boardwalk
1964
Atlantic
10
record label: Atlantic 3519
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US dance #1, US AC #48
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: C'est CHIC
comments: [disco]
Chic
Le Freak
1978
Atlantic
11
record label: Atlantic 2403
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #10
written by: Otis Redding
album: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You / Atlantic Soul Classics
Aretha Franklin
Respect
1967
Atlantic
12
record label: Atlantic 2025
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson and George Treadwell
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #193]
The Drifters
There Goes My Baby
1959
Atlantic
13
record label: Atlantic 3229
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #6, US AC #45, US dance #11
written by: Roger Ball & Hamish Stuart
album: AWB The Average White Band
comments: [funk jazz instrumental]
Average White Band
Pick Up the Pieces
1974
Atlantic
14
record label: Atlantic 89256
chart position: UK #1, US Dance #1
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterma
album: F.L.M.
comments: [disco dance]
Mel & Kim
Respectable
1987
Atlantic
15
record label: Atlantic 2401
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #8
written by: Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati
The Young Rascals
Groovin'
1967
Atlantic
16
record label: Atlantic 88020
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Sean Paul and Steven Marsden
album: Dutty Rock
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Sean Paul
Get Busy
2003
Atlantic
17
record label: Atlantic
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
written by: Twista, Kanye West, Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Kamikaze
Twista ft. Jamie Foxx & Kanye West
Slow Jamz
2003
Atlantic
18
record label: Atlantic 2537
chart position: RandB #14, US #1
written by: Eddie Brigati & Felix Cavaliere
album: Freedom Suite
comments: [northern soul]
The Rascals
People Got to Be Free
1968
Atlantic
19
record label: Atlantic 3664
chart position: RandB #5, US #4, UK #4, US dance #50, US AC #3
written by: Sam Cooke & Michael Zager
The Spinners
Cupid -- I've Loved You for a Long Time (medley)
1980
Atlantic
20
record label: Atlantic 2184
chart position: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Barbara Lewis
album: Hello Stranger / The Best of Barbara Lewis
Barbara Lewis
Hello Stranger
1963
Atlantic
21
record label: Atlantic 1111
chart position: RandB #1, US #12
written by: Ivory Joe Hunter
album: Ivory Joe Hunter
comments: [ballad]
Ivory Joe Hunter
Since I Met You Baby
1956
Atlantic
22
record label: Atlantic 2478
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #55
written by: Archie Bell & Billy Buttier
album: Tighten Up / Tightening It Up - The Best of...
Archie Bell & the Drells
Tighten Up
1968
Atlantic
23
record label: Atlantic 2748
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, UK #2
written by: General Johnson & Ronald Dunbar
album: Patches / The Best of Clarence Carter
comments: (southern soul)
Clarence Carter
Patches
1970
Atlantic
24
record label: Atlantic
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #11
written by: Sean Paul, Andre Marshall and Rohan Fuller
album: The Trinity
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Sean Paul
Temperature
2006
Atlantic
25
record label: Atlantic 89446
chart position: RandB #2, UK #2, US #3, US dance #1, S AC #38
written by: John Smith
album: Poolside
Nu Shooz
I Can't Wait
1986
Atlantic
26
record label: Atlantic 3202
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #29, US AC #3
written by: Sherman Marshall & Phillip Pugh
album: New and Improved
comments: [philly sound]
Dionne Warwick & the Spinners
Then Came You
1974
Atlantic
27
record label: Atlantic 2817
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #14, US AC #6
written by: Jerry Leiber & Phil Spector
Aretha Franklin
Spanish Harlem
1971
Atlantic
28
record label: Atlantic 1144
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Laura Webb, Jannie Pought, Reather Dixon, Helen Gathers and Emma Pought
The Bobbettes
Mr. Lee
1957
Atlantic
29
record label: Atlantic 84198
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #13, US AC #25
written by: Diane Warrenu
album: Never Say Never
comments: [slow jam]
Brandy
Have You Ever?
1998
Atlantic
30
record label: Atlantic 3584
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5, US dance #3, US AC #28
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: Risque
Chic
Good Times
1979
Atlantic
31
record label: Atlantic 88374
chart position: RandB #20, US #4, UK #2, US dance #22
written by: Arnold Hennings, Daron Jones, Michael Keith, Kevin Lyttle, 112, Q and Slim
album: Kevin Lyttle
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Kevin Lyttle featuring Spragga Benz
Turn Me On
2003
Atlantic
32
record label: Atlantic 5437
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, UK #27, US AC #3
written by: Diane Warren
album: Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
comments: [slow jam]
Monica
For You I Will
1997
Atlantic
33
record label: Atlantic 3025
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #34, US AC #1
written by: Gene McDaniels (as Eugene McDaniels)
album: Feel Like Makin Love
comments: [love song]
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
1974
Atlantic
34
record label: Atlantic 8290
chart position: RandB #7, US #2, UK #5
written by: Nate Dogg and Warren G
album: Regulate...G Funk Era
comments: [hip hop]
Warren G & Nate Dogg
Regulate
1994
Atlantic
35
record label: Atlantic 3435
chart position: RandB #6, US #6, UK #6, US dance #1
written by: Bernard Edwards, Lehman & Nile Rodgers
album: Chic
comments: [disco]
Chic
Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
1977
Atlantic
36
record label: Atlantic 1130
chart position: RandB #1, US #12
written by: Chuck Willis
album: King Of The Stroll
Chuck Willis
C.C. Rider
1957
Atlantic
37
record label: Atlantic 452348
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #22
written by: Chris Kenner
album: The Exciting Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett
Land of 1,000 Dances
1966
Atlantic
38
record label: Atlantic 87984
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #5, US dance #1
written by: Thomas McElroy, Denzil Foster, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson & Terry Ellis
album: Born to Sing
En Vogue
Hold On
1990
Atlantic
39
record label: Atlantic 2995
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #26, US AC #33
written by: Stevie Wonder, Clarence Paul & Morris Broadnax
album: Let Me in Your Life
comments: [beat ballad]
Aretha Franklin
Until You Come Back to Me
1973
Atlantic
40
record label: Atlantic 11496
chart position: UK #3, US Dance #1
written by: Narada Michael Walden and Lisa Walden
album: Let Me Be Your Angel
comments: [disco dance] Â
Stacy Lattisaw
Jump to the Beat
1980
Atlantic
41
record label: Atlantic 2464
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #37
written by: Don Covay
album: Lady Soul
comments: [southern soul]
Aretha Franklin
Chain of Fools
1967
Atlantic
42
record label: Atlantic 89361
chart position: UK #1, US #9, US AC #10
written by: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Stand By Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [re release]
Ben E. King
Stand by Me
1986
Atlantic
43
record label: Atlantic 2185
chart position: RandB #2 (5 weeks), US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Wilson Pickett, Robert Bateman and Sonny Sanders
album: Rock and Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Solomon Burke
If You Need Me
1963
Atlantic
44
record label: Atlantic 2546
chart position: RandB #3, US #10, UK #4
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Aretha Now
comments: [southern soul]
Aretha Franklin
I Say a Little Prayer
1968
Atlantic
45
record label: Atlantic 1092
chart position: RandB #1, US #16, UK #27
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Joe Shapiro, Lou Stallman
album: Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
Clyde McPhatter
Treasure of Love
1956
Atlantic
46
record label: Atlantic 3557
chart position: RandB #5, UK #4, US #7, US dance #1, US AC #9
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: C'est Chic
comments: [disco]
Chic
I Want Your Love
1978
Atlantic
47
record label: Atlantic 452927
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #11, US AC #14
written by: Melvin Steals & Mervin Steals
album: The Spinners (Detroit)
comments: [philly sound]
The Spinners
Could It Be I'm Falling in Love
1972
Atlantic
48
record label: Atlantic 88899
chart position: UK #3, US #7, US dance #5, US AC #2
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman and Donna Summer
album: Another Place and Time
comments: [disco dance]
Donna Summer
This Time I Know It's for Real
1989
Atlantic
49
record label: Atlantic 3463
chart position: RandB #1, UK #42, US #2, US AC #3
written by: Reggie Lucas & James Mtume
album: Blue Lights in the Basement
comments: [love ballad]
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
The Closer I Get to You
1978
Atlantic
50
record label: Atlantic 1116
chart position: RandB #1, US #17
written by: Lincoln Chase
album: LaVern Baker
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #343]
LaVern Baker & The Gliders
Jim Dandy
1956
Atlantic
51
record label: Atlantic 453355
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #16, US dance #14
written by: Thom Bell & Linda Creed
album: Happiness Is Being With The Spinners
comments: [disco dance]
The Spinners
The Rubberband Man
1976
Atlantic
52
record label: Atlantic 89560
chart position: RandB #8, US dance #4, UK #12, US #1, US AC #30, US rock #10
written by: Phil Collins
album: No Jacket Required
Phil Collins
Sussudio
1985
Atlantic
53
record label: Atlantic 1085
chart position: RandB #1
written by: Henry Glover
album: Ray Charles
comments: [ballad]
Ray Charles
Drown in My Own Tears
1956
Atlantic
54
record label: Atlantic 2427
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #39
written by: Jimmy Holiday & Ronnie Shannon
album: Aretha Arrives
comments: [southern soul]
Aretha Franklin
Baby I Love You
1967
Atlantic
55
record label: Atlantic 2879
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #29, US AC #1
written by: Ralph MacDonald & William Salter
album: Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway / The Best of Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Where Is the Love
1972
Atlantic
56
record label: Atlantic 452904
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, US AC #31
written by: Thom Bell & Phil Hurtt
album: The Spinners (Detroit)
comments: [philly sound]
The Spinners
I'll Be Around
1972
Atlantic
57
record label: Atlantic 2260
chart position: UK #3, RandB #8, US #18
written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: The Good Life With The Drifters
comments: [pop soul]
The Drifters
Saturday Night At The Movies
1964
Atlantic
58
record label: Atlantic 1088
chart position: RandB #2, US #41
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: J. Mayo Williams, Bo Chatman and Mitchell Parish
album: Rock and Roll
comments: first recorded by Turner in 1941 with the Art Tatum band Decca 8563
Joe Turner
Corrina, Corrina
1956
Atlantic
59
record label: Atlantic 1081
chart position: RandB #2, US #44
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Willis Carroll, Carmen Taylor
album: Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
Clyde McPhatter
Seven Days
1956
Atlantic
60
record label: Atlantic 2486
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #47
written by: Aretha Franklin & Ted White
album: Lady Soul
comments: [southern soul]
Aretha Franklin
Since You've Been Gone
1968
Atlantic
61
record label: Atlantic 87173
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #44
written by: Keith Crouch and Kipper Jones
album: Brandy
Brandy
I Wanna Be Down
1994
Atlantic
62
record label: Atlantic 3023
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #10
written by: R. Kelly
album: All Day, All Night
comments: [slow jam]
Changing Faces
G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.
1997
Atlantic
63
record label: Atlantic 88101
chart position: RandB #19, US #15, UK #1
written by: Craig David and Mark Hill
album: Born to Do It
Craig David
Fill Me In
2000
Atlantic
64
record label: Atlantic
chart position: RandB #5, US #3, UK #31
written by: Sean Paul, Jason Henriques, Donovan Bennett and Nigel Staff
album: Step Up: Original Soundtrack
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Sean Paul featuring Keyshia Cole
(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me
2006
Atlantic
65
record label: Atlantic 2518
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, UK #26
written by: Aretha Franklin & Bernice Hart
album: Aretha Now
comments: [southern soul]
Aretha Franklin
Think
1968
Atlantic
66
record label: Atlantic 3248
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #37, US AC #33
written by: Vinnie Barrett & Bobby Eli
album: My Way
comments: [philly sound ballad]
Major Harris
Love Won't Let Me Wait
1975
Atlantic
67
record label: Atlantic 2796
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, US AC #40
written by: Paul Simon
album: Live At Fillmore West
comments: [ballad]
Aretha Franklin
Bridge Over Troubled Water
1971
Atlantic
68
record label: Atlantic 300608
chart position: RandB #52, US #10, UK #1
written by: Craig David, Mark Hill and Darren Hill
album: Born to Do It
Craig David
7 Days
2000
Atlantic
69
record label: Atlantic 85217
chart position: RandB #3, US #7, UK #4
written by: LaShawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Brandy, Nora Payne and Kenisha Pratt
album: Full Moon
Brandy
What About Us?
2002
Atlantic
70
record label: Atlantic 2751
chart position: RandB #1, US #11, UK #13
written by: Ahmet Ertegun & Betty Nelson
album: Spirit In The Dark
Aretha Franklin
Don't Play That Song
1970
Atlantic
71
record label: Atlantic 89217
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #9, US dance #27
written by: Reggie Calloway
album: The Big Throwdown
LeVert
Casanova
1987
Atlantic
72
record label: Atlantic 2205
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #49
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Don Covay and Horace Ott
album: Rock and Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Solomon Burke
You're Good For Me
1963
Atlantic
73
record label: Atlantic 10965
chart position: UK #2, US Dance #31, US #96
written by: Frank Farian, Fred Jay and George Reyam
album: Love for Sale
comments: [disco]
Boney M.
Ma Baker
1977
Atlantic
74
record label: Atlantic 84783
chart position: RandB #27, US #8, UK #10, US dance #4
written by: Richard Adler, Debelah Morgan, Giloh Morgan and Jerry Ross
album: Dance with Me
Debelah Morgan
Dance with Me
2000
Atlantic
75
record label: Atlantic
chart position: RandB #2, US #2
written by: 50 Cent
album: La Bella Mafia
Lil Kim featuring 50 Cent
Magic Stick
2003
Atlantic
76
record label: Atlantic 2430
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #43
written by: Arlester
album: The Sound of Wilson Pickett
comments: [southern soul]
Wilson Pickett
Funky Broadway
1967
Atlantic
77
record label: Atlantic 10827
chart position: UK #6, US Dance #11, US #65
written by: Frank Farian and Georg Reyam
album: Take the Heat Off Me
comments: [disco] charted as Daddy Kool//Take The Heat Off Me/Fever in US dance charts
Boney M.
Daddy Cool
1976
Atlantic
78
record label: Atlantic 060000799
chart position: RandB #40, US #5, UK #33, US AC #2
written by: Steve Diamond, Maribeth Derry and Jennifer Kimball
album: And the Music Speaks
All-4-One
I Can Love You Like That
1995
Atlantic
79
record label: Atlantic 2188
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Gregory Carroll & Doris Payne
album: Just One Look
Doris Troy
Just One Look
1963
Atlantic
80
record label: Atlantic 2177
chart position: RandB #10, US #5, UK #60
written by: George Williams, Bill Jackson and Roy Straigis
album: All 4 One
All-4-One
So Much in Love
1994
Atlantic
81
record label: Atlantic 452493
chart position: RandB #36, US #3
written by: Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati
The Rascals
A Beautiful Morning
1968
Atlantic
82
record label: Atlantic
chart position: RandB #19, US #10, UK #4
written by: Lupe Fiasco, Soundtrakk and Prince Ben
album: The Cool
Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos
Superstar
2007
Atlantic
83
record label: Atlantic 2866
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #11
written by: Aretha Franklin
album: Young Gifted And Black
Aretha Franklin
Day Dreaming
1972
Atlantic
84
record label: Atlantic 2508
chart position: RandB #2, US #6
written by: William Armstrong, Marcus Lewis Daniel & Wilbur Terrell
album: This Is Clarence Carter / The Best of Clarence Carter
comments: [southern soul]
Clarence Carter
Slip Away
1968
Atlantic
85
record label: Atlantic 2007
chart position: RandB #2, US #6
written by: Al Julia
album: Blues Ballads
LaVern Baker
I Cried a Tear
1958
Atlantic
86
record label: Atlantic 2195
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #174
written by: Keith Crouch, Kipper Jones and Rahsaan Patterson
album: Brandy
Brandy
Baby
1995
Atlantic
87
record label: Atlantic 1179
chart position: RandB #1, US #9
written by: Fred Jay and Art Harris
Chuck Willis
What Am I Living For
1958
Atlantic
88
record label: Atlantic 2546
chart position: RandB #2, US #6
written by: Bobby Lance & Fran Robbins
Aretha Franklin
The House That Jack Built
1968
Atlantic
89
record label: Atlantic 452441
chart position: RandB #2, US #8
written by: Gerry Goffin, Carole King & Jerry Wexler
album: Lady Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Aretha Franklin
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
1967
Atlantic
90
record label: Atlantic 789 320
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, US AC #35
written by: David Frank & Mic Murphy
album: Don't Disturb This Groove
The System
Don't Disturb This Groove
1987
Atlantic
91
record label: Atlantic 452320
chart position: RandB #1, US #13, UK #36
written by: Eddie Floyd & Steve Cropper
album: The Exciting Wilson Pickett
comments: [southern soul]
Wilson Pickett
634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)
1966
Atlantic
92
record label: Atlantic 88359
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #16
written by: Miri Ben Ari, Mikey Bennett, Twista, Kanye West and Leonard Williams
album: Kamikaze
Twista
Overnight Celebrity
2004
Atlantic
93
record label: Atlantic 2386
chart position: RandB #1, US #9
written by: Ronnie Shannon
album: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Aretha Franklin
I Never Loved a Man
1967
Atlantic
94
record label: Atlantic 2289
chart position: RandB #1, US #21, UK #12
written by: Wilson Pickett & Steve Cropper
album: In The Midnight Hour / The Exciting Wilson Pickett / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
Wilson Pickett
In The Midnight Hour
1965
Atlantic
95
record label: Atlantic 453284
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #52, US AC #2
written by: Joe Jefferson, Bruce Hawes & Charles Simmons
album: Pick Of The Litter
The Spinners
They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)
1975
Atlantic
96
record label: Atlantic 3661
chart position: RandB #8, UK #3, US #56, US dance #6
written by: Reggie Lucas & James Mtume
album: Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Back Together Again
1980
Atlantic
97
record label: Atlantic 7607
chart position: RandB #45, US #6, US AC #2
written by: Diane Warren
album: Set the Night to Music
Roberta Flack & Maxi Priest
Set the Night to Music
1991
Atlantic
98
record label: Atlantic 6859 (UK)
chart position: RandB #44, US #10, UK #13, US AC #9
written by: Steve Miller
album: Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
Seal
Fly Like an Eagle
1996
Atlantic
99
record label: Atlantic 93711
chart position: RandB #6, US #7, UK #26
written by: J. Smith, Corey Mathis, Diamond Smith, S. Smith, Pleasure P, Jim Jonsin and D. Baker
album: Bluestars
Pretty Ricky
Grind with Me
2005
Atlantic
100
record label: Atlantic
chart position: RandB #14, US #11, UK #3
written by: Wayne Wonder and Steven Marsden
album: No Holding Back
Wayne Wonder
No Letting Go
2003
Atlantic