| 1 |
record label: Motown 374631191
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
written by: Babyface
album: II
comments: [slow jam]
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| 2 |
record label: Motown 1074
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #7
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: More Hits By The Supremes
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 3 |
record label: Motown 1056
chart position: RandB #1 (7 weeks), US #1, UK #5
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: William Robinson
album: Mary Wells Sings My Guy
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 4 |
record label: Motown 1066
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #1, UK #1
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Where Did Our Love Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 5 |
record label: Motown 1098
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Reach Out
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 6 |
record label: Motown 1494
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US dance #1, US 31, US AC #18
written by: Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards
album: Diana / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 7 |
record label: Motown 1519
chart position: RandB #1, UK #7, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
| 8 |
record label: Motown 1745
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: The Woman in Red: Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 9 |
record label: Motown 1076
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #23
written by: Brian Holland, Lamount Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Second Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 10 |
record label: Motown 1097
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes A Go Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 11 |
record label: Motown 3746310611
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #35
written by: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds), L.A. Reid (as Antonio
album: Boomerang: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 12 |
record label: Motown 1171
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #24
written by: Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch
album: Third Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 13 |
record label: Motown 1722
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 14 |
record label: Motown 1157
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
written by: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, Fonce Mizell
album: Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 15 |
record label: Motown 1698
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #5, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 16 |
record label: Motown 1060
chart position: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #3
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Where Did Our Love Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 17 |
record label: Motown 1443
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Natural High / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [ballad]
|
| 18 |
record label: Motown 1169
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US AC #6
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Diana Ross / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 19 |
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]
|
| 20 |
record label: Motown 1284 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, UK #6, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Cochrane & Lionel Richie
album: Lionel Richie
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
| 21 |
record label: Tamla Motown 1015 (UK)
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #3, US dance #20
written by: Billy Griffin & Pete Moore (as Warren Moore)
album: City of Angels / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [disco]
|
| 22 |
record label: Motown 1101
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes Sing Holland Dozier Holland / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 23 |
record label: Motown 1156
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #13, US AC #12
written by: Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers & Harvey Fuqua
album: Cream of the Crop / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 24 |
record label: Motown 1135
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #15
written by: Henry Cosby, Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer, Deke Richards & R. Dean Taylor
album: Love Child / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 25 |
record label: Motown 1401
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #2, US AC #50
written by: Jarvis La Rue Baker, Sylvester Jackson, Narada Michael Walden and Shanice Wilson
album: Inner Child
|
| 26 |
record label: Tamla Motown 1010
chart position: RandB #14, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
written by: Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin
album: Diana Ross [1976 album] / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 27 |
record label: Motown 1433
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #20, US AC #8
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: II
|
| 28 |
record label: Motown 1137
chart position: RandB #2, UK #3, US #2
written by: Kenny Gamble, Jerry Williams & Jerry Ross
album: Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations / / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 29 |
record label: Motown 1107
chart position: RandB #12, US #1, UK #6
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Frank De Vol
album: Greatest Hits / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 30 |
record label: Motown 1207
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #7, US AC #3
written by: Don Black & Walter Scharf
album: Ben / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 31 |
record label: Motown 1068
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #27
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Where Did Our Love Go / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 32 |
record label: Motown 1166
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7
written by: Berry Gordy , Freddie Perren , Dake Richards, & Fonce Mizell
album: ABC / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 33 |
record label: Motown 1035
chart position: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: William Robinson
album: Two Lovers and Other Great Hits
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 34 |
record label: Motown 1083
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #39
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: I Hear A Symphony
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 35 |
record label: Motown 1163
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8
written by: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren , Dake Richards, Fonce Mizell
album: ABC / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 36 |
record label: Tamla Motown 1024
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #10, US AC #19, US dance #1
written by: Marilyn McLeod & Pam Sawyer (as Pamela Sawyer)
album: Diana Ross [1976 album] / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [disco]
|
| 37 |
record label: Motown 1197
chart position: RandB #2, US #2, UK #3
written by: Jimmie Thomas
album: Got to Be There / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [pop soul] [Motown Sound]
|
| 38 |
record label: Motown 1819
chart position: RandB #1, UK #8, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Dancing on the Ceiling
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 39 |
record label: Motown 1474
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #6
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Midnight Magic / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [Motown Sound] [ballad]
|
| 40 |
record label: Motown 1191
chart position: RandB #4, US #4, UK #5, US AC #14
written by: Elliot Willensky
album: Got to Be There / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 41 |
record label: Motown 1075
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #40
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: More Hits By The Supremes / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 42 |
record label: Tamla Motown 981
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #17
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes Sing Holland Dozier Holland / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 43 |
record label: Motown 1481
chart position: RandB #3, US #4, UK #22
written by: Missy Elliott (as Melissa Elliott), Eric Seats and Rapture Stewart
album: 702
|
| 44 |
record label: Motown 422860714
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #10, US AC #30
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: Evolution
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 45 |
record label: Motown 1102
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #6
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Reach Out / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 46 |
record label: Motown 1111
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, UK #5
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Reflections / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 47 |
record label: Motown 374631316
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, UK #24, US AC #3
written by: Babyface
album: II
|
| 48 |
record label: Motown 1491
chart position: RandB #6, US #5, UK #13, US dance #1
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: Diana / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
|
| 49 |
record label: Motown 1179
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #33
written by: Clifton Davis
album: Maybe Tommorow / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 50 |
record label: Motown 1104
chart position: RandB #3, UK #8, US #4
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Reach Out / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 51 |
record label: Motown 1166
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: The Corporation
album: ABC
comments: [Motown Sound] (B side of The Love You Save charted in US from Aug 1970)
|
| 52 |
record label: Motown 1609
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US dance #2
written by: Reggie Andrews & Leon
album: Keep It Live
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 53 |
record label: Motown 1172
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, UK #3, US AC #24
written by: Kenny Thomas & Frank Wilson
album: New Ways But Love Stays / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 54 |
record label: Motown 1527
chart position: RandB #5, UK #44, US #4, AC #5
written by: Lionel Richie
album: In the Pocket / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [ballad]
|
| 55 |
record label: Tamla Motown 1051 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Stevenson, Gaye
album: Dance Party / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound] [re release]
|
| 56 |
record label: Motown 1843
chart position: RandB #6, UK #7, US #2, US AC #3
written by: Mike Frenchik, Lionel Richie & Carlos Rios
album: Dancing on the Ceiling
|
| 57 |
record label: Motown 1418
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #9, US AC #14
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Commodores / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [ballad]
|
| 58 |
record label: Motown 1177
chart position: RandB #2, UK #25, US #2
written by: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards & Fonce Mizell
album: Third Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 59 |
record label: Tamla Motown 577
chart position: RandB #6, US #7, UK #8
written by: William Weatherspoon, Paul Riser & James Dean
album: Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 60 |
record label: Motown 1773
chart position: RandB #1 UK #3, US #3, US AC #2
written by: Walter Orange, Dennis Lambert & Franne Golde
album: Nightshift
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 61 |
record label: Motown 1477
chart position: RandB #86, UK #2, US #4, US AC #2
written by: Carol Connors & David Shire
album: Late At Night / Fast Break OST / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 62 |
record label: Motown 1702
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #6, US dance #3, US rock #31
written by: Rockwell (as Kennedy Gordy) & Curtis Anthony Nolen
album: Somebody's Watching Me
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 63 |
record label: Motown 1235
chart position: UK #2
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Hotter Than July
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 64 |
record label: Motown 012156402
chart position: RandB #7, US #2, US AC #4
written by: Brian McKnight
album: Back at One
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 65 |
record label: Motown 1469
chart position: RandB #1, UK #8, US #9, US dance #2
written by: Lee Garrett & Stevie Wonder
album: Let's Get Serious / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
|
| 66 |
record label: Motown 1081
chart position: RandB #2, US #5, UK #34
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Second Album
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 67 |
record label: Motown 1089
chart position: RandB #10, US #5
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: I Hear a Symphony
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 68 |
record label: Motown 1514
chart position: RandB #5, US #8, UK #56, US dance #53, US AC #13
written by: Harold Hudson, Shirley King & William King
album: In the Pocket / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
|
| 69 |
record label: Motown 1162
chart position: RandB #5, US #10, UK #6, US AC #28
written by: Frank Wilson & Vincent DiMirco
album: Right On / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 70 |
record label: Tamla Motown 620
chart position: RandB #3, US #6, UK #26
written by: Norman Whitfield, Cornelius Grant & Roger Penzabene
album: The Temptations With A Lot O' Soul / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2
comments: [love ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 71 |
record label: Motown 1710
chart position: RandB #6, UK #9, US #7, US AC #6, US rock #49
written by: Lionel Richie & Cynthia Weil
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 72 |
record label: Motown 1415
chart position: RandB #4, US #3, UK #27, US AC 11
written by: Fred Parris
album: Music Inspired by the Jacksons: An American Dream Mini Series
|
| 73 |
record label: Tamla Motown 54 (UK)
chart position: US #5, UK #2
written by: R. Dean Taylor
album: I Think, Therefore I Am / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [pop, rock, soul]
|
| 74 |
record label: Motown 1657
chart position: RandB #2, UK #43, US #4, US AC #1
written by: Brenda Harvey Richie & Lionel Richie
album: Lionel Richie
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 75 |
record label: Tamla Motown 742
chart position: RandB #20, US #4
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Get Ready
comments: [rock soul] [Motown Sound]
|
| 76 |
record label: Tamla Motown 976
chart position: RandB #42, UK #1, US #55, US AC #37
written by: Sam Brown & Rene Armand
album: One Day in Your Life / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [ballad]
|
| 77 |
record label: Motown 1425
chart position: RandB #4, US #5, UK #32, US dance #34
written by: The Commodores
album: Commodores
comments: [funk] [Motown Sound]
|
| 78 |
record label: Motown 1640
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: Freddie Perren and Christine Yarian
album: Cooleyhighharmony
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 79 |
record label: Motown 1286
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: Hal Davis, Donald Fletcher & Weldon Dean Parks
album: Dancing Machine / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 80 |
record label: Motown 1269 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, UK #10, US #13, US dance #1, US AC #25
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 81 |
record label: Motown 1170
chart position: RandB #4, US #11, UK #10
written by: Smokey Robinson & Frank Wilson
album: Still Waters Run Deep / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 82 |
record label: Motown 1876
chart position: RandB #20, UK #7, US #5, US AC #22
written by: Luther Ingram & Mack Rice
album: The Return of Bruno
|
| 83 |
record label: Motown 1057
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #17
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Clarence Paul & William Stevenson
album: Together
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 84 |
record label: Motown 1051
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Where Did Our Love Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 85 |
record label: Motown 422860768
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #48
written by: Brandon Barnes and Brian McKnight
album: Anytime
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 86 |
record label: Motown 1466
chart position: RandB #8, UK #8, US #4, US AC #9
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Midnight Magic / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [ballad]
|
| 87 |
record label: Motown 1164
chart position: RandB #6, US #24, UK #5, US AC #39
written by: Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes
album: Still Waters Run Deep / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 88 |
record label: Motown 1746
chart position: RandB #8, US #3, UK #12, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 89 |
record label: Motown 1496
chart position: RandB #14, UK #16, US #9, US AC #9
written by: Carole Bayer Sager & Michael Masser
album: To Love Again / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [ballad]
|
| 90 |
record label: Motown 1873
chart position: RandB #5, UK #17, US #7, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Dancing on the Ceiling
|
| 91 |
record label: Motown 1677
chart position: RandB #6, UK #70, US #5, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Lionel Richie
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 92 |
record label: Tamla Motown 781
chart position: UK #1, RandB #40, US #63
written by: Deke Richards
album: Everything Is Everything / I'm Still Waiting - Surrender / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 93 |
record label: Motown 1402
chart position: RandB #4, US #3, UK #23
written by: Dallas Austin, Michael Bivins, Nathan Morris and Shawn Stockman
album: Cooleyhighharmony
|
| 94 |
record label: Motown 1176
chart position: RandB #10, US #16, UK #7, US AC #20
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: I'm Still Waiting - Surrender / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 95 |
record label: Motown 1140
chart position: RandB #2, US #9, UK #51
written by: Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Pam Sawyer & James Roach
album: My Whole World Ended / David Ruffin At His Best / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 96 |
record label: Motown 1182
chart position: UK #5, RandB #8, US #16, US AC #29
written by: Leonard Caston & Kathy Wakefield
album: Touch / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 97 |
record label: Tamla Motown 1018
chart position: RandB #2, US #5, UK #32
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Movin' On
comments: [beat ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 98 |
record label: Motown 1094
chart position: RandB #7, US #9, UK #54
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes A Go Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 99 |
record label: Motown 1119
chart position: UK #3, RandB #15, US #14
written by: Michael Brown, Bob Calilli & Tony Sansone
album: Reach Out
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 100 |
record label: Motown 1173
chart position: RandB #7, US #14, UK #11
written by: Phil Spector, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich
album: The Magnificent 7 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
|