| 1 |
record label: Columbia 02860
chart position: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1, US rock #34
written by: Paul McCartney
album: Tug of War
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| 2 |
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]
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| 3 |
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]
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| 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
|
| 5 |
record label: Qwest 15005 (UK)
chart position: RandB #9, US #1, UK #11, US AC #1
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Every Home Should Have One
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 6 |
record label: Columbia 03302
chart position: RandB #1, UK #4, US #3, US dance #12, US AC #34
written by: Marvin Gaye
album: Midnight Love
|
| 7 |
record label: Epic 03288
chart position: RandB #1, UK #8, US #2, US AC #1
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
|
| 8 |
record label: MCA 52149
chart position: RandB #8, UK #1, US #10, US dance #11
written by: Lloyd Ferguson, Jackie Mittoo & Fitzroy Simpson
album: The Youth of Today
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 9 |
record label: Arista 8883 (UK)
chart position: RandB #14, UK #2, US #10, US AC #1
written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Heartbreaker
|
| 10 |
record label: Tamla 1602
chart position: RandB #1, UK #39, US #4, US dance #27, US AC #10
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 11 |
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]
|
| 12 |
record label: Warner 29933
chart position: RandB #7, UK #43, US #4, US AC #8
written by: Michael McDonald, Ed Sanford, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
album: If That's What It Takes
|
| 13 |
record label: Arista 0669
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, US dance #24, US AC #33
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: The Other Woman
|
| 14 |
record label: Warner Bros. 79302
chart position: RandB #4, US #10, UK #18, US dance #3
written by: Quincy Jones, Merria Ross & Rod Temperton
album: Donna Summer
|
| 15 |
record label: Capitol 839 (UK)
chart position: RandB #4, UK #15, US #10, US AC #36
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Silk Electric
|
| 16 |
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
|
| 17 |
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]
|
| 18 |
record label: Columbia 02812
chart position: RandB #1, US #10, US AC #6
written by: Teddy Randazzo, Bob Weinstein & Lou Stallman
album: Niecy
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 19 |
record label: Elektra 47427
chart position: RandB #4, UK #8, US #23, US dance #2
written by: Patrice Rushen, Teri McFadden & Freddie Washington
album: Straight from the Heart...
|
| 20 |
record label: Mercury 76132
chart position: RandB #2, UK #7, US #30, US dance #4
written by: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) & Bob Carter
album: JI
|
| 21 |
record label: ICE 56 (UK)
chart position: UK #1, US #53
written by: Eddy Grant
album: Killer on the Rampage
comments: [reggae]
|
| 22 |
record label: De lite 231
chart position: RandB #7, UK #6, US #30
written by: Amir Bayyan, James
album: As One
|
| 23 |
record label: MCA 52067
chart position: UK #2, RandB #27, US #102, US dance #15
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram
album: In the Heat of the Night
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| 24 |
record label: AandM 2434
chart position: RandB #13, UK #11, US #29, US AC #7
written by: Jeffrey Osborne & Peter Schless
album: Jeffrey Osborne
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 25 |
record label: Solar 48005
chart position: RandB #8, UK #5, US #44, US dance #15
written by: Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers & Leon Sylvers III
album: Friends
|
| 26 |
record label: Venture 149
chart position: RandB #5, UK #13, US #39, US dance #1
written by: Geraldine Hunt & Daniel Joseph
album: Cheri
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 27 |
record label: London 11
chart position: UK #4, US dance #1, RandB #63
album: Eddy Grant
comments: (featuring Donnie Calvin)
|
| 28 |
record label: RCA 226
chart position: RandB #12, UK #3, US #104, US dance #25
written by: Jesse Rae
album: Happy Together
|
| 29 |
record label: De lite 822
chart position: RandB #6, UK #14, US #21
written by: Robert Bell, James
album: As One
|
| 30 |
record label: Island / Ze 104 716
chart position: UK #2, US Dance #18
written by: Kid Creole (as August Darnell)
album: Tropical Gangsters
|
| 31 |
record label: WMOT 546
chart position: UK #2, RandB #89
written by: Len Barry & Bobby Eli
album: Breakin' Out
|
| 32 |
record label: Arista 0699
chart position: RandB #1, UK #42, US #24, US dance #4
written by: Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller
album: Jump to It
|
| 33 |
record label: Atlantic 4005
chart position: RandB #29, US #13, US AC #7
written by: Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts & Carole Bayer Sager
album: I'm the One
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 34 |
record label: Geffen 2644 (UK)
chart position: RandB #1, UK #32, US #22
written by: Henry Krieger & Tom Eyen
album: Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album
comments: [ballad]
|
| 35 |
record label: Sugar Hill 584
chart position: RandB #4, UK #8, US #62, US dance #12
written by: Ed Fletcher
album: The Message
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 36 |
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]
|
| 37 |
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
|
| 38 |
record label: Sire 50069
chart position: UK #4, US dance #18, RandB #44
written by: Kid Creole (as August Darnell) & Peter Schott
album: Tropical Gangsters
|
| 39 |
record label: Warner Bros. 29896
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #4, UK #25, US #44
written by: Prince
album: 1999
comments: [disco]
|
| 40 |
record label: Solar 69958
chart position: UK #5
written by: Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers and Leon Sylvers III
album: Friends
|
| 41 |
record label: Salsoul 2152
chart position: RandB #1, US #26, US dance #3
written by: Randy Muller
album: Skyy Line
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 42 |
record label: Motown 1628
chart position: RandB #5, US #18, US dance #24
written by: Jermaine Jackson, Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer & Paul M. Jackson Jr.
album: Let Me Tickle Your Fancy
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 43 |
record label: Planet 13254
chart position: RandB #23, US #16, US AC #9
written by: Parker McGee
album: So Excited!
|
| 44 |
record label: Cotillion 47000
chart position: RandB #14, US #23, US AC #2
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: The Sisters
|
| 45 |
record label: EMI America 8126
chart position: RandB #5, US dance #2, UK #15, US #104
written by: Paul Laurence (as Paul Lawrence Jones)
album: The Other Side of the Rainbow
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 46 |
record label: RandB Records 210
chart position: RandB #52, UK #5
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram
album: In the Heat of the Night
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 47 |
record label: Solar 48013
chart position: UK #7, RandB #33, US #102
written by: Howard Hewett, Renwick Jackson & William Shelby
album: Friends
|
| 48 |
record label: Polydor 407
chart position: UK #9
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Night Birds
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 49 |
record label: Warner 50005
chart position: RandB #16, UK #14, US #52, US AC #29
written by: Michael Garvin & Tom Shapiro
album: The George Benson Collection
|
| 50 |
record label: Tamla 1601
chart position: RandB #3, UK #51, US #33, US dance #53, US AC #31
written by: Gary Goetzman & Mike Piccirillo
album: Yes It's You Lady / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
|
| 51 |
record label: Geffen 29895
chart position: RandB #31, UK #14, US #41
written by: Jon Anderson & Vangelis
album: Donna Summer
|
| 52 |
record label: Tommy Boy 823
chart position: RandB #4, US #48, UK #53, US dance #3
written by: Arthur Baker, John Robie, Afrika Bambaataa, the Soulsonic Force
comments: [hip hop] (with the Soul Sonic Force)
|
| 53 |
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]
|
| 54 |
record label: AandM 2392
chart position: RandB #2, US #38, US dance #9
written by: David Lewis & Wayne Lewis
album: Brilliance
|
| 55 |
record label: RCA 13292
chart position: RandB #16, US #33, US AC #15
written by: Kenny Nolan
album: New Directions
comments: [ballad]
|
| 56 |
record label: Geffen 29805
chart position: RandB #30, UK #62, US #33, US AC #17
written by: John Bettis & Michael Clark
album: Donna Summer
|
| 57 |
record label: AandM 2410
chart position: RandB #3, US #39, US dance #42
written by: Jeffrey Osborne & David Wolinski
album: Jeffrey Osborne
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 58 |
record label: High Rise 2001
chart position: RandB #2, US #40
written by: Sonny Charles & Bobby Paris
album: The Sun Still Shines
|
| 59 |
record label: Planet 13327
chart position: RandB #46, US #30, US dance #28
written by: Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer & Trevor Lawrence
album: So Excited!
comments: [disco]
|
| 60 |
record label: AandM 12048 (UK)
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #6, UK #45, US #105
written by: Kashif
album: Keepin' Love New
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 61 |
record label: Prelude 8043
chart position: RandB #13, UK #30, US dance 31
written by: James
album: You're the One for Me
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
|
| 62 |
record label: West End 1248
chart position: UK #18, US dance #5, RandB #65
written by: Ronald Miller (as Ron Miller) & Bert Reid (as Bertram Reid)
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 63 |
record label: Arista 1030
chart position: RandB #6, US #35
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Greatest Hits
|
| 64 |
record label: Motown 1266 (UK)
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #7, US #64
written by: Rick James
album: Throwin' Down
comments: [disco funk] [Motown Sound]
|
| 65 |
record label: Boardwalk 7 11 139
chart position: RandB #1, US #47
written by: Richard Dimples Fields & Belinda Wilson
album: Mr. Look So Good!
|
| 66 |
record label: Arista 0695
chart position: RandB #3, US #38
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: The Other Woman
comments: [ballad]
|
| 67 |
record label: Mercury 76150
chart position: RandB #8, UK #20, US dance #67
written by: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) & Bob Carter
album: Ji
|
| 68 |
record label: Warner 9908 7
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #7, US #101
written by: Prince
album: Vanity 6
|
| 69 |
record label: Sire 29953
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #31, US #73
written by: Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet
album: Upstairs at Eric's
|
| 70 |
record label: Tamla 1639
chart position: RandB #10, UK #45, US #54, US AC #21
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
| 71 |
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
|
| 72 |
record label: P.I.R. 02619
chart position: RandB #4, US #43
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: It's Time for Love
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 73 |
record label: MCA 52049
chart position: RandB #4, US #61, US dance #29
written by: Al Hudson, Jonathan Meadows, Dave Roberson, Glenda Hudson, Gregg Green, Terry Morgan
album: Who's Foolin' Who
comments: [funk]
|
| 74 |
record label: Capitol 5109
chart position: RandB #9, US #56, US dance #11
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Street Opera
|
| 75 |
record label: Gordy 1616
chart position: RandB #6, US dance #11, US #66
written by: Rick James
album: Reunion
comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]
|
| 76 |
record label: Epic 2776 (UK)
chart position: RandB #3, US #55
written by: Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller & Sam Cooke
album: Forever, for Always, for Love
|
| 77 |
record label: Atlantic 4068
chart position: RandB #24, US #42, US AC #10
written by: William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald & William Salter
album: I'm the One
|
| 78 |
record label: Capitol 5099
chart position: RandB #9, US #41, US AC #29
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Ladies of the Eighties
|
| 79 |
record label: Profile 5006
chart position: US dance #2, RandB #51, UK #38
written by: Lotti Golden & Richard Scher
|
| 80 |
record label: Solar 1(UK)
chart position: UK #12
written by: Glen Barbee, Nidra Beard and William Shelby
album: Friends
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 81 |
record label: Capitol 5067
chart position: RandB #5, US #57, US dance #62
written by: O'Bryan (as O'Bryan Burnette II) & Don Cornelius
album: Doin' Alright
|
| 82 |
record label: Highrise 2005
chart position: RandB #3, US #57
written by: L.V. Johnson & R. Miner
album: Tyrone Davis
|
| 83 |
record label: Columbia 02796
chart position: UK #20, RandB #75, US dance #66
written by: Alton Edwards & Chris Cameron
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 84 |
record label: Epic 02701
chart position: RandB #15, US #41, US dance #36
written by: George Duke
album: Dream On
|
| 85 |
record label: EMI America 8111
chart position: RandB #56, US #36
album: Missin' Twenty Grand
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 86 |
record label: Island 8901
chart position: US dance #2, RandB #17, US #103
written by: Grace Jones & Sly Dunbar
album: Living My Life
|
| 87 |
record label: Warner 7 29952
chart position: RandB #2, US #88, US dance #42
written by: Prince (as Jamie Starr)
album: What Time Is It?
|
| 88 |
record label: Warner 29961
chart position: RandB #1, US #101, US dance #62
written by: Roger (as Roger Troutman) & Larry Troutman
album: Zapp II
|
| 89 |
record label: Believe In A Dream 02836
chart position: RandB #21, US #55, US AC #15
written by: Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
album: Steamin' Hot
|
| 90 |
record label: Warner Bros. 49864
chart position: RandB #7, US dance #16, US #90
written by: Prince & Dez Dickerson
album: The Time
|
| 91 |
record label: Sugar Hill 567
chart position: RandB #13, US #53, US dance #51
written by: Jerry Lordan
album: 8th Wonder
comments: [rap]
|
| 92 |
record label: Virgin/Epic 03368
chart position: RandB #39, UK #1, US #2, US dance #34, US AC #8, US rock #21
written by: Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss
album: Kissing to Be Clever
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 93 |
record label: Columbia 03204
chart position: RandB #4, US #101
written by: Marvin Gaye
album: Instant Love
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 94 |
record label: Y Records 10
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #56
written by: Andrew Carpenter, Roger Freeman, Chris Hamlin, James Johnstone, Chris Lee, Timothy Moore
album: Pigbag
comments: [disco jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 95 |
record label: Beverly Glen 2000
chart position: RandB #3, US #101
written by: Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten & Richard Griffin
album: The Poet...
comments: [Soul Ballad]
|
| 96 |
record label: Rams Horn 1090
chart position: UK #4
written by: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
album: Disc Charge
comments: [disco, dance]
|
| 97 |
record label: Arista 9032
chart position: UK #10, US #101, US AC #16
written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
album: Heartbreaker
|
| 98 |
record label: Becket 3
chart position: RandB #44, US Dance #1
written by: Eric Matthew, Darryl Payne and Keith Diamond
|
| 99 |
record label: Solar 12597
chart position: RandB #8, US dance #8, US #103
written by: Charmaine Sylvers, Dana Meyers and Glen Barbee
album: Love Is Where You Find It
|
| 100 |
record label: AandM 2440
chart position: RandB #6, US #64
written by: René Moore and Angela Winbush
album: Janet Jackson
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