| 1 |
record label: Epic 823
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #9
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
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| 2 |
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]
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| 3 |
record label: Epic 3258
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US rock #14
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
|
| 4 |
record label: Parlophone 6062
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US dance #2, US AC #3, US rock #24
written by: Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
album: Pipes of Peace
|
| 5 |
record label: EMI America 8158
chart position: RandB #14, US dance #1, UK #1, US #1, US rock #8
written by: David Bowie
album: Let's Dance
|
| 6 |
record label: Casablanca 811 440 7
chart position: RandB #2, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #4
written by: Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey & Irene Cara
album: Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 7 |
record label: Portrait 03793
chart position: RandB #18, UK #2, US #2, US dance #6, US rock #12
written by: Eddy Grant
album: Killer on the Rampage
|
| 8 |
record label: De lite 829
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #2, US AC #2
written by: Charles Smith, James
album: In the Heart
comments: Joanna / Tonight was released as a double a side in the UK
|
| 9 |
record label: Mercury 812 370 7
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, US dance #3, UK #25
written by: Donna Summer & Michael Omartian
album: She Works Hard for the Money
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 10 |
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]
|
| 11 |
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]
|
| 12 |
record label: Mirage 99810
chart position: RandB #2, US #8, US dance #1, UK #14
written by: Chris Barbosa & Ed Chisolm
album: Let the Music Play
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 13 |
record label: Capitol 5242
chart position: RandB #5, UK #2, US #16, US AC #4
written by: Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser
album: Born to Love
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 14 |
record label: Dep 600 968
chart position: UK #1, US #34, US rock #41
written by: Neil Diamond
album: Labour of Love
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 15 |
record label: Epic 3017 (UK)
chart position: UK #1, US #18, US dance #24
written by: Harry Wayne Casey and Deborah Carter
album: All in a Night's Work
|
| 16 |
record label: Epic 924
chart position: RandB #3, US #4, UK #10, US dance #44, US AC #24, US rock #42
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Thriller
|
| 17 |
record label: Epic 3427
chart position: RandB #5, US #5, UK #8
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
|
| 18 |
record label: CBS 3371 (UK)
chart position: UK #1, US #70
written by: Marvin Gaye, Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
album: No Parlez
|
| 19 |
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]
|
| 20 |
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
|
| 21 |
record label: Warner 29746
chart position: RandB #15, US #6, UK #54, US dance #61, US rock #17
written by: Prince
album: 1999
|
| 22 |
record label: Columbia 03181
chart position: RandB #34, UK #2, US dance #1, US #46
written by: Paul Jabara & Paul Shaffer
album: Success
|
| 23 |
record label: RCA 13421
chart position: RandB #8, UK #63, US #7, US AC #4
written by: Daryl Hall
album: H2O
|
| 24 |
record label: Streetwise 1108
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US dance #17, US #46
written by: Maurice Starr
album: Candy Girl
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 25 |
record label: AandM 2540
chart position: RandB #28, US #4, US AC #1
written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
comments: [love ballad] (sung by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller)
|
| 26 |
record label: Capitol 5322
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #1, UK #6, US #26
written by: Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr.
album: Private Dancer
|
| 27 |
record label: Warner 29555
chart position: RandB #1, UK #8, US dance 6, US #22
written by: David Wolinski (as Hawk Wolinski)
album: Live Stompin' At The Savoy
|
| 28 |
record label: Warner 29503
chart position: RandB #18, US #8
written by: Prince
album: 1999
|
| 29 |
record label: Epic 654672 7
chart position: RandB #27, US #7, US AC #2
written by: Steve Porcaro & John Bettis
album: Thriller
|
| 30 |
record label: Epic 4136
chart position: RandB #46, UK #11, US #10, US AC #37
written by: James Ingram & Quincy Jones
album: Thriller
|
| 31 |
record label: Streetwise 1110
chart position: RandB #13, UK #2, US dance #1, US #104
written by: Arthur Baker
album: Gonna Get You
|
| 32 |
record label: Solar 9819 (UK)
chart position: RandB #10, UK #8, US #22, US dance #18, US rock #41
written by: Marquis Dair, Joey Gallo & Leon Sylvers III
album: The Look
|
| 33 |
record label: Warner 29563
chart position: RandB #21, UK #11, US #30, US AC #4
written by: James Newton Howard & David Paich
album: In Your Eyes
|
| 34 |
record label: Gordy 1660
chart position: RandB #5, US #17, US AC #1
written by: El DeBarge
album: All This Love
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
| 35 |
record label: Warner 29720
chart position: RandB #6, US #21, UK #28, US AC #2
written by: Jay Graydon, Al Jarreau & David Foster
album: Jarreau
|
| 36 |
record label: Gordy 1705
chart position: RandB #1, US #18, US AC #12
written by: El DeBarge & Bunny DeBarge
album: In a Special Way
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
| 37 |
record label: Columbia 38 04054
chart position: RandB #6, UK #8, US dance #1, US #71
written by: Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell & Michael Beinhorn
album: Future Shock
comments: instrumental
|
| 38 |
record label: Arista 9116
chart position: RandB #12, US #12, US AC #10
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Woman Out of Control
|
| 39 |
record label: AandM 9298 (UK)
chart position: RandB #4, UK #18, US #30, US dance #31
written by: Raymond Jones
album: Stay with Me Tonight
|
| 40 |
record label: Tabu 03956
chart position: RandB #2, US dance #3, UK #13, US #55
written by: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: On the Rise
|
| 41 |
record label: Qwest 9394
chart position: RandB #5, US #19, UK #44, US AC #10
written by: James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton & Quincy Jones
album: It's Your Night
|
| 42 |
record label: Columbia 03566
chart position: RandB #4, US #17, UK #47, US dance #31
written by: Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn & Maurice White
album: Powerlight
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 43 |
record label: Columbia 03563
chart position: RandB #2, US #23, US AC #6
written by: Dana Walden, Rocky Maffitt & Michael Day
album: Modern Heart
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 44 |
record label: Geffen 29464
chart position: RandB #41, US #13, US dance #7, UK #86
written by: Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara & Keith Forsey
album: What a Feelin'
|
| 45 |
record label: Planet 13639
chart position: RandB #13, UK #25, US dance #2, US #48, US AC #15
written by: Richard Feldman, John Black & Nan O'Byrne
album: Break Out
|
| 46 |
record label: Island 99882
chart position: RandB #71, UK #4
written by: Bob Marley & Noel George Williams
album: Confrontation
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 47 |
record label: Atlantic 89786
chart position: RandB #32, UK #19, US dance #29, US #40, US AC #5
written by: Rod Temperton & Derek Bramble
album: Bodies and Souls
|
| 48 |
record label: Sugar Hill 522001
chart position: RandB #47, UK #7, US dance #9, US #101
written by: Sylvia Robinson & Mel Glover
album: Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five
|
| 49 |
record label: AandM 2561
chart position: RandB #3, US #25, UK #54, US AC #29
written by: Jeffrey Osborne, Don Freeman & Michael Sembello
album: Stay with Me Tonight
|
| 50 |
record label: Arista 9073
chart position: RandB #7, US #27, UK #99, US AC #4
written by: Steve Goldman
album: How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 51 |
record label: Sound of NY 602
chart position: RandB #10, US dance #2, UK #13, US #101
written by: Mike Cleveland (as Michael Cleveland)
|
| 52 |
record label: Warner 29442
chart position: UK #7, US AC #30
written by: Dan Hill and Michael Masser
album: In Your Eyes
comments: [ballad]
|
| 53 |
record label: Boardwalk 183
chart position: RandB #46, UK #6, US dance #66
written by: Bobby Eli & Len Barry
album: Love Town
|
| 54 |
record label: Motown 1312
chart position: RandB #69, UK #6
written by: Gary Byrd & Stevie Wonder
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 55 |
record label: Mercury 814088
chart position: RandB #9, UK #14, US #43
written by: Donna Summer & Michael Omartian
album: She Works Hard for the Money
|
| 56 |
record label: Epic 3424 (UK)
chart position: RandB #1, UK #34, US #45, US dance #30
written by: James Mtume
album: Juicy Fruit
|
| 57 |
record label: Gordy 1645
chart position: RandB #2, US #31
written by: Randy DeBarge, El DeBarge & Bunny DeBarge
album: All This Love
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 58 |
record label: Gordy 1690
chart position: RandB #11, UK #13, US dance #8, US #101
written by: Rick James
album: Mary Jane Girls
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 59 |
record label: Island 101 (UK)
chart position: UK #13, US dance #2, RandB #72
written by: David Joseph
album: The Joys of Life
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 60 |
record label: Silver Blue 404294
chart position: RandB #82, UK #13, US dance #3, US #102
written by: Jerry Herman
album: I Am Gloria Gaynor
comments: [disco]
|
| 61 |
record label: Gordy 1687
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #17, UK #93, US #40
written by: Rick James
album: Cold Blooded
comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]
|
| 62 |
record label: Arista 1042
chart position: RandB #5, US #103, UK #79, US Dance #28
written by: Kashif
album: Kashif [1983 album]
comments: [funk soul boogie]
|
| 63 |
record label: RCA 13638
chart position: UK #8
written by: Tony Williams and Mandy Newton
|
| 64 |
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]
|
| 65 |
record label: Profile 5017
chart position: UK #4, US Dance #9
written by: Wally Holmes (as Waldo Holmes)
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 66 |
record label: Chrysalis 2 (UK)
chart position: UK #10
written by: Derek Bramble
album: David Grant
|
| 67 |
record label: Arista 9034
chart position: RandB #1, UK #74, US #61, US dance #9
written by: Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller
album: Get It Right
|
| 68 |
record label: Qwest 29618
chart position: RandB #6, US #45, US AC #5
written by: Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman
album: It's Your Night
comments: [ballad]
|
| 69 |
record label: Warner 29649
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #7, US #43, US AC #35
written by: Kashif
album: In Your Eyes
|
| 70 |
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]
|
| 71 |
record label: Columbia 38 03761
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #18, US #66
written by: R. Smith, J. Gallo, B. Knight, G. Knight, S. L. Dees
album: Visions
|
| 72 |
record label: De lite 831
chart position: RandB #49, UK #15, US #103
written by: Ronald Bell, James Taylor, Kool And The Gang
album: In the Heart
|
| 73 |
record label: CBS 223 136
chart position: UK #2, US #45, US dance #42
written by: John Hurley
album: No Parlez
comments: charted as Love of the Common People / Come Back and Stay in US dance charts
|
| 74 |
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
|
| 75 |
record label: RCA 13396
chart position: RandB #2, US #49
written by: Kashif (as Kashif Saleem)
album: Get Loose
|
| 76 |
record label: Geffen 7 29525
chart position: RandB #2, US #49
written by: David Foster, Maurice White & Allee Willis
album: Feel My Soul
comments: [ballad]
|
| 77 |
record label: Arista 1040
chart position: RandB #43, US #41, US AC #5
written by: Barry Gibb & Albhy Galuten
album: Heartbreaker
|
| 78 |
record label: MCA 52250
chart position: RandB #2, US #50
written by: Lena Agree
album: Try It Out
|
| 79 |
record label: Motown 1694
chart position: RandB #20, UK #93, US #54, US AC #8
written by: Milan Williams
album: Commodores 13
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
| 80 |
record label: Vanguard 35241
chart position: RandB #7, US dance #5, US #79
written by: Gordon Bahary, Joseph Saulter & Errol Moore
album: Twilight 22
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 81 |
record label: T Neck 03797
chart position: RandB #3, UK #52, US #101
written by: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper
album: Between the Sheets
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 82 |
record label: CBS 3636 (UK)
chart position: UK #4, US #22, US dance #42, AC #40, Rock # 33
written by: Jack Lee
album: No Parlez
comments: charted as Love of the Common People / Come Back and Stay in US dance charts
|
| 83 |
record label: Prelude 8068
chart position: US dance #12, RandB #20, UK #23
written by: James
album: Music
|
| 84 |
record label: Tamla 1684
chart position: RandB #35, US #48, US AC #5
written by: Dave DeLuca & Ted Munda
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
| 85 |
record label: Cotillion 99855
chart position: RandB #13, US #40
written by: Gary Benson & Frank Wildhorn
album: Sixteen
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 86 |
record label: WEA 9871 (UK)
chart position: RandB #66, UK #36, US #63, US AC #10
written by: Jay Graydon, Trevor Veitch & Greg Mathieson
album: Jarreau
|
| 87 |
record label: Solar 69828
chart position: RandB #2, US dance #44, US #66
written by: Bill Simmons, Reggie Calloway & Vincent Calloway
album: No Parking on the Dance Floor
|
| 88 |
record label: Capitol 8543
chart position: RandB #25, UK #22, US dance #17
written by: Lillo Thomas
album: The Other Side of the Rainbow
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 89 |
record label: Chrysalis 42712
chart position: RandB #75, UK #19, US dance #40
written by: Derek Bramble & David Grant
album: David Grant
|
| 90 |
record label: Tabu 04161
chart position: RandB #5, UK #81, US #65
written by: Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III)
album: On The Rise
|
| 91 |
record label: Solar 69790
chart position: RandB #8, US dance #15, US #61
written by: Reggie Calloway
album: No Parking on the Dance Floor
|
| 92 |
record label: Arista 1031
chart position: RandB #5, US dance #2
written by: Jeffrey Cohen & Narada Michael Walden
album: Too Tough
|
| 93 |
record label: Mirage 99937
chart position: RandB #10, US dance #14, US #64, UK #89
written by: David Frank & Mic Murphy
album: Sweat
|
| 94 |
record label: Sound Town 0004
chart position: RandB #4, US #90
written by: Homer Banks & Chuck Brooks (as Charles Brooks)
album: City Slicker
comments: [ballad]
|
| 95 |
record label: MCA 52203
chart position: UK #6
written by: Dennis Seaton, Kelvin Grant, Michael Grant, Patrick Waite and Freddie Waite
album: The Youth of Today
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 96 |
record label: Mercury 814 581 7
chart position: RandB #5, US #76
written by: Eumir Deodato
album: Fever
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 97 |
record label: Streetwise 1115
chart position: RandB #47, UK #26, US Dance #5, US #104
written by: Andy Stennett, Arthur Baker, John Rocca and Peter Maas
album: Gonna Get You
|
| 98 |
record label: Columbia 04210
chart position: RandB #10, US #57, UK #92, US dance #36
written by: Martin Page
album: Electric Universe
|
| 99 |
record label: Polydor 622 (UK)
chart position: UK #10
written by: Wally Badarou, Mark King, Lindup and Phil Gould
album: Standing in the Light
|
| 100 |
record label: Columbia 03939
chart position: RandB #4, UK #63, US #72
written by: Skip Anderson, Stephen Horton & Steve Williams [Steven Richard Williams]
album: Forever by Your Side
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