Top 100 Best Selling R&B Soul Songs of 1984

Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1984, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Click "year" to sort by year. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click checkbox to add song to playlist. Click checkbox at top of column to add all songs below it to playlist. Click label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1984.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)

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1 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]
 		Stevie Wonder I Just Called to Say I Love You
1984 Motown
2 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]
 		Lionel Richie Hello
1984 Motown
3 record label: Epic 976
chart position: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley
album: Make It Big
comments: [ballad]
 		George Michael Careless Whisper
1984 Epic
4 record label: Columbia 04417
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US dance #1, US AC #3
written by: Tom Snow & Dean Pitchford
album: Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture
 		Deniece Williams Let's Hear It for the Boy
1984 Columbia
5 record label: Arista 9212
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #6, US AC #9, US rock #38
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Ghostbusters
1984 Arista
6 record label: Warner 29286
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #1, US rock #31
written by: Prince
album: Purple Rain
 		Prince When Doves Cry
1984 Warner
7 record label: Columbia 04679
chart position: RandB #3, UK #1, US #2, US dance #7, US AC #15, US rock #5
written by: Philip Bailey, Phil Collins & Nathan East
album: Chinese Wall
 		Philip Bailey with Phil Collins Easy Lover
1984 Columbia
8 record label: Capitol 5354
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #3, US dance #21, US AC #8, US rock #51
written by: Britten & Graham Lyle
album: Private Dancer
 		Tina Turner What's Love Got to Do with It
1984 Capitol
9 record label: Epic 4949
chart position: RandB #12, UK #2, US #1, US dance #7, US AC #4
written by: George Michael
album: Make It Big
 		Wham! Everything She Wants
1984 Epic
10 record label: Sire 9210 (UK)
chart position: RandB #9, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #29
written by: Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly
album: Like a Virgin
 		Madonna Like a Virgin
1984 Sire
11 record label: Jive 9199
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #1, US AC #7
written by: Billy Ocean & Keith Diamond
album: Suddenly
 		Billy Ocean Caribbean Queen
1984 Jive
12 record label: Warner 29195
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #3, US dance #1
written by: Prince
album: I Feel for You
comments: (featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel)
 		Chaka Khan I Feel for You
1984 Warner
13 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]
 		Rockwell Somebody's Watching Me
1984 Motown
14 record label: Ensign 510
chart position: UK #5
written by: Phil Fearon
album: Phil Fearon and Galaxy
 		Phil Fearon & Galaxy What Do I Do?
1984 Ensign
15 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
16 record label: Planet 105 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, UK #2, US #5, US dance #2, US AC #36
written by: Mark Goldenberg & Brock Walsh
album: Break Out
 		The Pointer Sisters Automatic
1984 Planet
17 record label: Warner 29216
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, US dance #1, US rock #19
written by: Prince
album: Purple Rain
 		Prince Let's Go Crazy
1984 Warner
18 record label: Planet 13780
chart position: RandB #3, US #3, UK #6, US dance #8, US AC #11
written by: Steve Mitchell, Marti Sharron & Gary Skardina
album: Break Out
 		The Pointer Sisters Jump (For My Love)
1984 Planet
19 record label: Warner 9174
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, UK #8, US rock #18
written by: Prince
album: Purple Rain
 		Prince Purple Rain
1984 Warner
20 record label: Arista 9284
chart position: RandB #20, US #2, UK #15, US dance #1
written by: Keith Diamond, Robert John
album: Suddenly
 		Billy Ocean Loverboy
1984 Arista
21 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]
 		Lionel Richie Stuck on You
1984 Motown
22 record label: Polydor 690
chart position: RandB #3, UK #5, US #9, US dance #1
written by: Ollie E. Brown & Jerry Knight
album: Breakin': Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [disco dance]
 		Ollie & Jerry Breakin'...There's No Stopping Us
1984 Polydor
23 record label: Portrait 04807
chart position: RandB #5, US #5, UK #19, US dance #11, US AC #1
written by: Sade Adu & Ray St. John
album: Diamond Life
 		Sade Smooth Operator
1984 Portrait
24 record label: De lite 880 623 7
chart position: RandB #1, UK #11, US #9, US dance #1, US AC #5
written by: Kool & the Gang & James
album: Emergency
 		Kool & the Gang Fresh
1984 De lite
25 record label: MCA 52455
chart position: RandB #1, UK #19, US #4
written by: Vincent Brantley & Rick Timas
album: New Edition
comments: [pop soul]
 		New Edition Cool It Now
1984 MCA
26 record label: Epic 4431
chart position: RandB #4, US #3, UK #14, US dance #3, US rock #42
written by: Michael Jackson, Randy Hansen & Mick Jagger
album: Victory
 		The Jacksons State of Shock
1984 Epic
27 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
28 record label: Capitol 5397
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #12, US AC #34, US dance #15
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Solid
 		Ashford & Simpson Solid
1984 Capitol
29 record label: Epic 04619
chart position: RandB #9, US #4, US dance #6, UK #76
written by: Teena Marie
album: Starchild
 		Teena Marie Lovergirl
1984 Epic
30 record label: Motown 1762
chart position: RandB #8, UK #18, US #8, US AC #1
written by: Brenda Harvey Richie & Lionel Richie
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
 		Lionel Richie Penny Lover
1984 Motown
31 record label: De lite 830
chart position: RandB #7, UK #2, US #13
written by: J. Taylor, C. Williamson
album: In the Heart
comments: Joanna / Tonight was released as a double a side in the UK
 		Kool & the Gang Tonight
1984 De lite
32 record label: Planet 13951
chart position: RandB #13, US #6, UK #31, US dance #4, US AC #23
written by: Allee Willis & Dan Sembello (as Danny Sembello)
album: Break Out
comments: [disco dance]
 		The Pointer Sisters Neutron Dance
1984 Planet
33 record label: De lite 880 431
chart position: RandB #3, US #10, UK #28, US dance #9
written by: Robert Bell
album: Emergency
 		Kool & the Gang Misled
1984 De lite
34 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
35 record label: Arista 9279
chart position: RandB #14, UK #6, US #13, US AC #1
written by: Larry Di Tomaso & Ralph Dino
album: Jermaine Jackson [1984 album]
comments: [love ballad]
 		Jermaine Jackson Do What You Do
1984 Arista
36 record label: Capitol 5387
chart position: RandB #6, US #5, UK #45, US dance #16, US rock #32
written by: Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman & Holly Knight
album: Private Dancer
 		Tina Turner Better Be Good to Me
1984 Capitol
37 record label: Warner 7 29285
chart position: RandB #9, US #7, US dance #1, UK #96
written by: Prince
album: The Glamorous Life
 		Sheila E. The Glamorous Life
1984 Warner
38 record label: EMI America 8253
chart position: RandB #3, US #9, US dance #1, UK #95
written by: Prince (as Alexander Nevermind)
album: A Private Heaven
 		Sheena Easton Sugar Walls
1984 EMI America
39 record label: Elektra 69728
chart position: RandB #6, US #10, US AC #1
written by: Cynthia Weil, Michael Masser & Tom Snow
album: Straight from the Heart
comments: [love ballad]
 		Peabo Bryson If Ever You're in My Arms Again
1984 Elektra
40 record label: Virgin/Epic 04388
chart position: RandB #8, US #5, US dance #10, US AC #12
written by: Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss
album: Colour By Numbers
 		Culture Club Miss Me Blind
1984 Virgin/Epic
41 record label: MCA 52378
chart position: US #6, US dance #8, RandB #60, UK #78, US AC #7
written by: Dan Hartman
album: I Can Dream About You
 		Dan Hartman I Can Dream About You
1984 MCA
42 record label: Capitol 5433
chart position: RandB #3, UK #26, US #7, US AC #30
written by: Mark Knopfler
album: Private Dancer
 		Tina Turner Private Dancer
1984 Capitol
43 record label: Epic 4614
chart position: UK #6, US Dance #17
album: Eyes of Innocence
 		Miami Sound Machine Dr. Beat
1984 Epic
44 record label: Warner 29121
chart position: RandB #11, US #8, UK #58, US dance #50
written by: Prince
album: Purple Rain
 		Prince I Would Die 4 U
1984 Warner
45 record label: Columbia 05577
chart position: US dance #8, RandB #60, UK #9, US #13
written by: Earl Randle
album: The Secret of Association
comments: US Extended Remix
 		Paul Young I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
1984 Columbia
46 record label: MCA 52484
chart position: RandB #1, UK #19, US #12
written by: Ray Parker Jr.
album: New Edition
 		New Edition Mr. Telephone Man
1984 MCA
47 record label: De lite 17 (UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Robert Bell, James
album: In the Heart
 		Kool & the Gang (When You Say You Love Somebody) In the Heart
1984 De lite
48 record label: Geffen 29328
chart position: RandB #23, US #8, US dance #13, UK #88,
written by: Irene Cara, Giorgio Moroder & Bunny Hull
album: What a Feelin'
comments: [disco dance]
 		Irene Cara Breakdance
1984 Geffen
49 record label: Polydor 881 064 1
chart position: UK #9, US #27
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Down on the Street
comments: [disco jazz funk]
 		Shakatak Down on the Street
1984 Polydor
50 record label: Motown 1769
chart position: RandB #4, US #17, UK #44, US dance #6, US AC #10
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: The Woman in Red: Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Stevie Wonder Love Light in Flight
1984 Motown
51 record label: Sire 29319
chart position: UK #3, US dance #6, RandB #78, US #105
written by: Jacques Moralli, Frederick Zarr, Henri Belolo & Keith Rodgers
album: Break Dance Party
 		Break Machine Street Dance
1984 Sire
52 record label: Epic 34 04575
chart position: RandB #12, US #17, UK #26, US dance #9
written by: Jackie Jackson & Kathy Wakefield
album: Victory
 		The Jacksons Torture
1984 Epic
53 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
54 record label: Solar 69684
chart position: RandB #1, US #18, UK #66, US dance #15
written by: Bo Watson, Reggie Calloway, Belinda Lipscomb & Boaz Watson
album: Planetary Invasion
 		Midnight Star Operator
1984 Solar
55 record label: Portrait 05408
chart position: RandB #35, UK #6, US #54, US AC #8
written by: Sade Adu & Stuart Matthewman
album: Diamond Life
 		Sade Your Love Is King
1984 Portrait
56 record label: Motown 1342
chart position: RandB #37, UK #7, US #38, US AC #20
written by: Keni St. Lewis
album: Farewell My Summer Love
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Michael Jackson Farewell My Summer Love
1984 Motown
57 record label: Arista 9293
chart position: RandB #12, US #14, US AC #6
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Chartbusters
 		Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Jamie
1984 Arista
58 record label: Columbia 04372
chart position: RandB #18, US #17, US dance #9, UK #41
written by: Dean Pitchford & Bill Wolfer
album: Heartbreak
 		Shalamar Dancing in the Sheets
1984 Columbia
59 record label: Atlantic 9718 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
comments: [Special 1984 Nile Rodgers Remix]
 		Sister Sledge Lost in Music (remix)
1984 Atlantic
60 record label: Columbia 04507
chart position: RandB #38, UK #43, US #19, US AC #2
written by: Cynthia Weil, Tony Renis & Julio Iglesias
 		Julio Iglesias & Diana Ross All of You
1984 Columbia
61 record label: Motown 1365 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, UK #12, US #48, US dance #13
written by: Ali Ollie Woodson & Otis Williams
album: Truly for You
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		The Temptations Treat Her Like a Lady
1984 Motown
62 record label: Arista 9190
chart position: RandB #8, US #15, US dance #20
written by: Andy Goldmark & Bruce Roberts
album: Jermaine Jackson [1984 album]
 		Jermaine Jackson Dynamite!
1984 Arista
63 record label: Warner Bros. 91817
chart position: RandB #6, US #20, US dance #9
written by: Prince & Jesse Johnson
album: Ice Cream Castle
 		The Time Jungle Love
1984 Warner Bros.
64 record label: Sire 29346
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #5, US #26
written by: Tim Stahl & John Guldberg
album: Keep Smiling
 		Laid Back White Horse
1984 Sire
65 record label: Mirage 79 69410
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #6, UK #24, US #46
written by: Chris Barbosa & Ed Chisolm
album: Let the Music Play
 		Shannon Give Me Tonight
1984 Mirage
66 record label: Vinyl Dreams 71
chart position: RandB #2, UK #13, US #75, US dance #13
written by: Jocelyn Brown & Annette Brown
album: Somebody Else's Guy
 		Jocelyn Brown Somebody Else's Guy
1984 Vinyl Dreams
67 record label: Motown 1760
chart position: RandB #9, UK #12, US dance #3, US #84
written by: Bobby Harris & Keith Harrison
album: Jukebox
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Dazz Band Let It All Blow
1984 Motown
68 record label: TSR 106
chart position: UK #5, US Dance #1, US #85
written by: Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench
album: High Energy
comments: [disco dance]
 		Evelyn Thomas High Energy
1984 TSR
69 record label: Island 99754
chart position: UK #8, US dance #4, RandB #23, US #102
written by: Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik, Paul Morley & Trevor Horn
album: Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?
 		The Art of Noise Close (To the Edit)
1984 Island
70 record label: Columbia 04547
chart position: RandB #4, US #24, US dance #29
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Centipede
 		Rebbie Jackson Centipede
1984 Columbia
71 record label: Geffen 29291
chart position: RandB #20, US #21, UK #99, US AC #17
written by: Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson & George Treadwell
album: Cats without Claws
 		Donna Summer There Goes My Baby
1984 Geffen
72 record label: Ice 61
chart position: US dance #12, RandB #68, US #26, UK #52, US rock #39
written by: Eddy Grant
album: Going for Broke
 		Eddy Grant Romancing the Stone
1984 Ice
73 record label: Philly World 99710
chart position: RandB #1, UK #18, US #83
written by: McKinley Horton & Ronald Broomfield
album: Eugene Wilde
 		Eugene Wilde Gotta Get You Home Tonight
1984 Philly World
74 record label: Casablanca 880 180 7
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #8, UK #29, US #65
written by: David Wolinski
album: I've Got the Cure
 		Stephanie Mills The Medicine Song
1984 Casablanca
75 record label: Asylum 32
chart position: RandB #5, UK #45, US #46, US AC #6
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Linda Creed & Michael Masser
album: Love Language
comments: [love ballad]
 		Teddy Pendergrass with Whitney Houston Hold Me
1984 Asylum
76 record label: Atlanta Artists 818 384
chart position: RandB #1, UK #37, US #47, US dance #25
written by: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant & Charlie Singleton
album: She's Strange
comments: [funk]
 		Cameo She's Strange
1984 Atlanta Artists
77 record label: Total Experience 2400
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #11, US #48, UK #60
written by: Jonah Ellis
album: Be a Winner
 		Yarbrough & Peoples Don't Waste Your Time
1984 Total Experience
78 record label: Warner 9120
chart position: RandB #15, UK #29, US #48, US AC #15
written by: Randy Goodrum & Steve Kipner
album: 20/20
 		George Benson 20-20
1984 Warner
79 record label: Sugar Hill 139
chart position: RandB #48, UK #8
written by: Gamble, Huff, Jackson, Glover, Ward, Morris
 		Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five Step Off
1984 Sugar Hill
80 record label: RFC/Atlantic 89684
chart position: RandB #7, UK #17, US dance #17
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Change of Heart
 		Change Change of Heart
1984 RFC/Atlantic
81 record label: Tabu 4621
chart position: RandB #6, UK #32, US #64, US dance #26
written by: Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III)
album: Just the Way You Like it
 		The S.O.S. Band Just the Way You Like It
1984 Tabu
82 record label: AandM 2656
chart position: RandB #2, US #40, US AC #37
written by: Jeff Barry, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: Lookin' for Trouble
comments: [love ballad]
 		Joyce Kennedy & Jeffrey Osborne The Last Time I Made Love
1984 A&M
83 record label: Columbia 04256
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #6, UK #68, US #69
written by: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: Preppie
 		Cheryl Lynn Encore
1984 Columbia
84 record label: Gordy 1730
chart position: RandB #6, US #36, US dance #60
written by: Rick James
album: Reflections
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Rick James 17
1984 Gordy
85 record label: Motown 64321
chart position: RandB #9, US #35, UK #79
written by: Rockwell (as Kennedy Gordy)
album: Somebody's Watching Me
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Rockwell Obscene Phone Caller
1984 Motown
86 record label: P.I.R. 04248
chart position: RandB #1, US #46
written by: Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel & Kenny Gamble
album: I'm in Love Again / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [love ballad]
 		Patti LaBelle If Only You Knew
1984 P.I.R.
87 record label: Elektra 9742 (UK)
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #10, UK #51, US #78
written by: Patrice Rushen
album: Now
 		Patrice Rushen Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)
1984 Elektra
88 record label: RCA Victor 104278
chart position: UK #9
written by: Jacques Morali, Frederick Zarr, Henri Belolo and Keith Rodgers
 		Break Machine Break Dance Party
1984 RCA Victor
89 record label: Profile 5059
chart position: US dance #2, RandB #5, UK #41
written by: Paul Hardcastle
album: Paul Hardcastle
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Paul Hardcastle Rain Forest
1984 Profile
90 record label: RCA 471 (UK)
chart position: RandB #46, UK #12
written by: Mike Francis
album: Try Love
 		Amii Stewart Friends
1984 RCA
91 record label: AandM 2687
chart position: RandB #6, UK #61, US #44
written by: Daniel Sembello & David Batteau
album: Don't Stop
 		Jeffrey Osborne Don't Stop
1984 A&M
92 record label: MCA 52425
chart position: RandB #5, US Dance #5, UK #58, US #105
written by: Kevin McCord and Al Hudson
album: I Appreciate
 		Alicia Myers You Get the Best from Me (Say, Say, Say)
1984 MCA
93 record label: Ensign 514
chart position: UK #10
written by: Phil Fearon
album: Phil Fearon and Galaxy
 		Phil Fearon & Galaxy Everybody's Laughing
1984 Ensign
94 record label: Capitol 5329
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #37, US #101
written by: O'Bryan (as O'Bryan Burnette II) and Don Cornelius
album: Be My Lover
 		O'Bryan Lovelite
1984 Capitol
95 record label: Epic 04504
chart position: RandB #2, US #83
written by: James Mtume
album: You, Me and He
comments: [slow jam]
 		Mtume You, Me and He
1984 Epic
96 record label: Solar 69785
chart position: RandB #3, US #77
written by: Stanley Burke, Melvin Gentry, Carl Greene, L.A. Reid (as Antonio Reid) and Bo Watson
album: Street Beat
 		The Deele Body Talk
1984 Solar
97 record label: Cotillion 9744 (UK)
chart position: UK #11
written by: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
album: We Are Family
 		Sister Sledge Thinking of You
1984 Cotillion
98 record label: Beverly Glen 2012
chart position: RandB #3, US #88
written by: Bobby Womack
album: The Poet II / Patti
comments: [ballad]  
 		Bobby Womack & Patti LaBelle Love Has Finally Come at Last
1984 Beverly Glen
99 record label: Elektra 9799
chart position: UK #14
written by: Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
album: Love Wars
 		Womack & Womack Love Wars
1984 Elektra
100 record label: Gordy 1715
chart position: RandB #2, UK #45
written by: Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert and Duane Hitchings
album: Don't Look Any Further
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Dennis Edwards (featuring Siedah Garrett) Don't Look Any Further
1984 Gordy


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