| 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]
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| 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]
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| 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]
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
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| 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)
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| 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]
|
| 14 |
record label: Ensign 510
chart position: UK #5
written by: Phil Fearon
album: Phil Fearon and Galaxy
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 17 |
record label: Warner 29216
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, US dance #1, US rock #19
written by: Prince
album: Purple Rain
|
| 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
|
| 19 |
record label: Warner 9174
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, UK #8, US rock #18
written by: Prince
album: Purple Rain
|
| 20 |
record label: Arista 9284
chart position: RandB #20, US #2, UK #15, US dance #1
written by: Keith Diamond, Robert John
album: Suddenly
|
| 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]
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| 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]
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| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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]
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 29 |
record label: Epic 04619
chart position: RandB #9, US #4, US dance #6, UK #76
written by: Teena Marie
album: Starchild
|
| 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]
|
| 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
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| 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]
|
| 33 |
record label: De lite 880 431
chart position: RandB #3, US #10, UK #28, US dance #9
written by: Robert Bell
album: Emergency
|
| 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]
|
| 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]
|
| 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
|
| 37 |
record label: Warner 7 29285
chart position: RandB #9, US #7, US dance #1, UK #96
written by: Prince
album: The Glamorous Life
|
| 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
|
| 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]
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| 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
|
| 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
|
| 42 |
record label: Capitol 5433
chart position: RandB #3, UK #26, US #7, US AC #30
written by: Mark Knopfler
album: Private Dancer
|
| 43 |
record label: Epic 4614
chart position: UK #6, US Dance #17
album: Eyes of Innocence
|
| 44 |
record label: Warner 29121
chart position: RandB #11, US #8, UK #58, US dance #50
written by: Prince
album: Purple Rain
|
| 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
|
| 46 |
record label: MCA 52484
chart position: RandB #1, UK #19, US #12
written by: Ray Parker Jr.
album: New Edition
|
| 47 |
record label: De lite 17 (UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Robert Bell, James
album: In the Heart
|
| 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]
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| 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]
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| 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]
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 53 |
record label: RCA 13864
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #3, US #19
written by: Daryl Hall & Sara Allen
album: Endless Love
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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]
|
| 57 |
record label: Arista 9293
chart position: RandB #12, US #14, US AC #6
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Chartbusters
|
| 58 |
record label: Columbia 04372
chart position: RandB #18, US #17, US dance #9, UK #41
written by: Dean Pitchford & Bill Wolfer
album: Heartbreak
|
| 59 |
record label: Atlantic 9718 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
comments: [Special 1984 Nile Rodgers Remix]
|
| 60 |
record label: Columbia 04507
chart position: RandB #38, UK #43, US #19, US AC #2
written by: Cynthia Weil, Tony Renis & Julio Iglesias
|
| 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]
|
| 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]
|
| 63 |
record label: Warner Bros. 91817
chart position: RandB #6, US #20, US dance #9
written by: Prince & Jesse Johnson
album: Ice Cream Castle
|
| 64 |
record label: Sire 29346
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #5, US #26
written by: Tim Stahl & John Guldberg
album: Keep Smiling
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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]
|
| 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]
|
| 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?
|
| 70 |
record label: Columbia 04547
chart position: RandB #4, US #24, US dance #29
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Centipede
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 73 |
record label: Philly World 99710
chart position: RandB #1, UK #18, US #83
written by: McKinley Horton & Ronald Broomfield
album: Eugene Wilde
|
| 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
|
| 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]
|
| 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]
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 79 |
record label: Sugar Hill 139
chart position: RandB #48, UK #8
written by: Gamble, Huff, Jackson, Glover, Ward, Morris
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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]
|
| 83 |
record label: Columbia 04256
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #6, UK #68, US #69
written by: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: Preppie
|
| 84 |
record label: Gordy 1730
chart position: RandB #6, US #36, US dance #60
written by: Rick James
album: Reflections
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 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]
|
| 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]
|
| 87 |
record label: Elektra 9742 (UK)
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #10, UK #51, US #78
written by: Patrice Rushen
album: Now
|
| 88 |
record label: RCA Victor 104278
chart position: UK #9
written by: Jacques Morali, Frederick Zarr, Henri Belolo and Keith Rodgers
|
| 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]
|
| 90 |
record label: RCA 471 (UK)
chart position: RandB #46, UK #12
written by: Mike Francis
album: Try Love
|
| 91 |
record label: AandM 2687
chart position: RandB #6, UK #61, US #44
written by: Daniel Sembello & David Batteau
album: Don't Stop
|
| 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
|
| 93 |
record label: Ensign 514
chart position: UK #10
written by: Phil Fearon
album: Phil Fearon and Galaxy
|
| 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
|
| 95 |
record label: Epic 04504
chart position: RandB #2, US #83
written by: James Mtume
album: You, Me and He
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 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
|
| 97 |
record label: Cotillion 9744 (UK)
chart position: UK #11
written by: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
album: We Are Family
|
| 98 |
record label: Beverly Glen 2012
chart position: RandB #3, US #88
written by: Bobby Womack
album: The Poet II / Patti
comments: [ballad]
|
| 99 |
record label: Elektra 9799
chart position: UK #14
written by: Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
album: Love Wars
|
| 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]
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