| 1 |
record label: MCA 52770
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US AC #2
written by: Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Winner in You
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| 2 |
record label: Warner Bros.
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #1
written by: Prince
album: Parade
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| 3 |
record label: Columbia 06191
chart position: RandB #1, UK #6, US #1, US AC #2
written by: Gregory Abbott
album: Shake You Down
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| 4 |
record label: AandM 2861
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #8, US dance #1, US AC #3
written by: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: Crash
|
| 5 |
record label: Elektra 69564
chart position: RandB #29, UK #2, US #1
written by: Mick Hucknall & Neil Moss
album: Picture Book
|
| 6 |
record label: Arista 9466
chart position: RandB #3, UK #8, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Linda Creed & Michael Masser
album: Whitney Houston
|
| 7 |
record label: Atlantic 89446
chart position: RandB #2, UK #2, US #3, US dance #1, S AC #38
written by: John Smith
album: Poolside
|
| 8 |
record label: Jive 1754
chart position: RandB #1, UK #12, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Billy Ocean, Wayne Anton Braithwaite & Barry Eastmond (as Barry James Eastmond)
album: Love Zone
|
| 9 |
record label: Manhattan 50047
chart position: RandB #7, UK #3, US #2, US AC #37, US dance #1
written by: Robbie Nevil, Duncan Pain & Mark Holding
album: Robbie Nevil
|
| 10 |
record label: AandM 2855
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #10, US dance #1, US AC #10
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis & Janet Jackson
album: Control
|
| 11 |
record label: Atlanta Artists 884 933
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #6, US dance #1
written by: Larry Blackmon & Tomi Jenkins
album: Word Up!
comments: [funk]
|
| 12 |
record label: Atlantic 89361
chart position: UK #1, US #9, US AC #10
written by: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Stand By Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [re release]
|
| 13 |
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
|
| 14 |
record label: AandM 2812
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #4, US dance #2, US AC #38
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis & Janet Jackson
album: Control
|
| 15 |
record label: SMP 3 (UK)
chart position: UK #1
written by: Berry Gordy and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo)
|
| 16 |
record label: Revue 733
chart position: UK #1
written by: Ben Peters
album: Everything To Me
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 17 |
record label: MCA 52774
chart position: RandB #4, UK #5, US #3, US dance #4
written by: Jerry Knight & Aaron Zigman
album: The Jets
|
| 18 |
record label: Def Jam 7303 (UK)
chart position: RandB #1, UK #4, US #9, US dance #7
written by: Vincent F. Bell
album: Juice
|
| 19 |
record label: Profile 5112
chart position: RandB #8, UK #8, US #4, US dance #6
written by: Steven Tyler & Joe Perry
album: Raising Hell
|
| 20 |
record label: Ten Records 96
chart position: RandB #64, UK #2, US #5, US dance #41
written by: Narada Michael Walden & Preston Glass
album: Frantic Romantic
|
| 21 |
record label: AandM 2830
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #19, US dance #2
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis & Janet Jackson
album: Control
comments: [dance]
|
| 22 |
record label: Carrere 400
chart position: RandB #54, US #2, US AC #1
written by: Jay Gruska & Paul Gordon
album: Carl Anderson/Gloria Loring
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 23 |
record label: Capitol 5615
chart position: RandB #3, US #2, UK #33, US dance #11, US AC #23
written by: Terry Britten & Graham Lyle
album: Break Every Rule
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 24 |
record label: Tent 40901 (UK)
chart position: UK #2
written by: Billy Livsey and Peter Sinfield
album: Silk and Steel
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 25 |
record label: MCA 52857
chart position: RandB #17, US #7, UK #12, US dance #8, US AC #4
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Running Scared: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [dance]
|
| 26 |
record label: Fanfare 7 (UK)
chart position: UK #2
written by: James George Hargreaves
album: Sinitta!
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 27 |
record label: Motown 1873
chart position: RandB #5, UK #17, US #7, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Dancing on the Ceiling
|
| 28 |
record label: Gordy 1842
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, US dance #10, US AC #18
written by: Ina Wolf
album: El DeBarge
|
| 29 |
record label: Elektra 44
chart position: RandB #2, US #8, UK #13, US AC #3
written by: Anita Baker, Gary Bias & Louis Johnson
album: Rapture...
|
| 30 |
record label: MCA 52968
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, UK #79, US AC #1
written by: Rupert Holmes
album: The Jets
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 31 |
record label: AandM 2877
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #42, US dance #1
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis & Janet Jackson
album: Control
|
| 32 |
record label: Mercury 888 016
chart position: UK #4, US #6, US Dance #12, US AC #1
written by: Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery and Martin Jackson
album: It's Better to Travel
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 33 |
record label: Tent 40515 (UK)
chart position: UK #3
written by: Billy Livsey and Gary Bell
album: Luxury of Life
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 34 |
record label: Jay 7001
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #13, US dance #1
written by: Marcus Thompson, Michael Marshall & Alex Hill
album: Vicious Rumors
|
| 35 |
record label: Warner Bros. 7 28818
chart position: RandB #4, UK #23, US #10, US AC #2
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Chillin'
comments: [sweet soul] [love ballad]
|
| 36 |
record label: Motown 1866
chart position: RandB #2, UK #45, US #9, US AC #1
written by: Greg Phillinganes, Lionel Richie & Cynthia Weil
album: Dancing on the Ceiling
|
| 37 |
record label: Jive 9510
chart position: RandB #1, US #10, UK #49, US AC #5
written by: Billy Ocean, Wayne Anton Braithwaite & Barry Eastmond (as Barry James Eastmond)
album: Love Zone
|
| 38 |
record label: Mercury 888 074
chart position: RandB #2, US #10, UK #30, US dance #35, US AC #35
written by: Ronald Bell (as Khalis Bayyan), Kool & the Gang & James
album: Forever
|
| 39 |
record label: Columbia 05844
chart position: RandB #3, US #8
written by: Full Force
album: Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 40 |
record label: Atlantic 89417
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #30, US #10
written by: Stephen Bray, Regina [Regina Richards] & Mary Kessler
album: Curiosity
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 41 |
record label: Polydor 885 106
chart position: RandB #1, UK #5, US #42, US dance #1
written by: Gwen Guthrie
album: Good to Go Lover
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 42 |
record label: Epic 06523
chart position: RandB #1, US #15, UK #24, US dance #27, US AC #7
written by: Luther Vandross & Nat Adderley Jr.
album: Give Me the Reason
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 43 |
record label: 21 Records 99497
chart position: RandB #5, UK #8, US #21
written by: Donna Allen, Emridge Jones & Lou Pace (as Louis Pace)
album: Perfect Timing
|
| 44 |
record label: MCA 52947
chart position: RandB #1, US #9, UK #60, US AC #24
written by: Melvin Riley
album: Long Time Coming
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 45 |
record label: Supreme 107
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #23, UK #3, US #78
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken & Pete Waterman
album: F.L.M.
comments: [dance, boogie]
|
| 46 |
record label: AandM 2814
chart position: RandB #2, US #13, US AC #2
written by: Andy Goldmark & Bruce Roberts
album: Emotional
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 47 |
record label: Tamla 1832
chart position: RandB #8, UK #17, US #24, US AC #1
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: In Square Circle
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 48 |
record label: Jive 9540
chart position: RandB #10, US #16, UK #34, US AC #1
written by: Billy Ocean, Wayne Anton Braithwaite & Barry Eastmond (as Barry James Eastmond)
album: Love Zone
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 49 |
record label: RCA 14421
chart position: RandB #7, UK #7, US #41, US dance #5
written by: Sue Sheridan & Paul Chiten
album: Silk and Steel
|
| 50 |
record label: Atlanta Artists 888 193
chart position: RandB #1, US #21, UK #27, US dance #10
written by: Larry Blackmon & Tomi Jenkins
album: Word Up!
comments: [funk]
|
| 51 |
record label: Warner 28583
chart position: UK #4
written by: Randy Crawford
album: Abstract Emotions
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 52 |
record label: Arista 655 (UK)
chart position: RandB #14, US #16, UK #96, US AC #5
written by: Jermaine Jackson, Michael Omartian & Stevie Wonder
album: Precious Moments
|
| 53 |
record label: Arista 9453
chart position: RandB #9, US #22, UK #54, US dance #4, US AC #21
written by: Beppe Cantarelli & Roy Freeland
album: Who's Zoomin' Who?
|
| 54 |
record label: Total Experience 2700
chart position: RandB #8, UK #4
written by: Lonnie Simmons & Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band 8
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 55 |
record label: Solar 69525
chart position: RandB #7, UK #8, US #42
written by: Bo Watson & June Watson Williams
album: Headlines
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 56 |
record label: Tabu 05848
chart position: RandB #2, UK #17, US #44, US dance #8
written by: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: Sands of Time
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 57 |
record label: Motown 1858
chart position: RandB #7, US #21, US dance #11
written by: Nick Mundy, Franne Golde & Paul Fox
album: Chico DeBarge
|
| 58 |
record label: Atlantic 9392
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #36, UK #48, US #28
written by: John Smith & Valerie Day
album: Poolside
|
| 59 |
record label: Arista 9546
chart position: RandB #2, US #28, UK #46, US dance #19, US AC #17
written by: Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen, Lisa Walden
album: Aretha [1986 album]
|
| 60 |
record label: Portrait 05846
chart position: RandB #8, UK #89, US #20, US AC #6
written by: Sade Adu & Stuart Matthewman
album: Promise
|
| 61 |
record label: MCA 52841
chart position: RandB #43, US #15, UK #86, US dance #18
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Klymaxx
|
| 62 |
record label: MCA 52877
chart position: RandB #7, UK #26, US #29
written by: Andy Goldmark & Bruce Roberts
album: Winner in You
|
| 63 |
record label: EMI 7
chart position: UK #7, US Dance #15
written by: Derek Bramble
album: Breaking Away
|
| 64 |
record label: Paisley Park 28711
chart position: RandB #15, US #23, UK #45, US dance #11
written by: Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman & Prince
album: Parade
|
| 65 |
record label: MCA 52905
chart position: RandB #3, US #21
written by: Curtis Williams, Jesse Belvin & Gaynel Hodge
album: Under the Blue Moon
|
| 66 |
record label: Warner 28588
chart position: RandB #17, US #27, US dance #9, UK #95
written by: Carl Sturken & Evan Rogers
album: Private Passion
comments: disco dance boogie
|
| 67 |
record label: Select 62267
chart position: RandB #17, UK #7, US dance #18
written by: Whistle, Kangol (as The Kangol Kid) & Howie Tee
album: Whistle
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 68 |
record label: Arista 9528
chart position: RandB #20, UK #58, US #21, US dance #33, US rock #36
written by: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
album: Aretha [1986 album]
|
| 69 |
record label: RCA 14326
chart position: UK #12, US #14, US dance #7
written by: Dr. Robert
album: Animal Magic
|
| 70 |
record label: Manhattan 10
chart position: RandB #25, US #22, US dance #9
written by: Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers, Jeff Pescetto & David Grant
album: One Step Closer
|
| 71 |
record label: Solar 69547
chart position: RandB #3, UK #16, US #69, US dance #34
written by: Bill Simmons, Vincent Calloway, Belinda Lipscomb, Reggie Calloway, Melvin Gentry & Bobby Lovelace
album: Headlines
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 72 |
record label: Tent 40981
chart position: RandB #13, UK #15, US #67, US dance #26
written by: Michael Margules (as Michael Jay) & Marvin Morrow
album: Silk and Steel
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 73 |
record label: Profile 5119
chart position: RandB #12, US #29, UK #42, US dance #44
written by: DJ Run (as Joseph Simmons), DMC (as Darryl McDaniels) & Jam Master Jay (as Jason Mizell)
album: Raising Hell
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 74 |
record label: Motown 1859
chart position: RandB #4, US dance #2, US #48, UK #76
written by: Arnie Roman & Stephen Lunt (as Stephen Broughton Lunt)
album: Take Me All The Way
|
| 75 |
record label: Capitol 5644
chart position: RandB #18, UK #43, US #30, US AC #12
written by: Terry Britten & Graham Lyle
album: Break Every Rule
|
| 76 |
record label: MCA 52773
chart position: RandB #7, UK #24, US dance #1
written by: Colonel Abrams & Marston Freeman
album: Colonel Abrams
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 77 |
record label: RCA 5062
chart position: RandB #17, US #33, UK #78, US dance #7, US AC #27
written by: Andy Goldmark & Bruce Roberts
album: Hot Together
|
| 78 |
record label: Chrysalis 42965
chart position: RandB #65, UK #8, US dance #31
written by: Paul Hardcastle
album: Paul Hardcastle
comments: (feat. Carol Kenyon)
|
| 79 |
record label: Elektra 69511
chart position: RandB #6, US #37, UK #51, US AC #9
written by: Garry Glenn & Dianne Quander
album: Rapture...
|
| 80 |
record label: MCA 52768
chart position: RandB #3, US #38, US dance #16
written by: Christine Perren & Richard Wyatt Jr.
album: All for Love
|
| 81 |
record label: Capitol 5616
chart position: RandB #1, UK #73, US #41
written by: Freddie Jackson & Paul Laurence
album: Just Like the First Time
|
| 82 |
record label: AandM 2878
chart position: RandB #2, US #53, US dance #12
weeksinr&bchart: 18
written by: Jesse Johnson
album: Shockadelica
|
| 83 |
record label: AandM 2822
chart position: RandB #4, UK #48, US #57, US AC #11
written by: Hamish Stuart
album: As the Band Turns
comments: [ballad] Â
|
| 84 |
record label: AandM 2821
chart position: RandB #6, UK #1, US #1, US dance #4
written by: Rob Bolland, Ferdi Bolland & Falco
album: Falco 3
|
| 85 |
record label: Polydor 885 358
chart position: RandB #2, UK #43, US #65
written by: Dennis Lambert, Andy Goldmark & Franne Golde
album: United
|
| 86 |
record label: Capitol 5523
chart position: RandB #1, US #46
written by: Andre Cymone & Prince
album: Do Me Baby
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 87 |
record label: Manhattan 15
chart position: RandB #9, UK #56, US #69, US dance #4
written by: Grace Jones & Bruce Woolley
album: Inside Story
|
| 88 |
record label: MCA 52976
chart position: RandB #1, UK #27, US dance #42
written by: Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene & Steve Nichol
album: Zagora
|
| 89 |
record label: Gordy 1857
chart position: RandB #7, US #43, US AC #8
written by: Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts & Carole Bayer Sager
album: El DeBarge
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 90 |
record label: Epic 650216
chart position: RandB #3, UK #60, US #57
written by: Luther Vandross & Nat Adderley Jr.
album: Give Me the Reason
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 91 |
record label: Paisley Park 28620
chart position: RandB #18, UK #36, US #63, US dance #21
written by: Prince
album: Parade
|
| 92 |
record label: Warner 28671
chart position: RandB #21, UK #52, US #53, US dance #11
written by: David Gamson & Green Gartside
album: Destiny
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
|
| 93 |
record label: Sleeping Bag 19
chart position: RandB #61, UK #32, US dance #1
written by: John Fair
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 94 |
record label: MCA 52866
chart position: RandB #1, US #57
written by: Larry White, Lee Peters & Kirk Crumpler
album: King of Stage
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 95 |
record label: Mercury 884 271
chart position: RandB #1, US #62, US dance #47
written by: Rene Moore & Angela Winbush
album: Street Called Desire
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 96 |
record label: Warner 28523
chart position: RandB #16, UK #19
written by: Narada Michael Walden, Preston Glass & Suzanne Valentine
album: While the City Sleeps
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
|
| 97 |
record label: Motown 1833
chart position: RandB #9, US #56, US dance #6
written by: Robbie Nevil & Tommy Faragher
album: Skin on Skin
|
| 98 |
record label: Capitol 422 (UK)
chart position: RandB #4, UK #79, US #84
written by: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Real Love
|
| 99 |
record label: Capitol 5632
chart position: RandB #1, UK #96
written by: Gene McFadden, James McKinley and Linda Vitali
album: A Lot of Love
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 100 |
record label: Elektra 69561
chart position: RandB #11, US dance #13, US #46
written by: Ernesto Phillips & Keith Diamond
album: Restless
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
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