| 1 |
record label: Arista 9598
chart position: RandB #2, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #1
written by: George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam
album: Whitney
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| 2 |
record label: Arista 9559
chart position: RandB #5, UK #1, US #1, US AC #2, US dance #12
written by: Simon Climie & Dennis Morgan
album: Aretha [1986 album]
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| 3 |
record label: Epic 07253
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Bad
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| 4 |
record label: King Jay 28430
chart position: RandB #2, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #31
written by: Bill Withers
album: Life, Love & Pain
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| 5 |
record label: RCA 5347
chart position: US #1, UK #1, US Dance #1, US AC #1
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Whenever You Need Somebody
comments: [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1988]
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| 6 |
record label: Warner 28455
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Jonathan Lewis, David Lewis & Wayne Lewis
album: All in the Name of Love
comments: [love ballad]
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| 7 |
record label: Atlantic 89256
chart position: UK #1, US Dance #1
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterma
album: F.L.M.
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 8 |
record label: Epic 07645
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #9
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Bad
|
| 9 |
record label: Arista 9642
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #5, US dance #1, AC #8
written by: Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg
album: Whitney
comments: [disco dance]
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| 10 |
record label: Columbia 07675
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #7, US AC #44
written by: Terence Trent D'Arby & Sean Oliver
album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
|
| 11 |
record label: Epic 07418
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #33
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Bad
|
| 12 |
record label: Arista 9616
chart position: RandB #2, UK #14, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Will Jennings & Michael Masser
album: Whitney
comments: [ballad]
|
| 13 |
record label: AandM 2906
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #2, US AC #2
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson & Melanie Andrews
album: Control
comments: [ballad]
|
| 14 |
record label: Columbia 07008
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #82, US dance #1
written by: Full Force
album: Spanish Fly
|
| 15 |
record label: Columbia 07267
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #58, US dance #8, US AC #27
written by: Full Force
album: Spanish Fly
|
| 16 |
record label: MCA 52956
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #13, US dance #1
written by: Andre Cymone & Jody Watley
album: Jody Watley
|
| 17 |
record label: Warner Bros. 28399
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #10, US dance #2
written by: Prince
album: Sign of the Times
|
| 18 |
record label: Paisley Park 28289
chart position: RandB #11, UK #11, US #2
written by: Prince
album: Sign of the Times
|
| 19 |
record label: 4AD 707
chart position: RandB #8, UK #1, US #13, US dance #1
written by: Steve Young & Martyn Young
|
| 20 |
record label: Arista 9640
chart position: RandB #27, US #1, UK #97, US AC #1
written by: Lewis Martinez
album: Exposure
comments: [ballad]
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| 21 |
record label: Motown 1876
chart position: RandB #20, UK #7, US #5, US AC #22
written by: Luther Ingram & Mack Rice
album: The Return of Bruno
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| 22 |
record label: AandM 2929
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #27, US dance #1
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Keep Your Eye on Me
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| 23 |
record label: Arista 9573
chart position: RandB #23, UK #22, US #4, US AC #3
written by: Kenny G
album: Duotones
comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]
|
| 24 |
record label: Atlantic 89217
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #9, US dance #27
written by: Reggie Calloway
album: The Big Throwdown
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| 25 |
record label: Reprise 28229
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, US AC #22
written by: Larry Troutman
album: Unlimited!
comments: [slow jam]
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| 26 |
record label: Capitol 2339 (UK)
chart position: RandB #10, UK #2, US #12, US dance #42
written by: Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller & Ron Wilson
album: Crushin'
comments: [hip hop]
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| 27 |
record label: London 117 (UK)
chart position: UK #1
written by: Steve Hurley
album: Hold on to Your Dream
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| 28 |
record label: MCA 53162
chart position: RandB #3, US #6, UK #55, US dance #1
written by: Franne Golde, D.P. Bryant & Jody Watley
album: Jody Watley
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 29 |
record label: Motown 1877
chart position: RandB #2, UK #52, US #8, US AC #1
written by: Jimmy George & Lou Pardini
album: One Heartbeat
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| 30 |
record label: Solar 70006
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, UK #38, US AC #49
written by: L.A. Reid & Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds)
album: Just Gets Better with Time
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| 31 |
record label: SMP 1 (UK)
chart position: UK #3
written by: A. Evelyn, V. McCoy
comments: re release
|
| 32 |
record label: Next Plateau 315
chart position: RandB #28, UK #2, US #19, US dance #18
written by: Hurby Azor & Ray Davies (as Raymond Douglas Davies)
album: Hot, Cool & Vicious
|
| 33 |
record label: Atlantic 789 320
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, US AC #35
written by: David Frank & Mic Murphy
album: Don't Disturb This Groove
|
| 34 |
record label: Virgin 96752
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #13, US #8
written by: Jade Starling & Whey Cooler
album: Catch Me I'm Falling
|
| 35 |
record label: Arista 9555
chart position: RandB #14, US #5, US dance #1
written by: Lewis Martinez
album: Exposure
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| 36 |
record label: Motown 1897
chart position: RandB #3, US #10, US AC #2
written by: Brian Ray & Steve LeGassick
album: One Heartbeat
|
| 37 |
record label: MCA 52954
chart position: RandB #64, US #7, UK #54, US dance #7
written by: Dan Gilroy & Stephen Bray (as Steve Bray)
album: Breakfast Club
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| 38 |
record label: Mercury 888 292
chart position: RandB #4, US #10, UK #45, US dance #41, US AC #11
written by: Claydes Charles Smith, Kool & the Gang & James
album: Forever
|
| 39 |
record label: Arista 9617
chart position: RandB #29, US #7, UK #76, US dance #2
written by: Lewis Martinez
album: Exposure
|
| 40 |
record label: Chrysalis 43104
chart position: RandB #74, UK #5, US #17, US dance #6
written by: Marcus Vere & Steve Piggot
album: Living in a Box
|
| 41 |
record label: AandM 2927
chart position: RandB #1, US #14, UK #24, US dance #1
written by: Monte Moir
album: Control
|
| 42 |
record label: Chrysalis 43331
chart position: US #7, US Dance #11, UK #10
written by: David Was, Don Was and Randy Jacobs
album: What Up, Dog?
|
| 43 |
record label: Def Jam 07350
chart position: RandB #1, UK #8, US #14
written by: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith), Bobby Erving, Darryl Pierce, Dwayne Simon & Steven Ett
album: Bigger and Deffer
comments: [hip hop]
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| 44 |
record label: Manhattan 50094
chart position: RandB #4, UK #23, US #13, US AC #2
written by: Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel & Allan Rich
album: Everlasting
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 45 |
record label: MCA 53123
chart position: RandB #11, US #7, US dance #8
written by: Stephen Bray & Michael Verdick
album: Magic
|
| 46 |
record label: MCA 53124
chart position: RandB #32, US #23, UK #8, US AC #1
written by: Al Jarreau & Lee Holdridge
album: Moonlighting: The Television Soundtrack Album
|
| 47 |
record label: Orbitone 21 (UK)
chart position: UK #2
written by: Felix Da Silva
album: Can't Be With You Tonight
comments: [ballad]
|
| 48 |
record label: Motown 41349
chart position: RandB #72, UK #2, US #59, US AC #20
written by: Kenny Young & Arthur Resnick
album: The Return of Bruno
|
| 49 |
record label: Tabu 07600
chart position: RandB #4, UK #4, US #70, US dance #21
written by: A. O'Neal, G. Johnson
album: Hearsay
|
| 50 |
record label: Arista 9567
chart position: RandB #5, US #12, US AC #1
written by: Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Reservations for Two
|
| 51 |
record label: Manhattan 50073
chart position: RandB #2, US #13, UK #44, US dance #28
written by: Reggie Calloway & Vincent Calloway
album: Everlasting
|
| 52 |
record label: Tabu 07100
chart position: RandB #1, US #25, UK #33, US dance #7
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris) & Terry Lewis
album: Hearsay
|
| 53 |
record label: Chrysalis 43120
chart position: UK #10, US #16, US Dance #3
written by: Paul Gurvitz
album: Just Visiting This Planet
|
| 54 |
record label: Arista 9625
chart position: RandB #17, US #15, US AC #2
written by: Walter Afanasieff, Preston Glass & Narada Michael Walden
album: Duotones
comments: [jazz soul ballad]
|
| 55 |
record label: Club 63
chart position: UK #3, US Dance #4
written by: Cassius Campbell, Mark Gamble and Ruth Joy
comments: charted as House Arrest / Jack's Back in US dance charts
|
| 56 |
record label: Motown 1907
chart position: RandB #1, US #19, UK #59, US dance #20
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Characters
|
| 57 |
record label: Jive 141
chart position: RandB #5, UK #18, US #27, US AC #16
written by: Jonathan Butler & Jolyon Skinner
album: Jonathan Butler
|
| 58 |
record label: Omni 99426
chart position: UK #4, US Dance #19
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Sinitta!
|
| 59 |
record label: Atlanta Artists 888 385
chart position: RandB #3, UK #11, US #50, US dance #6
written by: Kevin Kendrick, Nathan Leftenant, Larry Blackmon & Tomi Jenkins
album: Word Up!
comments: [funk]
|
| 60 |
record label: Constellation 53028
chart position: RandB #7, US #18, US AC #8
written by: Babyface, Greg Scelsa & Joyce
album: Klymaxx
|
| 61 |
record label: China 43102
chart position: UK #4, RandB #49
written by: Labi Siffre
album: So Strong
|
| 62 |
record label: Mercury 3
chart position: UK #7, US Dance #22, US AC #7
written by: Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery and Martin Jackson
album: It's Better to Travel
|
| 63 |
record label: Columbia 44 06739
chart position: RandB #2, UK #56, US #20, US AC #24
written by: Bernard Jackson, David Townsend & David Conley
album: Surface
|
| 64 |
record label: Debut 3022 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
album: Jack Mix 88 The Best Of Mirage 88 Non Stop Hits
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| 65 |
record label: Columbia 08023
chart position: RandB #9, UK #20, US #30, US dance #7
written by: Terence Trent D'Arby
album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
|
| 66 |
record label: Tent 41265 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Michael Margules (as Michael Jay) and Marvin Morrow
album: Silk and Steel
|
| 67 |
record label: Motown 1883
chart position: RandB #12, UK #43, US #20, US AC #5
written by: L. Richie, G. Phillinganes
album: Dancing on the Ceiling
comments: [reggae]
|
| 68 |
record label: Breakout 602
chart position: RandB #3, UK #19, US #46, US dance #3
written by: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: Keep Your Eye on Me
comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]
|
| 69 |
record label: Columbia 07398
chart position: RandB #19, UK #7, US #68, US dance #47
written by: Terence Trent D'Arby
album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
|
| 70 |
record label: Warner Bros 77 647
chart position: RandB #58, UK #7, US #62, US AC #48
written by: Taja Sevelle
album: Taja Sevelle
|
| 71 |
record label: Warner Bros. 8237
chart position: RandB #10, UK #13, US #48, US dance #13, US AC #38
written by: Brenda Russell
album: All Systems Go
|
| 72 |
record label: Elektra 69518
chart position: RandB #5, US #23, US AC #21
written by: Roger (as Roger Troutman) & Billy Beck
album: Shirley Murdock!
|
| 73 |
record label: Chrysalis 3167
chart position: RandB #49, UK #13, US #82, US dance #1
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: A. Roman & Toni C.
album: Just Visiting This Planet
|
| 74 |
record label: CBS 651180
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #54, US #60
written by: Skylark
album: Touch the World
|
| 75 |
record label: Geffen 27
chart position: RandB #5, UK #13, US #68, US AC #42
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: After Dark
|
| 76 |
record label: RCA 4 (UK)
chart position: UK #5
written by: Dr. Robert
album: She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter
|
| 77 |
record label: Capitol 44037
chart position: RandB #1, UK #81, US #32
written by: Freddie Jackson & Paul Laurence
album: Just Like the First Time
|
| 78 |
record label: Profile 5131
chart position: RandB #21, UK #16, US #57, US dance #30
written by: DJ Run (as Joseph Simmons) & DMC (as Darryl McDaniels)
album: Raising Hell
|
| 79 |
record label: Capitol 437
chart position: RandB #1, UK #33, US #69
written by: Barry Eastmond & Jolyon Skinner
album: Just Like the First Time
|
| 80 |
record label: AandM 2949
chart position: RandB #7, UK #87, US #35, US AC #21
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Keep Your Eye on Me
|
| 81 |
record label: Warner Bros. 28360
chart position: RandB #2, US #39, US dance #22
written by: Denzil Foster, Jay King & Thomas McElroy
album: Life, Love & Pain
|
| 82 |
record label: Epic 7
chart position: RandB #1, US #50, UK #72, US AC #20
written by: Luther Vandross & Skip Anderson
album: Give Me The Reason
|
| 83 |
record label: Elektra 69456
chart position: RandB #5, US #44, US AC #9
written by: Ken Hirsch & Marti Sharron
album: Rapture...
|
| 84 |
record label: Paisley Park 28334
chart position: RandB #12, UK #20, US #67
written by: Prince
album: Sign of the Times
|
| 85 |
record label: Epic 07201
chart position: RandB #6, UK #16
written by: Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller
album: Give Me the Reason
|
| 86 |
record label: MCA 53081
chart position: RandB #3, US #56, UK #77, US dance #8
written by: Andre Cymone & Jody Watley
album: Jody Watley
|
| 87 |
record label: Elektra 69484
chart position: RandB #8, US #44, UK #100, US AC #6
written by: Marilyn Mcleod & Darryl K. Roberts
album: Rapture...
comments: [ballad]
|
| 88 |
record label: Virgin 99422
chart position: RandB #2, US #54, US dance #20
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Eban Kelly, Jimi Randolph & Kevin Moore
album: Serious
|
| 89 |
record label: Important 10
chart position: UK #7
written by: Johnny Flippin and Michael Walker
album: With Love
|
| 90 |
record label: Supreme 113
chart position: UK #7
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterma
album: F.L.M.
|
| 91 |
record label: EMI 8382
chart position: RandB #5, US #58, US dance #6
written by: Garry Johnson
album: Female Trouble
|
| 92 |
record label: Warner 28380
chart position: RandB #8, UK #23
written by: Ralph Hawkins Jr. and Sherrick
album: Sherrick
|
| 93 |
record label: AandM 2943
chart position: RandB #17, UK #14
written by: Barry White & Jack Perry
album: The Right Night & Barry White
|
| 94 |
record label: Motown 1892
chart position: RandB #5, US #96, US dance #1
written by: Georgio
album: Sexappeal
|
| 95 |
record label: Tent 41131 (UK)
chart position: UK #9
written by: Deniece Pearson
album: Silk and Steel
|
| 96 |
record label: Warner 8327
chart position: RandB #10, UK #57, US #58, US dance #16
written by: Richard Feldman & Jimmy Scott
album: All in the Name of Love
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 97 |
record label: Jive 1049
chart position: RandB #2, US #66, UK #85, US AC #36
written by: Timmy Allen & Glenn Jones
album: Glenn Jones
|
| 98 |
record label: Germain 24 (UK)
chart position: UK #9
written by: Bobby Eli, Vinnie Barrett and John Freeman
album: Freddie McGregor
comments: [reggae]
|
| 99 |
record label: Tommy Boy 28300
chart position: RandB #1, UK #97, US #78, US AC #38
written by: Martin Lascelles, Geoff Gurd & Gina Foster
album: Touch and Go
comments: [sweet soul]
|
| 100 |
record label: MCA 53151
chart position: RandB #1, UK #62, US #85, US dance #23
written by: Timmy Allen & Paul Laurence
album: If I Were Your Woman
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