| 1 |
record label: Warner 22924
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1, US alt. #18
written by: Prince
album: Batman
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| 2 |
record label: Virgin 96528
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2, US dance #24, US AC #45
written by: Oliver Leiber
album: Forever Your Girl
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| 3 |
record label: Virgin 265
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #4, US dance #1
written by: Jazzie B, Caron Wheeler, Nellee Hooper & Simon Law
album: Club Classics, Volume One
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| 4 |
record label: WEA 377
chart position: RandB #38, UK #2, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: A New Flame
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| 5 |
record label: Arista 612 693
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #3, US dance #1, US AC #7
written by: Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney & Andy Morris
album: Affection
|
| 6 |
record label: Sire 27539
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #20, UK #1, US #1, US AC #3
written by: Madonna & Patrick Leonard
album: Like a Prayer
|
| 7 |
record label: Arista 9870
chart position: RandB #20, UK #2, US #1, US AC #21
written by: Frank Farian, Peter Bischof Fallenstein & Dietmar Kawohl
album: All or Nothing
|
| 8 |
record label: SBK 19701
chart position: RandB #10, UK #2, US #2, US dance #1
written by: Ya Kid K (as Manuela Kamosi) & Jo Bogaert (as Thomas de Quincey)
album: Pump Up the Jam: The Album
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 9 |
record label: MCA 53483
chart position: RandB #54, US #1, UK #5, US dance #1, US alt.# 5
written by: Roland Gift, David Steele & Andy Cox
album: The Raw & the Cooked
|
| 10 |
record label: Columbia 68671
chart position: RandB #12, UK #5, US #1, US AC #3
written by: Maurice Starr
album: Hangin' Tough
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 11 |
record label: AandM 663
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #22, US dance #1
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Rhythm Nation 1814
|
| 12 |
record label: MCA 23957
chart position: RandB #1, UK #4, US #2, US dance #15
written by: Babyface, L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons
album: Ghostbusters II
comments: [new jack swing]
|
| 13 |
record label: MCA 53618
chart position: RandB #1, UK #6, US #3, US dance #17
written by: L.A. Reid & Babyface
|
| 14 |
record label: Siren 112
chart position: RandB #54, US #1, UK #24, US dance #28, US AC #11
written by: Oliver Leiber
album: Forever Your Girl
comments: [new jack swing]
|
| 15 |
record label: Epic 655054
chart position: US #1, UK #6, US AC #2
written by: Gloria Estefan
album: Cuts Both Ways
comments: [ballad]
|
| 16 |
record label: EMI 63
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #7, US AC #1
written by: Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser & Preston Glass
album: Good to Be Back
comments: [ballad]
|
| 17 |
record label: Arista 9904
chart position: RandB #14, US #1, UK #52, US AC #27
written by: Diane Warren
album: Girl You Know It's True
|
| 18 |
record label: Atlantic 88899
chart position: UK #3, US #7, US dance #5, US AC #2
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman and Donna Summer
album: Another Place and Time
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 19 |
record label: MCA 53484
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, US dance #1, UK #31
written by: Andre Cymone & Jody Watley
album: Larger Than Life
|
| 20 |
record label: Delicious Vinyl 104
chart position: RandB #7, US #3, UK #13, US dance #8
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Young MC, Michael L. Ross & Matt Dike
album: Loc'ed After Dark
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 21 |
record label: AandM 1455
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, US dance #1, UK #23
written by: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Rhythm Nation 1814
|
| 22 |
record label: Solar 74005
chart position: RandB #5, US #2, US AC #20
written by: Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Melvin Gentry & Belinda Lipscomb
album: All the Way
|
| 23 |
record label: Epic 13
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #43, US AC #3
written by: David L. Elliott & Terry Steele
album: The Best of Luther Vandross...The Best of Love
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 24 |
record label: 10 Records 263
chart position: RandB #1, UK #5, US #11, US dance #1, US AC #37
written by: Jazzie B (as Beresford Romeo)
album: Club Classics, Volume One
|
| 25 |
record label: Columbia 68746
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #3
written by: Bernard Jackson
album: 2nd Wave
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 26 |
record label: Deconstruction 43056
chart position: UK #1, US Dance #39
written by: Dan Hartman, Mirko Limoni, DJ Leleweland Valerio Semplici
album: Dreamland
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 27 |
record label: Circa 34
chart position: UK #3
written by: Claus Zundel, Mike Staab, Sydney Youngblood and Ralf Hamm
album: Feeling Free
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 28 |
record label: Columbia 06619
chart position: RandB #34, UK #8, US #8, US AC #12
written by: Thom Bell & William Hart
album: New Kids on the Block
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 29 |
record label: Atco 9149
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, US dance #7, UK #78
written by: Michel'le, Laylaw & Dr. Dre (as Andre Young)
album: Michel'le
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 30 |
record label: Warner 27863
chart position: RandB #4, US dance #1, US #6, UK #22
written by: L.A. Reid, Babyface & Daryl Simmons
album: Karyn White
|
| 31 |
record label: Mika 2
chart position: RandB #3, US #5, US AC #3
written by: Deon Estus & George Michael
album: Spell
|
| 32 |
record label: Wing 871 078
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #74, US AC #2
written by: Lisa Montegomery & Geneva Paschal
album: The Right Stuff
|
| 33 |
record label: Delicious Vinyl 137
chart position: RandB #9, US #7, US dance #7, UK #73
written by: Young MC, Matt Dike & Michael Ross
album: Stone Cold Rhymin
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 34 |
record label: MCA 53714
chart position: RandB #3, US #4, UK #74, US AC #11
written by: Gardner Cole & James Newton Howard
album: Larger Than Life
comments: [ballad]
|
| 35 |
record label: MCA 53652
chart position: RandB #3, US #7, UK #33, US AC #28
written by: Babyface (as Kenny Edmonds) & L.A. Reid
album: Don't Be Cruel
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 36 |
record label: Mercury 311
chart position: US dance #1, UK #2, US #25, RandB #75
written by: Steve Vincent & Mick Walsh
album: Adventures of Stevie V
comments: [disco dance boogie]
|
| 37 |
record label: Solar 68966
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, US dance #5
written by: Babyface, L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons
album: Tender Lover
comments: [disco dance boogie]
|
| 38 |
record label: Vendetta 1464
chart position: US #2, US Dance #1
written by: David Cole
album: Nothing Matters without Love
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 39 |
record label: Warner 27783
chart position: RandB #1, UK #11, US #8, US AC #12
written by: L.A. Reid, Babyface & Daryl Simmons
album: Karyn White
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 40 |
record label: 4th and Bway 483
chart position: RandB #25, US #7, US dance #3
written by: Dino
album: 24 7
comments: [disco dance boogie]
|
| 41 |
record label: MCA 53660
chart position: RandB #3, US #9, UK #21, US dance #7
written by: A. Cymone, Jody Watley, Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin)
album: Larger Than Life
|
| 42 |
record label: Qwest 2697
chart position: RandB #1, UK #21, US #18, US dance #1, US AC #30
written by: George Johnson, Louis Johnson & Sonora Sam
album: Back on the Block
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 43 |
record label: Fanfare 18 (UK)
chart position: UK #4, US #84
written by: J. Vincent Edwards and Pierre Tubbs
album: Wicked
comments: [disco]
|
| 44 |
record label: Champion 213
chart position: RandB #2, UK #19, US #20, US dance #4
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Let Yourself Go
|
| 45 |
record label: Ten Records 284
chart position: RandB #5, UK #3, US #54, US dance #9
written by: Jazzie B (as Beresford Romeo) & Hayden Brown
album: Vol. II: 1990: A New Decade
|
| 46 |
record label: Epic 655473
chart position: US #6, UK #23, US AC #1
written by: Gloria Estefan
album: Cuts Both Ways
|
| 47 |
record label: Warner 2814
chart position: RandB #5, UK #14, US #18, US dance #45
written by: Prince
album: Batman
|
| 48 |
record label: Big Life 7
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #22, US #34
written by: Paul Huston, Posdnuos (as Kelvin Mercer), David Jolicoeur, Maseo (as Vincent Mason), Philippe Wynne
album: 3 Feet High and Rising
comments: [hip hop, funk]
|
| 49 |
record label: Def Jam 68902
chart position: RandB #7, US #15, US dance #9, UK #43,
written by: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)
album: Walking with a Panther
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 50 |
record label: Solar 74003
chart position: RandB #1, US #14
written by: Babyface & L.A. Reid
album: Tender Lover
|
| 51 |
record label: Arista 112 185
chart position: RandB #17, UK #41, US #16, US AC #3
written by: Albert Hammond & Diane Warren
album: Through The Storm
|
| 52 |
record label: Atlantic 8963
chart position: RandB #12, UK #8, US dance #1
written by: Herb Lawson (as Herbert Lawson), Byron Burke & Byron Stingily
album: Foundation
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 53 |
record label: Epic 9
chart position: RandB #3, UK #34, US #30, US dance #18, US AC #17
written by: Luther Vandross & Hubert Eaves III
album: Any Love
comments: [dance, boogie]
|
| 54 |
record label: Chrysalis 7
chart position: UK #5
written by: Marcus Vere, Richard Darbyshire and Albert Hammond
album: Gatecrashing
comments: [ballad]
|
| 55 |
record label: Vendetta 1433
chart position: US dance #3, RandB #56, US #23
written by: Robert Clivillas, David Cole & Freedom Williams
album: Nothing Matters Without Love
comments: [dance, boogie]
|
| 56 |
record label: MCA 53657
chart position: UK #6, RandB #69, US AC #18
written by: Narada Michael Walden,Jeffrey Cohen, Walter Afanasieff, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
album: Licence to Kill: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
|
| 57 |
record label: Def Jam 68555
chart position: RandB #3, UK #17, US dance #3
written by: Vincent F. Bell (as Vincent Bell), Alvin Moody & Russell Simmonds
album: Raw
|
| 58 |
record label: Supreme 139
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #11, UK #14
written by: R. Ginyard
album: It Takes Two
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 59 |
record label: Def Jam 69072
chart position: RandB #5, UK #8
written by: Fred Gordon & Vincent F. Bell
album: Raw
|
| 60 |
record label: Elektra 69317
chart position: RandB #21, UK #13, US #57, US AC #19
written by: Jimmy Cameron & Vella Cameron
album: A New Flame
|
| 61 |
record label: Ten Records 290
chart position: UK #12, US dance #8, RandB #30, US #76
written by: James Mtume & Reggie Lucas
album: Big Fun
comments: [dance, boogie]
|
| 62 |
record label: Big Life 14
chart position: RandB #18, UK #7
written by: Paul Huston, Posdnuos , David Jolicoeur, Maseo , Mike Gee ,Africa Baby Bam & J. Davis
album: 3 Feet High and Rising
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 63 |
record label: Columbia 68897
chart position: RandB #2, US #27
written by: Eddie Murphy, Narada Michael Walden & Jeffrey Cohen
album: So Happy
|
| 64 |
record label: Oceana 99244
chart position: RandB #3, UK #10
written by: Frankie Beverly
album: Heaven on Earth
|
| 65 |
record label: Arista 9851
chart position: RandB #5, UK #29, US #41, US dance #18
written by: Albert Hammond & Diane Warren
album: Through The Storm
|
| 66 |
record label: Epic 655450
chart position: US #11, UK #23, US Dance #20, US AC #5
written by: John DeFaria, Clay Ostwald and Jorge Casas
album: Cuts Both Ways
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 67 |
record label: CBS 654781
chart position: RandB #3, US #29, UK #90
written by: Full Force
album: Straight to the Sky
|
| 68 |
record label: Columbia 73022
chart position: RandB #1, US #43, US AC #5
written by: Carvin Winans
album: Stay with Me
comments: [ballad]
|
| 69 |
record label: Profile 7241
chart position: US dance #2, RandB #70, UK #16
written by: Roland Clarke, Charlene Munford & David Shaw
comments: [disco, dance]
|
| 70 |
record label: Wing 871 723
chart position: RandB #2, US #34
written by: Daryll Duncan
album: Here I Am
|
| 71 |
record label: Epic 68688
chart position: RandB #4, UK #33, US dance #8, US #77
written by: L.A. Reid & Babyface
album: 2300 Jackson Street
|
| 72 |
record label: Big Life 10
chart position: RandB #32, UK #18, US dance #3
written by: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen, Steve Scipio, David Jolicoeur, Posdnuos , Paul Houston & Maseo
album: 3 Feet High and Rising
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 73 |
record label: Atlantic 88917
chart position: RandB #1, US #42
written by: Chuckii Booker & D. Spencer Jr.
album: Chuckii
|
| 74 |
record label: Geffen 22936
chart position: RandB #4, US #49, US dance #18
written by: Timmy Gatling & Alton Stewart
album: Adventures in Paradise
|
| 75 |
record label: MCA 53464
chart position: RandB #1, US #44
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Samuel Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: N.E. Heartbreak
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 76 |
record label: Supreme 143
chart position: US dance #9, RandB #11, UK #47, US #58
written by: R. Ginyard
album: It Takes Two
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 77 |
record label: Arista 634
chart position: RandB #1, UK #69, US #64
written by: David Conley, Derrick Culler & David Townsend
|
| 78 |
record label: Columbia 08537
chart position: RandB #1, US #57
written by: Bernard Jackson & David Townsend
album: 2nd Wave
|
| 79 |
record label: Motown 17838
chart position: RandB #3, UK #32, US dance #11
written by: Nile Rodgers & Christopher Max
album: Workin' Overtime
|
| 80 |
record label: Chrysalis 43329
chart position: RandB #84, UK #17, US dance #21
written by: Otis Redding
album: Adeva!
comments: [dance]
|
| 81 |
record label: Columbia 68569
chart position: RandB #21, US #36, US dance #25
written by: Rhett Lawrence & Dean Pitchford
album: Sing OST
|
| 82 |
record label: Columbia 68969
chart position: RandB #1, US #60
written by: Narada Michael Walden & Jeffrey Cohen
album: Stay with Me
|
| 83 |
record label: Arista 9785
chart position: RandB #18, US #47, US AC #4
written by: Dennis Matkosky, Lou Pardini & Paul Gordon
album: Silhouette
|
| 84 |
record label: Jive 1283
chart position: RandB #33, UK #81, US #32
written by: Robert John
|
| 85 |
record label: Motown 1968
chart position: RandB #1, US #62
written by: Teddy Riley & Gene Griffin
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 86 |
record label: Ten Records 252
chart position: UK #10, US Dance #1
written by: Kevin Saunderson and Paris Grey
album: Paradise
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 87 |
record label: 4th and Bway 122 (UK)
chart position: RandB #24, UK #19
written by: R. McDonald & W. Salter
album: So Good
|
| 88 |
record label: MCA 53490
chart position: RandB #2, US dance #36, US #70
written by: Timmy Gatling, Gene Griffin, Hall & Teddy Riley
album: Guy
|
| 89 |
record label: 4th and Bway 471
chart position: RandB #12, US #42, US dance #43
written by: Dino
album: 24 7
|
| 90 |
record label: Arista 9836
chart position: US Dance #2, US #8, UK #99
written by: Lewis Martineé
album: What You Don't Know
|
| 91 |
record label: Virgin 99204
chart position: RandB #5, US #74, UK #87
written by: Babyface & L.A. Reid
album: After 7
|
| 92 |
record label: Columbia 69016
chart position: RandB #1, US #84
written by: David Conley, Everett Collins, Derrick Culler & David Townsend
album: 2nd Wave
|
| 93 |
record label: AandM 680
chart position: RandB #5, US #55
written by: Tena Clark, Gary Prim & Vesta Williams
album: Vesta 4 U
comments: [ballad]
|
| 94 |
record label: Arista 9772
chart position: RandB #2, US #78, UK #81
written by: Charlie Singleton
album: Wait So Long
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 95 |
record label: Atlantic 86453
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #37, UK #72
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Oasis
comments: [dance]
|
| 96 |
record label: Atlantic 81926
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #19
written by: Marc Gordon, Gerald Levert & Heavy D (as Dwight Myers)
album: Just Coolin`
|
| 97 |
record label: Warner 27556
chart position: RandB #2, UK #54
written by: Timmy Gatling, Teddy Riley & Al B. Sure!
album: In Effect Mode
|
| 98 |
record label: Motown 4627
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #29, UK #94
written by: Larry McCain, Larry Singletary, Big Bub and Wesley Adams
album: Today
|
| 99 |
record label: Warner 22895
chart position: RandB #1, UK #89
written by: Frankie Beverly
album: Silky Soul
|
| 100 |
record label: Epic 3101
chart position: UK #13
written by: Luther Vandross
album: The Best of Luther Vandross...The Best of Love
comments: re release [dance, boogie]
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