Top R&B Songs of 1984 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

Academy Award for Best Original Song 1984 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1984
[Motown 1745]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Motown 1722]
written by Lionel Richie

featuring New Jersey Mass Choir & Jennifer Holliday
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #476]
[Atlantic 89596]
written by Mick Jones [Foreigner] & Lou Gramm

[Columbia 04417]
written by Tom Snow & Dean Pitchford

[Columbia 04691]
written by George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley

with Phil Collins
[Columbia 04679]
written by Philip Bailey, Phil Collins & Nathan East

[Arista 9212]
written by Ray Parker Jr

double A-side with Last Christmas in the UK ; charted as Everything She Wants / Like a Baby in US dance charts
[Columbia 04840]
written by George Michael

featuring Stevie Wonder & Grandmaster Melle Mel
[Warner 29195]
written by Prince

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #52] charted as When Doves Cry / 17 Days in US dance charts
[Warner 29286]
written by Prince

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1985 Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1985 [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #309]
[Capitol 5354]
written by Terry Britten & Graham Lyle

[Sire 29210]
written by Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly

[Jive 9199]
written by Billy Ocean & Keith Diamond

[Mercury 880294]
written by Roland Orzabal & Ian Stanley

[Warner 29384]
written by Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen & Michael Anthony

featuring Michael Jackson
[Motown 1702]
written by Kennedy Gordy & Curtis Anthony Nolen

[Planet 13780]
written by Steve Mitchell, Marti Sharron & Gary Skardina

[Epic 04713]
written by Kevin Cronin

with The Revolution
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #143]
[Warner 29174]
written by Prince

[RCA 13916]
written by Daryl Hall & John Oates

[Jive 9284]
written by Keith Diamond, Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Billy Ocean

with The Revolution
charted as Let's Go Crazy / Erotic City in US dance charts
[Warner 29216]
written by Prince

[Motown 1746]
written by Lionel Richie

[Polydor 821708]
written by Ollie E. Brown & Jerry Knight

[Capitol 5397]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

as The Jacksons featuring Mick Jagger
[Epic 04503]
written by Michael Jackson, Randy Hansen & Mick Jagger

Joanna / Tonight was released as a double a-side in the UK
[De-Lite 830]
written by James "J.T." Taylor, Curtis "Fitz" Williams & Kool & The Gang

[RCA 13988]
written by Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson & Tim Rice

[Virgin/Epic 04638]
written by Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss

[De-Lite 880623]
written by Kool & The Gang & James "J.T." Taylor

[Portrait 04807]
written by Sade Adu & Ray St. John

charted as Miss Me Blind / It's a Miracle in US dance charts
[Virgin/Epic 04457]
written by Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay, Jon Moss & Phil Pickett

[Arista 9279]
written by Larry Di Tomaso & Ralph Dino

[RCA 13970]
written by Daryl Hall & Janna Allen

[Motown 1762]
written by Brenda Harvey Richie & Lionel Richie

[Planet 13951]
written by Allee Willis & Danny Sembello

[Epic 04619]
written by Teena Marie

[Capitol 5387]
written by Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman & Holly Knight

[MCA 52455]
written by Vincent Brantley & Rick Timas

[Columbia 05577]
written by Earl Randle

[Capitol 5433]
written by Mark Knopfler

[Sire 29319]
written by Jacques Morali, Frederick Zarr, Henri Belolo & Keith Rodgers

backing vocals by Jermaine Stewart ; charted as Miss Me Blind / It's a Miracle in US dance charts
[Virgin/Epic 04388]
written by Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss

[Geffen 4029]
written by Paul Weller

[MCA 52378]
written by Dan Hartman

[Warner 29285]
written by Prince

[MCA 52484]
written by Ray Parker Jr

[De-Lite 880431]
written by Robert "Kool" Bell, Kool & The Gang & James "J.T." Taylor

[EMI America 8253]
written by Alexander Nevermind

[Portrait 05408]
written by Sade Adu & Stuart Matthewman

[tribute to Marvin Gaye]
[RCA 13966]
written by Lionel Richie

[recorded in 1973]
[Motown 1739]
written by Keni St. Lewis

[Elektra 69728]
written by Cynthia Weil, Michael Masser & Tom Snow

[RCA 13714]
written by Daryl Hall, John Oates & Sara Allen

with The Revolution
[Warner 29121]
written by Prince

[Gordy 1765]
written by Ali-Ollie Woodson & Otis Williams

[Motown 1769]
written by Stevie Wonder

instrumental
[Island 99754]
written by Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik, Paul Morley & Trevor Horn

[Geffen 29328]
written by Irene Cara, Giorgio Moroder & Bunny Hull

as The Jacksons
[Epic 04575]
written by Jackie Jackson & Kathy Wakefield

[Motown 1760]
written by Bobby Harris & Keith Harrison

[Vinyl Dreams 71]
written by Jocelyn Brown & Annette Brown

[Solar 7-69684]
written by Bo Watson, Reggie Calloway, Belinda Lipscomb & Boaz Watson

[RCA 13864]
written by Daryl Hall & Sara Allen

[RCA 13899]
written by Kenny Rogers, David Foster & Richard Marx

[Mirage 99775]
written by Chris Barbosa & Ed Chisolm

featuring Rick Derringer
[parody of Beat It by Michael Jackson]
[Rock 'n' Roll 04374]
written by Michael Jackson & Weird Al Yankovic

[Columbia 04507]
written by Cynthia Weil, Tony Renis & Julio Iglesias

[Columbia 04372]
written by Dean Pitchford & Bill Wolfer

as the Furious Five featuring Cowboy, Melle Mel & Scorpio
[Sugar Hill 32033]
written by Sylvia Robinson & Mel Glover

[Arista 9293]
written by Ray Parker Jr

[Philly World 99710]
written by McKinley Horton & Ronald Broomfield

featuring Catherine Buchanan
[EMI America 8297]
written by Madonna

[Arista 9190]
written by Andy Goldmark & Bruce Roberts

[Casablanca 880180]
written by David "Hawk" Wolinski

[Warner 29180]
written by Sheila E.

[Warner 29181]
written by Prince & Jesse Johnson

[RFC/Atlantic 89684]
written by James Harris III & Terry Lewis

[Emergency 4548]
written by Mike Francis

[Atlanta Artists 818384]
written by Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant & Charlie Singleton

[MCA 52471]
written by Dan Hartman & Charlie Midnight

[Portrait 04671]
written by Bernard Oattes, Rob van Schaik & Van Gibbs

with Whitney Houston
[Asylum 69720]
written by Linda Creed & Michael Masser

[Total Experience 2400]
written by Jonah Ellis

from the movie Romancing the Stone
[Portrait 04433]
written by Eddy Grant

[Geffen 7-29291]
written by Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson & George Treadwell

produced by Michael Jackson
[Columbia 04547]
written by Michael Jackson

[Warner 29120]
written by Randy Goodrum & Steve Kipner

instrumental charted as Rain Forest / Sound Chaser in US dance charts
[Profile 5059]
written by Paul Hardcastle

[Tabu 04523]
written by Terry Lewis & James Harris III