Top R&B Songs of 1988 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1989 Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1989
[EMI/Manhattan 50146]
written by Bobby McFerrin

[Jive 9678]
written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Billy Ocean

[Virgin 99256]
written by Elliot Wolff

[Arista 9781]
written by Bill Pettaway Jr., Sean Spencer, Kevin Lyles, Rodney Hollaman & Ky Adeyemo

[MCA 53383]
written by Bobby Brown, Gene Griffin & Teddy Riley

[Columbia 38-08092]
written by Maurice Starr

used by NBC-TV for the 1988 Summer Olympics; produced by Narada Michael Walden
[Arista 9743]
written by Albert Hammond & John Bettis

[Epic 07739]
written by Michael Jackson

R
[Columbia 07773]
written by George Michael

R
[Columbia 07911]
written by Terence Trent D'Arby

[Virgin 99231]
written by Jamie J. Morgan, Booga Bear, Neneh Cherry & Phillip Ramacon

[Columbia 07682]
written by George Michael

produced by Narada Michael Walden
[Arista 9674]
written by Chuck Jackson & Frank Wildhorn

[Columbia 07941]
written by George Michael

[Epic 07668]
written by Siedah Garrett & Glen Ballard

[EMI/Manhattan 50117]
written by Bruce Springsteen

[Virgin 99326]
written by Steve Winwood, Will Jennings, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[Arista 9832]
written by Frank Farian & B. Nail

produced by Babyface
[MCA 53416]
written by L.A. Reid, Babyface & Daryl Simmons

charted as the double A Side Wild Thing/Loc'ed After Dark in the UK
[Delicious Vinyl 102]
written by Young MC

as Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
[Epic 07921]
written by Gloria Estefan & Enrique Garcia

[MCA 53279]
written by Perri McKissack

with Chubby Checker
[Tin Pan Apple 887571]
written by Hank Ballard

[Epic 08044]
written by Michael Jackson

produced by Jellybean
[Arista 9720]
written by Toni C.

produced by Babyface
[MCA 53463]
written by Babyface

[Columbia 08050]
written by George Michael

produced by Babyface
[Warner 27783]
written by L.A. Reid, Babyface & Daryl Simmons

[Elektra 69371]
written by Anita Baker, Skip Scarborough & Randy Holland

[Paisley Park 27900]
written by Prince

[Arista 9700]
written by Jimmy George

[Mango 123]
written by Albert Hammond & Diane Warren

featuring Joe Esposito
[A&M 3003]
written by Brenda Russell, Jeff Hull & Scott Cutler

produced by Babyface
[MCA 53327]
written by Kenneth Edmonds, L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons

[Arista 9684]
written by Daryl Hall

[Epic 07962]
written by Michael Jackson

[MCA 53311]
written by Don Powell, Rick Kelly & Linda Mallah

produced by Babyface
[Warner 27773]
written by Babyface, L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons

[MCA 53254]
written by Bobby Nunn

[Warner 28192]
written by Al B. Sure! & Kyle West

[Wing 871078]
written by Lisa Montegomery & Geneva Paschal

[Columbia 68575]
written by Andrew Banfield, Aaron Brown, David Milliner, Michael Milliner, Hammish Seelochan & Pete Wingfield

[Columbia 07744]
written by Johnny Kemp, Teddy Riley, Gene Griffin & Aaron Hall

[Epic 07904]
written by Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman & Paul Spencer Denman

[Arista 9636]
written by Bunny Sigler & Carol Davis

[MCA 53264]
written by James Samuel Harris III & Terry Lewis

featuring Stevie Wonder
[Columbia 07781]
written by Stevie Wonder

produced by Full Force
[Jive 1154]
written by Full Force

[Next Plateau 321]
written by Phil Medley & Bert Russell

[Island 99252]
written by Mike Leeson, Peter Vale & Miles Waters

as Narada
[Reprise 27967]
written by Narada Michael Walden & Jeffrey Cohen

featuring Kevin Saunderson
[Virgin 99260]
written by Kevin Saunderson, Paris Grey, James Pennington & Arthur Forrest

featuring The McCampbell Brothers
[MCA 53177]
written by Babyface & L.A.

produced by Babyface
[MCA 53301]
written by Babyface, L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons

[Tommy Boy 27736]
written by Paul Robb

[Elektra 69327]
written by Alex Brown, Sami McKinney & Michael O'Hara

[Jive 9707]
written by Wayne Anton Braithwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Billy Ocean & Jolyon Skinner

[Profile 5239]
written by Robert Ginyard, Michael Jackson & Randy Jackson [Jackson 5]

instrumental
[Arista 9751]
written by Kenny G

featuring Cherrelle
[Tabu 07646]
written by James Harris III & Terry Lewis

[Jive 1099]
written by Will Smith, Jeff Townes & Peter Harris

[Epic 08513]
written by Luther Vandross & Hubert Eaves III

[Columbia 38-07700]
written by Maurice Starr

[Epic 08047]
written by Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller

[Island 99273]
written by David Cole, John Coltrane & Will Downing

[Warner 28201]
written by Morris Day, James Harris & Terry Lewis

[Arista 9714]
written by Errol Brown & Simon Climie

[Jive 1124]
written by Will Smith, Jeff Townes & Peter Harris

featuring E.U.
charted as Shake Your Thang / Spinderella's Not a Fella (But a Girl D.J.) in Australia charts
[Next Plateau 319]
written by Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley & O'Kelly Isley

[Wing 887386]
written by Kipper Jones & Rex Salas

[Profile 5186]
written by Robert Ginyard & James Brown

[Capitol 44124]
written by Smokey Robinson & Ronald White

[Columbia 68931]
written by Andrew Banfield, Aaron Brown, David Milliner, Michael Milliner & Hammish Seelochan

[Columbia 08073]
written by Vaughan Mason

[Def Jam 07934]
written by Carlton Ridenhour, Keith Shocklee & Eric "Vietnam" Sadler

[Columbia 07695]
written by Wayne Vaughn & Maurice White

[Uni 50003]
written by William Griffin & Eric Barrier

[Cooltempo 43329]
written by Otis Redding

[Def Jam 07679]
written by James Todd Smith

[Warner 27870]
written by Al B. Sure! & Kyle West

[A&M 1227]
written by Robert Brookins, Jeffrey Osborne, Tony Haynes & Clinton "Spud" Blanson

[Virgin 99299]
written by Tyrone Downie & Ziggy Marley

[Profile 5214]
written by Berry Gordy, Alphonso Mizell, Freddie Perren, Dennis Lussier & Derek Boland

[EMI/Manhattan 50115]
written by Marcus Miller & Mark Stevens

[RCA 8853]
written by Leon Sylvers III

[Columbia 07996]
written by Curtis Bedeau, Gerard Charles, Hugh Clarke, Brian George, Lucien George & Paul George

featuring Full Force
[Scotti Brothers 07783]
written by Full Force & James Brown

[Mercury 870154]
written by Steve Harvey

[Capitol 44171]
written by Barry Eastmond & Jolyon Skinner

[Motown 1919]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Sleeping Bag 40136]
written by Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Joyce Sims & Bill Ward

[Motown 1930]
written by Stevie Wonder