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Top R&B Songs of 1980

1979 <-1980-> 1981
    

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1.
07/1980
430

✫1
US
18
AC


✫1
dance
✫1
R&B
2
UK
produced by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers; charted as Upside Down / I'm Coming Out in US dance charts
[Motown 1494]
written by Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards
2.
03/1980
419

✫1
US




✫1
dance
2
R&B
2
UK
charted as Funkytown / All Night Dancing in US dance charts
[Casablanca 2233]
written by Steven Greenberg
3.
10/1980
358

✫1
US
34
AC


✫1
dance
✫1
R&B
7
UK
charted as Celebration / Take It to the Top in US dance charts
[De-Lite 807]
written by Donna Johnson, Claydes Charles Smith, Earl Toon, James "J.T." Taylor, Ronald Bell (as Ronald Nathan Bell), George Brown (as George Melvin Brown), Dennis Ronald Thomas, Eumir Deodato, Robert Mickens, Robert Bell & Kool & The Gang
4.
08/1980
348

✫1
US




2
dance
2
R&B
7
UK
[Elektra 47031]
written by John Deacon
5.
09/1980
330

5
US




10
dance
✫1
R&B
2
UK
[Tamla 54317]
written by Stevie Wonder
6.
10/1980
323

✫1
US
✫1
AC
✫1
country


42
R&B
12
UK
produced by Lionel Richie
[Liberty 1380]
written by Lionel Richie
7.
05/1980
308

4
US
3
AC


50
dance
5
R&B
4
UK
[Atlantic 3664]
written by Sam Cooke & Michael Zager
8.
06/1980
292

4
US
26
AC


2
dance
✫1
R&B
7
UK
[Warner 49505]
written by Rod Temperton
9.
08/1980
288

6
US
5
AC


5
dance
12
R&B
4
UK
charted as Sweet Sensation / Never Knew Love Like This Before in US dance charts
[20th Century 2460]
written by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas
10.
02/1980
274

5
US
6
AC




67
R&B
4
UK
[Capitol 4831]
written by Robert Mather, Keith Stegall & Chris Waters
11.
01/1980
271

19
US




✫1
dance
✫1
R&B
2
UK
charted as And the Beat Goes On / Can You Do the Boogie / Out the Box in US dance charts
[Solar 11894]
written by Leon Sylvers III, Stephen Shockley & William Shelby
12.
02/1980
267

7
US




✫1
dance
✫1
R&B
6
UK
[A&M 2216]
written by Louis Johnson, George Johnson (as George "Happy" Johnson), Valerie Johnson & Rod Temperton
13.
04/1980
239

10
US
4
AC




43
R&B
3
UK
[Epic 50871]
written by Tom Bahler
14.
08/1980
234

5
US




✫1
dance
6
R&B
13
UK
produced by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers; charted as Upside Down / I'm Coming Out in US dance charts
[Motown 1491]
written by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
15.
03/1980
226

9
US




2
dance
✫1
R&B
8
UK
charted as Let's Get Serious / Burnin' Hot in US dance charts
[Motown 1469]
written by Lee Garrett & Stevie Wonder
16.
04/1980
216

3
US




✫1
dance
✫1
R&B
51
UK
[Tabu 5522]
written by Sigidi Abdullah & Harold Clayton
17.
01/1980
196

5
US
11
AC




3
R&B
23
UK
[De-Lite 802]
written by George Brown & Kool & The Gang
18.
11/1980
189

5
US




14
dance
65
R&B
17
UK
19.
03/1980
184

10
US
32
AC




29
R&B
7
UK
co-produced by Robin Gibb
[RSO 1021]
written by Robin Gibb & Blue Weaver
20.
11/1980
181

19
US




26
dance
✫1
R&B
7
UK
[Mercury 76085]
written by Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples & Lonnie Simmons
21.
01/1980
181

5
US
26
AC


8
dance
9
R&B
32
UK
[Casablanca 2236]
written by Giorgio Moroder & Donna Summer
22.
05/1980
180

56
US




6
dance
8
R&B
3
UK
as Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway
charted as Back Together Again / Don't Make Me Wait Too Long in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3661]
written by Reggie Lucas & James Mtume
23.
12/1980
175

11
US
20
AC




4
R&B
10
UK
[Tamla 54320]
written by Stevie Wonder
24.
09/1980
172

3
US






13
R&B
48
UK
[Geffen 49563]
written by Giorgio Moroder & Donna Summer
25.
07/1980
172

3
US
13
AC


26
dance
10
R&B


charted as He's So Shy / Could I Be Dreaming / We Got the Power in US dance charts
[Planet 47916]
written by Tom Snow & Cynthia Weil
26.
04/1980
171

3
US
3
AC




35
R&B


[Warner 49225]
written by David Pack
27.
03/1980
168

5
US
21
AC




4
R&B
45
UK
[Columbia 11222]
written by Leo Graham & Paul Richmond
28.
10/1980
165

9
US
9
AC




14
R&B
16
UK
[Motown 1496]
written by Carole Bayer Sager & Michael Masser
29.
01/1980
153

4
US
9
AC




49
R&B


[RSO 1019]
written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb
30.
09/1980
152

12
US




✫1
dance
2
R&B
29
UK
as The Jacksons
charted as Lovely One / Can You Feel It / Walk Right Now in US dance charts
[Epic 50938]
written by Michael Jackson & Randy Jackson [Jackson 5]
31.
12/1980
147

77
US




✫1
dance
30
R&B
6
UK
as The Jacksons
charted as Lovely One / Can You Feel It / Walk Right Now in US dance charts
[Epic 01032]
written by Jackie Jackson & Michael Jackson
32.
09/1980
141

5
US
10
AC


70
dance
40
R&B


[Warner 49503]
written by Michael McDonald & Patrick Henderson
33.
12/1980
136

73
US




✫1
dance
50
R&B
7
UK
as The Jacksons
charted as Lovely One / Can You Feel It / Walk Right Now in US dance charts
[Epic 02132]
written by Michael Jackson, Jackie Jackson & Randy Jackson [Jackson 5]
34.
04/1980
133

6
US
5
AC




85
R&B


[Elektra 46621]
written by Robbie Dupree (as Robert Dupuis) & Rick Chudacoff
35.
05/1980
132







4
dance
21
R&B
6
UK
charted as Behind the Groove / You're All the Boogie I Need in US dance charts
[Gordy 7184]
written by Teena Marie & Richard Rudolph
36.
02/1980
131

102
US




52
dance
4
R&B
6
UK
[Mercury 76037]
written by Rudy Taylor (as Rudolph Taylor), Robert Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Charlie Wilson & Ronnie Wilson
37.
04/1980
124

40
US




✫1
dance
5
R&B
14
UK
charted as A Lover's Holiday / The Glow Of Love in UK charts ; charted as A Lover's Holiday / The Glow of Love / Searching in US dance charts
[RFC 49208]
written by Davide Romani & Tanyayette Willoughby
38.
06/1980
122







49
dance
56
R&B
5
UK
as Bob Marley & the Wailers
written by Bob Marley
39.
05/1980
119

9
US
37
AC




✫1
R&B


[Warner 49221]
written by Sam Dees
40.
02/1980
117

49
US




10
dance
2
R&B
12
UK
[20th Century 2443]
written by Leon Haywood
41.
07/1980
113







9
dance
✫1
R&B
10
UK
[Arista/GRP 2506]
written by Tom Browne & Toni Smith
42.
04/1980
105







27
dance
41
R&B
7
UK
[instrumental]
[Columbia 11252]
written by Rodney Franklin
43.
05/1980
104







✫1
dance
23
R&B
11
UK
charted as A Lover's Holiday / The Glow of Love / Searching in US dance charts
[RFC/Warner 49512]
written by Mauro Malavasi & Paul Slade
44.
10/1980
98

61
US






9
R&B
10
UK
[Warner 49570]
written by Rod Temperton
45.
12/1980
96







✫1
dance
11
R&B
15
UK
charted as Celebration / Take It to the Top in US dance charts
[De-Lite 810]
written by Robert Bell (as Robert "Kool" Bell) & Kool & The Gang
46.
11/1980
91

10
US
11
AC




68
R&B


[MCA 51036]
written by Donald Fagen & Walter Becker
47.
05/1980
90







✫1
dance
49
R&B
14
UK
charted as A Lover's Holiday / The Glow Of Love in UK charts ; charted as A Lover's Holiday / The Glow of Love / Searching in US dance charts
[RFC/Warner 49587]
written by Davide Romani, Wayne Garfield & Mario Malavasi
48.
04/1980
90

53
US




24
dance
40
R&B
12
UK
as Average White Band
[Arista 0515]
written by Alan Gorrie
49.
03/1980
89

102
US




12
dance
74
R&B
10
UK
[De-lite 803]
written by Ida Reid
50.
08/1980
89

37
US




2
dance
9
R&B
28
UK
charted as I Need Your Lovin' / Chains in US dance charts
[Gordy 7189]
written by Teena Marie
51.
12/1980
84

22
US






2
R&B
44
UK
as The Jacksons
aka Heartbreak Hotel
[Epic 50959]
written by Michael Jackson
52.
01/1980
84

18
US
✫1
AC




32
R&B


[instrumental]
[A&M 2211]
written by Chuck Mangione
53.
12/1980
83

84
US




19
dance
✫1
R&B
22
UK
charted as Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)/Humpin' in US dance charts
[Mercury 76091]
written by Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons & Rudy Taylor
54.
07/1980
77

23
US
✫1
AC




19
R&B


[Arista 0527]
written by Richard Kerr & Will Jennings
55.
01/1980
74

60
US




42
dance
18
R&B
17
UK
aka Computer Game (Theme from the Circus)
[Horizon 127]
written by arr. Yellow Magic Orchestra & Martin Denny
56.
05/1980
73

21
US
3
AC




21
R&B


[Capitol 4869]
written by Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser
57.
11/1980
69

18
US
30
AC




9
R&B


[ASI 201/Boardwalk 5702]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
58.
03/1980
68

28
US
40
AC




3
R&B
55
UK
[Solar 11928]
written by Nick Caldwell (as Nicholas Caldwell)
59.
06/1980
67

17
US
29
AC




17
R&B


[Columbia 11281]
written by David Foster, David Lasley & Boz Scaggs
60.
07/1980
66









60
R&B
13
UK
[Solar 12049]
written by Joey Gallo & Leon Sylvers III
61.
09/1980
65







71
dance
27
R&B
15
UK
62.
06/1980
63

20
US
47
AC




8
R&B


[Motown 1489]
written by Milan Williams
63.
08/1980
63

21
US
34
AC




8
R&B


[Cotillion 46001]
written by Bunny Hull & Narada Michael Walden
64.
09/1980
61

44
US




85
dance
8
R&B
29
UK
65.
11/1980
59

110
US




74
dance
21
R&B
19
UK
[Epic 50945]
written by Rod Temperton
66.
01/1980
58

19
US
33
AC




37
R&B


[Polydor/MVP 2053]
written by Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren
67.
07/1980
54









50
R&B
17
UK
[EMI America 8143]
written by Errol Brown
68.
05/1980
54







✫1
dance
8
R&B
51
UK
charted as Dynamite! / Jump to the Beat in US dance charts
[Cotillion 45015]
written by Narada Michael Walden & Bunny Hull
69.
01/1980
53

64
US




34
dance
6
R&B
34
UK
produced by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers; charted as Got to Love Somebody Today / Reach Your Peak in US dance charts
[Cotillion 45007]
written by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
70.
07/1980
53

87
US




5
dance
6
R&B
51
UK
charted as I've Just Begun To Love You/Do Me Right/Groove Control in US dance charts
[Solar 12021]
written by William Shelby & Rickey Smith (as Ricky Smith)
71.
06/1980
52

87
US




9
dance
4
R&B
47
UK
72.
04/1980
51

52
US




5
dance
3
R&B


charted as Sweet Sensation / Never Knew Love Like This Before in US dance charts
[20th Century 2449]
written by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas
73.
11/1980
50

55
US




12
dance
✫1
R&B


charted as Fantastic Voyage / Can't Get You Out of My Head in US dance charts
[Solar 12129]
written by Fred Alexander Jr. (as Fred Alexander), Norman Beavers, Marvin Craig, Tiemeyer McCain, Thomas Shelby, Stephen Shockley, Otis Stokes & Mark Wood
74.
08/1980
49

41
US




✫1
dance
40
R&B


charted as Fame (Irene Cara) / Red Light (Linda Clifford) / Hot Lunch Jam (Irene Cara) in US dance charts
[RSO/Curtom 1041]
written by Michael Gore & Dean Pitchford
75.
03/1980
48

30
US
34
AC




6
R&B


as Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
[Arista 0494]
written by Ray Parker Jr
76.
03/1980
48

39
US






✫1
R&B


[T-Neck 2290]
written by Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.), Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
77.
03/1980
47

31
US






4
R&B


[Tamla 54311]
written by Smokey Robinson
78.
10/1980
41

44
US






2
R&B


[Philadelphia International 3116]
written by Cecil Womack, Linda Womack & Eddie Noble (as Gip Noble)
79.
10/1980
40







25
dance
4
R&B
45
UK
[Arista/GRP 2510]
written by Tom Browne & Toni Smith
80.
06/1980
39







53
dance
3
R&B
41
UK
[Spring 3012]
written by Johnny Flippin & Bill Curtis
81.
02/1980
39







8
dance
35
R&B
34
UK
charted as I Shoulda Loved Ya / Tonight I'm All Right in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3655]
written by Narada Michael Walden
82.
04/1980
39

101
US






28
R&B
28
UK
[Chi-Sound 2451]
written by Bob Stone & Mark Gibbons
83.
11/1980
37

40
US




25
dance
8
R&B


[Mercury 76089]
written by Michael Cooper
84.
08/1980
37

86
US




19
dance
2
R&B


[Warner 49534]
written by Roger (as Roger Troutman)
85.
10/1980

Uptown by Prince

from Dirty Mind   Dirty Mind
37

101
US




5
dance
5
R&B


charted as Uptown / Dirty Mind / Head in US dance charts
[Warner 49559]
written by Prince
86.
01/1980
36

35
US
9
AC




96
R&B


featuring Michael McDonald
[Warner 49130]
written by Michael McDonald & B.J. Cook (as Bonnie Jean Foster)
87.
08/1980
36

104
US




6
dance
67
R&B
44
UK
charted as Back Together Again / Don't Make Me Wait Too Long in US dance charts
[Atlantic 3753]
written by Stevie Wonder
88.
04/1980
36

46
US






3
R&B


[Columbia 11239]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
89.
07/1980
36

52
US




52
dance
3
R&B


charted as Can't We Try / Take Me in Your Arms Tonight in US dance charts
[Philadelphia International 3107]
written by Ken Hirsch & Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller)
90.
10/1980
36

102
US




2
dance
13
R&B


charted as Look Up / Never Gonna Give You Up in US dance charts
[Elektra 47067]
written by Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims (as Charles Mims Jr.) & Sheree Brown
91.
04/1980
34

43
US




23
dance
11
R&B


[Gordy 7183]
written by Angelo Bond, Berry Gordy & Jean Mayer
92.
07/1980
33

55
US






3
R&B


[TSOP 4790]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
93.
11/1980
33

56
US






3
R&B


[Arista 0569]
written by Phil Perry & Chuck Jackson
94.
02/1980
32







11
dance
22
R&B
44
UK
[Solar 11929]
written by Dick Griffey & Leon Sylvers III
95.
03/1980
32

52
US
43
AC




56
R&B
52
UK
[Tamla 54308]
written by Stevie Wonder
96.
07/1980
32

63
US






76
R&B
39
UK
[Handshake 5300]
written by Smokey Robinson & Ronald White
97.
01/1980
31

47
US
46
AC




8
R&B


as Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway
[Atlantic 3627]
written by Stevie Wonder & Eric Mercury
98.
06/1980
31









36
R&B
30
UK
[Mercury 76062]
written by Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor (as Rudolph Taylor), Charlie Wilson & Ronnie Wilson
99.
12/1980
31

63
US




13
dance
11
R&B


charted as Bon Bon Vie (Gimme the Good Life) / Candidate for Love in US dance charts
[Mirage 3780]
written by Sandy Linzer & L. Russell Brown
100.
11/1980
31

48
US
30
AC




10
R&B


[Columbia 11407]
written by David Foster, Brenda Russell & Maurice White

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