Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#1: Donny Hathaway 'A Song for You'
 

#2: Prince 'Adore'
 

#3: Michael Jackson: 'Rock With You'
 

#4: The Gap Band 'Yearning for Your Love'
 

#5: Maxwell 'Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)'
 

#6: Mary J. Blige 'Real Love'
 

#7: Faith Evans 'Soon As I Get Home'
 

#8: Boyz II Men 'I'll Make Love to You'
 

#9: Meshell Ndegeocello 'Outside Your Door'
 

#10: Luther Vandross 'Never Too Much'
 

#11: Rufus & Chaka Khan 'Sweet Thing'
 

#12: Stevie Wonder 'As'
 

#13: Stevie Wonder 'Ribbon in the Sky'
 

#14: Minnie Riperton 'Inside My Love'
 

#15: The Isley Brothers 'Between the Sheets'
 

#16: Soul II Soul 'Back to Life'
 

#17: Al Green 'Love And Happiness'
 

#18: Guy 'I Like'
 

#19: Al Green 'Let's Stay Together'
 

#20: Earth Wind & Fire 'Love's Holiday'
 

#21: DeBarge 'I Like It'
 

#22: Mint Condition 'Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)'
 

#23: Prince and the Revolution 'Purple Rain'
 

#24: Mary J. Blige 'My Life'
 

#25: Guy 'Groove Me'
 

#26: New Edition 'Can You Stand The Rain'
 

#27: Jill Scott 'A Long Walk'
 

#28: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly 'Before I Let Go'
 

#29: Guy 'Piece of My Love'
 

#30: Jodeci 'Forever My Lady'
 

#31: Aaliyah 'Rock the Boat'
 

#32: Bobby Womack 'If You Think You're Lonely Now'
 

#33: Janet Jackson 'That's the Way Love Goes'
 

#34: Erykah Badu 'Otherside of the Game'
 

#35: Bobby Caldwell 'What You Won't Do for Love'
 

#36: Hall & Oates 'Sara Smile'
 

#37: D'Angelo 'Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine'
 

#38: Erykah Badu 'Next Lifetime'
 

#39: After 7 'Ready or Not'
 

#40: Xscape 'Who Can I Run To'
 

#41: Quincy Jones 'The Secret Garden'
 

#42: Janet Jackson 'The Pleasure Principle'
 

#43: TROOP 'Spread My Wings'
 

#44: Whitney Houston 'All the Man That I Need'
 

#45: Ready For The World 'Love You Down'
 

#46: Groove Theory "Tell Me"
 

#47: TLC 'Baby, Baby, Baby"#48: Teddy Pendergrass 'Love T.K.O.'
 

#49: Luther Vandross 'A House is Not a Home'
 

#50: Marvin Gaye 'I Want You'
 

#51: The Isley Brothers 'For the Love of You Pts. 1 & 2'

#52: Jackson 5 'Never Can Say Goodbye"
 

#53: Luther Vandross 'Superstar'
 

#54: Teena Marie 'I Need Your Lovin''
 

#55: Teena Marie 'Square Biz'
 

#56: Lenny Williams 'Cause I Love You'
 

#57: The Isley Brothers 'Footsteps in the Dark'
 

#58: Sam Cooke 'A Change Is Gonna Come'
 

#59: Chaka Khan 'What Cha' Gonna Do For Me'
 

#60: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes 'If You Don't Know Me By Now'
 

#61: L.T.D. 'Love Ballad'
 

#62: Marvin Gaye 'What's Going On'
 

#63: Marvin Gaye 'Let's Get It On'
 

#64: Gladys Knight & The Pips 'Midnight Train to Georgia'
 

#65: Mtume 'Juicy Fruit'
 

#66: The Gap Band 'Outstanding'
 

#67: Michael Jackson 'I Can't Help It'
 

#68: Stevie Wonder 'Overjoyed'
 

#69: Mary J. Blige 'Love No Limit'
 

#70: Sade 'Stronger Than Pride'
 

#71: Refugee All-Stars Featuring Lauryn Hill 'The Sweetest Thing'
 

#72: Rufus & Chaka 'Do You Love What You Feel?'

#73: Aaliyah 'One In A Million'
 

#74: Wham! Featuring George Michael 'Careless Whisper'
 

#75: Keith Sweat "Right And A Wrong Way"
 

#76: Stephanie Mills 'I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love'
 

#77: Teddy Pendergrass 'Close The Door'
 

#78: DeBarge 'Love Me In A Special Way'
 

#79: Marvin Gaye 'Sexual Healing'
 

#80: Stevie Wonder 'Superstition'
 

#81: Roberta Flack 'Killing Me Softly With His Song'
 

#82: Stevie Wonder 'Rocket Love'
 

#83: The O'Jays 'Cry Together'
 

#84: Marvin Gaye 'Inner City Blues'
 

#85: D'Angelo 'Brown Sugar'
 

#86 Sheila E. 'The Glamorous Life'
 

#87 Tevin Campbell 'Can We Talk'
 

#88 Toni Braxton 'How Many Ways'
 

#89: New Edition 'If It Isn't Love'
 

#90: Alicia Keys 'You Don't Know My Name'
 

#91: Anita Baker 'Sweet Love'
 

#92: Bilal 'Soul Sista'
 

#93: Third World 'Now That We've Found Love'
 

#94: Michael Jackson 'Thriller'
 

#95: SWV 'Weak'
 

#96: The S.O.S. Band 'Take Your Time (Do It Right)'
 

#97: Whitney Houston 'I Will Always Love You'

#98: Bobby Brown 'My Prerogative'
 

#99: Mariah Carey 'Vision of Love'
 

#100: Mary J. Blige 'Be With You'

 
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