Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of April 18, 1981

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The week’s most popular songs, ranked by audio and video streaming activity on leading digital music services, radio airplay audience impressions based on monitored airplay and sales data, all compiled by Luminate. Audience totals are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio listener estimates.

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Being With You

Smokey Robinson

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla/Unknown

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of April 18, 1981

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Being With You
  Smokey Robinson
- 1
- 1
- 10
- - 1
  - 1
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla/Unknown

2
- Sukiyaki
  A Taste Of Honey
- 3
- 2
- 12
- - 3
  - 2
  - 12

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

3
- Just The Two Of Us
  Grover Washington, Jr. With Bill Withers
- 5
- 3
- 11
- - 5
  - 3
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

W.Withers, Jr., R.MacDonald, W.Salter

Producer(s):

G.Washington, Jr., R.MacDonald

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra

4
- Thighs High (Grip Your Hips And Move)
  Tom Browne
- 4
- 4
- 13
- - 4
  - 4
  - 13

5
- How 'bout Us
  Champaign
- 6
- 5
- 11
- - 6
  - 5
  - 11

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

6
- It's A Love Thing
  The Whispers
- 2
- 2
- 15
- - 2
  - 2
  - 15

Producer(s):

D.Griffey, The Whispers, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Solar/Unknown

7
- When Love Calls
  Atlantic Starr
- 8
- 7
- 8
- - 8
  - 7
  - 8

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M/Unknown

8
- All American Girls
  Sister Sledge
- 7
- 3
- 12
- - 7
  - 3
  - 12

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cotillion/Unknown

9
- Watching You
  Slave
- 9
- 6
- 19
- - 9
  - 6
  - 19

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cotillion/Unknown

10
- A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
  Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
- 14
- 10
- 7
- - 14
  - 10
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

R.Parker, Jr.

Producer(s):

R.Parker,Jr.

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista/Unknown

11
- Take It To The Top
  Kool & The Gang
- 12
- 11
- 8
- - 12
  - 11
  - 8

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

De-Lite/Unknown

12
- Ai No Corrida (I-No-Ko-ree-da)
  Quincy Jones
- 13
- 12
- 8
- - 13
  - 12
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

13
- Magic Man
  Robert Winters And Fall
- 15
- 13
- 17
- - 15
  - 13
  - 17

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Buddah/Unknown

14
- Bon Bon Vie
  T.S. Monk
- 11
- 11
- 19
- - 11
  - 11
  - 19

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mirage/Unknown

15
- Everything Is Cool
  T-Connection
- 10
- 10
- 12
- - 10
  - 10
  - 12

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

16
- What Cha' Gonna Do For Me
  Chaka Khan
- 23
- 16
- 5
- - 23
  - 16
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros./Unknown

17
- What A Fool Believes
  Aretha Franklin
- 17
- 17
- 8
- - 17
  - 17
  - 8

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista/Unknown

18
- Make That Move
  Shalamar
- 19
- 18
- 6
- - 19
  - 18
  - 6

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Solar/Unknown

19
- Get Tough
  Kleeer
- 20
- 19
- 10
- - 20
  - 19
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic/Unknown

20
- What Two Can Do
  Deniece Williams
- 21
- 20
- 7
- - 21
  - 20
  - 7

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arc/Columbia/Unknown

21
- You Like Me Don't You
  Jermaine Jackson
- 22
- 21
- 8
- - 22
  - 21
  - 8

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown/Unknown

22
- PERFECT FIT
  Jerry Knight
- 16
- 16
- 11
- - 16
  - 16
  - 11

Producer(s):

Not Listed

23
- Praise
  Marvin Gaye
- 18
- 18
- 9
- - 18
  - 18
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla/Unknown

24
- Don't Stop The Music
  Yarbrough & Peoples
- 24
- 1
- 22
- - 24
  - 1
  - 22

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/Unknown

25
- Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
  The Gap Band
- 25
- 1
- 20
- - 25
  - 1
  - 20

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

26
- Yearning For Your Love
  The Gap Band
- 39
- 26
- 4
- - 39
  - 26
  - 4

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/Unknown

27
- And Love Goes On
  Earth, Wind & Fire
- 26
- 15
- 11
- - 26
  - 15
  - 11

Producer(s):

M.White, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arc/Columbia/Unknown

28
- Together
  Tierra
- 27
- 9
- 22
- - 27
  - 9
  - 22

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Boardwalk/Unknown

29
- You're Too Late
  Fantasy
- 29
- 28
- 11
- - 29
  - 28
  - 11

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Pavillion/Unknown

30
- Feel Me
  Cameo
- 28
- 27
- 9
- - 28
  - 27
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Chocolate City/Unknown

31
- Your Love Is On The One
  Lakeside
- 50
- 31
- 5
- - 50
  - 31
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Solar/Unknown

32
- Be Yourself
  Debra Laws
- 31
- 31
- 12
- - 31
  - 31
  - 12

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/Unknown

33
- Yesterday Once More/Nothing Remains The Same
  The Spinners
- 32
- 32
- 9
- - 32
  - 32
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

34
- Lovers After All
  Melissa Manchester & Peabo Bryson
- 34
- 34
- 11
- - 34
  - 34
  - 11

Producer(s):

S.Buckingham, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista

34
- One-way Love Affair
  Marc Sadane
- 37
- 34
- 9
- - 37
  - 34
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros./Unknown

36
- Tonight We Love
  Rufus
- 41
- 36
- 7
- - 41
  - 36
  - 7

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA/Unknown

37
- You're Lying
  Linx
- 42
- 37
- 8
- - 42
  - 37
  - 8

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Chrysalis/Unknown

38
- Call It What You Want
  Bill Summers & Summers Heat
- 43
- 38
- 7
- - 43
  - 38

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of April 18, 1981

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Being With You

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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Being With You

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Sukiyaki

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Just The Two Of Us

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Thighs High (Grip Your Hips And Move)

How 'bout Us

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It's A Love Thing

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When Love Calls

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All American Girls

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Watching You

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A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)

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Take It To The Top

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Ai No Corrida (I-No-Ko-ree-da)

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Magic Man

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Bon Bon Vie

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Everything Is Cool

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What Cha' Gonna Do For Me

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What A Fool Believes

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Make That Move

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Get Tough

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What Two Can Do

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You Like Me Don't You

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PERFECT FIT

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Praise

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Don't Stop The Music

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