Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of June 20, 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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Give It To Me Baby

Rick James

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy/Motown/UMRG

Rick James Doc Trailer Explores Singer's Complicated Legacy: 'I Wanna Be Nasty, I Wanna Be Raw'

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of June 20, 1981

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Give It To Me Baby
  Rick James
- 1
- 1
- 13
- - 1
  - 1
  - 13

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy/Motown/UMRG

2
- What Cha' Gonna Do For Me
  Chaka Khan
- 2
- 1
- 14
- - 2
  - 1
  - 14

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros./Unknown

3
- Two Hearts
  Stephanie Mills
- 3
- 3
- 9
- - 3
  - 3
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

20th Century/Unknown

4
- A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
  Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
- 4
- 1
- 16
- - 4
  - 1
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

R.Parker, Jr.

Producer(s):

R.Parker,Jr.

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista/Unknown

5
- Double Dutch Bus
  Frankie Smith
- 9
- 5
- 17
- - 9
  - 5
  - 17

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

WMOT/Unknown

6
- Make That Move
  Shalamar
- 6
- 6
- 15
- - 6
  - 6
  - 15

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Solar/Unknown

7
- Paradise
  Change
- 7
- 7
- 11
- - 7
  - 7
  - 11

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic/Unknown

8
- Freaky Dancin'
  Cameo
- 11
- 8
- 6
- - 11
  - 8
  - 6

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Chocolate City/Unknown

9
- Sweet Baby
  Stanley Clarke/George Duke
- 10
- 9
- 11
- - 10
  - 9
  - 11

Producer(s):

G.Duke, S.Clarke, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/Unknown

10
- Running Away
  Maze
- 12
- 10
- 6
- - 12
  - 10
  - 6

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

11
- Pull Up To The Bumper
  Grace Jones
- 13
- 11
- 11
- - 13
  - 11
  - 11

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Island/Unknown

12
- Yearning For Your Love
  The Gap Band
- 5
- 5
- 13
- - 5
  - 5
  - 13

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/Unknown

13
- Sukiyaki
  A Taste Of Honey
- 8
- 1
- 21
- - 8
  - 1
  - 21

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

14
- Heartbeat
  Taana Gardner
- 16
- 14
- 9
- - 16
  - 14
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

West End/Unknown

15
- How 'bout Us
  Champaign
- 14
- 4
- 20
- - 14
  - 4
  - 20

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

16
- Night
  Billy Ocean
- 24
- 16
- 6
- - 24
  - 16
  - 6

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/Unknown

17
- When Love Calls
  Atlantic Starr
- 15
- 5
- 17
- - 15
  - 5
  - 17

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M/Unknown

18
- Push
  One Way
- 22
- 18
- 7
- - 22
  - 18
  - 7

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA/Unknown

19
- Being With You
  Smokey Robinson
- 17
- 1
- 19
- - 17
  - 1
  - 19

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla/Unknown

20
- Love On A Two Way Street
  Stacy Lattisaw
- 41
- 20
- 3
- - 41
  - 20
  - 3

Producer(s):

N.M.Walden, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cotillion/Unknown

21
- Call It What You Want
  Bill Summers & Summers Heat
- 21
- 16
- 16
- - 21
  - 16
  - 16

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA/Unknown

22
- Take It Any Way You Want It
  The Fatback Band
- 25
- 22
- 7
- - 25
  - 22
  - 7

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spring/Unknown

23
- Are You Single
  Aurra
- 29
- 23
- 10
- - 29
  - 23
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Salsoul/Unknown

24
- Very Special
  Debra Laws
- 35
- 24
- 5
- - 35
  - 24
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/EEG

25
- Shake It Up Tonight
  Cheryl Lynn
- 36
- 25
- 4
- - 36
  - 25
  - 4

Producer(s):

R.Parker,Jr., Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

26
- 'scuse Me, While I Fall In Love
  Donna Washington
- 27
- 26
- 9
- - 27
  - 26
  - 9

27
- Body Music
  Strikers
- 30
- 27
- 10
- - 30
  - 27
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Prelude/Unknown

28
- Next Time You'll Know
  Sister Sledge
- 28
- 28
- 10
- - 28
  - 28
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cotillion/Unknown

29
- Try It Out
  Gino Soccio
- 38
- 29
- 7
- - 38
  - 29
  - 7

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic/Unknown

30
- Is It You
  Lee Ritenour (Eric Tagg)
- 32
- 30
- 9
- - 32
  - 30
  - 9

31
- Tell Me Where It Hurts
  Walter Jackson
- 34
- 31
- 8
- - 34
  - 31
  - 8

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

32
- Make You Mine
  Side Effect
- 26
- 26
- 12
- - 26
  - 26
  - 12

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/Unknown

33
- Tell 'em That I Heard It
  Sandra Feva
- 33
- 33
- 10
- - 33
  - 33
  - 10

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Venture/Unknown

34
- Love's Dance
  Klique
- 37
- 34
- 7
- - 37
  - 34
  - 7

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA/Unknown

35
- Your Love Is On The One
  Lakeside
- 18
- 14
- 14
- - 18
  - 14
  - 14

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Solar/Unknown

36
- If You Feel It
  Thelma Houston
- 40
- 36
- 9
- - 40
  - 36
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA/Unknown

37
- If I Don't Love You
  Randy Brown
- 31
- 31
- 11
- - 31
  - 31
  - 11

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Chocolate City/Unknown

38
- All The Reasons Why
  Noel Pointer
- 39
- 38
- 9
- - 39
  - 38
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Liberty/Unknown

39
- Come To Me
  Aretha Franklin
- 44
- 39
- 6
- - 44
  - 39
  - 6

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista/Unknown

40
- Turn Up The Music
  Mass Production
- 43
- 40
- 7
- - 43
  - 40
  - 7

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cotillion/Unknown

41
- Jones Vs Jones
  Kool & The Gang
- 45
- 41
- 5
- - 45
  - 41
  - 5

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

De-Lite/Unknown

42
- One Day In Your Life
  Michael Jackson
- 42
- 42
- 9
- - 42
  - 42
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown/Unknown

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of June 20, 1981

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Give It To Me Baby

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Rick James Doc Trailer Explores Singer's Complicated Legacy: 'I Wanna Be Nasty, I Wanna Be Raw'

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Give It To Me Baby

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What Cha' Gonna Do For Me

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Two Hearts

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A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)

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Double Dutch Bus

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Make That Move

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Paradise

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Freaky Dancin'

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Sweet Baby

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Running Away

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Pull Up To The Bumper

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Yearning For Your Love

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Sukiyaki

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Heartbeat

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How 'bout Us

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Night

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When Love Calls

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Push

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Being With You

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Love On A Two Way Street

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Call It What You Want

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Take It Any Way You Want It

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Are You Single

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