Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of March 17, 1984

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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Somebody's Watching Me

Rockwell

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

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Songwriter(s):

Rockwell

Producer(s):

C.A.Nolen, Rockwell

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown/MCA

Rockwell Launches New Label With 'Content' EP, Takes D'n'B to New Frontiers: Exclusive

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of March 17, 1984

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

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1
- Somebody's Watching Me
  Rockwell
- 1
- 1
- 8
- - 1
  - 1
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

Rockwell

Producer(s):

C.A.Nolen, Rockwell

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown/MCA

RIAA Certification: Gold

2
- Automatic
  The Pointer Sisters
- 4
- 2
- 8
- - 4
  - 2
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

B.Walsh, M.Goldenberg

Producer(s):

R.Perry

3
- Thriller
  Michael Jackson
- 3
- 3
- 5
- - 3
  - 3
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

R.Temperton

Producer(s):

Q.Jones II

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/Legacy

RIAA Certification: Diamond

4
- Let's Stay Together
  Tina Turner
- 5
- 4
- 8
- - 5
  - 4
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

Green, Mitchell, Jackson

Producer(s):

M.Ware, G.Walsh

5
- Love Has Finally Come At Last
  Bobby Womack & Patti LaBelle
- 9
- 5
- 6
- - 9
  - 5
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

B.Womack, P.Moten

Producer(s):

B.Womack, J.Gadson, A.Oldham

6
- She's Strange
  Cameo
- 10
- 6
- 5
- - 10
  - 6
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

L.E.Blackmon, C.Singleton, N.Leftenant, T.M.Jenkins

Producer(s):

L.Blackman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlanta Artists/PolyGram

7
- Livin' For Your Love
  Melba Moore
- 8
- 7
- 9
- - 8
  - 7
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

LaLa

Producer(s):

Kashif

8
- Encore
  Cheryl Lynn
- 2
- 1
- 15
- - 2
  - 1
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

T.S.Lewis, J.S.Harris III

Producer(s):

C.Lynn, T.S.Lewis, J.Harris

9
- Taxi
  J. Blackfoot
- 6
- 4
- 17
- - 6
  - 4
  - 17

Songwriter(s):

H.Banks, C.Brooks

Producer(s):

H.Banks, C.Brooks

10
- If Only You Knew
  Patti LaBelle
- 7
- 1
- 20
- - 7
  - 1
  - 20

Songwriter(s):

C.Biggs, K.Gamble, D.Wansel

Producer(s):

K.Gamble, D.Wansel

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia International/Epic

11
- Don't Look Any Further
  Dennis Edwards
- 21
- 11
- 6
- - 21
  - 11
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

D.Lambert, F.Golde, D.Hitchings

Producer(s):

D.Lambert

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy/Motown

12
- Plane Love
  Jeffrey Osborne
- 11
- 10
- 9
- - 11
  - 10
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

D.H.Wolinski

Producer(s):

G.Duke

13
- Let The Music Play
  Shannon
- 12
- 2
- 20
- - 12
  - 2
  - 20

Songwriter(s):

C.Barbosa, E.Chisholm

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mirage/EEG

14
- Yah Mo B There
  James Ingram With Michael McDonald
- 13
- 5
- 14
- - 13
  - 5
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

J.Ingram, M.H.McDonald, R.Temperton, Q.Jones III, Q.West

Producer(s):

Q.Jones II

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Qwest/Warner Bros.

15
- Joystick
  Dazz Band
- 14
- 9
- 17
- - 14
  - 9
  - 17

Songwriter(s):

B.Harris, E.Fearman

Producer(s):

R.Andrews

16
- More, More, More
  Atlantic Starr
- 22
- 16
- 6
- - 22
  - 16
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

S.Dees

Producer(s):

J.Carmichael

17
- Don't Go
  Dreamboy
- 17
- 17
- 11
- - 17
  - 17
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

J.Stanton

Producer(s):

J.stanton, V.taylor

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Qwest/Warner Bros.

18
- Tonight
  Kool & The Gang
- 25
- 18
- 5
- - 25
  - 18
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

J.Taylor, C.Williams, Kool & The Gang

Producer(s):

R.Bell, J.Bonnefond, Kool & The Gang

Imprint/Promotion Label:

De-Lite/PolyGram

19
- It's Gonna Be Special
  Patti Austin
- 24
- 19
- 7
- - 24
  - 19
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

C.Magness, G.Ballard

Producer(s):

Q.Jones II

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Qwest/Warner Bros.

20
- Hard Times/Jam Master Jay
  Run-D.M.C.
- 15
- 11
- 11
- - 15
  - 11
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

J.Mitzell, J.W.Simmons, D.M.McDaniels, R.Simmons, L.Smith

Producer(s):

R.Simmons, L.Smith

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Profile

21
- White Horse
  Laid Back
- 35
- 21
- 5
- - 35
  - 21
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

T.Stahl, J.Guldenberg

Producer(s):

Laid Back, Seven Dwarfs

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sire/Warner Bros.

22
- Fresh
  Tyrone "Tystick" Brunson
- 23
- 22
- 8
- - 23
  - 22
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

T.Brunson, M.Bond, B.J.Eastmond

Producer(s):

R.Timmons,Jr.

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Believe In A Dream/Epic

23
- Perfect Combination
  Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gill
- 30
- 23
- 5
- - 30
  - 23
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

P.Glass, M.N.Waldman

Producer(s):

N.M.Walden

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cotillion/EEG

24
- You Just Can't Walk Away
  The Dells
- 26
- 24
- 8
- - 26
  - 24
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

C.Jackson, M.Yancy

Producer(s):

C.Jackson, M.Yancy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Private I/Epic

25
- Running With The Night
  Lionel Richie
- 16
- 6
- 16
- - 16
  - 6
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

L.Richie, C.Weil

Producer(s):

L.Richie, J.Carmichael

26
- Joanna
  Kool & The Gang
- 19
- 1
- 20
- - 19
  - 1
  - 20

Songwriter(s):

C.Smith, J.Taylor, Kool & The Gang

Producer(s):

R.Bell, Kool & The Gang, J.Bonnefond

Imprint/Promotion Label:

De-Lite/PolyGram

27
- It's All Yours
  Starpoint
- 32
- 27
- 5
- - 32
  - 27
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

E.Phillips

Producer(s):

L.Job

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/EEG

28
- Touch
  Earth, Wind & Fire
- 27
- 23
- 8
- - 27
  - 23
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

M.Page, J.Lind

Producer(s):

M.White

29
- Body Talk
  The Deele
- 18
- 3
- 19
- - 18
  - 3
  - 19

Songwriter(s):

M.Gentry, A.Reid, S.Burke, C.Greene

Producer(s):

R.Calloway

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Solar/SMG

30
- Remember What You Like
  Jenny Burton
- 28
- 21
- 14
- - 28
  - 21
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

J.Robie

Producer(s):

J.robie

31
- This Means War (shoobedoodah Dabba Doobe)
  Imagination
- 29
- 29
- 8
- - 29
  - 29
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

S.Jolley, T.Swain, L.John, A.Ingram

Producer(s):

T.Swain, S.Jolley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/EEG

32
- Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me
  Luther Vandross
- 53
- 32
- 3
- - 53
  - 32
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

33
- Let Me Be Your Pacifier
  Tyrone Davis
- 36
- 33
- 8
- - 36
  - 33
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

W.Burton, W.L.Hitchcock

Producer(s):

L.Graham

34
- Hello
  Lionel Richie
- 51
- 34
- 2
- - 51
  - 34
  - 2

Songwriter(s):

Not Listed

Producer(s):

Not Listed

35
- Beat Box
  The Art Of Noise
- 46
- 35
- 5
- - 46
  - 35
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

Dudley, Horn, Jeczalik, Langan, Morley

Producer(s):

T.Horn

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Island/EEG

36
- Love Me In A Special Way
  Debarge
- 47
- 36
- 3
- - 47
  - 36
  - 3

Songwriter(s):

E.Debarge

Producer(s):

E.Debarge

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of March 17, 1984

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Somebody's Watching Me

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Rockwell Launches New Label With 'Content' EP, Takes D'n'B to New Frontiers: Exclusive

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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Somebody's Watching Me

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Automatic

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Thriller

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Let's Stay Together

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Love Has Finally Come At Last

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She's Strange

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Livin' For Your Love

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Encore

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Taxi

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If Only You Knew

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Don't Look Any Further

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Plane Love

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Let The Music Play

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Yah Mo B There

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Joystick

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More, More, More

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Don't Go

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Tonight

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It's Gonna Be Special

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Hard Times/Jam Master Jay

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