Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of January 18, 1986

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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Say You, Say Me

Lionel Richie

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Songwriter(s):

L.Richie

Producer(s):

L.Richie, J.Carmichael

Gains In Performance

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of January 18, 1986

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Say You, Say Me
  Lionel Richie
- 1
- 1
- 10
- - 1
  - 1
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

L.Richie

Producer(s):

L.Richie, J.Carmichael

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

2
- That's What Friends Are For
  Dionne & Friends
- 3
- 2
- 10
- - 3
  - 2
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

B.F.Bacharach, C.Bayer Bacharach

Producer(s):

B.Bacharach, C.B.Sager

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

3
- Go Home
  Stevie Wonder
- 5
- 3
- 9
- - 5
  - 3
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

S.H.Morris

Producer(s):

S.Wonder

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla/Motown

Gains In Performance

4
- Digital Display
  Ready For The World
- 4
- 4
- 10
- - 4
  - 4
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

G.A.Potts

Producer(s):

Ready For The World

Gains In Performance

5
- Secret Lovers
  Atlantic Starr
- 6
- 5
- 10
- - 6
  - 5
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

D.Lewis, W.Lewis

Producer(s):

D.E.Lewis, W.I.Lewis

Gains In Performance

6
- Don't Say No Tonight
  Eugene Wilde
- 2
- 1
- 15
- - 2
  - 1
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

R.Broomfield, M.Horton

Producer(s):

D.R.Robinson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philly World/Atlantic

7
- The Sweetest Taboo
  Sade
- 8
- 7
- 8
- - 8
  - 7
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

H.F.Adu, Ditcham

Producer(s):

R.Millar

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Portrait/Epic

Gains In Performance

8
- Count Me Out
  New Edition
- 7
- 2
- 12
- - 7
  - 2
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

V.Brantley, R.Timas

Producer(s):

V.Brantley, R.Timas

9
- Your Personal Touch
  Evelyn "Champagne" King
- 12
- 9
- 12
- - 12
  - 9
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

A.George, F.C.McFarlane

Producer(s):

A.George, F.McFarlane

Gains In Performance

10
- Do Me Baby
  Meli'sa Morgan
- 15
- 10
- 8
- - 15
  - 10
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

Prince

Producer(s):

P.Laurence

Gains In Performance

11
- What You Been Missin'
  Starpoint
- 14
- 11
- 11
- - 14
  - 11
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

K.Diamond, J.Skinner

Producer(s):

K.Diamond, L.Job

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/EEG

Gains In Performance

12
- Colder Are My Nights
  The Isley Brothers
- 13
- 12
- 12
- - 13
  - 12
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

D.Williams, P.Leonard

Producer(s):

Isley Brothers

Gains In Performance

13
- Let Me Be The One
  Five Star
- 19
- 13
- 9
- - 19
  - 13
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

I.Foster

Producer(s):

N.Martinelli

Gains In Performance

14
- Do You Really Love Your Baby
  The Temptations
- 17
- 14
- 9
- - 17
  - 14
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

L.Vandross, M.Miller

Producer(s):

M.Miller

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy/Motown

Gains In Performance

15
- Curiosity
  The Jets
- 9
- 8
- 15
- - 9
  - 8
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

J.Knight, A.Zigman

Producer(s):

D.Powell, D.Rivkin, J.Knight, A.Zigman

16
- Alice, I Want You Just For Me
  Full Force
- 16
- 16
- 13
- - 16
  - 16
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

Full Force

Producer(s):

Full Force, J.B.Moore, R.Ford

17
- A Love Bizarre
  Sheila E.
- 11
- 2
- 14
- - 11
  - 2
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

Sheila E., Prince

Producer(s):

Sheila E., Prince

18
- Caravan of Love
  Isley, Jasper, Isley
- 18
- 1
- 18
- - 18
  - 1
  - 18

Songwriter(s):

Not Listed

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

CBS Associated/Epic

19
- When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
  Billy Ocean
- 26
- 19
- 7
- - 26
  - 19
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

W.Brathwaite, B.J.Eastmond, R.J.Lange, B.Ocean

Producer(s):

W.Brathwaite, B.J.Eastmond

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Jive/RMG

Gains In Performance

20
- If I Ruled The World
  Kurtis Blow
- 20
- 20
- 11
- - 20
  - 20
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

K.Blow, D.Reeves, A.J.Scratch

Producer(s):

K.Blow

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/PolyGram

21
- Slave To The Rhythm
  Grace Jones
- 23
- 21
- 9
- - 23
  - 21
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

B.Wooley, S.Darlow, S.Lipson, T.C.Horn

Producer(s):

T.Horn

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Manhattan Island/Capitol

Gains In Performance

22
- He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)
  Freddie Jackson
- 29
- 22
- 7
- - 29
  - 22
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

K.Diamond, B.J.Eastmond

Producer(s):

B.J.Eastmond

Gains In Performance

23
- Guilty
  Yarbrough & Peoples
- 25
- 23
- 8
- - 25
  - 23
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

J.Hamilton, M.Hayes

Producer(s):

L.Simmons, J.Hamilton, M.Hayes

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Total Experience/RCA

Gains In Performance

24
- I Can't Live Without My Radio
  LL Cool J
- 30
- 24
- 9
- - 30
  - 24
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

J.T.Smith, R.Rubin

Producer(s):

R.Rubin

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Def Jam/Columbia

25
- Freedom
  The Pointer Sisters
- 27
- 25
- 10
- - 27
  - 25
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

D.McHugh

Producer(s):

R.Perry

Gains In Performance

26
- Emergency
  Kool & The Gang
- 10
- 7
- 13
- - 10
  - 7
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

G.Brown, J.Taylor, Kool & The Gang

Producer(s):

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

Imprint/Promotion Label:

De-Lite/PolyGram

27
- Sun City
  Artists United Against Apartheid
- 21
- 21
- 10
- - 21
  - 21
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

S.Van Zandt

Producer(s):

Little Steven, A.Baker

Imprint/Promotion Label:

EMI/Capitol

28
- Who Do You Love
  Bernard Wright
- 22
- 6
- 16
- - 22
  - 6
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

B.Wright, L.White

Producer(s):

L.White, M.Miller

Imprint/Promotion Label:

EMI/Capitol

29
- Stand Back
  Stephanie Mills
- 32
- 29
- 6
- - 32
  - 29
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

C.Sturken, E.Rogers

Producer(s):

N.Martinelli

Gains In Performance

30
- I Like The Way You Dance
  9.9
- 31
- 30
- 10
- - 31
  - 30
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

Dimples, B.Wilson

Producer(s):

Dimples

31
- The Heart Is Not So Smart
  El DeBarge With DeBarge
- 33
- 31
- 8
- - 33
  - 31
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

D.E.Warren

Producer(s):

J.Graydon

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy/Motown

Gains In Performance

32
- How Will I Know
  Whitney Houston
- 49
- 32
- 4
- - 49
  - 32
  - 4

Songwriter(s):

G.R.Merrill, S.A.Rubicam, N.M.Walden

Producer(s):

N.M.Walden

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

33
- Your Smile
  Rene & Angela
- 44
- 33
- 5
- - 44
  - 33
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

R.Moore, A.Winbush

Producer(s):

B.Watson, B.Swedien, Rene & Angela

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/PolyGram

Gains In Performance

34
- Tender Love
  Force M.D.'s
- 42
- 34
- 5
- - 42
  - 34
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

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

Producer(s):

T.S.Lewis, Jimmy Jam

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tommy Boy/Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

35
- I Need You
  Maurice White
- 41
- 35
- 8
- - 41
  - 35
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

W.Smith, P.Collidge, M.Unobsky

Producer(s):

M.White, R.Buchanan

Gains In Performance

36
- Gordy's Groove
  Choice M.C.'s Featuring Fresh Gordon
- 24
- 20
- 12
- - 24
  - 20
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

B.Stallings, J.Darling, S.Dunn, K.Bazemore, G.Pickett

Producer(s):

F.Gordon, J.P.Edmund

37
- Can You Rock It Like This
  Run-D.M.C.
- 38
- 37
- 7
- - 38
  - 37
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

J.Smith, R.Rubin, L.Smith

Producer(s):

R.Simmons, L.Smith

38
- What A Woman
  The O'Jays
- 39
- 38
- 9
- - 39
  - 38
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

W.Sigler

Producer(s):

K.Gamble, L.A.Huff

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia International/EMI

39
- Living In America
  James Brown
- 58
- 39
- 4

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of January 18, 1986

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Say You, Say Me

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Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Say You, Say Me

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That's What Friends Are For

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Go Home

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Digital Display

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Secret Lovers

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Don't Say No Tonight

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The Sweetest Taboo

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Count Me Out

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Your Personal Touch

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Do Me Baby

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What You Been Missin'

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Colder Are My Nights

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Let Me Be The One

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Do You Really Love Your Baby

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Curiosity

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Alice, I Want You Just For Me

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A Love Bizarre

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Caravan of Love

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When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going

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If I Ruled The World

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Slave To The Rhythm