Top R&B Songs of 1982 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[Columbia 02860]
written by Paul McCartney

[Capitol 5126]
written by Steve Miller

charted as I'm Afraid of Me / Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? in US dance charts
[Epic/Virgin 03368]
written by Boy George, Michael Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss

[Motown 1644]
written by Lionel Richie

[RCA 13354]
written by Sara Allen, Daryl Hall & John Oates

[Epic/Virgin 03796]
written by Boy George, Michael Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #231]
[Columbia 03302]
written by Marvin Gaye

[Epic 03288]
written by Michael Jackson

[Qwest 50036]
written by Rod Temperton

[MCA 52149]
written by Lloyd Ferguson, Jackie Mittoo & Fitzroy Simpson

[Arista 1015]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb

[RCA 13273]
written by Kashif Saleem

[Tamla 1602]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Tamla 1612]
written by Stevie Wonder

[MCA 52067]
written by Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram

[Warner 29933]
written by Michael McDonald, Ed Sanford, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[Capitol 5204]
written by Thomas Dolby & Tim Kerr

[Motown 1609]
written by Reggie Andrews & Leon "Ndugu" Chancler

[Elektra 47427]
written by Patrice Rushen, Teri McFadden & Freddie Washington

[Arista 0669]
written by Ray Parker Jr

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[Mercury 76132]
written by Junior Giscombe & Bob Carter

[Geffen 29982]
written by Quincy Jones, Merria Ross & Rod Temperton

[Omni 99563]
written by Len Barry & Bobby Eli

produced by Michael Jackson
[RCA 13348]
written by Michael Jackson

featuring Donnie Calvin
[StreetWise 2203]
written by Eddy Grant

[RCA 13217]
written by Jesse Rae

[Solar 48005]
written by Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers & Leon Sylvers III

[De-Lite 824]
written by Amir Bayyan, James "J.T." Taylor & Kool & The Gang

charted as I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby / I'm Corrupt / Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy in US dance charts
[Sire 50069]
written by August Darnell & Peter Schott

[novelty]
[Venture 149]
written by Geraldine Hunt & Daniel Joseph

featuring Melle Mel & Duke Bootee
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #51]
[Sugar Hill 584]
written by Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Bobby Robinson

[A&M 2434]
written by Jeffrey Osborne & Peter Schless

[Elektra 47452]
written by Freddie Mercury

[De-Lite 822]
written by Robert Bell, James "J.T." Taylor, George Brown, Ronald Bell & Kool & The Gang

[ARC 02812]
written by Teddy Randazzo, Bob Weinstein & Lou Stallman

[MCA 52129]
written by Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram

[Solar 48013]
written by Howard Hewett, Renwick Jackson & William Shelby

produced by Luther Vandross
[Arista 0699]
written by Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller

[EMI America 8126]
written by Paul Lawrence Jones

[Sound of New York 602]
written by Michael Cleveland

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #212]
[Warner 29896]
written by Prince

[Geffen 29983]
written by Henry Krieger & Tom Eyen

[Total Experience 8201]
written by Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor & Charlie Wilson

[Warner 50005]
written by Michael Garvin & Tom Shapiro

[Atlantic 4005]
written by Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts & Carole Bayer Sager

[Columbia 03377]
written by David Foster, Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald

[Geffen 29895]
written by Jon Anderson & Vangelis

[Geffen 29883]
written by Peter Gabriel

[Planet 13254]
written by Parker McGee

featuring Devo
[Motown 1628]
written by Jermaine Jackson, Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer & Paul M. Jackson Jr.

[Cotillion 47000]
written by Smokey Robinson

[West End 1248]
written by Ron Miller & Bertram Reid

as Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #237]
[Tommy Boy 823]
written by Arthur Baker, John Robie, Afrika Bambaataa, The Soulsonic Force, Ralf Hütter & Florian Schneider

[Tamla 1601]
written by Gary Goetzman & Mike Piccirillo

[Mercury 76150]
written by Junior Giscombe & Bob Carter

[A&M 2415]
written by Kashif

i.g.y.: international geophysical year (jul 1957-dec 1958)
[Warner 29900]
written by Donald Fagen

[EMI America 8117]
written by Bruce Springsteen

[Total Experience 8205]
written by Raymond Calhoun

[A&M 2392]
written by David Lewis & Wayne Lewis

[Total Experience 8203]
written by Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor & Charlie Wilson

[Capitol 5180]
written by Lillo Thomas

[Gordy 1645]
written by Randy DeBarge, El DeBarge & Bunny DeBarge

[Geffen 29805]
written by John Bettis & Michael Clark

[Columbia 02796]
written by Alton Edwards & Chris Cameron

[Tamla 1639]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Profile 5006]
written by Lotti Golden & Richard Scher

[RCA 13061]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb & Howard E. Scott

[Gordy 1619]
written by Rick James

[Warner 29908]
written by Prince

[Arista 0673]
written by Bill Champlin, David Foster & Jay Graydon

[High Rise 2001]
written by Sonny Charles & Bobby Paris

[RCA 13292]
written by Kenny Nolan

[Boardwalk 139]
written by Richard Dimples Fields & Belinda Wilson

[A&M 2410]
written by Jeffrey Osborne & David "Hawk" Wolinski

[Arista 0695]
written by Ray Parker Jr

[only released in the US]
[Sire 29953]
written by Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet

[Arista 1030]
written by Ray Parker Jr

[Entertainment Company 03354]
written by Paul Jabara & Paul Shaffer

[RCA 13380]
written by Kashif Saleem

[Planet 13327]
written by Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer & Trevor Lawrence

featuring Rick James
[Gordy 1616]
written by Rick James

[Capitol 5109]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

[Capitol 5099]
written by Smokey Robinson

[MCA 52049]
written by Al Hudson, Jonathan Meadows, Dave Roberson, Glenda Hudson, Gregg Green, Terry Morgan & Theodore Dudley

[Atlantic 4068]
written by William Eaton, Ralph MacDonald & William Salter

[Island 99963]
written by Grace Jones & Sly Dunbar

[Epic 03205]
written by Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller & Sam Cooke

[Highrise 2005]
written by L.V. Johnson & Roger Miner

charted as 777-9311 / The Walk / I Don't Want to Leave You in US dance charts
[Warner 29952]
written by Jamie Starr

charted as Glad to Know You / 3,000,000 Synths / Ai No Corrida in US dance charts
[A&M 2396]
written by Chas Jankel & Ian Dury

[Warner 29961]
written by Roger Troutman & Larry Troutman

[Cotillion 46030]
written by Bill Bowersock, Greg Mathieson, Trevor Veitch & Matt Vernon

[Columbia 02744]
written by Stevie Wonder & Melody Mccully

[Capitol 5067]
written by O'Bryan Burnette II & Don Cornelius

[Epic 02701]
written by George Duke

[MCA 52174]
written by Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John & Ashley Ingram