Top R&B Songs of 1983 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

featuring Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar
co-produced by Nile Rodgers
[EMI America 8158]
written by David Bowie

as Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
[Epic 04169]
written by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

[Motown 1698]
written by Lionel Richie

Academy Award for Best Original Song 1983 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1983
[Casablanca 811440]
written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey & Irene Cara

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #58]
[Epic 03509]
written by Michael Jackson

BRIT Awards Best British Single 1984
[Virgin/Epic 04221]
written by Boy George, Jon Moss, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Phil Pickett

Joanna / Tonight was released as a double a-side in the UK
[De-Lite 829]
written by Charles Smith, James "J.T." Taylor & Kool & The Gang

[Portrait 04432]
written by Rob Hyman & Cyndi Lauper

featuring Eddie Van Halen
Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1984 [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #337]
[Epic 03759]
written by Michael Jackson

[Portrait 04120]
written by Robert Hazard

[Portrait 03793]
written by Eddy Grant

[Chrysalis 42720]
written by Gary Kemp

[Planet 13730]
written by Mark Goldenberg & Brock Walsh

[A&M/Virgin 2547]
written by Jo Callis & Philip Oakey

[Private I 4-04113]
written by Matthew Wilder & Greg Prestopino

[Atco 99817]
written by Trevor Rabin, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire & Trevor Horn

[Capitol 5242]
written by Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser

[Streetwise]
written by Maurice Starr

[Epic 04364]
written by Rod Temperton

main release; charted as Holiday / Lucky Star in US dance charts ; Lucky Star also bubbled under the UK Top 75 singles chart at #171 in September 1983
[Sire 29177]
written by Madonna

[RCA 13654]
written by Daryl Hall

[Mercury 812265]
written by Donna Summer & Michael Omartian

[Beserkley 69847]
written by Greg Kihn & Steve Wright

[Epic 03914]
written by Michael Jackson

[Motown 1710]
written by Lionel Richie & Cynthia Weil

[Mirage 99810]
written by Chris Barbosa & Ed Chisolm

[Motown 1657]
written by Brenda Harvey Richie & Lionel Richie

[StreetWise 1110]
written by Arthur Baker

charted as Holiday / Lucky Star in US dance charts.
[Sire 29478]
written by Curtis Hudson & Lisa Stevens

[Capitol 5322]
written by Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr.

[RCA 13507]
written by Mike Oldfield, Tim Cross, Rick Fenn, Mike Frye, Morris Pert & Maggie Reilly

[Motown 1677]
written by Lionel Richie

as Rufus & Chaka Khan
[Warner 29555]
written by Hawk Wolinski

with Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller
[A&M 2540]
written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

[Epic 04165]
written by James Ingram & Quincy Jones

[Solar 69819]
written by Marquis Dair, Joey Gallo & Leon Sylvers III

[RCA 13421]
written by Daryl Hall

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #108]
[Warner Bros. 29746]
written by Prince

instrumental
[Columbia 04054]
written by Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell & Michael Beinhorn

as Bob Marley & the Wailers
[Island 99882]
written by Bob Marley & Noel George Williams

[Epic 04026]
written by Steve Porcaro & John Bettis

[Warner 29563]
written by James Newton Howard & David Paich

[Tabu 03955]
written by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

as Jarreau
[Warner 29720]
written by Jay Graydon, Al Jarreau & David Foster

as Grandmaster & Melle Mel
[Sugar Hill 465]
written by Sylvia Robinson & Mel Glover

[Boardwalk 183]
written by Bobby Eli & Len Barry

[Wondirection 4507]
written by Gary Byrd & Stevie Wonder

[A&M 2591]
written by Raymond Jones

[Warner 29503]
written by Prince

[Epic/Virgin 03912]
written by Boy George, Michael Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss

[Gordy 1660]
written by El DeBarge

[Qwest 29394]
written by James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton & Quincy Jones

[Planet 13639]
written by Richard Feldman, John Black & Nan O'Byrne

[Atlantic 89786]
written by Rod Temperton & Derek Bramble

[Columbia 03566]
written by Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn & Maurice White

[Arista 9116]
written by Ray Parker Jr

[Gordy 1705]
written by El DeBarge & Bunny DeBarge

[Geffen 29464]
written by Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara & Keith Forsey

charted as Candy Man / All Night Long / Boys in US dance charts
[Gordy 1690]
written by Rick James

[Mercury 814088]
written by Donna Summer & Michael Omartian

[Mango 117]
written by David Joseph

[Silver Blue 04294]
written by Jerry Herman

[StreetWise 2213]
written by Gillian Gilbert, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris & Arthur Baker

[Columbia 03563]
written by Dana Walden, Rocky Maffitt & Michael Day

[Atlantic 89795]
written by Walter Becker, Donald Fagen & Michael Jackson

[Sire 29346]
written by Tim Stahl & John Guldberg

[A&M 2561]
written by Jeffrey Osborne, Don Freeman & Michael Sembello

[Arista 9073]
written by Steve Goldman

[Epic 03578]
written by James Mtume

[Warner 29649]
written by Kashif

[De-Lite 831]
written by Ronald Bell, James "J.T." Taylor & Kool & The Gang

[Team Entertainment 3001]
written by Michael Burton

[Gordy 1687]
written by Rick James

produced by Luther Vandross
[Arista 9034]
written by Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller

[RCA 13549]
written by Marc Jordan & John Capek

[Prelude 8068]
written by James "D. Train" Williams & Hubert Eaves III

[Chrysalis 42712]
written by Derek Bramble & David Grant

[Columbia 04256]
written by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

[RSO 813173]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb

[Elektra 69839]
written by Patrick Simmons & Chris Thompson

[Qwest 29618]
written by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman

[RCA 13424]
written by Bill Wray, Diana Ross & Rob Mounsey

instrumental
[Island 99782]
written by Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik, Gary Langan & Paul Morley

[Columbia 03761]
written by Bubba Knight, Gladys Knight, Joey Gallo, Rickey Smith & Sam Dees

as Jarreau
[Warner 29501]
written by Jay Graydon, Trevor Veitch & Greg Mathieson

[Solar 69787]
written by Dominic Leslie, William Shelby & Leon Sylvers III

[Philadelphia International 04248]
written by Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel & Kenny Gamble

[Arista 1031]
written by Jeffrey Cohen & Narada Michael Walden

[StreetWise 1115]
written by Andy Stennett, Arthur Baker, John Rocca & Peter Maas

[Geffen 29525]
written by David Foster, Maurice White & Allee Willis

[Vanguard 35241]
written by Gordon Bahary, Joseph Saulter & Errol Moore

[MCA 52250]
written by Lena Agree

[Capitol 5201]
written by George Clinton, Garry Shider & David Spradley

[Columbia 03939]
written by John V. Anderson, Stephen Horton & Steve Williams [Steven Richard Williams]

[Arista 1040]
written by Barry Gibb & Albhy Galuten

[Motown 1694]
written by Milan Williams