Top R&B Songs of 1997 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

featuring 112 & The Lox
based on "Every Breath You Take" by The Police [tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.]; fifth song in hot 100 history to debut at #1
[Bad Boy 79097]
written by Gordon Sumner, Todd Gaither & Faith Evans

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[album cut]
written by Theresa McFaddin, Patrice Rushen, Will Smith & Fred Washington

[LaFace 24265]
written by Usher Raymond & Jermaine Dupri

sixth song in hot 100 history to debut at #1
[Columbia 78648]
written by Mariah Carey, Puff Daddy, Stevie J, Q-Tip, Bobby Robinson, Stephen Hague, Ronald Larkins, Malcolm McLaren & Larry Price

[Virgin 38623]
written by Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis & René Elizondo Jr.

featuring Puff Daddy & Mase
based upon "I'm Coming Out"
[Bad Boy 79100]
written by Bernard Edwards, Mason Betha, Nile Rodgers, Steven Jordan, Sean Combs & Christopher Wallace

[Motown 0684]
written by James Harris III & Terry Lewis

[Bad Boy 79092]
written by Sean "Puffy" Combs, Deric Angelettie, Ron Lawrence, Christopher Wallace, Andy Armer & Randy Badazz Alpert

featuring Wyclef Jean
[Columbia 78618]
written by Barry White, Calvin Gaines, Mary Brown, Rob Fusari & Vincent Herbert

as Puff Daddy featuring Mase
[Bad Boy 79083]
written by Diddy, Steven Jordan, Carlos Broady, Nashiem Myrick, Mason Betha, Greg Prestopino, Matthew Wilder, Sylvia Robinson, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Clifton Chase & Duke Bootee

as Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious BIG, Lil Kim, The Lox, Dave Grohl, Perfect, Fuzzbubble & Rob Zombie
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Bad Boy 79130]
written by Sean "Puffy" Combs, Sean Jacobs, Jason Phillips, Danny Styles, Christopher Wallace, Kim Jones & D-Dot

[Epic 78007]
written by Michael Jackson & Teddy Riley

[Island 854854]
written by Raphael Veudal Brown, Daryl Simmons & Ralph Stacy

[Def Jam 573564]
written by Bob Marley & Warren G

[Bad Boy 79122]
written by Ronald Bell, G. Brown, Lawrence Dermer, Joe Galdo, Robert "Spike" Mickens, C. Smith, Dennis Thomas, Rafael Vigil & Richard Westfield

produced by David Foster
[Warner Sunset 87003]
written by Diane Warren

featuring 40 Thevz
[Tommy Boy 7785]
written by Dominic Aldridge, Coolio, Henry Straughter & Malieek Straughter

[Ruthless 6344]
written by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony & DJ U-Neek

featuring Peter Cetera
[LaFace 24223]
written by Peter Cetera & David Foster

[EastWest 64132]
written by Darrell Allamby, Lincoln Browder & Antoinette Roberson

featuring Da Brat, Left Eye, Missy Elliott & Angie Martinez
[Undeas 98019]
written by Kimberly Jones & Jermaine Dupri

[Sm:)e 9065]
written by Darryl McDaniels, Joseph Simmons & Jason Mizell

featuring Mariah Carey
[Epic 78485]
written by Babyface

featuring Jay-Z
[Violator 574028]
written by Inga Marchand & Sean Carter

produced by R. Kelly
[Big Beat 98026]
written by R. Kelly

[RCA 64970]
written by Max Martin & Robyn

as Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious BIG and Mase
B side to It's All About The Benjamins
[Bad Boy 79130]
written by David Bowie, Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney, Andy Morris, Sean Combs, Ron Lawrence, Mason Betha, Christopher Wallace & Deric Angelettie

charted as I Don't Want to / I Love Me Some Him in US AC charts
[LaFace 24229]
written by R. Kelly, Carsten Schack, Kenneth Karlin, Andrea Martin & Gloria Stewart

[East/West 64135]
written by Michael O. Johnson & Javelin Hall

[Jive 42473]
written by R. Kelly

featuring Trina & Tamara
[Warner 17327]
written by James Baker, Melvin Lee Wilson, Jeff Young, Tamara Powell, Curtis "Sauce" Wilson & Rochad Holiday

[Stonecreek 78689]
written by Nathan Morris

[Kedar/Universal 56002]
written by Erykah Badu & Jaborn Jamal

[MCA 55353]
written by James Harris, Terry Lewis, Hachidai Nakamura, Rokusuke Ei, James Brown, Linda Creed, John Starks & Fred Wesley

featuring Q Tip and Joni Mitchell
[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[album cut]
written by Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis, René Elizondo Jr., Joni Mitchell & Kamaal Ibn Fare

produced by Babyface
[Motown 0720]
written by Babyface

featuring 112
co-produced by Mariah Carey
[Crave 78678]
written by Full Force

[Columbia 78755]
written by Walter Becker & Donald Fagen

produced by Babyface
[EastWest 64174]
written by Babyface, Giuliano Franco & Keith Andes

R
[RCA 64865]
written by Denniz Pop, Herbert Crichlow, Max Martin & Robyn

featuring A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes & John Forté
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[album cut]
written by Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, Pras Michael, Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Kamaal Fareed, John Forté, Trevor Smith, Malik Taylor & James Voight

[RCA 64759]
written by Jerome Woods & Gerald Baillergeau

[Island 572082]
written by Daryl Thomas

[Work 78703]
written by Jason Kay

[Elektra 64131]
written by Lawrence Dermer, Rashad Smith, Trevor Smith, Henry Stone & Freddy Stonewall

R
[American 17441]
written by John Bowman, Douglas Davis & Marcel Hall

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts] charted as Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise) in US dance charts
[Columbia album cut]
written by Mariah Carey & Walter Afanasieff

featuring Nas
[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[MCA album cut]
written by Mary J. Blige, Jimmy Jam Harris, Rick James & Terry Lewis

[Jive 42450]
written by Joe Thomas & Jolyon Skinner

featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard & Slash
[Interscope 95011]
written by Clifton Chase, Edward Fletcher, Melvin Glover, Chauncey Hannibal, Teddy Riley, Markell Riley & Sylvia Robinson

featuring Da Brat
[Gold Mind 64144]
written by Thom Bell, William Hart, Melissa "Missy" Elliott, Shawntae Harris & Tim Mosley

featuring Marsha
[Virgin 38601]
written by Jerry Ragovoy & Bert Berns

[Atlantic 84038]
written by Mark Morrison

[Blackground 98002]
written by Diane Warren

[MJJ Music 78496]
written by Gerald Baillergeau, Nichole Gilbert & Victor Merritt

[Def Jam 568081]
written by James Todd Smith & Sean Combs

[Tony Mercedes 24221]
written by B-Rock, Maurice White & Al McKay

[Biv 10 0612]
written by Donell Jones

featuring Mase
[Mercury 574760]
written by Mason Betha, J. Brown, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Steven Jordan, Ron Lawrence, Brian McKnight & Kelly Price

[MCA 55346]
written by Cedric Hailey, Joel Hailey & Gerald Baillergeau

[Bad Boy 79087]
written by Arnold Hennings, Daron Jones, Michael Keith, Q [Quinnes Parker], Marvin Scandrick & C. Stills

featuring Stevie Wonder
[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Epic album cut]
written by Babyface & Stevie Wonder

featuring Dru Hill
[Violator 571441]
written by Inga Marchand & Shawn Carter

featuring Diddy (as Puff Daddy)
[RCA 64926]
written by Diddy, Jeffrey Walker, Jeremy Graham, Harve Pierre, K. Price, Christopher Wallace, Christopher E. Martin, Todd Shaw, Mason Betha & Deric Angelettie

co-produced by Babyface
[LaFace 24295]
written by Kenneth Edmonds

featuring Ronald Isley
[Def Jam 571024]
written by The Isley Brothers & Warren Griffin

[Motown 0650]
written by Dave Deviller, Sean Hosein & Steve Kipner

as Magoo & Timbaland featuring Aaliyah & Missy Elliott
[Blackground 98018]
written by Tim Mosley, Melvin Barcliff, Missy Elliott & Rod Temperton

featuring 2Pac & Johnny P
[Rap-A-Lot 38581]
written by Mike Dean, Brad Jordan & 2Pac

as Wyclef Jean & The Refugee Allstars
based upon "stayin' alive - beegees"
[Ruffhouse 78602]
written by John Forté, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Nelust Jean, Samuel Michel & Robinson

[Delicious Vinyl 4009]
written by Jan Kincaid & Siedah Garrett

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[Gold Mind 64144]
written by Donald Bryant, Missy Elliott, Bernard Miller, Tim Mosley & Ann Peebles

[Work 78596]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

featuring Lauryn Hill
[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[album cut]
written by Lauryn Hill

featuring Nas
[Crave 78522]
written by Samuel Barnes, Mariah Carey, Nasir Jones, Shawn Moltke, Jean-Claude "Poke" Oliver & M. Williams

[LaFace 24272]
written by Tim Mosley & Missy Elliott

[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Elektra album cut]
written by Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr.

[Arista 13407]
written by Lance Alexander, Arkeida Clowers, R.L. Huggar, Darren Lighty & Tony Tolbert

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[album cut]
written by Jim Douglass, Elgin Lumpkin, Tim Mosley & Robert Reives

[EastWest 64150]
written by Diane Warren

[Arista 13346]
written by Barry White

[Illtown/Motown 0614]
written by Renée Neufville, Kier Gist, Darren Lighty, Valerie Simpson & Nick Ashford

[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
written by Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell, Deke Richards, Dennis Coles, Mary J. Blige & Robert Diggs

featuring Pras
Puff Daddy remix R
[A&M 2449]
written by Sting

[Uptown 56039]
written by Tony Dofat, Heavy D & Herbert Brown

featuring George Benson
[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts] charts as Seven Days / Round & Round in UK charts
[MCA album cut]
written by Malik Pendleton

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[album cut]
written by Jolyon Skinner, Joe L. Thomas & Michele Williams

featuring T-Boz
[So So Def 78527]
written by Jermaine Dupri, Shawntae Harris, El DeBarge, Chuck D, Hank Shocklee, B. Wright & Tionne W

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Kedar/Universal album cut]
written by Erykah Badu & Tracy Scott

featuring India
[Giant Step 3094]
written by Janice Gugliuzza, Ronnie James & Vincent Montana Jr.

[Jive 42445]
written by Missy Elliott & Timothy Mosley

featuring Maxee
[Amaru/Jive 42500]
written by Tupac Shakur, D.K. McDowell, Larry Troutman, Lawrence Goodman & Roger Troutman

as Makaveli featuring Danny Boy, K-Ci and JoJo
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
written by Aaron Hall, Reginald Moore, Tupac Shakur, Demetrius Shipp, Danny Steward, Cedric Hailey & JoJo Hailey

[Mercury 574382]
written by Raphael Saadiq, D'wayne Wiggins, Timothy Christian Riley, George Archie & David Blake

[Def Jam 574032]
written by Montell Jordan & DeVante Swing

featuring Lil Kim
[MCA 55362]
written by Mary J. Blige, LaTonya Blige-DaCosta, Rodney Jerkins, Kimberly Jones, Carlos Broady & Nashiem Myrick

[Big Beat 98023]
written by John Footman & Judy Weider

charted as 5 Steps / Whatever You Need in UK charts [R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Island album cut]
written by Tamir Ruffin, James Green & Wendi Miller

[Jive 42442]
written by Lawrence Parker, Jesse West, Chris Stein, Deborah Harry & Harry Palmer

produced by Babyface from the movie Soul Food
[LaFace 24264]
written by Babyface