Best R&B Song of All Time

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AZ_Gato
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Started this discussion on my FL...the nominees:

Donna Summer - On The Radio
Bill Withers -
Maxwell - This Woman's Work
PM Dawn - I'd Die Without You
Smokey Robinson - Being With You
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Otis Redding - These Arms of Mine
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Floaters - Float On
Ben E King - Stand By Me
Al Green - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

What's your vote for best R&B song of all time?

Edited to add nominees:
Blackstreed - No Diggity
Bell Biv Devoe - Do Me
Bill Withers-Lovely Day
Earth, Wind, & Fire-Let's Groove Tonight
Prince-I Would Die 4 U
Sade-Paradise
Isley Brothers-Between the Sheets
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On, Sexual Healing,
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Chaka Khan - Cant Choose just one....
Candy Girl, If It Isn't Love - New Edition
Secret Garden - Barry, El, James, Al B
Tenderoni - Bobbi Brown
Motown Philly and End of the Road - Boys II Men
Diamonds and Pearls - Prince
Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
One In a Million - Aaliyah
Forever My Lady - Jodeci
You're All I Need - Mary J & Method Man
Sade - No Ordinary Love & Sweetest Taboo
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
The Four Tops- Standing in the Shadows of Love
The Four Tops- All their work
The Delfonics- Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time
Marvin Gaye- When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
The Stylistics- People Make the World Go 'Round
112- Anything by them
Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You
Ray Charles - Come Live With Me
Ray Charles - I Got A Woman
Mary J. Blige - Real Love
Al Green - Simply Beautiful (one of my wedding songs)
Prince - Most beautiful Girl in the World
After 7 - Ready or Not
Ready for the World - Let me Love You Down
Method Man and Mary J Blige - You're all I need
Michael Jackson - Rock With You
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  • MuscleAndMascara
    MuscleAndMascara Posts: 1,259 Member
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    Blackstreet - No diggity

    I have more, but this fits my mood for today.

    Edit because I'm listening to it now.
  • Cali_Chica
    Cali_Chica Posts: 895 Member
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    Bel Biv Devoe - Do Me

    Classic.
  • AZ_Gato
    AZ_Gato Posts: 1,270 Member
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    Blackstreet - No diggity

    I have more. But this is what I can come up with this AM.

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    Best all time? GTFO
  • MuscleAndMascara
    MuscleAndMascara Posts: 1,259 Member
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    don't hate, I love the song.

    wait.. maybe it's because I was born 88

    I might not know the songs you're talking about haha
  • DMZ_1
    DMZ_1 Posts: 2,889 Member
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    A few suggestions, non-exhaustive.....

    Bill Withers-Lovely Day
    Earth, Wind, & Fire-Let's Groove Tonight
    Prince-I Would Die 4 U
    Sade-Paradise
    Isley Brothers-Between the Sheets

    With these artists, I could have picked many other songs.
  • brandynot
    brandynot Posts: 88
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    Old and New Skool:
    Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On, Sexual Healing,
    Let's Stay Together - Al Green
    Chaka Khan - Cant Choose just one....
    Candy Girl, If It Isn't Love - New Edition
    Secret Garden - Barry, El, James, Al B
    Tenderoni - Bobbi Brown
    Motown Philly and End of the Road - Boys II Men
    Diamonds and Pearls - Prince
    Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
    One In a Million - Aaliyah
    Forever My Lady - Jodeci
    You're All I Need - Mary J & Method Man



    and the list could go on and on and on and on...
  • AZ_Gato
    AZ_Gato Posts: 1,270 Member
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    A few suggestions, non-exhaustive.....

    Bill Withers-Lovely Day
    Earth, Wind, & Fire-Let's Groove Tonight
    Prince-I Would Die 4 U
    Sade-Paradise
    Isley Brothers-Between the Sheets

    With these artists, I could have picked many other songs.

    Prince...When Doves Cry is one of my favorite all time. For some reason never really have been turned onto EWF..although Reasons is excellent. Bill Withers...Lovely Day...yes, that's worthy of being way up there.
  • brandynot
    brandynot Posts: 88
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    Oh wait...how could I forget Sade

    No Ordinary Love and Sweetest Taboo
  • AZ_Gato
    AZ_Gato Posts: 1,270 Member
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    I forgot Nina Simone - Feeling Good...I deserve eternal damnation for forgetting her.
  • mikeyboy
    mikeyboy Posts: 1,057 Member
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    Stevie Wonder, Superstition. If that doesn't make you get up & dance, check your pulse!
  • brandynot
    brandynot Posts: 88
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    I forgot Nina Simone - Feeling Good...I deserve eternal damnation for forgetting her.

    Agreed!
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
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    I'm not sure but it would likely be something by 112. I think this is something dependent on age because your list is a whopping pile of meh for me.
  • Desterknee
    Desterknee Posts: 1,056 Member
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    The Four Tops- Standing in the Shadows of Love

    Screw it. Anything by The Four Tops

    The Delfonics- Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time

    Marvin Gaye- When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You

    The Stylistics- People Make the World Go 'Round
  • AZ_Gato
    AZ_Gato Posts: 1,270 Member
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    I'm not sure but it would likely be something by 112. I think this is something dependent on age because your list is a whopping pile of meh for me.

    I could sit here and give you a full run down of current R&B...but I can summarize today's R&B lyrics into the following "Please baby let me bang you." I'm a huge fan of all music, include the begging music that is now referred to as R&B. 112 has some great songs though.

    So to you I say, "Your face is a pile of meh." Have a great day sir.
  • MuscleAndMascara
    MuscleAndMascara Posts: 1,259 Member
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    Looks like I'll have to listen to a few of these "recommended" songs.
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
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    I'm not sure but it would likely be something by 112. I think this is something dependent on age because your list is a whopping pile of meh for me.

    I could sit here and give you a full run down of current R&B...but I can summarize today's R&B lyrics into the following "Please baby let me bang you." I'm a huge fan of all music, include the begging music that is now referred to as R&B. 112 has some great songs though.

    So to you I say, "Your face is a pile of meh." Have a great day sir.

    Rawwr.

    I would agree with you on today's stuff...These whipper snappers have no imagination these days. My sweet spot is late nineties early 2000's.

    And while I might find new songs today and enjoy them, they will never hold the same nostalgic place in my heart as the music I grew up loving in my youth. I think for the most part we are all this way in some respects (maybe not though)
  • AZ_Gato
    AZ_Gato Posts: 1,270 Member
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    I'm not sure but it would likely be something by 112. I think this is something dependent on age because your list is a whopping pile of meh for me.

    I could sit here and give you a full run down of current R&B...but I can summarize today's R&B lyrics into the following "Please baby let me bang you." I'm a huge fan of all music, include the begging music that is now referred to as R&B. 112 has some great songs though.

    So to you I say, "Your face is a pile of meh." Have a great day sir.

    Rawwr.

    I would agree with you on today's stuff...These whipper snappers have no imagination these days. My sweet spot is late nineties early 2000's.

    And while I might find new songs today and enjoy them, they will never hold the same nostalgic place in my heart as the music I grew up loving in my youth. I think for the most part we are all this way in some respects (maybe not though)

    Check out this 90's playlist I built a few weeks ago. Is real popular on 8tracks.

    http://8tracks.com/az_gato/the-ultimate-90-s-r-b-hip-hop

    Music snob right here.
  • emjaycazz
    emjaycazz Posts: 330 Member
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    I personally would put "I Put a Spell On You" over "Feeling Good" for Nina Simone. It may be because: 1.) I hear the latter too much in commercials/covers, or 2) I like Nina's more pensive/darker stuff.

    However, I am a sucker for "Come Live With Me" by Ray Charles--it's sentimental but honest.
  • AprilMae1975
    AprilMae1975 Posts: 726
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    There are so many, most of my favorites have been mentioned.
    A few of my favorites

    Mary J. Blige - Real Love
    Al Green - Simply Beautiful (one of my wedding songs)
    Prince - Most beautiful Girl in the World
    After 7 - Ready or Not
    Ready for the World - Let me Love You Down
    Method Man and Mary J Blige - You're all I need
    Michael Jackson - Rock With You

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