Billboard Hot R&B Singles


DEBUT PEAK WKS
 TITLE
07/29/78 12 20
  1 Soft and Wet
12/23/78 91 7
  2 Just As Long As We're Together
09/22/79 1(2) 23
  3 I Wanna Be Your Lover
02/09/80 13 15
  4 Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
04/26/80 65 8
  5 Still Waiting
10/04/80 5 18
  6 Uptown
01/17/81 65 6
  7 Dirty Mind
09/26/81 3 20
  8 Controversy
01/23/82 9 16
  9 Let's Work
1982 - -
  10 Do Me, Baby
10/16/82 4
19
  11 1999
03/12/83 11 19
  12 Little Red Corvette
originally peaked at #15 in 1983, reached a new peak in 2016 after Prince's death
09/24/83 18 15
  13 Delirious
01/07/84 55 8
  14 Let's Pretend We're Married/
01/07/84   8
  15    Irresistible Bitch
06/09/84 1(8) 20
  16 When Doves Cry
08/11/84 1(1) 17
  17 Let's Go Crazy
10/13/84 3 16
  18 Purple Rain
originally peaked at #4 in 1984, reached a new peak in 2016 after Prince's death
12/22/84
 
11
 
11
 
  19 I Would Die 4 U
above 2 recorded "live" at the First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis
02/23/85
 
40
 
9
 
  20 Take Me With U
PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION (with Apollonia)
05/25/85 3 14
  21 Raspberry Beret
08/03/85 8 13
  22 Pop Life
11/02/85 35 8
  23 America
03/01/86 1(4) 17
  24 Kiss
05/31/86 15 12
  25 Mountains
07/19/86
 
18
 
12
 
  26 Anotherloverholenyohead
PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION (#17-26)
03/07/87 1(3) 16
  27 Sign 'O' The Times
05/30/87 12 12
  28 If I Was Your Girlfriend
08/01/87
 
11
 
15
 
  29 U Got The Look
Sheena Easton (backing vocal)
1987 - -
  30 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man/
12/12/87 14 14
  31    Hot Thing
04/30/88 3 14
  32 Alphabet St.
08/06/88 44 8
  33 Glam Slam
10/15/88 18 12
  34 I Wish U Heaven
06/17/89 1(1) 15
  35 Batdance
09/02/89 5 13
  36 Partyman
1989
 
-
 
-
 
  37 The Arms Of Orion
PRINCE with SHEENA EASTON
12/02/89 5 15
  38 Scandalous
08/04/90 1(1) 14
  39 Thieves In The Temple
11/03/90 27 11
  40 New Power Generation
07/27/91 6 17
  41 Gett Off
1991 - -
  42 Cream
11/16/91 3 17
  43 Insatiable
01/18/92 1(1) 16
  44 Diamonds And Pearls
04/11/92 14 13
  45 Money Don't Matter 2 Night
07/25/92 76 7
  46 Sexy M.F.
10/10/92 25 10
  47 My Name Is Prince
12/26/92 61 16
  48 7
12/26/92 32 18
  49 Damn U
04/17/93
 
68
 
7
 
  50 The Morning Papers
PRINCE AND THE NEW POWER GENERATION (#41-50)
09/18/93 14 15
  51 Pink Cashmere
1993 - -
  52 Peach/
12/18/93
 
62
 
9
 
  53    Nothing Compares 2 U
recorded "live" at Paisley Park in Minneapolis
03/05/94 2(1) 23
  54 The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
07/02/94
 
A:32
 
A:10
 
  55 Love Sign
NONA GAYE & symbol ; charted on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay only
07/02/94 A:62 A:7
  56 Shhh
live from 02/13/94; only released on "The Beautiful Experience" video special; charted on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay only
08/20/94 10 15
  57 Letitgo
11/19/94 71 6
  58 Space
04/01/95
 
74
 
2
 
  59 Purple Medley
Batdance/Kiss/Erotic City/Darling Nikki/1999/Baby I'm A Star/Diamonds And Pearls/ Purple Rain/Let's Go Crazy
09/23/95 3 20
  60 I Hate U
01/13/96 82 5
  61 Gold
04/20/96 78 4
  62 Girl 6
1996 - -
  63 Dinner With Dolores
11/30/96
 
A:10
 
A:14
 
  64 Betcha By Golly Wow!
charted on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay only
01/25/97
 
A:15
 
A:17
 
  65 Somebody's Somebody
charted on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay only
1997 - -
  66 The Holy River
06/20/98
 
A:44
 
A:11
 
  67 The One
charted on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay only
1998
 
-
 
-
 
  68 Come On
NEW POWER GENERATION (#62, 67 & 68)
01/16/99
 
45
 
1
 
  69 1999 [R]
same as 11 above
9/11/99 104 6
  70 Extraordinary
10/23/99
 
23
 
20
 
  71 The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
symbol  (#54, 56, 60-61, 63-66 & 71)
2000
 
-
 
-
 
  72 1999 [R]
same as 11 & 69 above; charted on Hot Singles Sales only
06/16/01
 
108
 
2
 
  73 U Make My Sun Shine
PRINCE with ANGIE STONE
04/10/04 44 17
  74 Musicology
2004
 
-
 
-
 
  75 The Scandalous Sex Suite [R]
same as 38 above; CD single from 1989; charted on Hot Singles Sales only
2004
 
-
 
-
 
  76 New Power Generation [R]
same as 40 above; CD single from 1990; charted on Hot Singles Sales only
05/29/04 27 29
  77 Call My Name
2004
-
-
  78 Cinnamon Girl
2005
-
-
  79 S.S.T. (Sade's Sweetest Taboo)
01/07/06
67
13
  80 Te Amo Corazon
03/11/06  82
7
  81 Black Sweat
2006 - -
  82 Fury
08/12/06 70 11
  83 Satisfied
2007
-
-
  84 Guitar
07/28/07
39
20
  85 Future Baby Mama
2007
-
-
  86 F.U.N.K.
09/12/09 78 6
  87 Better With Time
2011
-
-
  88 Extraloveable
2012 - -
  89 Rock and Roll Love Affair
2013 - -
  90 Screwdriver
2013 - -
  91 Fixurlifeup
PRINCE AND 3RDEYEGIRL
09/21/13 109 1
  92 Breakfast Can Wait
2014 - -
  93 Pretzelbodylogic
PRINCE AND 3RDEYEGIRL
2014 - -
  94 Fallinlovetonite
PRINCE feat. ZOOEY DESCHANEL
featured on the Fox TV show "New Girl"
05/10/14 S:49 S:1
  95 Breakdown
charted on R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs Sales only
2014 - -
  96 Clouds
10/04/14 S:45 S:1
  97 Funknroll
charted on R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs Sales only
2015 - -
  98 Baltimore
2015 - -
  99 Hardrocklover
2015 - -
  100 This Could B Us
11/21/15 A:41 A:16
  101 1000 X's & 0's
charted on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay only
2015 - -
  102 Free Urself
2018 - -

  103 Nothing Compares 2 U
original 1984 demo of song recorded by The Family and covered by Sinead O'Connor
2018 - -

  104 Mary Don't You Weep
1983 recording, featured in the Spike Lee movie "BlacKkKlansman"

2019 - -

  105 I Feel For You (acoustic demo)
1979 recording

2021 - -

  106 Welcome 2 America
2010 recording