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Jody Watley’s Billboard Hot 100 Playlist

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This past February 23 marked the 35th anniversary of Jody Watley’s eponymous debut album. From January 1987 to April 1988, Jody Watley spun off five singles in “Looking For a New Love” (US #2, US R&B #1, US Dance #1), “Still a Thrill” (US #77, US R&B #3, US Dance #8), “Don’t You Want Me” (US #6, US R&B #3, US Dance #1), “Some Kind of Lover” (US #10, US R&B #3, US Dance #1), and “Most of All” (US #60, US R&B #3, US Dance #1). It also earned Jody a well-deserved Grammy for Best New Artist. Though Jody has never landed a number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 she has had to date fourteen entries on the Billboard 100 including 3 Top 5 Hits in the aforementioned “Looking For a New Love”, “Real Love” (US #2) and “Everything” (US #4) from her second album, 1989’s Larger Than Life. An interesting factoid is that though it didn’t hit the Top 5 Jody’s collaboration with Eric B. & Rakim “Friends” (US #9) was Billboard Hot 100’s first top 10 with a rap act as a feature.

From her days with Shalamar to present Jody continues to personify talent and grit. Singer/Songwriter/Producer/Fashion Icon.

It feels like a good time to bless the blog with a Playlist of all 14 of Jody Watley’s Hot 100 entries in chronological order from her first “Looking For a New Love” to her last entry to date 1998’s “Off The Hook” from her Intimacy album.

AlbumYearTitleTrack Artist(s)Billboard Hot 100 Chart PeakWeeks on Hot 100Composer(s)
Jody Watley1987Looking For a New LoveJody Watley219Jody Watley & André Cymone
Jody Watley1987Still a ThrillJody Watley567Jody Watley & André Cymone
Jody Watley1987Don't You Want MeJody Watley623Jody Watley, D.P. Bryant & Franne Gold
Jody Watley1988Some Kind Of LoverJody Watley1017André Cymone / Jody Watley
Jody Watley1988Most of AllJody Watley6011Patrick Leonard / Gardner Cole
Larger Than Life1989Real LoveJody Watley218Jody Watley & André Cymone
Larger Than Life1989Friends (feat. Eric B. & Rakim)Jody Watleyfeaturing Eric B. & Rakim918Jody Watley, André Cymone / Eric B. / Rakim
Larger Than Life1989EverythingJody Watley423Gardner Cole & James Newton Howard
Larger Than Life1990Precious LoveJody Watley873Jody Watley & André Cymone / Pat DiNizio
Affairs Of The Heart1991I Want YouJody Watley6115André Cymone/Jody Watley
Affairs Of The Heart1992I'm The One You NeedJody Watley1917David Morales/Alec Shantzis/Jody Watley
Intimacy1993Your Love Keeps Working On MeJody Watley1002John Barnes/Robert White/Joey Diggs
The Day1996This Is for the Lover In YouBabyface featuring LL Cool J, Howard Hewett, Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniel620H. Hewett & D. Meyers
Flower1998Off the HookJody Watley7313Cassandra Lucas

Here then are all of Jody’s Billboard Hot 100 singles. Enjoy!

The Guardian’s 10 greatest UK No. 1 singles Playlist

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Here in the UK the Guardian newspaper has over the last six weeks been counting down their list of the 100 greatest UK number #1 aingles.
The countdown concluded today with the Pet Shop Boys landing the number one slot with their re-recorded version of West End Girls in 1985. The song topped the Official UK Singles Charts on 16 November 1985 spending two weeks at the chart summit and 17 weeks total on the survey. It is one of four UK number ones acheived by PSB. The song arguably remains the signature PSB tune.

The complete list can be viewed by clicking on the image:

Here is the top 10 for your listening pleasure:

A New Jack Swing Playlist

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The New Jack Swing sound was all conquering between the mid 80s to the early 1990s.

New jack swing or swingbeat is a fusion genre spearheaded by Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle.

The style originated from Janet Jackson’s third studio album, Control from 1986.

Here is another curated playlist celebrating thisonce inescapable sound which dominated the charts and the radio and what better way to start the playlist than with the group created by the aforemetioned Teddy Riley; the massively influential Guy and “Teddy’s Jam”.

Alternative Rock Playlist

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120 Minutes initially aired on MTV and then MTV2 from 1986 to 2000 and 2001 to 2003. The program was dedicated to promoting music videos from band in the alternative music genre. In honour of the show here’s a playlist of music that would have been prime candidates to feature in the show.


80’s R&B Playlist

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It’s our first site Playlist and its all about some cracking 80’S R&B tune so sit back, relax and enjoy but rest assured I won’t hold it against you if you decide to “Get Down On It” instead!