Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them
| Record | Peak | Weeks | Run |
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| Try Me JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 48 | 13 | 12/15/58 – 3/9/59 |
| Think JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 33 | 8 | 5/2/60 – 6/27/60 |
| You've Got The Power JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 86 | 1 | 6/27/60 – 6/27/60 |
| This Old Heart JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 79 | 5 | 8/29/60 – 9/26/60 |
| The Bells | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 68 | 6 | 11/14/60 – 12/19/60 |
| Bewildered JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 40 | 8 | 2/27/61 – 4/17/61 |
| I Don't Mind JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 47 | 8 | 5/15/61 – 7/3/61 |
| Baby, You're Right JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 49 | 4 | 8/21/61 – 9/11/61 |
| Lost Someone JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 48 | 10 | 12/18/61 – 2/24/62 |
| Night Train JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 35 | 11 | 4/14/62 – 6/23/62 |
| Shout And Shimmy JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 61 | 4 | 7/7/62 – 7/28/62 |
| Mashed Potatoes U.S.A. JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 82 | 2 | 9/29/62 – 10/6/62 |
| Three Hearts In A Tangle JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 93 | 3 | 12/8/62 – 12/22/62 |
| Every Beat Of My Heart JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 99 | 1 | 2/9/63 – 2/9/63 |
| Prisoner Of Love JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 18 | 11 | 4/20/63 – 6/29/63 |
| These Foolish Things JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 55 | 6 | 7/27/63 – 8/31/63 |
| Signed, Sealed, And Delivered JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 77 | 5 | 10/12/63 – 11/9/63 |
| Oh Baby Don't You Weep (Part 1) JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 23 | 10 | 1/25/64 – 3/28/64 |
| Please, Please, Please JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 95 | 2 | 2/15/64 – 2/22/64 |
| Caldonia JAMES BROWN & HIS ORCHESTRA |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 95 | 2 | 5/2/64 – 5/9/64 |
| The Things That I Used To Do JAMES BROWN & HIS ORCHESTRA |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 99 | 1 | 7/4/64 – 7/4/64 |
| Out Of Sight JAMES BROWN & HIS ORCHESTRA |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 24 | 10 | 8/15/64 – 10/17/64 |
| Have Mercy Baby JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 92 | 2 | 12/26/64 – 1/2/65 |
| Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Part I) JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 17 | 7/17/65 – 11/6/65 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 8 | 13 | 7/17/65 – 10/9/65 |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 16 | 11/13/65 – 2/26/66 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 3 | 12 | 11/13/65 – 1/29/66 |
| Lost Someone (Live) JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 94 | 2 | 2/5/66 – 2/12/66 |
| I'll Go Crazy JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 73 | 2 | 2/19/66 – 2/26/66 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 38 | 2 | 3/5/66 – 3/12/66 |
| Ain't That A Groove (Part 1) JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 42 | 7 | 3/5/66 – 4/16/66 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 6 | 10 | 3/12/66 – 5/14/66 |
| It's A Man's Man's Man's World JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 8 | 9 | 4/30/66 – 6/25/66 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 12 | 5/7/66 – 7/23/66 |
| Money Won't Change You (Part 1) JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 53 | 9 | 7/30/66 – 9/24/66 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 11 | 10 | 8/6/66 – 10/8/66 |
| Don't Be A Drop-Out JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 50 | 7 | 10/8/66 – 11/19/66 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 4 | 13 | 10/15/66 – 1/7/67 |
| Bring It Up JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 29 | 8 | 1/7/67 – 2/25/67 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 7 | 8 | 1/21/67 – 3/11/67 |
| Kansas City JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 55 | 5 | 3/4/67 – 4/1/67 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 21 | 6 | 3/18/67 – 4/22/67 |
| Think VICKI ANDERSON & JAMES BROWN |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 100 | 1 | 4/8/67 – 4/8/67 |
| Let Yourself Go JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 46 | 7 | 5/6/67 – 6/17/67 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 5 | 11 | 5/13/67 – 7/22/67 |
| Cold Sweat - Part 1 JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 7 | 12 | 7/15/67 – 9/30/67 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 16 | 7/22/67 – 11/4/67 |
| Get It Together (Part 1) JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard R&B Singles | 11 | 9 | 10/28/67 – 12/23/67 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 40 | 6 | 10/28/67 – 12/2/67 |
| I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 28 | 9 | 12/9/67 – 2/3/68 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 4 | 11 | 12/23/67 – 3/2/68 |
| There Was A Time JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 36 | 8 | 1/20/68 – 3/9/68 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 3 | 11 | 1/27/68 – 4/6/68 |
| I Got The Feelin' JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 6 | 12 | 3/16/68 – 6/1/68 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 12 | 3/23/68 – 6/8/68 |
| You've Got To Change Your Mind BOBBY BYRD & JAMES BROWN |
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| Billboard R&B Singles | 47 | 2 | 3/16/68 – 3/23/68 |
| Licking Stick - Licking Stick (Part 1) JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 14 | 8 | 5/25/68 – 7/13/68 |
| America Is My Home - Pt. 1 JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 52 | 7 | 5/25/68 – 7/6/68 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 13 | 6 | 6/1/68 – 7/6/68 |
| Licking Stick JAMES BROWN & HIS FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard R&B Singles | 2 | 14 | 5/25/68 – 8/24/68 |
| I Guess I'll Have To Cry, Cry, Cry JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES |
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| Billboard Hot 100 | 55 | 6 | 7/27/68 – 8/31/68 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 15 | 6 | 8/3/68 – 9/7/68 |
| Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Part 1) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 10 | 11 | 9/7/68 – 11/16/68 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 12 | 9/14/68 – 11/30/68 |
| Goodbye My Love | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 31 | 7 | 11/9/68 – 12/21/68 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 9 | 10 | 11/23/68 – 1/25/69 |
| Tit For Tat (Ain't No Taking Back) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 86 | 4 | 12/21/68 – 1/11/69 |
| Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 15 | 9 | 1/25/69 – 3/22/69 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 11 | 2/1/69 – 4/12/69 |
| I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 20 | 8 | 4/5/69 – 5/24/69 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 3 | 10 | 4/12/69 – 6/14/69 |
| Soul Pride (Part 1) | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 27 | 9 | 4/5/69 – 5/31/69 |
| The Popcorn | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 30 | 9 | 5/31/69 – 7/26/69 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 11 | 9 | 6/7/69 – 8/2/69 |
| Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have A Mother For Me) Part 1 | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 11 | 12 | 6/14/69 – 8/30/69 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 15 | 6/21/69 – 9/27/69 |
| Lowdown Popcorn | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 41 | 6 | 8/23/69 – 9/27/69 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 16 | 6 | 9/6/69 – 10/11/69 |
| World (Part 1) | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 8 | 8 | 9/13/69 – 11/1/69 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 37 | 7 | 9/13/69 – 10/25/69 |
| Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn (Part One) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 21 | 8 | 10/11/69 – 11/29/69 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 2 | 9 | 10/25/69 – 12/20/69 |
| Ain't It Funky Now (Part 1) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 24 | 11 | 11/22/69 – 1/31/70 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 3 | 12 | 11/29/69 – 2/14/70 |
| Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn (Part Two) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 40 | 8 | 12/20/69 – 2/7/70 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 6 | 8 | 12/27/69 – 2/14/70 |
| It's A New Day (Part 1) & (Part 2) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 32 | 8 | 2/14/70 – 4/4/70 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 3 | 11 | 2/21/70 – 5/2/70 |
| Funky Drummer (Part 1) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 51 | 5 | 3/21/70 – 4/18/70 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 20 | 5 | 3/28/70 – 4/25/70 |
| Brother Rapp (Part 1) | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 2 | 11 | 5/2/70 – 7/11/70 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 32 | 8 | 5/2/70 – 6/20/70 |
| Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine (Part 1) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 15 | 9 | 7/18/70 – 9/12/70 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 2 | 12 | 7/25/70 – 10/10/70 |
| Super Bad (Part 1 & Part 2) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 13 | 10 | 10/3/70 – 12/5/70 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 13 | 10/10/70 – 1/2/71 |
| Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (Pt. 1) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 34 | 8 | 1/2/71 – 2/20/71 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 4 | 9 | 1/9/71 – 3/6/71 |
| Soul Power (Pt. 1) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 29 | 9 | 2/27/71 – 4/24/71 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 3 | 11 | 3/6/71 – 5/15/71 |
| Spinning Wheel (Pt. 1) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 90 | 2 | 3/6/71 – 3/13/71 |
| I Cried | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 50 | 6 | 5/8/71 – 6/12/71 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 15 | 5 | 5/15/71 – 6/12/71 |
| Escape-Ism (Part 1) | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 6 | 9 | 6/12/71 – 8/7/71 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 35 | 6 | 6/12/71 – 7/17/71 |
| Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants) (Pt. 1) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 15 | 11 | 7/3/71 – 9/11/71 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 11 | 7/10/71 – 9/18/71 |
| Make It Funky (Part 1) | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 12 | 8/28/71 – 11/13/71 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 22 | 9 | 8/28/71 – 10/23/71 |
| My Part/Make It Funky (Part 3) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 68 | 6 | 10/23/71 – 11/27/71 |
| I'm A Greedy Man - Part I | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 7 | 11 | 11/13/71 – 1/22/72 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 35 | 8 | 11/13/71 – 1/1/72 |
| Talking Loud And Saying Nothing - Part I | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 10 | 2/12/72 – 4/15/72 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 27 | 7 | 2/12/72 – 3/25/72 |
| King Heroin | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 6 | 8 | 3/4/72 – 4/22/72 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 40 | 7 | 3/4/72 – 4/15/72 |
| There It Is (Part 1) | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 43 | 7 | 5/6/72 – 6/17/72 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 4 | 9 | 5/13/72 – 7/8/72 |
| Honky Tonk, Part 1 | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 7 | 10 | 7/1/72 – 9/2/72 |
| Get On The Good Foot-Part 1 | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 18 | 14 | 8/5/72 – 11/4/72 |
| Good Foot, Part 1 | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 15 | 8/12/72 – 11/18/72 |
| I Got A Bag Of My Own | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 3 | 13 | 11/18/72 – 2/10/73 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 44 | 7 | 11/18/72 – 12/30/72 |
| I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want To Dance) (Part 1) | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 4 | 10 | 1/20/73 – 3/24/73 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 27 | 8 | 1/20/73 – 3/10/73 |
| Down And Out In New York City | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 50 | 7 | 3/10/73 – 4/21/73 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 13 | 6 | 3/24/73 – 4/28/73 |
| Think | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 15 | 14 | 5/12/73 – 8/18/73 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 77 | 7 | 5/19/73 – 8/18/73 |
| Sexy, Sexy, Sexy | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 50 | 8 | 8/18/73 – 10/6/73 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 6 | 15 | 8/25/73 – 12/1/73 |
| Stoned To The Bone - Part 1 | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 4 | 17 | 11/10/73 – 3/2/74 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 58 | 11 | 12/1/73 – 2/9/74 |
| The Payback - Part I | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 17 | 3/9/74 – 6/29/74 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 26 | 13 | 3/23/74 – 6/15/74 |
| My Thang | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 15 | 6/8/74 – 9/14/74 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 29 | 13 | 6/22/74 – 9/14/74 |
| Papa Don't Take No Mess (Part I) | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 1 | 14 | 8/24/74 – 11/23/74 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 31 | 11 | 8/24/74 – 11/2/74 |
| Funky President (People It's Bad) | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 4 | 15 | 11/2/74 – 2/8/75 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 44 | 10 | 11/9/74 – 1/11/75 |
| Coldblooded | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 44 | 10 | 11/9/74 – 1/11/75 |
| Reality | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 19 | 9 | 2/22/75 – 4/19/75 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 80 | 4 | 2/22/75 – 3/15/75 |
| Sex Machine (Part I) | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 16 | 12 | 4/19/75 – 7/5/75 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 61 | 5 | 5/17/75 – 6/14/75 |
| Hustle!!! (Dead On It) | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 11 | 13 | 7/12/75 – 10/4/75 |
| Superbad, Superslick Part 1 | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 28 | 9 | 10/18/75 – 12/13/75 |
| Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved) | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 31 | 11 | 11/29/75 – 2/7/76 |
| (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 70 | 4 | 3/27/76 – 4/17/76 |
| Get Up Offa That Thing | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 4 | 19 | 6/5/76 – 10/9/76 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 45 | 7 | 8/14/76 – 9/25/76 |
| I Refuse To Lose | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 47 | 8 | 10/23/76 – 12/11/76 |
| Bodyheat (Part 1) | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 13 | 18 | 12/11/76 – 4/9/77 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 88 | 3 | 2/26/77 – 3/12/77 |
| Kiss In 77 | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 35 | 9 | 4/30/77 – 6/25/77 |
| Give Me Some Skin JAMES BROWN & THE JB'S |
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| Billboard R&B Singles | 20 | 15 | 7/30/77 – 11/5/77 |
| If You Don't Give A Dogone About It | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 45 | 10 | 12/17/77 – 2/18/78 |
| Eyesight | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 38 | 9 | 4/22/78 – 6/17/78 |
| The Spank | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 26 | 12 | 6/24/78 – 9/9/78 |
| For Goodness Sakes, Look At Those Cakes | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 52 | 8 | 12/16/78 – 2/3/79 |
| It's Too Funky In Here | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 15 | 14 | 5/26/79 – 8/25/79 |
| Star Generation | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 63 | 6 | 9/8/79 – 10/13/79 |
| Regrets | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 63 | 6 | 1/26/80 – 3/1/80 |
| Rapp Payback | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 46 | 13 | 11/15/80 – 2/7/81 |
| Stay With Me | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 80 | 4 | 4/4/81 – 4/25/81 |
| Bring It On/The Nighttime Is The Right Time | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 73 | 9 | 5/28/83 – 7/23/83 |
| Unity AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & JAMES BROWN |
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| Billboard R&B Singles | 87 | 4 | 9/15/84 – 10/6/84 |
| Living In America | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | 4 | 19 | 12/7/85 – 4/12/86 |
| R&R CHR / Top 40 | 5 | 11 | 12/20/85 – 3/7/86 |
| Billboard R&B Singles | 10 | 17 | 12/28/85 – 4/19/86 |
| R&R AOR Tracks | 59 | 2 | 1/24/86 – 1/31/86 |
| Gravity | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 26 | 10 | 10/4/86 – 12/6/86 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 93 | 2 | 10/18/86 – 10/25/86 |
| How Do You Stop | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 10 | 14 | 1/17/87 – 4/18/87 |
| I'm Real | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 2 | 16 | 5/14/88 – 8/27/88 |
| Static | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 5 | 13 | 7/23/88 – 10/15/88 |
| Gimme Your Love ARETHA FRANKLIN & JAMES BROWN |
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| Billboard R&B Singles | 48 | 8 | 10/14/89 – 12/2/89 |
| Move On | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 48 | 8 | 7/27/91 – 9/14/91 |
| Can't Get Any Harder | |||
| Billboard R&B Singles | 76 | 8 | 3/20/93 – 5/8/93 |