Song artist 151 - Kool & The Gang

This page lists the song chart entries of Kool & The Gang.A list of the hit albums by Kool & The Gang is also available. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Kool & The Gang	Celebration	1981	US Billboard 1 - Oct 1980 (29 weeks), Record World 1 - 1981, Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Mar 1981, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks - Aug 1981, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016 (1980), Holland 2 - Dec 1980 (11 weeks), Belgium 2 - Nov 1980 (14 weeks), Springbok 2 - Jan 1981 (16 weeks), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Mar 1981), US BB 6 of 1981, Switzerland 6 - Jan 1981 (7 weeks), UK 7 - Nov 1980 (13 weeks), Canada 9 of 1981, POP 9 of 1981, US CashBox 10 of 1981, ARC 11 of 1981 (peak 1 18 weeks), WABC NY 16 of 1981, South Africa 16 of 1981, ODK Germany 17 - Dec 1980 (24 weeks), Scrobulate 17 of disco, nuTsie 17 of 1980s, US Radio 24 of 1981 (peak 1 15 weeks), Germany 26 - Jan 1981 (1 month), Brazil 31 of 1981, D.Marsh 32 of 1980, RIAA 214, OzNet 526, Acclaimed 1668 (1980), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Dec 1980), RYM 200 of 1980, Party 9 of 2007
2	Kool & The Gang	Cherish	1985	Canada 1 - Aug 1985 (14 weeks), Poland 1 - Sep 1985 (22 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 1 week - Oct 1985, US Billboard 2 - Jul 1985 (25 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Sep 1985 (19 weeks), Austria 3 - Oct 1985 (5 months), Belgium 3 - Aug 1985 (14 weeks), UK 4 - May 1985 (22 weeks), Holland 4 - Aug 1985 (14 weeks), Germany 4 - Aug 1985 (3 months), US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 1989), ODK Germany 5 - Aug 1985 (21 weeks) (7 weeks in top 10), Sweden 6 - Aug 1985 (5 weeks), Canada 6 of 1985, US BB 17 of 1985, US CashBox 17 of 1985, Switzerland 18 of 1985, US Radio 19 of 1985 (peak 2 10 weeks), Sweden (alt) 19 - Sep 1985 (4 weeks), ARC 24 of 1985 (peak 2 14 weeks), Brazil 25 of 1985, Japan (Tokyo) 67 - Apr 2004 (4 weeks), Germany 341 of the 1980s (peak 5 12 weeks), UKMIX 571, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jul 1985)
3	Kool & The Gang	Get Down On It	1982	Springbok 1 - Mar 1982 (19 weeks), UK 3 - Dec 1981 (13 weeks), South Africa 3 of 1982, US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 1989), Holland 8 - Mar 1982 (8 weeks), US Billboard 10 - Feb 1982 (17 weeks), France 10 - Jan 1982 (1 week), Belgium 13 - Mar 1982 (3 weeks), POP 21 of 1982, ODK Germany 43 - Mar 1982 (8 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 49 - Apr 2004 (5 weeks), Scrobulate 52 of funk, US Radio 73 of 1982 (peak 10 7 weeks), US CashBox 74 of 1982, US BB 82 of 1982, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jan 1982)
4	Kool & The Gang	Ladies Night	1980	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Dec 1979), Record World 5 - 1979, France 7 - Dec 1979 (1 week), Switzerland 7 - Mar 1980 (6 weeks), US Billboard 8 - Oct 1979 (23 weeks), Belgium 8 - Mar 1980 (5 weeks), UK 9 - Oct 1979 (12 weeks), Norway 10 - Dec 1979 (1 week), POP 11 of 1980, Canada 13 of 1980, Holland 14 - Mar 1980 (8 weeks), ODK Germany 18 - Jan 1980 (18 weeks), Germany 22 - Feb 1980 (2 months), WABC NY 32 of 1979, Scrobulate 33 of disco, US BB 35 of 1980, Japan (Tokyo) 39 - Apr 2004 (4 weeks), US Radio 55 of 1980 (peak 8 9 weeks), US CashBox 58 of 1979
5	Kool & The Gang	Joanna	1984	Spain 1 for 1 week - Aug 1984, UK 2 - Feb 1984 (11 weeks), US Billboard 2 - Nov 1983 (23 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 1989), Canada 11 - Feb 1984 (7 weeks), ODK Germany 18 - Mar 1984 (11 weeks), US BB 24 of 1984, Germany 24 - Apr 1984 (1 month), Brazil 27 of 1984, Poland 27 - Dec 1983 (13 weeks), ARC 29 of 1984 (peak 2 15 weeks), US CashBox 36 of 1984, US Radio 36 of 1984 (peak 2 10 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 81 - May 2004 (2 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Mar 1984)
6	Kool & The Gang	Fresh	1985	Belgium 8 - Dec 1984 (12 weeks), US Billboard 9 - Mar 1985 (19 weeks), Canada 10 - Jul 1985 (10 weeks), UK 11 - Nov 1984 (12 weeks), ODK Germany 26 - Jan 1985 (17 weeks), Holland 34 - Jan 1985 (4 weeks), POP 63 of 1985, Canada 84 of 1985, US BB 89 of 1985, US Radio 92 of 1985 (peak 9 7 weeks), US CashBox 95 of 1985, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jan 1985)
7	Kool & The Gang	Jungle Boogie	1974	US Billboard 4 - Dec 1973 (22 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Feb 1974), Record World 5 - 1974, POP 10 of 1974, US BB 12 of 1974, Scrobulate 14 of funk, Brazil 21 of 1974, US Radio 29 of 1974 (peak 4 11 weeks), WABC NY 57 of 1974, DDD 74 of 1973, US CashBox 91 of 1974, RYM 21 of 1974
8	Kool & The Gang	Too Hot	1980	US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 1989), US Billboard 5 - Jan 1980 (18 weeks), Record World 5 - 1980, France 6 - Jan 1980 (2 weeks), UK 23 - Jan 1980 (8 weeks), WABC NY 34 of 1980, US BB 36 of 1980, US Radio 46 of 1980 (peak 5 10 weeks), ARC 49 of 1980 (peak 3 12 weeks), US CashBox 50 of 1980
9	Kool & The Gang	Hollywood Swinging	1974	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1974), US Billboard 6 - Apr 1974 (19 weeks), Record World 7 - 1974, Japan (Tokyo) 25 - Mar 2004 (8 weeks), POP 25 of 1974, US CashBox 54 of 1974, US BB 59 of 1974, DDD 68 of 1973, US Radio 87 of 1974 (peak 6 6 weeks), WABC NY 90 of 1974
10	Kool & The Gang	Victory	1986	Switzerland 2 - Nov 1986 (12 weeks), US Billboard 10 - Nov 1986 (18 weeks), Germany 11 - Jan 1987 (2 months), ODK Germany 11 - Nov 1986 (18 weeks), Holland 26 - Dec 1986 (4 weeks), UK 30 - Nov 1986 (12 weeks), US BB 91 of 1987, Italy 91 of 1986, US Radio 101 of 1987 (peak 10 6 weeks)
11	Kool & The Gang	Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La, la, La)	1982	Springbok 3 - Dec 1982 (16 weeks), UK 6 - Oct 1982 (10 weeks), Belgium 7 - Dec 1982 (7 weeks), Holland 8 - Nov 1982 (7 weeks), POP 13 of 1983, US Billboard 30 - Oct 1982 (14 weeks), ODK Germany 49 - Dec 1982 (15 weeks)
12	Kool & The Gang	Misled	1985	US Billboard 10 - Nov 1984 (23 weeks), France 10 - Feb 1985 (1 week), Belgium 20 - Mar 1985 (3 weeks), UK 28 - Feb 1985 (5 weeks), ODK Germany 46 - May 1985 (8 weeks), US BB 69 of 1985, US Radio 101 of 1985 (peak 10 6 weeks)
13	Kool & The Gang	Stone Love	1987	US Billboard 10 - Feb 1987 (18 weeks), ODK Germany 18 - Mar 1987 (15 weeks), Switzerland 22 - Apr 1987 (5 weeks), Holland 23 - Apr 1987 (7 weeks), Germany 30 - Apr 1987 (1 month), UK 45 - Mar 1987 (4 weeks), US Radio 116 of 1987 (peak 10 6 weeks)
14	Kool & The Gang	Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)	1981	US Billboard 17 - Oct 1981 (16 weeks), Record World 20 - 1981, UK 29 - Mar 1982 (7 weeks), ODK Germany 39 - Nov 1981 (12 weeks), US BB 85 of 1982, US Radio 106 of 1981 (peak 17 4 weeks)
15	Kool & The Gang	Funky Stuff	1973	UK 17 - Feb 1981 (11 weeks), US Billboard 29 - Sep 1973 (12 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 58 - Nov 1988 (3 weeks), Brazil 81 of 1973
16	Kool & The Gang	Emergency	1985	France 9 - Dec 1985 (1 week), US Billboard 18 - Oct 1985 (15 weeks), UK 50 - Nov 1985 (3 weeks), ODK Germany 56 - Dec 1985 (8 weeks), US Radio 138 of 1985 (peak 18 2 weeks)
17	Kool & The Gang	Tonight	1984	France 10 - Mar 1984 (1 week), US Billboard 13 - Feb 1984 (18 weeks), US BB 90 of 1984, US Radio 101 of 1984 (peak 13 6 weeks)
18	Kool & The Gang	Big Fun	1982	UK 14 - Aug 1982 (8 weeks), US Billboard 21 - Aug 1982 (11 weeks), Holland 30 - Oct 1982 (3 weeks), ODK Germany 40 - Aug 1982 (9 weeks)
19	Kool & The Gang	Steppin' Out	1981	France 6 - Nov 1981 (1 week), UK 12 - Oct 1981 (13 weeks), US Billboard 89 - Feb 1982 (2 weeks)
20	Kool & The Gang	Jones v Jones	1981	UK 17 - Feb 1981 (11 weeks), US Billboard 39 - May 1981 (11 weeks), POP 54 of 1981
21	Kool & The Gang	Take it to the Top	1981	UK 15 - May 1981 (9 weeks), Belgium 16 - Mar 1981 (4 weeks), ODK Germany 63 - Jun 1981 (7 weeks)
22	Kool & The Gang	Hi De Hi Hi De Ho	1983	Belgium 13 - Mar 1983 (6 weeks), Holland 18 - Mar 1983 (5 weeks), UK 29 - Dec 1982 (8 weeks)
23	Kool & The Gang	Raindrops	1989	Japan (Tokyo) 25 - Jul 1989 (9 weeks), ODK Germany 42 - Jul 1989 (12 weeks)
24	Kool & The Gang	Straight Ahead	1984	Holland 11 - Feb 1984 (6 weeks), UK 15 - Dec 1983 (10 weeks), Belgium 18 - Mar 1984 (3 weeks)
25	Kool & The Gang	Kool & The Gang	1969	Keener 19 - Oct 1969 (4 weeks), US Billboard 59 - Sep 1969 (12 weeks), KQV 100 of 1969
26	Kool & The Gang	Holiday	1987	ODK Germany 24 - Aug 1987 (10 weeks), US Billboard 66 - Jun 1987 (7 weeks)
27	Kool & The Gang	Open Sesame	1976	POP 25 of 1977, US Billboard 55 - Nov 1976 (12 weeks)
28	Kool & The Gang	Spirit Of The Boogie	1975	Record World 34 - 1975, US Billboard 35 - Apr 1975 (17 weeks)
29	Kool & The Gang	Hangin' Out	1980	UK 52 - Jul 1980 (4 weeks), ODK Germany 53 - Aug 1980 (5 weeks)
30	Kool & The Gang	Celebration '88	1988	ODK Germany 40 - Apr 1989 (11 weeks), UK 56 - Dec 1988 (5 weeks)
31	Kool & The Gang	Slam Dunk (Da Funk)	1997	Japan (Tokyo) 74 - Feb 1997 (3 weeks)
32	Kool & The Gang	Special Way	1987	US Billboard 72 - Oct 1987 (14 weeks)
33	Kool & The Gang	Peacemaker	1987	Belgium 15 - Dec 1987 (3 weeks), Holland 22 - Nov 1987 (5 weeks)
34	Kool & The Gang	(When You Say You Love Somebody) in the Heart	1984	UK 7 - Apr 1984 (8 weeks)
35	Kool & The Gang	Love & Understanding	1976	US Billboard 77 - Mar 1976 (8 weeks)
36	Kool & The Gang	Summer Madness	1975	Record World 34 - 1975
37	Kool & The Gang	Carribean Festival	1975	US Billboard 55 - Nov 1975 (7 weeks)
38	Kool & The Gang	Rhyme Tyme People	1975	US Billboard 63 - Jan 1975 (8 weeks)
39	Kool & The Gang	Higher Plane	1974	US Billboard 37 - Sep 1974 (8 weeks)
40	Kool & The Gang	The Gang's Back Again	1969	US Billboard 85 - Dec 1969 (5 weeks)
41	Kool & The Gang	Let The Music Take Your Mind	1970	US Billboard 78 - Jul 1970 (6 weeks)
42	Kool & The Gang	Funky Man	1970	US Billboard 87 - Sep 1970 (4 weeks)
43	Kool & The Gang	The Throwdown Mix	1987	Holland 23 - Apr 1987 (7 weeks)
44	Kool & The Gang	Rags to Riches	1988	ODK Germany 26 - Sep 1988 (10 weeks)
45	Kool & The Gang	Strong	1988	ODK Germany 61 - Dec 1988 (4 weeks)
46	Kool & The Gang	North South East West	1974	RYM 21 of 1974

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23 Feb 2018

(3) Double Listings

#15 & #40 are the same (Take My Heart). Also #11 & #44 (Let's Go Dancin' - Ooh La La La). And finally #34 & #47 (Celebration '88).

Data fixed, thanks