Song artist 876 - Ray Parker Jr
This page lists the song chart entries of Ray Parker Jr. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
1 |
Ray Parker Jr |
Ghostbusters |
1984 |
US Billboard 1 - Jun 1984 (21 weeks), Canada 1 - Jul 1984 (13 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Aug 1984, Springbok 1 - Oct 1984 (20 weeks), UK 2 - Aug 1984 (37 weeks), Sweden (alt) 2 - Aug 1984 (25 weeks), France (SNEP) 2 - Nov 1984 (2 months), Norway 2 - Sep 1984 (20 weeks), Belgium 2 - Aug 1984 (10 weeks), Oscar in 1984 (film 'Ghostbusters') (Nominated), Golden Globe in 1984 (film 'Ghostbusters') (Nominated), Switzerland 3 - Sep 1984 (19 weeks), Australia 3 of 1984, US CashBox 4 of 1984, Holland 4 - Aug 1984 (11 weeks), ODK Germany 4 - Aug 1984 (22 weeks) (7 weeks in top 10), Canada 4 of 1984, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 1984), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Oct 1984), France 5 - Oct 1984 (2 weeks), Germany 6 - Sep 1984 (3 months), US Radio 7 of 1984 (peak 1 13 weeks), Sweden 8 - Sep 1984 (4 weeks), US BB 9 of 1984, Austria 9 - Oct 1984 (4 months), ARC 11 of 1984 (peak 1 14 weeks), Switzerland 12 of 1984, Poland 16 - Sep 1984 (8 weeks), Italy 16 of 1985, France (InfoDisc) 22 of the 1980s (peak 1, 31 weeks, 1,160k sales estimated, 1984), TOTP 38, UKMIX 97, Germany 331 of the 1980s (peak 4 11 weeks), OzNet 605, RYM 87 of 1984 |
2 |
Ray Parker Jr |
The Other Woman |
1982 |
Australia 1 for 1 week - Aug 1982, US Billboard 4 - Mar 1982 (21 weeks), France 6 - May 1982 (2 weeks), Springbok 6 - Jul 1982 (12 weeks), US CashBox 20 of 1982, Australia 22 of 1982, US BB 26 of 1982, US Radio 33 of 1982 (peak 4 10 weeks), ARC 41 of 1982 (peak 3 13 weeks), Canada 53 of 1982, Brazil 65 of 1982 |
3 |
Ray Parker Jr |
I Still Can't Get Over Loving You |
1984 |
France 9 - Apr 1984 (1 week), US Billboard 12 - Nov 1983 (18 weeks), US BB 77 of 1984, US Radio 102 of 1984 (peak 12 5 weeks) |
4 |
Ray Parker Jr |
Jamie |
1985 |
US Billboard 14 - Nov 1984 (16 weeks), Sweden 15 - Feb 1985 (3 weeks), US Radio 120 of 1985 (peak 14 5 weeks) |
5 |
Ray Parker Jr |
Girls Are More Fun |
1986 |
France 9 - Jan 1986 (1 week), US Billboard 34 - Oct 1985 (14 weeks), UK 46 - Jan 1986 (5 weeks) |
6 |
Ray Parker Jr |
I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone |
1987 |
UK 13 - Oct 1987 (10 weeks), US Billboard 68 - Aug 1987 (7 weeks) |
7 |
Ray Parker Jr |
Bad Boy |
1982 |
Canada 12 - Jan 1983 (8 weeks), US Billboard 35 - Dec 1982 (11 weeks) |
8 |
Ray Parker Jr |
She Needs To Get Some |
1991 |
Japan (Tokyo) 8 - Jul 1991 (14 weeks) |
9 |
Ray Parker Jr |
One Sunny Day/Dueling Bikes From Quicksilver |
1986 |
US Billboard 96 - Feb 1986 (3 weeks) |
10 |
Ray Parker Jr |
Let Me Go |
1982 |
US Billboard 38 - Jul 1982 (9 weeks) |
11 |
Ray Parker Jr |
I've Been Diggin You |
1985 |
Belgium 29 - Feb 1985 (1 week) |
In addition to the above listed songs Ray Parker Jr also contributed to the
following entries:
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
1 |
Ray Parker Jr & Raydio |
A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) |
1981 |
US Billboard 4 - Mar 1981 (27 weeks), Record World 4 - 1981, Canada 6 - May 1981 (11 weeks), Holland 7 - Jul 1981 (8 weeks), France 10 - Jun 1981 (1 week), US BB 16 of 1981, Belgium 16 - Jun 1981 (3 weeks), Springbok 16 - Sep 1981 (4 weeks), WABC NY 23 of 1981, US Radio 35 of 1981 (peak 4 12 weeks), US CashBox 40 of 1981, ARC 44 of 1981 (peak 4 14 weeks), Canada 61 of 1981, Brazil 70 of 1981 |
2 |
Ray Parker Jr & Raydio |
You Can't Change That |
1979 |
France 4 - Jul 1979 (3 weeks), Holland 7 - Aug 1979 (8 weeks), US Billboard 9 - Apr 1979 (22 weeks), Record World 13 - 1979, Canada 19 - Jul 1979 (6 weeks), US CashBox 65 of 1979 |
3 |
Ray Parker Jr & Raydio |
That Old Song |
1981 |
US Billboard 21 - Jul 1981 (15 weeks), Record World 26 - 1981 |
4 |
Ray Parker Jr & Raydio |
Two Places At The Same Time |
1980 |
US Billboard 30 - Apr 1980 (14 weeks), Record World 31 - 1980 |
5 |
Ray Parker Jr & Natalie Cole |
Over You |
1988 |
UK 65 - Jan 1988 (3 weeks) |
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