List of quiet storm songs

This is a list of songs associated with the quiet storm radio format, widely heard in the United States starting in 1976[1] as a form of early evening/late night easy listening music aimed at a sophisticated African American audience.[2] Quiet storm radio programs thrived in the 1980s, with many stations across the US carrying a quiet storm program at night, and a few stations broadcasting in the format all day long.[3] The field adapted in the 1990s as new listeners embraced neo-soul experimentation, hip hop samples and beats, as well as more explicit themes. Slow jams with quiet storm elements continued to be produced through the 2000s and 2010s.[4]

Quiet storm songs are a mix of genres, including pop, contemporary R&B, smooth soul, smooth jazz and jazz fusion – songs having an easy-flowing and romantic character. The format first appeared in 1976 but initially it drew from songs recorded earlier. After the radio format became popular, songs were written to fit the format, and in that manner the radio style became a broad "super-genre" of music.[5][6]

Songs
YearArtistSongAlbumNotes
1971The Temptations"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"Sky's the Limit[7]
1971Al Green"Let's Stay Together"Let's Stay Together[1]
1971Jerry Butler"Ain't Understanding Mellow"The Sagittarius Movement(duet with Brenda Lee Eager[7])
1972Luther Ingram"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"independent single[7]
1972Billy Paul"Me and Mrs. Jones"360 Degrees of Billy Paul[6]
1973Barry White"I've Got So Much to Give"I've Got So Much to Give[7]
1973The Moments"Sexy Mama"independent single[8]
1973Bloodstone"Natural High"Natural High[7]
1973Roberta Flack"Killing Me Softly with His Song"Killing Me Softly[6]
1973Marvin Gaye"Let's Get It On"Let's Get It On[9]
1973Marvin Gaye"Distant Lover"Let's Get It On[6]
1973Marvin Gaye"Come Get to This"Let's Get It On[10]
1974Tower of Power"Time Will Tell"Back to Oakland[8]
1974Barry White"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"Can't Get Enough[1]
1974Roberta Flack"Feel Like Makin' Love"Feel Like Makin' Love[6]
1974The Stylistics"You Make Me Feel Brand New"Rockin' Roll Baby[11]
1975The Blackbyrds"Walking in Rhythm"Flying Start[10]
1975Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"To Be True[12]
1975Dorothy Moore"Misty Blue"Misty Blue[7]
1975Natalie Cole"I Can't Say No"Inseparable[13]
1975Natalie Cole"Inseparable"Inseparable[13]
1975The Isley Brothers"For the Love of You"The Heat Is On[13]
1975Smokey Robinson"Quiet Storm"A Quiet Storm[14]
1976Marvin Gaye"After the Dance"I Want You[7]
1976Commodores"Sweet Love"Movin' On[7]
1976Norman Connors"You Are My Starship"You Are My Starship(vocals by Michael Henderson and Phyllis Hyman[6])
1976George Benson"This Masquerade"Breezin'[10]
1976L.T.D."Love Ballad"Love to the World[6]
1977The Isley Brothers"Footsteps in the Dark"Go for Your Guns[6]
1977The Gap Band"Messin' with My Mind"The Gap Band[13]
1977Bill Withers"Lovely Day"Menagerie[10]
1977Natalie Cole"Peaceful Living"Unpredictable[13]
1977Phyllis Hyman"I Don't Want to Lose You"Phyllis Hyman[13]
1977Heatwave"Always and Forever"Too Hot to Handle[15]
1977Natalie Cole"La Costa"Thankful[13]
1978Teddy Pendergrass"Close the Door"Life Is a Song Worth Singing[6]
1978The O'Jays"Use ta Be My Girl"So Full of Love[6]
1978Angela Bofill"This Time I'll Be Sweeter"Angie
1978Roberta Flack"The Closer I Get to You"Blue Lights in the Basement(duet with Donny Hathaway[6])
1978Peabo Bryson"I'm So into You"Crosswinds[16]
1978Chic"At Last I Am Free"C'est Chic[6]
1978Rose Royce"Wishing on a Star"Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom[6]
1978Teena Marie"Déjà Vu (I've Been Here Before)"Wild and Peaceful[17]
1978Phyllis Hyman"The Answer Is You"Somewhere in My Lifetime[13]
1978Phyllis Hyman"Gonna Make Changes"Somewhere in My Lifetime[13]
1978Delegation"Oh Honey"The Promise of Love[8]
1978Ashford & Simpson"Is It Still Good to Ya"Is It Still Good to Ya[12]
1978Quincy Jones"I'm Gonna Miss You in the Morning"Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!(vocals by Luther Vandross and Patti Austin[6])
1978Bobby Caldwell"What You Won't Do for Love"Bobby Caldwell[6]
1979Herb Alpert"Rise"Rise[10]
1979Stephanie Mills"Feel the Fire"What Cha' Gonna Do with My Lovin'(duet with Teddy Pendergrass[12])
1979Peaches & Herb"Reunited"2 Hot[7]
1979The Gap Band"No Hiding Place"The Gap Band II[13]
1979Curtis Mayfield"Between You Baby & Me"Heartbeat(duet with Linda Clifford[12])
1979Natalie Cole"What You Won't Do for Love"We're the Best of Friends(duet with Peabo Bryson[13])
1979Commodores"Still"Midnight Magic[18]
1979Michael Jackson"I Can't Help It"Off the Wall[6]
1979Angela Bofill"I Try"Angel of the Night[19]
1979Smokey Robinson"Cruisin'"Where There's Smoke...[6]
1980Kool & the Gang"Too Hot"Ladies' Night[10]
1981Smokey Robinson"Being With You"Being With You[6]
1981Al Jarreau"We're in This Love Together"Breakin' Away[10]
1981Stephanie Mills"Two Hearts"Stephanie(duet with Teddy Pendergrass[20])
1981Rose Royce"Golden Touch"Rose Royce V: Golden Touch[8]
1981George Benson"Turn Your Love Around"The George Benson Collection[10]
1981Diana Ross"Endless Love"Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(duet with Lionel Richie[20])
1981Luther Vandross"A House Is Not a Home"Never Too Much[6]
1981Grover Washington Jr."Just the Two of Us"Winelight(vocal by Bill Withers[10])
1981The Gap Band"Yearning for Your Love"The Gap Band III[6]
1981The Gap Band"Nothin' Comes to Sleepers"The Gap Band III[21]
1981Quincy Jones"Just Once"The Dude(vocal by James Ingram[6])
1981Rick James"Fire and Desire"Street Songs(duet with Teena Marie[6])
1982Patti Austin"Baby, Come to Me"Every Home Should Have One(duet with James Ingram[6])
1982Marvin Gaye"Sexual Healing"Midnight Love[1]
1982Tavares"A Penny for Your Thoughts"New Directions[8]
1982Patrice Rushen"Remind Me"Straight from the Heart[8]
1982Stevie Wonder"Ribbon in the Sky"Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I[10]
1982Cheryl Lynn"If This World Were Mine"Instant Love(duet with Luther Vandross[12])
1982Grover Washington Jr."The Best Is Yet to Come"The Best Is Yet to Come(vocal by Patti LaBelle[10])
1982Michael McDonald"I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)"If That's What It Takes[10]
1982DeBarge"All This Love"All This Love[6]
1983Angela Bofill"Tonight I Give In"Too Tough[22]
1983Al Jarreau"Mornin'"Jarreau[10]
1983Marvin Gaye"'Til Tomorrow"Midnight Love
1983The Isley Brothers"Between the Sheets"Between the Sheets[13]
1983The Isley Brothers"Choosey Lover"Between the Sheets[13]
1983Michael Jackson"Human Nature"Thriller[6]
1983Michael Jackson"Baby Be Mine"Thriller[6]
1983Michael Jackson"The Lady in My Life"Thriller[6]
1983Peabo Bryson"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love"Born to Love(duet with Roberta Flack[12])
1983Dionne Warwick"So Amazing"How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye[4]
1983Dionne Warwick"How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye"How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye(duet with Luther Vandross[4])
1983Art of Noise"Moments in Love"Into Battle with the Art of Noise[23]
1984Lionel Richie"Hello"Can't Slow Down[6]
1984Stevie Wonder"Love Light in Flight"The Woman in Red soundtrack[18]
1984Sade"Hang On to Your Love"Diamond Life
1985Sade"Smooth Operator"Diamond Life[6]
1985Sade"Your Love Is King"Diamond Life
1985Billy Ocean"Suddenly"Suddenly[6]
1985Chaka Khan"Through the Fire"I Feel for You[6]
1985Luther Vandross"Creepin'"The Night I Fell in Love[18]
1985Whitney Houston"Saving All My Love for You"Whitney Houston[6]
1985Loose Ends"Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)"So Where Are You?[10]
1985Force MDs"Tender Love"Krush Groove
1985Stevie Wonder"Overjoyed"In Square Circle[6]
1986Kenny G"What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)"Duotones(vocal by Ellis Hall[10])
1986The Gap Band"I Know We'll Make It"Gap Band VII[13]
1986Shirley Jones"Do You Get Enough Love"Always in the Mood[10]
1986René & Angela"You Don't Have to Cry"Street Called Desire[12]
1986Anita Baker"Sweet Love"Rapture
1986Anita Baker"Caught Up in the Rapture"Rapture
1987Anita Baker"Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year)"Rapture
1987Anita Baker"No One in the World"Rapture
1987Janet Jackson"Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)"Control
1987Peabo Bryson"Without You"Leonard Part 6(duet with Regina Belle)
1987Kashif"Love Changes"Love Changes(duet with Meli'sa Morgan[12])
1988Anita Baker"Giving You the Best That I Got"Giving You the Best That I Got
1988Keith Sweat"Make It Last Forever"Make It Last Forever(duet with Jacci McGhee[4])
1988Anita Baker"Just Because"Giving You the Best That I Got
1988Anita Baker"Lead Me into Love"Giving You the Best That I Got
1988Brenda Russell"Piano in the Dark"Get Here(with Joe Esposito)
1988Al B. Sure!"Nite and Day"In Effect Mode[10]
1988The Deele"Two Occasions"Eyes of a Stranger[4]
1988New Edition"Can You Stand the Rain"Heart Break[24]
1989Michel'le"Something in My Heart"Michel'le[4]
1989James Ingram"I Don't Have the Heart"It's Real
1989Luther Vandross"Here and Now"The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love[4]
1989Randy Crawford"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"Rich and Poor[10]
1989Maze"Silky Soul"Silky Soul[10]
1989Skyy"Real Love"Start of a Romance[8]
1990Najee"I'll Be Good to You"Tokyo Blue(vocal by Vesta Williams[10])
1990Babyface"Whip Appeal"Tender Lover[6]
1990Mariah Carey"Vision of Love"Mariah Carey[1]
1990Whitney Houston"All the Man That I Need"I'm Your Baby Tonight[1]
1990Quincy Jones"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)"Back on the Block(vocals by Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, and Barry White)[25]
1990Freddie Jackson"Love Me Down"Do Me Again[1]
1990Mariah Carey"Love Takes Time"Mariah Carey[1]
1991Freddie Jackson"Do Me Again"Do Me Again[1]
1991Fourplay"After the Dance"Fourplay(vocal by El DeBarge[10])
1991Lisa Fischer"How Can I Ease the Pain"So Intense[4]
1991Peabo Bryson"Can You Stop the Rain"Can You Stop the Rain[1]
1991Teddy Pendergrass"It Should've Been You"Truly Blessed[1]
1991Luther Vandross"Power of Love/Love Power"Power of Love[4]
1991Tracie Spencer"Tender Kisses"Make the Difference[4]
1991Phyllis Hyman"When You Get Right Down to It"Prime of My Life[13]
1992Boyz II Men"End of the Road"Boomerang[4]
1992Whitney Houston"I Will Always Love You"The Bodyguard[1]
1992Toni Braxton"Love Shoulda Brought You Home"Toni Braxton[26]
1992Sade"No Ordinary Love"Love Deluxe[6]
1993Sade"Kiss of Life"Love Deluxe[4]
1993Sade"Cherish the Day"Love Deluxe[4]
1993Vanessa Williams"Love Is"Beverly Hills 90210(duet with Brian McKnight[20])
1993Jon Lucien"Would You Believe in Me"Mother Nature's Son[27]
1993Toni Braxton"Another Sad Love Song"Toni Braxton[4]
1993Toni Braxton"Breathe Again"Toni Braxton[4]
1993Toni Braxton"Seven Whole Days"Toni Braxton[4]
1997Rachelle Ferrell"Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This"Rachelle Ferrell(duet with Will Downing[12])
1994Barry White"Practice What You Preach"The Icon Is Love[4]
1994Janet Jackson"Any Time, Any Place"Janet[4]
1994Boyz II Men"I'll Make Love to You"II[4]
1994Luther Vandross"Always and Forever"Songs
1995Faith Evans"Soon as I Get Home"Faith[4]
1995Whitney Houston"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"Waiting to Exhale[4]
1995TLC"Red Light Special"CrazySexyCool[4]
1996Keith Sweat"Nobody"Keith Sweat(duet with Athena Cage[4])
1996Maxwell"Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)"Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite[4]
1996Maxwell"Whenever Wherever Whatever"Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite[4]
1996Toni Braxton"Un-Break My Heart"Secrets[4]
1997Toni Braxton"How Could an Angel Break My Heart"Secrets[4]
1997Toni Braxton"Let It Flow"Secrets[4]
1997Toni Braxton"I Love Me Some Him"Secrets[4]
1997Toni Braxton"I Don't Want To"Secrets[4]
1997Erykah Badu"Next Lifetime"Baduizm[4]
1997Mary J. Blige"Missing You"Share My World[4]
1997Maxwell"This Woman's Work"independent single[4]
1997Walter Beasley"Visions"Tonight We Love[28]
1997Usher"Nice & Slow"My Way[4]
1998Monica"Angel of Mine"The Boy Is Mine[4]
1998Jon B."They Don't Know"Cool Relax[4]
1998Phyllis Hyman"Funny How Love Goes"Forever with You(duet with Damon Williams[13])
1998Phyllis Hyman"The Kids"Forever with You[13]
1998Dru Hill"Beauty"Enter the Dru[4]
1998Tyrese"Sweet Lady"Tyrese[4]
1998Lauryn Hill"Ex-Factor"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill[4]
1999Brandy"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"Never Say Never[4]
1999Case"Happily Ever After"Personal Conversation[4]
1999Brian McKnight"Back at One"Back at One[4]
1999D'Angelo"Brown Sugar"Brown Sugar[4]
1999Luther Vandross"I'm Only Human"I Know(featuring Cassandra Wilson and Bob James[10])
1999Joe"I Wanna Know"My Name Is Joe[4]
2000D'Angelo"Untitled (How Does It Feel)"Voodoo[4]
2000D'Angelo"Send It On"Voodoo
2000Donell Jones"Where I Wanna Be"Where I Wanna Be[4]
2000Kelly Price"As We Lay"Mirror Mirror[4]
2000Carl Thomas"Lady Lay Your Body"Emotional[4]
2000Sisqó"Incomplete"Unleash the Dragon[4]
2000Musiq Soulchild"Love"Aijuswanaseing[4]
2004Beyoncé"The Closer I Get to You"Dangerously in Love(duet with Luther Vandross[4])
2004Luther Vandross"The Closer I Get to You"Dance with My Father(duet with Beyoncé[4])
2004Usher"Burn"Confessions[4]
2007Justin Timberlake"Until the End of Time"FutureSex/LoveSounds(featuring Beyoncé[4])
2010Alicia Keys"Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)"The Element of Freedom[29]
2012Usher"Climax"Looking 4 Myself[30]
2013Alicia Keys"Fire We Make"Girl on Fire[31]

See also

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