List of songs written by L.A. Reid (1983–1993)

This is a complete list of the songs known to have been written or co-written by L.A. Reid (1983–1993).

+KeyIndicates single release or single track

+ Songs written by L.A. Reid, with original artists, co-writers, the samples and originating album, showing year released. Title Artist(s) Co-writer(s) Originating album Year Sample(s) "Body Talk" The Deele Street Beat 1983 "Sexy Love" The Deele Street Beat 1983 "Crazy 'Bout 'Cha" The Deele Street Beat 1983 "Stimulate" The Deele Material Thangz 1985 "Suspicious" The Deele Material Thangz 1985 "Personality" Dynasty Daydreamin''' | 1986

!scope=row| "Lovers" | Babyface | | Lovers| 1986

!scope=row| "Take Your Time" | Babyface | | Lovers| 1986

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Circumstantial Evidence" | Shalamar | | Circumstantial Evidence| 1987

!scope=row| "Playthang" | Shalamar | | Circumstantial Evidence| 1987

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Rock Steady"

| Just Gets Better With Time| 1987

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Girlfriend" | Pebbles | | Pebbles| 1987

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Can-U-Dance" | The Deele | | Eyes of a Stranger| 1987

!scope=row| "Let No One Separate Us" | The Deele | | Eyes of a Stranger| 1987

!scope=row| "She Wanted" | The Deele | | Eyes of a Stranger| 1987

!scope=row| "Hip Chic" | The Deele | | Eyes of a Stranger| 1987

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Don't Be Cruel"

| Don't Be Cruel| 1988

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Every Little Step"

| Don't Be Cruel| 1988

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "The Way You Love Me"

| Karyn White| 1988

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Secret Rendezvous"

| Karyn White| 1988

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Love Saw It"

| Karyn White| 1988

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Superwoman"

| Karyn White| 1988

!scope=row| "Don't Mess With Me"

| Karyn White| 1988

!scope=row| "Family Man"

| Karyn White| 1988

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "The Lover in Me"

| The Lover in Me| 1988

!scope=row| "No Deposit, No Return"

| The Lover in Me| 1988

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Days Like This"

| The Lover in Me| 1988

!scope=row| "One Love"

| The Lover in Me| 1988

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Stuck" | The Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers | | The Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers| 1988

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Jealous" | The Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers | | The Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers| 1988

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Roses Are Red" | The Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers | | The Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers| 1988

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Dial My Heart" | The Boys | | Messages from The Boys| 1988

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Knocked Out" | Paula Abdul | | Forever Your Girl| 1988

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Nothin' (That Compares 2 U)" | The Jacksons | | 2300 Jackson Street| 1989

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Heat of the Moment" | After 7 | | After 7| 1989

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Can't Stop" | After 7 | | After 7| 1989

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "My Only Woman" | After 7 | | After 7| 1989

!scope=row| "One Night" | After 7 | | After 7| 1989

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Ready or Not" | After 7 | | After 7| 1989

!scope=row| "Sayonara" | After 7 | | After 7| 1989

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "It's No Crime" | Babyface | | Tender Lover| 1989

!scope=row| "Can't Stop My Heart" | Babyface | | Tender Lover| 1989

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Tender Lover" | Babyface | | Tender Lover| 1989

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "My Kinda Girl" | Babyface | | Tender Lover| 1989

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Giving You the Benefit" | Pebbles | | Always| 1990

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Backyard" | Pebbles (featuring Salt-N-Pepa) | | Always| 1990

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Love Makes Things Happen" | Pebbles (featuring Babyface) | | Always| 1990

!scope=row| "Say a Prayer for Me" | Pebbles | | Always| 1990

!scope=row| "Give It to Me" | Pebbles | | Always| 1990

!scope=row| "Good Thang" | Pebbles | | Always| 1990

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Fairweather Friend" | Johnny Gill | | Johnny Gill| 1990

!scope=row| "Never Know Love" | Johnny Gill | | Johnny Gill| 1990

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "I'm Your Baby Tonight" | Whitney Houston | | I'm Your Baby Tonight| 1990

!scope=row| "Anymore" | Whitney Houston | | I'm Your Baby Tonight| 1990

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Miracle" | Whitney Houston | | I'm Your Baby Tonight| 1990

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Stone Cold Gentleman" | Ralph Tresvant | | Ralph Tresvant| 1990 | "The Show" by Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Slave to the Rhythm (Original Version)" | Michael Jackson | | Dangerous Leftover Track / Xscape| 1991 / 2014

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Exclusivity" | Damian Dame | | Damian Dame| 1991

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Exclusivity Remix" | Damian Dame | | Damian Dame| 1991 | "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Gotta Learn My Rhythm" | Damian Dame | | Damian Dame| 1991

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Right Down to It" | Damian Dame | | Damian Dame| 1991

!scope=row| "Don't Remind Me" | Damian Dame | | Damian Dame| 1991

!scope=row| "Whack It on Me" | Damian Dame | | Damian Dame| 1991 | "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" by James Brown

!scope=row| "Trumpet Man" | Damian Dame | | Damian Dame| 1991

!scope=row| "60 Seconds (The Conclusion)" | Damian Dame | | Damian Dame| 1991 | "Funky President (People It's Bad)" by James Brown

!scope=row| "A Lovers Holiday" | Jermaine Jackson | | You Said| 1991

!scope=row| "Secrets" | Jermaine Jackson | | You Said| 1991

!scope=row| "Rebel (With a Cause)" | Jermaine Jackson | | You Said| 1991

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Backyard (Outta the Hood Mix by LaFace Family and Dallas Austin)" | Pebbles (featuring Salt-N-Pepa) | | Backyard| 1991 | "UFO" by ESG "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy "Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)" by Run-D.M.C. "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James "Kool's Back Again" by Kool & the Gang "I Can't Stop" by John Davis and the Monster Orchestra "Hobo Scratch" by Malcolm McLaren and World's Famous Supreme Team "I Get Lifted" by KC & the Sunshine Band "AJ Scratch" by Kurtis Blow "Going Back to Cali" by LL Cool J "Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie" by Grand Wizard Theodore & the Fantastic 5 MCs "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Backyard (Uptown Club Mix by LaFace Family)" | Pebbles (featuring Salt-N-Pepa) | | Backyard| 1991 | "Papa Don't Take No Mess" by James Brown

!scope=row| "Treat You Right" | Jermaine Jackson (featuring Babyface) | | You Said| 1991

!scope=row| "Don't You Deserve Someone" | Jermaine Jackson | | You Said| 1991

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "You Said, You Said" | Jermaine Jackson | | You Said| 1991

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Word to the Badd!" | Jermaine Jackson | | You Said| 1991

!scope=row| "True Lovers" | Jermaine Jackson | | You Said| 1991

!scope=row| "We're Making Whoopee" | Jermaine Jackson | | You Said| 1991

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Gotta Learn My Rhythm (Remix by L.A. Reid and Jermaine Dupri)" | Damian Dame | | Gotta Learn My Rhythm| 1992 | "You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart" by The Detroit Emeralds "Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy "The Payback" by James Brown "Soul Power (Live)" by James Brown "9mm Goes Bang" by Boogie Down Productions "Brand New Funk" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince "The Jam" by Graham Central Station

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Humpin' Around" | Bobby Brown | | Bobby| 1992 | "Dancing Days" by Led Zeppelin "The Grunt" by The J.B.'s "Rock Steady" by Aretha Franklin "Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go)" by The Real Roxanne (featuring Hitman Howie Tee)

!scope=row| "Good Enough" | Bobby Brown | | Bobby| 1992

!scope=row| "Pretty Little Girl" | Bobby Brown | | Bobby| 1992

!scope=row| "Ho of My Own" | Highland Place Mobsters | | 1746DCGA30035| 1992 | "Kool is Back" by Funk, Inc.

!scope=row| "Shock Dat Monkey" | TLC | | Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip| 1992 | "Get Me Back on Time, Engine No. 9" by Wilson Pickett "Slippin' Into the Darkness" by War "Kool is Back" by Funk, Inc. "Shock the Monkey" by Peter Gabriel "Funky President (People It's Bad)" by James Brown "Funky Drummer" by James Brown "The Champ" by The Mohawks "God Make Me Funky" by The Headhunters (featuring The Pointer Sisters) "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers "Different Strokes" by Syl Johnson

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Baby-Baby-Baby" | TLC | | Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip| 1992

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Baby-Baby-Baby (Remix by Jermaine Dupri)" | TLC | | Baby-Baby-Baby| 1992 | "Theme from the Black Hole" by Parliament "God Make Me Funky" by The Headhunters (featuring The Pointer Sisters)

!scope=row| "Somethin' You Wanna Know" | TLC | | Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip| 1992

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Can He Love U Like This" | After 7 | | Takin' My Time| 1992

!scope=row| "G.S.T." | After 7 | | Takin' My Time| 1992

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Give U My Heart" | Babyface and Toni Braxton | | Boomerang OST| 1992

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "End of the Road" | Boyz II Men | | Boomerang OST| 1992

!scope=row| "Tonight is Right" | Keith Washington | | Boomerang OST| 1992

!scope=row| "Don't Wanna Love You" | Shanice | | Boomerang OST| 1992

!scope=row| "There U Go" | Johnny Gill | | Boomerang OST| 1992

!scope=row| "Reversal of a Dog" | The LaFace Cartel (with Damian Dame, Highland Place Mobsters, TLC and Toni Braxton) | | Boomerang OST| 1992 | "Fast Peg" by LL Cool J "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton "Get on the Good Foot" by James Brown "You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart" by The Detroit Emeralds

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Queen of the Night" | Whitney Houston | | The Bodyguard OST| 1992 | "Dirty Diana" by Michael Jackson

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Long Way from Home" | Johnny Gill | | Provocative| 1993

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Seven Whole Days" | Toni Braxton | | Toni Braxton| 1993

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "You Mean the World to Me" | Toni Braxton | | Toni Braxton| 1993

!scope=row style="background-color:#D8BFD8"| "Rock Bottom" | Babyface | | For the Cool in You| 1993

!scope=row| "Saturday" | Babyface | | For the Cool in You| 1993

!scope=row| "I'll Always Love You" | Babyface | | For the Cool in You'' 1993

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