Rod Temperton
Songwriting credits

Rod Temperton

Section Title: Songwriting credits
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Year	Song	First charting version	Credited co-writer(s) with Temperton	U.S. Pop	US R&B	UK Singles Chart	Other charting versions, and notes

1977	"Boogie Nights"	Heatwave	2	5	2	1992: Sonia, # 30 UK

"Too Hot to Handle" / "Slip Your Disc to This"	Heatwave	15

1978	"Always and Forever"	Heatwave	18	2	9	1985: Nicole, # 66 R&B 1990: Whistle, # 9 R&B 1994: Luther Vandross, # 58 US pop, # 16 R&B, # 20 UK

"The Groove Line"	Heatwave	7	3	12	1999: The Blockster, # 18 UK

1979	"Eyeballin'"	Heatwave	30

"Razzle Dazzle"	Heatwave	43

"Rock with You"	Michael Jackson	1	1	7	1996: Quincy Jones, # 74 R&B 1998: D'Influence, # 30 UK 2006: Michael Jackson, # 15 UK (re-entry) 2009: Michael Jackson, # 54 UK (re-entry)

"Off the Wall"	Michael Jackson	10	5	7	2000: Wisdome, # 33 UK 2009: Michael Jackson, # 73 UK (re-entry)

"Burn This Disco Out"	"Michael Jackson

1980	"Stomp!"	The Brothers Johnson	Louis Johnson, George Johnson, Valerie Johnson	7	1	6	1996: Quincy Jones, # 28 UK

"Light Up the Night"	The Brothers Johnson	Louis Johnson, George Johnson	16	47

"Give Me the Night"	George Benson	4	1	7	1984: Mirage, # 49 UK 1996: Randy Crawford, # 47 R&B, # 60 UK

"Treasure"	The Brothers Johnson	73	36

"Love X Love"	George Benson	61	9	10

"Gangsters of the Groove"	Heatwave	110	21	19

"Turn Out the Lamplight"	George Benson	109	33

1981	"Jitterbuggin'"	Heatwave	34

"Razzamattazz"	Quincy Jones	17	11

"Do You Love Me?"	Patti Austin	24	76

1982	"Gettin' to the Good Part"	Herbie Hancock	Herbie Hancock	47

"Lettin' It Loose"	Heatwave	54

"Lite Me Up"	Herbie Hancock	52

"Baby, Come to Me"	Patti Austin & James Ingram	1	9	11	1984: Stephanie Winslow, #42 Country 1997: Alexander O'Neal & Cherrelle, # 56 UK

"Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)"	Donna Summer	Quincy Jones, Merria Ross	10	4	18

1983	"Thriller"	Michael Jackson	4	3	10	2007: Michael Jackson, # 57 UK (re-entry) 2008: Michael Jackson, # 35 UK (re-entry) 2009: Michael Jackson, # 12 UK (re-entry) 2010: Michael Jackson, # 68 UK (re-entry) 2011: The Glee Cast, # 38 US, # 23 UK 2011: Michael Jackson, # 79 UK (re-entry) 2012: Michael Jackson, # 49 UK (re-entry) 2013: Michael Jackson, # 42 US, # 49 UK (re-entry) 2014: Michael Jackson, # 35 US (re-entry)

"Baby Be Mine"	Michael Jackson

"The Lady In My Life"	Michael Jackson

"Spice of Life"	The Manhattan Transfer	Derek Bramble	40	32	19

"Yah Mo B There"	James Ingram & Michael McDonald	James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Quincy Jones	19	5	12

1984	"Mystery"	The Manhattan Transfer	102	80	1986: Rapture (Anita Baker album)

1986	"Sweet Freedom"	Michael McDonald	7	17	12	2002: Safri Duo, # 54 UK

"Man Size Love"	Klymaxx	15	43	86

1990	"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)"	Quincy Jones feat. Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, Barry White	Quincy Jones, Siedah Garrett, El DeBarge	31	1	67

1991	"Givin' In to Love"	Patti Austin	55

1993	"Never Do You Wrong"	Stephanie Mills	Vassal Benford, Ron Spearman, Carol Duboc	33	57

"Two in a Million"	Mica Paris	51

1994	"Vibe" (includes a sample of "Love X Love," from Give Me the Night, 1980)	Zhané	Kier Gist, Renée Neufville	119	33	67

1995	"Hey Lover" (includes a sample of "The Lady in My Life," from Thriller, 1982)	LL Cool J	James Todd Smith	3	3	17

"You Put a Move on My Heart"	Tamia	98	16	First recorded by Mica Paris

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In 1986, the songs written by Temperton, including "Sweet Freedom", performed by Michael McDonald and "Man Size Love", performed by Klymaxx.

final_sentence: In 1986, the songs written by Temperton, including "Sweet Freedom", performed by Michael McDonald and "Man Size Love", performed by Klymaxx.