# 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 as a form of early evening/late night easy listening music aimed at a sophisticated African American audience. 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. 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.
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.

## Songs

| Year | Artist | Song | Album | Notes |
| 1971 | The Temptations | "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" | Sky's the Limit | |
| 1971 | Al Green | "Let's Stay Together" | Let's Stay Together | |
| 1971 | Jerry Butler | "Ain't Understanding Mellow" | The Sagittarius Movement | (duet with Brenda Lee Eager) |
| 1972 | Luther Ingram | "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" | independent single | |
| 1972 | Billy Paul | "Me and Mrs. Jones" | 360 Degrees of Billy Paul | |
| 1973 | Barry White | "I've Got So Much to Give" | I've Got So Much to Give | |
| 1973 | The Moments | "Sexy Mama" | independent single | |
| 1973 | Bloodstone | "Natural High" | Natural High | |
| 1973 | Roberta Flack | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Killing Me Softly | |
| 1973 | Marvin Gaye | "Let's Get It On" | Let's Get It On | |
| 1973 | Marvin Gaye | "Distant Lover" | Let's Get It On | |
| 1973 | Marvin Gaye | "Come Get to This" | Let's Get It On | |
| 1974 | Tower of Power | "Time Will Tell" | Back to Oakland | |
| 1974 | Barry White | "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" | Can't Get Enough | |
| 1974 | Roberta Flack | "Feel Like Makin' Love" | Feel Like Makin' Love | |
| 1974 | The Stylistics | "You Make Me Feel Brand New" | Rockin' Roll Baby | |
| 1975 | The Blackbyrds | "Walking in Rhythm" | Flying Start | |
| 1975 | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" | To Be True | |
| 1975 | Dorothy Moore | "Misty Blue" | Misty Blue | |
| 1975 | Natalie Cole | "I Can't Say No" | Inseparable | |
| 1975 | Natalie Cole | "Inseparable" | Inseparable | |
| 1975 | The Isley Brothers | "For the Love of You" | The Heat Is On | |
| 1975 | Smokey Robinson | "Quiet Storm" | A Quiet Storm | The genre is named after this song. |
| 1976 | Marvin Gaye | "After the Dance" | I Want You | |
| 1976 | Commodores | "Sweet Love" | Movin' On | |
| 1976 | Norman Connors | "You Are My Starship" | You Are My Starship | (vocals by Michael Henderson and Phyllis Hyman) |
| 1976 | George Benson | "This Masquerade" | Breezin' | |
| 1976 | L.T.D. | "Love Ballad" | Love to the World | |
| 1977 | The Isley Brothers | "Footsteps in the Dark" | Go for Your Guns | |
| 1977 | The Isley Brothers | "Voyage to Atlantis" | Go for Your Guns | |
| 1977 | The Gap Band | "Messin' with My Mind" | The Gap Band | |
| 1977 | Bill Withers | "Lovely Day" | Menagerie | |
| 1977 | Natalie Cole | "Peaceful Living" | Unpredictable | |
| 1977 | Phyllis Hyman | "I Don't Want to Lose You" | Phyllis Hyman | |
| 1977 | Heatwave | "Always and Forever" | Too Hot to Handle | |
| 1977 | Natalie Cole | "La Costa" | Thankful | |
| 1978 | Teddy Pendergrass | "Close the Door" | Life Is a Song Worth Singing | |
| 1978 | The O'Jays | "Use ta Be My Girl" | So Full of Love | |
| 1978 | Angela Bofill | "This Time I'll Be Sweeter" | Angie | |
| 1978 | Roberta Flack | "The Closer I Get to You" | Blue Lights in the Basement | (duet with Donny Hathaway) |
| 1978 | Peabo Bryson | "I'm So into You" | Crosswinds | |
| 1978 | Chic | "At Last I Am Free" | C'est Chic | |
| 1978 | Rose Royce | "Wishing on a Star" | Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom | |
| 1978 | Teena Marie | "Déjà Vu (I've Been Here Before)" | Wild and Peaceful | |
| 1978 | Phyllis Hyman | "The Answer Is You" | Somewhere in My Lifetime | |
| 1978 | Phyllis Hyman | "Gonna Make Changes" | Somewhere in My Lifetime | |
| 1978 | Delegation | "Oh Honey" | The Promise of Love | |
| 1978 | Ashford & Simpson | "Is It Still Good to Ya" | Is It Still Good to Ya | |
| 1978 | Quincy Jones | "I'm Gonna Miss You in the Morning" | Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! | (vocals by Luther Vandross and Patti Austin) |
| 1978 | Bobby Caldwell | "What You Won't Do for Love" | Bobby Caldwell | |
| 1979 | Herb Alpert | "Rise" | Rise | |
| 1979 | Stephanie Mills | "Feel the Fire" | What Cha' Gonna Do with My Lovin' | (duet with Teddy Pendergrass) |
| 1979 | Peaches & Herb | "Reunited" | 2 Hot | |
| 1979 | The Gap Band | "No Hiding Place" | The Gap Band II | |
| 1979 | Curtis Mayfield | "Between You Baby & Me" | Heartbeat | (duet with Linda Clifford) |
| 1979 | Natalie Cole | "What You Won't Do for Love" | We're the Best of Friends | (duet with Peabo Bryson) |
| 1979 | Commodores | "Still" | Midnight Magic | |
| 1979 | Michael Jackson | "I Can't Help It" | Off the Wall | |
| 1979 | Angela Bofill | "I Try" | Angel of the Night | |
| 1979 | Smokey Robinson | "Cruisin'" | Where There's Smoke... | |
| 1980 | Kool & the Gang | "Too Hot" | Ladies' Night | |
| 1981 | Smokey Robinson | "Being With You" | Being With You | |
| 1981 | Al Jarreau | "We're in This Love Together" | Breakin' Away | |
| 1981 | Stephanie Mills | "Two Hearts" | Stephanie | (duet with Teddy Pendergrass) |
| 1981 | Rose Royce | "Golden Touch" | Rose Royce V: Golden Touch | |
| 1981 | George Benson | "Turn Your Love Around" | The George Benson Collection | |
| 1981 | Diana Ross | "Endless Love" | Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | (duet with Lionel Richie) |
| 1981 | Luther Vandross | "A House is Not a Home" | Never Too Much | |
| 1981 | Grover Washington Jr. | "Just the Two of Us" | Winelight | (vocal by Bill Withers) |
| 1981 | The Gap Band | "Yearning for Your Love" | The Gap Band III | |
| 1981 | The Gap Band | "Nothin' Comes to Sleepers" | The Gap Band III | |
| 1981 | Quincy Jones | "Just Once" | The Dude | (vocal by James Ingram) |
| 1981 | Rick James | "Fire and Desire" | Street Songs | (duet with Teena Marie) |
| 1982 | Patti Austin | "Baby, Come to Me" | Every Home Should Have One | (duet with James Ingram) |
| 1982 | Marvin Gaye | "Sexual Healing" | Midnight Love | |
| 1982 | Tavares | "A Penny for Your Thoughts" | New Directions | |
| 1982 | Patrice Rushen | "Remind Me" | Straight from the Heart | |
| 1982 | Stevie Wonder | "Ribbon in the Sky" | Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I | |
| 1982 | Cheryl Lynn | "If This World Were Mine" | Instant Love | (duet with Luther Vandross) |
| 1982 | Grover Washington Jr. | "The Best Is Yet to Come" | The Best Is Yet to Come | (vocal by Patti LaBelle) |
| 1982 | Michael McDonald | "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" | If That's What It Takes | |
| 1982 | DeBarge | "All This Love" | All This Love | |
| 1983 | Angela Bofill | "Tonight I Give In" | Too Tough | |
| 1983 | Al Jarreau | "Mornin'" | Jarreau | |
| 1983 | Marvin Gaye | "'Til Tomorrow" | Midnight Love | |
| 1983 | The Isley Brothers | "Between the Sheets" | Between the Sheets | |
| 1983 | The Isley Brothers | "Choosey Lover" | Between the Sheets | |
| 1983 | Michael Jackson | "Human Nature" | Thriller | |
| 1983 | Michael Jackson | "Baby Be Mine" | Thriller | |
| 1983 | Michael Jackson | "The Lady in My Life" | Thriller | |
| 1983 | Peabo Bryson | "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" | Born to Love | (duet with Roberta Flack) |
| 1983 | Dionne Warwick | "So Amazing" | How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye | |
| 1983 | Dionne Warwick | "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" | How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye | (duet with Luther Vandross) |
| 1983 | Art of Noise | "Moments in Love" | Into Battle with the Art of Noise | |
| 1984 | Lionel Richie | "Hello" | Can't Slow Down | |
| 1984 | Stevie Wonder | "Love Light in Flight" | The Woman in Red soundtrack | |
| 1984 | Sade | "Hang On to Your Love" | Diamond Life | |
| 1985 | Sade | "Smooth Operator" | Diamond Life | |
| 1985 | Sade | "Your Love Is King" | Diamond Life | |
| 1985 | Sade | "The Sweetest Taboo" | Promise | |
| 1985 | Billy Ocean | "Suddenly" | Suddenly | |
| 1985 | Chaka Khan | "Through the Fire" | I Feel for You | |
| 1985 | Luther Vandross | "Creepin'" | The Night I Fell in Love | |
| 1985 | Whitney Houston | "Saving All My Love for You" | Whitney Houston | |
| 1985 | Loose Ends | "Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)" | So Where Are You? | |
| 1985 | Force MDs | "Tender Love" | Krush Groove | |
| 1985 | Stevie Wonder | "Overjoyed" | In Square Circle | |
| 1986 | Kenny G | "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" | Duotones | (vocal by Ellis Hall) |
| 1986 | The Gap Band | "I Know We'll Make It" | Gap Band VII | |
| 1986 | Shirley Jones | "Do You Get Enough Love" | Always in the Mood | |
| 1986 | René & Angela | "You Don't Have to Cry" | Street Called Desire | |
| 1986 | Anita Baker | "Sweet Love" | Rapture | |
| 1986 | Anita Baker | "Caught Up in the Rapture" | Rapture | |
| 1987 | Anita Baker | "Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year)" | Rapture | |
| 1987 | Anita Baker | "No One in the World" | Rapture | |
| 1987 | Janet Jackson | "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" | Control | |
| 1987 | Peabo Bryson | "Without You" | Leonard Part 6 | (duet with Regina Belle) |
| 1987 | Kashif | "Love Changes" | Love Changes | (duet with Meli'sa Morgan) |
| 1988 | Anita Baker | "Giving You the Best That I Got" | Giving You the Best That I Got | |
| 1988 | Keith Sweat | "Make It Last Forever" | Make It Last Forever | (duet with Jacci McGhee) |
| 1988 | Anita Baker | "Just Because" | Giving You the Best That I Got | |
| 1988 | Anita Baker | "Lead Me into Love" | Giving You the Best That I Got | |
| 1988 | Brenda Russell | "Piano in the Dark" | Get Here | (with Joe Esposito) |
| 1988 | Al B. Sure! | "Nite and Day" | In Effect Mode | |
| 1988 | The Deele | "Two Occasions" | Eyes of a Stranger | |
| 1988 | New Edition | "Can You Stand the Rain" | Heart Break | |
| 1989 | Michel'le | "Something in My Heart" | Michel'le | |
| 1989 | James Ingram | "I Don't Have the Heart" | It's Real | |
| 1989 | Luther Vandross | "Here and Now" | The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love | |
| 1989 | Randy Crawford | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | Rich and Poor | |
| 1989 | Maze | "Silky Soul" | Silky Soul | |
| 1989 | Skyy | "Real Love" | Start of a Romance | |
| 1990 | Najee | "I'll Be Good to You" | Tokyo Blue | (vocal by Vesta Williams) |
| 1990 | Babyface | "Whip Appeal" | Tender Lover | |
| 1990 | Mariah Carey | "Vision of Love" | Mariah Carey | |
| 1990 | Whitney Houston | "All the Man That I Need" | I'm Your Baby Tonight | |
| 1990 | Quincy Jones | "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" | Back on the Block | (vocals by Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, and Barry White) |
| 1990 | Freddie Jackson | "Love Me Down" | Do Me Again | |
| 1990 | Mariah Carey | "Love Takes Time" | Mariah Carey | |
| 1991 | Freddie Jackson | "Do Me Again" | Do Me Again | |
| 1991 | Fourplay | "After the Dance" | Fourplay | (vocal by El DeBarge) |
| 1991 | Lisa Fischer | "How Can I Ease the Pain" | So Intense | |
| 1991 | Peabo Bryson | "Can You Stop the Rain" | Can You Stop the Rain | |
| 1991 | Teddy Pendergrass | "It Should've Been You" | Truly Blessed | |
| 1991 | Luther Vandross | "Power of Love/Love Power" | Power of Love | |
| 1991 | Tracie Spencer | "Tender Kisses" | Make the Difference | |
| 1991 | Phyllis Hyman | "When You Get Right Down to It" | Prime of My Life | |
| 1992 | Boyz II Men | "End of the Road" | Boomerang | |
| 1992 | Whitney Houston | "I Will Always Love You" | The Bodyguard | |
| 1992 | Toni Braxton | "Love Shoulda Brought You Home" | Toni Braxton | |
| 1992 | Sade | "No Ordinary Love" | Love Deluxe | |
| 1993 | Sade | "Kiss of Life" | Love Deluxe | |
| 1993 | Sade | "Cherish the Day" | Love Deluxe | |
| 1993 | Vanessa Williams | "Love Is" | Beverly Hills 90210 | (duet with Brian McKnight) |
| 1993 | Jon Lucien | "Would You Believe in Me" | Mother Nature's Son | |
| 1993 | Toni Braxton | "Another Sad Love Song" | Toni Braxton | |
| 1993 | Toni Braxton | "Breathe Again" | Toni Braxton | |
| 1993 | Toni Braxton | "Seven Whole Days" | Toni Braxton | |
| 1994 | Barry White | "Practice What You Preach" | The Icon Is Love | |
| 1994 | Janet Jackson | "Any Time, Any Place" | Janet | |
| 1994 | Boyz II Men | "I'll Make Love to You" | II | |
| 1994 | Luther Vandross | "Always and Forever" | Songs | |
| 1995 | Faith Evans | "Soon as I Get Home" | Faith | |
| 1995 | Whitney Houston | "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" | Waiting to Exhale | |
| 1995 | D'Angelo | "Brown Sugar" | Brown Sugar | |
| 1995 | TLC | "Red Light Special" | CrazySexyCool | |
| 1996 | Keith Sweat | "Nobody" | Keith Sweat | (duet with Athena Cage) |
| 1996 | Maxwell | "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" | Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite | |
| 1996 | Maxwell | "Whenever Wherever Whatever" | Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite | |
| 1996 | Toni Braxton | "Un-Break My Heart" | Secrets | |
| 1997 | Toni Braxton | "How Could an Angel Break My Heart" | Secrets | |
| 1997 | Toni Braxton | "Let It Flow" | Secrets | |
| 1997 | Toni Braxton | "I Love Me Some Him" | Secrets | |
| 1997 | Toni Braxton | "I Don't Want To" | Secrets | |
| 1997 | Erykah Badu | "Next Lifetime" | Baduizm | |
| 1997 | Mary J. Blige | "Missing You" | Share My World | |
| 1997 | Maxwell | "This Woman's Work" | independent single | |
| 1997 | Rachelle Ferrell | "Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This" | Rachelle Ferrell | (duet with Will Downing) |
| 1997 | Walter Beasley | "Visions" | Tonight We Love | |
| 1997 | Usher | "Nice & Slow" | My Way | |
| 1998 | Monica | "Angel of Mine" | The Boy Is Mine | |
| 1998 | Jon B. | "They Don't Know" | Cool Relax | |
| 1998 | Phyllis Hyman | "Funny How Love Goes" | Forever with You | (duet with Damon Williams) |
| 1998 | Phyllis Hyman | "The Kids" | Forever with You | |
| 1998 | Dru Hill | "Beauty" | Enter the Dru | |
| 1998 | Tyrese | "Sweet Lady" | Tyrese | |
| 1998 | Lauryn Hill | "Ex-Factor" | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | |
| 1999 | Brandy | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Never Say Never | |
| 1999 | Case | "Happily Ever After" | Personal Conversation | |
| 1999 | Brian McKnight | "Back at One" | Back at One | |
| 1999 | Luther Vandross | "I'm Only Human" | I Know | (featuring Cassandra Wilson and Bob James) |
| 1999 | Joe | "I Wanna Know" | My Name Is Joe | |
| 2000 | D'Angelo | "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" | Voodoo | |
| 2000 | D'Angelo | "Send It On" | Voodoo | |
| 2000 | Donell Jones | "Where I Wanna Be" | Where I Wanna Be | |
| 2000 | Kelly Price | "As We Lay" | Mirror Mirror | |
| 2000 | Carl Thomas | "Lady Lay Your Body" | Emotional | |
| 2000 | Sisqó | "Incomplete" | Unleash the Dragon | |
| 2000 | Musiq Soulchild | "Love" | Aijuswanaseing | |
| 2004 | Beyoncé and Luther Vandross | "The Closer I Get to You" | Dangerously in Love and Dance with My Father | |
| 2004 | Usher | "Burn" | Confessions | |
| 2007 | Justin Timberlake | "Until the End of Time" | FutureSex/LoveSounds | (featuring Beyoncé) |
| 2010 | Alicia Keys | "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" | The Element of Freedom | |
| 2012 | Usher | "Climax" | Looking 4 Myself | |
| 2013 | Alicia Keys | "Fire We Make" | Girl on Fire | |
| 2014 | Nicki Minaj | "Four Door Aventador" | The Pinkprint | |
| 2015 | Janet Jackson | "No Sleeep" | Unbreakable | (featuring J. Cole) |