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).

Key

Indicates 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)	Ref.
"Body Talk"	The Deele	Boaz Watson Melvin Gentry Carlos Greene Stanley Burke	Street Beat	1983	N/A
"Sexy Love"	The Deele	Babyface Stanley Burke	Street Beat	1983	N/A
"Crazy 'Bout 'Cha"	The Deele	Babyface Boaz Watson Jeffrey Cooper Carlos Greene	Street Beat	1983	N/A
"Stimulate"	The Deele	Babyface Darnell Bristol Kevin "Kayo" Roberson	Material Thangz	1985	N/A
"Suspicious"	The Deele	Babyface Carlos Greene Daryl Simmons Kevin Roberson	Material Thangz	1985	N/A
"Personality"	Dynasty	Babyface Dwayne Ladd	Daydreamin'	1986	N/A
"Lovers"	Babyface	Babyface Darnell Bristol Kevin Roberson	Lovers	1986	N/A
"Take Your Time"	Babyface	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Lovers	1986	N/A
"Circumstantial Evidence"	Shalamar	Babyface	Circumstantial Evidence	1987	N/A
"Playthang"	Shalamar	Babyface Sid Johnson Stephen Page	Circumstantial Evidence	1987	N/A
"Rock Steady"	The Whispers	Babyface Dwayne Ladd Boaz Watson	Just Gets Better With Time	1987	N/A
"Girlfriend"	Pebbles	Babyface	Pebbles	1987	N/A
"Can-U-Dance"	The Deele	Carlos Greene Dwain Mitchell	Eyes of a Stranger	1987	N/A
"Let No One Separate Us"	The Deele	Babyface Darnell Bristol	Eyes of a Stranger	1987	N/A
"She Wanted"	The Deele	Darnell Bristol Kevin Roberson	Eyes of a Stranger	1987	N/A
"Hip Chic"	The Deele	Darnell Bristol Kevin Roberson Carlos Greene Les Collier	Eyes of a Stranger	1987	N/A
"Don't Be Cruel"	Bobby Brown	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Don't Be Cruel	1988	N/A
"Every Little Step"	Bobby Brown	Babyface	Don't Be Cruel	1988	N/A
"The Way You Love Me"	Karyn White	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Karyn White	1988	N/A
"Secret Rendezvous"	Karyn White	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Karyn White	1988	N/A
"Love Saw It"	Karyn White (featuring Babyface)	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Karyn White	1988	N/A
"Superwoman"	Karyn White	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Karyn White	1988	N/A
"Don't Mess With Me"	Karyn White	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Karyn White	1988	N/A
"Family Man"	Karyn White	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Karyn White	1988	N/A
"The Lover in Me"	Sheena Easton	Babyface Daryl Simmons	The Lover in Me	1988	N/A
"No Deposit, No Return"	Sheena Easton	Babyface Daryl Simmons Kevin Roberson	The Lover in Me	1988	N/A
"Days Like This"	Sheena Easton	Babyface Daryl Simmons	The Lover in Me	1988	N/A
"One Love"	Sheena Easton	Babyface	The Lover in Me	1988	N/A
"Stuck"	The Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers	Babyface Stanley Burke Charles McCampbell	The Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers	1988	N/A
"Jealous"	The Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers	Babyface Darnell Bristol Kevin Roberson Charles McCampbell	The Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers	1988	N/A
"Roses Are Red"	The Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers	Babyface	The Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers	1988	N/A
"Dial My Heart"	The Boys	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Messages from The Boys	1988	N/A
"Knocked Out"	Paula Abdul	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Forever Your Girl	1988	N/A
"Nothin' (That Compares 2 U)"	The Jacksons	Babyface	2300 Jackson Street	1989	N/A
"Heat of the Moment"	After 7	Babyface	After 7	1989	N/A
"Can't Stop"	After 7	Babyface	After 7	1989	N/A
"My Only Woman"	After 7	Daryl Simmons Kevin Roberson	After 7	1989	N/A
"One Night"	After 7	Babyface	After 7	1989	N/A
"Ready or Not"	After 7	Babyface	After 7	1989	N/A
"Sayonara"	After 7	Babyface	After 7	1989	N/A
"It's No Crime"	Babyface	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Tender Lover	1989	N/A
"Can't Stop My Heart"	Babyface	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Tender Lover	1989	N/A
"Tender Lover"	Babyface	Babyface Perri "Pebbles" Reid	Tender Lover	1989	N/A
"My Kinda Girl"	Babyface	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Tender Lover	1989	N/A
"Giving You the Benefit"	Pebbles	Babyface	Always	1990	N/A
"Backyard"	Pebbles (featuring Salt-N-Pepa)	Babyface Cheryl James	Always	1990	N/A
"Love Makes Things Happen"	Pebbles (featuring Babyface)	Babyface	Always	1990	N/A
"Say a Prayer for Me"	Pebbles	Babyface	Always	1990	N/A
"Give It to Me"	Pebbles	Babyface	Always	1990	N/A
"Good Thang"	Pebbles	Babyface Daryl Simmons Kevin Roberson Perri "Pebbles" Reid	Always	1990	N/A
"Fairweather Friend"	Johnny Gill	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Johnny Gill	1990	N/A
"Never Know Love"	Johnny Gill	Babyface	Johnny Gill	1990	N/A
"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	Whitney Houston	Babyface	I'm Your Baby Tonight	1990	N/A
"Anymore"	Whitney Houston	Babyface	I'm Your Baby Tonight	1990	N/A
"Miracle"	Whitney Houston	Babyface	I'm Your Baby Tonight	1990	N/A
"Stone Cold Gentleman"	Ralph Tresvant	Daryl Simmons Kevin Roberson Lasha Johnson Ralph Tresvant Bobby Brown	Ralph Tresvant	1990	"The Show" by Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew
"Slave to the Rhythm (Original Version)"	Michael Jackson	Babyface Daryl Simmons Kevin Roberson	Dangerous Leftover Track / Xscape	1991 / 2014	N/A
"Exclusivity"	Damian Dame	Babyface Bruce Broadus	Damian Dame	1991	N/A
"Exclusivity Remix"	Damian Dame	Babyface Bruce Broadus	Damian Dame	1991	"Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers
"Gotta Learn My Rhythm"	Damian Dame	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Damian Dame	1991	N/A
"Right Down to It"	Damian Dame	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Damian Dame	1991	N/A
"Don't Remind Me"	Damian Dame	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Damian Dame	1991	N/A
"Whack It on Me"	Damian Dame	Babyface Daryl Simmons Kevin Roberson Bruce Broadus S. Gibson Charles Bobbit	Damian Dame	1991	"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" by James Brown
"Trumpet Man"	Damian Dame	Babyface Daryl Simmons Bruce Broadus Debra Hurd	Damian Dame	1991	N/A
"60 Seconds (The Conclusion)"	Damian Dame	Daryl Simmons Bruce Broadus Tionne Watkins Lisa Lopes	Damian Dame	1991	"Funky President (People It's Bad)" by James Brown
"A Lovers Holiday"	Jermaine Jackson	Jermaine Jackson Babyface Daryl Simmons	You Said	1991	N/A
"Secrets"	Jermaine Jackson	Jermaine Jackson Babyface Daryl Simmons	You Said	1991	N/A
"Rebel (With a Cause)"	Jermaine Jackson	Jermaine Jackson Babyface Daryl Simmons Kevin Roberson	You Said	1991	N/A
"Backyard (Outta the Hood Mix by LaFace Family and Dallas Austin)"	Pebbles (featuring Salt-N-Pepa)	Babyface Cheryl James Carlton Ridenhour Hank Shocklee Eric Sadler Darryl McDaniels Joseph Simmons	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
"Backyard (Uptown Club Mix by LaFace Family)"	Pebbles (featuring Salt-N-Pepa)	Babyface Cheryl James James Brown Charles Bobbit Fred Wesley John Starks	Backyard	1991	"Papa Don't Take No Mess" by James Brown
"Treat You Right"	Jermaine Jackson (featuring Babyface)	Babyface Daryl Simmons	You Said	1991	N/A
"Don't You Deserve Someone"	Jermaine Jackson	Jermaine Jackson Babyface Daryl Simmons	You Said	1991	N/A
"You Said, You Said"	Jermaine Jackson	Jermaine Jackson Babyface Daryl Simmons	You Said	1991	N/A
"Word to the Badd!"	Jermaine Jackson	Jermaine Jackson Babyface Daryl Simmons Lisa Lopes	You Said	1991	N/A
"True Lovers"	Jermaine Jackson	Babyface Daryl Simmons	You Said	1991	N/A
"We're Making Whoopee"	Jermaine Jackson	Babyface Daryl Simmons	You Said	1991	N/A
"Gotta Learn My Rhythm (Remix by L.A. Reid and Jermaine Dupri)"	Damian Dame	Babyface Daryl Simmons James Brown Fred Wesley John Starks Carlton Ridenhour Hank Shocklee Eric Sadler Norman Rogers	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
"Humpin' Around"	Bobby Brown	Babyface Daryl Simmons Bobby Brown Thomas Keyes Jan C. "Stylz" Styles Jimmy Page Robert Plant James Brown The J.B.'s	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)
"Good Enough"	Bobby Brown	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Bobby	1992	N/A
"Pretty Little Girl"	Bobby Brown	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Bobby	1992	N/A
"Ho of My Own"	Highland Place Mobsters	Babyface Daryl Simmons Gene Redd Jimmy Crosby	1746DCGA30035	1992	"Kool is Back" by Funk, Inc.
"Shock Dat Monkey"	TLC	Babyface Daryl Simmons Lisa Lopes Kenneth Gamble Leon Huff Peter Gabriel James Brown Morris Dickerson Charles Miller Sylvester Allen Harold Ray Brown Howard Scott Lee Oskar Leroy Jordan Gene Redd Jimmy Crosby	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
"Baby-Baby-Baby"	TLC	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip	1992	N/A
"Baby-Baby-Baby (Remix by Jermaine Dupri)"	TLC	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Baby-Baby-Baby	1992	"Theme from the Black Hole" by Parliament "God Make Me Funky" by The Headhunters (featuring The Pointer Sisters)
"Somethin' You Wanna Know"	TLC	Babyface Daryl Simmons Kevin Roberson Lisa Lopes	Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip	1992	N/A
"Can He Love U Like This"	After 7	Daryl Simmons	Takin' My Time	1992	N/A
"G.S.T."	After 7	Toby Rivers Daryl Simmons Kevin Roberson	Takin' My Time	1992	N/A
"Give U My Heart"	Babyface and Toni Braxton	Babyface Daryl Simmons Boaz Watson	Boomerang OST	1992	N/A
"End of the Road"	Boyz II Men	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Boomerang OST	1992	N/A
"Tonight is Right"	Keith Washington	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Boomerang OST	1992	N/A
"Don't Wanna Love You"	Shanice	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Boomerang OST	1992	N/A
"There U Go"	Johnny Gill	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Boomerang OST	1992	N/A
"Reversal of a Dog"	The LaFace Cartel (with Damian Dame, Highland Place Mobsters, TLC and Toni Braxton)	Babyface Daryl Simmons Lisa Lopes Melvin Davis George Clinton Garry Shider David Spradley	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
"Queen of the Night"	Whitney Houston	Babyface Daryl Simmons Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard OST	1992	"Dirty Diana" by Michael Jackson
"Long Way from Home"	Johnny Gill	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Provocative	1993	N/A
"Seven Whole Days"	Toni Braxton	Babyface	Toni Braxton	1993	N/A
"You Mean the World to Me"	Toni Braxton	Babyface Daryl Simmons	Toni Braxton	1993	N/A
"Rock Bottom"	Babyface	Babyface Daryl Simmons	For the Cool in You	1993	N/A
"Saturday"	Babyface	Babyface Daryl Simmons	For the Cool in You	1993	N/A
"I'll Always Love You"	Babyface	Babyface Daryl Simmons	For the Cool in You	1993	N/A