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A Bay Bay
A Shreveport club chant for DJ Hollywood Bay Bay, which Phunk Dawg's beat carried all the way to number seven.
Harlem Shake
Two uncleared vocal samples and a thirty-second meme put Baauer at number one the week Billboard started counting YouTube.
Say Aah
Troy Taylor cut it at D2 in Atlanta, and Songz's birthday toast climbed to number nine, then double platinum.
I'm So Paid
Coogi paid the entire million-dollar bill for the Miami video, and Detail's beat still outshines it.
23
Mike Will's synths under a Juicy J hook about Air Jordans, with Cyrus rapping on record for the first time.
Ass Back Home
Number one in Australia, top ten in Britain, and Neon Hitch trading verses with McCoy over Benny Blanco's beat.
We Dem Boyz
Detail and Choppa Boi built a beat out of space and chant; Nas and Rick Ross joined the remix.
Whoomp! (There It Is)
Glenn borrowed 2,500 dollars from his parents to press 800 copies; it sat at number two for seven weeks.
Like a Boss
A Slim Thug track turned inside out over Rick tha Rular's beat, with a skeptical Seth Rogen questioning Samberg.
Jizz In My Pants
Samberg and Taccone deadpanning in Pet Shop Boys accents, a Justin Timberlake janitor cameo, and total commitment to the bit.
YOLO
Needlz produced it around The Joy Formidable's Whirring, and the punchline turns a reckless slogan into pure paranoia.
This Is Why I'm Hot
A jump from thirty-two to number one in a week, and a different sample for every region name-checked.
I'm On A Boat
T-Pain's Auto-Tune, a yacht in Biscayne Bay, and a Grammy nomination for a Digital Short.
We Be The Crew
Track three on The Antidote, cut-and-paste funk from the album Theo Keating built alone after his partner left.
Sexy Chick
A chance meeting, a rented London studio, one night's work, and Guetta's first American top five.
Roll Up
Stargate handed Khalifa a pop-radio beat, and he answered with a promise of devotion; number thirteen in Britain and America.
Have You Seen Her
Eugene Record and Barbara Acklin wrote it for the Chi-Lites in 1971; Hammer's hushed remake reached number four.
Down On Me
Twenty-three weeks of climbing before it peaked at number four, riding a Mick Schultz beat built for last call.