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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.
Teach Me How to Dougie
A Dallas dance named after Doug E. Fresh, a cowbell-driven beat from Runway Star, and Inglewood teaching everyone else.
Snap Yo Fingers
Finger snaps where the snare should be, E-40 riding shotgun, and Lil Jon proving crunk could whisper.
Right Thurr
Trak Starz built the beat, Ludacris and Chaka Zulu signed him, and the Walnut Park kid stalled at number two.
Double Bubble Trouble
Dub reggae bass and Indian strings under a nod to Shampoo's 1994 hit "Trouble", produced by The Partysquad.
Hold Me Back
G5's beat is a stomp, and the black-and-white video walks Ross through New Orleans' Calliope projects.
Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay
By Sean's account Kanye handed over the beat with Roscoe Dash's hook already attached, and the whole thing purrs.
No Sleep
Number six on the Hot 100 the week it arrived, Benny Blanco and Big Jerm keeping it airborne.
Work Hard, Play Hard
Benny Blanco and Stargate on the beat, and Marco Rubio calling Khalifa a modern poet during a Senate filibuster.
Throw It in the Bag
Loso's Way yielded exactly one charting single, produced by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, peaking at number fourteen.
Make It Rain
Fat Joe found no club record built around throwing money, so Scott Storch cut one at the Hit Factory.
Dangerous
Under an hour, beat to finished verse, by Kardinal's account; the Junos named it Single of the Year.
Start the Commotion
A 1966 Ventures instrumental on loop, twice a minor British hit, then a Mitsubishi advert made it inescapable.
Walk It Out
Atlanta radio had it in March 2006; by September the country did, and Outkast joined the remix.
Ice Ice Baby
Queen and Bowie went uncredited until a settlement, and hip hop had its first Hot 100 number one.
Boom Boom Pow
will.i.am heard electro in Sydney nightclubs while filming Wolverine, then rode that beat to twelve weeks at number one.
Overnight Celebrity
Kanye looped a 1978 Lenny Williams record, Miri Ben-Ari sawed the violin, and Twista outran both to number six.
E.T.
Dr. Luke and Max Martin built the dubstep stomp at Conway; West's verses took it to number one.
Shake Ya Tailfeather
A stadium war chant repurposed for the Bad Boys II soundtrack, and a Grammy for the three of them.
Gettin It
Ant Banks flipped a Bootsy Collins sample for a farewell album that went platinum, with Parliament-Funkadelic on the hook.
Loyal
Nic Nac's beat borrows from "Money Ain't a Thang," and three regional versions carried it thirty-six weeks on the chart.
Fuck Compton
Ced-Gee of Ultramagnetic MCs built the track; a Bronx rapper aimed it at Compton and lit the coastal rivalry.
What's Luv?
Tina Turner's chorus rebuilt at Crackhouse Studios, and Ashanti became the first woman to hold the Hot 100's top two.
Brooklyn Battles
Marley Marl looped an Eddie Kendricks record; Ace, co-producing his own debut, made Brooklyn sound like a place to watch.
Jump
Eight weeks at number one, backwards clothes, and two Atlanta thirteen-year-olds rapping over Jermaine Dupri's beat.
I Wanna Love You
Plies cut the original verses; Akon swapped in Snoop Dogg, cleaned the title, and landed his first number one.
The Gangsta, The Kill and the Dope Dealer
Ice Cube, Mack 10 and WC trading verses, from a debut album that reached number two and went platinum.
Run It!
Cut at Criteria in Miami by Scott Storch and Sean Garrett, with Brown topping the Hot 100 at sixteen.
I'm on One
Thirteen weeks atop the rap chart, on a beat T-Minus and Noah Shebib built wide enough for three guests.
I Got A Man
The woman turning him down is Positive K himself, pitched up in the studio, and that duet is the joke.
Smack That
Akon met Eminem at an Obie Trice session, flew to Detroit's 54 Sound, and left with five weeks at number two.
BedRock
Cut first as Girl You Know with Omarion, re-sung by Lloyd, and Nicki Minaj's debut single at number two.
The Show Goes On
Kane Beatz interpolated Modest Mouse's Float On, Atlantic made it the price of releasing Lasers, and Fiasco got his biggest hit.