She Ain't You
2011
Built on SWV's Right Here and Michael Jackson's Human Nature, Brown sighing over an ex from inside a new relationship.
★ 0.8
The Songs canon
Sourced and sung.
Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
Browse all 2,393 songs or filter by genre, subject, artist, and year.
Browse all 2,393 songs or filter by genre, subject, artist, and year.
Say Aah
Trey Songz and Fabolous
2010
Troy Taylor cut it at D2 in Atlanta, and Songz's birthday toast climbed to number nine, then double platinum.
★ 1.1
I'm So Paid
2008
Coogi paid the entire million-dollar bill for the Miami video, and Detail's beat still outshines it.
★ 1.1
Birthday CakeRihanna
Birthday Cake
2011
Seventy-eight seconds of Da Internz production, cut in a Copenhagen hotel room, that leaked and made the album by demand.
★ 1.2
You Got It (The Right Stuff)
1988
Maurice Starr wrote and produced it, Jordan Knight and Donnie Wahlberg took the leads, and Britain crowned it a year later.
★ 1.3
Break Your Heart
2010
Fraser T Smith produced a UK number one; Mercury then added Ludacris and it leapt to the American top spot.
★ 1.5
I'm On A Boat
2009
T-Pain's Auto-Tune, a yacht in Biscayne Bay, and a Grammy nomination for a Digital Short.
★ 1.6
Bump, Bump Bump
2002
R. Kelly wrote and produced it, Diddy guested, and B2K got their only week at number one.
★ 1.6
Crazy (K-Ci & JoJo)
2001
Vocoder all over an R&B ballad in 2001, years before the effect took over pop radio; the Haileys wrote it.
★ 1.8
Bring It All To Me
1999
A Shalamar interpolation, six weeks atop Rhythmic Airplay, and only JC Chasez singing despite the full NSYNC credit.
★ 1.8
Down On Me
2010
Twenty-three weeks of climbing before it peaked at number four, riding a Mick Schultz beat built for last call.
★ 1.9
Replay
2009
Sean Kingston's team turned it down, so Iyaz took it to number one in Britain and number two at home.
★ 1.9
Every Little Thing I Do
1994
Heavy D and Poke and Tone looped the Gap Band's "Outstanding," and the eldest brother took the lead vocal.
★ 2.1
This I Promise You
2000
Richard Marx wrote it for a girl group, rewrote the harmonies for five men, and topped adult contemporary thirteen weeks.
★ 2.1
Only In My DreamsDebbie Gibson
Only In My Dreams
1986
Gibson wrote it in 1984, Fred Zarr produced, Louie Vega mixed, and she was sixteen at its release.
★ 2.1
Right By My Side
2012
Pop and Oak's glossy production, an Ester Dean co-write, and Nas cast as the love interest in Benny Boom's video.
★ 2.3
Love Is
1993
A Beverly Hills, 90210 soundtrack cut that spent three weeks atop adult contemporary and gave McKnight his breakthrough.
★ 2.3
Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay
2011
By Sean's account Kanye handed over the beat with Roscoe Dash's hook already attached, and the whole thing purrs.
★ 2.4
How to Love
2011 · From Tha Carter IV
Wayne named Tupac's "Keep Ya Head Up" as his model, then sang it over acoustic guitar into the top five.
★ 2.5
Throw It in the Bag
2009
Loso's Way yielded exactly one charting single, produced by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, peaking at number fourteen.
★ 2.5
Buttons
2006
Polow da Don and Sean Garrett built it on Middle Eastern percussion, and Snoop Dogg turned up for the single.
★ 2.6
Whatcha Say
2009
J.R. Rotem looped Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek under a debut single, and Derulo had a number one within months.
★ 2.7
These Words
2004
Writer's block became the subject; Bedingfield turned her failure to finish a love song into a UK number one.
★ 2.7
Pretty Girl Rock
2010
Ne-Yo and Chuck Harmony built it on a Just the Two of Us sample; Kahn's video parades a century of divas.
★ 2.7
Nobody Knows
1996
Rich played almost every instrument on it himself in an Atlanta studio, then sang the heartbreak like a secret.
★ 2.8
I Wanna Know
1999
Nicholas cut it from Joe's 1997 album over label meddling, then pulled it off the shelf for The Wood.
★ 2.8
Cherish (Kool & the Gang)
1985
J.T. Taylor's lead vocal, six weeks atop adult contemporary, and a ballad that never left the wedding playlist.
★ 2.9
Loyal
Chris Brown and Lil Wayne
2013
Nic Nac's beat borrows from "Money Ain't a Thang," and three regional versions carried it thirty-six weeks on the chart.
★ 2.9
I'm Still In Love With You
1996
All six members, Bobby Brown included, on one album, with Tresvant and Bell trading a Jam and Lewis ballad.
★ 3.0
Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
1995 · From Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack)
Babyface hummed a placeholder where the words should go, kept it, and watched the record debut at number one.
★ 3.0
Right Now (Na Na Na)
2008
A deliberate Euro-club record from Akon and Giorgio Tuinfort, with a video now past a billion views.
★ 3.0
Kiss Kiss
Chris Brown and T-Pain
2007
T-Pain wrote and produced it at Chalice in Los Angeles, and it held number one for three weeks.
★ 3.1
No Air
2008
Sparks became the first American Idol alum past three million US sales, and the duet earned a Grammy nomination.
★ 3.2
Too Little Too Late
2006
One week of downloads lifted it from sixty-six to three, a Hot 100 record, with JoJo just fifteen.
★ 3.2
Thong Song
1999
Bruce Dukov's violin line, modelled on Wes Montgomery's Eleanor Rigby, over a track first built for Michael Jackson.
★ 3.2