Fire Burning
2009
RedOne produced it with Bilal Hajji, a dance-floor emergency that peaked at number five and opened Miss Universe.
★ 1.2
The Songs canon
Sourced and sung.
Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
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Browse all 2,393 songs or filter by genre, subject, artist, and year.
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
Turn Me On (David Guetta)
2011
Ester Dean's writing put Minaj on a hook rather than a verse, and matched Guetta's best American chart placing.
★ 1.6
Sexy Chick
David Guetta and Akon
2009
A chance meeting, a rented London studio, one night's work, and Guetta's first American top five.
★ 1.8
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
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
Hey, Soul Sister
2009
Espen Lind swapped a ukulele in for the guitar line, and Monahan's Burning Man daydream became Train's biggest hit.
★ 2.5
Bubbly
2007
American Idol turned her down twice, once with this very song, and MySpace made her a star instead.
★ 2.6
DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love
2010
Rihanna's team turned it down for Loud, and Usher took it to number four with Pitbull along for the ride.
★ 2.7
You and Me
2005
Cut at John Alagia's home studio in Maryland, it topped Adult Pop Songs for nine weeks and became a wedding standard.
★ 2.7
All for You
1997
Cut at Ardent Studios in Memphis, re-recorded in 1997 for the band's second album, and a number eleven hit.
★ 2.9
E.T.
Katy Perry and Kanye West
2011
Dr. Luke and Max Martin built the dubstep stomp at Conway; West's verses took it to number one.
★ 2.9
DizzyTommy Roe
Dizzy
1969
Eleven key changes, Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew behind them, four weeks at number one.
★ 3.1
Cooler than Me
2010
Recorded on cheap gear in a college dorm room, co-written with Big Sean, and a number six hit.
★ 3.1
Hungry Eyes
1987
Previte and DeNicola wrote it in 1984; Carmen cut it in an Ohio studio and Dirty Dancing did the rest.
★ 3.2
Diggin' on You
1995 · From CrazySexyCool
Babyface wrote and produced it at the Music Grinder, and T-Boz makes a summer crush sound effortless.
★ 3.3
I Love Your SmileShanice
I Love Your Smile
1991
Branford Marsalis blowing a jazz solo across Narada Michael Walden's production, and Shanice sounds like she is actually smiling.
★ 3.9
MickeyToni Basil
Mickey
1982
A Racey album track called "Kitty" until Basil switched the gender, added the cheer chant, and directed the video herself.
★ 4.0
My Boo
1996
Bass from Atlanta, an R&B vocal on top, and a 2016 dance craze that beat its 1996 chart peak.
★ 4.1
Take My Breath Away
1986
Whitlock met Moroder by fixing his Ferrari, then wrote the lyric driving home; Nunn took it to number one.
★ 4.2
I Want CandyBow Wow Wow
I Want Candy
1982
Criteria Studios in Miami, Kenny Laguna producing, the Strangeloves' 1965 hook over Barbarossa's Bo Diddley drums.
★ 4.2
Hey Lover
LL Cool J and Boyz II Men
1995 · From Mr. Smith
Trackmasters looped Michael Jackson's The Lady in My Life, Boyz II Men sang the hook, and LL won a Grammy.
★ 4.2
Candy Girl
1983
Maurice Starr built New Edition as an answer to the Jackson 5, and this hit number one in Britain.
★ 4.2
867 5309 Jenny
1981
Alex Call says there was no Jenny, just a backyard afternoon, four chords and seven digits America dialed for decades.
★ 4.3
Cool It Now
1984
A LinnDrum, five Boston teenagers, and a spoken bridge calling out Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike by name.
★ 4.4
She Blinded Me With ScienceThomas Dolby
She Blinded Me With Science
1982
Dolby storyboarded the video before writing a note, then had TV scientist Magnus Pyke shout the title's last word.
★ 4.5
Crush
1998
Eight minutes on the album, four on the radio, and Tinsley learned his violin solo the day before.
★ 4.6
Fascination
1983 · From Fascination!
Martin Rushent's last Human League production for seven years, with four band members trading lines over a restless synth hook.
★ 4.7
A Thousand Miles
2002
Carlton built that piano figure in about an hour and titled it Interlude; her label insisted on something catchier.
★ 4.8
Centerfold
1980
Justman, the band's keyboardist, wrote it, and his synth hook took a Worcester blues band to six weeks at number one.
★ 5.0
Stacy's Mom
2003
Schlesinger owned up to this one, chasing the Cars; Ocasek assumed the intro was sampled from Just What I Needed.
★ 5.1
Tell Me
1995
Larrieux's feathery lead over Bryce Wilson's interpolation of the Mary Jane Girls, and neo soul had its blueprint.
★ 5.2
Earned It
2014
Stephan Moccio's piano under strings that swing in six-eight, and Tesfaye's first Hot 100 top five.
★ 5.2
Call Me Maybe
2012
A folk song on tour until Josh Ramsay poppified it, then nine weeks at the top of the Hot 100.
★ 5.5
Lisztomania
2009 · From Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Heine coined the word for Liszt's swooning fans, and Philippe Zdar gave these guitars their chrome shine.
★ 5.5
Lucky Star
1983 · From Madonna
Written on a Casiotone the DJ Mark Kamins gave her, finished by Jellybean Benitez, and Madonna's first top five.
★ 5.5
Girl
2005 · From Guero
Thirteen seconds of chiptune open it, and the Dust Brothers built the rest around Beck jamming acoustic guitar.
★ 5.6