The Songs canon

Sourced and sung.

Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
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DittyPaperboy

Ditty

1992

Built on Zapp's Doo Wa Ditty with James Brown underneath, it reached number ten and earned a Grammy nomination.

★ 0.9
R&B · Pop

Say Aah

2010

Troy Taylor cut it at D2 in Atlanta, and Songz's birthday toast climbed to number nine, then double platinum.

★ 1.1

What's Luv?

2002

Tina Turner's chorus rebuilt at Crackhouse Studios, and Ashanti became the first woman to hold the Hot 100's top two.

★ 3.0

Smack That

2006

Akon met Eminem at an Obie Trice session, flew to Detroit's 54 Sound, and left with five weeks at number two.

★ 3.5

Twisted

1996

Eric McCaine and Sweat cut the track together, Athena Cage answering him line for line, his biggest pop hit.

★ 4.0
Work OutJ. Cole

Work Out

2011

Cole flipped Paula Abdul's "Straight Up" hook over a Kanye outro; Nas disapproved, and "Let Nas Down" followed.

★ 4.2

Senorita

2003 · From Justified

Pharrell and Chad Hugo hand him an electric piano strut and a cowbell; Timberlake splits the room to sing back.

★ 4.3

Candy Shop

2005 · From The Massacre

Scott Storch's synth strings borrow from Middle Eastern melody, and nine weeks at number one followed for 50 Cent.

★ 4.9

Open Your Heart

1986 · From True Blue

Written as a rock song for Cyndi Lauper, then rebuilt with Patrick Leonard into Madonna's fifth American number one.

★ 5.0
R&B · Pop

What's My Name

2010

Stargate's synth organ, Drake's first number one, and Rihanna turning a chorus of nonsense syllables into flirtation.

★ 5.2

Body Party

2013

Ghost Town DJ's 'My Boo' flipped by Mike Will Made It, Future co-writing, and Ciara singing barely above a whisper.

★ 5.3
Santa BabyEartha Kitt

Santa Baby

1953

Recorded live with Henri René's orchestra in October 1953, and Kitt's purr makes every extravagant request land.

★ 5.4
R&B · Pop

Rock Your Body

2003 · From Justified

The Neptunes wrote it for Michael Jackson's Invincible; he passed, Timberlake took it, and the falsetto glides straight into disco.

★ 5.6