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
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Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
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Don't Wake Me Up
2012
William Orbit co-wrote and produced it, a Madonna collaborator turning Brown's fourth Fortune single into gleaming EDM.
★ 0.9
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
Have You Seen HerMC Hammer
Have You Seen Her
1990
Eugene Record and Barbara Acklin wrote it for the Chi-Lites in 1971; Hammer's hushed remake reached number four.
★ 1.9
You're Beautiful
2005
A glimpse of an ex on the London Underground, her new man beside her, and a transatlantic number one.
★ 2.6
Let Her Go
2012
Rosenberg cut it in a Sydney studio with Australian session players, and a Dutch fan's email set it loose.
★ 2.8
Again
2000
Kravitz wrote, arranged and produced it alone, cut it from an album, then won a third straight Grammy.
★ 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
What Hurts the Most
2006
Mark Wills cut it first in 2003; Dann Huff's production turned Steele and Robson's ballad into a country number one.
★ 3.1
On Top of Old Smoky
1951
Cecil Sharp collected it in Appalachia in 1916; Seeger's arrangement and Terry Gilkyson's voice sold a million.
★ 3.5
I Wish it Would Rain Down
1990
Clapton plays the lead over Padgham's production, the closest Collins had then come to writing a blues song.
★ 3.5
Always (Bon Jovi)
1994 · From Cross Road
Jon Bon Jovi wrote it for a film he then disowned; Kalodner found the track and pushed a re-recording.
★ 3.6
Just a Dream
2010
Jim Jonsin and Rico Love built the beat, and Nelly took the heartbreak to number three.
★ 3.9
White Flag
2003
Her brother Rollo co-produced it, and the chorus flatly refuses to concede a relationship everyone knows is over.
★ 3.9
Jamaica Say You Will
1972
Clarence White on acoustic guitar, and the demo that led David Geffen to found Asylum Records and sign Browne.
★ 4.0
When I Call Your Name
1989
Gill wrote it with Tim DuBois, Patty Loveless sang the harmony, and the CMA named it Single of the Year.
★ 4.0
Desert Rose
1999
An Arabic descant improvised by Cheb Mami without hearing Sting's lyric, and both halves came out about longing.
★ 4.1
If It Isn't Love
1988
Jam and Lewis rebuilt the group as grown men, Johnny Gill's first single with them, Tresvant on lead.
★ 4.1
Ocean Avenue
2004
Sean Mackin's violin cutting through the guitars, and an avenue that is really a boulevard in Atlantic Beach, Florida.
★ 4.1
Always Something There to Remind MeNaked Eyes
Always Something There to Remind Me
1983
Bacharach and David's 1964 ballad rebuilt in synthesizers at Abbey Road, and by Byrne's account the vocal took one take.
★ 4.2