Macarena
Romero improvised the chorus for a flamenco dancer in Venezuela; the Bayside Boys remix ran fourteen weeks at number one.
Romero improvised the chorus for a flamenco dancer in Venezuela; the Bayside Boys remix ran fourteen weeks at number one.

Cut at the Record Plant with The Underdogs, 130 BPM of house that gave Brown his first UK number one.
Two uncleared vocal samples and a thirty-second meme put Baauer at number one the week Billboard started counting YouTube.

RedOne produced it with Bilal Hajji, a dance-floor emergency that peaked at number five and opened Miss Universe.

A Juventino Rosas waltz from 1888, fitted with English words for The Great Caruso and sung to number three.

Glenn borrowed 2,500 dollars from his parents to press 800 copies; it sat at number two for seven weeks.

Donnie Wahlberg produced his brother's number one around a Loleatta Holloway sample, and Holloway herself appeared in the video.

Trace Cyrus, Billy Ray's adopted son, and Mason Musso built a synth hook that went double platinum.
Dutch singer, German producers, and a Gilbert Montagne sample underneath; the Roxbury soundtrack later handed it a second life.

R. Kelly wrote and produced it, Diddy guested, and B2K got their only week at number one.

Davidson and Gorley's tailgate story carried Bryan to the top two Country Airplay spots at once, a chart first.
A Dallas dance named after Doug E. Fresh, a cowbell-driven beat from Runway Star, and Inglewood teaching everyone else.

Finger snaps where the snare should be, E-40 riding shotgun, and Lil Jon proving crunk could whisper.

DJ Frank E's video-game synths cut at the Record Plant, and Brown's return to pure pop after the mixtape years.

A 1966 Ventures instrumental on loop, twice a minor British hit, then a Mitsubishi advert made it inescapable.

Rihanna's team turned it down for Loud, and Usher took it to number four with Pitbull along for the ride.

Atlanta radio had it in March 2006; by September the country did, and Outkast joined the remix.

will.i.am heard electro in Sydney nightclubs while filming Wolverine, then rode that beat to twelve weeks at number one.
A stadium war chant repurposed for the Bad Boys II soundtrack, and a Grammy for the three of them.