Fire Burning
2009
RedOne produced it with Bilal Hajji, a dance-floor emergency that peaked at number five and opened Miss Universe.
★ 1.2
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Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
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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