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Birthday Cake
Seventy-eight seconds of Da Internz production, cut in a Copenhagen hotel room, that leaked and made the album by demand.
BedRock
Cut first as Girl You Know with Omarion, re-sung by Lloyd, and Nicki Minaj's debut single at number two.
Motivation
Cut at Miami's Circle House, Jonsin's sparse keys and Lil Wayne's verse gave Rowland seven weeks atop the R&B chart.
Love Me Harder
Max Martin's Stockholm crew wrote it, The Weeknd found the demo generic, and rewrote himself into his first top ten.
I Want Your Sex
A MIDI malfunction at Sarm West handed Michael that squelching bassline; the BBC then confined it to after the watershed.
I Touch Myself
Steinberg brought a verse and chorus, the four writers finished it the next day, Australia sent it to number one.
Doin' It
Built for Biggie, sold to Def Jam instead: Rashad Smith's beat rides a Grace Jones sample, LeShaun trading verses.
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Jankel lifted the bass figure from Ornette Coleman's "Ramblin'"; the BBC banned the single, and Peel played it anyway.
What's My Name
Stargate's synth organ, Drake's first number one, and Rihanna turning a chorus of nonsense syllables into flirtation.
Hey Ma
DR Period built it on the Commodores' "Easy," and Cam'ron and Juelz Santana rode it to number three.
Body Party
Ghost Town DJ's 'My Boo' flipped by Mike Will Made It, Future co-writing, and Ciara singing barely above a whisper.
Still Not a Player
Knobody flipped a Brenda Russell record, Joe sang the hook, and Pun became the first solo Latin rapper certified platinum.
Any Time, Any Place
Fingersnaps, a saxophone and rolling thunder from Jam and Lewis, with Jackson singing desire at a whisper.
Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg
Dallas Austin stacked seven samples, an Average White Band loop sped up, and Left Eye wrote the rap.
Whole Lotta Rosie
Vanda and Young cut it at the Let There Be Rock sessions, reworking a 1976 outtake called Dirty Eyes.
Blow the Whistle
Lil Jon's beat never cracked the Hot 100, yet it became Too Short's signature, later borrowed by Drake and Saweetie.
Physical
Written for Rod Stewart, declined by Tina Turner, and parked at number one for ten weeks by Newton-John.