
I Wanna Love You
Plies cut the original verses; Akon swapped in Snoop Dogg, cleaned the title, and landed his first number one.

Plies cut the original verses; Akon swapped in Snoop Dogg, cleaned the title, and landed his first number one.

Jon Blondell's trombone solo quotes Rhapsody in Blue over a ska bounce carrying Nowell's bleakest subject.

Four singers, one Rockwilder beat, and Missy Elliott turning a Labelle cover into 2001's best-selling single worldwide.

Moroder cut the backing track in Los Angeles, Harry wrote the words in hours, and it ruled 1980.

The Meters on rhythm at Sea-Saint, Toussaint producing, and Patti LaBelle singing a French hook she did not understand.
Cleopatra dragged into the present, two halves hinged on a midpoint beat switch, and John Mayer's uncredited closing solo.

Copeland turned Sting's bossa nova into a tango, and the piano clang at the top was an accident they kept.