Buttons
2006
Polow da Don and Sean Garrett built it on Middle Eastern percussion, and Snoop Dogg turned up for the single.
★ 2.6
The Songs canon
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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
Where Have You Been
2012
Ester Dean's hook borrows Geoff Mack's 1959 I've Been Everywhere; Calvin Harris and Dr. Luke supply the drop.
★ 4.5
Band of Gold
1970
Holland-Dozier-Holland hid behind the pseudonym Edythe Wayne, Dennis Coffey added electric sitar, and Britain gave it six weeks on top.
★ 5.4
Epic
1989
Bottum, Gould and Bordin had the riff before Patton arrived; the bass and that piano coda did the rest.
★ 6.3
Please Please MeThe Beatles
Please Please Me
1963 · From Please Please Me
Eighteen takes in one November session, a Lennon ballad sped up, and Martin calling their first number one.
★ 7.0
(I Can't Get No) SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
1965 · From Out of Our Heads
Keith dreamt the fuzz riff, taped it half-asleep, and woke up holding the sound of teenage frustration.
★ 9.8