Roxanne
1978 · From Outlandos d'Amour
Copeland turned Sting's bossa nova into a tango, and the piano clang at the top was an accident they kept.
★ 7.6
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Pyramids
2012 · From Channel Orange
Cleopatra dragged into the present, two halves hinged on a midpoint beat switch, and John Mayer's uncredited closing solo.
★ 7.4
Lady Marmalade (Labelle)
1974
The Meters on rhythm at Sea-Saint, Toussaint producing, and Patti LaBelle singing a French hook she did not understand.
★ 7.3
Call Me
1980
Moroder cut the backing track in Los Angeles, Harry wrote the words in hours, and it ruled 1980.
★ 6.9
Lady Marmalade (Christina Aguilera)
2001
Four singers, one Rockwilder beat, and Missy Elliott turning a Labelle cover into 2001's best-selling single worldwide.
★ 5.6
Wrong Way
1996 · From Sublime
Jon Blondell's trombone solo quotes Rhapsody in Blue over a ska bounce carrying Nowell's bleakest subject.
★ 4.4
I Wanna Love You
Akon and Snoop Dogg
2006
Plies cut the original verses; Akon swapped in Snoop Dogg, cleaned the title, and landed his first number one.
★ 3.1