
Rock and Roll All Nite
Casablanca's Neil Bogart asked for a party song; Stanley wrote the chorus, and the live take beat the studio single.

Casablanca's Neil Bogart asked for a party song; Stanley wrote the chorus, and the live take beat the studio single.

Recorded in a New Jersey studio with Deodato producing, and adopted everywhere from ballparks to the hostages' homecoming.

Earl Palmer on drums, Guybo Smith on bass, a B-side flipped into a number six hit in Britain.

DJ U-Neek's beat, Cleveland voices harmonizing at double speed, and welfare day reimagined as a neighborhood holiday.

Def Jam's first R&B single looped Slick Rick's 'Children's Story' and held number one for seven weeks.

Rick Rubin looped Wild Sugar's "Bring It Here" under an 808, and a cocktail's name became a chant.
Newman wrote it for Eric Burdon in 1966, and Cory Wells sings the bewildered party guest straight to number one.
Fifteen years old, a debut single that went top five, and Aaliyah already sounding unhurried and completely in command.

Idol's 1981 studio take missed the Hot 100 entirely; the live 1987 version knocked Tiffany off number one.

Jessie J wrote it with Claude Kelly, passed on singing it, and Cyrus took it to number two.

Snoop wrote the hook but label trouble kept him off the record; Warren G took it to number nine.
KayGee looped James Brown and Peter Gabriel, and Spike Lee filled the Brooklyn video with Tupac and Queen Latifah.

Snake and Tchami built the drop, Lil Jon shouted the title, and Daniels made a video of pure slapstick.

An acoustic guitar riff opens it, then Max Martin and Shellback's synthesizers turn a birthday into a full night out.

Kool and the Gang's Hollywood Swinging flipped by Puffy and Deric Angelettie, and Mase's drawl making effort look optional.

Vee-Jay released it in 1956 as doo-wop; the Dells recut it thirteen years later and reached the pop ten.

Mustard's beat interpolates Sean Paul, ScHoolboy Q scuffs the gloss, and the Aquarius lead single went four times platinum.

Written for Rihanna, passed to Mike Will Made It, and the la-di-da-di hook earned Slick Rick a songwriting credit.

Ski built it from Janet Jackson's "Funny How Time Flies" and Skull Snaps drums; two Bronx kids talking pure seventies.