Get BusySean Paul
Get Busy
2003
Lenky Marsden's Diwali riddim is mostly handclaps and space, and Sean Paul rode it to three weeks at number one.
★ 5.7
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Here Comes the Hotstepper
1994
Salaam Remi's remix bolts a Taana Gardner sample to that Land of 1000 Dances chorus, and Kamoze went number one.
★ 4.6
It Wasn't Me
2000
A Hawaiian DJ pulled it off an MP3 site and put it on air; Britain's biggest seller of 2001 followed.
★ 4.3
Boombastic
1995
A King Floyd sample, Sting International's production, and a Levi's ad that carried it to number one in Britain.
★ 4.1
Don't Matter
2007
Ten weeks climbing from number seventy-nine to the top, with a chorus built partly on Marley's Zimbabwe.
★ 3.5
Beautiful Girls
2007
Rotem built it on Stand by Me, and Kingston, seventeen, became the first nineties-born artist to top the Hot 100.
★ 3.3
(When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me
2006
Donovan Bennett's riddim, a Keyshia Cole verse added for the Step Up soundtrack, and a number three Hot 100 peak.
★ 2.8
Am I Wrong
2013
Two Oslo singers formerly billed as Envy, a video shot at Victoria Falls, and a Hot 100 number four.
★ 2.8
Can't Help Falling in Love (UB40)
1993
Peretti, Creatore and Weiss built the melody on a 1784 French air, and UB40 held number one for seven weeks.
★ 2.8
Angel (Shaggy)
2001
Sting International stitched The Joker to Angel of the Morning, and Rayvon sang the hook to a number one.
★ 2.5
Replay
2009
Sean Kingston's team turned it down, so Iyaz took it to number one in Britain and number two at home.
★ 1.9
Ass Back Home
2011
Number one in Australia, top ten in Britain, and Neon Hitch trading verses with McCoy over Benny Blanco's beat.
★ 1.2