Blank Space
2014 · From 1989
Swift plays her own tabloid caricature, a clicking pen for percussion, and she replaced herself at number one.
★ 7.5
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Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
Browse all 2,393 songs or filter by genre, subject, artist, and year.
Browse all 2,393 songs or filter by genre, subject, artist, and year.
Royals
2013 · From Pure Heroine
Sixteen years old, the lyrics done in half an hour, the title from a 1976 photo of George Brett.
★ 7.5
Chandelier
2014
Written first for Rihanna, kept by Sia instead, and given a video where an eleven-year-old dancer did the acting.
★ 7.4
Style
2015 · From 1989
Ali Payami and guitarist Niklas Ljungfelt built the track; Swift turned an on-off romance into a fashion metaphor.
★ 7.1
I Knew You Were Trouble
2012 · From Red
A wobble bass drop grafted onto a country breakup song, and Swift's full move to pop became inevitable.
★ 6.8
Such Great Heights (The Postal Service)
2003
Tamborello sent instrumental DATs to Gibbard, who added vocals and shipped them back; his first happy love song.
★ 6.7
With Every Heartbeat
2007
No chorus, just strings and a rising ache; Kleerup's living-room track became Robyn's first British number one.
★ 6.4
Teenage Dream
2010
Bonnie McKee rewrote it repeatedly until Benny Blanco suggested studying a Teenagers single, and one word cracked the chorus open.
★ 6.3
Tennis Court
2013 · From Pure Heroine
Cut with Joel Little in a small Auckland studio, the beat built before a word, that "Yeah" doing everything.
★ 5.4
The Way I Are
Timbaland and Keri Hilson
2007
Cut in Virginia Beach with Danja co-producing, Keri Hilson co-writing, and a hook that shrugs at the whole courtship.
★ 5.0
Disturbia
2008
Four writers including Chris Brown, a reissue bonus track, and two weeks at number one on anxiety alone.
★ 4.8
Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
2012
Nietzsche by way of a co-writer's mother, Greg Kurstin's production, and Clarkson's third number one.
★ 4.6
Blame It
Jamie Foxx and T-Pain
2009
Fourteen straight weeks atop the R&B chart, T-Pain's Auto-Tune at its peak, and a Grammy for the pair.
★ 4.3
Circus
2008
Claude Kelly's ringleader conceit, a Dr. Luke stomp, and Spears back on top of the spectacle that swallowed her.
★ 4.2
Tik Tok
2009
Nine weeks at number one, the first of the 2010s, and Kesha's talk-sung verses over Dr. Luke's synths.
★ 4.0
Heart Attack
2013
Nikki Williams co-wrote it for herself and lost it; Pia Toscano's backing vocals still sit under Lovato's.
★ 3.7
Applause
2013
Snippets leaked online, so Gaga rushed it to radio a week early, cheering the crowd that cheers her.
★ 3.3
Right Now (Na Na Na)
2008
A deliberate Euro-club record from Akon and Giorgio Tuinfort, with a video now past a billion views.
★ 3.0
Boom Boom Pow
2009
will.i.am heard electro in Sydney nightclubs while filming Wolverine, then rode that beat to twelve weeks at number one.
★ 2.8
Catch My Breath
2012
Clarkson wrote it for the ten-year mark since Idol, and the chorus lands like someone taking stock mid-sprint.
★ 2.7
As Long As You Love Me (Justin Bieber)
2012
Rave-ready synths at 140 BPM, dubstep bolted onto a vow of devotion, with Big Sean guesting.
★ 2.5
I Like It
2010
RedOne's beat, Pitbull's verse, and Lionel Richie back at the mic re-cutting his own 'All Night Long' hook.
★ 1.7
Fire Burning
2009
RedOne produced it with Bilal Hajji, a dance-floor emergency that peaked at number five and opened Miss Universe.
★ 1.2