The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
1997
Timbaland flipped Ann Peebles into stuttering space, and Hype Williams shot Elliott in an inflated suit through a fisheye.
★ 7.8
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Doo-wop (That Thing)
1998 · From The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Hill wrote and produced it herself, aimed one verse at women and one at men, and debuted at number one.
★ 7.8
Say My Name
1999
Rodney Jerkins chopped the beat into stop-start halves, and a phone call full of suspicion became two Grammys.
★ 7.7
Waterfalls
1995 · From CrazySexyCool
Organized Noize's horns, a million-dollar F. Gary Gray video, and the first number one record to confront AIDS.
★ 7.6
Killing Me Softly With His Song (Fugees)Fugees
Killing Me Softly With His Song (Fugees)
1996 · From The Score
Pras suggested the cover, the beat lifts Tribe's Bonita Applebum, and Hill sings it like she wrote it herself.
★ 7.5
Creep (TLC)
1994 · From CrazySexyCool
A trumpet loop, T-Boz half-whispering, and Left Eye objecting so strongly she threatened to tape her mouth shut.
★ 6.7
Real Love
1992 · From What's the 411?
Prince Markie Dee and Cory Rooney sped up Audio Two's "Top Billin'", and hip hop soul had its template.
★ 6.7
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
Back and ForthAaliyah
Back and Forth
1994
Fifteen years old, a debut single that went top five, and Aaliyah already sounding unhurried and completely in command.
★ 5.4
Tell Me
1995
Larrieux's feathery lead over Bryce Wilson's interpolation of the Mary Jane Girls, and neo soul had its blueprint.
★ 5.2
See You Again
2015
Puth turned a dance production into a piano ballad for Paul Walker; it spent twelve weeks atop the Hot 100.
★ 4.5
Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)
2001
Dallas Austin wrote it, produced it, played bass and keys, and slipped a Sinatra snippet under Cantrell's revenge.
★ 3.9