Still Dre
1999 · From 2001
Jay-Z wrote every line of it, Scott Storch played the piano figure, and Dre's seven-year album silence ended.
★ 7.8
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Showing 53 songs from 1999
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
The Next Episode
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
1999 · From 2001
Dre and Mel-Man built it on a David McCallum orchestral cut from 1967, arranged by Axelrod, and Nate Dogg closes.
★ 7.6
Big Pimpin'
1999 · From Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter
Timbaland looped a flute from a 1957 Egyptian record, and Pimp C nearly turned the beat down for sounding pop.
★ 7.4
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Back That Azz Up
1999
Mannie Fresh's violin line over a bounce beat, Lil Wayne's chant at the close, and New Orleans bounce gone national.
★ 7.3
Californication
1999 · From Californication
Frusciante drew the sparse riff from The Cure's "Carnage Visors" on his first album back, and Kiedis indicts Hollywood.
★ 7.3
I Want it That Way
1999
Cut at Cheiron in Stockholm with a chorus that contradicts its verses; the coherent version got shelved.
★ 7.2
You Got Me
The Roots and Erykah Badu
1999 · From Things Fall Apart
Jill Scott's hook, re-sung by Badu at the label's request, and Questlove driving the outro into drum and bass.
★ 7.1
Forgot About Dre
1999 · From 2001
Eminem wrote the verses as a reference for Snoop Dogg, by Dre's account, and Dre kept the guide vocal.
★ 6.9
Scar Tissue
1999 · From Californication
Frusciante's slide guitar on his first record back with the band, then sixteen weeks atop Billboard's modern rock chart.
★ 6.4
All The Small Things
1999
Palm-muted C major at 150 beats a minute, Roger Manning's synth on top, and a boy-band parody video.
★ 6.4
What's My Age Again?
1999
Hoppus was twenty-six and picked twenty-three purely for the rhyme; MCA made them drop the title "Peter Pan Complex".
★ 6.4
Ms. Fat Booty
1999 · From Black on Both Sides
Ayatollah looped the chorus of Aretha's 1965 Columbia single "One Step Ahead", and Mos Def narrates a romance collapsing.
★ 6.3
Smooth
Santana and Rob Thomas
1999 · From Supernatural
Itaal Shur wrote it as "Room 17"; Rob Thomas rewrote the melody and Santana's guitar answers him line for line.
★ 6.2
Got Your Money
1999
Neptunes production at its bounciest, with Kelis on the hook a month before her own debut single.
★ 6.1
Livin' La Vida Loca
1999
Five weeks at number one, reportedly the first chart-topper built entirely in Pro Tools, and Latin pop's door kicked open.
★ 6.1
Praise You
1999
Camille Yarbrough's 1975 vocal over a lo-fi piano loop, and a Spike Jonze video reportedly shot for eight hundred dollars.
★ 6.0
Bills, Bills, Bills
1999
She'kspere started beatboxing the groove in a store, and Kandi Burruss turned a deadbeat boyfriend into a number one.
★ 5.8
Genie in a Bottle
1999
David Frank looped eight bars the night before the session; Aguilera re-sang her vocal softer and topped the Hot 100.
★ 5.5
The Next Movement
1999 · From Things Fall Apart
DJ Jazzy Jeff's scratches, the Jazzyfatnastees on the hook, and a live band swinging harder than any sampler.
★ 5.5
Cowboy Take Me Away
1999 · From Fly
Martie Seidel lifted the title from a Calgon commercial, then wrote the rest about her sister's new romance.
★ 5.3
Adam's Song
1999
A piano bridge from session player Roger Joseph Manning Jr. lifts the band's most serious song out of its despair.
★ 5.0
Maria Maria
1999 · From Supernatural
Wyclef built it on a Headhunters drum break, Santana's guitar answering the Product G&B, ten weeks at number one.
★ 4.8
Around the World (RHCP)
1999 · From Californication
Frusciante back in the band and playing deliberately spare, while Flea's bass run opens Californication at a sprint.
★ 4.8
All Star
1999
Greg Camp studied the Billboard top fifty for parts, then Shrek used it as temp music and never replaced it.
★ 4.8
Jumpin', Jumpin'
1999
Number three on the Hot 100, co-produced by Beyonce, the last single cut with Luckett and Roberson.
★ 4.5
Back at One
1999
Five numbered steps, a half-step key lift for the final chorus, and eight weeks stuck behind Santana's Smooth.
★ 4.5
If You Had My Love
1999
Five weeks at number one, Rodney Jerkins's skittering beat, and an actress rebuilt overnight as a pop star.
★ 4.5
Desert Rose
1999
An Arabic descant improvised by Cheb Mami without hearing Sting's lyric, and both halves came out about longing.
★ 4.1
Breathe (Faith Hill)
1999
Six weeks atop country radio and Billboard's top single of 2000, all built on a hushed opening verse.
★ 4.0
Steal My Sunshine
1999
A loop lifted from Andrea True Connection, two siblings trading verses, and a master tape left under a bed.
★ 3.7
Take a Picture
1999
Patrick's blackouts and a father's disappointment sit behind it, six minutes of guitar haze on Title of Record.
★ 3.7
What You Want
1999 · From The Roots Come Alive
Jaguar Wright's hook over Philadelphia's finest, and lyrics so tied to The Best Man the film edited out a spoiler.
★ 3.6
What a Girl Wants
1999
Re-recorded in a new key after Genie in a Bottle, it reached number one on January 15, 2000.
★ 3.4
Amazed
1999
Mayo and Lindsey wrote it while falling for each other, and eight weeks at country number one followed.
★ 3.4
Thong Song
1999
Bruce Dukov's violin line, modelled on Wes Montgomery's Eleanor Rigby, over a track first built for Michael Jackson.
★ 3.2
Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)
1999
Ron Fair rebuilt an album track into a single, adding a bridge and a rap; four weeks at number one followed.
★ 2.9