2007

=**2007**=
 * __Number Ones: __**
 * Beautiful Girls ** - Sean Kingston (King, Jordan, Stoller, Rotem, Leiber, Anderson) Samples the bass line from Ben E. King’s ‘Stand By Me’ [‘61]
 * Don’t Matter ** - Akon (Thiam, Lawson) Chorus borrows from Bob Marley’s ‘Zimbabwe’ [‘79]
 * This Is Why I’m Hot **- Mims (Mims) features samples various hip-hop songs, including ’Jesus Walks’ by Kanye West, ’Tell Me When to Go’ by E-40, ’Nuthin’ But a ’G’ Thang’ by Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, and ’Shook Ones II’ by Mobb Deep.
 * Stronger ** - Kanye West (West, Bangalter, de Homem-Christo, Birdsong) Samples Daft Punk’s ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’
 * __Number Twos: __**
 * Fergalicious ** - Fergie featuring will.i.am (Adams, Ferguson, Birks, Juana, Lee, Nazel, Shaheed, Rahming) Samples J.J. Fad’s ‘Supersonic’, and Afro-Rican’s ‘Give It All You Got’, which in turn samples James Brown’s ‘Night Train’ and Craftwork’s ‘It’s More Fun to Compute’. The opening riff, repeated throughout, is from the theme music to TV’s //The Rat Patrol //[‘66] by Dominic Frontiere. The opening line of the rap is from 2 Live Crew’s ‘Throw the D.’ (All of this from wikipedia)
 * Runaway Love ** - Ludacris featuring Mary J. Blige (Bridges, Davis, Hilson, Jones, Walters) Samples Slick Rick saying ‘Like this’.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Top Fives: __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Cupid’s Chokehold **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">- Gym Class Heroes (Davies, Hodgson) Remake of Supertramp’s ‘Breakfast in America’
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Home **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Daughtry (Chris Daughtry) This song, by the band formed by //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">American Idol //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> season 5 finalist Chris Daughtry, gained exposure as the ‘vote-off’ song on season 6.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Ayo Technology **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - 50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake & Timberland (Jackson, Timberlake, Mosley, Hills) There was some controversy about the similarity of the synth music to ‘Courtship Dating’ by the electronic duo Crystal Castles, but plagiarism has not been demonstrated.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Top Tens: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Summer Love **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Justin Timberlake (Timbaland, Timberlake, Danja (aka Hills)) Samples the opening of the Michael Jackson song ‘Give In To Me’ (according to wikipedia)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Throw Some D’s **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Rich Boy featuring Polow da Don (Richards, Crawford, Jones, Debarge, Williams, Gholson) Samples ‘I Call Your Name’ by Switch [‘79]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I’ll Stand By You **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Carrie Underwood (Hynde, Kelly, Steinberg) The Pretenders [‘94]. This recording is a charity single from //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Idol Gives Back //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">; Underwood was the 4 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">th <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> season //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">American Idol //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> winner.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">What Time Is It? **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">- High School Musical Cast (Gerrard, Nevil) The opening number from Disney’s TV movie //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">High School Musical 2. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Good Life **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Kanye West featuring T-Pain (West, Najm, Ingram, Jones, Davis) Samples Michael Jackson’s ‘P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)’
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">A Bay Bay **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Hurricane Chris (Dooley) Samples MC Ren’s ‘Forget What Ya Heard’ (according to wikipedia)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Let It Go **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Keyshia Cole featuring Missy Elliott & Lil Kim (Cole, Jones, Elliott, Knight, Lamb, Mtume) Samples ‘Juicy Fruit’ by Mtume and ‘Don’t Stop the Music’ by Yarbrough & Peoples, and interpolates a bit of Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Juicy’.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Make Me Better **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo (Jackson, Mosley, Smith) Samples strings from ‘Al Sa’ban Aleh’ by Sherine (according to wikipedia)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Shawty **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Plies featuring T-Pain (Washington, T-Pain) Samples Earth, Wind & Fire’s ‘Fantasy’ (according to wikipedia)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">You **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne - (Cameron, Carter, Kemp, Sinclair) samples ‘True’ by Spandau Ballet.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Top Twenties: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I’m a Flirt **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - R. Kelly featuring T.I & T-Pain, and Bow Wow featuring R. Kelly (Kelly, Moss, Jackson; adding Harris, Najm on R. Kelly version) Both of these versions were released simultaneously, and charted by //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Billboard //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> as a single song. The R. Kelly version was more popular in airplay and downloads.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">On the Hotline **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">- Pretty Ricky (Azor, Cooper, Garrett, Mathis, Sandapa, Smith, Smith, Smith) The chorus in the song, by the group Pretty Ricky, is adapted from Salt-n-Pepa’s ‘Let’s Talk About Sex’. According to wikipedia, the beat combines samples from ‘Between the Sheets’ by the Isley Brothers, ‘The Message’ by Grandmaster Flash, and ‘Jam On It’ by Nucleus (and ‘Mary Jane’ by Rick James?).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Big Things Poppin’ (Do It) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">aka **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Big Shit Poppin’ (Do It) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - T.I. (Harris) Accorfding to wikipedia, the single version samples ‘Top Gun Anthem’ from the movie //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Top Gun. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Me Love **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Sean Kingston (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant, Anderson) Samples ‘D’yer Maker’ by Led Zeppelin.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Push It To the Limit **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Corbin Bleu. Released in advance to promote the Disney TV movie //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Jump In! //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Shut Up and Drive **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">- Rihanna (Sturken, Rogers, Morris, Hook, Sumner, Gilbert) Contains elements from ‘Blue Monday’ by New Order.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">This Is My Now **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Jordin Sparks (Peabody, Krippayne) The coronation song for 6 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">th <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> season //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">American Idol //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> winner Sparks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Potential Breakup Song **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Aly & AJ (Michalka, Michalka, Armato, James) Wikipedia reports that the melody is modeled after ‘Runaway’ by Del Shannon.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">SOS **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Jonas Brothers (Jonas) The intro is similar to ‘My Sharona’ by the Knack.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Go Getta **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Young Jeezy featuring R. Kelly (Felder, Harr, Harris, Jackson, Jenkins, Jones, Kelly, Cossom) Samples ‘Born on Halloween’ by Blue Magic.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sexy Lady **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Yung Berg featuring Junior (Barry, Walters, Ward, Watson, Black, Davis, Molina) Samples the Musical Stage Company’s version of the James Bond movie music from //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Diamonds Are Forever, //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">and the chorus is an interpolation of ‘Slow Tongue’ by Millie Jackson.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">You Give Love a Bad Name **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Blake Lewis (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child) 1986 Bon Jovi hit performed on season 6 of //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">American Idol //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> by runner-up Lewis.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Same Girl **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - R. Kelly with Usher (Kelly, Jackson, Jayshawn) Originally recorded in 2006 by R&B group Nephu.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I Get Money **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - 50 Cent (Jackson, Robinson, Stanberry) Contains elements of ‘Top Billin’’ by Audio Two, as well as 50 Cent’s own ‘I Run New York’
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Top Thirties: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Suddenly I See **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - KT Tunstall (Tunstall) Became popular after it was featured in the movie //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Devil Wears Prada. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Enrique Iglesias (Garrett, Iglesias, Bastard, Paucar) Sung by Iglesias on TV’s //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Dancing with the Stars //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> the day of its iTunes release.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Baby Don’t Go **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Fabolous featuring Jermaine Dupri & T-Pain (Jackson, Najm) Samples ‘Let Me Get Some’ by Whodini (reported on wikipedia).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Candyman **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">- Christina Aguilera (Aguilera, Perry) Based on the Andrews Sisters’ ‘Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy’ [‘41], and includes the military cadence ‘Tarzan & Jane Swingin’ on a Vine’ from //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Run to Cadence with the U.S. Marines, Vol. 2. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Life’s What You Make It **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> and <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Nobody‘s Perfect ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">- Hannah Montana [Gerrard, Nevil] From the Disney TV movie <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus. //