2006

=**2006**=
 * __Number Ones: __**
 * Check On It ** - Beyoncé featuring Bun B and Slim Thug - (Knowles, Dean, Garrett, Beyince, Thomas) Featured in Steve Martin film //The Pink Panther //
 * Grillz ** - Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp - (Dupri, Ali Jones, Gipp, L-Roc, Haynes, Wall, Knowles, Rowland, Wiliams, Harris, Garrett, Harrison, Carter) - samples ‘Soldier’ by Destiny’s Child
 * Hips Don’t Lie ** - Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - (Jean, Duplessis, Shakira, Parker, Alfanno) A remake of ‘Dance Like This’ by Wyclef Jean [2004]. samples ‘Amores Como El Nuestro’ by Jerry Rivera and includes lyrics from Dominican composer Luis Dias ‘Carnaval (Baila en la Calle).
 * London Bridge ** - Fergie (Ferguson, Garret, Hartnett, Jones) Samples ‘Down to the Night Club” by Tower of Power.
 * SOS ** - Rihanna - (Rotem, Bogart, Cobb) samples ‘Tainted Love’ by Soft Cell
 * Do I Make You Proud ** - Taylor Hicks (Ackerman, Watkins, Wilson) Introduced on the 5th season of //American Idol //by male season winner Hicks.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Number Twos: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Crazy **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Gnarls Barkley - (Burton, Callaway, Reverberi, Reverberi) samples ‘Last Men Standing’ by GianFranco Reverberi, from the spaghetti western //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Viva Django! //
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Top Fives: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">What You Know **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - T.I. - (Arillo, Roberts, Harris, Davis, Mayfield, Hathaway, Hutson) - samples Roberta Flack‘s version of ‘Gone Away’ by the Impressions, and uses a bass line from Donny Hathaway’s versions of ‘I Believe to My Soul’ (from //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Everything is Everything //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Control Myself **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - LL Cool J featuring Jennifer Lopez - (Smith, Dupri, Phillips, Toby, Baker, Robie, Bambaataa, Miller) - samples ‘Looking For That Perfect Beat’ by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force, and lyrical fragments from ‘White Lines (Don’t Do It)’ by Melle Mel & the Furious Five [‘83] and ‘Planet Rock’ by Bambaataa [‘82].
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Breaking Free **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Zac Efron & Vanessa Anne Hudgens (Starling) TV Disney movie //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">High School Musical //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">cast - as well as Top 30 entries **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Get’cha Head in the Game - **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Zac Efron and **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Start of Something New **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Zac Efron & Vanessa Anne Hudgens
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Top Tens: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ain’t No Other Man **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Christina Aguilera - (Aguilera, Roane, DJ Premier, Beatty, DioGuardi) samples ‘Hippy Skippy Moon Strut’ or ‘Happy Soul’ by Dave Cortez & the Moon People [‘68] and ‘The Cissy’s Thang’ by the Soul Seven [‘69]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">There It Go! (The Whistle Song) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Juelz Santana (Santana) Featured in the movie //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Th Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">What Hurts the Most **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Rascal Flatts (Steele, Robson) Mark Wills [‘03, //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">And the Crowd Goes Wild //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">], Bellefire [‘04 LP], pop singer Jo O’Meara [‘05, single from //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Relentless //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wind It Up **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Gwen Stefani - (Stefani, Williams, Rodgers, Hammerstein) contains an inerpolation of ‘The Lonely Goatherd’ from 1965 movie //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Sound of Music. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chain Hang Low **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Jibbs (Jibbs) Melody based on minstrel song ‘Zip Coon’, also children’s song ‘Do Your Ears Hang Low?’
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Get Up **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Ciara featuring Chamillionaire - (Harris, Seriki, Alexander) featured in the movie //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Step Up. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Incorporates a sample from Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me’ [‘84].
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Life Is a Highway **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Rascal Flatts (Cochrane) 1991 hit by Tom Cochrane. Also covered by Chris LeDoux and Jerry Jeff Walker.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Unpredictable **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Jamie Foxx featuring Ludacris. Samples ‘Wildflower’ and ‘Wild Flower (Suite)’ by New Birth.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Show Me What You Got **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Jay-Z - (Carter, Smith, Boxley, Ridenhour, Sadler, McEwan, Pate) samples ‘Show ‘Em Whatcha Got’ by Public Enemy, and saxophone loops from ‘Darkest Light’ by Lafayette Afro Rock Band and Johnny Pate’s ‘Shaft in Africa’.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pullin’ Me Back **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Chingy featuring Tyrese - (Bailey, Dupri, Morgan, Pastorius, Phillips) samples ‘Rain’ by SWV, which in turn samples from ‘Portrait of Tracy’ by Jaco Pastorious.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">White & Nerdy **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Weird Al Yankovic (Yankovic, Seriki, Henderson) - parody of ‘Ridin’’ by Chamillionaire
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Come To Me **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Diddy featuring Nicole Scherzinger (Greene, White, Winans, Combs, Lawrence, Scherzinger, Frierson, Winans) Samples ‘Hyphy’ by Keak da Sneak.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Everytime We Touch **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Cascada (Mackillop, Reilly, Risavy) Chorus is borrowed from ‘Everytime We Touch’ by Maggie Reilly [‘92, //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Echoes //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Say Goodbye **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Chris Brown (Cox, Dean, Shropshire) featured in the movie //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Step Up. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">So What **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Field Mob featuring Ciara (Crawford, Johnson, Johnson, Wallace, Williams) Borrows a few lines from Notorious B.I.G.’s rap on Lil’ Kim’s ‘Crush On You’ [‘96].
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Top Twenties: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Somewhere Over the Rainbow **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Katharine McPhee (Arlen, Harburg) The classic sung by Judy Garland in //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Wizard of Oz //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">was performed on the 5th seasons //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">American Idol //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">finale by runner-up McPhee.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Beep **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Pussycat Dolls featuring will.i.am (Adams, DioGuardi, Lynne) - samples ‘Evil Woman’ by the Electric Light Orchestra
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">A Public Affair **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Jessica Simpson (Simpson, Austin, Kurstin, Watters, Biancaniello, Mendez, Ashford, Simpson) Contains an interpolation of Diana Ross‘ ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Touch It **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Busta Rymes (Busta Rymes, Swizz Beatz, Bangalter, de Homem-Christo) Contains a sample from ‘Technologic’ by Daft Punk.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Keep Holding On **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Avril Lavigne (Dr. Luke, Lavigne) from movie //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Eragon //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pump It **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Black Eyed Peas (will.i.am, api.de.ap, Taboo, Fergie, Nicholas Roubanis) Contains a sample from Dick Dale & the Del-Tones’ surf music classic ‘Misirlou’ [‘62]. ‘Misirlou’ is a song with Egyptian roots. It was recorded in 1927 by the Greek tenor Tetos Dimidiates [Columbia], and in 1931 as ‘Mousourioum’ by Michalis Patrinos. Nicholas Roubanis, who claimed writing credit, recorded it in 1939, and as Nicolas Matthey in 1940, as ‘Misirlou (Turkish Dance)’ on Decca (according to Rypens). It was recorded by several big bands in 1941 - Xavier Cugat [Columbia 36360], Woody Herman, vocal version [Decca 4024], Harry James [Columbia 36390, as ‘Miserlou‘], Mitchell Ayres [Bluebird BB-11295], and many others since.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stars Are Blind **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Paris Hilton (Garibay, Solomon, McCarthy) This was subjected to a plagiarism lawsuit for its similarity to UB40’s 1970 ‘Kingston Town’.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">That’s That [aka That’s the Shit] **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Snoop Dogg featuring R. Kelly [Benton, Broadus, Curry, Kelly] Samples a melody from the Eddie Murphy movie //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coming to America. //
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Top Thirties: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Say I **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Christina Milian featuring Young Jeezy (Sigler, Jensen, Hurtt, Lyon, Valenzano, Sullivan) Samples ‘Sweet Charlie Babe’ (or ‘Clean Up Your Own Yard’?) by Jackie Moore
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Invisible **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Ashlee Simpson Title song to Jaded Era’s 2003 album.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Call On Me **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Janet (Jackson) & Nelly (Dupri, Austin, Phillips, Haynes, Harris, Lewis) Samples ‘Tell Me If You Still Care’ by the S.O.S. Band
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">We Belong Together **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Gavin DeGraw (DeGraw) From the movie //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tristan & Isolde //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Money In the Bank **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Lil Scrappy featuring Young Buck (Richardson, Jackson, Brown) According to wikipedia, this was recorded by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo on //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wanted: Dead or Alive //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [‘90], but the writer for that is listed as Nathaniel Wilson (Kool G Rap)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Why You Wanna **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - T.I. (Harris, Cates, Conway, Walker, Towa, Gilberto, Fareed, Muhammad, Taylor, Yancey) Samples ‘Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless)’ by Crystal Waters, and contains an interpolation of ‘Find a Way’ by A Tribe Called Quest, and also Q-Tip’s vocal on Janet Jackson’s ‘Got Till It’s Gone’.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Dean Cortez]