Queen B slaying at No. 1
The Telegraph's Top 50 DANCE SONGS
Link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...nce-songs.html
1: Crazy in Love, Beyoncé (with Jay Z) (2003)
The genius of Crazy in Love is that it combines the best dance rhythms from all the great decades: there's the heat of Sixties Motown, the grit of Seventies funk and disco, the jiggle of Eighties go-go, the flow of Nineties rap, topped off by the futuristic shimmer of noughties R&B. And it all adds up to an explosive three and a half minutes – with some of the urgency coming from the fact that Beyoncé Knowles and producer Rich Harrison practically put it together in a day. It kicks in with a thrillingly climactic horn sample from the Chi-Lites' Are You My Woman while Jay Z utters exclamations of incomprehension at the charms of his bride-to-be. Even when the track pulls back to a percussive cowbell-driven samba and stuttering "uh-oh"s, it never actually lets up its grip on your wobbly parts.
Dance Tip: If you've got it, shake it. BM/NM