Beyoncé’s 2003 single “Crazy in Love” features Jay-Z and opens with a prominent horn sample.
The song was released as the lead single from Dangerously in Love on May 14, 2003. Its production by Rich Harrison uses a striking brass hook based on “Are You My Woman (Tell Me So),” a 1970 song by the Chicago soul group the Chi-Lites.
Jay-Z contributes a rap verse, making the track a collaboration between the two artists before their marriage became public knowledge. The song’s energetic vocal arrangement and marching-band-style brass helped define Beyoncé’s early solo sound.
“Crazy in Love” topped the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of Beyoncé’s signature songs. It is sometimes mixed up with “Drunk in Love,” another Beyoncé and Jay-Z collaboration, but that later song appeared on Beyoncé’s 2013 self-titled album.