Which Beyoncé song features Jay-Z and leads her first solo album?

“Crazy in Love” features Jay-Z and leads Beyoncé’s first solo album, Dangerously in Love.

Released in 2003, the song combines Beyoncé’s powerful R&B vocal with a prominent horn sample from the Chi-Lites’ 1970 song “Are You My Woman (Tell Me So).” Jay-Z contributes a rap verse, making the track an early and highly visible collaboration between the two artists, who later married.

The single became Beyoncé’s first number-one hit as a solo artist in the United States. Its energetic music video, choreographed movement, and brass-heavy production helped establish the visual and musical style of her solo career. “Crazy in Love” also earned Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.

It is sometimes confused with later Beyoncé singles such as “Single Ladies” or “Halo,” but those songs do not open Dangerously in Love. “Crazy in Love” is the album’s lead single and its opening track.