Which Beyoncé song features Jay-Z and opens with the famous horn-driven beat?

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“Crazy in Love” is the Beyoncé song featuring Jay-Z that opens with its famous horn-driven beat.

Released in 2003, the track served as the lead single from Beyoncé’s first solo album, Dangerously in Love. Its prominent brass sample came from “Are You My Woman (Tell Me So),” recorded by the Chi-Lites in 1970 and written by Eugene Record.

Jay-Z contributes a rap verse, making the song an early major musical collaboration between the two artists. The recording became one of Beyoncé’s signature songs and topped charts in several countries.

The song is sometimes mixed up with “Drunk in Love,” another Beyoncé and Jay-Z collaboration released years later. “Crazy in Love” belongs to her solo debut era and won the Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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