Which Beyoncé song features rapper Jay-Z and opens her debut solo album?

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

Released in 2003, the song was built around a prominent horn sample from the Chi-Lites’ 1970 recording “Are You My Woman (Tell Me So).” Rich Harrison produced the track and helped create its instantly recognizable rhythmic brass hook.

Jay-Z contributes a rap verse, making the song an early and highly visible musical collaboration between the two artists. Their later marriage and repeated creative partnerships often make listeners connect this song with their personal history.

“Crazy in Love” became Beyoncé’s first solo number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100. It won Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.