Which Beyoncé song features rapper Jay-Z and opens with a famous brass sample?

“Crazy in Love” is the Beyoncé song featuring rapper Jay-Z and opening with a famous brass sample.

Released in 2003 as the lead single from Dangerously in Love, the song was written by Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Rich Harrison, and Eugene Record. Its prominent horn arrangement samples the Chi-Lites’ 1970 song “Are You My Woman (Tell Me So),” using a riff that became instantly associated with Beyoncé’s solo debut.

Jay-Z appears in the rap section, and the song’s lyrics describe the overwhelming feeling of being in love. Beyoncé performed the track with an energetic dance routine in its music video, directed by Jake Nava.

“Crazy in Love” reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and won two Grammy Awards in 2004. It is often confused with “Drunk in Love,” another Beyoncé-and-Jay-Z collaboration released a decade later on the album Beyoncé.