“Crazy in Love,” featuring Jay-Z, reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2003. It was the lead single from Beyoncé’s debut solo album, Dangerously in Love.
The song was built around a prominent horn sample from “Are You My Woman (Tell Me So),” a 1970s recording by the Chicago funk group the Chi-Lites. Rich Harrison produced the track and helped shape its forceful, instantly recognizable arrangement. Jay-Z contributed a rap verse, creating one of Beyoncé’s earliest major collaborations with the artist who later became her husband.
The song’s music video, directed by Jake Nava, became closely associated with Beyoncé’s early solo image. “Crazy in Love” is sometimes confused with “Drunk in Love,” another Beyoncé and Jay-Z collaboration, but the latter came from the 2013 album Beyoncé. “Crazy in Love” was Beyoncé’s first solo Billboard Hot 100 number-one single.