Which Beyoncé song featuring Jay-Z topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2003?

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“Crazy in Love,” featuring Jay-Z, topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2003.

The song was released as the lead single from Beyoncé’s debut solo album, Dangerously in Love. Its production was led by Rich Harrison, who built the track around a prominent sample from the Chi-Lites’ 1970 song “Are You My Woman (Tell Me So).” Jay-Z contributed a rap verse, creating one of the best-known musical collaborations between the pair.

“Crazy in Love” became Beyoncé’s first number-one single as a solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100. It remained at the top for eight weeks and helped establish her independent identity after years as a member of Destiny’s Child.

The song’s horn-driven arrangement, energetic video, and choreography made it a defining early-2000s pop and R&B recording. It has frequently appeared on critics’ lists of the best songs of the decade. It is not the same song as “Drunk in Love,” another Beyoncé and Jay-Z collaboration released more than a decade later.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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