“She's On it” by Beastie Boys

"She's on It" hit the shelves on Def Jam on September 12, 1985, the fifth single off the soundtrack to the film Krush Groove, and it's the Beastie Boys at full brat, rapping over a big, borrowed rock riff. Adam Horovitz and Rick Rubin wrote it.

That riff has a family tree. It's a slightly slowed-down take on Cheap Trick's "Stiff Competition" from 1978, a song that had itself leaned on the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" from 1971. Hardly anyone bit the first time around, but a 1987 re-release turned it into a top-10 hit in the UK, with top-50 placings in Ireland, the Netherlands and West Germany.

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