“E-Pro” by Beck

"E-Pro" kicks the door open on Guero, Beck's 2005 album, and went out that March as the lead single: a fuzzed-up, stomping riff that sounds like Beck cranked every amp in the room and dared the walls to hold. Underneath it runs the rhythm track of the Beastie Boys' "So What'cha Want", which is why Ad-Rock, Mike D and Adam Yauch share the writing credit with Beck, John King and Mike Simpson.

Beck produced and recorded it with the Dust Brothers, and he's credited on a pile of instruments himself: acoustic and electric guitar, drums, keyboards, harmonica, celesta, percussion, even the handclaps, which he shares with the Dust Brothers. The guest list is stacked anyway: Joey Waronker on drums, Smokey Hormel on electric guitar, Roger Joseph Manning Jr. on clavinet, Money Mark on organ, Petra Haden on vocals, and no fewer than three bass players, Sean Davis, Justin Meldal-Johnsen and Jack White.

Rock radio lapped it up. It topped the Modern Rock chart, his first trip to the top there in eleven years and only his second ever, and it crossed over far enough to reach number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.