“Yeah!” by Usher

Arista sent Usher back to record more songs for Confessions, and "Yeah!", a club-shaker with Lil Jon and Ludacris riding shotgun, arrived as the album's lead single in January 2004. Lil Jon produced it and had a name for the blend of crunk and R&B he was cooking up: crunk&B. LaMarquis Jefferson plays bass, L-Roc adds keyboards, and Sean Garrett, Robert McDowell and Patrick "J. Que" Smith are among the writers.

It ruled the Hot 100 for 12 straight weeks until Usher's own "Burn" knocked it off, finished 2004 as the year's top song and ended up second on Billboard's chart for the whole decade. Mr. X shot the video, all choreography and blue lasers in a club, and it won the Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.

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