# 17

Estelle feat. Kanye West - American Boy
(written by West, Will.I.Am, Speir, Lopez & Harris; 2008; UK #1; March 2008)

Probably the second most parodied song of 2008 (after 'I Kissed A Girl), everyone from Chris Moyles to Sam Sparro put their own spin on this track. For years Estelle has been a talent that the industry raved about, but the public were yet to latch onto. 'American Boy' changed that and stormed to the top of the charts, staying there for a month. Proving he has the Midas touch, Kanye helped the song reach the US top 10, where it stalled at number nine and would probably have gone higher were it not for a misjudged marketing effort from her US label that saw the removal of the track from itunes in order to encourage sales of it's parent album. 2008 also saw the soul singer achieve a Mercury Music nomination for the album 'Shine' and don't bet against the odd Brit nomination in the New Year

Best Lyric: "He crazy, i know what ya thinkin'/ Ribena i know what ya drinkin'"