The Billboard ranked “Ignition” by R. Kelly as the number 8 greatest chorus out of the 100 greatest choruses in the 21st century.
“Ignition (Remix)” is a song written and produced by American R&B singer R. Kelly. It was released in 2002 as the lead single from his sixth studio album Chocolate Factory (2003). It is viewed as one of his most well-known songs and has been popular in the United States, Europe and Oceania.
“Ignition (Remix)” peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United States, the song topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.[2] It was later included on the updated version of Rolling Stone‘s 500 greatest songs of all time in 2010 at number 494. The song was listed at #19 on Pitchfork Media‘s top 500 songs of the 2000s.
Read the Billboard words below…
“This would likely land even higher on our chorus list if the rest of the song wasn’t so stupidly ingenious as well — ask the average person what the chorus to Ignition (Remix) is and they might have to hum the entire first verse just to remind themselves where the official chorus starts. But even if it doesn’t tower over the rest, the refrain is still the high-water mark of Ignition (Remix), coining”…
