13 Years Ago Today, Beyoncé's "Crazy In Love" Topped the Charts

13 Years Ago Today, Beyoncé's "Crazy In Love" Topped the Charts
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Before she was “Drunk in Love” Beyoncé was “Crazy in Love,” and our world has never been the same.

On this day in 2003, Beyoncé hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with her then are-they-or-aren’t-they man friend Jay-Z.

Thirteen years later, this song still slays. The moment you hear those horns and that bass line (sampled from Chi-Lites’ “Are You My Woman”), everyone rushes to the dance floor to the “Uh Oh” dance.

To celebrate CIL entering her teens, here are five of Queen Bey’s best “Crazy in Love” performances.

B performed “Crazy” with a growing Blue Ivy inside her in this 2011 performance. Watch at 3:52 when Beysus blesses one of her beehive members with her holy spirit. Delivert!

Remember when Bey KILLED it at the Superbowl in 2013? This was an epic performance of “Crazy in Love.” The dance break, the guitar solo and the new choreography. And the vocals! So much LIFE!

Every Beyoncé stan remembers the VMAs in 2003. She opened with her monster hit “Baby Boy” and went into an epic performance of CIL. She brought like 1,000 flawless women on stage and she danced like we never saw before. Standing ovation well-earned!

By 2008, Beyoncé was a 10-time Grammy Award winner. And icons such as she deserve to enter Rockefeller Plaza with grandiose fanfare. Watch as she greets her fans as Beyoncé Giselle Knowles and then turns into Sasha Fierce within milliseconds. Yaaaas, Queen!!!

Last year Bey and Jay were “On the Run.” And Bey strutted, twerked and werked Paris with this ridiculously amazing performance. The use of Juvenile’s “Back That Thang Up” made it even more stellar.

Ch-ch-check out the original music video directed by the legendary Jake Nava below and do the “Uh Oh” dance in your desk chair.

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