It Takes A Village: 10 Pop Hits That Took At Least 6 Writers To Cobble Together, From “Drunk In Love” To “Timber”

EMINEM FEAT. RIHANNA — “THE MONSTER” NUMBER OF WRITERS: 7 SAMPLE LYRIC: “Yodel-odel-ay-hee-hoo!”

RiRi took time out of her busy boob-flashing schedule to warble a few lines on this number. You may not remember that it was the first single to top the Hot 100 in 2014 — or, for that matter, the names of any of the slew of co-writers here (sorry, Bebe Rexha) — but at least you’ll never forget Rihanna’s tits.

BEYONCE — “DRUNK IN LOVE” NUMBER OF WRITERS: 8 SAMPLE LYRIC: “I fill the tub up halfway then ride it with my surfbort! Surfbort! Surfbort!”

Bey wasn’t taking any chances after previous album 4 bombed. For her comeback hit, she wrangled in her husband Jay Z, Timbaland, J-Roc, her hairdresser, the entire staff from her accounting firm, the cashier from Target and the nice guy at Stumptown who made her iced coffee the morning she recorded the song.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FEAT. JAY Z — “SUIT & TIE” NUMBER OF WRITERS: 8 SAMPLE LYRIC: “I be on my suit and tie shit, tie shit, tie shit!”

Basically, just when the team that brought you “Drunk In Love” thought they were free at last, the studio door ominously slammed shut, Justin Timberlake swooped in and all were tasked with penning another classic. A minute and a half later, “Suit & Tie” was in the can!

LADY GAGA — “APPLAUSE” NUMBER OF WRITERS: 8 SAMPLE LYRIC: “I live for the applause, applause, applause / I live for the applause-plause, live for the applause-plause!”

Oh, who cares who wrote this. Gaga name-drops Jeffrey Koons, everyone!

PITBULL FEAT. KE$HA— “TIMBER” NUMBER OF WRITERS: 11 SAMPLE LYRIC: “Face down, booty up / Timber! / That’s the way we like to, what? / Timber!”

Let’s hope, after splitting the royalties nearly a dozen different ways, Ke$ha used the six bucks she made here to buy a pack of Chiclets and pay the monthly fee to have Dr. Luke’s number blocked on her Android.

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