Push It — Salt-N-Pepa

It barely takes a second. That beat starts, the familiar command hits, and everybody knows what's happening. “Push It” has survived changing fashions, new generations of rappers, and countless party playlists because it understands something simple: make people move. Salt-N-Pepa didn't need a complicated hook to create an anthem. Against Nicki's “Super Bass,” this is old-school simplicity versus pop-rap fireworks. Against Missy's “Get Ur Freak On,” it's two completely different approaches to dance-floor domination. The newer songs might have more lyrical fireworks, but few can match the immediate reaction “Push It” gets. Are you really voting against a track that can still start a party decades later?