The 50 Best Kanye West Songs Ever

25. All Day

Release Date: March 2, 2015

Album: Non-album single

Writer(s): Kanye West, Tyler Bryant, Karim Kharbouch, William Branch, mario Minans, Ernest Brown, Michael Whiting, Cydel Young, Victor Mensah, Allan Kyariga, Mike Dean, Che Pope, Noah Goldstein, Allen Ritter, Charles Njapa, Malik Yusef Jones, Paul McCartney, Patrick Reynolds, Rennard East, Kendrick Duckworth, Jacques Webster, Noel Ellis

Producer(s): West, Valous, French Montana, Diddy, Charlie Heat

Notable Lyric:

“Shoppin’ for the winter and it’s just May, n*gga

Ball so hard, man, this shit cray, n*gga

And you ain’t gettin’ money ‘less you got eight figures”

There’s a case to be made that “All Day” wouldn’t be as good a song if most of us hadn’t first heard it when Kanye performed the song at the 2015 BRIT Awards.

That performance was genuinely amazing. It is hot fire, literally. While Kendrick Lamar might currently be the reigning champion of awards show performances after this year’s Grammys, Kanye held sole control of that title before that. Even Taylor Swift clearly agrees.

Moreover, that so many different collaborators — just look at that writer’s byline — could produce such a singular sound as “All Day” is impressive. While the song never made it onto anything but a single, it’s certainly one of Kanye’s better efforts between albums.

Next: 24. Mercy