What? No "Hanky Panky"? Is this some kind of a joke? Given how obsessive her fans are, it's a thankless task for Madonna toassemble a two-CD hit collection. But from the opening one-two of "HungUp" and "Music," two of her best ever, Celebration kicks off with purebliss and never lets up. It's a dizzying, nonchronological spin through the Madonna years, years it makes you feel lucky to be living through.Her hitmaking genius is unmatched and — with the new Eurocheeseblast "Celebration" and the Lil Wayne duet "Revolver" — undiminished. It's almost enough to make you forget that they left off"Angel," which is just plain crazypants.

“Help Me”

Joni Mitchell wrote and recorded this song for her album Court and Spark, but she had to switch from her regular band to make the song sound exactly the way she wanted. "I had attempted to play my music with rock & roll players," she told Rolling Stone. "They’d laugh, 'Awww, isn't that cute? She's trying to teach us how to play.'" Mitchell switched to a jazz band, Tom Scott’s L.A. Express, and scored the biggest hit of her career in the process.