CL EXCLUSIVE: BEYONCÉ – “GIRLS (WHO RUN THE WORLD)” [FINAL UNTAGGED VERSION]


♫ Beyoncé – Girls (Who Run the World) [Final Untagged Version]

Alright you all! Our friend from Belgium, DJ DADDY K hooked us up with the final untagged version of Beyonce’s BRAND NEW song, “Girls (Who Run The World)”. Still no word on what the title of her upcoming studio album will be, but keep it locked to CL just in case!!

Now that you’ve heard the final version, are you still feelin’ the track?

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  2. Elisabeth

    I absolutely love B! But ummm I am not sure if I am feeling this it sounds like what everyone is doing….it’s alright it has to grow on me

    • Tiff.Will

      This is still not the official. It’s just untagged.

    • DIPLO FAN

      This is a Beyonce vocal laid out on a stolen beat. Whack ass people can’t be original and give credit to the originator of the instrumental. The beat is Pon de Floor – Major Lazer (Diplo & Switch).

    • POSHEDUP

      THIS ISH IS TRASH!!!!

    • Tessa

      @diplo fan LMFAO ARE YOU SERIOUS? It’s sampled, and it’s obviously not stolen since Diplo & Switch produced Beyonce’s…

    • cgirutgidvcsk

      It’s terrible. and for those who say: “remember no one liked crazy in love, single ladies … ” first of all it wasnt crazy in love, it was work it (i think it was called) – her first song of her first album and it was straight garbage as well as single ladies as well as this song – all of them are total crap. i think because it is beyonce and she knows she s got this power to attract people and they will buy whatever she puts but it’s shocking how these songs actually become popular. and yes i am also so over this girl empowerment, i can imagine if she was single all her life and achieved like nobel prize in physics or something. and is this supposed to be a new sound ?!?!?!?

    • s

      Yep deja vu too – straight garbage. In fact all her first singles (and not only) are garbage but she became this beyonce phemonen, which sells more than her music

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    • kriskeepitpropa

      you are crazyyy if you say that no one liked deja vu , crazy in love & single ladies !! shutuuppp , some people may have doubted her when she had single ladies but when she the video came out EVERYBODY was dancing along . STOP hating BEYONCE IS THE SHTI !

    • www

      How much of a retard you really have to be to call people hating ? No, NOT EVERYBODY WAS DANCING to Single Ladies, everyone I know hate that song, only retards like you dance because you have no sense of what good music is / should be – once you see Beyonce written, you ride it, no wonder she bacame who she became.

    • Natasha Bradley

      Beyonce is kool,but…

      -Sincerely @Natashak4
      A

  3. alexis

    Better…
    now can we get a download link…

    • Luel14

      I am disappointed. This is not something some one with 16 Grammies should be doing. I’ll still buy it on iTunes cause Icant let my bitch flop. Love Bey but this ain’t it.

    • yup

      Just curious, what should a person with 16 grammys be doing? Especially when its songs like this that gave her those 16 awards….just wondering

  4. LDJ_BEY

    THE QUEEN BEY IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE THIS! SONG IS HAWT!!!!!

    • POSHEDUP

      R U TONE DEAF, THIS IS TRASH???

    • Jazzo

      Exactly!!!! This song sucks so bad!!!! This a true testiment… that it is not about the quality of music when it comes to these “artist” these days… its about the image the public likes to follow. I’m sure the video will be hot an everyone will learn to like this God awful song! Ugh

    • PorscheGirl

      I listened…saw the comments…and listened again. C’mon people! This is a trance, techno, trying too hard, not trying hard enough, “I’m so creative and next level” ego trip mess! She has all of us right where she wants us…same as her hubby. We don’t EXPECT more from them and continue to praise/buy crap so that’s what they’ll give us. For real??? Is this what it’s come to? I give up!

      In the famous words of Aretha Franklin “Who’s Zooming Who?” if you guys can decipher what that really means.

  5. Lola Jay

    What a mess this song is…

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  7. drebu95

    guess ms.beybey has ran out of creativity

    • Dwiight you ignorant slut

      No she ran out of people to steal from

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      lol this sounds like nothing that is out. name one it sounds like n ill give u that. it def stands out and is creative. what women artist out there is encouraging women? very few. enough said!

    • DIPLO FAN

      @Professional Musician it sound like “Pon de Floor” by Major Lazer.

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      of course it does it was sampled and that is known but theres nothing out like this now. pon de flor did not come out recently either. im from jerz n ive been hearing the beat for years at the clubs. it’s refreshing and she def picked a hot beat to sample.

    • KSH

      Exact same beat as Diddy’s “Ass on the Floor”

  8. fearlless

    This is a song that definitely has to grow on you.

  9. keithbeyonce

    YESSSSSSSSS THE QUEEEEEEN IS BACKKKKKKKKKK!!! THE GAMEEEE BEEEN MISSING YOUUUUUU BEYONCEEEEE!!

    • mflowerchild

      where has she been she might not have been in the studio but she has been showing her last album down our throats for thje last 3 years.

  10. Julez

    Hmm it sounds the same…Still not feeling it

  11. Cam-Rhon

    I absolutely love it just as much as I loved the Demo that dropped yesterday. I’m just pleased as a fan to hear that she’s doing what she wants to do and isn’t going for the “glowstick”, electric pop club music like everyone else is going for.

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  13. luvit

    I love the final version. It’s no growth, but I love the production. I know it’s from “Pon the Floor”, but I love the twist!

  14. BEYONCELOVER

    This dont sound like nothing else on the radio even with the sampled beat of Pon De Floor; Every other Pop artist are doing the same thing and have the same sound ! Ppl be so afraid of change and wanna start talking numbers and shit when that dont even matter .. it should be about the music and evolving and she has done just that;

    • STLOPiNION

      LMAO GTHOH beyonce is goin on 30 and married theres no way in HELL she needs to be singint a song with the chorus “who run the world…GIRLS” this is willow smith material not grown woman and growth i kmow you a stan an all but cmon now lets be fair if ciara or rihanna sung it u will be goin IN so have a seat —-> \_

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      it’s an encouraging song and as far as I know you are as young as u feel. and there’s nothing immature about this song. you complaining about who run the world where as if u wanted to argue about the lyrics who run this mutha is prob what u should have mentioned. the fact that it stands out from everything else out as did single ladies this will be big reguardless of how ignorant ppl think.

    • IlovemesomeENVOGUE

      BITCH, BEW. This sounds like crap.

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      much of how u look i suppose but if it’s crap to u kewl. what does your opinion count for? a blog site! B boo that. ignorance gets no play especially over the net. i’ll meet you tho n u can say it to me directly other than that like I said your opinion trick

    • IlovemesomeENVOGUE

      I WAS NOT responding to you PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN. I was responding to Beyoncelover. get it straight

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      oh ok kewl then

    • Tessa

      @STLOPiNION of course you don’t like it..you’re a gay male. not a female LOL

    • STLOPINION

      LOL how are you going to assume im gay because i dont like a song…beyonce fans will take it to the EXTREME when they have nothingelse to take offense for beyonce bullshit of a song

  15. Carlos Knowles

    She and her diva like this song very mass uprooting Beyonce

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  17. Pia

    this will have to grow on me.

    im still gunna buy it on itunes though.

    it seems like her pitch is all over the place, like the lyrics.
    love you bey, but this .. no.

  18. xedos

    not a first single material

  19. Not A fan

    THIS IS TRASH!

  20. kid1

    This sounds exactly like the mess that “leaked” last night. The beat is dope though… everything else needs a redo.

  21. Gia

    Still don’t like this girl, but I love this track. I can’t wait to hear this in the club.

    I don’t see this being a huge hit on radio though.

    • Jessica

      I agree! I can see this doing well when she is in concert with all the flashing lights, and smoke, but not on the radio and definitely not a lot of CD sales.

  22. xedos

    the singing doesn’t fit the track

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      the track is made to fit the singing. it is the artist that will sell it if that was the case the track would be unaltered with her voice fitting into it which would sound crazy because the beat itself is complicated but hot!

  23. NothingButTheTruth

    SO MUCH BETTER! People shouldnt pay attention to uncompleted work.

  24. Kenny

    I saw a comment saying, that people crave some completely new material from an artist nowadays. And Beyonc did just that, and now people are complaining about how different it is. Come on – what do you really want?!

    • Dwiight you ignorant slut

      By new material people mean NEW MATERIAL! Not new material for so and so. Hey if lupe fiasco started killing and selling drugs in his songs that would be new material from lupe but it’s not new material because it has been done a billion times over.

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      what ever is new to the artist is new material compared to what the (artist) is use to doing. I dont feel that this is relatively new as far as the words are concerned because she a for women type of women and I for one like that. but this beat is def hot and her vocals are kewl. but if u follow her career you know she doesn’t put her whole talent ability in the songs because its obvious she loves showcasing her talent live on stage. artist that put too much vocal effort in the track will become boring live less they can change it up. who wants to hear a song the way it’s recorded live? if thats the case everyone would just listen to the track and she’d do no touring.

  25. B.Scott

    It’s entirely too much going on in this song! The song is all over the place! Damn B… your last album was so good… How do you go from that to this foolishness? The lyrics are even WACK. Damn!!! DAMN!!!! DAMN!!!! *FLORIDA EVANS VOICE*

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      thats your opinion! but also one of which u can tell u have very little music experience. the song isn’t all over the place wrong choice of words. but thats your opinion can’t knock u for it.

    • carib

      I agree b.scott. This song is a hot mess. So much is going on and it leaves my head spinning with all the musical sounds going on. I can’t even tell what style of music its supposed to be. Some say dancehall, but i don’t hear it. Sounds more like a marching band or something. I hate this song, and I hate this beat.

  26. YoYoBey

    This Still AINT THE FINAL! The DJ duped you. I mean this Mix jams better so thanks… but its missing lyrics, and that edit at the beg of the intro was messy and a dead giveaway.

    LORDT Beyonce/Sony/ Please can we get some official shit around here sheesh!

  27. jessica

    she could’ve done soo much better than this, let me tell you this: How did she come from doing, No, No No remix, Say My Name, Independant Woman, Cater 2 You, Bug A Boo, Survivor, Loose My Breath, Jumpin Jumpin remix and orginial, Boot…ylicious, Emotion, Soldier, Crazy In Love, Me Myself and I, Speechless, Baby Boy, Get Me Bodied, Irriplaceable, Deja Vu, Upgrade U, Freakum Dress, Suga Mama, Halo, Scared of Lonely and Single Ladies, all those tracks, to that track??? If I was the biggest fan of her’s, I’ll dissapointed as a fan. The full track is out, and honestly, she should’ve done better than that, that is more of a shelved track for later or a bonus track, not a first single for this new album. She needs to go back to the drawing board and re-hire her dad and bring out a better track.

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      i disagree as a big fan. but she can’t please everyone so you are just one of those who aren’t pleased this time better luck next single. but I def like the whole thing. and even the leaked versions I could hear the direction of the song so it’s all g wit me. your opinion is yours.

    • jessica

      Honestly, she really needs to step it up, if she want’s to be an icon in the game, STEP IT UP!!!! What happened to her roots in music that brought her out in the first place?? This song is horrible, I would expect Willow Smith doing this track, not Beyonce. Look, I’m the biggest fan of Janet,when Feedback came out, I was disapointed because this is not the icon I know about. So if you fans consider her as an icon, this track should be better to you guys in your eyes, not just because her name, it because how you became fans in the first place. Honestly, this is really a bad track, if the video do justice then it will save her, but if not, womp womp.

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      for 1 y would she step it up for the us when most ppl just download her songs? thats y most of the us artist aren’t selling like artist back in the day. 2 who’s to say she has to only stay in one genre of music? thats wack. the fact that she takes chances and tries out new things on a international level is a great accomplishment. and she is already at icon status by her performances alone. not to mention album sales. if anything shes not following trends and attemping to introduce new ideas to the listeners can’t fault her for that.

      vocally of course we’ve all heard beyonce do better she’s a great vocalist but we also know that when she performs this whether ppl like it or not ud like it then it’s hard to deny her talent especially live and that’s where i give her most of the credit from cuz not many artist performs as she does and she stands strong at the top just for that.

    • jessica

      @Professional Musician : Honestly, if an artist who won 16 grammys and other awards and then bring out this garbage, something is wrong there!!! It’s horrible point blank!!! You must be really in deaf ears!! Even Ring the Alarm is better than this, and I don’t even like Ring the Alarm. She better get her father back for real!!!

    • jessica

      You stans waited for 2 years for a track that has been ripped off from other artists!!! LMAO!!!
      1. Dirty Money ft Swizz Beats- watch the video and read the lyrics- now one part of the lyric in the Dirty Money track- “Mother ….” that concept as a mantra was taken.
      2. Major Lazer & Vybz Kartel-Pon De Floor (Pon Di Floor riddim) was made 2 years ago- 2009, was not changed AND RECYCLED by the same people who produced it!
      3. How many of you out there can write better lyrics than this?
      4. At least Dirty Money (Swizz) TRIED to do something with the drum loop.
      Still don’t believe it STANS!!? HERE ARE THE WEBSITES :
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz6bF8HikIM – The Original
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnJPQUDaVXQ – Afrojack on the riddim
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90-SWwtpdZU – Dirty Money- Ass on the Floor

      http://monsterlyrics.blog...who-run-world-lyrics.html – Lyrics for the song (as accurate as ppl on the net can currently document)
      http://www.metrolyrics.co...ics-diddydirty-money.html – Lyrics for Dirty Money’s song

      So…. ya… Queen… SIDE EYE!!! P.S. PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN OR YOUR SO CALLED NAME- SIDE EYE- DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!! THIS COMES FROM A KNOWN RADIO DJ AND PRODUCES!!!

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      HER GRAMMYS WERE ACCOMPLISHED BY HER MUSIC DECISIONS THO. THE LABELS DID NOT APPROVE ALOT OF HER SINGLES THAT GOT HER THOSE GRAMMYS. I JUST TRUST BEY SHE’S STANDING OUT WHICH WILL GIVE HER THE PUSH SHE WANTS. U A FAN U KNOW BEY TAKES CHANCES. I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT SINGLE LADIES BUT I REALIZED SHE HAS A PLAN AND WITH A PLAN COMES SUCCESS. BUT I LIKE THE SONG THE BEAT AND HER ON IT.

  28. Lanice

    It’s the same song without the tags. I’m still not feeling it.

  29. GAVINLUVSBEYONCE

    Queen Beyonce is on another level once again. Once she stands for something she goes hard with it! New genre. Get into it!

  30. Anon

    What the hell? This is the new “genre” of music Beyonce is pushing now? She can keep it. All B does is make “girl” anthems. How many times can you repeat the same shit? The song somewhat reminds me of what she did with Destiny’s Child some years back, where Kelly fell on stage at 106 and Park. Go back and try again B cus this is new track is horrendous.

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      to someone who doesnt matter. that’s your opinion she’s doing what she loves and hoping her fans appreciate it. it’s fresh and new and I’m sure the video and her performance will def push the song where it needs to be. you saying this now but when u hear it n the club u gone b jumpin to it. women over populate the world anyway so guess who’s her target audience? girls, women she stands strong by strong women and it hasn’t failed her yet. this is her style either u like or u don’t. whats that 15 dollars she wont make big deal

    • Dimples

      Correction….Michelle fell on 106 & Park not Kelly

  31. Cairo

    I like it. its cool but I like ballads from Beyonce. The beat of the song reminds me of what something Nicki would have plus drums and the beat from the song she sampled. Actually it is kind of different because the other euro tracks on the radio have that same under current tone-that jersey shore fist pump beat or hop up and down.lol

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      i agree with the ballads from bey. although I like her individualism but i would like to hear at least one more r&b ballad from her but she’s gone do great regardless.

  32. LAUREN

    Love bey, but don’t think it’s one of her best. Sounds like a song that will have to grow on me, It’s catchy, maybe not the best first single to be realeased for this album. xo

  33. BeYungMoney

    I like the final version of the song its gonna be a huge international hit… Its Beyonce yall she can do NO WRONG, STANS lets UNITE… Beyonce is gonna be #1 on Billboard Hot 100 as soon as the release date is set for the single…

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      of course she’s just that good!

    • Really?

      “Professional Musician” please get a grip on life. A comment is an opinion, and we are all aware that everyone is entitled to one. She really needs to mature with musically; been out too long for this foolishness at this point in here career.Maybe you should have told B that this aint it….back to the drawing board. But wait, you weren’t at the listening sesson, fake me out “professional musician”.

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      I BELIEVE U NEED THE GRIP ON LIFE U OBVIOUSLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LIFE. AS OTHERS HAVE COMMENTS SO DO I SO WHAT U RESPONDED TO ME TO SHUT ME UP? PICTURE THAT. IM NOT ON EVERY POST JUST ONES I FELT COMPELLED TO RESPOND TO. PLEASE GROW UP AND OUT OF IGNORANCE IT AINT KEWL. LIKE I KEEP SAYIN IF U DONT LIKE IT BECAUSE OF YOUR PREFERENCE KEWL THATS U BUT DONT CREATE REASONS WHY U DONT LIKE IT CUZ ALOT OF U SOUND STUPID MAKING UP NON SENSE THAT MAKES NO SENSE.

  34. GlamDoctor

    I knew Bey wouldn’t fail me! THIS SONG IS INSANE SICK!!!!!!! SHE IS DEF BACK AND ALWAYS AHEAD OF THE GAME! True club banger!!!!!!! ANTHEM!………..J.Briggs

  35. GAVINLUVSBEYONCE

    when yall hear it a few more times plus see a visual and then also a live performance yall gon be gon askin to eat cake from Queen Bey #tuh

  36. IlovemesomeENVOGUE

    THIS SOUNDS LIKE A PIECE OF SHIT. WHAT IN THE TRAILER TRASH FUCK. GET THIS SHIT OUT OF MY FACE.

    • emily

      Your comment is so f*cking stupid
      Not only did you listen to the song, you had enough time to comment about it….TWICE!
      So how the hell is it up in your face?
      Take a f*cking seat b!tch

  37. aj

    worse..and that umm numm num num sound is annoying and distracting

  38. IlovemesomeENVOGUE

    ALL BEYONCE STANS ARE TRASH. GOD BLESS.

  39. Dwiight you ignorant slut

    You guys don’t support music you support the singers. Do you guys even listen to the 5th rate trash they are putting out? And what’s even worse is they just purchased it from a writer who’s aware that you don’t give your good stuff to beyonce because she will not pay you and what’s the use her fans will like any load of crap you can right in 7-10 minutes. Yes her hits have been documented as being written in 10 minutes by the writers.

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      yea im sure everyone can tell where u get your info from. it def aint from the source lmbo… how bout they’re r copy write laws against not paying ppl for using their material. where r the law suits? no where. stop bring that gossip site info trash and believing it. makes u look like ud follow what u hear off a bridge no matter how dumb it sounds. research your laws b $ implying that shes doing something illegal. everyone pays for written songs but she’s also a known writer as well and everything she samples she edits to fit what she wants so technically she is part owner of the songs she writes. ppl need to research and learn b 4 speaking and stop being so quick to give credit to blog sites cuz the info isn’t always correct. always best to research what u read for proof and truth.

    • Dwiight you ignorant slut

      It must suck to blindly follow a untalented singer so ferociously! You’ve commented on everyone’s comment. At least follow someone who’s picked up a actual instrument and played it. Or someone singing about things other than what the dream wrote for her

  40. Jerry

    Did she say FUK me?

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  42. Shanice

    Still don’t like it.
    Love you, Bey, but I still don’t like it.

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      this is an opinion thats kewl. if u aint feeling it u not. i respect this post. although i do like it. I had to give u respect for being mature about how u felt and not making up things to back up y u don’t like it.

    • Shanice

      Thanks. Try being apart of the crazy board and saying stuff like that. The “straight jacket” stans TRY to eat me alive.

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      LOL NA I MEAN I REALLY LIKE THE SONG BUT IF U DONT ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD U AINT TRY TO THROW HER UNDER A BUS MAKING UP NON-SENSE U JUST DONT LIKE IT AND THAT’S RESPECTABLE.

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  44. theQUEENisBACK

    its funny how the ones that hate the track gone jump on the band wagon as SOON this hit air waves and the video drops nd try to learn the choreo lol! i luv her nd the new sound!

    /ROUND IV\

  45. ITSTIME YOUKNOW

    well, kinda of a disappointment there’s no verse only chorus….. dis is rel trash!!!

  46. brandySTAN4EVER

    beyawnce, gorl
    this is a mess from the pits of hell

  47. Yeahright

    Wow this is not the real version, the little sample isn’t even on beat with the song and in the snippet the pitch of the sample was dropped lower this one is not. Whoever tried to mix this didn’t do a great job, but well enough for others to believe it.

  48. Mya

    This is not the final version

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  50. trucie

    Beyonce has regressed. At 30 she should have more mature content that will stand the test of time and not just the moment. You have acts with less vocal ability putting out quality music. IE Rihanna. Say what you will about her voice and stage performance but you can’t deny that she puts out good music. Keri Hilson, Even Ciara has better music content. Beyonce has to realize that the same fans that she had at 21 have grown with her and are now 9 years older. We need better music. I used to be a die hard fan but after Dangerously in Love, she just kept losing me after each album I am was a good effort but she promoted only the ghetto wretchedness which she thought everyone wanted to hear. Which was a mistake. Anywho, Im just anticipating the new album, hopefully she has more to offer on it than this shit. So disappointed. This song is far from Crazxy in Love and even then I was 21 so it was hot then to reference men as boys while belting out elementary lyrics. But now that I’m older and have experienced more, I need more. Hell Bey done got married, fucked, and all and still she can’t articulate any of it like a big girl in her songs. Ridiculous.

  51. .....!

    This is horrible, Beyonce can and should do better.

  52. Prentice

    This song sucks. And the market will decide on her fate. Im sick of artist’s selling themselves out, just to go with the flow. Music is in a dark worm hole right now.. You always here artists say that “music used to mean something”.. Well my answer to that would be, make a song that means something. Most of these mainstream artists are nothing but corporate shrills who lack originality and creativity. So they steal from other genres.. Dont support an artist just because of name recognition, support them for the quality of their work.. Thats why Justin Bieber lost to Esparanza Spalding during the grammy’s. Not because of name recognition, but her work was better

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      ummm every single that beyonce wanted to put out was not approved by her label at first. she stood her grounds on what SHE wanted to release and that has earned her several grammys. shes a womanist always encouraging women so how doesn’t her songs mean anything? makes me realize that u only listen to the tracks and not the words. states facts not lies just to go against her.

    • carib

      professional musican why don’t you shut the hell up and stop trying to comment on everything someone has to say. Its our opinion, so back the hell up.

    • Prentice

      If loud and obnoxious is what u call “womanist” then okay lol. Im all for female up lifting and equality but her songs arent what you would call enlightened. I guess its a much deeper problem I have with the message. Where we have to pretend that one sex is better than the other. Which is obsurd. Yes, however some of her songs are catchy..

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      BECAUSE I CAN RESPOND TO WHAT I WANT N U CANT DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. SORRY IF IT BOTHERS U. BUT WHAT I STATED WAS INDEED A FACT NOT AN OPINION. DO YOUR RESEARCH AND U WONT SOUND LIKE A FOOL. U CAN SHUT UP IF U LIKE THATS THE ONLY ONE WHO MAY LISTEN.

  53. Eric

    BOOOOO, this is still not the final version, I dunno why CL is lying and acting like they have an exclusive, this is FAKE. A handful of people including myself have heard the actual final cut (we heard this from the video shoot, I was an assistant on set), and this is NOT it.

    • Is Me

      So this is not the official version?…I been questioning it because i’m sure if the radio is playing it and it was official she would have had something on her official website which she doesn’t

  54. yup

    The REAL final version (meaning the radio edit) is located here

    http://thatgrapejuice.net...adio-edit/#comment-541308

  55. jhsting32

    I personally don’t like this song/version. Usually artists grow with age but Beyonce seems stagnant in her artistry. I have seen absolutely no growth since the beginning of her solo career.

    • PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN

      if u haven’t seen her growth maybe u need to listen to all of her albums back to back and then judge if your view on her growth doesn’t change then you r def stubborn and no nothing about vocal growth and music growth. had she still been doing r&b she wouldn’t sell as much b cuz there’s a whole world out there with preferences not to mention other great genres of music to explore. she had def. grown as a artist and has explore just about all genres of music. her albums speak for that. were u not paying attn?

    • jussaying

      I agree. I see a departure from R&B, as Professional Musician has stated.. however her material and themes are very much the same. She has made “pseudo” women empowerment songs for a long time which celebrate nothing but being able to acquire material things on one’s own. From Independent Women to Diva to this crap, it’s the same message w/ a new beat and the same hollering.

      I am ALL for her exploring new genres, Professional Musician, but this is not the way to do it. Whenever she can find a refreshing way to speak about a new topic or even an old one, I’ll support. Also, there is WAYYYY too much going on in this song. Feels like I need to have DID to enjoy this.

    • jhsting32

      Actually I’m fan of many genres. Changing genres does not equal growth though. Differing in opinion does not make me stubborn either.

    • emily

      You obviously listen to ONLY her singles because her 3 albums have shown progress!
      Such a shame people judge this woman based on meaningless OPINIONS.
      IASF has some of the best ballads I’ve heard in a very long time
      The lyrics and strength of her voice show a lot of growth!

    • Toriano

      IF I SEE ONE MORE COMMENT FROM **PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN** I AM GOING TO LOSE IT.
      HOW DO AND WHY DO YOU HAVE TIME TO SMEAR THE COMMENTS WITH ALL OF YOUR REBUTTALS TO EVERYONE ELSE’S OPINION? REALLY, IF IT’S THEIR OPINION, LET THEM SAY IT AND STFU!!!
      YES, PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN… I SAID IT. THE SONG SUCKS, IN MY OPINION. THE LYRICS COULD HAVE BEEN RIPPED FROM A NURSERY RHYME, AND THE BEAT, AS WE’VE ESTABLISHED, WAS RIPPED FROM ANOTHER ARTIST.
      I DARE YOU TO COMMENT BACK WITH SOME FOOLISHNESS.

  56. Stellar

    Beyonce is such a true musician. I know she wrote the lyrics and composed the music herself.

    She really is an innovator in true jazz, R&B and new fusion.

    This is a classic and is her best work to date.

    Stellar!

    • remy

      Classic?? LMAO at the nonsense.

    • Be Original

      Sorry, but I couldn’t refrain from responding to this. TRUE MUSICIANS PLAY INSTRUMENTS. And If she wrote the lyrics herself, that doesn’t say much. And don’t let me get on the subject of her “writing”….if she was a writer, then why hasn’t she pinned songs for anyone else.

    • THEWRIGHTONE

      Actually…all “TRUE MUSICIANS” DON’T Play instruments so that was a fallacy. And im living proof, I graduated top of my class with a degree in Music and Business and I play not one instrument YET i can notate and transcribe every chord,note and inversion through out any song??? SO Beyonce is back….I LOVE the song…coulda been a stronger single but i admire her coloring outside of the lines that you people continue to draw…. HAPPY NEW YEAR! lol

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