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A black-and-white music video accompanied the single's release. It won several awards, including the Video of the Year at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Beyoncé has performed "Single Ladies" on television and during her concert tours. The song and particularly its music video have been widely parodied and imitated. Several notable artists have performed cover versions. Media usage has included placement in popular television shows.
"Single Ladies" is musically similar to Beyoncé's 2007 single "Get Me Bodied"; Andy Kellman of AllMusic called it a "dire throwback" to the song.[33] Stewart and Harrell said in an interview given to People magazine that the similar rhythm of the two songs is "what Beyoncé responds to".[3] Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times saw the song's theme of female empowerment as an extension of that of "Irreplaceable" (2006),[34] and Daniel Brockman of The Phoenix noted that its usage of "blurry pronouns" such as "it" resembles Beyoncé's 2005 single "Check on It".[35] Liss commented that the beat of the "Single Ladies" evokes African gumboot dancing and schoolyard Double Dutch chants,[28] a view shared by Douglas Wolf of Time magazine.[36] Trish Crawford of the Toronto Star concluded that "Single Ladies" is "a strong song of female empowerment",[37] and other music critics have noted its appeal to Beyoncé's fan base of independent women[34][38] as in the song, Beyoncé offers support to women who have split up from their no-good boyfriends.[39]
In "Single Ladies", Beyoncé emphasizes her aggressive and sensual alter ego Sasha Fierce.[22][40][41] She displays much attitude in her voice, as stated by Nick Levine of Digital Spy.[19] Echoing Levine's sentiments, Liss wrote that Beyoncé sounds "gleefully sassy".[28] The lyrics reflect post-breakup situations.[42] Accompanied by robotic-like sounds, the opening lines of the song are call and response;[43] Beyoncé chants, "All the single ladies", and background singers echo the line each time.[34] In the first verse, Beyoncé narrates the recent end to a poor relationship after she "cried [her] tears for three good years".[39][44] She reclaims her right to flirt, have fun, and find a lover who is more devoted than the previous one.[45] Beyoncé goes out to celebrate with her friends in a club where she meets a new love interest.[34] However, her former boyfriend is watching her, and she directs the song to him.[34] She then sings the chorus, which uses minor chords[41] and contains several hooks,[46] "If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it ... Oh oh oh".[47]
"Single Ladies" appeared at number six on the Eye Weekly's critics' list of the Best Singles of 2008,[59] and at number six on About.com's Mark Edward Nero's list of the Best R&B Songs of 2008.[60] On The Village Voice's year-end Pazz & Jop singles list, "Single Ladies" was ranked at numbers three and forty one in 2008 and 2009 respectively.[61][62] Additionally, the Maurice Joshua Club Mix of the song was ranked at number 443 on the 2008 list.[61] "Single Ladies" was named the best song of the 2000s decade by Black Entertainment Television (BET).[63] Sarah Rodman, writing for The Boston Globe, named "Single Ladies" the fourth most irresistible song of the decade, and stated, "[Beyoncé] combined leotards with crass engagement-bling baiting into one delicious sexy-yet-antiquated package. The video had the whole world dancing and waving along via YouTube."[64] VH1 ranked "Single Ladies" at number sixteen on its list of The 100 Greatest Songs of the 2000s.[65] In his book Eating the Dinosaur (2009), Chuck Klosterman wrote that "Single Ladies" is "arguably the first song overtly marketed toward urban bachelorette parties".[66] Jody Rosen of The New Yorker credited the melodies that float and dart over the thump for creating a new sound in music that didn't exist in the world before Beyoncé. He further wrote, "If they sound 'normal' now, it's because Beyoncé, and her many followers, have retrained our ears."[67]
Beyoncé wanted a simple music video; it was filmed with minimal alternative camera shots and cuts, and no changes to hairstyles, costumes and sets.[5] According to JaQuel Knight, Beyoncé also wanted the video to feel "good and powerful"[3] and include choreography that could be attempted by anybody.[3] The day the video was shot, the song was divided into three parts.[114] Nava deliberately used lengthy shots so that viewers "would connect with the human endeavor of Beyoncé's awe-inspiring dance",[114] with all the changes in looks, angles, and lighting executed live on-camera because he wanted to keep the feel "very organic and un-gimmicky".[114][121] The styling was inspired by a Vogue photo shoot.[114] In the video Beyoncé wears a titanium roboglove designed by her long-time jeweler, Lorraine Schwartz, to complement her alter ego Sasha Fierce. The glove consists of several pieces, including a ring and a separate component that covers Beyoncé's upper arm. She first wore the roboglove on the red carpet at the MTV Europe Music Awards on November 8, 2008.[122] The video shoot took around twelve hours.[123] Many performances of the song were filmed without interruption, and edited together to give the impression that the final video was filmed in a single take.[31][123]
In July 2009, Beyoncé gave a concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles where American actor Tom Cruise danced with her and her dancers as they performed the dance routine of "Single Ladies".[155] At the MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 2009, Beyoncé performed "Single Ladies" backed by "an army of single ladies" on stage.[156] In a poll conducted by Billboard magazine, the performance was ranked as the seventh best in the history of MTV Video Music Awards. A critic wrote in the magazine: "The world gave a collective 'whoa' when Beyonce unleashed her 'Single Ladies' video, but to see those dance moves come to life at the 2009 VMAs was beyond eye-popping."[157] Erika Ramirez of the same publication placed the performance at number two on her list of Beyoncé's five biggest TV performances.[158] "Single Ladies" was included on the set lists of Beyoncé's I Am... Yours concerts and her I Am... World Tour. The song was subsequently included on Beyoncé's live albums I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas (2009)[159] and I Am... World Tour (2010).[160] "Single Ladies" was later performed by Beyoncé in a pink fringe dress at a concert at Palais Nikaïa in Nice, France, on June 20, 2011,[161] and at the Glastonbury Festival on June 26, 2011. On July 1, 2011, Beyoncé gave a free concert on Good Morning America as part of its Summer Concert Series, which included "Single Ladies".[162] Backed by her all-female band and her backing singers The Mamas, Beyoncé performed "Single Ladies" in front of 3,500 people during the 4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé revue at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, in August 2011.[163][164] In May 2012, Beyoncé performed the song during her Revel Presents: Beyoncé Live revue at Revel Atlantic City, a hotel.[165][166] Ben Ratliff of The New York Times mentioned "Single Ladies" in the "almost continuous high point" of the concert.[167] Rebecca Thomas of MTV News wrote that Beyoncé's dancing during "Single Ladies" reflected the female empowerment theme of the song.[168] On February 3, 2013, Beyoncé performed the song along with her former bandmates from Destiny's Child during the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show.[169] The song was added to the set list of her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour (2013).[170] Beyoncé's performed "Single Ladies" at The Sound of Change Live concert on June 1, 2013, at Twickenham Stadium, London as part of the Chime for Change movement.[171]
In a video filmed by singer John Legend, US President Barack Obama appears with his wife Michelle performing part of the "Single Ladies" routine.[183] He also briefly performed the hand-twirl move from the song's video at the Obama Inaugural Celebration.[175] This video prompted an Obama look-alike, Iman Crosson, to do his own version of the "Single Ladies" choreography.[184] Several other well-known personalities, including American environmentalist and politician Joe Nation and American actor Tom Hanks, have performed the dance.[185] In the music video for "Dancin on Me" by DJ Webstar and Jim Jones, three females are featured in the background, imitating the "Single Ladies" dance.[40] Jenna Ushkowitz, Chris Colfer and Heather Morris did the "Single Ladies" dance as part of the Glee Live tour in June 2011.[186] The music minister at Geyer Springs First Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, thought it would be "an excellent idea" to attract interest in the church choir by using a remix of "Single Ladies" and having choir members dance to it. In the music video he made, the choir members sing, "All the singing ladies, all the singing fellas ... If you like the choir, then won't you come and sing in it." Cyndi Wilkerson, Music Ministry Assistant at Geyer Springs First Baptist Church, uploaded the video to YouTube on August 29, 2011.[187] In April 2013, YouTube phenomenon Psy did the dance routine during a concert in Seoul while wearing a red leotard and red boots.[188] A television advert for the South African cellular service Vodacom, used the song as a backdrop to an actor who was humorously mimicking Beyoncé's dancing, the advert quickly went viral and spawned several different variations.
10. On set, the dancers performed the "Single Ladies" routine at least 50 times in its entirety. Beyoncé wanted the video to feel like one single shot. So instead of breaking the song up into parts, which is how music videos are typically shot, the dancers performed the entire dance at least 50 times all the way through, Gatson estimates. It's why the 3-minute, 18-second video took somewhere between eight and 12 hours to shoot. Gatson remembers it took eight hours, while Bey herself once said the shoot lasted 12 hours. Either way, it's no wonder Bey has to catch her breath at the end of the take.