If I Were a Boy
{{Infobox Single
| Name = If I Were A Boy
| Cover =
| Artist = Beyoncé
| from Album = I Am...
| Released = October 8, 2008
(see release history)
| Format = Airplay, CD single, digital download, maxi single
| Genre = R&B
| Length = 4:19
| Label = Columbia Records
| Writer = Beyoncé
| Producer = Toby Gad,BC Jean
| Last single = "Piece of Me"
(2007)
| This single = "If I Were A Boy"
(2008)
| Next single = "[[Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
(2008)
}}
}}
If I Were A Boy is the first single from the third Beyonce's solo album 'I Am...'.The songs "If I Were a Boy" and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" were initially targeted to radio on October 7, 2008;[5] however, they were premiered on the following day on selected radio stations in the United States.[6][7] On the same day, a video was released by Knowles' record label Columbia, feauring footages on the making of the music videos to "If I Were a Boy" and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", and the photo shoot for the two songs and the album.