Beautiful liar
| Beautiful liar | |
|---|---|
| Beyoncé and Shakira | |
| publication | March 5, 2007 April 16, 2007 (Europe) |
| length | 3:21 |
| Genre (s) | R&B , Latin Pop |
| Author (s) | Beyoncé Knowles, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench |
| Label | Columbia Records |
| album | B'Day |
Beautiful Liar ( Eng . "Pretty Liar") is a song by Beyoncé Knowles , Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench and Stargate members Mikkel Storleer Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen, which was released in 2007. The song was interpreted by Knowles with the Colombian Latin pop singer Shakira and produced by Stargate and Knowles for the re-release of their second studio album B'Day .
Beautiful Liar was released in the US on March 5, 2007 as the first single of the deluxe version of their album. A Spanish version was also produced under the name "Bello Embustero".
Beautiful Liar reached # 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and # 1 in many European countries, including Germany , France and the United Kingdom . The song won the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards in the Most Earthshattering Collaboration category .
background
Beautiful Liar was written by Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench and Knowles. Eriksen thinks the song is written very simply.
“This song is very simple. Most of the time we have more chords in a song, because we find it hard writing a great song on just one chord. But if you do it right, you can make it work, and this song is an example. "
“The song is very simple. Most of the time we use multiple chords in a song because we find it difficult to write a song on just one chord. But if you do it right it can work and this song is an example of that. "
The song was written back in 2006. Eriksen and Hermansen played it to their manager, Tyran Smith, and he said the song was perfect for a duet between Shakira and Knowles. Eriksen and Hermansen found this impossible, but Smith devoted himself to the idea. Since they hadn't written any lyrics until then, different authors tried to complete the song. The first three attempts were unsatisfactory, so Smith put Eriksen and Hermansen together with Ghost and Dench, who wrote most of the lyrics and melody.
Beautiful Liar initially had a Spanish title and different text. Hermansen renamed the song when he heard the line beautiful liar in one of the choruses. When the production of the song was nearly complete, it was presented to Knowles, who approved it. She added a few lines and recorded a solo version a few months before the deluxe edition of her album B'Day was released. Knowles said in an interview with MTV News that she had met Shakira several times and that they talked about plans for a duet because they are both fans of the other and respect each other. When Knowles invited Shakira to record a song for the re-release of her second studio album, B'Day , Shakira was on tour and had difficulty finding a date. Shakira and Knowles therefore recorded their vocals in two different studios.
Musical and content
Beautiful Liar is a mid-tempo R&B song written in the key of G of the Phrygian-dominant scale in four-four time with 96 beats per minute . Knowles vocal range ranges from G 3 to B ♭ 5 . Musically, the song combines Shakira's Latin and Orient styles with Knowles hip-hop and soul styles. The lyrics of the song are about two women who do not end their friendship, even though one man cheated on one woman with the other. The main theme is female independence.
publication
Beautiful Liar was leaked on the Internet and was released as an illegal download in early February 2013. The song was released in Europe on April 14, 2007 as a download and a week later, on April 20, 2007, as a CD single. There is also a Spanish version under the name Bello Embustero and a Spanish version of Beautiful Liar that were sung without Shakira. Both versions were released on some regional versions of the Deluxe Edition of B'Day .
criticism
Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave Beautiful Liar three out of five stars and said that the song was not as ridiculously exaggerated as other duets such as Whitney Houston's and Mariah Carey's When You Believe , but still found it predictable. Ben Sisario of The New York Times magazine called Beautiful Liar a "hot track". Bill Lamb from About.com gave it 4 out of 5 stars and justified this with the statement that the song is not breathtaking, but still has its charms. He also praised the merging of the different musical styles of the two singers. Entertainment Weekly's Chris Willman criticized Beautiful Liar as “a bit of a disappointment. Shakira's voice is too similar to Beyoncé's for a really opposite tango ”.
Commercial win
Beautiful Liar debuted at # 94 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the following week the song improved to 91st place. In the third week of the chart, it jumped to number 3, which was the highest upward movement on the Billboard Hot 100 until then. The song was awarded platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for over 1,000,000 CD sales . Outside the United States, Beautiful Liar ranked # 1 in 32 countries. Two weeks before CD release, the song debuted at number 10 in the UK singles chart through download sales. After the CD release, Beautiful Liar reached number 1 in the UK singles charts on April 28, 2007 and stayed there for 3 weeks. It was Knowle's fifth number-1 single in the UK overall, including chart successes with Destinys Child , and her third number-1 single as a solo artist, being the second number-1 single for shakira. For over 400,000 copies sold, the song was awarded gold by the British Phonographic Industry. Beautiful Liar went straight to number 1 in the German single charts on May 4th, 2007 and was able to stay there for a week. In total, the song spent 7 weeks in the top 10 and 17 weeks in the top 100. It was awarded a gold record by the Federal Association of the Music Industry for over 150,000 copies sold . In Switzerland , the song also entered number 1 on April 29, 2007 and stayed there for 4 weeks. He spent a total of 12 weeks in the top 10 there.
Beautiful Liar was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals at the 2008 Grammy Awards . The Spanish version was in the category Record of the Year of the Latin Grammy Awards 2007 nominations. The song won the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards in the Most Earthshattering Collaboration category .
Chart placements
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
1 (17 weeks) | 17th |
 Austria (Ö3)
|
2 (24 weeks) | 24 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
1 (28 weeks) | 28 |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
1 (24 weeks) | 24 |
 United States (Billboard)
|
3 (18 weeks) | 18th |
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
||
 Australia (ARIA)
|
 2 × platinum
|
140,000 |
 Belgium (BEA)
|
 gold
|
15,000 |
 Denmark (IFPI)
|
platinum
|
15,000 |
|
Germany (BVMI)
|
gold
|
150,000 |
 Colombia (ASINCOL)
|
3 × platinum
|
30,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
|
gold
|
7,500 |
 Spain (Promusicae)
|
3 × platinum
|
60,000 |
|
United States (RIAA)
|
platinum
|
1,419,000 |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
gold
|
400,000 |
| All in all |
4 × gold 10 × platinum |
2,236,500 |
Main article: Beyoncé / Awards for Music Sales
Music video
Beautiful Liar's music video was shot by Jake Nava , who has made several other music videos with Knowles. The video was shot over two days during the two-week production of the B'Day Anthology Video Albums . Due to a busy schedule, the production team did not have enough time to design a choreography, so the dance scenes were choreographed spontaneously and the steps were rehearsed in 40 minutes. Shakira, who did most of the choreography, showed Knowles some dance moves and belly dancing . Knowles came up with the idea of playing a doppelganger in the music video. The first half of the video shows Knowles and Shakira in separate scenes. It starts with the faces of both singers who are covered in smoke. After that, the two find themselves in front of different backgrounds, including dawn (Knowles) and dusk (Shakira) and stormy weather. The two wear similar hairstyles and black outfits throughout the video.
Individual evidence
- ↑ release date US
- ↑ release date EU
- ↑ Beyoncé & Shakira: Beautiful Liar . chartsurfer.de
- ↑ a b Paul Tingen: The Stargate Writing & Production team. (No longer available online.) In: Sound on Sound. May 31, 2010, archived from the original on March 2, 2012 ; accessed on June 25, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Corey Moss: Beyoncé Turns Heads With Sports Illustrated Cover, Shakira Duet. MTV , February 14, 2007, accessed June 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Jennife Vineyard: Beyoncé: Behind the B'Day Videos. MTV , p. 1 , accessed on June 25, 2013 (English).
- ^ Beyoncé & Shakira “Beautiful Liar” Sheet Music. In: Musicnotes.com. Retrieved June 17, 2013 .
- ^ A b Bill Lamb: Beyonce featuring Shakira - Beautiful Liar. In: About.com. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Greg Sandroval: Leaked e-mails reveal MediaDefender's antipiracy woes. In: CNET . September 20, 2007, accessed June 25, 2013 .
- ↑ B'Day Deluxe Edition. Amazon UK , accessed June 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Nick Levine: Beyonce & Shakira: 'Beautiful Liar'. Digital Spy , April 16, 2007, accessed June 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Ben Sisario: Wizards in the Studio, Anonymous on the Street. In: The New York Times . The New York Times Company, May 6, 2007, accessed June 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Chris Willman: B'Day: Deluxe Edition (2007). In: Entertainment Weekly . Time Inc, March 30, 2007, accessed June 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Amanda Ghost. British Broadcasting Corporation , March 17, 2007, accessed June 26, 2013 .
- ^ Paul Sexton: Beyoncé, Shakira And Avril Overtake UK Charts. In: Billboard.com. April 23, 2007, accessed June 26, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ^ Gary Trust: Ask Billboard: Shakira's Biggest Hot 100 Hits. Billboard , March 7, 2004, accessed February 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Jennifer Vineyard: Beyoncé: Behind The B'Day Videos. MTV , p. 3 , accessed June 26, 2013 .
