Drunk in Love
| Drunk in Love | |
|---|---|
| Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z | |
| publication | 17th December 2013 |
| length | 5:23 |
| Genre (s) | R&B , hip-hop |
| Author (s) | Beyoncé Knowles, Noel Fisher, Shawn Carter, Andre Eric Proctor, Rasool Diaz, Boots, Brian Soko, Timothy Mosley, Jerome Harmon |
| Label | Columbia Records |
| album | Beyoncé |
Drunk in Love is a song by American R & B - singer Beyoncé Knowles . The song was written by Knowles, Jay-Z , Timbaland , Andre Eric Proctor, Rasool Diaz, Boots, Brian Soko and Noel Fisher and released on December 17, 2013 as the second single from the Beyoncé album. It reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 9 on the UK singles chart .
The music is characterized by a slow rhythm with a distinctive, stumbling sub-bass melody. In the middle part there is a passage twice as fast with a rap by Jay-Z. The text begins with the words I've been drinking and is thus immersed in a supposed alcohol intoxication, which in the end turns out to be a sexual intoxication: I've been drinking watermelon . At its core, the song is about a night of love and contains numerous, mostly metaphorical, sexual allusions, such as: Foreplay in the Foyer or Beat the box up like Mike in '97 I bite .
reception
Drunk in Love received mostly positive reviews. Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield described the song as the best on the album. Pitchwork Media magazine placed the song at number 44 on its list of the 200 best songs of the decade.
The song won two awards at the 2015 Grammy Awards : Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance.
Commercial win
In the United States, the single debuted at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 . This was the second highest entry to the Billboard Hot 100 after Ring the Alarm Knowles. It later reached number 2 in the US and became their 15th top ten hit in the US. Drunk in Love was awarded 3 × platinum in the USA. To date, 1.6 million copies of the song have been sold in the United States. In Great Britain the song reached number 9 on the charts and was awarded gold.
Chart placements
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
70 (12 weeks) | 12 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
40 (10 weeks) | 10 |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
9 (32 weeks) | 32 |
 United States (Billboard)
|
2 (20 weeks) | 20th |
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
||
 Australia (ARIA)
|
 platinum
|
70,000 |
|
Germany (BVMI)
|
 gold
|
150,000 |
 Italy (FIMI)
|
gold
|
15,000 |
 Canada (MC)
|
platinum
|
80,000 |
 Colombia (ASINCOL)
|
gold
|
5,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
|
gold
|
7,500 |
|
United States (RIAA)
|
3 × platinum
|
3,000,000 |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
platinum
|
600,000 |
| All in all |
3 × gold 7 × platinum |
3,627,500 |
Main article: Beyoncé / Awards for Music Sales
swell
- ↑ officialcharts.com
- ↑ The watermelon with its many seeds here as an allusion to the sperm
- ↑ Beat the box up is American slang for vaginal intercourse ; with Mike in '97 I bite the text alludes to Mike Tyson , who bit off part of the right ear of his boxing opponent Evander Holyfield in 1997 .
- ^ Rollingstone.com
- ↑ pitchfork.com
- ↑ billboard.com
- ^ Gold and Platinum. Recording Industry Association of America , accessed November 11, 2014 .
- ↑ usatoday.com
- ↑ Certified Awards Search. British Phonographic Industry, accessed November 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Beyoncé, Drunk in Love Chart Position Germany. Media Control, accessed November 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Drunk in Love by Beyoncé. chartsurfer.de
- ↑ Chart placement Switzerland Beyoncé feat. Jay Z - Drunk In Love. Hung Medien, accessed November 11, 2014 .
- ^ The Official Charts Company Drunk in Love. The Official Charts Company, accessed November 11, 2014 .
- ^ Beyoncé Chart History. Billboard , accessed November 11, 2014 .