Get Me Bodied

Get Me Bodied
Beyoncé
publication	July 10, 2007 (USA)
length	6:18
Genre (s)	Hip-Hop , Contemporary R&B , Funk , Dance
text	Swizz Beatz , Angela Beyincé, Sean Garrett , Beyoncé Knowles, Solange Knowles , Makeba Riddick
music	Swizz Beatz, Sean Garrett, Beyoncé Knowles
album	B'Day

Get Me Bodied is a hip-hop -Song the US R & B - singer Beyoncé Knowles . The song was written by Knowles, Sean Garrett , Solange Knowles , Angela Beyince, Makeba Riddick, and Kassem "Swizz Beatz" Dean . The song appeared on Beyoncé's second studio album, B'Day .

The song was released on July 10, 2007 as the seventh single on the album. Get Me Bodied reached number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song was very well received by critics.

background

While filming Dreamgirls , Beyoncé went into the studio to begin work on the second album, B'Day . Knowles contacted producer Sean Garrett , who also wrote her hit Check on It . They went to Sony Music Studios in New York City . Knowles also hired hip-hop producer and rapper box office "Swizz Beatz" Dean, who had previously written and produced for Knowles. In addition to her little sister Solange Knowles , Beyoncé also engaged her cousin Angela Beyince, who also worked on the debut album Dangerously in Love , and Makeba Riddick, who produced Knowles' hit Déjà Vu .

Beyoncé took a lot of inspiration from her sister Solange, who also co-wrote the song, and Destiny's Child founders and band members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams . In the song, Knowles uses the line "three best friends" in relation to them.

Musical and content

Get Me Bodied is a hip-hop song with elements of funk , crunk , bounce , rap and R&B . The song is about seven minutes long in the original version. Before the song begins, Beyoncé says erotic 9-4-8-1 , regarding her date of birth. Then a monotonous hip-hop beat starts in the background and stays the same throughout the song. The beat is based on hip-hop. At the same time, a group of men take turns shouting hey! and yo! and clap their hands until the end of the song. Next, Beyoncé starts with the R&B vocals, which change as the song progresses. At times Beyoncé raps a few verses . In the middle of the song Beyoncé's soul singing starts with a mixture of crunk and funk, later bounce is added, the song ends with Beyoncé also with hey! . She wrote the lyrics herself and also produced the song. The melody of the song was created by Knowles' singing. Beyoncé always tries to keep her singing very erotic and sexual. Critics also describe Get Me Bodied as one of Knowles' many sex songs. Beyoncé received special praise for Get Me Bodied . Knowles' singing and the beat make it possible to assign the song to the dance-pop genre . The song became a club hit. The lyrics and the vocals make a lot reminiscent of Gwen Stefani's hit Hollaback Girl from 2005.

The line Do the uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh oh no no in the song Get Me Bodied comes from Knowles' worldwide number one hit Crazy in Love from 2003. Knowles also interprets the vocals of Get Me Bodied on their number one hit single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) from 2008.

The lyrics were written in verse- chorus form. The lyrics include many abbreviations and the forms of a hip-hop song. It's about Beyoncé's plans before she goes to a party with her three friends (the members of Destiny's Child and her little sister Solange ). During the party, Knowles wants to find a friend who will dance with her and enrich her sexually. In the lyrics, Knowles refers to Naomi Campbell and her own fashion company House of Dereon .

Success and criticism

Get Me Bodied and Green Light should be released as the next singles from the album B'Day after Déjà Vu . Beyoncé released Ring the Alarm as a second single . Get Me Bodied was released as the seventh and final single on the album after Beautiful Liar . The CD single for Get Me Bodied was released on July 10, 2007 in the USA . A ringtone for Get Me Bodied was released on October 23, 2007.

Get Me Bodied has been very well received by music critics. Chris Richards of The Washington Post describes the song as a "club song" with a "hip-hop melody ". He went on to explain that the "cheesy" song "will make Beyoncé fans rave and have sex". Entertainment Weekly's Jody Rosen commented that "a cranked hi-fi system to Get Me Bodied makes Beyoncé's sex appeal shine." Tim Finney from Pitchfork Media described the song as "old school hip-hop with crunk and funk elements and Beyoncé as a sexy rapper". US Weekly described Get Me Bodied as "a hot dance number." Bill Lamb called it a "summer hit". Mike Joseph von Popmatters was unimpressed and describes the song as "cheap production". Sasha Frere-jones of The New Yorker described the song and Beyoncé's singing skills as magical.

Get Me Bodied was nominated for the 2007 VH1 Soul Video of the Year Award. About.com listed Get Me Bodied as the top song on B'Day . Knowles received the R&B and Hip-Hop Songwriter Award in 2008 for the song .

The single debuted at number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 26, 2007 , at which point Beautiful Liar was number 3 and Irreplaceable was number 1 on the US charts. On August 4, 2007, Get Me Bodied reached number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 18 weeks on the US charts. Get Me Bodied reached number 10 on the US hip-hop charts and number 88 on the US pop charts.

Music video

The music video for Get Me Bodied was shot at the same time as the B'Day Anthology Video Album . The music video was directed by Beyoncé and Anthony Mandler. The filming of the music video took two days. Beyoncé appears in the music video with Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams , as well as her little sister Solange .

Beyoncé's mother and stylist Tina Knowles designed over 60 outfits for Beyoncé, 50 of which were used in the music video. The dance music video is based on the dance style of the 60s.

Appearances

Knowles sang Get Me Bodied for the first time at the BET Awards 2007 on June 27, 2007. She wore a gold robotic suit, which she stepped out of at the beginning of the song, then Knowles was dressed and led in a gold bra top and gold patent leather pants Arabic dances. During the performance, Knowles' sister and singer Solange Knowles and former Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams came on stage and asked Kelly Rowland to come on stage to perform her 2007 solo hit Like This (2007) with American rapper Eve could demonstrate. The song was part of the setlist of their "The Beyoncé Experience" and " I Am ... Tour ".

Knowles sang the song at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan on August 5, 2007 . She began her performance in the same robot outfit as at the BET Awards. After that she was half-naked in yellow and black, dressed like a bee. When the song started, Knowles shouted into the microphone: "Queen bee - or Queen B." MTV News ' Shaheem Reid praised the performance and described it as another "masterpiece" by Knowles.

When Knowles sang the song in Sunrise, Florida on June 29, 2009, she wore a skin-tight gold leotard . During the performance, animated graphics and images of Knowles' performance appeared on the screen in the background. Knowles was accompanied by her Suga Mama tour band on the performance. Get Me Bodied also appeared on Knowles' live albums The Beyoncé Experience Live (2007) and the deluxe edition of I Am ... World Tour (2010).

Charts

Chart (2007)	Top ranking	Weeks
US Billboard Hot 100	49	19 weeks

Move your body

Knowles released a more kid-friendly version of their single Get Me Bodied (2007) for “Let's Move! Flash Workout “campaign under the title Move Your Body . The choreography for the music video comes from Frank Gatson, who was also responsible for the famous choreography in the music video for Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) .

Let's move! Flash workout

Knowles partnered with U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation to support their campaign against childhood obesity. Knowles reworked Get Me Bodied and named the new version Move Your Body for the Let's Move! Flash workout campaign. A Spanish version of the song was created under the title Mueve el Cuerpo . The content of the song was changed, Move Your Body is intended to motivate children to do sports. World Entertainment News Network reported that the new version of the song contains this line of text: "Don't just stand there on the wall, everybody just move your body, move your body, move your body." Video posted on the internet of teenagers dancing to Move Your Body . After a few days, Knowles announced that she would also be making a music video for the song to show everyone how to properly dance to the song.

Music video

On April 26, 2011, Knowles released a music video for Move Your Body , directed by Melina Matsoukas . In the music video, Knowles dances with children and teenagers to a choreography by Frank Gatson. Salsa and dancehall elements are used in the choreography .

The music video begins during a lunch break in a school cafeteria. Everything is quiet until Beyoncé walks into the cafeteria in her light clothing, then the song begins. Everyone starts dancing and Knowles directs the choreography.

Lauretta Charlton of Black Entertainment Television (BET) praised the music video: "It's amazing to see you dance to the song when you don't intend to." MTV Buzzworthy's Nicole James showed great interest in the music video and its message: "Knowles gets children's hearts pumping, in more than one way."

The music video was shown in all schools in the United States on May 3, 2011. Knowles was at PS 161 Middle School in Harlem when the music video was shown. She taught the students the dance from the Move Your Body music video. Then Knowles danced to the song with the students in the sports hall.

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