Hold Up (Beyoncé song)
| Hold up | |
|---|---|
| Beyoncé | |
| publication | 16th August 2016 |
| length | 3:41 |
| Genre (s) | Contemporary R&B , Pop |
| text | Beyoncé , Diplo |
| album | Lemonade |
Hold Up is a song by the American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles . It was released as a download on August 16, 2016 as a single from their sixth album Lemonade .
overview
The song was written and produced by Beyoncé, Diplo , Ezra Koenig, Emile Haynie, Josh Tillman, MNEK and Sean "Melo-X" Rhoden. It contains samples of Maps song Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Soulja Boy's work Turn My Swag On . Hold Up was part of the visual film Lemonade by Beyoncé and was released as the third single. In the music video, Knowles rioted in a town center, destroying cars and shop windows with a baseball, which she affectionately calls Hot Sauce . She plays a strong and confident woman who shows her husband how much she loves him and he would be worthless without her. She sings in the lyrics that she loves him more than anyone else. The video was filmed by Jonas Åkerlund . The song was nominated in several categories at the American MTV Music Awards, including Best Video . It was nominated for Best Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards . The video has so far had more than 125 million views on YouTube and is one of the most successful of 2016. Numerous celebrities praised the piece, including the presenter Ellen DeGeneres , who re-enacted the video.
Placements
After the release, the song placed in numerous charts. In Denmark, Greece, Holland, New Zealand and Norway it was possible to reach number 5 in the charts through downloads alone.
| Charts (2016) | maximum placement |
Weeks |
|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom
|
11 | 11 |
 United States
|
13 | 14th |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beyoncé: Hold Up In: bigfm.de , June 30, 2016, accessed December 12, 2017.
- ↑ Daniel Gerhardt: Beyoncé: In the circular closure of cultural appropriations In: zeit.de , April 27, 2016, accessed on December 12, 2017.
- ↑ Andreas Borcholte: Beyoncé Knowles Album Lemonade: Bittersweet Limonade In: spiegel.de , April 23, 2016, accessed on December 12, 2017.
- ↑ Torge Santier: More than a music video: Beyoncé and her clip for “Hold Up” In: radio.hamburg , February 5, 2016, accessed on December 12, 2017.
- ↑ Birthday surprise - Beyoncé publishes your music video for "Hold Up" In: radiohamburg.de , September 5, 2016, accessed on December 12, 2017.
- ↑ Watch Ellen, Wanda Sykes Spoof 'Becky' From Beyonce's 'Lemonade' In: rollingstone.com , May 13, 2016, accessed December 12, 2017.
- ↑ Amaya Mendizabal: All 12 of Beyonce's 'Lemonade' Tracks Debut on Hot 100 In: billboard.com , May 2, 2016, accessed December 12, 2017.
- ↑ #BreakTheCharts: Beyoncé breaks all records with “Lemonade” In: br.de , May 4, 2016, accessed on December 12, 2017.
- ↑ Hold Up by Beyoncé In: chartsurfer.de , accessed on December 12, 2017.