Listen (song)

Beyoncé at the premiere of Dreamgirls.

Listen is a song written by Henry Krieger , Scott Cutler , Beyoncé Knowles and Anne Preven for the 2006 film Dreamgirls . It was sung by Beyoncé. The single reached chart positions. The song was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award for best movie song in 2007.

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Lists was for the filming of Broadway - musicals Dreamgirls written. It was one of four new songs in the musical adaptation Dreamgirls and, as on the released soundtrack , was sung by Beyonce Knowles . The song is sung towards the end of the film when Beyoncé-played Deena Jones breaks up with her exploitative manager and husband ( Jamie Foxx ). It belongs to the genre of contemporary R&B . The play lists was the first single -Auskoppelung the soundtrack.

At the 2007 Grammy Awards , Beyoncé was nominated in four categories for her album B'Day , but sang on the show lists .

Awards and nominations

Oscars : Listen , as well as the songs Patience (sung by Eddie Murphy , Anika Noni Rose and Keith Robinson ) and Love You I Do (sung by Jennifer Hudson ) from the film Dreamgirls 2007, was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Song . The award went to Melissa Etheridge's song I Need to Wake Up in An Inconvenient Truth . However, only Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven were nominated as song writers. The Oscar jury had excluded Beyoncé due to rule 16, as only a maximum of three Oscars can be awarded for the best song.

Golden Globes : The song was nominated for best song at the 2007 Golden Globe Awards , but The Song of the Heart by Prince from Happy Feet received the Golden Globe .

OFTA Award : Listen received the OFTA Award at the 11th OFTA Awards (2006) . The song was with Patience and Love You I Do from Dreamgirls as Best Original Song nominated.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b NEW BEYONCE SINGLE - AND EDDIE MURPHY SINGING - FEATURED IN 'DREAMGIRLS' , MTV from August 1, 2006.
↑ Shaheem Reid, BEYONCE WANTS END TO DRAMA OVER NEW DRAMA 'DREAMGIRLS'; SETS TOUR , MTV December 12, 2007.
↑ Lists on Allmusic .
↑ Maggie Malach, The Complete History of Beyoncé at the Grammys People, January 28, 2018.
↑ Oscars 2007: full list of winners and nominees , The Guardian, February 26, 2007.
↑ James Montgomery, OSCARS SNUB BEYONCE OVER 'LISTEN' , MTV January 3, 2007.
^ Winners and nominees for the 2007 Golden Globes .
↑ 11. OFTA nominees and winners.

[MTV-1] NEW BEYONCE SINGLE - AND EDDIE MURPHY SINGING - FEATURED IN 'DREAMGIRLS' , MTV from August 1, 2006.

[2] Shaheem Reid, BEYONCE WANTS END TO DRAMA OVER NEW DRAMA 'DREAMGIRLS'; SETS TOUR , MTV December 12, 2007.

[3] Lists on Allmusic .

[4] Maggie Malach, The Complete History of Beyoncé at the Grammys People, January 28, 2018.

[5] Oscars 2007: full list of winners and nominees , The Guardian, February 26, 2007.

[6] James Montgomery, OSCARS SNUB BEYONCE OVER 'LISTEN' , MTV January 3, 2007.

[7] Winners and nominees for the 2007 Golden Globes .

[8] 11. OFTA nominees and winners.