Love on top
| Love on top | |
|---|---|
| Beyoncé | |
| publication | September 12, 2011 (US) December 7, 2011 (Europe) |
| length | 4:28 |
| Genre (s) | R&B , pop , soul , funk |
| Author (s) | Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash, Shea Taylor |
| Label | Columbia Records |
| Award (s) | Grammy 2013 (Best Traditional R&B Performance) |
| album | 4th |
Love on Top is a song by American R & B - singer Beyoncé Knowles . The song was written and produced by Knowles, Terius Nash and Shea Taylor for their fourth studio album 4 . Love on Top was released on September 12, 2011 as the sixth single from this album in the USA. In Europe and Asia, the song was released on December 7, 2011 as the fourth single. The song reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 13 on the UK singles chart . Knowles also won Love on Top in the Best Performance - Traditional R&B category at the 2013 Grammy Awards . In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Love on Top was not released as a single CD due to the timely release and the only moderate chart performance of Countdown .
Musical and content
Love on Top is an up- tempo R&B song that also contains elements of retro style from soul, pop , funk and jazz . It is written in C major and has a tempo of 94 beats per minute and four-four time. Knowle's vocal range extends from A ♭ 3 to C 6 in this song . Love on Tops Retro elements are created especially in the chorus by snapping fingers, a distorted bass and the use of horns and saxophones .
The text is about Knowles as the protagonist, who expresses her happiness by finding love. The chorus, which Knowles sings with a choir, begins with "Baby it's you, you're the one I love / You're the one I need / You're the only one I see / Come on baby it's you / You" re the one that gives your all / You're the one I can always call / When I need you make everything stop / Finally you put my love on top " ( " Baby, it's you, you're the one I love / You're the one I need / You're the only one I see / Go baby it's you / You're the one who does your best / You're the one I can always call / When I need you, lets you are everything else / Finally you make my love your priority. " ). The chorus, which is repeated to the end in the last part of the song, contains 4 key changes in chromatic order upwards.
criticism
Love on Top was mostly positively rated, the critics particularly praised the 80s mood that the song exuded and compared it with recordings by other artists such as Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder from this period. Rich Juzwiak of The Village Voice described the song as an easy-to-hear and easy-to-dance boogie vibe. Rolling Stone magazine's Matthew Perpetua called Love on Top an explosion and said that Knowles created a modern Whitney Houston-style take on it. Hamish MacBain from New Musical Express particularly likes the uptempo style of the song, as it would be urgently needed after the ballad-heavy beginning of the album.
IGN Entertainment's Spence D. wrote that Knowle's upbeat vibe and pushy horns could remind viewers how damn good mid-80s R&B was. The Guardian's Alexis Petridis praised Knowle's voice and called Love on Top a well-written song. Mixed review came from Adam Markovitz of Entertainment Weekly . He compared Knowle's work on Love on Top with that of earlier stars like Luther Vandross and Diana Ross , but they don't do it justice.
Commercial win
After Knowle's appearance at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards , where she sang Love on Top , the song climbed into the top 5 of the US iTunes charts, although it was not yet released as a single at the time. Thanks to the good download sales, Love on Top entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 20 after the single was released. This was the second highest entry to the Billboard Hot 100 after Ring the Alarm Knowles. For over 500,000 singles sold, it was awarded a gold record by the Recording Industry Association of America . In the United Kingdom , Love on Top was also able to reach the charts before the CD single was released by appearing at the MTV Video Music Awards. On September 4, 2011, the song debuted at number 75 on the British singles chart . After the single was released in the UK, Love on Top returned to the charts. On January 15, 2012, the best placement was achieved in the form of 13th place. Furthermore, Love on Top rose to number 3 in the South Korean Gaon Charts as well as to number 2 in Belgium ( Wallonia ) and to number 3 in Hungary.
Love on Top was nominated in both the Viewers Choice category of the BET Awards 2012 and the R&B / Hip-Hop Song category of the Teen Choice Awards 2012. On February 10, 2013, Knowles received the award for Best Performance - Traditional R&B at the 55th Grammy Awards . It was the 17th Grammy for Knowles.
Charts
| Chart | Best placement |
Weeks | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom
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13 | 21st | |
 United States
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20th | 20th |
 1 × gold
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Individual evidence
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- ↑ a b Scott Shelter: Beyonce, 'Love on Top' - Song Review. PopCrush, June 11, 2011, accessed June 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Melinda Newman: Listen: Beyonce kicks it old style with delicious Love On Top. HitFix, June 9, 2011, accessed June 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Elan Priya: Beyonce, '4' - First Listen. (No longer available online.) In: New Musical Express . IPC Media, June 10, 2011, archived from the original on October 22, 2012 ; accessed on June 19, 2013 (English). 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.
- ↑ Rich Juzwiak: Beyonce's Odes to Joy. In: The Village Voice . Village Voice Media, June 28, 2011, accessed June 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Matthew Perpetua: Beyonce's '4': A Track-by-Track Breakdown. Rolling Stone , June 8, 2011, accessed June 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Hamish MacBain: Beyonce - Album Review: Beyonce - '4' - Album Reviews. In: New Musical Express. IPC Media, June 21, 2011, accessed June 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Spence D .: Beyonce: 4 Review - Jay-Z's wife returns with something new and something old on latest. (No longer available online.) IGN Entertainment on June 28, 2011, archived from the original on September 2, 2011 ; accessed on June 19, 2013 (English). 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.
- ↑ Alexis Petridis: Beyoncé: 4 - review. In: The Guardian . Guardian Media Group, June 23, 2011, accessed June 18, 2013 .
- ↑ Adam Markovitz: 4 review - Beyoncé Review | Music Reviews and News. In: Entertainment Weekly . Time Inc. , July 10, 2011, accessed June 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Adele's 'Someone Like You' Soars To No. 1 On Hot 100. In: Billboard . Prometheus Global Media, September 7, 2011, accessed June 19, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Gold and Platinum. Recording Industry Association of America , accessed June 19, 2013 .
- ↑ UK Singles Search Result 'Love on Top'. The Official Charts Company, accessed June 19, 2013 .
- ^ South Korea Gaon International Chart (Week: June 26, 2011 to July 2, 2011). (No longer available online.) Gaon Chart , archived from the original on August 6, 2012 ; Retrieved June 19, 2013 (kanuri). 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.
- ↑ Beyoncé - Love On Top. Ultratop, accessed June 19, 2013 (Dutch).
- ↑ Beyoncé and Kanye West Lead BET Awards' 12 Nominations. In: Rap-Up. Devin Lazerine, May 22, 2013, accessed June 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Natalie Finn: Teen Choice Award Nominations: Did The Hunger Games Top Twilight ? E! Entertainment, May 18, 2012, accessed June 19, 2013 .
