Me, Myself and I

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Me, Myself and I is a song by American R & B - singer Beyoncé Knowles . The piece is the third single from Knowles' solo debut album Dangerously in Love from 2003 and is about a stalker . The single reached number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks and became Knowles' fourth top four single in the US . There is a remix version of the song by Panjabi MC .

Background and composition

In an interview with MTV News , Beyoncé said of the piece:

“… It's about a girl who's with the wrong guy who won't leave her alone. Women feel stupid and silly in such situations and feel ashamed because they know that he is not good for them but that they do not want to leave him. And in this song breaking up is celebrated ... "

- Beyoncé Knowles : MTV News

Me, Myself and I is an R&B song with a changing tempo. It is written in D minor ; the tempo is essentially 84 bpm . The text structure follows the verse - refrain form. The song contains an intro and a bridge before the last chorus.

Publication and reception

Me, Myself and I was released as the third single by Dangerously in Love (after the release of Crazy in Love and Baby Boy ). The single was released on October 21, 2003 in the US as Me, Myself and I / Krazy in Luv . On December 16, 2003, she was as a CD - Single released in the US. In January 2004 it was released in the UK and the rest of Europe with a live version of Naughty Girl and Work it Out .

The single, like the previous ones, was also well received by the critics. Ryan Schreiber of Pitchfork Media and other critics call Beyoncé Knowles' singing "awesome and perfect". In 2005 Beyoncé Knowles received the Songwriter Award for Baby Boy , Me, Myself and I and Naughty Girl . Knowles' live version of Me, Myself and I from The Beyoncé Experience Live! received a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards .

Commercial win

Me, Myself and I could not build on the success of the previous singles and number one hits Crazy in Love and Baby Boy . On November 16, 2003, the song debuted at number 78 on the US Billboard Hot 100 , and in the same week Baby Boy was still at number 1. Fourteen weeks after its debut on the Hot 100, the single reached number 4 in for two weeks the Billboard Hot 100. Me, Myself and I stayed on the Hot 100 for a total of 24 weeks. On January 30, 2009, the single was awarded gold by the Recording Industry Association of America .

Worldwide the single was only a mediocre success, reaching the top 10 in some countries. It reached number eleven in Australia and the UK and the top 20 in New Zealand and the Netherlands .

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	35 (9 weeks)	9
Austria (Ö3)	51 (6 weeks)	6th
Switzerland (IFPI)	41 (8 weeks)	8th
United Kingdom (OCC)	11 (7 weeks)	7th
United States (Billboard)	4th (24 weeks)	24

Music video

In the music video, Beyoncé is looking for her boyfriend who is spying on and watching her. Then she throws away the things that remind her of him.

The music video was nominated for Best R&B Video at the MTV Video Music Awards 2004 , but lost to Alicia Keys , who won the award with the video for If I Ain't Got You .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Corey Moss: Beyoncé: Genuinely In Love . In: MTV News . Retrieved June 27, 2003. 
2. ↑ Me, Myself and I . In: Sheet Music Plus . Retrieved March 6, 2008.
3. ^ Me, Myself and I / Krazy in Luv . In: Billboard . Archived from the original on December 10, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2008.
4. ^ Me, Myself and I [UK CD ] . In: Billboard . Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2008.
5. ↑ Me, Myself and I [Canada CD ] . In: Billboard . Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2008.
6. ↑ Me, Myself & I . In: Sony BMG Australia . Archived from the original on February 20, 2011. 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. Retrieved March 7, 2008. 
7. ↑ Mark Anthony Neal: BEYONCÉ: Dangerously in Love . In: Popmatters . July 11, 2003. Retrieved March 7, 2008.
8. ↑ Ryan Schreiber: Beyonce: “Me, Myself and I” . In: Pitchfork Media . January 12, 2004. Archived from the original on July 12, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2008.
9. ^ ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2005 . In: American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers . Retrieved March 7, 2008.
10. ↑ Most Performed Songs . In: American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers . Retrieved March 7, 2008.
11. ↑ Chris Harris: Lil Wayne, Coldplay Lead Grammy Nominations . December 4, 2008. Retrieved December 5, 2008. 
12. ↑ Stacy-Deanne, Kelly Kenyatta, Natasha Lowery: Alicia Keys, Ashanti, Beyonce, Destiny's Child, Jennifer Lopez & Mya: Divas of the New Millennium . Amber Books, 2005, ISBN 0-9749779-6-9 , pp. 60-61 (accessed March 7, 2008).
13. ^ Billboard Hot 100 . In: αCharts . Retrieved March 7, 2008.
14. ^ Billboard Hot 100 . In: αCharts . Retrieved March 7, 2008.
15. ↑ ^{a b} Beyoncé - Me, Myself And I . In: αCharts . Retrieved March 7, 2008.
16. ^ Gold and Platinum . Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
17. ↑ ^{a b c d e} DE AT CH UK US
18. ↑ MTV Awards 2004: The winners . In: BBC News , August 30, 2004. Retrieved March 11, 2008.