Content on this site does not reflect an endorsement or recommendation of any artist or music by the Recording Academy. If you can't poke fun at yourself, I don't know what kind of person you are.On December 4, 2013, Ellona Santiago covered the song in week 6 of the third season for her Unplugged performance. Some of the content on this site expresses viewpoints and opinions that are not those of the Recording Academy. BC Jean - Beyonce/Reba Singing "If I Were A Boy": Read more about this and other GRAMMYs news at GRAMMY.com For the week ending October 25, 2008, "If I Were a Boy" debuted at number one-hundred on the US On November 2, 2008, "If I Were a Boy" was the highest debut of the week on the As of May 2020, it has surpassed 300 million streams on The music video for "If I Were a Boy" was directed by In the beginning of the video, my husband makes me breakfast and he's excited about it, and I kind of don't have time to eat. It's just always been fun for me to manipulate artists, and make it sound crazy. I wanted to show people how easy it is to manipulate someone's voice. McEntire has said that she originally wanted the album to comprise only her own hits: but her husband and manager, Narvel Blackstock, wanted to include a cover and proposed Beyoncé's "If I Were a Boy". The compassion Beyoncé's vocal conveys as 'If I Were a Boy' concludes is as much for the man who can't fulfill romance's impossible dream as it is for herself.
The accompanying music video for "If I Were a Boy" was directed by After completing her version of "If I Were a Boy", Jean presented it to her record company, which rejected the song.After Jean's version of "If I Were a Boy" was rejected by her record company, she was upset that Beyoncé recorded and released the ballad.The lyrics of "If I Were a Boy" are about a gender-swapping In the second verse, Beyoncé resigns herself and continues to sing about cruelties that men often inflict on women.The ballad was first released internationally as a stand-alone "If I Were a Boy" was widely acclaimed by contemporary music critics, who applauded Beyoncé's vocal performance and called the song her best yet. There might even be a few more if you’re speaking about the tale of how Beyoncé Knowles received the song “If I Were A Boy.” If you’re unaware – that track is the only cut off of I Am… Sasha Fierce that Beyoncé didn’t receive a writing credit for. I knew something had to have happened to make it jump so fast. Her husband (played by Beyoncé premiered the video, alongside the video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", on Beyoncé first performed "If I Were a Boy" on November 6, 2008, at the In addition to her performances of the song on television and at award ceremonies, "If I Were a Boy" was included on the In January 2009, Matthew Zeghibe, a 26-year-old computer art student from Connecticut, used pitch-correction software to make a clip that he claimed was the I was just trying to make a point.
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