January 2, 2005

Snatch up your Beyonc

If we can come up with enough examples, I have another hard-to-research list I'd like to put together: songs that include the word "Beyonc?" in the lyrics. The thing is, I can't remember any right now, except for the most recent (and most flagrant), Soldier by Destiny's Child. You kind of need to hear Beyonc? enunciate her own name to get my meaning. (And it also helps to hear the two lesser Destiny's Children echo it. It's...disturbing.)

I remember thinking at some point that there were a lot of songs, none of them actually by Beyonc?, that featured her name. But you can't do a Google search for Beyonc? + lyrics and get what I'm looking for. So, help me out, gentle reader.

Bonus lyric: the part in Naughty Girl where Lil' Flip says "I'm fighting temptations." Very good, Lil' Flip. And I'm sure your goldmember is also involved somehow. Or maybe you shouldn't call attention to the lady's film career.

Andrew - 12:57 AM
Comments

Would that I were well-equipped to participate in the Beyonce snatch contest. Unfortunately, I know no songs that have been released after 1997, unless they are played on CMT, GAC, or the "Today's Country" Music Choice channel. Sorry.

Oh, I've also never seen Beyonce's snatch. In case you were wondering.

LiAps - Jan 2, 2005 - 10:22 AM

Wait - so do songs featuring beyonce in which her name is said count or not? Cause if they do, the other singer usually says her name (e.g. Crazy in Love remix w/ Missy, Sexy Lil Thug remix w/ 50 cent, Fighting Temptations w/ Missy) Also, she says her own name in her In Da Club remix and in Daddy.

"Beyonce and Lucy Liu" are both in Outkast's Hey Ya.

kk - Jan 2, 2005 - 10:56 AM

OK, more in which she does NOT sing:

Jay-Z: All Around the World ("Like a hundred Beyonce's")
Nate Dogg: Gangsta Nation ("like Ashanti Body like Beyonce, face like Andre")
Nappy Roots: Set It Out ("Looking like Beyonce bout to cut")

kk - Jan 2, 2005 - 11:06 AM

Wow, kk, very impressive. The only other one I can think of right now is in Bootylicious: "Beyonce, can you handle this? I don't think you can handle this!" There may be other Destiny's Child songs that have the same roll call sort of thing. Oh, and also I think Sean Paul says her name in Baby Boy.

Kimberly F - Jan 2, 2005 - 3:53 PM

I don't know whether songs actually by Beyonc? should count. I mean, pretty much everybody does that these days; Bad Boys II soundtrack. On the other hand, "Soldier" gave me this idea.

But, yeah, frikkin impressive work kk. You know your Beyonc?. Hey Ya was definitely one of the ones I was thinking of.

Andrew F - Jan 2, 2005 - 5:13 PM