Beyonce Knowles “If I Were a Boy” is a song written by Britney Carlson and Toby Gad and co-produced by Gad and Knowles for her third solo album( I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008) ). Alongside (double A-side single) “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”, the song was released as the album’s leading single to U.S. radios on October 8, 2008, with a CD single to be released on November 11, 2008.
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Billboard magazine reviewer Chuck Taylor gave the song a very positive review, writing: “‘If I Were a Boy’ is Beyoncé’s most affecting offering since “Listen” from Dreamgirls. Her vocal performance is breathtaking: exquisitely emotive, mournful and mature. Lyrically, the stunning ballad is a tome of torment, as she offers, ‘If I were a boy, I think I could understand how it feels to love a girl/I swear I’d be a better man.’ Boy, Beyoncé delivers. This is the kind of all-encompassing song that exudes the fragrance of a Grammy Award nod. – Source Wikipedia
Interesting Facts
The song was first featured in media press in August, 2008 on popular music industry site Crazed Hits, as a feature for BC Jean. When the song was released by Beyonce in October, Fox News ran a story stating that the song was written by up and coming singer “BC Jean” (born Britney Carlson). Jean worked with Toby Gad, who then sold the song to Knowles without Jean’s permission. Jean was unaware that Knowles recorded the track and later sued. Neither Jean nor Gab have released statements concerning this matter.- Source Wikipedia
Lyrics of Beyonce – If I Were a Boy
[Verse]
If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I’d roll outta bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted then go
Drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I’d kick it with who I wanted
And I’d never get confronted for it.
Cause they’d stick up for me.
[Chorus]
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man.
I’d listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he’s taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
[Verse]
If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it’s broken
So they’d think that I was sleepin’ alone
I’d put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she’d be faithful
Waitin’ for me to come home (to come home)
[Chorus]
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man.
I’d listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted (wanted)
Cause he’s taken you for granted (granted)
And everything you had got destroyed
[Vamp1]
It’s a little too late for you to come back
Say its just a mistake
Think I’d forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong
[Male]
You know when you act like that
I don’t think you realize how it makes me look
or feel
[Beyonce]
Act like what
Why are you so jealous
It’s not like i’m sleeping with the guy
[Male]
What
[Beyonce]
What
[Male]
I said yo
Why are you so jealous
It aint like I’m sleepin with the girl
[Vamp2]
But you’re just a boy
You don’t understand
Yeah you don’t understand
How it feels to love a girl someday
You wish you were a better man
You don’t listen to her
You don’t care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you’ve taken her for granted
And everything you have got destroyed
But you’re just a boy