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| Baby Boy | |||||
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| Single by Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul | |||||
| Album | Dangerously in Love | ||||
| Released | August 10, 2003 | ||||
| Recorded | 2002 | ||||
| Genre(s) | Dancehall, R&B | ||||
| Length | 4:04 | ||||
| Label(s) | Columbia | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | Beyoncé, Scott Storch, Robert Waller, Sean Paul, Jay-Z | ||||
| Producer(s) | Scott Storch, Beyoncé | ||||
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"Baby Boy" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé featuring Jamaican rapper and singer Sean Paul. It was released on August 10, 2003 as the second single from Beyoncé's debut studio album, Dangerously in Love.
Track listing[]
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Baby Boy" (Album version) | 4:04 | |
| 2. | "Baby Boy" (Maurice's Nu Soul Mix) | 6:14 | |
| 3. | "Baby Boy" (Junior's Padapella) | 3:58 | |
| 4. | "Krazy In Luv" (Adam 12 So Crazy Remix) | 4:30 |
Music video[]
The music video for "Baby Boy" was filmed by English director Jake Nava, who also shot Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" video. It was filmed in Miami, Florida on August 7–8, 2003. Parts of the video were captured in a house with different style rooms: one in a Japanese style and one in an old English style.[1]
Scenes featuring Beyoncé and Paul are shown separately. The video begins with Paul sitting on a throne while toasting; Beyoncé is leaning against a wall and dancing. In the following scene, Beyoncé is seen on a bed. Paul is shown with several women who are lying on the floor caressing each other. Beyoncé walks towards the beach; she spots a man, and the two touch and flirt. As the second verse begins, Beyoncé is at a party. At the party, Beyoncé decides to dance with the same man that she interacted with earlier. Then, water floods the floor of the party as she sings "the dance floor becomes the sea". As the second chorus of the song begins, the video is cut with scenes of Beyoncé and four backup dancers dancing on a platform in the sand on the beach. The original track is interrupted towards the end with an Arabic instrumental, designed for the music video. This section showcases Beyoncé vigorously dancing on the sand.
Sal Cinquemani of the online publication Slant Magazine, described the video as a "baby-oil-logged follow-up" to "Crazy in Love"'s "bootylicous video".[2] In 2013, John Boone and Jennifer Cady of E! Online placed the video at number nine on their list of Beyoncé's ten best music videos, praising the extended belly-dancing breakdown.[3] "Baby Boy" premiered on MTV's program Total Request Live on August 25, 2003, at number ten and reached the top spot.[4][5] It stayed on the show for forty-one days, the same chart run "Me, Myself and I" earned.[4]
- ↑ Reid, Shaheem (August 20, 2003). Sean Paul Appears In The Flesh In Beyoncé's 'Baby Boy' Clip. MTV News. MTV Networks.
- ↑ Template:Cite magazine
- ↑ 2013 Super Bowl Countdown: Beyoncé's Top 10 Music Videos Ever!. E! Online. E! (February 1, 2013).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Total Request Live debuts. Popfusion.
- ↑ TRL Number Ones. Popfusion.