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| Naughty Girl | |||||
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| Single by Beyoncé | |||||
| Album | Dangerously in Love | ||||
| Released | January 15, 2004 | ||||
| Recorded | 2003 | ||||
| Studio | South Beach, Miami, Florida | ||||
| Genre(s) | R&B | ||||
| Length | 3:28 | ||||
| Label(s) | Columbia | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | Beyoncé, Scott Storch, Robert Waller, Angela Beyincé, Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer | ||||
| Producer(s) | Scott Storch, Beyoncé | ||||
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 "Naughty Girl" on YouTube |
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"Naughty Girl" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé. It was released on January 15, 2004. as the fourth and final single from her debut studio album, Dangerously in Love.
Music video[]
Beyoncé performing a simple dance routine surrounded by a wall of mirrors in the music video for "Naughty Girl".
The music video for "Naughty Girl" was directed by Jake Nava, and filmed in October 2003. [1] who directed Beyoncé's videos, "Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy".[2] The video is inspired by the dancing of Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire in the 1953 musical comedy film, The Band Wagon and has a Studio 54 style.[3][1] Paired with Usher, Beyoncé dances seductively and flirts with him to portray a naughty girl.[3][1] She felt that they were a "perfect match" for the dancing scenes in the video.[1] According to Usher, the video is a homage to classic "ultimate entertainers"; including dancers, singers and actors.[3] He further talked about the collaboration on the video, saying, "Beyoncé and me have been talking about doing a record together. She reached out to me and said she had an idea and really wanted me to be the lead in her video... I was like, 'Well let me hear the idea.' It sounded like something totally different than what had been on TV."[4]
The video begins with Beyoncé performing a simple dance routine surrounded by a wall of mirrors and then undressing until she is naked behind a white curtain, revealing only her silhouette. Beyoncé enters the club with a different outfit and hairstyle and some friends. Male patrons seated at the tables look on. She and Usher notice each other. They meet on the dance floor and dance intimately. Beyoncé performs an elaborate dance scene with female backing dancers. She swirls around in a champagne glass filled with bubbles.[5] In the final scene, Beyoncé sits atop a piano and after being lifted down by a gentleman, she dances and poses as confetti falls everywhere.[4]
Joseph Patel of MTV News described Beyoncé's and Usher's moves in the video as "graceful".[4] Philadelphia's Patrick DeMarco described the video as "sexy".[6] A reviewer from Vibe compared Beyoncé's "booty dance" in the music video to those by Christina Aguilera in the music video for "Dirrty" (2002).[7] On MTV's Total Request Live, "Naughty Girl" debuted at number ten on March 22, 2004, and peaked at number one.[8][9] It retired to TRL's "Hall of Fame" at number seven and after being on the countdown for fifty days.[10] The video won Best Female Video at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards and was nominated in the categories Best Choreography, Best Dance Video and Best Cinematography.[11] At the 2005 MTV Australia Video Music Awards, the video received two nominations for Best R&B Video and Sexiest Video.[12]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Patel, Joseph (March 15, 2004). "Beyoncé Dances, Flirts With Usher In 'Naughty Girl' Video". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485737/20040312/knowles_beyonce.jhtml.
- ↑ Marcos Chin (September 30, 2004). "Jake Nava". Vibe. https://books.google.com/books?id=yyYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA150.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedBMGAus - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Reid, Shaheem (March 23, 2004). Usher Says He's Not A Baby's Daddy. MTV News.
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- ↑ DeMarco, Patrick (June 24, 2013). We're Getting Old Alert: Beyonce's 'Dangerously in Love' Album Turns 10. Philadelphia.
- ↑ "20 Questions with Spin". Vibe: p. 148. August 2004. https://books.google.com/books?id=xiYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA148.
- ↑ TRL Debuts, Popfusion. MTV, March 22, 2004.
- ↑ TRL Number Ones, Popfusion. MTV.
- ↑ TRL Hall of Fame, Popfusion. MTV, November 16, 2008.
- ↑ Moss, Corey (August 29, 2004). "Outkast, Jay-Z Win Big At VMAs; Usher, No Doubt Land Multiple Moonmen". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1490637/20040829/jay_z.jhtml.
- ↑ Luke (December 3, 2004). Nominees Announced For The MTV Australia Video Music Awards.