Beautiful Liar

April 14, 2007 ( Europe)

Beautiful Liar (German, Pretty liar ') is a song by Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench, and Stargate members Mikkel Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen Storleer, which was published in 2007. The song was interpreted by Knowles with the Colombian Latin pop singer Shakira and produced by Stargate and Knowles for the re- release of their second studio album, B'Day. Beautiful Liar was published on 14 March 2007 as the first single from the deluxe version of her album. A Spanish version was still produiziert under the name "Bello embustero ".

Beautiful Liar reached number 3 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and # 1 in many European countries, including Germany, France and the United Kingdom. The song won the award in the category Most Earth Had ring Collaboration at the MTV Video Music Awards 2007.

Background

Beautiful Liar was written by Mikkel Eriksen Storleer, Tor Erik Hermansen, Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench, and Knowles. Eriksen is very simply written the song.

" This song is very simple. Most of the time we have more chords in a song, Because We find it hard writing a great song on just one chord. But if you do it right, you can make it work, and this song is an example. "

" The song is very simple. Mostly, we use a number of chords in a song, because we find it hard to write a song on only one chord. But if you do it right, it can work and this song is an example of this. "

The song was written in 2006. Eriksen and Hermansen played him their manager, Tyran Smith, prior to and said that the song is perfect for a duet between Shakira and Knowles. Eriksen and Hermansen thought this was impossible, however, Smith dedicated this idea. Since they had not left any text until then tried various authors to complete the song. The first three attempts were not satisfactory, so that Smith Eriksen and Hermansen with Ghost and Dench, who wrote most of the text and the melody was composed.

Beautiful Liar initially had a Spanish title and other text. Hermansen described the song to when he heard beautiful liar the line one of the choruses. When the production of the song was almost finished, he became Knowles presented which approved it. She added a few lines and took a solo version, a few months before publication of the deluxe edition of her album B'Day on. Knowles told in an interview with MTV News that she had already met several times Shakira and that they have talked about plans of a duet, since they are both a fan of the other and respect each other. As Knowles Shakira invited to record a song for the re- release of their second studio album, B'Day, Shakira was on tour and had difficulties to find a date. Therefore Shakira and Knowles took her singing in two different studios.

Musical and content

Beautiful Liar is a mid-tempo R & B song written in the key of G the Phrygian dominant scale in four-four time with 96 beats per minute. Knowles Vocal range is from G3 to B ♭ 5 Musically, the song combines the Latin and Oriental - style of Shakira with Knowles Hip- Hop and Soul style. The lyrics of the song is about two women who do not end their friendship, although a man who cheated on a woman with the other. The main theme is female independence.

Publication

Beautiful Liar was leaked on the Internet and appeared as an illegal download in early February 2013. The song was later published in Europe on April 14, 2007 as a download and a week on April 20, 2007 as a CD single. There still exists a Spanish version under the name Bello embustero and a spang metallic version of Beautiful Liar which were sung without Shakira. Both versions were released on some regional versions of the deluxe edition of B'Day.

Criticism

Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave Beautiful Liar three out of five stars and wrote that the song is not so ridiculously over the top like other duets, including Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey When You Believe, was nevertheless found him predictable. Called Ben Sisario of the New York Times Beautiful Liar a "hot track". Bill Lamb of About.com awarded 4 out of 5 stars, citing the statement that the song is not breathtaking, but still has its charms. He praised the addition, the fusion of different musical styles of the two singers. Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly criticized Beautiful Liar " is a small disappointment. Shakira's voice is too similar to Beyonce 's for a really contrasting Tango ".

Commercial success

Beautiful Liar debuted at number 94 on the Billboard Hot 100. The following week, the song was able to improve on place 91. In the third week of the jump was chart at number 3, which until then the highest upward movement on the Billboard Hot 100 showed. For over 1,000,000 CDs sold the song by the Recording Industry Association of America was certified platinum. Outside the United States reached Beautiful Liar No. 1 in 32 countries. Two weeks before the CD release, the song debuted at number 10 in the UK Singles Chart by download sales. After the CD release Beautiful Liar reached on 28 April 2007 # 1 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for 3 weeks. It was Knowles fifth number - one single in the United Kingdom as a whole, including the chart success with Destiny's Child, and her second number - one single as a solo artist, just like Shakira. For more than 200,000 copies sold of the song by the British Phonographic Industry was awarded silver. Beautiful Liar rose on 4 May 2007 at No. 1 in the Media Control Charts and remained there for one week. Overall, the song spent seven weeks in the top 10 and 17 weeks in the top 100. He was awarded by the Federal Association of the Music industry for over 150,000 copies sold with a gold record. In Switzerland, the song could enter at # 1 on April 29, 2007 and also stayed there for 4 weeks. In all, he spent 12 weeks in the top 10.

Beautiful Liar was nominated in the category Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals at the Grammy Awards 2008. The Spanish version was nominated in the category Record of the Year of the Latin Grammy Awards 2007. The song won the award in the category Most Earth Had ring Collaboration at the MTV Video Music Awards 2007.

Charts

Music Video

The music video of Beautiful Liar was directed by Jake Nava, who had already received several other music videos with Knowles. The video was over two days, the two-week production of B'Day Anthology Video Album rotated while. Due to a busy schedule, the production team did not have enough time to design a choreography so that the dance scenes were choreographed spontaneously and the steps were studied in 40 minutes. Shakira, who had created most of the choreography, Knowles showed some dance moves and belly dancing. From Knowles the idea in the music video comes to play a double. The first half of the video shows Knowles and Shakira in separate scenes. It starts with the faces of two singers who are veiled in smoke. Then there are the two different kinds of backgrounds, including dawn ( Knowles ) and dusk (Shakira ) and stormy weather. Both carry the entire video similar hairstyles and black outfits.

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