Daddy (Beyoncé song)
- Vocals: Beyoncé Knowles
- Cello: Nioka Workman
- Bass, drums, keyboards, string arrangement: Mark Batson
- Viola: Judith Insell - Staack
- Violin: Marlene Rice
June 3, 2003
Daddy is a song by American R & B singer Beyoncé Knowles from her debut album Dangerously in Love ( 2003). The song was written by Knowles, along with Mark Batson. Originally, the song does not appear as a " bonus track " on the album, but Knowles had the opportunity to record more material for the album, after the release date of the album was postponed once. Daddy was released on 3 June 2003 at U.S. iTunes by her record label Columbia Records as a promo single.
Knowles explained that the song of the dedication and loyalty of her father and manager Mathew Knowles is. Many of the album's songs deal with relationships as the main theme. However, Daddy describes a daughter - father relationship in a direct kind
Background
Daddy Knowles wrote with Mark Batson. He was released as "bonus tracks " on the album Dangerously in Love, became the fifteenth and last title. Knowles had not originally intended to leave the song still appear on the album. However, they got positive feedback on their songs, it took them an opportunity to work on further material for the album, including Daddy. Knowles took for Dangerously in Love over forty-three songs on. The recordings were supervised by her father Mathew. The song was released on June 3, 2003 as a promotional single in the United States by their record label Columbia Records on iTunes. The song also appeared on the soundtrack album to Tyler Perry's movie Daddy 's Little Girls (2007).
Additionally, the content of Daddy Knowles told MTV News:
" My mother and father have lived for 23 to 24 years together, and I have seen everything. My father was [ my cousin ] Kelly Rowland always there for my mother and for our family and for me and my sister and. This loyalty and his strength is the reason why I have written Daddy. "
Composition
Daddy is a nearly five minute long R & B song. In the first verse of the song Knowles remembers back to the days with her father and manager Mathew Knowles, from childhood to adult life. She sings that she wanted to have a husband who was so like her father. This is in this line of text makes clear: ". I treasure every irreplaceable memory and that's why I want my unborn son to be like my daddy I want my husband to be like my daddy There is no one else like my daddy"
Criticism
Said Mark Edward Nero of About.com that Daddy may have been written for the soundtrack album to the film Daddy 's Little Girls and had found his use on a "decisive point of the film ." He saw the title of the song as a reference for the friendly relationship of Knowles with Jay -Z and the emerging rumors, whether they would marry. Nero added that many fans are wondering what will happen next in their relationship. Marc Anthony Neal from the international online magazine PopMatters called Daddy as the " most influential " Title of Dangerously in Love. . " The man covers, which has made the artistic leap from Dangerously in Love possible," he wrote that the song is a tribute to her father Mathew Knowles and stated that Knowles At the end of his statement, he said: " If the audience for the fifteenth and last track of the album to come, they will be surprised by Beyoncé's diversity and be thrilled that they will find the song well. "
Anthony DeCurtis from Rolling Stone magazine told the album: ". It begins with energy at Crazy in Love ( 2003) and ends with Daddy, a five-minute tribute to her manager and father, an anthology of vocal and lyrical cliches " MTV News wrote, that daddy is different from other love songs of the album, it is a "direct message" to her closest caregiver. Allison Stewart of The Washington Post called Daddy as a " creepy bonus track ". Spence D. of IGN Music said that Daddy not a daughter - father relationship describes, but a man - woman relationship: "I want a husband who my father is. "