October 13, 2008 New Music Video: Beyonce – Single Ladies

Love muffins, it is here! Beyonce’s music video for “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” has finally surfaced. Did she do it for you? Here’s what I love about the video – her super duper curvaceous body, the gay dance team moves that she took straight from the clubhouse and that huge diamond ring at the end!

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  • OMG!!!! I LIKE IT BUT SHE IS GIVING ME TOO MUCH “MEXICAN BREAKFAST” AND J-SETTIN…

  • I saw this on VH1 this morning and one thing that I have to say is…SHE’S BACK! I love that Beyoncé is giving us two sides of her at the same time. Her more introspective, depth side and her usual spunky and fierce “Sasha” alter ego.
    With this video she took it back to the 80s and early 90s like Janet and Paula and just had two dancers and there was NOTHING BUT DANCE! From start to finish, no distractions. It was raw dancing!

  • OMG….i looooooove it…she’s so FABULOUS!!!!!!

  • That my girl right there everytime i watch her i tear remembering that this is the same chick i grew up loving
    shes a bad ass bitch and i love how the video is in one take lol
    goo off jake nava (CrAzy in Love, Baby Boi, Naughty Girl) i love my B

  • Uhhhhhhhhhh yeah ok……. sorry Im not really feeling it…….

  • Yes, it’s Mexican Breakfast.
    Bob Fosse!!!!!!!!!!!!
    That’s the concept. Look it up B.!
    Get Me Bodied was the “Rich Man’s Frug” from Sweet Charity.
    And this is mirroring Mexican Breakfast which the dancer Gwen Verdon made famous!!!! The dance was infamously set to the music of “Walk it Out” by Unk and became a youtube hit.
    Beyoncé’s got culture!!! lol

  • SHE DID THAT

  • LOVES IT!!!!
    i know it’s basic, but i love the linear camera shots. it gives the song an amped up feel. plus we’re always used to be having 8 and twelve dancers. it’s nice to see her more broken down this time. i still think she needs to chill before dropping this album so soon, but hey she’s got that kinda clout. i just need for brandy to drop a sick vid next.

  • i like it!!! GO B!!

  • She is coming back strong this time around. She gave one video that was all about the story, and this one was all about the dancing. I love that it was simple and focused on just her and two dancers because it showed that she doesn’t need all of the extra theatrics to make a good video. She can just dance her behind off the entire time and make it better than 99% the crap people put out today. That’s real talent for you.

  • The dancing is sikk… Queen B is back. I like how she is showing two different sides to her with the different singles. There are rumors that her CD will be a double disc with the first being called I Am… Beyonce with music mostly about love and I Am…Sasha with the music like Single Ladies… Peep the ring at the end…

  • I love the song but the video gets boring well it was only a clip so maybe theres more to the video and she should of had single ladies premiere on the internet and if i was a boy on television because i personally love that video and its so different from those other broads videos but anyway besides me lol BEY IS THE HOTTEST CHICK IN THE GAME

  • the ultimate diva

    October 13, 2008 at 11:31 am

    CAN’T DENY SHE DID THE DAMN THING ON THAT! U DID THAT BABE!

  • Dis bitch did this in one take, at least thats how they made it look! I stans for some Beyonce tho, she always reps for the queers!

  • All Ms. Beyonce was missing in the video was a baton. Wow is all I have to say!

  • She didn’t do it for me….I couldn’t even watch the whole video. It’s probably because I don’t like the song. Maybe the video will grow on me though.

  • Ok, I like that hand gear she’s wearing, and her smile at the end. Very pretty ;0)

  • SHE IS BACKK BITCHES!! AND STRONGER THAN EVERRR!!!!! LOVE BOTH VIDEOS!!!

  • not fond of either. she looks pretty tho ;)

  • Was Beyonce J-Setting??? LOL! I love the vid! They are killin’ it!

  • I was just getting to respect Bey and she comes with this crap. The dancing is vulger and whorish! She thinks she will become an icon doing this type of mess. The song sucks and the video makes it worst. I think she messed up on this one…we might hear CD pushed back in the next few weeks because I dont’ see this being a hit, Get me Bodied was wayyyy better than this.

  • Um have you checked the charts…mediabase…both songs are doing well and it goes for adds tomorrow! Haters are pissed lol!

  • The song did it for me.
    The dance moves did it for me.
    Not the video.
    I wish she did a little more, like you said B.Scott, it’s just her and 2 dancers.
    But I still love me some Beyonce ;)
    I’m searching for better quality!

  • HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM I am on the fence about this one I like the dancing tho maybe it should have taken place in a club…. I am soooooo ready for her cd

  • DAMN DAMN DAMN

    I can’t view it. However I’ll say, the song is growing on me. I’m a HUGE B fan and as usual, I know she’ll NEVER let us down.

    As for the haters….Well, keep on hating. She can’t do what she does, WITHOUT you all : )

  • beyonce doesnt do it for me. She needs to step outside of the box..work with sum new ppl///or sumthin. this reminds me of that song from her last album lol.

  • I wonder if Jonte played a part in tht choreography. Some of those moves and that bodysuit screamed his name! I liked the vid, and the song has grown on me.

  • i don’t care whether im feeling it or not…all that matters is that she is BACK!!! yesssssssssssss…do ur thing gyal

  • WOW..I absolutely positively LOVED it! I can’t stop dancing!!!!

  • Loves it!
    And for those who say Beyonce needs to go outside her box, well thats what If I Were A Boy is for. That song is more outside her box and this is the more usual Beyonce we are use to. Haters…I love y’all cuz you make her even more famous and popular!

  • ONE THING THAT I AM GONNA SAY IS MRS. CARTER’S BODY IS SICK! HAWT FREAKIN DAMN!

  • YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY I always wanted to see a video from Beyonce like this with just dancing!! my dreams have been answered to!

  • Did anyone see that HUGE rock at the end!?! Love u Bee! The dancing was so on point.

  • I love if I were a boy more but this is cool

  • I just told my man to put a ring on it lol that part is catchy as fuck!

  • Ok, whom is Bey talking to? I wonder who that guy was? at 55 she has the same kind of Rih sound.

    Well, I guess this will be the Anthem for the EX-es

  • You know what, initally I was like. WHACK, cuz she only got one scene then I thought, this girl is working the hell out of these dance moves and she is KILLING IT!!!!!!!!!! This will be #1 on TRL AND 106. BUT couldnt she have hired Kelly and Michelle for this one lol hell that would’ve been hotter lol

  • The STANS are in full effect today! I liked the fact that it was simple and her dancing was hard! The song is ok, nothing major but the video does bring it to life to me.

  • DAMN RiTE SHE’S BAQ !
    i ALWAYS LOVED BEYONCE &+ i CAN’T SAY iT BETTER SHE DiD HER THiNG &+ KiLLED iT !
    SHE COULDN’T DO A BETER JOB !

  • the “if i were a boy” video was nice ;) i liked that how it switched up at the end. song is still growing on me but the video did a lot for it.

  • yes yes yes!!!!!

  • After watching it in high quality, I gotta say,
    BEYONCE DID THE DAMN THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • ABSOLUTLY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I am so proud of her.

  • Great vid…b/w works. High energy. The routine is basically a homage I think to the SWAC black college bands dancers in the South. You can take any group of ladies who dance in front of one of the bands and have the same music and the look and moves would be the same like the Jackson State J-settes, Grambling, Alcorn, Southern etc. Her male choreographer did an excellent job teaching them the routine.

  • she jacked that squat and wind from ciara sorry to say.

    this was all hype nothing impressive

  • I love Bee and I love this song and video is HOT!!! TAMALE!!

  • damn she doin to much j-settin but this video is hott

  • I like the dancing, and the ring @ the end. The video was good,not as great as “if i were a boy” video. I agree that if kelly and Michelle were the dancers it would been great, but then u have those people saying things about beyonce never letting them shine on their own.

  • Back? She never left

  • DAMMIT! Why she gotta make me like her ass!

  • YES MAAM! Nonstop dancing… I LIVED!

  • B Scott can you PLEASE do a video to this
    I sooooo wanna see you get down to “Single Ladies”

    She aint jack nothing from Ciara
    Plenty girls BEEN doing that move..including ME! You TRIED…

  • B’s giving props to the elders in this one (Bob Fosse) and still manages to make it her own.

  • umm i don’t know..i’m having mixed feelings

  • Once again beyonce steals a concept from somebody yet she keeps stealing from the same ppl those of you who are into music and the origins of there background know that she stole this from FOSSE link provided below…. of course this is not the original link but its one of my favorite remixes… she also got her concept from them for get me bodied….. those of you who do not know what im talking about go to youtube and type in FOSSE… granted she did the damn thing on this video but i would like to see some original for a change from beyonce now since she is the one who is on top… come creative B” If i was a boy” is nice for her also but again not original she took that from i think the name is BC cant remember.

    check out the link
    enjoy

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oaxl3XTgDo

  • Get it Bey!!! She is really trying to make me like her ass. This video is the truth though.

  • WOW!!!!! EXTREMLY IMPRESSED!!!!

  • Ehhh the song is ok. The dancing is hot but the video? I imagined colorful, club… I dunno.

  • no matter how much she is hated, believe she is loved a billion times more. she is doin the damn thing.

  • hi wow single ladies is hot diis video is so hot beyonce your one damn fine piece of juicy flesh…lol

    To download this video:
    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2RPO2PIY
    Named SL

  • THAT’S MY BEY!!!! SICK, SICK, SICK!!!!

    NOTE:
    Taking inspiration from the past is NOT stealing concepts. There isn’t a song, video, dance, etc., out today that hasn’t in some way borrowed from the past.

  • She was working it out with them dance moves. Get it Bey!!!

  • wow I loved the video it was so simple. It had like a web 2.0 feel to it and was just loads of dancing. Thats my kind of video and it was in Black and White!! GO BEYONCE!

  • I can only think of “Mexican Breakfast” everytime I see the video. I do, however, like the song; I just imagined a club setting with tons of single ladies with diamond rings on. I mean, I was kind of upset when her and the other members of Destiny’s Child didn’t release “Hey Ladies” from “Writings on the Walls”…That was my joint right there…She’ll get respect no matter what though….

  • Her body is amazing. I would have liked to see more than just the 3 of them dancing with no background, but the moves where hot. B’s Back!!!

  • Yep she totally jacked the concept from the wondermints:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nV7nVqBtXg

    :( she should have stuck to her color videos and running in the field with alligators

  • no matter how much she is hated, believe she is loved a billion times more. she is doin the damn thing.

    I agree with your statement!!!!!

  • Beyonce needs to get her 20.00$ dollars back from this awful video, and needs to get advice from Rihanna on how to do a video

  • oh MAN i thought seh didi something original for once now there is this link that has gwen who didi the fosse routine DECADES AGO!!!!

    BEYONCE WHY!!!! you are such a robot!

  • I am so disappointed… I like the song but I am disappointed by the video.. DANG….

  • Hate to mess up the we love it vibe, but I didn’t like it! I was so bored. And I couldn’t help but notice that the dancers weren’t even with her at some times. But I’ll say it again, it doesn’t matter, she’s Beyonce so everybody will think it’s fire anyway…

  • sorry man oh man another wack video and song geeezus bey come on u can do way better than this crap

  • Haters R always gon` hate… They have nothing better to do

  • Yes the DIVA is back! Ms. Beyonce, you did the damn thing with the routine! That was amazing and so fierce and sexy! I don’t care who homegirl stole or coopied from…she made it her own and she killed it! As if other artist do not copy…Ciara copies, Britney copies…please! Beyonce gets hated on all the time because she is the shit and people know that. They know that no matter what the girl is on top of her game at all times. Never flopping and hitting the floor. She DELIVERS!!!!!!!! And she is fierce at doing so 100% of the fuckin’ time!

  • Love and Kisses

    October 13, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    Cute song, but has her same old sound. This song ould have come straight off of “B-Day”.

    She should have taken a page from Michelle Williams. Her new cd “Unexpected” is not only fun, it is different from anything the Destiny girls have done before.

    It is heads and shoulders above anything Beyonce has put out.

  • 2:28 that body roll straight look like that thing Ciara does all the time lol. This video was interesting! I like the ending with the ring…hmm. Bey is back:

    Cuz you had your turn
    But now you gonna learn
    What it really feels to miss me

    Oh ooo! Bey is back lol.

  • hated it. It sounds just like Get me bodied. She is so blah. NEXT

  • “Yep she totally jacked the concept from the wondermints:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nV7nVqBtXg

    she should have stuck to her color videos and running in the field with alligators”

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I just saw the video…hehe who are the wondermits?

  • Alright for the Fosse choreography! The queen who choreographed this piece betta have given Fosse credit where credit is due!

  • Forget the song – i can do without the audio – my gawd. she and her dancers are figgiddy figgiddy fine – I mean FOWWWINE

  • Alright Mrs. Knowles-Carter… I like both songs. Usually Videos help me with songs I’m unsure of, but so far Mrs Knowles-Carter got me wanting her CD…. I wonder if she’s going to put ” Should Have “

  • Wow – I never knew that=>… MY GRANDMA SAID “Get me bodied” if from this piece:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyXrwxs9rHA

    ***

  • BORING!!!! Dam, can she doing new and exciting anymore? This is something off bday and “Boy” is like “Irreplaceable”=PLAYING IT SAFE. Michelle Williams new CD is off the HOOK!!! Her dance songs are much better then B’s new crap! Bscott, you’ve got to her “Hung Over” from Michelle!! That’s my JAM!

  • I agree B.Scott I love the fact that she did the little “J-setting”(which is the gay dance moves they do at the clubhouse) fierce!!!!!!! Bee better werk it!!!!!!

  • O I just love how people want to reach back into the 1900’s and beyond to find something that an artists may have drawn inspiration from and have now brought it to LIFE..that’s right too life..because who gives a care that the peppermints..o sorry wondermints..did whateva that was that they did. It’s not exactly they same..Beyonce doesn’t look retarded while doing the routine so therefore it’s original. You don’t have to “wonder” whats she’s doin. Go B!

  • I’m sure Beyonce didn’t create the choreography so saying it “jacked” is kind of a stretch.

    Great video but i prefer iiwab

  • umm, not my cup of tea. i see the stans are outin full effect today, LOL

  • I like the first video single ladies cause she did a little old school dancing…lol If I were a boy you have to listen to the lyrics I like it!

  • People thinking they know where this routine originated & to be honest it comes from Jackson Mississippi, Majorette squad where there are throwed stand routines. Beyonce did her damn thing with this video, and I don’t think she owes anyone, but her choreographer for the hotness

  • Wow, I must admit I am really starting to like Beyonce. Her material has so much substance to it now! It’s so muc better than the over synthesized, uber-produced, crap coughBRITTNEYcough, that’s been getting so much undue attention lately.

  • no need to stress out tryingto defend b from all the hating, soon enough like ALWAYS, the song will grow on most and they will be workin it out in the clubs screamin this my jam! hipocrisy is eternal.

  • not impressed… and i’m not hating on her, simply put it didnt entertain me. The dances were nice and she looks amazing as always but just wasnt entertained, i expected better quiet frankly…

  • whats “j_settin”?

  • never mind i found it on youtube (n_n)!

  • I don’t like either songs by her I watched the single ladies vid without sound let me say this it FIRE!!!!!

  • wait hol up hol up i just relized something isnt that her real life wedding ring ..well atleast thats the ring that every gossip site said was her wedding ring when she was spotted out in miami or bermuda (wherever lol) in that orange bathing suit last week…b u posted those pics too

  • Clara 'Diamond Girl' Atwater

    October 14, 2008 at 12:09 am

    Ummm yeah no I’m not feeling this one. The dancing is good but the video is so generic it’s almost as bad as her kitty kat video.

  • the dancing was good.

  • wow…people are really trippin, someone called her a robot. come on now, a robot??!?!? get the heck out of here…take notes from rihanna??? are you serious?!?! Beyonce was on point with both of the videos. No one in the music industry right now can touch her vocally or with dancing. A true legend in the making. I can’t wait to see whats next.

  • if the video wasn’t entertaining, then you better believethe live performance will blow ya’ll out the water.

  • b’s baaaack! she is now and forever will be the baddest ever in the r& b popish genre. hatas look away! i loved the simplicity of the video and am learning the choreography as we speak so that i can lose this last 10 lbs! everyone expected something wild and extra and she’s cooled it down on our asses! like, “i’m the thickest dancinest, sanginest, performinest chick to do this…now watch me work OW!” and she SNAPPED! i love it and u know its something when u can watch a video in silence and work and not even know the song and get to servin ya coworkers a lil shimmy and shake!

    she’s the illest!

  • Loved it although, I cant help but think that she was dancing like this kid Jonte that performs at alot of the gay clubs in NYC..

  • This chick is a friggin powerhouse. I hope one day to see her perform live onstage. She is soooo pretty and the body is hawt!

  • Say it Aint so Joe

    October 14, 2008 at 11:06 pm

    That’s how you dance in heels. I dig BOTH songs. Work it B!

  • @ Nick on October 14, 2008 at 8:40 pm #

    IF you look at Bey “Freakum Dress” Video he is in it, he did that one….

  • I think I like it. Once they play it 50 times a day I will sing it despite myself. The video was ok. The robocop hand gear was cool. Go B.

  • so i did some research cause folk kept talkin bout it and i looked up Gwen Verdon – Mexican Breakfast Fosse on youtube and i WAS LIKE WTF???? why cant beyonce ever do sum thing original…. she is forever reusing the past and doesnt even give credit to where she get it from urgh “LORD HAVE MERCY KELLYCLARKSONEDDIEMURPHYYYYYYYY….. BEYONCE IS A GUTTER BUTT TROLLOP”

  • Look at all the EBALLERS! This video is hot, beyonce is hot, and so are the dance moves. I’m confused as to why the EBALLERS are mad that the dances are inspired. God-forbid someone puts out a video that took research rather than just rolling around on a car with a wet bathing suit…lol

  • lol with Dario on October 15, 2008 at 2:28 am # … I was shocked when I say it myself as well. I was like wow….

  • Most creative people draw influence and inspiration from other artist. you have to be inspired from somewhere, something. The notion that beyonce is not a true artist because she reference another artist work is not valid, then you would have to dicredit Madonna who has copied everyone and their grandmother also the Rolling Stone, Elvis etc.. please people think before you post these unintelligent post..

  • “Most creative people draw influence and inspiration from other artist. you have to be inspired from somewhere, something. The notion that beyonce is not a true artist because she reference another artist work is not valid, then you would have to dicredit Madonna who has copied everyone and their grandmother also the Rolling Stone, Elvis etc.. please people think before you post these unintelligent post..”

    I JUST HAD TO RESPOND TO THIS TROLLOP MESS….. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN BEING INFLUENCED AND INSPIRED BY OTHERS WORK AND COPYING THE SAME CONCEPT…. IT WOULD HAD BEEN NICE IF THE VIDEO USED A SMALL PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT AND ADDED HER OWN IDEOLOGY… BUT THE HEFFA DIDNT SHE JST SAID FUK IT IMMA USE IT ALL WHERE SUM N DIFFERENT AND CALL IT MY VIDEO WTF

  • lol, I’m over here dieing of laughter and I really did almost fell off my chair:

    AT what => LAWD on October 16, 2008 at 1:58 pm #
    Shared…. “Love Muffin” (I love you all)

  • Most artists would be happy that Beyonce ’stole’ from them, they gonna get more shine that way.

    The girl that wrote and recorded If I Were a Boy is about to get PAID. She wouldn’t have SOLD it otherwise.

  • Ummmm this mafucka said MOST would like that she stole it and that it gets them shine more…. mmmmmm NO MA’AM…… it would be nice if she gave the people she still shit from credit for it and then they might get the shine they deserve…. but you have most of the listening audience that don’t know their music history and believe she has this great idea and for those who know history are mad that she doesn’t even give credit to where it’s deserved mmmmmmm like “Irreplaceable” written by NeYo lmao

  • LMAO to whoever said she should take notes from Rihanna!!! Like seriously WTF are you on!!! What the f()ck she gon learn frm her? where to get a forehead implant, and come up wit stupid song titles(umbrella, breakin dishes) HAHAHHAHA get da f()ck outta here wit dat ishhh forreal!!!
    Rihanna is wat i like to call a “radio h0E”, she make songs dat sound good thru speakers, And Then when she performs them live she sound like sheeeettt and stands still hahahhaa(Fergie exactly the same)
    Beyonce @ the top of the game, these otha B10tchez are just appetizers, Dont EVEN get it twisted!!

  • It would be intelligent of her to talk a bit about the influences in her music and dance, it would not take away from her awesomness!!! Itwould only reveal how eclectic and serious she is about her craft. She is the isht!!! an amazing woman GO BEY!!!!

    Im going to the gym!!!

  • I have to admit that I don’t like either one of her new songs but I love the videos. I really like the simplicity of this one. All dance (JJ) and black & white. She looks gorgeous and I was so glad that she smiled. Then she danced on the wall and it had few cuts. The dancer on the right sometimes stole the shine a few times. I youtubed gwen verdon & I see similarities. I wish she would also talk about her influences because although she is talented she is not that original.

  • AlexanderTheGreat

    October 24, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    Umm, last time i checked she DID SAY she was influenced by Fosse on 106 and park so get over it! Ughhh, half of ya’ll can barely 2 step let alone do ANYTHING in this video… i’m so over lames

  • AlexanderTheGreat

    October 24, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    Correction: TRL

  • ARE YOU PEOPLE KIDDING?? This song is complete garbage! If she keeps putting crap out like this shes going to disappear from relevance like Paula, Madonna, ect… The dancing is retarded. Is she dancing or doing a tae bo work out video. Beyonce Each album since you left Destiny’s Child has become worse and worse. I will be suprised if this album sells 500K units. Only reason it does is because shes made it. If some unknown made this song it would be ridculed, laughed at and people would put it in their urinal receptacles so they could piss on it.

  • nice song u got everybody rockin to this song

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