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Recognize anything? Weirdly enough, Beyonce took notes from these three ladies dressed in whatever it is they are dressed in (that's Bob Fosse's wife as the lead dancer, by the way) and adapted and updated it for "Single Ladies" with the choreographers Frank Gaston Jr and JaQuel Knight.
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Take a look - this is what people used to watch on TV and they though it was normal: There are a few dancing references that make their way into the video, the most prominent being the Bob Fosse choreographed "Mexican Breakfast" dance routine. The videos even premiered on the same day. "Single Ladies" was the Sasha Fierce single. "If I Were A Boy" features a complex police narrative and obviously cost a lot more money. "Single Ladies" is part of a double music video feature then - both it and " If I Were A Boy" were filmed around the same time by Jake Nava. This always seemed dangerously close to Chris Gaines territory to me, but nevertheless the album was a massive success, and Beyonce ended up with singles that were either from her softer personality or "Sasha Fierce" who was, as you might guess, totally fierce. If you'll recall, Beyonce was in the middle of a multiple personalities stunt for her new album - I Am.
Pieced together from multiple takes, the video seems to be one, long athletic feat, complete with a winded Beyonce at the end. There are no props other than a robotic glove that Beyonce wears.
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Shot on a white cyc with some flashing lights, the video is really only a dance number - Beyonce as the lead dancer plus Ebony Williams and Ashley Everett as her dancing companions. Instead, it's remembered as just being fantastic as well as a rare example of true minimalism and performance in a modern pop video. (This video was also the subject of a relatively well-known SNL skit where Beyonce's dancers were dudes - Justin Timberlake, Andy Samberg, and Bobby Moynihan.)įortunately, I think "Single Ladies" isn't remembered for being so good it cased Kanye to embarrass himself. Kanye was so angry he just jumped up on stage and told everyone who should have won. "Single Ladies" was up for Best Female Video, and it lost out to "You Belong To Me" by Swift. It's worth mentioning up front that this video has the dubious distinction of being the music video that Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift over at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.