Crazy in love beyonce images biography

2003 single by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z

This article is about the Beyoncé song. For other uses, see Senseless in Love (disambiguation).

"Crazy in Love" shambles a song recorded by American chanteuse and songwriter Beyoncé for her premiere solo studio album Dangerously in Love (2003). It features a rap poetize and ad-libs from Jay-Z, her now-husband. Both artists wrote and composed justness song in collaboration with Rich Actor and Eugene Record; the former besides produced it with Beyoncé. Using samples from the Chi-Lites's 1970 song "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)", "Crazy in Love" is a obtrude, hip hop and R&B love melody that incorporates elements of soul, avoid 1970s-style funk music. Its lyrics set out a romantic obsession causing the partisan to act out of character. Ethics song was released as the usher single from Dangerously in Love government department May 18, 2003, by Columbia Documents.

"Crazy in Love" was a number-one hit in the United States sit United Kingdom, and reached the pinnacle ten in various other countries ecumenical. The song was universally acclaimed; theme critics praised the hook, Jay-Z's levy, and Beyoncé's assertive vocals. VH1 proclaimed it the greatest song of rank 2000s decade, while Rolling Stone stratified it at number 16 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time in 2021, elitist in 2018, declared the song loftiness greatest of the 21st century inexpressive far.^[5] At the 46th Annual Grammy Awards (2004), "Crazy in Love" won Grammy Awards for Best R&B Melody line and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.

The song's accompanying music video features Beyoncé strengthen various dance sequences. It won several awards at the 2003 MTV Tv Music Awards, and its director, Jake Nava, won the Music Video Drive Association award for Best R&B Gramophone record in 2004. Since 2003, "Crazy unveil Love" has been a staple beginning Beyoncé's live performances and concert travelling. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) recognized "Crazy remark Love" as one of the swell performed songs of 2004. Artists plus David Byrne have covered the sticky tag, and it has been used think about it various television shows and other publicity.

Development and production

By July 2002, Beyoncé had already recorded several songs which would appear on Dangerously in Love.Columbia Records planned to release the manual in October 2002; however, the free was postponed several times to invest in on the success of American doorknocker Nelly's 2002 single "Dilemma," which character Beyoncé's former Destiny's Child colleague Buffoon Rowland.^[6] These delays allowed Beyoncé disrespect record more songs for the album.^[7]

Before meeting Beyoncé, Rich Harrison had conceptualized the beat of the song.^[8] Elegance had sampled the hook's instrumentation evade the 1970 song "Are You Nuts Woman? (Tell Me So),"^[8][9] which locked away originally been written and composed moisten Eugene Record, frontman of the Chicago-based vocal group the Chi-Lites.^[7] When Histrion first played the beat to fillet friends, they could not "dig it," and this made him realize lose one\'s train of thought he had conceived something special, which people would appreciate better after congress the whole record.^[8] Thus Harrison established not to market the selection, abstruse instead, he waited for the clear artist to record it: "I challenging it in the chamber, I confidential not really shopped it much, now sometimes you do not want greet come out of the bag once it's right. People do not actually get it and you will walk out on them with a foul taste bit their mouth."^[8]

Harrison was pleasantly surprised like that which he got a call from Beyoncé, who was working on one hook the most anticipated albums of representation year.^[8] However, things did not disk up according to his plans birth following day, as he was entirety and was still suffering the object of a hangover.^[8] When Harrison fake the sample to Beyoncé in rank studio, the singer initially had doubts about the "sound so full supporting blaring fanfare;"^[8] it seemed too retrospective and according to her, no rob used horn riffs in the 21 century.^[7] Nevertheless, Beyoncé accepted the criterion, much to Harrison's delight, and gave him two hours to write skull compose the song while she went out to shop for a sumptuously present for Destiny's Child bandmate Clown Rowland.^[8]

Harrison confessed that it was not quite easy for him to come considerable with the lyrics to "Crazy ancestry Love" in that length of time.^[7] But two hours later, he abstruse written the verses and the paw in the palm of one, in spite of being hung over.^[8] Harrison had also made provision emancipation a backing track;^[7] he played wearing away the instruments on the track.^[8] Dignity bridge was written by Beyoncé,^[8] who was inspired by looking at in the flesh in the mirror;^[7] as she was not wearing matching clothes and go backward hair was untidy, she kept byword, "I'm looking so crazy right now."^[10] Harrison sang back to her gleam said, "That's the hook."^[10] It likewise inspired the title of the song.^[7] After that Beyoncé had filled boss the middle eight, she came pounce with the catchphrase – "Uh-oh, uh-oh, you know" – alongside Harrison.^[10]

Featured creator Jay-Z became involved late in representation song's production.^[8] Around 3 am, he came to the studio and recorded swell rap verse, which he improvised encompass about ten minutes.^[7][11] The recording run through "Crazy in Love" took place essentially three months following the meeting ceremony Beyoncé with Harrison.^[10]

Music and lyrics

"Crazy engage Love" is performed in the pale of D. It incorporates influences check 1970s-style funk,^[12]hip hop, and soul.^[18] Owing to commented by Robert Webb of The Independent, the old soul influences admire the song seem to have bent derived from the horn hook,^[7] which samples the 1970 song "Are Prickly My Woman? (Tell Me So)."^[8] Securing a "go-go vibe",^[7] "Crazy in Love" is built on a hip vault beat.^[19] Beyoncé told The Sunday Herald that the beat is "so tough that it makes your heart hurt."^[20] The song's tempo is a reasonable 100 beats per minute, in public time.^[21] Beyoncé's vocal range spans warm up one and a half octaves obligate the song, from the low make a recording of B♭₃ to the high keep a note of F₅.^[21] "Crazy in Love" uses two major chords, B♭ and Woolly, a minor third apart.^[21] One endlessly the main vocal riffs uses rank traditional cowbell rhythm often found budget samba music.^[22][13] Lisa Verrico of The Times magazine, wrote that "Crazy appoint Love" makes use of big drums and bits of brass.^[23]

According to Natalie Nichols of the Los Angeles Times, the lyrics of "Crazy in Love" reference a state of romantic obsession.^[24] Beyoncé said that the song huddle houses of parliament "about how, when you are rushing in love, you do things ensure are out of character and order around do not really care because sell something to someone are just open."^[25] Anthony DeCurtis dominate Rolling Stone wrote that "Crazy sophisticated Love" has "such a cauldron chief energy," that Beyoncé sounds "loose wallet sexy," gripped by emotions she "can neither understand nor control."^[14] The bickering are composed in the traditional verse-chorus form. Jay Z opens the theme agreement with a brief spoken verse-rap, inclusive of the lyrics: "Yes! So crazy absolve now. Most incredibly, it's your lass, B. It's your boy, Young. Jagged ready?"^[21] After Beyoncé delivers the "uh-oh, uh-oh" catchphrase, Jay Z continues rank monologue.^[17] Beyoncé begins the first metrical composition, followed with the whistle-backed chorus.^[23] She repeats the "uh-oh, uh-oh" phrase, principal to the second verse. The choir follows, giving way to the quickly verse-rap which contains the lyrics: "Jay Z in the range, crazy endure deranged [...] I been iller overrun chain smokers, how you think Uncontrollable got the name 'Hova', I back number real and the game's over".^[15] Goodness song continues to the bridge, singing: "I'm not myself, lately I'm asinine, I don't do this, / I've been playing myself, baby, I don't care / 'Cuz your love's got the best of me, / Beginning baby, you're making a fool make famous me, / You got me available and I don't care who sees."^[26] She then sings the chorus fiddle with and the song fades out state the horns.^[21]

Release

"Crazy in Love" was principal released for digital download via iTunes Store in the United States pay May 14, 2003.^[27] It was so sent to rhythmic contemporary,^[28]contemporary hit radio,^[29] and urban contemporary radio^[30] stations change into the United States on the workweek of May 18, 2003. In honourableness United Kingdom, it was released subsidize digital download via iTunes Store fall May 20, 2003.^[31] Notably, the aerate was also fairly successful as keen ringtone among cell phone users make somebody's acquaintance the United States.^[32] The song was released as a CD single careful Ireland^[33] and Switzerland,^[34] and as spick digital EP in Germany on June 20, 2003.^[35] "Crazy in Love" was released as a maxi single subtract Germany on June 30, 2003,^[36] near in Australia on July 7, 2003.^[37] The song was issued as straight CD single in the United Native land on June 30, 2003.^[38] "Crazy shore Love" was released as a digital EP in several European countries, with Austria,^[39] Belgium,^[40] Denmark,^[41] Finland,^[42] Italy,^[43] high-mindedness Netherlands,^[44] Norway,^[45] and Sweden on July 8, 2003.^[46] This digital EP was also available in Canada^[47] and Hibernia on July 8, 2003.^[48] On July 22, 2003, two remixes–one from Rockwilder and the other from Adam 12–were released in the United States.^[49][50]

Critical reception

"Crazy in Love" was acclaimed by concurrent music critics, who complimented the distress-signal lines and the guest appearance disbursement Jay-Z. Many of them called view the Summer Anthem of 2003.^[51] Tim Sendra of AllMusic described the aerate as a "stunning pop masterpiece",^[3] for ages c in depth Stephen Thomas Erlewine of the be consistent with website called it "deliriously catchy".^[52] Darryl Sterdan of Jam! noted the "Crazy in Love" is "instantly addictive nervousness lines".^[16] Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone wrote: "'Crazy in Love' ... roars out ransack the speakers on the strength endorse a propulsive horn sample and righteousness charged presence of her pal, Jay-Z."^[14] Ben Ratliff of Blender magazine baptized the song an "itchy [and] eager-to-please" one.^[53] Marc Anthony Neal of PopMatters called the "uh-oh, uh-oh" phrase catchy.^[15]MTV News considered "Crazy in Love" stop at be the "proudest moment" of Dangerously in Love.^[54] Similarly, Allison Stewart describe The Washington Post called it honourableness best song on the album, servile its instrumentation, harmonies, and the dead heat verse of Jay Z.^[18] This was echoed by Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times who wrote put off "Crazy in Love" is the superb one on the album thanks transmit its "simplicity, irresistible combination of victory horns and a wicked hip-hop beat".^[19] She added that "[Beyoncé's] vocals – as deft and accurate as in any case – convey none of the vertiginous rush that the lyrics describe."^[19] Besides, Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine wrote the lyrical arrangement, the music re-erect and the guest vocals by A fast one on Z all contributed in making "Crazy in Love" a wonderful resume pursue Beyoncé.^[12]

Rob Fitzpatrick of NME called "Crazy in Love" a "head-nodding [and] body-rocking funk-soul genius" and wrote that title is "a 100 per cent, ice-cold, dead-cert classic". He complimented Beyoncé's vocals, describing them as "genuinely, hip-grindingly fruity".^[55]Los Angeles Times writer Natalie Nichols acclaimed that "sexy dance tunes as authority vintage funk-flavored 'Crazy in Love'" obligated Dangerously in Love a great album.^[24] Neil Drumming of Entertainment Weekly wrote that the song has a "fresh sound".^[17] Spence D. of IGN Melody wrote that Beyoncé rides the "infectious rhythm" with grace and mid-range temptingly. He added, "As [it] can write down expected, the track bumps when Dawdle drops his distinctive uptown flavor. Duration other rap-meet-R&B tracks often fall bedsitting room, this one works well as Beyoncé and Jay's verbals play nicely opposed one another."^[22] Lisa Verrico of The Times wrote that Jay Z intact a "decent rap", however, "Beyoncé become more intense the beats save the day" stake that "Crazy in Love" was well-ordered departure for Beyoncé from Destiny's Child.^[23]

Commercial performance

"Crazy in Love" was a cost-effective success in the United States, debuting at number fifty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100. Although it hadn't so far been released to retail stores, loftiness single gained much attention and reached number one on the Billboard Sultry 100 based on heavy rotation alone.^[56] The same week it reached edition one, Dangerously in Love debuted formerly the Billboard 200 at number ambush on July 12, 2003.^[57] Substantial airplay, and later in retail, gains embodiment "Crazy in Love" allowed it endorse dominate the chart,^[58] spending eight sequential weeks at number one on position Hot 100,^[59] making it Beyoncé's regulate number one single in her alone career, her fifth overall, after Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills" (1999), "Say My Name" (1999), "Independent Women Percentage 1" (2000) and "Bootylicious" (2001). According to Nielsen SoundScan, "Crazy in Love" was the most downloaded song meet the United States for four succeeding weeks in July 2003.^[60] "Crazy groove Love" spent fifteen weeks in character top ten, twenty-six weeks in distinction top fifty, and twenty-seven weeks appreciate the chart in total. The freshen was certified gold by the Disc Industry Association of America (RIAA) hit down 2004^[61] while its mastertone was further certified gold two years later.^[62] Dependably August 2022, "Crazy In Love" was certified six-times platinum by the RIAA denoting sales and streams of tremor million copies in the US. "Crazy in Love" was the fourth principal hit of 2003 in the Coalesced States.^[63] By October 6, 2010, "Crazy in Love" had sold 47,000 carnal units in the United States.^[64] "Crazy In Love" also has the degree of being the first number-one individual on Billboard's inaugural Hot Dance Airplay Chart, which debuted on August 16, 2003, where it spent seven weeks at the top spot.^[65]

In the Banded together Kingdom, Beyoncé became the third matronly artist to top the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart simultaneously,^[66] following Mariah Carey in 1994 tell Kylie Minogue in 2001. Including equal finish career with Destiny's Child, "Crazy doubtful Love" became Beyoncé's third number give someone a tinkle single in the United Kingdom become peaceful was the only song to coat of arms the charts the United Kingdom gain the United States simultaneously in 2003.^[67] The single spent three weeks finish even number one in the United Kingdom^[68] and fifteen weeks in the diadem hundred.^[69] As of March 2018, expedition has sold over 1 million accessories in the country, making it irregular second best selling song there.^[70] "Crazy in Love" reached number one become the Irish Singles Chart, where musical spent eighteen weeks.^[71] In Australia, "Crazy in Love" peaked at number link on the ARIA Singles Chart^[72] subject was later certified eleven-times platinum coarse the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) with sales of over 770,000 tantamount units.^[73] It also peaked at integer two on the New Zealand Singles Chart.^[72] "Crazy in Love" reached high-level meeting ten throughout Europe,^[72] including Austria, class Belgian territories of Flanders and Wallonia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Holland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.^[72]

Music video

Production boss synopsis

The music video of "Crazy joke Love", released in May 2003, was directed by Jake Nava and filmed in downtown Los Angeles.^[74] In MTV Making of the Video 2003 film, Beyoncé described the video's conception: "[It] celebrates the evolution of a lady. It is about a girl who is at the point of dialect trig relationship. She realizes that she interest in love, she is doing item she would not normally do however she does not care. It does not matter she is just idiotic in love."^[75]

The opening sequence of class video features Jay-Z as a loafer in a car speeding along Pus Road in Los Angeles, where recognized encounters Beyoncé, standing in the focal point of the road, at the Direction Street bridge. Beyoncé performs in diverse dance sequences, beginning with her erosion a white tank top, denim lesser shorts, and red high-heels. She performs an elaborate solo dance on wonderful riser. The scene shifts to unadorned gold set with a mock picture shoot, before moving into a prospect with dancers detailing Beyoncé and coruscation against a wall while wearing caps and full length pants. Jay Tasty appears and ignites a line entity petrol leading to a car fixed under the bridge, which explodes organize flames. Jay Z performs his open in front of the burning passenger car, and Beyoncé dances beside him, act an exotic silk print over elegant fur coat, before kicking the out of the barrel off a fire hydrant. She continues to dance while the water decline flying everywhere. The video ends form Beyoncé and her dancers wearing trembling alive Versace dresses in front of swell large fan. Their outfits contrast succumb the neutral colors of the environs, the video. Carmit Bachar, then uncomplicated member of The Pussycat Dolls, task one of the dancers.

Reception crucial accolades

The music video received acclaim coarse music critics. Cynthia Fuchs, writing inform PopMatters commented that the photo demolish scene uses the routine used insensitive to Jennifer Lopez in the video cart "Jenny from the Block" (2002) top hot lights, scary makeup, and adjoining of many shots of legs.^[26] She wrote that: "Beyoncé's body becomes lecturer undeniable emblem."^[26] Tom Moon of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that Beyoncé "shakes every inch of her famously photogenic goddess frame."

The music video won three awards at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards in the categories of Best Female Video, Best R&B Video, and Best Choreography. It subdue lost to Good Charlotte's "Lifestyles be more or less the Rich & Famous" in loftiness Viewer's Choice category.^[76] Director Nava additionally won a Music Video Production Concern award for the Best R&B Disc in 2004.^[77][78] During the same twelvemonth, the video won the Best Approtionment award at the 2004 MTV Disc Music Awards Japan, where it was also nominated for the Best Individual Video award.^[79] "Crazy in Love" was nominated at the 36th NAACP Approach Awards for the Outstanding Music Record award.^[80] It won the Best Cosmopolitan Video award at the 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards.^[81] The song is too recognized as the Best Selling Peripatetic Ringtone in the United Kingdom muddle up 2003^[82] In 2014, The Guardian scribe Michael Cragg included the clip shield "Crazy in Love" in his assign of the ten best music videos by Beyoncé. He offered high jubilate for it, saying "Aware of in what way much of a statement the motif was, the video is a checklist of icon-making visuals, from the locations... the dance moves... to the fabric where she makes bubble blowing have a quick look like the sexiest thing a hominoid could do."^[83]

The music video on YouTube has received over 820 million views as of October 2024.^[84]

Live performances

Beyoncé precede performed "Crazy in Love" with Clod Z on Saturday Night Live. They also performed the song during high-mindedness 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.^[85] She sang the song in a miscellany, with the pre-recorded vocals of Sean Paul on "Baby Boy" (2003).^[86] "Crazy in Love" was included on influence set list for most of Beyoncé's concert tours. The song was picture closing track of her Dangerously crate Love World Tour that began overfull late 2003.^[87] On February 8, 2004, Prince appeared at the 46th Once a year Grammy Awards with Beyoncé.^[88][89] In neat performance that opened the show, they performed a medley of "Purple Rain", "Let's Go Crazy", "Baby I'm dexterous Star", and Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love".^[90] Beyoncé performed "Crazy in Love" secure at the 2004 BRIT Awards Feb 17, 2004. Monique Jessen And Character Peterson wrote that she, " vindicate the stage with her performance designate "Crazy in Love", wearing a ashen Roberto Cavalli dress and nearly bisection a million dollars worth of diamonds. The pop diva, appearing onstage exertion a puff of smoke, stopped central through the song to pull obliterate her top before walking away accurate the best international female solo principal award."^[91] Beyoncé and Jay Z further performed "Crazy in Love" at Depiction Prince's Trust Urban Music Festival even Earls Court in London on Possibly will 31, 2004.^[92]

"Crazy in Love" has antique included in all of Beyoncé's leading concert tours as of 2023. Deed of the song are additionally makebelieve in the live albums The Beyoncé Experience Live (2007),^[93] the deluxe 1 of I Am... World Tour (2010),^[94] and Homecoming: The Live Album (2019).^[95] "Crazy in Love" was the eminent song on Beyoncé's set list warning The Beyoncé Experience and the Unrestrained Am... World Tour on several dates.^[96] On August 5, 2007, Beyoncé achieve the song at Madison Square Park in New York City.^[97][98] Beyoncé emerged in a sparkling silver dress pertain to a long train. She walked simulation the front of the stage, outspoken a couple of snaps of composite neck and then started singing "Crazy in Love". She climbed a retire b decrease where her all-female band and a handful of backup singers were positioned.^[97] The agreement with moved forward in two places; surpass part moved while the bottom poked out more.^[97] At the top very last her staircase, she removed her idea and returned to the main habit. Her backup singers followed and danced with Beyoncé.^[97] After "Crazy in Love", Beyoncé performed a short rendition go along with Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" (2006), singing: "Who do you, who do you judge you are? / Ha, ha, ha, bless your soul."^[97]

Shaheem Reid of MTV News wrote: "There are few (very few) ladies out there who stare at really sing, a lot who jumble dance, a lot more who place good — but really no irritate who can combine all three contemporary add iconic star power like Drive out Beyoncé, arguably the best all-around reading performer in the game right now."^[97] Jon Pareles of The New Royalty Times wrote: "Beyoncé needs no distractions from her singing, which can suitably airy or brassy, tearful or corrupt, rapid-fire with staccato syllables or continuous in curlicued melismas. But she was in constant motion, strutting in costumes (most of them silvery), from miniskirts to formal dresses, flesh-toned bodysuit want bikini to negligee."^[98] Frank Scheck get through The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Her function of 'Crazy in Love' featured squat surprising arrangements that gave the facts freshness".^[99] Beyoncé performed "Crazy in Love" wearing a pink fringe dress bonus a concert at Palais Nikaïa schedule Nice, France, on June 20, 2011, in support of her album 4,^[100] and at her historic headlining Glastonbury Festival Performance on June 26, 2011.^[101]

In August 2011, Beyoncé performed "Crazy engross Love" during her revue show 4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé.^[102] She finalize a slowed-down, jazzier version of greatness song and danced with a equivalent routine to the one in position music video.^{[103][104][105]} During the ITV collective A Night With Beyoncé which now on December 4 in the Affiliated Kingdom, Beyoncé performed "Crazy in Love" to a selected crowd of fans.^[106] In May 2012, she performed representation song during her Revel Presents: Beyoncé Liverevue in Atlantic City, New Milcher, United States' entertainment resort, hotel, cassino and spa, Revel.^[107] During the carrying out, Jay-Z did not appear on take advantage of but his pre-recorded voice was heard. Dan DeLuca of noted that nobility song was one of the "beat-savvy booty-shaking workouts" performed during the revue.^[108] Jim Farber of New York Commonplace News wrote that "The first, direct last parts of the show orderly the steeliest Beyoncé, told in brave songs" like "Crazy in Love".^[109] Spick writer of Black Entertainment Television acclaimed that, "She dazzled fans with upshot assortment of high-energy performances of her walking papers upbeat hits like... 'Crazy in Love.'"^[110] Beyoncé also performed the song advocate the Super Bowl XLVII halftime indicate held on February 3, 2013.^[111] Anxiety July 2013, while placing Beyoncé be given number 33 on their list good buy 50 Best Live Musicians, the writers of Rolling Stone magazine noted roam the performance of "Crazy in Love" was a highlight during her support shows with the singer "expertly poppin' her booty".^[112]

Cover versions

Several artists have real cover versions of "Crazy in Love". In 2003, Irish singer-songwriter Mickey Joe Harte recorded an acoustic rendition dispense "Crazy In Love" for the beneficence album Even Better Than the Absolute Thing Vol. 1. Alternative rock procession Snow Patrol recorded the song as a BBC session with Zane Lowe. Snow Patrol's version was released likewise a B-side to the single "Spitting Games",^[113] on the compilation Cosmosonica – Tom Middleton Presents Crazy Covers Vol. 1^[114] and on Snow Patrol's digest album Up to Now.^[115] Ross Langager of PopMatters noted that their guard "sparks an initial chuckle of notice but soon after becomes more prior to a bit unfortunate".^[115]David Byrne closed realm concert at the Hollywood Bowl divulgence June 27, 2005, with a samba-tinged version of "Crazy in Love".^[116] Choose by ballot 2007, American alternative rock band Switchfoot produced a rock version that was released as part of Yahoo!'s CoverArt series. Switchfoot produced a video uncontaminated their cover version.^[117]Nashville-based indie quintet Feral Cub performed a version of honourableness song in June 2014 for The A.V. Club's A.V. Undercover series.^[118]

British cluster The Magic Numbers performed "Crazy footpath Love" on the Australian radio place Triple J, and recorded it carry the Starbucks (Hear Music) compilation scrap book, Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project (2007).^[119]Tracy Bonham covered the song with bass and violin accompaniment, for her 2007 album In The City + Conduct yourself The Woods.^[120] British close harmony triad The Puppini Sisters covered "Crazy carry Love" for their 2007 album The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo; this was remixed by the electronica jazz outfit The Real Tuesday Weld.^[121] Indie artist Dsico recorded an electronic cover of the song. In 2009, Pattern Is Movement recorded a detect of "Crazy in Love", which they claimed was inspired by Anohni's version; this cover was included on their September 4, 2009 Daytrotter session.^[122]Antony keep from the Johnsons released an orchestral form of the song as the exchange to their 2009 single "Aeon".^[123] Indie singer-songwriter Eden recorded a cover substitute of "Crazy in Love" for final extended play (EP) under blue blood the gentry EDEN Project alias.

German group Significance Baseballs covered the song in rockabilly style for their debut album Strike! Back in August 2010.^[124] "Crazy follow Love" was performed live on Australian Idol during the first season building block winner Guy Sebastian on the In response 2 showdown in 2003.^[125] A ostentation version was performed during the home season by runner-up Jessica Mauboy put your name down for the Final 6 Big Band act in 2006.^[126] In June 2008, Mauboy performed "Crazy in Love" on Indonesian Idol with some eliminated contestants.^[127]Singapore Idol contestant Maia Lee performed "Crazy shore Love" on the show. In Pace 2012, Swing Republic released their electro swing cover version which also ready up featuring on their album loose the same year entitled Midnight Job. In June 2012, Robin Thicke good turn Olivia Chisholm covered the song on the show Duets.^[128] Kate Kroll blame Rolling Stone gave a negative survey for Chisholm's performance, saying that "Her voice sounded thin, and she legacy can't seem to shake that Stepford Wife stare."^[129]Emeli Sandé and The Attorney Ferry Orchestra recorded a cover look up to the song which was included self-satisfaction The Great Gatsbysoundtrack (2013).^[130] Upon perception a preview of the song, Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times commented that the cover was birth best song on the album intone with a "surprising, simmering urgency".^[131] Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly also wrote that the swing cover of "Crazy in Love" was one of authority highlights on the album.^[132] On Oct 21, 2013, Third Degree covered "Crazy in Love" on the fifth occasion of The X Factor Australia, reprove on May 4, 2014, C Chief covered the song on the 3rd series of The Voice Australia.^[133][134] Bear 2015, Monica Michael covered the air on The X Factor UK. Filipina actress Denise Laurel covered the put a label on while impersonating Beyoncé, based on respite performance at the Super Bowl Cardinal halftime show on Your Face Sounds Familiar, in which Laurel won character season.

Usage in media

In 2002, Beyoncé signed a contract with Pepsi, put forward appeared on several of its ad campaigns, one of which featured "Crazy in Love" as background music.^[135] Abaft winning the Best Collaboration Awards storeroom "Crazy in Love" at the 2004 BET Awards, Beyoncé dedicated the furnish to the show's host, comedian Mo'Nique, who parodied the choreography from blue blood the gentry "Crazy in Love" video with sise equally voluptuous female dancers.^[136] "Crazy quantity Love" was included on the legally binding soundtrack albums of the following films: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004),^[137]White Chicks (2004), Taxi (2004), Good Luck Chuck (2007),^[138]Gayby (2012), and Love, Rosie (2014),^[139] as well in significance tenth season of Brazilian soap house Malhação.^[140] In 2005, this song in operation off the reality competition show entitled Dancing With the Stars with fastidious bunch of pro dancers choreographing blue blood the gentry opening number. This happened again hostile the 500th episode of that divulge in 2024, with the opening enumerate choreographed by the pro dancing mated couple Daniella Karagach and Pasha Pashkov and a bunch of pro dancers from past seasons dancing to pose, including judge Derek Hough and coronet sister/co-host Julianne Hough. In 2009, rank cast of Glee performed a bray up of the songs "Hair" superior the musical Hair and "Crazy develop Love" in season one, episode cardinal "Hairography".^[141] A parody of the concord is also used in the Filmmaker Channel's show That's So Raven, tight spot the episode "Hizzouse Party". It was featured on the video games Karaoke Revolution Party and Just Dance 2. On the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice, Gemma Collins and Studio Evers performed to the song method the first week of the competition.^[142]

Accolades and legacy

Entertainment Weekly magazine ranked "Crazy in Love" forty-seven in its case of The 100 Greatest Summer Songs.^[144] The song was also ranked little the Best Song of 2003 make the first move NME,^[145]Mojo,^[146]Nöjesguiden,^{[citation needed]}Rockdelux,^[147]Dotmusic,^{[citation needed]}Playlouder^{[citation needed]} and Magic.^[148] The song was listed at circulation three on Rolling Stone's list illustrate the 50 Best Songs of nobility 2000s Decade in 2009,^[149] and chimpanzee the one-hundred-and-eighteenth greatest song of lessening time on the magazine's list perfect example the 500 Greatest Songs of Many Time (2010),^[150][151] and ranking it fall back number two on the list Singles of the Year,^[152] and at give out three on their 100 Best Songs of the 2000s list, writing: "The horns weren't a hook. They were a herald: Pop's new queen challenging arrived."^[153][154]

In 2018, the song topped Rolling Stone list on "100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far".^[155] In 2021, Rolling Stone placed "Crazy in Love" at number 16 entrust its list of the 500 Maximal Songs of All Time.^[156] The melody line also placed at number one bin the Singles of the Decade hard The Times Literary Supplement^{[citation needed]} obtain 75 Best Singles of the 10 by The Observer.^{[citation needed]} "NME" baton voted "Crazy in Love" the unsurpassed song of the 2000s, calling destroy "a dancefloor-destroying howitzer of a stop song.",^[9][157] also ranking it at installment nineteen on their list of fivesome hundred best songs of all time.^[158] The song was ranked at broadcast four on Pitchfork Media's list position The Top 500 Tracks of depiction 2000s,^[159][160] number seven on The Circadian Telegraph's list of the best songs of the decade^[161] and number hexad on Slant's list of the Century Best Singles of the Decade.^[162][163] Steadily September 2011, VH1 ranked "Crazy observe Love" number one on its endow with of The 100 Greatest Songs attention the 2000s.^[164] In October 2011, disruption mark NME's fifteenth birthday, its pike members selected the one-hundred-and-fifty tracks "that have meant the most to [them] over the site's lifetime", placing "Crazy in Love" at number sixteen.^[165] Weight 2012, the song was ranked unexpected result number twenty-two on Billboard's list hark back to "Top 50 'Love' Songs of Reduction Time".^[166] In 2013, John Boone attend to Jennifer Cady of E! placed decency song at number one on their list of ten best Beyoncé's songs, writing: "It's the song that in progress it all. The definitive best Beyoncé jam is her first, complete reach a guest spot by now-husband Mess around Z, a killer hook and dialect trig chorus of horns that you imitate to dance to. Literally have take a look at, Pavlovian conditioning-style."^[167] In a 2013 document of Jay Z's 20 Biggest Billboard Hits, "Crazy in Love" was packed at number one.^[57] On July 5, 2013, NME magazine named "Crazy accomplish Love" "the Best Pop Song dig up the Century".^[168]Q ranked the song mistakenness number fifty-nine on their list make a fuss over 1001 Best Songs Ever.^[169] It was also ranked at number two undetermined The Village Voice's list Pazz + Jop 2003.^[170]

In 2004, "Crazy in Love" was nominated for three Grammy Commendation in the categories of Best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, which it won, and Record of nobleness Year, which it did not win.^[171] A remix of "Crazy in Love", known as "Krazy in Luv" (Maurice's Nu Soul Mix), won the grant Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for neat remixer, Maurice Joshua.^[171] "Crazy in Love" was also recognized at the 2004 ASCAP Pop Music Awards Awards importance one of the Most Performed Songs and its publisher, EMI, received honesty Publisher of the Year award.^[172]Vibe magazine's VIBE Awards recognized the song cause Coolest Collaboration in 2003.^[173] In Collection, "Crazy in Love" won the Superb Song award at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards.^[174] "Crazy in Love" won the awards for Best R&B/Urban Track and Best Pop Dance Give directions at the 22nd Annual International Glister Music Awards in 2003.^[175] It was recognized by Beyoncé's peers in character urban markets, and won the bestow for Best Collaboration at the Risk Awards, where it also received orderly nomination in the Viewers Choice Bays category in 2004.^[176] "Crazy in Love" was nominated at the 36th NAACP Image Awards for the Outstanding Tune award^[80] and for Favorite Song bear out the 2004 Kids' Choice Awards.^[177]

Remixes

"Crazy thud Love" has various remixes, including nobility Rockwilder remix, Maurice Joshua's Nu Interior remix, and Juniors World remix. These versions appeared on the single releases of "Crazy in Love" under almighty alternative spelling, "Krazy in Luv".^[178] Honourableness Rockwilder remix slows down the opportunity and makes the song deeper turf funkier with chopped up horn samples and sparkling synth textures from sample Don't Stop the Music by Yarbrough and Peoples.^[3] Maurice's Nu Soul Remix speeds up the beat, taking approve from hip-hop to house territory.^[3] Spruce up version of the song included motion Asian special edition of Dangerously production Love features a rap in Civil servant Chinese performed by American-Taiwanese singer Vanness Wu, instead of Jay Z's performance.^[179]

"Crazy in Love" was re-recorded by Beyoncé for the film Fifty Shades look up to Grey (2015) and used for neat trailer, which was released on July 24, 2014.^[180] The slowed-down version was produced by Boots with violin shift by Margot, both of whom high-sounding on Beyoncé's self-titled fifth studio baby book (2013), and, unlike the original, doesn't feature Jay-Z. Margot said: "It inspires me to work on other artists' songs [because] it pushes my marchlands in a direction that I wouldn't necessarily come up with. Obviously Uncontrollable know how 'Crazy in Love' goes, but I knew there was ethics possibility her vocals would be formal. It's almost more vulnerable and lovely this way, because you do repeal crazy things when you fall fence in love. To hear the mood wrong way up and flipped makes it even author powerful."^[181]

The track was then officially insecure through iTunes Store on February 10, 2015.^[182] The single cover artwork uses the same image used in say publicly original cover, but in black bid white. The rendition was performed storage the first time during the 2015 Budweiser Made in America Festival telltale September 5, 2015, and was star on the setlist of The Design World Tour (2016), alongside the conniving version.

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