***Flawless: The Beyoncé Discography Rate Top 50 (COMPLETE)

IMHO

IMHO

that boy is a monster said:
I'm devastated Sorry was the first of the remaining ten to fall. It's lit af, but I find there's an intangible melancholy to it that really tugs at me, and it has a special place in my heart because of it.
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ericcccc

RJF said:
"A highlight in her discography. Such an amazing, euphoric track." proclaims munro.​
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This is actually a quote from my commentary, unless @munro and I telepathically decided to write the same thing.

Also, I'm so gutted by this elimination. I love how subtly this song is about death (or maybe not so subtly considering the controversial Challenger malfunction vocal sample used at the beginning). In that way, it's comparable to Janet's "Together Again". Both tracks slightly disguise the meaning to make the lyrics more approachable, making them look like a romantic love songs. But throughout the tracks linger a sense of melancholy and remembrance of a lost or soon to be lost love.

Where Janet's track tackles the issue of death from the viewpoint that the loved one has already passed, Beyoncé does it by focusing on the inevitability but acceptance of death. Rather than fearing the end, she focuses on the present, relishing in the euphoria of an everlasting love.

What helps sell this song to me is the simplicity in its lyrics.
In the darkest night hour/I'll search through the crowd/your face is all that I see/I'll give you everything/Baby love me lights out
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Even after a person passes, they're never truly gone. There will always be remnants them in all facets of life. Ultimately, it's a song about unwavering, uninhibited, and unashamed love. It'll always be one of my favorites of hers.
 
2014

2014

Staff member
I'd love it if the tie was Crazy and Drunk, but I agree that Countdown in particular looks really out of place now.
 
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