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SCORE: 9.443
11/10 x 8
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Highest Score: 10 x 45 (
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Lowest Score: 5 x 1 (
@AlexD)
My Score: 9.5/10
Iconic, legendary, everything… but is it really? I mean, my wig blows clean off my head when I hear it on the dancefloor, but if you take Beyoncé’s entire career into consideration, I’m not sure if it can actually stack up against the things we’ve received on later albums. It also sounds kind of flat outside of a concert or club these days…
Make no mistake though: one of the finest, biggest songs of the 21st Century and fully deserves to be. There is not a person alive who can stay still the moment those opening trumpets blast and the entire thing is a brilliant rush… but not her absolute best. This all reads quite negatively for a 9.5, doesn’t it?
We open with
beyoncésweave, whose commentary makes me not want to bother posting anyone else's, teebs. "This was my only other contender for the 11. It is so ubiquitous that it’s hard to overstate just how important it is. After practically a lifetime of its inevitability, solo Beyoncé’s career had to justify her aspirations, her talent and her worth as her own artist. And this does that, in spades, in a way which forcefully lays to rest everything that came before. The instrumentation, the full-throated vocals, and that goddamn flow all capturing in a mere four minutes the delirious, feverish madness of early love. And all throughout, it feels like celebration, worship session and impending-end-of-the-world bop all in one. I remember so vividly the point in the video where she licks her thumb and slides it down her cleavage while a 747 turbine goes into overdrive behind her; it was in that moment I knew she
had me, and as it turns out, permanently."
munro says "Absolutely amazing, it goes off in a live setting." me and this song have that in common. Kii.
ericcccc makes me feel old, but I'm sure he'll make some users feel even older still, "Pop brilliance. I was basically a baby (not really) when this came out, so I don’t remember when I first heard it, but I’ve always loved it." I feel like "Crazy In Love" has been in our lives forever. No one knows when it came out because it's always been there.
Sprockrooster isn't controversial for a change and gives this full marks, "One strong 11 contender, but had to go with another. This is a modern classic and I love how unmatchable it's sound is." She matched it and bettered it in subsequent years, but as it's the last right up, let me keep it cute.
constantino goes off a tangent about Raven SymonYAY, "When Jay said this was “history in the making”, he wasn’t wrong; this was quite simply the most iconic breakaway hit in pop history. I’ve never been that much of a Beyoncé fan in the grand scheme of things, but whenever I listen to this song I ~get it~. Poor her haters. On a different note, remember when they produced a rip-off version for an episode of That’s So Raven because Disney didn’t want to pay loyalties? “That’s my jam!” same, sis." Were you even alive when That's So Raven was on television?
FresherThanYou promises me one word for his commentary but breaks that promise and provides several, "One word - ICONIC. The horns at the start of this track will go down in history!" Speaking of going down in history, iconic bathhouse employee
send photo gets darker than the kink list of the patron in 14B, "I’ll give Jay-Z a pass on this one but he should’ve hopped into the flaming car after he delivered and saved us from any future features." But then who would have inspired the brilliant music we got from him being a scrub?
Sam de Jour simply announces it to be, "Still a banger." Quite.
Rogue is that guy bugging the mediocre DJ at every event you get dragged to, "The song’s iconic, a wedding and club staple that transcends the usual naffness of those songs. I live for the ad-libs as the chorus smacks back in for a final time." while
Oceandrive... goes off, "I almost didn't want to be cliche and give this a 10 ... Then the horns came blaring in with the same rampant urgency they had when it first dropped all those years ago. They are above all else the perfect introduction to a young girl we now call Queen. I remember watching the video for the first time and seeing Bey strut down that sidewalk in those red heels with no respect for interim RnB divas that she let hold the throne whilst she was preparing for battle. She had arrived. The world was sent into a tailspin and has been doing the Uh-Oh ever since. Underneath the statement that it made, musically it's still a masterpiece, her reinventions and energy during its live performances have made it ageless, and seeing Beyoncé absolutely destroy everything in her wake when she was still a relative rookie on The Beyoncé Experience remains one of my favourite life experiences." Yes. BITCH. WORK.
CasuallyCrazed is broken on the inside and gave this a 6/10, " Has a catchy hook obviously but I genuinely don’t understand its standing as one of the most overplayed ubiquitous pop songs of all time. It’s noisy and jangling. The vocals sound like they were recorded on a Motorola Razr. Never a fan of a saxophone in a pop song, and even still I prefer Cheryl’s “Crazy Stupid Love” over this." JESUS CHRIST.
Pinkie serves me hyperbolic metaphors, "13 years later and this still rips my soul out and throws it into a supernova, with a little “uh oh uh oh uh oh, oh no no” to make sure Bey gets that royalty cheque at the end." Like any good stan should. Meanwhile,
dodoriazarbon serves contrarian, "It's a legendary track, yes, but I'm so over it. Would never choose to listen purposely. Always hated the slightly muddy production too." and
Laura Vanderbooben serves stan, "I mean, this is how you do a "debut" (after being in the public consciousness for years already...which really just adds to the pressure) single. LITERALLY iconic."
ohnostalgia gets ohnostalgic... Wait I think I've used that one already haven't I, "With all the hype, accolades, countless spins and think pieces, you'd think I'd be over it; not quite. Crazy in Love completely fascinates, thirteen years later. A monumental debut for a monumental artist." Poor the "Work It Out" stans.
IMHO is weary. He should try running this fucking rate, "Iconic from the very blast of those horns and enduring to the point that it's never really dated, even if its general ubiquity has made it tougher to get excited about nowadays." and
K94 couldn't think of a new word between his posts the other day and doing commentary, so here's that "edgy" swipe again, "Look at GOD. People will underscore this to be edgy but it’s one of those songs that just comes together so perfectly and everything drops in and out at just the right time. An untouchable classic (and not even my 11 ddd)." After all that? Mess.
Jersey lives in the fantasy, "Classic, through and through. Let me slip on my white tank, Daisy Dukes, red pumps and STRUT like the Queen." while
Beginner lives in the past, "This song would still be a 7/10 if it was just that horn sample on repeat. I love the curtain drop on the giant screen on the performance clip from the I Am tour. Epic moment, epic song." while
Push... talks more about its performance in this rate than how good he finds it, "The unmistakable iconic hit, proper introduction to Beyoncé that is obviously guaranteed a spot in the top 10." Well... yes.
We close with
ThighHighs, who gave this his 11/10, "The best song of the 21st Century. Those horns. Those "Uh-oh"s. This song is the best thing she has ever done. Even separating it from the incredible music video and general pop culture hysteria it caused, the song itself is a masterpeice. Perfectly composed, with a Grade-A verse from Jay-Z. Her runs at the end and the CHOREOGRAPHY in the last bit where she licks her thumb and slides it down herchest are incredible. I can't separate the song from the video entirely simply because they are both so ICONIC. There's nothing about this song that I don't 100% love, and throughout the years it has always been and will always be my favorite Beyonce song."
"Crazy In Love" has been performed fucking everywhere because it is one of the most iconic pop songs of all time. Watch a smattering of performances below, along with its equally iconic video.