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Post by Live Your Life on Oct 27, 2016 23:15:33 GMT -5
This was sent to pop radio as the first single from 2013's Beyoncé. It peaked at #16 at CHR/pop and #45 on the Hot 100. This wasn't bad, but it's not very memorable.
John Mayer released a cover version that peaked at #90 on the Hot 100, thanks to digital downloads.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2016 23:22:30 GMT -5
Should have been a hit.
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Post by Glove Slap on Oct 27, 2016 23:31:36 GMT -5
Boring, but it's pretty.
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Post by Dreams on Oct 28, 2016 6:35:53 GMT -5
This was instant ❤️for me. In fact, this is stil the only song on that album that I go back to on my own. Such a beautiful, euphoric love song. Maybe the last song by Beyoncé I really loved.
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Post by trustypepper on Oct 28, 2016 6:42:27 GMT -5
Love love love. I remember hearing this on pop radio multiple times in one week but never again after that. Definitely a highlight of that era for Queen B.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2016 6:43:24 GMT -5
Good song but Drunk In Love and Partition overshadowed this and are much stronger imo.
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Post by Sir Benji on Oct 28, 2016 7:41:53 GMT -5
John Mayer's cover is much better than the original
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Post by #LisaRinna on Oct 28, 2016 9:02:35 GMT -5
The first song on that album that I loved. Don't play it much now, but it should've been a big hit for her.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Oct 30, 2016 0:41:20 GMT -5
I love this, but I feel someone else should've sung the song. And I swear Lil Wayne is on the background vocals.
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Post by B-Boy on Oct 30, 2016 13:58:39 GMT -5
It's a cute pop song. Should've been bigger.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Nov 1, 2016 12:38:11 GMT -5
Maybe if the title were "XO (Lights Out)" it would've performed better in sales. I've always had this theory that people didn't recognise it when they played the album because she sings "you love me like XO" only at the end. *shrugs*
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Post by LBTrocks on Nov 5, 2016 22:03:18 GMT -5
This was awful for me, as was most of the album.
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Post by skizzo on Nov 5, 2016 23:52:30 GMT -5
This was a great song, one of the strongest on the album. However, I go back to Drunk In Love and Flawless a lot more
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Post by jenglisbe on Apr 6, 2018 19:27:46 GMT -5
I love this one and still listen to it on the regular. It's up there with my favorite Beyonce songs. It should have been a hit.
I love the video, too. The amusement part theme really goes with the "In the darkest night hour..." part and the way the production seems to explode a bit there.
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Post by rainie on Apr 7, 2018 17:30:44 GMT -5
I actually really like this, though DIL is even better and I'm not surprised this didn't do too hot on CHR. They should've released Pretty Hurts first if they wanted something poppier imo, her self titled was really such a poorly handled era.
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Post by Unhinged on Jan 16, 2019 12:30:22 GMT -5
One of her best and I love the video.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Sept 7, 2023 12:10:03 GMT -5
Always liked this one. It's a good song.
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