“Déjà Vu” is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, featuring vocals by rapper Jay-Z. It was produced by Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins and Beyoncé for her second solo album, B’Day. The song peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. It also peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart and generally reached the top 20 in Europe.
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“Déjà Vu” is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, featuring vocals by rapper Jay-Z. It was produced by Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins and Beyoncé for her second solo album, B’Day. The song’s title and lyrics refer to a woman being constantly reminded of a past lover. It is an R&B song, which incorporates elements of the 1970s funk and soul music. The music is largely based on live instrumentation, including bass guitar, hi-hat, horns, except Roland TR-808 drum machine, which is a non-live instrument. It received generally mixed critical reviews and was recognized as the Best Song of 2006 at the Music of Black Origin Awards. It peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. It also peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart and generally reached the top 20 in Europe. About 5,000 fans petitioned online for a re-shoot of the video, complaining about, amongst other factors, the lack of theme, the wardrobe choice, and the seemingly sexual interactions between Beyoncé and Jay- Z. Beyoncé said: “It’s the summer anthem, I pray. I feel it. Rodney Jerkins is incredible, Jay of course is on it, he blessed the song, I’m happy with it. It’s such a balance It’s still young, still new and fresh, but it has the old soul groove.
I knew that even before I started working on my album, I wanted to add live instruments to all of my songs” The song is composed in the key of 106 G minor with a time signature in common time groove, and a beats per minute range from the note D♯4 to F5. The low-end construction of Beyoncé’s vocal leans toward the high end, hence contrasting to the song’s low end. Critics commended the assertiveness and the sensuality with which Beyoncé sings the lyrics and compared her vocal delivery to that of Tina Turner in the late 1980s. It contains elements of soul music as well as dance-pop music and is also influenced by late-1970s funk music, and it is performed in a moderate hip hop groove. The Freemasons club remix version of the song received three nominations at the 2007 Grammy Awards. It topped the Hot Dance Club Play chart, the Hot dance Singles Sales chart, and the Hot R-BHip-Hop Songs chart. The single was released as the album’s lead single to US radio stations on June 24, 2006, and peaked at no. 4 in the US. It has been released as a single in the UK as well, with the single’s accompanying music video being directed by Sophie Muller. The video was released on June 25, 2006. It features Beyoncé singing in the background of a scene from the film The Godfather: Part II.
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