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The song's lyrics are constructed in the verse-pre-chorus-chorus form. It begins with guitar strumming, and Knowles sings the catchy hook-intro, "To th the end, Knowles sings the bridge, where she tells her lover, "Replacing you is so easy". The song closes with an ad-libbed chorus. The Boston Globe no
topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 10 weeks in 2007 was co-written by Ne-Yo and produced by StarGate, one of the most potent hit making teams
d on Ne-Yo's own "So Sick" and Rihanna's “ Unfaithful” to name just a pair of successful hits. "Irreplaceable," with its instantly memorable, appealing
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s "Irreplaceable" ring after hearing it multiple times is that the matter of female strength and independence that is at the core of the entire Beyonce’s
n't take long for "Irreplaceable" to shoot B'Day back up the charts. The album, which had debuted at #1 with sales of 541,000, had nearly slipped out
weeks later, but then climbed back into the top 10 three weeks after "Irreplaceable" was released.
une was not specifically written for Beyonce, in fact, Ne-Yo wrote it from a male perspective, although, they later thought a female vocalist would be more at it was empowering for a woman to sing it. Eriksen of Stargate said it was an A&R person who suggested that the song would work better when sung by a
-Yo said he later regretted giving the song to her and some of Knowles' fans read Ne-Yo's remark as disrespectful towards her. However, he clarified his through Twitter, writing, "I said I originally wrote the song for me. ... Once I realized how the song comes by a guy, that's when I decided to give it away."
ove 'Irreplaceable,' " B eyonce told MTV News shortly after the song's release. "I
k it's important to have those songs. I've had so many people come up to me in tears,
ng, 'I experienced my first breakup. If it wasn't for the song, I wouldn't be strong
ugh to not call. I wouldn't know how much I'm worth.' I'm happy to be a part of that."
er the sessions for "Irreplaceable" ended, Hermansen said that "everyone felt they had captured something special that Beyonce had done the track justice", but there were still concerns that urban radio might not play the song as atured acoustic guitars and had more of a pop appeal. "But then it became the biggest urban record ... ever,"
po pop ballad with R&B influences Written in the key of B major, the beat is set in common time and moves at a te. Knowles' vocal range in the song spans nearly two and a half octaves. While most of the songs in the album are r voice on "Irreplaceable" is toned down "Irreplaceable" uses a gently strummed acoustic guitar.
on Globe wrote, "With a heretofore unknown grasp of nuance, Beyonce combines heartache, bravado, and anger as
d that "Irreplaceable" is a song that "people from all walks of life can enjoy". Knowles said that the song is "a little d sometimes you feel like you're not being appreciated. And sometimes they forget that they can be replaced.”
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