Beyoncé

Released: December 5, 2006

Featuring: Anika Noni Rose Sharon Leal

Songwriter: Tom Eyen Henry Krieger

Producer: Tom Eyen

I'm somebody, somebody
And nobody's gonna hold me down
No, no nobody nobody nobody's
Gonna hold me down
I'm somebody
Somebody
Somebody
Somebody

Please move move
Move right out of my life
Move it, move it
Love, love me baby
Love, love me child
'Cause baby baby baby
You're driving me wild

Heavy, heavy
You got so heavy baby
(Yeah)
Heavy heavy

I'm somebody, somebody
And nobody's gonna hold me down
No, no nobody nobody nobody's
Gonna hold me down
I'm somebody

In the twenty-first century, no pop star was as poised, as polished, or as generally fierce as Beyoncé. She scored early success with Destiny’s Child, who started out as a sexier and sassier (if less adult) version of TLC, then steadily became more and more of a vehicle for Beyoncé’s operatic vocals and general diva-tude, which may have been the plan all along.

Whether appearing in TV spots, co-starring in films like Dreamgirls, or killing it every night on stadium tours, Beyoncé was omnipresent in the 2000s. Almost everybody, Beygency member or otherwise, loved shiny, hip-hop-fueled hits like “Crazy in Love”, and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”. Moving into the 2010s, Beyoncé fights on, gaining more and more traction in pop culture with her work and music.

She has made a significant impact upon the music landscape in general with her recent albums 4 and BEYONCÉ, which explored complex themes like motherhood, feminism, marriage, sexuality, and doubt in a greater depth. With Lemonade, she went a step further—the fierce, intimate exploration of marriage, infidelity, and forgiveness was her most personal and musically daring album yet.

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