Released: July 16, 2002

Featuring: Solange Devin The Dude

Songwriter: Richard Finch Paul Myers Mike Myers Harry Wayne Casey

Producer: Beyoncé

[Intro]
Solid gold
Solid gold
It's gold
Solid gold
Solid gold
It's gold
It's gold, it's gold
It's gold, it's gold
It's solid gold, baby
It's gold, it's gold
It's gold, it's gold
It's solid gold, baby

[Chorus]
He's got the Midas touch, but he touched it too much
Hey, Goldmember
Hey, Goldmember
He's got a golden pad, he's super bad
Hey, Goldmember
Hey, Goldmember

[Post-Chorus]
Goldie goldie goldie gold gold gold
Goldie goldie goldie gold gold gold
Goldie goldie goldie gold gold gold
Goldie goldie goldie gold gold gold

[Chorus]
He's got the Midas touch, but he touched it too much
Hey, Goldmember
Hey, Goldmember
You're gettin' down tonight, you're dynamite
Hey, Goldmember
Hey, Goldmember

[Post-Chorus]
'Cause that's the way, uh huh, uh huh, he likes it, uh huh, uh huh
Goldmember, Goldmember
He loves it, he loves it
'Cause that's the way, uh huh, uh huh, he likes it, uh huh, uh huh
Goldmember, Goldmember
He loves it, he loves it

[Chorus]
He's got the Midas touch, but he touched it too much
Hey, Goldmember
Hey, Goldmember
He's from The Netherlands, and that's where he learned to dance
Hey, Goldmember
Hey, Goldmember

[Outro]
It's gold, it's gold
It's gold, it's gold
It's solid gold, baby
It's gold, it's gold
It's gold, it's gold
It's solid gold, baby
It's gold, it's gold
It's gold, it's gold
It's solid gold, baby
It's gold, it's gold
It's gold, it's gold
It's solid gold, baby

Beyoncé

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.