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Celeb News: Beyoncé’s 10 Most Influential Songs
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Beyoncé’s 10 Most Influential Songs
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It's difficult to debate and rank Beyoncé's best songs. With a deep catalog of five albums and soundtrack cuts, the singer has recorded a number of tracks that resonate with fans. While most artists hope to have at least one or two songs that have a significant impact, Beyoncé has several records that have helped shape radio, push the limits of what's to be expected of an artist, and even impacted the careers of others.
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10. "Irreplaceable"
While Beyoncé has recorded a number of ballads, “Irreplaceable” was about as slow things got on the radio. Originally penned as a country song, Bey transformed it into a radio-friendly R&B jam. The song defied genres, appearing on urban, pop and country stations and represented one of her largest crossover hits. Everyone was singing “to the left, to the left” as they kicked their unfaithful men to the curb.
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6. "Telephone / Video Phone"
While Beyoncé has worked with several female artists, “Telephone / Video Phone” marked her most significant collaboration to date. Her and Lady Gaga came together on sister tracks from each of their albums. In the world of fighting divas, Bey and Gags proved the two were not above working together. While “Telephone” raced to the top the charts, it was “Video Phone” that served as a message about the future of sexting: We were all going to be sending sexy videos via mobiles one day. Thanks to SnapChat and Vine, we’re practically there. Leave it Bey to predict to the future.
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3. "Run the World (Girls)"
While it became the most divisive of Bey’s singles, it did more to show where the singer was going rather than please her fans at large. By hijacking Major Lazer’s “Pon de Floor,” she bluntly announced that she doesn’t care what people. She was a defiant R&B fashionista that was focused on taking women to the top and shoving her Gareth Pugh heels in the face of whoever got her way. The risks that she took here would later lead to tracks like “Flawless” and the Arabic arpeggios in “Drunk in Love” as well bolster the career of Diplo. The producer (and one-half of Major Lazer) went from producing indie darlings, M.I.A. and Santigold, to mainstream juggernauts, such as Justin Bieber, Usher, Bruno Mars, and Britney Spears.
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2. "Crazy in Love"
The lead single from Bey’s first solo album not became the song of the summer of 2003 but easily became one of her best records to date. “Crazy in Love” arrived with so much fevered energy that there was no looking back on Destiny’s Child. The singer’s solo career was here and it was going to be big. It also marked Jay Z’s first appearance on a Bey track (she had previously appeared on his single “’03 Bonnie & Clyde”). The guest spot on this song and Pharrell Williams' "Frontin'" injected new life into Jay's sagging career. (The Blueprint 2 did no favors for anyone.) While it wasn’t confirmed they were dating at the time, the song marked the beginning of their relationship with their other collaborations (“Déjà Vu,” “Upgrade U,” “Drunk in Love”) serving as markers of their personal life.
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1. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
While not as timeless (or as good) as other songs in Beyoncé’s deep catalog, “Single Ladies” definitely has the most cultural relevance. Thanks to a Gwen Verdon-inspired dance routine, the video became one of the most recognizable of the singer’s career. Suddenly everyone from Joe Jonas to Liza Minnelli was doing the dance spawning a craze that swept the nation, the Internet and flash mobs everywhere. Bey even got in on the joke by performing a parody on Saturday Night Live with host Justin Timberlake. In addition to launching viral sensations, it also launched the career of Heather Morris. The actress was the singer’s backup dancer during The Beyoncé Experience world tour and part of the singer’s “Single Ladies” promotional tour. Morris took the knowledge to the set of Glee, where she was hired to teach the choreography to Chris Colfer. She was later added to the cast and became one of the show’s most memorable characters. Without “Single Ladies,” there would literally be no Brittany S. Pierce.
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Video Phone more iconic than Irreplaceable ? 
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 I love it
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Cute .... Irr is placed a bit low ...
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I can't at Video Phone getting two praising threads (mine & yours) at the same time 
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The impact of "Single Ladies" 
And you others try to deny it. 
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Originally posted by lostinparadise
Video Phone more iconic than Irreplaceable ? |
Well the thread is about her top influential songs not her iconic songs.
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Video Phone getting the praise it deserve. Such an underrated gem in Bey's ***Flawless discography 
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Irreplaceable had bigger impact than all of them combined and it's #10? No comment @ RTW being #3. 
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Video Phone, RTW, Flawless, Ring the Alarm, Countdown influential? 
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Run the World is influental?  And it's her top 3 influental songs. K.
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Although I think Bey has 10 influential songs, some of them are missing on this list.
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RTW is influencial you won't open your eyes and see how its lines are quoted daily on twitter; + it's probably the most aggresive feminist song ever . only this makes it iconic & influential. why Navy can't accept just this fact 
the video peaked outside TOP10s around the world and still got 200m views like 100m less than the biggest song of the year (WFL) will you stop already.
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I thought Bey had NO influential music? These haters STAY getting proven wrong. 
Only confirming what those with common sense have been trying to say against those always trying to discredit her career and discography!
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[B]RTW is influencial you won't open your eyes and see how its lines are quoted daily on twitter |
nnnn, abosolutely amazing.
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Oh, I see it's OUT magazine. It's a gay magazine right? They probably mean influental in gay culture, that would totally explain this list and all innacurate things the article says.
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Video Phone, RTW, Flawless, Ring the Alarm, Countdown influential? |
do you know some songs are influential inside the music industry? not necessarly among GP? 
+ RTW & Flawless are influential among the GP or her GP if you want. GP dont have to be the whole universe. It can represent the people who listen to her music. not every singer can change the lives of their fans. Beyhive is really inspired by beyonce's discography. we basically grew listening to this since late 90s.
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Oh, I see it's OUT magazine. It's gay magazine right? They probably mean influental in gay culture, that would totally explain this list. |
This clearly preceded the list of songs. 
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While most artists hope to have at least one or two songs that have a significant impact, Beyoncé has several records that have helped shape radio, push the limits of what's to be expected of an artist, and even impacted the careers of others.
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Answers your question. They mean actual IMPACT. Not just on Gay men and their culture.
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Album track ***Flawless making the list 
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