Complicated, I'm With You and Girlfriend are in the same league. Possibly bigger because Beyonce is local. Actually.
This.
Single Ladies was only known in the U.S. for a few years. It's forgotten by the public now and I never hear about it. Crazy in Love was bigger on a global scale, but still not as big as either Complicated or Girlfriend. Also, Complicated is still heard on radio all the time. The last time I heard Crazy in Love was during The Great Gatsby (I think...).
Girlfriend went #1 in just as many (...more? probably more) countries than Crazy In Love.
It was also the most watched video on YouTube for years.
How is it a reach to call that a classic? It's not. Facts can't be disputed.
I'm With You is also kind of indisputable That one lives on more than any Beyonce ballad.
I will give her Single Ladies, Crazy In Love and one other song of your choosing
Everyone remembers I'm With You.
Just like when it was randomly sampled in a Rihanna song and it shot to the Top 10.
Just because you weren't raised white and can't relate to the cheesy early 00 ballads
What's next? This anthem (literally peaked lower than I'm With You in the same year) isn't a classic, either?
Except I'm mixed, grew up with white family members and in a white neighborhood You don't know my upbringing. But you did bring up a point I was going to mention, it's only even slightly remembered by people in extremely white neighborhoods in the midwest.
And Rihanna would've went top ten whether she used that sample or not Now 1000 Miles is an ACTUAL classic.
As I said, Complicated is the only one you can make a case for.
Chart (2008–2013) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[100] 5
Australian Urban Singles Chart[215] 2
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[100] 11
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[100] 34
Brazil Billboard Hot 100[216] 1
Bulgarian Airplay Chart[217] 5
Canadian Hot 100[92] 2
Czech Airplay Chart[218] 13
Danish Singles Chart[100] 21
Dutch Top 40[219] 8
European Hot 100 Singles[103] 20
French Singles Chart[100] 68
French Digital Singles Chart[104] 43
Hungarian Airplay Chart[104] 14
Irish Singles Chart[220] 4
Israeli Singles Chart[221] 2
Italian Singles Chart[100] 10
Japan Hot 100[99] 25
New Zealand Singles Chart[100] 2
Norwegian Singles Chart[100] 19
Slovak Airplay Chart[222] 20
South Korean Gaon Singles Chart[223] 75
Spanish Singles Chart[100] 10
Swedish Singles Chart[100] 40
Swiss Singles Chart[100] 40
UK Singles Chart[94] 7
UK R&B Chart[96] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[81] 1
US Adult R&B Songs (Billboard)[224] 21
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[85] 1
US Hot Dance Club Play[87] 1
US Pop 100[88] 2
US Pop Songs[225] 1
US Rhythmic Top 40[88] 2
Girlfriend:
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Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[45] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[46] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[47] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[48] 1
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[49] 1
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[50] 1
Denmark (Tracklisten)[51] 1
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[52] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen latauslista)[53] 1
France (SNEP)[54] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[55] 1
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[56] 1
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[57] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[58] 1
Italy (FIMI)[59] 1
Japan (Oricon)[60] 8
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[61] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[62] 1
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[63] 1
Scottish Singles Chart[64] 1
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[65] 1
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[66] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[67] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[68] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[69] 1
Ukraine (FDR Charts)[70] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[71] 1
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[72] 1
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[73] 1
Venezuela Pop Rock (Record Report)[44] 1
Also, Let Go is a classic album while Beyonce has none of those.
Some of you are so out of touch.
That one lives on more than any Beyonce ballad.
And that's all Girlfriend is. And NOBODY remembers I'm With You. Take the stan goggles off.
