Overall score: 8.03
High score: 10 (helloDer, Marq, EmRiNavy, Subomie, 4Real, Yourfavefan, JakeKills, Venus, J. YONCÉ, Superpower, Seffers, lovesong, that G.U.Y., Konichiwa, Kool_Aid_King, Toysoldier99, I'mRihannaFan, adrianbeane, Icing, Lust for Love, Ainsworth, Doogle, Black Pearl, Яeo., Vespertine, Nonchalant, stereo.love, Ewan Chaos, Sparky Polastri, Shapes, madonnas, TheLament, Scandal & Media, LoseMyBreath, KLatz, bluth)
Low score: 1 (rlj, vinKC, jinzo)
Listen to "Haunted"
The lowdown: “Haunted” is no American horror story; Beyoncé is merely infatuated with a man—and thoughts of all the dirty things they might soon to do each other. She knows that if he’s got her this obsessed, she must have him just as enthralled. The swirl of trip-hop inspiration and brazen sexuality is reminiscent of Madonna’s
Erotica era.
ATRL says...: "Haunted" earned high acclaim. "Quite possibly her best song ever,"
adrianbeane wrote. "I see and hear a lot of Madonna-isms."
lovesong said, "That bit with the 'You want this?/I walk down the hallway' is one of my favourite moments of Beyoncé EVER."
Doogle was having some kind of experience. "It didn't hit me straight away, but when it did, LORD it touched my soul," he praised.
JakeKills was on his level: "I die every time 'Ghost' ends and 'Haunted' begins. beyoncegodisreal.gif."
Stevie loved “how what starts out as a slow ballad quickly picks up and transforms into a hauntingly beautiful piece of art.”
J. YONCÉ thought "the way this song goes from that frantic middle into the lulling end so smoothly is perfection."
bluth called it brilliant. "There’s so much command and audacity," he wrote.
Best bit: "My wicked tongue/Where will it be?/I know if I'm onto you, you must be onto me"