"Radio" was written by James Scheffer, Rico Love, Anton Bakholdin, and Beyoncé. Problems playing this file? See media help. World Tour (2010).Ī 21-second sample of "Radio", which is built bouncy beat, and contains elements of electro, synthpop, Europop, and house. Tour (2009–10) and was included on the live album I Am. "Radio" was part of Beyoncé's set list on her I Am.
It also reached number five on its urban chart. In September 2009, "Radio" was used to promote Dutch radio station Radio 538, and it subsequently charted for six weeks on the Dutch Top 40 chart, where it peaked at number 14. Some of them also complimented the believability as well as the originality of the song and chose it as the standout track of I Am. "Radio" received positive reviews from contemporary music critics, who generally praised Knowles's departure from her usual R&B style.
The song's lyrics describe the love of Beyoncé in her childhood for the songs she used to listen to on the radio as she grew into an adult. It is instrumentally complete with a Roland TR-808 drum, bass instruments, and synthesizers. Composed in the key of D major and built essentially on bouncy beat, "Radio" also displays influences of the 1980s synthpop, Europop, and house. The up- tempo electropop/ dance-pop song was composed by Beyoncé, Rico Love, Anton Bakholdin and Jim Jonsin. In addition, the Platinum Version of I Am." Radio" is a song by American recording artist Beyoncé taken from her third studio album, I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008). Sasha Fierce were all shot by German photographer Peter Lindbergh. The black-and-white artworks for the standard, deluxe and platinum editions of I Am. Making comparisons to a magazine, Beyoncé further elaborated that the record was a double album and that it had two covers. If a song was meaningless to her, she cut them off during the process of elimination for the final track-listing. Ghost told The Daily Telegraph that they were both inspired by their then-recent marriages and had walked down the aisle to "Ave Maria".ĭuring the eight-month period, Beyoncé recorded over 70 songs and decided during the editing process that she did not want to reconcile the two approaches into one disc. Beyoncé worked with Ghost to re-write Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria" after having co-written "Disappear" in London. Beyoncé attempted something different as people had strong expectations from her she experimented with stronger lyrics. The ballads were crafted in a way to combine "the best elements" of pop and soul music, while simultaneously "expanding the possibilities of both genres". disc, Beyoncé was influenced by folk and alternative rock genres, while incorporating other instruments she had not normally used previously, such as the acoustic guitar.Tedder specifically assisted Beyoncé with crafting the album's balladry. Beyoncé on the development of the album.įor the I Am. I'm very private and I don't talk about a lot of things, but there are certain songs that are on the album that are very personal. I'm a woman, I'm married, and this portion of my life is all in the album. I get scared and nervous like everyone else. Beyoncé also collaborated with some musicians she had never worked with in the past, including Toby Gad and BC Jean on "If I Were a Boy", and Amanda Ghost on "Disappear". Sasha Fierce.She collaborated with several record producers and songwriters, including Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Stargate (a production duo composed of Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel Storleer Eriksen), Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Sean Garrett, Solange, Jim Jonsin, Rico Love, Ryan Tedder, Shondrae "Bangladesh" Crawford, Ian Dench, Dave McCracken, Wayne Wilkins and Elvis Williams. Beyoncé either co-wrote or co-produced all material on I Am. Beyoncé recorded the album in sessions at Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta,Georgia Chung King Studios, Electric Lady Studios, Strawberrybee Productions in New York GAD Studios in Ibiza, Spain Mansfield Studios and The Campground in Los Angeles South Beat Studios in Miami Beach and The Boom Boom Room in Burbank, California. The recording of the album took place over an eight-month period. A deluxe edition of the album was released simultaneously alongside the standard edition.
The first disc, I Am., incorporates slow and mid-tempo R&B and pop ballads, while the second disc, Sasha Fierce, named after Beyoncé's on-stage alter ego, contains uptempo dance songs that blend Euro and electropop genres. The album was released in dual disc format, in which both discs represent a contrasting facet to Knowles' personality and musical style. It was released on November 18, 2008, by Columbia Records. I Am… Sasha Fierce is the third studio album by American R&B recording artist, Beyoncé.