It's essentially a burn on the rubbish ex for not making things more permanent when he had the chance, and therefore having absolutely no reason to complain now that she's out with someone else (with a slight hint of 'of course, if you were to change your mind now, I might think about it' thrown in for good measure). The song's actually developed some degree of infamy, what with the Saturday Night Live spoof of the video starring a be-leotarded Justin Timberlake and the YouTube parody 'Single Lettuce' (which we can't link to from here because the person who posted it has a naughty word in their username), but it's important to recognise its appeal independently of all that, in which case: it's excellent.Īfter the unwitting hilarity of 'If I Were A Boy' (psst, Beyoncé, Ciara did it first, and did it better), this is Bey back to doing what she does best - strident calls to arms for the ladies, with a diss on useless men thrown in for good measure. It feels rather weird to be reviewing this song at this point in time, since it's been bothering the Top 10 since December, but release dates being what they are these days, it's not actually officially out until this week, so here is your somewhat delayed official ChartBlog take on the whole matter.

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