2008: #4 - "Single Ladies"

When we first heard "Single Ladies" - before it set the standard for electro-pop-R&B, before the video became an internet phenomenon, before the Kanye incident (btw, he was right - Beyonce so should have won) - we were like, "Why?"

Why is it all herky-jerky, like it's speeding up and slowing down at the same time? Why doesn't it just pick a rhythm and stay on it? Why does that screeching noise keep coming in and out? Why does that one synth note there sound wrong? Why don't I hear any bass? Why is such an angry, sad song so damn upbeat? Why is she kind of screaming in this part here? And why is she quoting Toy Story?

Why does it all sound so... odd? (Well, because.)

But now we're like, "Who cares?"

Whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh!