"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" is a song by American recording artist Beyoncé Knowles from her third studio album, I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008). It was the album's lead single alongside "If I Were a Boy", contrasting Knowles' persona as herself and her aggressive onstage alter ego Sasha Fierce. Inspired by her secret marriage to Jay-Z in April 2008, the song explores men's unwillingness to commit, a topic that motivated Knowles to write "Single Ladies". It is a dance-pop song with R&B;, dancehall, disco and bounce influences. According to the lyrics, the female protagonist is in a club to celebrate after a recent end to a poor relationship; her former lover is also present. The song and the repeated refrain, "If you like it then you should have put a ring on it", are directed to him. Critics praised the song for its smooth production. "Single Ladies" won three Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year. It peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The accompanying music video was shot in black-and-white and features the J-Setting dance choreography inspired by "Mexican Breakfast", a 1969 routine choreographed by Bob Fosse. The award-winning video has been parodied and imitated around the world.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1835:
The members of the original Quorum of the Twelve of the Latter Day Saint movement were selected by the the Three Witnesses (pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve
1919:
The first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War
1924:
The Computing Tabulating Recording Company renamed itself to International Business Machines, one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM
1943:
World War II: General Hans-Jurgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sidi_Bou_Zid
2011:
As a part of the Arab Spring, the still ongoing Bahraini uprising, began with a Day of Rage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Rage_(Bahrain)
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
elope: (intransitive, of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elope
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say "I love her for her smile — her look — her way Of speaking gently, — for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day" — For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed, or change for thee, — and love, so wrought, May be unwrought so. Neither love me for Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry, — A creature might forget to weep, who bore Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby! But love me for love's sake, that evermore Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity. --Elizabeth Barrett Browning https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Barrett_Browning