"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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Ladies_(Put_a_Ring_on_It)>
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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)>
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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>
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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>