The text for If I Were a Boy is about a gender swap thought experiment. Knowle's voice in this song comprises the notes G # 3 to E 5. The stanzas contain four chords and follow a vi-IV-IV chord progression in the form of Em 7 -CGD / F #. It was written in the usual stanza - chorus form. The song was written in G major and has a moderate tempo of 90 beats per minute. If I Were a Boy is a mid-tempo pop and folk rock ballad with rock music influences. She went on to say, "I had to try because I remembered Aretha Franklin who said a great singer can sing anything." In an interview with Essence magazine, Knowles stated that If I Were a Boy is different from their previous releases because it is not a typical R&B song.
CD because it is a ballad that shows Knowles as a person "under the make-up and away from the limelight". Knowles liked the song, so she recorded her own version with Gad. After Jean's record company declined the song, Gad offered the song to other artists. Most of the text and melody were written by Jean in about 15 minutes. It's the only song on both CDs that Knowles didn't write himself. If I Were a Boy was written by BC Jean and Toby Gad and is the first song on the I Am.
The song also rose to number one on the charts in Denmark, Great Britain, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Overall, the song stayed in the top 10 for 9 weeks. In the German single charts, the song made it to number three straight away and stayed there for a week. After the CD was released, the song rose to third place there, making it Knowles' ninth top 10 hit in the United States. The song already reached the Billboard Hot 100 through downloads and airplay. The song was released in Europe on Novemas the first single on the album. The lyrics of the song accuse the misunderstandings between both sexes. If I Were a Boy differs from Knowle's earlier songs in that it is not a typical R&B song but a pop and folk rock ballad that includes acoustic guitars, drums and strings. It was written by the American songwriter BC Jean. The song was produced by Knowles and Toby Gad for their third studio album, I Am… Sasha Fierce. If I Were a Boy (English for, If I were a boy ') is a song of the US R & B - singer Beyoncé.
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