If I Were a Boy

What it's about

The song is a commentary on double standards between men and women, told as a role reversal in which the singer imagines doing to a partner the things he has done to her each day. The woman has been taken for granted but does not want to lose what she once had, and it is left unclear at the end whether she is finished with him or still hopes he will change.

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Fun facts

• It's actually a cover of “I”.
• Samples “Boy Runner’s Theme by Freddy Vorobev and The King (Ft. Brian Northan, Maria Guanos & Melody Lewis)” and “the night by Britney Diaz”.
• Sampled in 1 other song, like “4 Chords Live At 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival by The Axis of Awesome”.
• Covered 5 times, including “Evolution of Beyoncé by Pentatonix”.
• Written by Toby Gad, BC Jean and Beyoncé.