Naughty Girl
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"Naughty Girl" is a R&B song performed by Beyoncé. It was released as the fourth single from her debut solo album Dangerously in Love. It was also recognized at the ASCAP awards by receiving the Songwriter of the Year sharing with Scott Storch, Robert Walker, Angela Beyince and Donna Summer, and Most Performed Songs award in 2005.
The single was co-written by Beyoncé, Scott Storch, Robert Waller, and Angela Beyince The song samples the song "Love to Love You Baby" originally performed by Donna Summer and written by Donna Summer, Peter Belotte, and Giorgio Moroder. "Naughty Girl" was originally supposed to be the first single from Beyoncé's first album, Dangerously In Love. The single was deemed not to have potential to fail, but at the same time, not to become a big hit. The single was pushed back when "Crazy In Love" was chosen as the first single. Over a Middle-East flavoured beat, Beyoncé declares that she's feeling sexy and wants to hear her name spoken by her lover; she then intimates her carnal desires as she offers the suggestion, "tonight I’ll be your naughty girl".
Chart performance
As the fourth single released from Dangerously In Love, expectations were lowered on "Naughty Girl", and the single didn’t perform as well on the charts. It failed to reach number one on The Hot 100 as "Baby Boy" and "Crazy In Love" had, and failed to reach the top two on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks as the previous three singles had done. But overall, "Naughty Girl" performed relatively well by peaking at number three on The Hot 100, and number eight on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.The song was also a sales hit (due to the release of the song’s CD single), and reached number one on both Hot 100 Singles Sales and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales. Digitally speaking, "Naughty Girl" was also a hit on Hot Digital Tracks and peaked at number four, while a remix of the song featuring Lil' Flip also managed to chart. At the time, digital downloads did not count towards the Hot 100. Nevertheless, Beyoncé was awarded a gold digital single for sales of over 200,000 digital downloads.
It spent 2 weeks at number 3 and as quickly as it rose (62-36-19-9-6-5-4-4-3-3), it declined and spent 22 weeks on the chart.
Music video
The video for this song was directed by Jake Nava, who had risen to popularity after directing Beyoncé's first two videos, "Crazy In Love" and "Baby Boy". This video harks back to the days of glamorous Hollywood as Beyoncé and the cast of the video are dressed in old fashioned, glamorous clothing and hairstyles. As the title of the song suggest, Beyoncé plays the role of the naughty girl in several sexy sequences, as she can be seen lying in an over-sized champagne glass, and dancing seductively with Usher.The video begins with Beyoncé performing a routine as an exotic dancer surrounded by a wall of mirrors and then behind a white curtain, revealing only her silhouette. We then see Beyoncé enter the club with a different outfit and hairstyle, and with a few of her girlfriends; she and Usher notice each other. The two meet on the dancefloor and dance intimately together, before Beyoncé performs an elaborate dance scene with female backing dancers. After this Beyoncé sings a sample of Donna Summer's classic hit "Love to Love You Baby" as she swirls around wet in a larger than life champagne glass. In the final scene Beyoncé has another new look as sits atop a piano, and after being lifted down by a gentleman she begins to dance and pose as confetti falls everywhere. The music video was very popular; on MTV's Total Request Live the video retired to TRL's "Hall of Fame" after being on the top-ten TRL chart for fifty days, which was the maximum period.
Charts
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 | 1 |
| The Official UK Singles Chart | 10 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 14 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 9 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 10 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 6 |
| German Singles Chart | 16 |
| French Singles Chart | 18 |
| United World Tracks Chart | 6 |
| World Airplay Top 100 | 4 |
| World Physical Sales Chart | 3 |
| Europe Official Singles Chart | 8 |
Official remixes/versions list
- "Naughty Girl" (album version)
- "Naughty Girl" (instrumental)
- "Naughty Girl" (acapella) (on 12" vinyl only)
- "Naughty Girl" (remix) featuring Lil' Flip
- "Naughty Girl" (remix) featuring Lil' Kim
- "Naughty Girl" (remix acapella) featuring Lil’ Flip (on 12" vinyl only)
- "Naughty Girl" (remix acapella) featuring Lil' Kim (on 12" vinyl only)
- "Naughty Girl" (Calderone Quayle Club mix)
- "Naughty Girl" (Calderone Quayle Club mix edit)
| Beyoncé Knowles |
|---|
| Albums: Dangerously in Love | B'Day |
| Singles: "Work It Out" | "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" | "Crazy in Love" | "Baby Boy" "Fighting Temptation" | "Me, Myself and I" | "Naughty Girl" | "Check on It" | "Déjà Vu" |
| Destiny's Child | Discography | Filmography | Awards and nominations |
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