Released by: Sony Music Indonesia
Akhirnya, resmilah Beyoncé memilih Countdown sebagai single ketiganya untuk album 4. Pilihan yang tidak salah juga. Countdown adalah sebuah lagu yang pastinya memberikan ruang yang lega bagi Bey untuk mengeksplorasi kekuatan vokalnya. Single yang ditulis secara keroyokan oleh Terius, Shea Taylor, Knowles, Ester Dean, Cainon Lamb, Julie Frost, Michael Bivins, Nathan Morris dan Wanya Morris adalah sebuah nomor uptempo, bercorak dancehall yang sangat enerjik dan mengandalkan ritme yang dinamis.
Tentu saja ini bukan hal yang baru bagi Bey, karena dialbum-album sebelumnya pun ia kerap menampilkan lagu yang setipe. Sebut saja Get Me Bodied atau Check On It. Dengan mengambil sampel lagu Uhh Ahh milik Boyz II Men, Countdown dipenuhi oleh sound-sound yang tampaknya dipengaruhi tidak hanya hip-hop akan tetapi juga funk dan tribal fusion sehingga terdengar sangat unik. Sementara drum yang berderap sedikit mengingatkan akan sebuah mars yang terdengar resmi. Belum lagi suara terompet staccato yang dengan rajin mengawal brass-sectionnya, menambah kesan berderap dan enerjik.
Secara stuktur, lagunya memang terdengar repetitif dimana selama durasi 3:34, chorus dan bridge akan terdengar mendominasi. Namun tentu saja vokal Bey yang bertenaga tidak mengizinkan monotonitas untuk hadir. Vokal dan musik akhirnya pun berpadu dengan manis untuk memberikan sebuah aransemen yang tidak hanya riuh namun juga cantik dan urban, tanpa harus terdengar bising dan memekakkan.
Meski bertempo cukup cepat, namun ini bukanlah tipikal sebuah elektro-pop yang akan memanaskan lantai dansa. Dengan tema yang mengusung curahan hati kasih sayang untuk orang yang dicintai, maka nada yang upbeat diperlukan untuk menciptakan keriangan dan juga semangat. Dan Bey tentu saja denganb sangat efektif, melalui lantunan vokalnya, menyuarakan esensi lagunya.
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(Haris / CreativeDisc Contributor)
LYRIC
Boy!
Oh, killing me softly and I'm still falling
Still the one I need, I will always be with you
Oh, you got me all gone, don't ever let me go
Say it real loud if you fly
If you leave me you're out of your mind
My baby is a 10
We dressing to the 9
He pick me up at 8,
Make me feel so lucky 7
He kiss me in his 6
We be making love at 5
Still the one I'm going 4
I'm tryna make us 3
From that 2
He's still the 1
There's ups and downs in this love
Got a lot to learn in this love
Through the good and the bad, still got love
Dedicated to the one I love, hey
Still love the way he talk, still love the way I sing
Still love the way he rock them black diamonds in that chain
Still all up on each other, ain't a damn thing change
My girls can't tell me nothing, I'm gone in the brain
I'm all up under him like it's cold, winter time
All up in the kitchen in my heels, dinner time
Do whatever that it takes, he got a winner's mind
Give it all to him, meet him at the finish line
Me and my boo in my boo coupe riding
All up in that black with his chick right beside him
Ladies, if you love your man show him you the fliest
Grind up on it, girl, show him how you ride it
Me and my boo in my boo coupe riding
All up in that black with his chick right beside him
Ladies, if you love your man show him you the fliest
Grind up on it, girl, show him how you ride it
Oh, killing me softly and I'm still fallin'
Still the one I need, I will always be with you
Oh, you got me all gone, don't ever let me go
Say it real loud if you fly
If you leave me you out of your mind
My baby is a 10
We dressing to the 9
He pick me up we 8,
Make me feel so lucky 7
He kiss me in his 6
We be making love at 5
Still the one I do this 4
I'm tryna make us 3
From that 2
He still the 1
Yup, I put it on him, it ain't nothing that I can't do
Yup, I buy my own, if he deserve it, buy his shit too
All up in the store, shorty, tricking if I want to
All up in the store, shorty, fly as we want to
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Damn I think I love that boy
Do anything for that boy
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Now I'll never be the same
You and me until the end
Me and my boo in my boo coupe riding
All up in that black with his chick right beside him
Ladies, if you love your man show you the fliest
Grind up on it, girl, show him how you ride it
Me and my boo and my boo lip locking
All up in the back because the chicks keep flocking
All that gossip in 10 years stop it
London speed it up, Houston rock it
Oh, killing softly and I'm still falling
Still the one I need, I will always be with you
Oh, you got me all gone, don't ever let me go
Say it real loud if you fly,
If you leave me you're out of your mind
My baby is a 10
We dressing to the 9
He pick me up we 8,
Make me feel so lucky 7
He kiss me in his 6
We be making love at 5
Still the one I do this 4
I'm tryna make us 3
From that 2
He still the 1