Whenever I said anything interesting, he would take out a little tape recorder and start recording me just talking. Toby and I had written about 11 songs together over a week or two. The song started because I had the title. She went on to explain the songвЂ™s background, and how she and Gad came up with the idea. It was not my initial intention, but itвЂ™s opened so many doors, itвЂ™s amazing.

This was my first cut ever IвЂ™ve never written for anybody else.

ItвЂ™s an amazing compliment, but I was like, вЂњThatвЂ™s great, but itвЂ™s going to be on my album!вЂќ And it can be on my album, too, I just didnвЂ™t realize how it worked. I had always written for myself and was trying to get signed and do the whole artist thing as well. I love singing ballads because I feel like the music and the emotion in the story is told so much better.Д«C Jean, who co-wrote the song with Toby Gad, told Hartford Courant about her reaction when she got a phone call saying that BeyoncГ© would be recording her song.ДЄt first I was confused, because I never thought of myself as writing songs for other people. I feel like at this point, I wanted people to hear songs with stronger lyrics and songs that made you feel. ItвЂ™s difficult to grow and to break out and do new things because people have strong expectations. You can hear with вЂIf I Were A Boy,вЂ™ itвЂ™s not a traditional R&B song. When discussing all the different elements and styles of music she incorporated in I AmвЂ¦Sasha Fierce, BeyoncГ© said of this track:

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