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It’s 2003. Flip phones are everywhere, low-rise jeans are a thing, and Beyoncé has decided that being merely famous isn’t enough. She’s going to kick down the door, unleash a horn section, and announce: “I’M HERE.”
Enter “Crazy In Love.”
Released as the lead single from Beyoncé’s debut solo album Dangerously in Love, the song was basically the musical equivalent of walking into a room wearing sunglasses at night and somehow making it look cool.
You hear those first few notes and suddenly you’re either dancing, strutting through the kitchen, or wondering why you didn’t have a backup dance crew in your living room in 2003.
The song features Jay-Z, who drops in for his guest verse because apparently Beyoncé needed somebody to help make the song even more powerful. The two were already romantically involved around the time of the song’s release, making this one of pop music’s most famous boyfriend/girlfriend collaborations—although calling it a “collaboration” feels a little like saying the Super Bowl is a “casual sporting event.”
And now, more than two decades later, “Crazy In Love” has officially joined YouTube’s Billion Views Club, becoming Beyoncé’s third music video to reach one billion views, following “Halo” and “Single Ladies.”
ONE BILLION.
That’s 1,000,000,000.
At this point, the internet has watched Beyoncé dance to this song so many times that the video probably deserves its own Social Security number.
But let’s be honest: “Crazy In Love” still hits.
The horns still slap.
The beat still moves.
Beyoncé still sounds ridiculously good.
And somewhere, someone is still trying to recreate that music-video strut in the grocery store.
So crank it up this morning, Sheboygan.
And please remember: if you spontaneously break into choreography while making your coffee, we are not responsible for what happens next.
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