Gatson remembers it took eight hours, while Bey herself once said the shoot lasted 12 hours. It's why the 3-minute, 18-second video took somewhere between eight and 12 hours to shoot.

So instead of breaking the song up into parts, which is how music videos are typically shot, the dancers performed the entire dance at least 50 times all the way through, Gatson estimates. Beyoncé wanted the video to feel like one single shot. Directed by Jake Navawho, as of now, has worked on ten videos with the mononymed starthe black-and-white clip features her (as. Ten years ago this week, Beyonc premiered her official music video for Single Ladies on TRL. On set, t he dancers performed the 'Single Ladies' routine at least 50 times in its entirety. How Beyonc guaranteed the Single Ladies video’s place in pop history. According to Gatson: 'She kind of turned her heel over a little bit, but when we went over to give her ice, she said, 'Nobody's going to stop me from doing a Beyoncé video.'' (And they didn't.)ġ0.

About 25 takes in, Ebony nearly injured her ankle - and kept on dancing. This may just be the backup dancers had an accident halfway through the us creators. One of the backup dancers had an accident halfway through the shoot. 'It was funky, but the ballet training made the technique and the alliance look incredible.'ĩ. wo oh ooh oh oh ooh oh oh ooh oh oh oh x2. If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Beyonce explained that the. Don’t be mad once you see that he want it. The video became an internet phenomenon with thousands of homemade versions posted on YouTube. Chorus Cuz if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it. 'I think there's something about their ballet training that brought a different class to ,' Gatson says. cuz i cried my tears, for three good years. Unlike Beyoncé herself, Ebony and Ashley were both trained heavily in ballet.

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