//Mixed Bits: Beyoncé Stole Another Woman’s ‘Boy’; Justin Timberlake And Friends Rock For Charity; Britney Spears Signs On For Tour; Katy Perry To Host EMAs//
October 14, 2008 by TJ
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We’ve been looking like Beyoncé World around these parts gushing with excitement over Bey’s new album, I Am…, hitting stores November 18. The album is rumored to be a double album featuring songs by Beyoncé and another set of songs by her alter ego Sasha Fierce (Check out Who Is Sasha Fierce to get in on the nuttiness). “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” will lead the Sasha side, while “If I Were A Boy” heads the Beyoncé side. Loves it!
Sadly, it appears that ‘Boy’ belonged to another woman, and was ripped off recorded without her knowledge. Roger Freidman, long time Bey fan and reporter for Fox News 411, reports “If I Were A Boy” was written by an up-and-coming singer/songwriter out of San Diego, CA named BC Jean.
Freidman had wondered why ‘Boy’ was not ready to face-off in this year’s Grammys (the song missed the deadline of September 30). He got his answer and more when BC’s manager came calling:
Well, guess what? The story behind “If I Were a Boy” is absolutely scandalous. It also explains my question of why this single missed the Grammy deadline of Sept. 30, since it was ready to go at least three weeks ago. The answer: it was held up by endless legal wrangling since, in the long hallowed tradition of the music business, the young woman who wrote the melody and lyrics for “If I Were a Boy” had no idea Beyonce had even recorded her song until a stranger called with the news. By then, it was too late.
When I wrote about Beyonce’s version of “If I Were a Boy” last week, calls came pouring in from people who knew the real history of this story. BC Jean’s mother/manager, Lori Carlson, told me she couldn’t comment on the situation. But plenty of people knew the saga of Beyonce’s legendary manager/father Mathew Knowles’ aggressive pursuit of the publishing rights to the potential hit record. His goal was to get the rights to the song and to put Beyonce’s name on the writing credits. [READ THE FULL STORY]
The sad thing is, this is nothing new in the business and certainly isn’t new territory for Beyoncé who is notorious in the business for receiving writing credits for changing a word here and there, or “arranging” melodies. Sigh. I’m stilling buying I Am… I’ll make a game out of reading the credits and guessing how much she did or didn’t write. “That ‘a’ used to be ‘the’!!!”
Lyrical genius!
Justin Timberlake is bringing a bunch of famous friends with him to Las Vegas Friday. No, he’s not tying the knot Britney-style with girlfriend Jessica Biel. He’s performing a charity show at the Planet Hollywood Resort Theatre for the Performing Arts!
“Justin Timberlake and Friends: A Special Evening Benefiting the Shriners Hospitals for Children” is going down Friday evening and will feature some of music’s biggest names like Rihanna, Jonas Brothers, Maroon 5, Leona Lewis and many more. How’s that for a line-up!
Can’t get tickets? Bid for tickets at www.charityfolks.com but hurry, the auction ends tomorrow (Oct. 15) at 5pm EST.
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If you don’t count those nightmare House of Blues shows Britney Spears performed last year, Brit didn’t bother to tour to promote her album Blackout. But, she’s making good on her vow to make a real comeback by setting up a huge tour for her album Circus according to E! Online. Citing an unnamed source, E! revealed the pop queen has signed an exclusive deal with tour giant AEG to produce the tour. No cities or dates or confirmation from Brit’s reps yet, but we’ll definitely keep you posted!
Singer, songwriter, spicy hot dresser. Katy Perry has it all. But she’ll be adding another role to her resume November 6 when she hosts this years MTV European Music Awards in Liverpool. The “I Kissed A Girl” singer is up for two awards, none for her excellent fashion sense, but it’s sure to be put on display with multiple wardribe changes.
Performers for the EMAs include Beyoncé. Kid Rock, and Pink.
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GOT DAMN BEYONCE!!! every time I wanna love a song its never your song. happen with “Still in Love”..that song was the best thing I ever heard now this..*sigh*
Sigh…I love this song regardless who wrote it but this is becoming to much of a common thing for Bee…damn it Mr. Knowles! Poor BC having to learn early this is what the industry is about …sigh again
I know right, Christay. I hope this performer’s royalties bill is passed, so singers won’t feel the need to lie about writing credits. But that probably won’t change for Beyonce. I bet if this story never came out, Bey would be on TRL right now talking about how she wrote the song because she had so much to talk about after playing different roles in her new movies. Lol. Whitney Houston never wrote a song and she’s still beloved for her vocal talent–Bey would be loved the same way.
Very true TJ!
One of the shadiest entertainers ever that Beyonce. Tisk, tisk