Beautiful Liar (Main Version / Album Version)

Beyonce & Shakira | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album Beautiful Liar

Product Details

• Original Release Date: March 20, 2007
• Label: Columbia
• Copyright: (P) 2007 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
• Duration: 3:21 minutes
• Genres:
• ASIN: B0018Q16DU
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,447 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Duet, December 1, 2009

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Ana Mardoll (United States) - See all my reviews
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Beautiful Liar (Beyonce & Shakira) / B0018Q16DU

Beyonce and Shakira both have incredible voices, so this duet is nothing short of perfect blend of perfect talent, and is worth listening to for that fact alone. But I also dearly like the lyrics - the song is between two women who find out that the man they trusted has been seeing them both, secretly. Instead of the more common musical fight over who will win him in the end (see Brandy's lovely The Boy Is Mine), Beyonce and Shakira ask one another if they can't just consider themselves lucky for finding out when they did, and can't they just laugh it off and go on with their lives? What, really, have they 'lost' beyond a "beautiful liar"?

What's really meaningful is that though the two women recognize that the best response would be to shrug the whole thing off and move on, it's clear that this response is by no means easy and that the process is still unfairly agonizing to both women. It's a rare song that manages to be empowered without being trite, and realistic without being overwhelmed with self-pity.

~ Ana Mardoll