歌曲详情信息
歌曲：If I Were A Boy
作词：BC Jean、Toby Gad
作曲：BC Jean、Toby Gad
编曲：Toby Gad
流派：POP流行
语言：英语
所属专辑：I AM...SASHA FIERCE
发行时间：2008年11月12日
歌曲概述
《If I Were A Boy》是美国女歌手Beyoncé演唱的一首“成人时代”歌曲，歌词、曲谱由BC Jean、Toby Gad填写。该歌曲作为推广专辑的首支单曲，于2008年11月12日通过索尼音乐娱乐公司发行，后被收录在碧昂丝·吉赛尔·诺斯的第三张录音室专辑《I Am...Sasha Fierce》 。2009年2月3日，歌曲的西班牙语版《Si Yo Fuera un Chico》被发布。
该歌曲于2008至2009年期间分别拿下澳洲、英国、丹麦、意大利等国家的音乐排行榜冠军，并于2008年12月8日拿下美国公告牌百强单曲榜季军之位。2009年5月，该歌曲MV获日本MTV音乐录影带奖“最佳女性视频”提名。
创作背景
《If I Were a Boy》由Toby Gad和BC Jean共同创作，其灵感来源于BC Jean她本人所认为是真心且艰难的一段恋情。在创作过程中，BC Jean花费十五分钟完成该歌曲的旋律及歌词，并和Toby Gad一起花费一小时三十分钟完成整首曲子。歌词的创作方式是每当BC Jean说过什么有趣的言论后，Toby Gad就拿出录音机把她的话录下来，并写入歌曲中。
歌曲鉴赏
主歌和副歌用八度的这个音区的落差来产生力度和情绪的变化，歌曲的结构容易让人联想到涅槃乐队的《Smells Like Teen Spirit》。歌曲以女人的角度审视男人对爱的态度，歌曲在小字组内横跨2个八度，高音很高，低音很低，伴奏缓慢抒情。在高潮部分中，碧昂斯强有力地唱出了歌曲的灵魂：“如果我是个男孩，哪怕只有一天，早上我会从床上翻下来，随便套上我想穿的衣服，和哥们儿一块喝啤酒，出去泡妞”。告诫男孩儿们在失去爱人之前就应该好好的爱她。
歌词
If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I’d roll out of bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted and go
Drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I’d kick it with who I wanted
And I’d never get confronted for it
Because they’d stick up for me
If I were a boy
I think that I’d understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man
I’d listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you loose the one you wanted
Cause he’s taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed!
If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone that its broken
So they think that I was sleeping alone
I’d put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she’ll be faithful
Waiting for me to come home
If I were a boy
I think that I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man
I’d listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you loose the one you wanted
Cause he’s taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed!
It’s a little too late for you to come back
Say it’s just a mistake
Think I forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong
But you’re just a boy
You don’t understand
(and you don’t understand)
How it feels to love a girl
Someday you’ll wish you were a better man
You don’t listen to her
You don’t care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you taken her for granted
And everything that you had got destroyed
But you’re just a boy