She's also known for gaining songwriting credit where her effort is quite questionable. In fact, her removal from Oscar consideration is because her part in the writing of "Listen" was too minimal to be significant.
Anyone wondering exactly how much she writes on certain songs can find their answet]r below:
It was revealed by Perez Hilton today that one of the best songs from Beyonce's latest album I Am... Sasha Fierce was actually meant for Jon McLaughlin. The song was written by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and The-Dream. He recorded the brilliant song, but took it off his sophomore effort OK Now. The duo then serviced the track to Beyonce, who took it. She made one change to the song; the original title was "Smack Into You". She changed it to "Smash Into You". She changed one word. Two letters, even.
That's her songwriting credit.
The song became a smash on the BWU Chart, spending six weeks in the Top 10 so far, debuting and peak at #2.
If you listen to both versions, they are virtually the same, with a slight arrangement change. Now I'm not going to say Beyonce stole anything, but for Christ's sake, she should not get paid for changing two letters! That's not real songwriting! It's ridiculous that she's getting credit for virtually no work at all. I love the girl, but she either needs to write more than 5 lines on a song or just let the real songwriters get the sole credit (and pay) they deserve .
Here are the two versions of the song:
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