

According to RIAA, on July 5, 2017, 4:44 went platinum in sales less than a week after its release. It’s the title track because it’s such a powerful song, and I just believe one of the best songs I’ve ever written. So it became the title of the album and everything. And) I woke up, literally, at 4:44 in the morning, 4:44 AM, to write this song. Jalso marks four years since JAY’s last album, 2013’s Magna Carta Holy Grail. In 2011, Beyonce released her fourth studio album, which is titled 4.

The second half of of Bey and JAY’s first daughter’s name, Blue Ivy, can be broken down to ‘I-V,’ which is the roman numeral for 4. I boxed all of those parts in and said, here, what are you going do with this? He recorded it at his house with nobody around–on Beyoncé’s mic.īeyoncé and JAY-Z got married on April 4, 2008, making their wedding anniversary 4/4 every year. That whole piece of music was created with me knowing: I’m going to make you say it on this song, and this song will be the only song you need to say it on so it wouldn’t turn into a full LEMONADE response album. The length of the song also, referencing the album and song title, is 4 minutes and 44 seconds. It samples Hannah Williams & The Affirmations' Late Nights & Heartbreak, another song concerning infidelity, and features vocals by Kim Burrell. In the song he discusses being a bad husband and the possibility of cheating on her. It is an open love/apology letter to his wife Beyoncé and is the 5th track of 4:44. 4:44 is the title track from Jay Z’s 13th studio album.
