译Pitchfork评00年代200首最佳单曲第4名：Beyoncé “Crazy in Love” [ft. Jay-Z]

翻译：少侠尼克（b站id）

审译：Nomanlandever（b站id）

原文链接：https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7693-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-20-1/

If someone told you that the sheet music for “Crazy in Love” was just a lot of exclamation points on a staff, you would believe them, right? From its first moments on til the end, its enormous beats and blaring fanfare pummel everything its path like a brutal force of nature, leaving us all with a clear choice to either turn away or submit to its indomitable power. It’s fitting that this sound would be the basis of Beyoncé Knowles breakthrough hit, as it is the ideal showcase for the singer’s forthright persona and her gift for vocal performances that manage an improbable balance of poised professionalism and feral emoting.

如果有人告诉你《Crazy in Love》的乐谱只是五线谱上的众多感叹号时，你会相信的，对吧？从音乐响起到最后一刻，它宏大的节拍和喧嚣的号角声如同一股野蛮的自然力量，使所有听众都面临抉择，要么转身离开，要么屈服于它战无不胜的力量。这首歌理应成为Beyoncé Knowles首支突破性热门单曲，因为它理想地展现出这位歌手的直率个性和她的声乐表演天赋，在从容自若的专业性和狂野情感间取得超凡脱俗的平衡。

Amazingly, “Crazy in Love” isn’t even Knowles at full blast– she comes much harder on later hits such as “Get Me Bodied” and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”– but the sheer force of her presence is enough to overshadow a strong cameo appearance by the freakishly charismatic Jay-Z and nearly erase the memory of her former bandmates in Destiny’s Child. She was no stranger to stardom before “Crazy In Love,” but after its blockbuster success, there was no question that Beyoncé had arrived as the definitive female R&B singer of her era, and had become the clear successor to a lineage of superstars including Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Donna Summer, and Diana Ross. –Matthew Perpetua

出乎意料的是，“Crazy in Love”甚至还不是碧昂丝全力以赴的时刻——她在之后的热单中愈发强势，如“Get Me Bodied”和“Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”——但她惊天动地的绝对力量足以湮灭客串歌手Jay-Z的非凡魅力 ，并几乎抹除了她Destiny’s Child其他成员的身影。在“Crazy In Love”之前，她也是声名显赫的明星，但在爆红后，毋庸置疑，碧昂丝已成为这个时代最具权威的 R&B 女歌手，并公认成为Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Donna Summer和 Diana Ross巨星谱系的接班人。