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= = = murphy 's law = = =
in 2003 nesbitt played undercover police detective tommy murphy in the first series of murphy 's law after starring in a successful pilot episode in 2001 the series was conceived when nesbitt was working on playing the field he and producer greg brenman approached author colin bateman about creating a television series for nesbitt in a similar vein to bateman 's dan starkey novels bateman and nesbitt were already well acquainted nesbitt had been considered for a main role in divorcing jack ( david caffrey 1998 ) based on bateman 's original novel a 90 @@ minute pilot of murphy 's law was commissioned by the bbc initially as a comedy action adventure bateman created a complex backstory for murphy which was cut at the request of the producers after the broadcast of the pilot guardian critic gareth mclean wrote the likeable james nesbitt turned in a strong extremely watchable central performance though rarely did he look taxed by his efforts and his chemistry with [ claudia ] harrison was promising and occasionally electric in 2003 nesbitt won the irish film & television award ( ifta ) for best actor in a tv drama for the role the second series was broadcast in 2004
by 2005 nesbitt had become tired of the formula and threatened to quit unless the structure of the series was changed he was made a creative consultant and suggested that murphy keep one undercover role for a full series instead of changing into a new guise every episode this new dramatic element to the series was intended to make it a closer representation of real @@ life undercover work alongside his research with former undercover officer peter <unk> nesbitt hired a personal trainer and grew a handlebar moustache to change murphy 's physical characteristics and tone down the cheeky <unk> persona that the audience had become accustomed to from his roles with his trainer he worked out three times a week boxing and doing circuits and weights after the first new episode was broadcast sarah vine wrote in the times in the past when attempting a nasty stare or a hard face nesbitt has never managed much more than a faintly quizzical look hilarity forever threatening to break out behind those twinkly irish eyes but here it 's different he genuinely has the air of a man who means business the refreshed series marked another milestone in nesbitt 's career he describes it as a big moment in his life murphy 's law was not recommissioned for a sixth series which nesbitt attributed to the damage done to the fifth series ratings when it was scheduled opposite the popular itv drama doc martin
in 2004 nesbitt appeared in wall of silence a fact @@ based drama about the aftermath of the murder of schoolboy jamie robe nesbitt played stuart robe the boy 's father who tries to break down the wall of silence in the local community to discover exactly what happened to his son he had only just completed bloody sunday when he was offered the part and was unsure whether he wanted to take on such a demanding role so soon after playing ivan cooper he decided to accept the part because he found it interesting to prepare for the role nesbitt met with robe and spent weeks talking to him in his south london flat learning about jamie and of robe 's fight for his justice nesbitt spoke with his natural accent instead of affecting robe 's south london speech as he did not want the audience to be distracted from the drama the single @@ drama was filmed over four weeks and broadcast in january 2004 the role gained nesbitt an ifta nomination for best actor in a tv drama later that year
in march 2004 he appeared in tony marchant 's passer by playing joe keyes a man who witnesses a woman being accosted by some men on a train and chooses not to help keyes later discovers that the woman was raped but cannot bring himself to admit in court that he did nothing to help her nesbitt described keyes as like a better man than me a good father and husband but once he has made a wrong decision he can 't control everything in his life as he thinks he is weak he loses the respect of his wife his son and at work and has to reach the lowest possible point before finding redemption as a result of these serious roles he was named the sixth most powerful figure in tv drama in a listing compiled by industry experts for the radio times in september 2004 he starred as jack parlabane in the itv adaptation of christopher brookmyre 's quite ugly one morning the producers originally wanted scottish actor douglas henshall to play glaswegian parlabane but itv executives overruled them and cast nesbitt he was given coaching to perfect the accent but it was soon discarded on the advice of both the director and his co @@ star daniela nardini also in 2004 he filmed the roles of ronnie cunningham in millions ( danny boyle 2004 ) and detective banner in match point ( woody allen 2005 ) he was considering taking time off from acting and did not really want the role in match point he sent in an audition tape and was accepted for the part nesbitt 's character appears at the end of the film and he read only that part of the script so did not know the full circumstances of the crime banner investigates despite his initial reluctance nesbitt enjoyed working with allen and complimented him on his directing style
nesbitt returned to theatre acting in june 2005 when he appeared in david nicholls ' after sun a ten @@ minute @@ play performed as part of the old vic 's 24 @@ hour play season nesbitt and catherine tate starred as a married couple who meet a pair of newlyweds returning from their honeymoon later that year he appeared in his first full @@ length play in 11 years in owen mccafferty 's shoot the crow he enjoyed the stimulation of learning his lines and rehearsing with the cast and director the play opened at the trafalgar studios in september 2005 and his role as socrates gained mixed reviews in the independent michael coveney suggested the role did not fit the actor nesbitt is cool but i never felt that he was inside his role of a chap called socrates [ ] he grinned and shrugged through the evening which steadily became less about grouting on tiles and more about grating on nerves in the daily telegraph charles spencer described nesbitt 's acting as outstanding
= = = jekyll five minutes occupation = = =
at the end of 2005 nesbitt and his agent met with bbc controller of fiction jane tranter to discuss a new series of murphy 's law at the meeting 's conclusion tranter offered nesbitt the first episode script of jekyll a television series by steven moffat that updated strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde nesbitt spent three hours reading the script before accepting the role of tom jackman and his alter @@ ego mr hyde after signing on for the role he met with moffat and hartswood films executive producer beryl vertue to discuss the character and had several make @@ up tests his anticipation for the part was heightened because filming was not scheduled to begin until september 2006 nesbitt spent an hour each day being made up as hyde a wig altered his hairline and prosthetics were added to his chin nose and ear lobes he also wore black contact lenses to make hyde soulless though cgi was used to show the transformation from jackman in close @@ ups the series was broadcast on bbc one in june and july 2007 the role secured him a nomination from the hollywood foreign press association for the golden globe award for best performance by an actor in a mini @@ series or motion picture made for television and a nomination for the rose d 'or for best entertainer
in 2008 he portrayed pontius pilate in the passion a bbc / hbo adaptation of the last week in the life of jesus he had originally rejected the script due to other filming commitments but accepted the role after his agent told him to re @@ read it before making a final decision he was pleased to learn that the serial was being produced by nigel stafford @@ clark whose bleak house adaptation he had enjoyed and that he would be appearing with his jekyll co @@ star denis lawson contrary to previous portrayals of pilate nesbitt played the biblical figure as nice and as when playing jack parlabane used his own accent the serial was broadcast in the uk during easter week 2008 shortly after filming the passion he filmed the part of journalist max raban in the carnival films thriller midnight man which was shown on itv in may 2008 it won him a joint nomination ( along with the 2007 series of murphy 's law ) for the itv3 crime thriller award for best actor at the end of the year he had a starring role in the low @@ budget independent film blessed the writer and director mark aldridge scripted the character of peter with nesbitt in mind to play him the film had a limited release throughout 2008 and 2009 before the bbc screened it on television in 2010 nesbitt said the role of peter is what i have dreamed about playing you wait your whole life for an opportunity like this and when it comes you have to grab it
the following year nesbitt co @@ starred with liam neeson in the fact @@ based television film five minutes of heaven ( oliver <unk> 2009 ) the first part of the film dramatises the real @@ life murder of jim griffin by alistair little in 1970s lurgan the second part features a fictional meeting between little ( neeson ) and jim 's brother joe ( nesbitt ) 33 years later nesbitt met with griffin before filming began to learn about how his brother 's murder affected him the film was broadcast on bbc two in april 2009 he also starred as colour sgt mike swift in peter bowker 's three @@ part bbc / kudos television serial occupation in occupation set over six years nesbitt 's character is one of three british soldiers who return to basra iraq after their tours have concluded he researched the role by speaking to territorial army soldiers in belfast and raf officers in morocco where the serial was filmed both performances were commended by independent journalist hugh montgomery in a review of 2009 's television montgomery named nesbitt face of the year writing just as you had james nesbitt written off as the <unk> embodiment of everything mediocre about british tv drama he produced two stonking performances as the <unk> harrowed sergeant in occupation and a <unk> vengeful victim 's relative in irish @@ troubles piece five minutes of heaven give the man a bafta nesbitt was not nominated for a bafta award though did receive a nomination for best actor from the broadcasting press guild for both performances
= = = international work = = =
in march 2009 nesbitt signed a contract with the american talent agency united talent agency as the global financial crisis was restricting roles in british television he continued to be represented in the united kingdom by artists rights group the next year nesbitt played the hunter cathal in the low @@ budget british horror film outcast which was a departure from his previous character types after screening at major international film festivals in early 2010 the film had a general release in the latter part of the year nesbitt had previously worked with the film 's director and co @@ writer colm mccarthy on murphy 's law which was one reason he took the role he researched the mythical aspects of the character by reading about irish folklore and beliefs he also starred alongside minnie driver and his welcome to sarajevo co @@ star goran višnjić in the tiger aspect television serial the deep in the five @@ part drama nesbitt played submarine engineer clem donnelly the serial was filmed over 12 weeks at bbc scotland 's studios in dumbarton august 2010 saw the release of nadia <unk> 's film matching jack in which nesbitt plays the leading role of connor he became involved in the film after reading an early script draft in 2006 in 2008 the global financial crisis severely reduced the budget of the film and nesbitt volunteered a reduction in his salary so the film could still be made the film was shot over eight weeks in melbourne in 2009 and released in 2010
next nesbitt reunited with occupation screenwriter peter bowker to star in the itv medical drama series monroe playing gabriel monroe nesbitt was bowker 's first choice for the part nesbitt researched the role of the neurosurgeon character by watching brain surgery being performed by henry marsh and by consulting philip van hille at leeds general infirmary the series was filmed over 12 weeks in leeds at the end of 2010 and broadcast on itv during march and april 2011 nesbitt will reprise the role in a second series which is due to begin production in 2012 in film nesbitt co @@ stars as irish writer jack in emilio estevez 's drama the way alongside martin sheen deborah kara unger and yorick van wageningen and has a role as <unk> in ralph fiennes ' contemporary shakespeare adaptation coriolanus
alongside many other british and irish actors nesbitt was cast in peter jackson 's three @@ part film the hobbit as the dwarf bofur nesbitt had not read jrr tolkien 's novel but accepted the role immediately as the film was scheduled to take over 12 months to make in new zealand nesbitt 's wife and daughters moved with him and his daughters were enrolled in a new zealand school filming commenced in march 2011 the first part the hobbit an unexpected journey was released in december 2012 the second part the hobbit the desolation of smaug in december 2013 and the third and final part the hobbit the battle of the five armies in december 2014
= = other projects = =
in 2002 nesbitt made his documentary debut as the presenter of james nesbitt 's blazing saddles a production for bbc choice that saw him spend two weeks in las vegas at the national finals rodeo and the miss rodeo america pageant in 2007 he was the guest host of an episode of the late @@ night channel 4 comedy the friday night project as a film awards presenter he hosted the ifta awards ceremony for three consecutive years between 2005 and 2007 the british independent film awards from 2005 to 2010 and the national movie awards in 2008 and 2010 in 2009 he hosted the laurence olivier awards
an amateur golfer since his teenage years nesbitt joined the european team for sky one 's all * star cup in 2005 and 2006 he signed up to a series of high @@ profile television advertisements for the yell group in 2003 playing a hapless character called james for the company 's yellow pages campaign until 2006 times writer andrew billen noted that the adverts cost him some credibility but nesbitt was pleased with the money he made from them in 2004 he joined the supergroup twisted x to produce born in england an unofficial anthem for the england national football team 's entry in the uefa euro 2004 tournament his vocals have also appeared in lucky break and an episode of cold feet the song he performed in the latter ( love is ) the tender trap was released on one of the series ' soundtrack albums he also contributed vocals to the waking ned soundtrack a fan of northern irish band ash he made a cameo in their unreleased film <unk> in 2009 he starred in the music video for the day i died a single by english dance @@ pop artist just jack nesbitt was recommended to just jack by elton john nesbit is scheduled to host the 2013 british independent film awards in london on 8 december 2013
since 2013 nesbitt appears in adverts for thomas cook
in 2014 nesbitt had the lead role as the father character tony hughes in harrowing bbc drama series the missing alongside frances o 'connor ( as his wife / ex @@ wife emily hughes / walsh ) and tchéky karyo ( as julien baptiste leading french police investigator ) the drama focused on a british married couple whose son goes missing while they are on holiday in france and the subsequent years of enquiry trying to find answers as to what happened to their son and why incidentally nesbitt and karyo had appeared previously together in the martin sheen film the way ( 2010 )
= = personal life = =
nesbitt was married to sonia forbes @@ adam the daughter of reverend sir timothy forbes adam the two met when nesbitt went to the final call @@ back for hamlet at loughborough hall in 1989 and they soon began dating they split up for a year after the release of hear my song but reunited and married in 1994 they have since had two daughters peggy and mary ( both of whom appeared in the final two hobbit movies as the daughters of bard the bowman ) nesbitt 's three sisters all became teachers in 2002 a sunday tabloid published an interview with a legal secretary who claimed to have had a two @@ month affair with nesbitt shortly afterwards another tabloid story revealed an affair with a prostitute who claimed nesbitt had boasted of liaisons with his cold feet co @@ star kimberley joseph and amanda brunker a former miss ireland commenting on the publication of details about his personal life nesbitt has said he feared that he would lose his marriage though the exposing of his dual life allowed him to take a long and considered look at himself in october 2013 nesbitt announced that he and his wife sonia forbes @@ adam would separate from each other after 19 years the couple says that the filming of the hobbit trilogy has forced the couple to live separately for the past two years the split came as a mutual decision and the couple says that infidelity was not one of the reasons for their decision
nesbitt is a patron of wave a charity set up to support those traumatised by the troubles the charity faced closure due to funding problems before nesbitt encouraged celebrities and artists to become involved since 2005 he has been a unicef uk ambassador working with hiv and aids sufferers and former child soldiers in africa he describes the role as a privilege writing in the independent about his visit to zambia in 2006 nesbitt concluded that the children he met were owed a social and moral responsibility the article was described in the evening standard as moving and notably well @@ crafted since 1999 he has been a patron of action cancer a result of both his father 's affliction with prostate cancer and a storyline in the second series of cold feet where his character suffered testicular cancer he has been an honorary patron of youth lyric one of ireland 's largest theatre schools since 2007
he is a fan of football teams coleraine and manchester united in 2003 nesbitt made a donation of thousands of pounds to coleraine after the team came close to bankruptcy he has called the team a heartbeat of coleraine and encouraged more people to watch irish league football nesbitt was a vocal opponent of malcolm glazer 's 2005 takeover of manchester united though after the completion of that deal he acted in television advertisements promoting executive boxes at old trafford for which he was criticised by fans to counter the criticism he pledged one half of his £ 10 @@ 000 fee to the manchester united supporters ' trust and the other half to unicef
nesbitt is co @@ owner of national hunt racehorse ' riverside theatre ' named after the theatre of the university of ulster in coleraine which won the ryanair chase at the 2012 cheltenham festival
in march 2010 nesbitt accepted the ceremonial position of chancellor of the university of ulster succeeding former lord mayor of london sir richard nichols gerry mallon the chair of the university ruling council expected nesbitt to bring considerable energy dynamism and commitment to the post following his official installation on 8 june 2010 nesbitt said rather than being just an informal role officiating at ceremonies i think i can act as an ambassador i have access to an awful lot of people and places because of my work i hope to be a voice that can be heard not just at the university but also outside promoting the importance of the funding of education if that involves me being at stormont then i 'd be very happy to do that clearly these public spending cuts are going to have an impact and it 's important to fight for funding because it 's about investing in students and investing in the future of northern ireland i believe i can bring something to that otherwise i wouldn 't have taken this on
he was appointed officer of the order of the british empire ( obe ) in the 2016 new year honours for services to drama and to the community in northern ireland
= = filmography and awards = =
= = academic honours = =
honorary doctor of letters ( <unk> ) for services to drama from university of ulster magee campus ( 9 july 2003 )
award of distinction for contribution to drama from belfast metropolitan college ( 13 november 2008 )
chancellor of the university of ulster ( 2010 ) ( ceremonial )
= crazy in love =
crazy in love is a song from american singer beyoncé 's debut solo album dangerously in love ( 2003 ) beyoncé wrote the song with rich harrison jay z and eugene record and produced it with harrison crazy in love is an r & b and pop love song that incorporates elements of hip hop soul and 1970s @@ style funk music its lyrics describe a romantic obsession that causes the protagonist to act out of character jay z contributes a rapped verse to the song and is credited as a featured performer the french horn @@ based hook samples are you my woman ( tell me so ) a 1970 song by the chi @@ lites
columbia records released crazy in love on may 18 2003 as the lead single from dangerously in love it was a number @@ one hit in the united states and united kingdom and achieved top @@ ten peaks on several other countries ' record charts with global sales of over 8 @@ 5 million including 2 million from the us it is one of the best @@ selling singles of all time music critics praised crazy in love ' s hook jay z 's contribution and beyoncé 's assertive delivery of the lyrics vh1 declared it the greatest song of the 2000s decade while rolling stone ranked it as the 118th best song of all time in 2010 at the 46th grammy awards crazy in love won best r & b song and best rap / sung collaboration
the song 's accompanying music video features beyoncé in various dance sequences it won three awards at the 2003 mtv video music awards and its director jake nava won the music video production association award for best r & b video in 2004 since 2003 crazy in love has been a staple in beyoncé s live performances and concert tours the american society of composers authors and publishers ( ascap ) recognized crazy in love as one of the most performed songs of 2004 artists including david byrne have covered the song and it has been used in various television shows and other media
= = development and production = =
in july 2002 beyoncé had already recorded several songs which would appear on dangerously in love columbia records planned to release the album in october 2002 however the release was postponed several times to capitalize on the success of american rapper nelly 's single dilemma ( 2002 ) which features destiny 's child singer kelly rowland these delays allowed beyoncé to record more songs for the album
before meeting beyoncé rich harrison had conceptualized the beat of the song he sampled the hook 's instrumentation from the 1970 song are you my woman ( tell me so ) originally written by eugene record frontman of the chicago @@ based vocal group the chi @@ lites when harrison first played the beat to his friends they could not dig it and this made him realize that he had conceived something special which people would appreciate better after hearing the whole record harrison decided not to market the track and instead waited for the right artist to record it i had it in the chamber i had not really shopped it much because sometimes you do not want to come out of the bag before it 's right people do not really get it and you will leave them with a foul taste in their mouth
harrison was pleasantly surprised when he got a call from beyoncé who was working on one of the most anticipated albums of the year however things did not turn up according to his plans the following day as he was late and was still suffering the effects of a hangover when harrison played the sample to beyoncé in the studio the singer initially had doubts about the sound so full of blaring fanfare it seemed too retro and according to her no one used horn riffs in the 21st century nevertheless beyoncé became friendlier to the sample much to harrison 's delight and gave him two hours to write the song while she went out
harrison confessed that it was not easy for him to come up with the lyrics to crazy in love in that length of time two hours later he had penned the verses and the hook in spite of being hung over harrison had also made provision for a backing track he played all the instruments on the track the bridge was written by beyoncé who was inspired by looking at herself in the mirror she was not wearing matching clothes and her hair was untidy as she kept saying i 'm looking so crazy right now harrison sang back to her and said that 's the hook it also inspired the title of the song after that beyoncé had filled up the middle eight she came up with the catchphrase uh @@ oh uh @@ oh you know alongside harrison
american rapper jay @@ z became involved late in the song 's production around three in the morning he came to the studio and recorded a rap verse which he improvised in about ten minutes the recording of crazy in love took place nearly three months following the meeting of beyoncé with harrison
= = composition and lyrical interpretation = =
according to the sheet music published at musicnotescom by alfred music publishing crazy in love is an r & b and pop love song composed in the key of d @@ minor and f @@ major it incorporates 1970s @@ style funk hip hop and contains influences of soul as commented by robert webb of the independent the old soul influences in the song seem to have been derived from the horn hook which samples the 1970 song are you my woman ( tell me so ) having a go @@ go vibe crazy in love is built on a hip hop beat beyoncé told the sunday herald that the beat is so hard that it makes your heart hurt the song 's tempo is a moderate 100 beats per minute in common time beyoncé s vocal range spans around one and a half octaves in the song from the low note of a ♯ 3 to the high note of f5 crazy in love uses two major chords b ♭ and g a minor third apart one of the main vocal riffs uses the traditional cowbell rhythm often found in samba music lisa verrico of the times magazine wrote that crazy in love makes use of big drums and bits of brass
according to natalie nichols of los angeles times the lyrics of crazy in love reference a state of romantic obsession beyoncé said that the song talks about how when you are falling in love you do things that are out of character and you do not really care because you are just open anthony decurtis of rolling stone wrote that crazy in love has such a cauldron of energy that beyoncé sounds loose and sexy gripped by emotions she can neither understand nor control the lyrics are composed in the traditional verse @@ chorus form jay z opens the song with a brief spoken verse @@ rap containing the lyrics yes so crazy right now most incredibly it 's your girl b it 's your boy young you ready after beyoncé delivers the uh @@ oh uh @@ oh catchphrase jay z continues the monologue beyoncé begins the first verse followed with the whistle @@ backed chorus she repeats the uh @@ oh uh @@ oh phrase leading to the second verse the chorus follows giving way to the second verse @@ rap which contains the lyrics jay z in the range crazy and deranged [ ] i been inhaling the chain smokers how you think i got the name ' hova ' i been real and the game 's over the song continues to the bridge singing i 'm not myself lately i 'm foolish i don 't do this / i 've been playing myself baby i don 't care / ' cuz your love 's got the best of me / and baby you 're making a fool of me / you got me sprung and i don 't care who sees she then sings the chorus again and the song fades out with the horns
= = release and remixes = =
crazy in love was released to radio in the united states on may 18 2003 under formats including rhythmic top 40 and urban radios the single was released first as a digital download to itunes stores in the united kingdom and in the united states on may 20 2003 notably the song was also fairly successful as a ringtone among cell phone users across america the song was released as a cd single in ireland and switzerland on june 30 2003 and as a digital ep in germany on the same date crazy in love was released as a maxi single in germany on june 30 2003 and in australia on july 15 2003 along with the song 's accompanying music video exclusive to australia the song was issued on dvd and cd single in the united kingdom on june 30 2003 crazy in love was released as a digital ep in several european countries including austria belgium denmark finland italy the netherlands norway and sweden on july 8 2003 this digital ep was also available in canada and ireland on july 8 2003 on july 22 2003 two remixes one from rockwilder and the other from adam 12 was serviced in the united states
crazy in love has various remixes including the rockwilder remix maurice 's nu soul remix and juniors world remix these versions appeared on the single releases of crazy in love under an alternative spelling krazy in luv the rockwilder remix slows down the beat and makes the song deeper and funkier with chopped up horn samples and sparkling synth textures maurice 's nu soul remix speeds up the beat taking it from hip @@ hop to house territory a version of the song included on asian releases of dangerously in love features a rap in mandarin chinese performed by american @@ taiwanese singer vanness wu instead of jay z 's performance
= = reception = =
= = = critical response = = =
crazy in love was lauded by contemporary music critics who complimented the horn lines and the guest appearance of jay @@ z many of them called it the summer anthem of 2003 tim sendra of allmusic described the song as a stunning pop masterpiece while stephen thomas erlewine of the same website called it deliriously catchy darryl sterdan of jam noted the crazy in love is instantly addictive horn lines anthony decurtis of rolling stone wrote ' crazy in love ' roars out of the speakers on the strength of a propulsive horn sample and the charged presence of her pal jay @@ z ben ratliff of blender magazine called the song an itchy [ and ] eager @@ to @@ please one marc anthony neal of popmatters called the uh @@ oh uh @@ oh phrase catchy mtv news considered crazy in love to be the proudest moment of dangerously in love similarly allison stewart of the washington post called it the best song on the album praising its instrumentation harmonies and the rap verse of jay z this was echoed by kelefa sanneh of the new york times who wrote that crazy in love is the best one on the album thanks to its simplicity irresistible combination of triumphant horns and a wicked hip @@ hop beat she added that [ beyoncé s ] vocals as deft and accurate as ever convey none of the giddy rush that the lyrics describe likewise sal cinquemani of slant magazine wrote the lyrical arrangement the music structure and the guest vocals by jay z all contributed in making crazy in love a wonderful resume for beyoncé
rob fitzpatrick of nme called crazy in love a head @@ nodding [ and ] body @@ rocking funk @@ soul genius and wrote that it is a 100 per cent stone @@ cold dead @@ cert classic he complimented beyoncé s vocals describing them as genuinely hip @@ grindingly fruity los angeles times writer natalie nichols noted that sexy dance tunes as the vintage funk @@ flavored ' crazy in love ' made dangerously in love a great album neil drumming of entertainment weekly wrote that the song has a fresh sound spence d of ign music wrote that beyoncé rides the infectious rhythm with grace and mid @@ range seductively he added as [ it ] can be expected the track bumps when jay drops his distinctive uptown flavor while other rap @@ meet @@ r & b tracks often fall flat this one works well as beyoncé and jay 's <unk> play nicely against one another lisa verrico of the times wrote that jay z performed a decent rap however beyoncé and the beats save the day and that crazy in love was a departure for beyoncé from destiny 's child
= = = accolades = = =
in 2004 crazy in love was nominated for three grammy awards in the categories of best r & b song and best rap / sung collaboration which it won and record of the year which it did not win a remix of crazy in love known as krazy in luv ( maurice 's nu soul mix ) won the award best remixed recording non @@ classical for its remixer maurice joshua crazy in love was also recognized at the 2004 ascap pop music awards awards as one of the most performed songs and its publisher emi received the publisher of the year award vibe magazine 's vibe awards recognized the song for coolest collaboration in 2003 in europe crazy in love won the best song award at the 2003 mtv europe music awards crazy in love won the awards for best r & b / urban track and best pop dance track at the 22nd annual international dance music awards in 2003 it was recognized by beyoncé s peers in the urban markets and won the award for best collaboration at the bet awards where it also received a nomination in the viewers choice awards category in 2004 crazy in love was nominated at the 36th naacp image awards for the outstanding song award and for favorite song at the 2004 kids ' choice awards
= = legacy = =
entertainment weekly magazine ranked crazy in love forty @@ seven in its list of the 100 greatest summer songs the song is ranked second in yahoo ' s list of biggest @@ selling singles since 2000 the song was listed at number three on rolling stone 's list of the 50 best songs of the 2000s decade in 2009 and as the 118th greatest song of all time on the magazine 's 2010 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time as well as ranking it number 3 in their 100 best songs of the 2000s list writing the horns weren 't a hook they were a herald pop 's new queen had arrived nme staff voted crazy in love the best song of the 2000s calling it a dancefloor @@ destroying howitzer of a pop song the song was ranked at number four on pitchfork media 's list of the top 500 tracks of the 2000s number seven on the daily telegraph 's list of the best songs of the decade and number six on slant magazine 's list of the 100 best singles of the decade in september 2011 vh1 ranked crazy in love number one on its list of the 100 greatest songs of the 2000s in october 2011 to mark nme fifteenth birthday its staff members selected the 150 tracks that have meant the most to [ them ] over the site 's lifetime they placed crazy in love at number 16 on their list of the 150 best tracks of the past 15 years in 2012 the song was ranked at number 22 on billboard magazine 's list of top 50 ' love ' songs of all time in 2013 john boone and jennifer cady of e placed the song at number one on their list of ten best beyoncé s songs writing it 's the song that started it all the definitive best beyoncé jam is her first complete with a guest spot by now @@ husband jay z a killer hook and a chorus of horns that you have to dance to literally have to pavlovian conditioning @@ style in a 2013 list of jay z 's 20 biggest billboard hits crazy in love was ranked at number 1 on july 5 2013 nme magazine named crazy in love the best pop song of the century
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crazy in love was a commercial success in the united states although it was not yet released to retail stores the single gained much attention and reached number one on the billboard hot 100 the official us singles chart based on heavy rotation alone the same week it reached number one dangerously in love debuted on the billboard 200 at number one on july 12 2003 substantial airplay and later in retail gains of crazy in love allowed it to dominate the chart spending eight consecutive weeks at number one on the hot 100 making it beyoncé s first number one single in her solo career according to nielsen soundscan crazy in love was the most downloaded song in the united states for four consecutive weeks in july 2003 crazy in love spent twenty @@ seven weeks on the hot 100 fifteen weeks in the top ten and twenty @@ six weeks in the top fifty the song was certified gold by the recording industry association of america ( riaa ) in 2004 while its mobile mastertone was also certified gold two years later crazy in love was the fourth biggest hit of 2003 in the united states by october 6 2010 crazy in love had sold 47 @@ 000 physical units in the us and as of october 2012 1 @@ 597 @@ 000 paid digital downloads
in the united kingdom beyoncé became the third female artist to top the uk singles chart and uk albums chart simultaneously following mariah carey in 1994 and kylie minogue in 2001 including her career with destiny 's child crazy in love became beyoncé s third number one single in britain and was the only song to top the charts the united kingdom and the united states in 2003 the single spent three weeks at number one in the united kingdom and fifteen weeks in the top 100 as of july 2013 it has sold 510 @@ 000 units in the uk crazy in love reached number one on the irish singles chart where it spent eighteen weeks in australia crazy in love peaked at number two on the aria singles chart and was certified platinum by the australian recording industry association ( aria ) with sales of over 70 @@ 000 units it also peaked at number two on the new zealand singles chart and was certified platinum by the recording industry association of new zealand ( rianz ) crazy in love reached top ten positions in some european singles charts it reached the top ten in austria the belgian territories of flanders and wallonia denmark germany hungary italy the netherlands norway sweden and switzerland as of september 2009 crazy in love had sold more than five million copies worldwide becoming one of the best @@ selling singles of all time worldwide
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the music video of crazy in love released in may 2003 was directed by jake nava and filmed in downtown los angeles in mtv making of the video 2003 documentary beyoncé described the video 's conception [ it ] celebrates the evolution of a woman it is about a girl who is at the point of a relationship she realises that she is in love she is doing stuff she would not normally do but she does not care it does not matter she is just crazy in love
the opening sequence of the video features jay z as a passenger in a car speeding along mission road in los angeles where he encounters beyoncé standing in the middle of the road at the fourth street bridge beyoncé performs in various dance sequences beginning with her wearing a white tank top denim blue shorts and red high @@ heels she performs an elaborate solo dance on a riser the scene shifts to a gold set with a mock photo shoot before moving into a scene with dancers detailing beyoncé and dancing against a wall while wearing caps and full length pants jay z appears and ignites a line of petrol leading to a car parked under the bridge which explodes in flames jay z performs his rap in front of the burning car and beyoncé dances beside him wearing an exotic silk print over a fur coat before kicking the valve off a fire hydrant she continues to dance while the water is flying everywhere the video ends with beyoncé and her dancers wearing vibrant versace dresses in front of a large fan their outfits contrast with the neutral colors of the background the video carmit bachar a former pussycat dolls singer is one of the dancers
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