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"Get Me Bodied" is a hip-hop soul song written by Beyoncé Knowles, Sean Garrett, Solange Knowles, Angela Beyince, Makeba Riddick, and Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean. The track was produced by Swizz Beatz, Beyoncé and Sean Garrett, for Beyoncé's second solo studio album, B'Day (2006). She took inspiration from her sister-singer Solange and former Destiny's Child band-mate Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams during the writing process. The song's accompanying '60s-inspired music video features the three women.
The single was released as the album's fifth single in the United States on July 10, 2007. "Get Me Bodied" reached number sixty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the album's lowest charting U.S.-released single. Internationally, it appeared in Canada and Portugal singles charts.
The song was positively received by contemporary critics. "Get Me Bodied" was nominated by VH1 Soul VIBE Awards Special for Video of the Year.
During a vacation after six months of filming Dreamgirls, Beyoncé rushed to the studio to begin working on her second solo album B'Day.[1] Beyoncé revealed: "[When filming ended,] I had so many things bottled up, so many emotions, so many ideas".[1] She contacted American songwriter-producer Sean Garrett, who co-wrote her 2005 hit single "Check on It", and booked him at the Sony Music Studios in New York City.[2] She also called American hip hop producer-rapper Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean who had co-produced songs for her before. Besides from her sister-singer Solange Knowles, Beyoncé enlisted her cousin Angela Beyince, who had been collaborated on her previous album Dangerously in Love, and up-and-coming songwriter Makeba Riddick, who became part of the B'Day production team after co-writing the album's lead single "Déjà Vu".
