“Don't Hurt Yourself” by Beyoncé featuring Jack White

Beyoncé plugged straight into the amp on Lemonade, and "Don't Hurt Yourself", the third track on her 2016 album, is where the voltage peaks. She wrote and produced it with Jack White, who is featured on it and plays bass, while Diana Gordon shared the writing and Derek Dixie co-produced. Built on a sample of Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks", which puts Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham in the credits, it lurches between blues rock, hard rock and psychedelia, with Patrick Keeler on drums, Mark Watrous on Hammond organ and a string section lurking in the shadows.

Critics heard echoes of her own "Ring the Alarm" from 2006, but this one is heavier and meaner. Its video lives inside Lemonade, the film HBO aired alongside the album. It earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance, and Billboard placed it at 61 on its list of the year's 100 best pop songs.

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