Did you know Neyo wrote Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" with Shania Twain and Faith Hill in mind?

[jordeezy river red]

I was watching an old interview with Neyo, who wrote the demo for Beyonce's "Irreplaceable", and he mentioned that he originally had Shania Twain and Faith Hill in mind for this track. Could you imagine if Shania or Faith released it? Would it have helped them crossover even more successfully? Unfortunately, this was around the time that Shania was dealing with Lyme disease and Faith Hill actually did release a comeback album a few years later. He said Beyonce heard the track and wanted it ASAP. 

'Irreplaceable' was recorded by Beyoncé but written for Shania Twain.

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'Irreplaceable' was written by the extremely talented singer and songwriter Ne-Yo, along with production duo Stargate. The track was actually written with a country vibe in mind, and intended to...

Do you think prime Shania could have gotten a big Pop Hit with this track?

Edited December 28, 2022 by jordeezy

[The JayTawndre Show]

That's interesting! Ne-Yo is such a great songwriter. I'm still pressed Brit didn't take any of his demos. 

[Tom13]

I can't imagine how it would have sounded. But Shania is great. Her prime cannot be compared to Bey nor anyone. Three diamond albums in the 90s? That's more than huge.......when would Bey and her mafia family and schemes? 

Even at her worst vocally ( her words, not mine. I think she is and has always been great vocally) she is better than everything we hear on the radio nowadays.... 

[Stefani]

Ne-Yo? The same man who threw a massive tantrum just because Britney never contacted him again about working on Blackout?

[MikeHunt]

And then I remember Beyoncé said during her 2008 concert that she wrote that song for all the strong women out there. Guess she’s so used to buying writing credits, she forgot she didn’t pay off Neyo. 

[devilsadvocate]

1 hour ago, Tom13 said:

I can't imagine how it would have sounded. But Shania is great. Her prime cannot be compared to Bey nor anyone. Three diamond albums in the 90s? That's more than huge.......when would Bey and her mafia family and schemes? 

Even at her worst vocally ( her words, not mine. I think she is and has always been great vocally) she is better than everything we hear on the radio nowadays.... 

 

how he intended it to sound 

[jordeezy river red]

11 hours ago, devilsadvocate said:

 

how he intended it to sound 

Shania's voice woulda been so HOT on this version. I think Beyonce is really good with country music TBH

[jordeezy river red]

11 hours ago, MikeHunt said:

And then I remember Beyoncé said during her 2008 concert that she wrote that song for all the strong women out there. Guess she’s so used to buying writing credits, she forgot she didn’t pay off Neyo. 

bby your new AVI tho.... LAWD JESUS that BODY ODY ODY ODY

[Wendy Williams]

That's one of her few songs what are cool

13 hours ago, JayTawndre Suxx said:

That's interesting! Ne-Yo is such a great songwriter. I'm still pressed Brit didn't take any of his demos. 

Agreed

[unusualyouforever]

since this was 2006, carrie underwood would have been the country girl to take this song and honestly…that would have been a serve. it would have been a different flavor of scorn but i’m sure she would have pulled it off.

[jordeezy river red]

8 minutes ago, unusualyouforever said:

since this was 2006, carrie underwood would have been the country girl to take this song and honestly…that would have been a serve. it would have been a different flavor of scorn but i’m sure she would have pulled it off.

Oh dam that would be hot tbh. Carrie had some good songs back then

[MikeHunt]

2 hours ago, jordeezy said:

bby your new AVI tho.... LAWD JESUS that BODY ODY ODY ODY

I’ve been wanting to change up my Avi, but wasn’t sure until saw Henry Cavill in this pic 

[jordeezy river red]

5 minutes ago, MikeHunt said:

I’ve been wanting to change up my Avi, but wasn’t sure until saw Henry Cavill in this pic 

Its photoshopped but they did some REAL ISH with this

[pieceofphil]

14 hours ago, devilsadvocate said:

 

how he intended it to sound 

The collabs were wild back then