As she started to sing, more dancers joined in on smaller and circular platforms. Before starting her performance, she asked the audience whether they have ever fell in love. During the Verizon Ladies First Tour which also featured Alicia Keys, Missy Elliott and Tamia, Beyoncé performed "Dangerously in Love 2" in New York City in front of more than 20,000 fans. There she performed a special rendition of the song that came in at well over 8-minutes. Jon Wiederhorn of MTV News commented that the performance was "nothing short of extravagant." īeyoncé also added the song to the track-listing of her first solo-tour Dangerously in Love Tour, notably at Wembley Arena in London, United Kingdom. At the end, she held out her hand and a dove landed in her outstretched palm. She was joined by seventeen backup singers, musicians and dancers. She positioned herself between the edges of a giant picture frame and sung "Dangerously in Love 2" as if she were in a living oil painting. Beyoncé was wearing a long, glittery turquoise and silver dress. Beyoncé also famously performed the song at the 46th Grammy Awards on February 8, 2004, where it won in the category of Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The performance was also part of the setlist for their World Tour. Live performances īeyoncé performing "Dangerously in Love" during The Beyoncé Experience.īeyoncé performed "Dangerously in Love" live for the first time at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York in 2001. As at October 6, 2010, "Dangerously in Love 2" had sold around 130,000 digital downloads in the United States. On June 14, 2006, the song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (2006) for sales of over 500,000 ringtones. The song peaked at number 17 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on September 25, 2004, and at number 57 US Billboard Hot 100 on October 2, 2004. "Dangerously in Love 2" was propelled to number 60 on the Hot 100 chart the following week as it made the largest chart move on the Radio Songs chart by ascending to number 59. Its entry on the US Radio Songs chart at number 75, prompted its debut on the US Billboard Hot 100 issue dated Septemat number 76. For the following seven weeks, the song kept on charting in the lower positions of the chart, until it was titled as the greatest gainer on the chart issue dated August 21, 2004, ascending 28 places from number 71 to number 43. "Dangerously in Love" made its first chart appearance on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 73 on July 3, 2004. īeyoncé's version charted on a few Billboard component charts, despite not officially being released as a single. "Dangerously in Love" won in the category Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards on February 8, 2004. In an article from Teen Ink, the song was noted as one of the top "lush ballads" of the album. Natalie Nichols of Los Angeles Times stated that the song is just one of many wailing ballads designed to demonstrate "the soulful bleating of Beyonce, the centerpiece of R&B star trio Destiny's Child." Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine gave a mixed review of the song, stating that it seemed a bit dated and that it was "a near-carbon copy of Survivor’s melodramatic 'Dangerously in Love' is completely superfluous." While covering the 2004 reunion of Destiny's Child, Jet Magazine considered the song a major hit of Beyoncé's debut album. "Dangerously in Love" received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Beyoncé performed the ballad at the 46th Grammy Awards, the Verizon Ladies First Tour, the Dangerously in Love Tour, and The Beyoncé Experience. Though not released as a single, "Dangerously in Love 2" charted at number 57 the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and at number 17 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards. "Dangerously in Love 2" received generally positive response from music critics, who wrote that the song effectively shows the vocal capabilities of Beyoncé.
"Dangerously in Love 2" is an R&B and soul ballad, the lyrics of which detail romantic obsession. The song later became the title track to Beyoncé's debut album with some minor adjustments instrumentally. The ballad was first recorded by Destiny's Child for their third studio album Survivor (2001), under the title " Dangerously in Love". " Dangerously in Love 2" is a song written and produced by Beyoncé Knowles and Errol McCalla, Jr.
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