Déjà Vu (Beyoncé song)

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In 2005, American record producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and producer Jon Jon Traxx "came up with the concept of doing an old-school track, a throwback with real bass and horns", to which the song's title is partly attributed.{{cite web |last=Jisi |first=Chris |title=Jon Jon Webb's Complete Bass Line: Beyoncé's Déjà Vu |url=http://www.bassplayer.com/article/beyonces-deja-vu/dec-06/24360 |work=Bass Player |publisher=NewBay Media |date=December 2006 |access-date=January 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110072702/http://www.bassplayer.com/article/beyonces-deja-vu/dec-06/24360 |archive-date=November 10, 2007 }} Traxx with Jerkins, first recorded the bass sections, onto which the percussion, horns and vocals were layered. Production took place in Jerkins' New Jersey–based studio, and Sony Music Studios in New York City.

Jerkins recorded a demo version of the song with vocals by American songwriter Makeba Riddick, who is credited as co-writer. Riddick’s demo version has the same lyrics as the final song.{{cite web |last=Reid |first=Shaheem |title=Be All You Can, B. |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/beyonce/news_feature_081406/index2.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901053533/http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/beyonce/news_feature_081406/index2.jhtml |archive-date=September 1, 2006 |publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks |access-date=January 23, 2011}} They presented the demo to Beyoncé, who later approved of it and added melodies and handled the production alongside Jerkins and 808-Ray.

"Déjà Vu" also has lyrical contributions from songwriters Delisha Thomas and Keli Nicole Price, and Beyoncé's husband (then-boyfriend) Jay-Z. He became involved at a late stage, when Beyoncé saw him trying to sing along to a recorded version of the track, and asked him to contribute. Jay-Z recorded rap verses for the song and hence appears as a featured guest.{{cite web |title=For The Record: Quick News On Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Mel Gibson, DMX, Audioslave, Fantasia, Britney Spears & More |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1537577/20060801/knowles_beyonce.jhtml |publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks |date=August 1, 2006 |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=January 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118094557/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1537577/20060801/knowles_beyonce.jhtml |url-status=dead }}

Concerning the production of "Déjà Vu", Beyoncé told MTV News:

When I recorded 'Deja Vu' ... I knew that even before I started working on my album, I wanted to add live instruments to all of my songs. It's such a balance [of music on the song] [...] It's still young, still new and fresh, but it has the old soul groove. The energy is incredible. It's the summer anthem, I pray. I feel it. Rodney Jerkins is incredible, Jay of course is on it, he blessed the song, I'm happy with it.{{cite web |first=Shaheem |last=Reid |title=Beyonce Asks Women To Battle Over Her For Backing-Band Roles |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1534575/beyonce-wants-women-battle-over-her.jhtml |publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks |date=June 19, 2006 |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=June 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623191046/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1534575/beyonce-wants-women-battle-over-her.jhtml |url-status=dead }}

"Déjà Vu" is a contemporary R&B song, performed in a moderate hip hop groove.{{cite web |title=Beyoncé – 'Déjà Vu' – Digital Sheet Music |url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0064482 |publisher=Musicnotes.com. EMI Music Publishing|first1=Beyoncé|last1=Knowles|first2=Rodney|last2=Jerkins|first3=Delisha|last3=Thomas|first4=Makeba|last4=Riddick|first5=Keli|last5=Nicole Price|first6=Shawn|last6=Carter|year=2006|id=MN0064482}}{{cite magazine|date=September 11, 2006|access-date=January 9, 2011|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/beyonce-b-day/|title=Beyoncé – B'Day|magazine=PopMatters|last=Joseph|first=Mike|archive-date=November 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107015604/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/beyonce-b-day|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Reid |first=Shaheem |title=Beyoncé Album Preview: Harder Sound, Aggressive Songs Among B'Day's Gifts |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1539691/20060829/knowles_beyonce.jhtml |publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks |date=August 30, 2007 |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=December 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223212109/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1539691/20060829/knowles_beyonce.jhtml |url-status=dead }} It is also influenced by late-1970s funk music,{{cite web |last=Kellman |first=Andy |title=Album Review: B'Day |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r852067|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=AllMusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=March 5, 2011}} and it contains elements of soul music as well as dance-pop music.{{cite web|access-date=January 9, 2011|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/beyonce/b-day/15442/|title=Beyonce|work=Prefix Magazine|last=Mayers|first=Norman|date=September 5, 2006|archive-date=May 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516063443/http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/beyonce/b-day/15442/|url-status=live}} According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by EMI Music Publishing, the song is composed in the key of G minor with a time signature in common time, and a moderate groove of 106 beats per minute. Beyoncé's vocals range from the note of D♯ (musical note) to F₅. The music is largely based on live instrumentation,{{cite web |last=Haynes |first=Eb |title=B'Day |url=http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviews/archive/2006/09/20/18134780.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209023209/http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviews/archive/2006/09/20/18134780.aspx |archive-date=December 9, 2008 |website=AllHipHop |date=September 20, 2006 |access-date=January 23, 2011}} including a bass guitar, conga, hi-hat, and horns. A non-live instrument, the Roland TR-808 drum machine, provides the song's heavy and energetic disco beat. Spence D. of IGN Music commented that Beyoncé's vocals on the song are "silky smooth" and that her vocal range leans toward the high end, hence contrasting to the song's low-end construction. Mike Joseph of PopMatters noted that "Déjà Vu" is reminiscent of Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall" (1980).

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| description = "Déjà Vu" takes its music from various live instrumentation, with the bass guitar as its foundation. Several music critics have noted that "Déjà Vu" could be considered as a sequel to Knowles 2003 single "Crazy in Love".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/29/arts/music/29sann.html|title=Beyoncé, Aguilera, Jackson, Simpson and Jewel: Seeking Another Turn in the Spotlight|work=The New York Times|first=Kelefa|last=Sanneh|date=June 29, 2006|access-date=May 14, 2013|archive-date=July 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724000824/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/29/arts/music/29sann.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Sterdan |first=Darryl |title=Review Album: Beyoncé – B'Day |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/B/Beyonce/AlbumReviews/2006/09/07/1811076-sun.html |publisher=Jam!. Sun Media |access-date=January 11, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205071828/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/B/Beyonce/AlbumReviews/2006/09/07/1811076-sun.html |archive-date=December 5, 2012 }}{{cite web|access-date=January 15, 2011 |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review_9192 |title=Beyonce – B'Day |publisher=Sputnikmusic. Jeremy Ferwerda |date=September 17, 2006 |author=Dave de Sylvia}} Other music critics also noted that Knowles' vocal performance as well as the easiness and the sensuality with which she sings the lyrics to the song would remind listeners of Tina Turner when she was still young.{{cite magazine |first=Sal |last=Cinquemani |title=Beyoncé B'Day' |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/beyonce-bday/939 |magazine=Slant Magazine |date=August 29, 2006 |access-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-date=December 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218074406/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/beyonce-bday/939 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9378-bday/ |title=Review: B'Day |website=Pitchfork. Ryan Schreiber |first=Tim |last=Finney |date=September 7, 2006 |access-date=January 4, 2011 |archive-date=November 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113152614/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9378-bday/ |url-status=live }}

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The title refers to the déjà vu phenomenon. The lyrics to "Déjà Vu" follow the verse–pre-chorus–chorus pattern, and feature two rap verses. It is hook-laden, similar in this respect to "Crazy in Love". The lyrics detail a woman being constantly reminded of a past lover, shown in the lines, "Is it because I'm missing you that I'm having déjà vu?" As the song opens, Beyoncé introduces the bass, hi-hat and Roland TR-808 by name. The sounds of the instruments blend as they are being mentioned one after the other; the horns are only audible in the pre-chorus and hook sections, and a short section in the second rap. The bass guitar, which is the first instrument to enter, slides into the main two-bar ostinato. Following the repeated bass slides, the hi-hat and the Roland TR-808 begin playing.

After that Beyoncé mentions Jay-Z, the bass glides up for a vibrato-rich fill, giving way to the first rap. Backgrounded with a repeating groove, Beyoncé starts the first verse. The pre-chorus follows, for which the bass changes to a more melodic tone "to play something more singing", in the words of Jon Jon Webb, the bass player on the track. The melody returns to the main groove during the repeated hook. This pattern repeats and leads to the second rap verse. The third pre-chorus "comes from Jerkins' idea to have the part changes on top, with Webb's main groove on the bottom". It is followed by the main pre-chorus, then the hook is repeated four times. After that, the singing stops and the instruments fill in the space of the pre-chorus. The hi-hat and Roland TR-808 also stop; the song ends with the plucked bass and blasts of horns from the very first line of the chorus.

"Déjà Vu" was leaked to the internet on June 13, 2006.{{Cite news |last=Breihan |first=Tom |title=Beyoncé and Jay-Z's "Déjà Vu": Jam of the Summer? |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/2006/06/beyonce_and_jay.php/ |work=The Village Voice |publisher=Village Voice Media |date=June 14, 2006 |access-date=January 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924140318/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/2006/06/beyonce_and_jay.php |archive-date=September 24, 2012 }} On June 24, 2006, it was released to radio stations in the United States,{{cite web|url=http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=06/24/2006&Format=5 |title=Urban: Week Of: June 24, 2006 |publisher=R&R |access-date=September 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331021745/http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=06%2F24%2F2006&Format=5 |archive-date=March 31, 2012 }} four weeks after Beyoncé informed Columbia, her record label, that B'Day was completed. Over one month later, it was released to physical formats; the track was released as a CD single on July 31, 2006, in the United States.{{cite magazine |title=Déjà Vu |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=singles&pid=317670&aid=791330 |magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=January 22, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080104031951/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=singles&pid=317670&aid=791330| archive-date = January 4, 2008}} An enhanced CD was released on September 12, containing five tracks and an additional "Déjà Vu" multimedia track.{{cite web|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/beyonce/albums/deja-vu-enhanced-cd-single--218787741 |title=Deja Vu [Enhanced CD Single] by Beyoncé |publisher=Yahoo!. Yahoo! Music |access-date=October 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716155206/http://new.music.yahoo.com/beyonce/albums/deja-vu-enhanced-cd-single--218787741 |archive-date=July 16, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/deja-vu-enhanced-cd-single-r931690 |title=Deja Vu [Enhanced CD Single] |publisher=AllMusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=January 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118171331/http://www.allmusic.com/album/deja-vu-enhanced-cd-single-r931690 |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |url-status=dead }} In the United Kingdom, the digital download became available on August 15, 2006.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121111073913/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/id175554708 "iTunes Store – Beyoncé – Déjà Vu – single"]. iTunes Store (UK). Apple Inc. Retrieved January 22, 2011. A CD maxi and a 12-inch single were released on August 21, 2006.{{cite web|title=New Single |url=http://www.sonymusic.co.uk/artists.php/Beyonce/3372/85/ |publisher=Sony BMG UK |date=August 10, 2006 |access-date=January 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925091117/http://www.sonymusic.co.uk/artists.php/Beyonce/3372/85/ |archive-date=September 25, 2015 }} Beyoncé's manager approached English production team Freemasons to remix "Déjà Vu" after hearing a remix they made for a song by singer Heather Headley.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/interviews/a158178/freemasons.html|title=Freemasons – Music Interview|publisher=Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias|first=David|last=Balls|date=June 8, 2009|access-date=May 15, 2013}} A club-oriented version was produced and appeared on a "Green Light" Freemasons EP, released on July 31, 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001GTAG8A |title=Green Light Freemasons EP |website=Amazon UK |access-date=January 22, 2011}} A maxi single, featuring the album version of the track and Freemasons club mix, was released on August 5, 2006, in European countries.[https://music.apple.com/be/album/deja-vu-feat-jay-z-ep/176071925 "iTunes Store – Beyoncé – Déjà Vu – EP"] . iTunes Store (Belgium). Apple Inc. Retrieved January 22, 2011. The UK hits compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 65, released in 2006, features an alternative version of the single, omitting Jay-Z's parts and running to 3 minutes and 25 seconds.

"Déjà Vu" debuted to mixed and positive reviews among critics. Mike Joseph of the international webzine PopMatters' believed that it was "fantastic to hear Beyoncé singing her lungs out over a full-bodied groove featuring live instruments". Spence D. of IGN Music, a multimedia news and reviews website, complimented Jerkins' bass-laden groove, writing that it brought the track to perfection.{{cite web|access-date=January 22, 2011 |url=http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/730/730624p1.html |title=Beyonce – B'Day |website=IGN Music. News Corporation |date=September 5, 2006 |last=D. |first=Spence |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004712/http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/730/730624p1.html |archive-date=July 13, 2011 }} Describing "Déjà Vu" as a magnificent song, Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian complimented Beyoncé and Jay-Z collaboration calling it "feverish as pre-watershed pop gets". She added that even though when Jay-Z is not physically present, he manages to bring out something formidable in Beyoncé that evokes "the young, feral Tina Turner".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/sep/01/popandrock.urban1|title=Review: Beyonce – B'day|first=Caroline|last=Sullivan|work=The Guardian|date=September 1, 2006|access-date=January 22, 2011|archive-date=November 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105012924/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/sep/01/popandrock.urban1|url-status=live}} Bernard Zuel The Sydney Morning Herald praised the assertiveness with which Beyoncé delivers her lines and considered buying "Déjà Vu" as worthwhile.{{Cite news |access-date=January 22, 2011 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/cd-reviews/bday/2006/09/08/1157222307561.html |title=B'Day |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax Media |date=September 8, 2006 |last=Zuel |first=Bernard |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025161445/http://www.smh.com.au/news/cd-reviews/bday/2006/09/08/1157222307561.html |url-status=live }}

Several other music critics have compared "Déjà Vu" to Beyoncé's 2003 single, "Crazy in Love", the lead single of her debut album. According to Gail Mitchell of Billboard magazine, the song is viewed by many as a sequel to "Crazy in Love".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/album_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003086489|title=Album Reviews: B'Day|last=Mitchell|first=Gail|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=January 22, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080615020636/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/album_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003086489| archive-date = June 15, 2008}} Jason King of the Vibe magazine deemed the song as "cloned from the DNA of the raucous 'Crazy in Love'"{{cite journal|title=Beyoncé – B'day (Columbia)|last=King|first=Jason|date=September 15, 2006|journal=Vibe|issn=1070-4701}} while Thomas Inskeep of Stylus Magazine referred to it as "'Crazy in Love' lite".{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/beyonc/bday.htm |title=Beyoncé: B'Day |last=Inskeep |first=Thomas |date=September 14, 2006 |work=Stylus Magazine |publisher=Todd Burns |access-date=January 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604044908/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/beyonc/bday.htm |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }} Some reviewers, however, were negative to the parallels drawn between the two songs. Andy Kellman of AllMusic, an online music database, wrote that "['Déjà Vu'] "had the audacity to not be as monstrous as 'Crazy in Love'", referring to the commercial success the latter experienced in 2003. The internet-based publication Pitchfork's writer Ryan Dombal claimed that "this time [Beyoncé] out-bolds the beat".{{cite web |last=Dombal |first=Ryan |title=Beyoncé: "Déjà Vu (ft. Jay-Z)" |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/37006-deja-vu-ft-jay-z |publisher=Pitchfork Media. Ryan Schreiber|date=June 20, 2006 |access-date=January 22, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080406182621/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/37006-deja-vu-ft-jay-z |archive-date = April 6, 2008|url-status=dead}}

Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker deemed the lyrics as a "perplexing view of memory",{{cite magazine |last=Frere-Jones |first=Sasha |title=Crazy from Love |url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/09/25/060925gore_GOAT_recordings |magazine=The New Yorker |publisher=Condé Nast Publications |date=September 25, 2006 |access-date=January 22, 2011 |archive-date=September 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928060019/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/09/25/060925gore_GOAT_recordings |url-status=live }} while Chris Richards of The Washington Post characterized Beyoncé as a "love-dazed girlfriend" in the song.{{Cite news|access-date=January 22, 2011|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090501475.html|title=Beyonce's 'B'Day' Is Nothing to Celebrate|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 6, 2006|last=Richards|first=Chris|archive-date=November 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104070148/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090501475.html|url-status=live}} Jody Rosen of the Entertainment Weekly referred to "Déjà Vu" as an "oddly flat" choice as a lead single.{{cite magazine |last=Rosen |first=Jody |title=Music Review: B'Day (2006) – Beyoncé Knowles |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/09/04/bday/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Time Inc |date=September 1, 2006 |access-date=January 22, 2011 |archive-date=October 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010085806/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1516025,00.html |url-status=live }} Jaime Gill of Yahoo! Music regarded "Déjà Vu" as a good choice for a single but concluded that it does lack "the kind of killer chorus" to suggest that Beyoncé would take one further step "to outright global domination".{{cite web|url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060907/33/20nfi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718135601/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060907/33/20nfi.html|archive-date=July 18, 2011|title=Yahoo! Music Album Review: Beyonce – B'day|last=Gill|first=Jaime|publisher=Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!|date=September 7, 2006|access-date=January 22, 2011}} On the other hand, Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrote that Jay-Z shows up "as calmly boastful as ever" in the song but he only makes Beyoncé's "sound more insecure".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/04/arts/04choi.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&ref=music&pagewanted=all|title=All That Success Is Hard on a Girl (or Sounds That Way)|first=Jon|last=Pareles|work=The New York Times|date=September 4, 2006|access-date=January 22, 2011|archive-date=January 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116043657/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/04/arts/04choi.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&ref=music&pagewanted=all|url-status=live}} Kelefa Sanneh of the same publication noted that "the refrain doesn't give Beyoncé a chance really to show off" and further described the song as a "fair-to-middling single from a singer who is the opposite of desperate".

"Déjà Vu" was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Best R&B Song while the Freemasons club remix version was nominated for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical at the 2007 Grammy Awards.{{cite web |title=49th GRAMMY Nominees Announced |url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/News/Default.aspx?newsID=2294 |publisher=Grammy.com. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |date=December 7, 2006 |access-date=January 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209042721/http://grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/News/Default.aspx?newsID=2294 |archive-date=December 9, 2007}} It was also nominated for Best Collaboration alongside Beyoncé's other song "Upgrade U" featuring Jay-Z, at the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards.{{cite web |last=Silverman |first=Stephen |title=Beyoncé Leads BET Award Nominations |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20039088,00.html |work=People |publisher=Time Inc |date=May 16, 2007 |access-date=January 22, 2011 |archive-date=September 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930132647/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20039088,00.html |url-status=dead }} "Déjà Vu" won Best Song at the 2006 MOBO Awards in the UK.{{cite news |title=Bailey Rae and Beyoncé lead Mobos |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5365870.stm |publisher=BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation |date=September 20, 2006 |access-date=January 22, 2011}} The following year, it also received two nominations for the Best R&B/Urban Dance Track and Best Pop Dance Track at the 22nd Annual International Dance Music Awards in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/idmawinners2007.htm |title=22nd Annual IDMA Nominees & Winners |publisher=Winter Music Conference |year=2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205024902/http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/idmawinners2007.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2008}} The writers of Rap-Up magazine put the song at number ten on their list of the ten best singles of 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2006/12/28/top-10-singles-of-the-year/|title=Top 10 Singles of the Year|work=Rap-Up|publisher=Devin Lazerine|date=December 28, 2006|access-date=May 15, 2013|archive-date=February 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218143032/http://www.rap-up.com/2006/12/28/top-10-singles-of-the-year/|url-status=live}} In 2013, John Boone and Jennifer Cady of E! Online placed the song at number six on their list of ten best Beyoncé's songs.{{cite web |url=http://uk.eonline.com/photos/7684/top-10-best-beyonc-songs/254642|title=Top 10 Best Beyoncé Songs|first1=John|last1=Boone|first2=Jennifer|last2=Cady|publisher=E! Online. NBCUniversal|date=January 30, 2013|access-date=April 28, 2013|page=5}} In a 2013 list of Jay-Z's 20 Biggest Billboard Hits, "Déjà Vu" was ranked at number 19.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/1568783/jay-z-20-biggest-billboard-hits|title=Jay-Z's 20 Biggest Billboard Hits|first1=Elijah|last1=Watson|first2=Erika|last2=Ramirez|magazine=Billboard|date=July 2, 2013|page=1|access-date=July 7, 2013|archive-date=July 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707061712/http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/1568783/jay-z-20-biggest-billboard-hits|url-status=live}} In 2022, Rolling Stone named the track Beyoncé's best song.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-beyonce-songs-1378620/|title=The 70 Greatest Beyoncé Songs|date=July 26, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date= January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103114240/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-beyonce-songs-1378620/|archive-date=January 3, 2023|url-status=live}}

"Déjà Vu" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 44 a month before its physical release. After the release of the digital and physical components, the song sold 75,000 downloads in its first week.{{cite magazine |url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1005173792 |title=Lady Gaga & Beyonce Singles Stall on the Charts: Cause for Alarm? |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=May 6, 2011 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-date=January 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116043657/http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1005173792 |url-status=live }} It eventually peaked at number four on the Hot 100 chart.{{cite magazine |last=Hope |first=Clover |title=Hicks Dethrones Shakira on Hot 100 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58044/hicks-dethrones-shakira-on-hot-100 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=June 22, 2006 |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=September 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919110630/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58044/hicks-dethrones-shakira-on-hot-100 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Hope |first=Clover |title=Furtado Still No. 1 But Beyoncé, Fergie Heat Up |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57644/furtado-still-no-1-but-beyonce-fergie-heat-up |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=August 3, 2006 |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=June 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622115110/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57644/furtado-still-no-1-but-beyonce-fergie-heat-up |url-status=live }} The track's Freemasons/M. Joshua remix topped the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, while the album version peaked at number 18 on the same component chart.{{cite web |title=Beyoncé's Billboard Singles Chart Performances |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p349078 |publisher=AllMusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120224319/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p349078 |url-status=live }} "Déjà Vu" also reached the top spot of the Hot Dance Singles Sales and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, number nine on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart, and number 14 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart.

"Déjà Vu" reached the top 10 in eight European countries.{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/song/Beyonce-feat.-Jay-Z/Deja-Vu-216819|title=Beyoncé and Jay-Z – Déjà Vu|publisher=hitparade.ch. Hung Medien|access-date=November 8, 2015|archive-date=March 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329013826/http://hitparade.ch/song/Beyonce-feat.-Jay-Z/Deja-Vu-216819|url-status=live}} Having sold 29,365 units on its first week,{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/zoom.php?id=1048|title=ALL THE No.1's|publisher=The Official Charts Company|access-date=January 23, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080422075246/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/zoom.php?id=1048 |archive-date = April 22, 2008|url-status=dead}} the single reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming both Beyoncé and Jay-Z's second number-one single in the UK.{{cite magazine |last=Sexton |first=Paul |title=Beyoncé, Snow Patrol Rule U.K. Charts |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57407/beyonce-snow-patrol-rule-uk-charts |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=August 28, 2006 |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921143136/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57407/beyonce-snow-patrol-rule-uk-charts |url-status=live }} The single reached the top five in Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland and entered the top 10 in Belgium, Finland, and Germany. In Oceania, "Déjà Vu" peaked on the Australian Singles Chart at number 12, and on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 15. "Déjà Vu" emerged as the 98th best-selling single in Australia in 2006.{{cite web|title=ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2006 |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACharts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Singles2006.htm |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |access-date=January 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106172712/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACharts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Singles2006.htm |archive-date=November 6, 2013 }}

The music video for "Déjà Vu" was filmed by British director Sophie Muller in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 20–21, 2006, with parts of the video shot at the Maple Leaf Bar and the Oak Alley Plantation in Carrollton, Louisiana and Vacherie, Louisiana respectively.{{Cite news|last=Spera |first=Keith |title=Spare Notes |url=http://www.nola.com/music/t-p/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/115104377173020.xml&coll=1 |work=The Times-Picayune |publisher=Advance Publications |date=June 23, 2006 |access-date=February 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110075233/http://www.nola.com/music/t-p/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fentertainment-1%2F115104377173020.xml&coll=1 |archive-date=January 10, 2009 }}{{cite web|title=Movies Filmed Here |url=http://www.oakalleyplantation.com/about/movies+filmed+here/ |work=OakAlleyPlantation.com |publisher=Oak Alley Plantation, Restaurant & Inn |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060702005422/http://www.oakalleyplantation.com/about/movies%2Bfilmed%2Bhere/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 2, 2006 }} The footage features couture-inspired outfits, vigorous footwork and sexually-themed routines. The video simultaneously premiered on July 12, 2006, on MTV's show TRL, and Overdrive, MTV's online video channel.{{cite web|url=http://www.rapnews.net/0-202-261646-00.html|title=New Hip Hop Music Videos Make World Debut|work=Rapnews.net|date=July 10, 2006|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518000000/http://www.rapnews.net/0-202-261646-00.html?tag=relnav|archive-date=May 18, 2007}} It reached the top spot on the TRL, Yahoo!, and MTV countdowns.{{cite web |author=PRNewsWire News Release |title=Beyonce's 'Deja Vu' is an International Smash |url=http://finance.boston.com/boston/news/read?GUID=194949 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708085418/http://finance.boston.com/boston/news/read?GUID=194949 |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |work=The Boston Globe |publisher=The New York Times Company |date=August 28, 2006 |access-date=January 9, 2011}} The "Deja Vu" video topped the UK TV airplay chart in late July 2006.{{cite web|title=Beyoncé video at top of the TV charts |url=http://www.rca-records.co.uk/news/2006-07-24/beyonce/beyonce_video_at_top_of_the_tv_charts/ |publisher=RCA Records |date=July 24, 2006 |access-date=April 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116043657/http://www.rca-records.co.uk/news/2006-07-24/beyonce/beyonce_video_at_top_of_the_tv_charts/ |archive-date=January 16, 2016 }}

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The video begins with showing Beyoncé against a green wall and Jay-Z sitting on a chair inside a dark room. Beyoncé and Jay-Z then start to simultaneously play imaginary instruments, mimicking the song's tune. Scenes of Beyoncé are then shown in several different rooms wearing different outfits. As the chorus begins, she is shown running around and dancing out in a large sugarcane field. At the end of the chorus, she dances in a red dress in front of a pond and in a large red dress out in front of a mansion. When Jay-Z's verse begins, the two are shown alone inside a room, Beyoncé is now barefoot and bare-legged, she dances seductively around Jay-Z, and leads to the controversial scene. Beyoncé is then shown wearing a green skirt and bedazzled bra while dancing Mbalax (a Senegalese & Gambian dance) around in sand. As the song progresses, she is shown dancing alone in a dark forest wearing a sparkling black dress as fireflies circle around her head. The song ends with Beyoncé leaning back in a pose as fireflies race away.

Reactions to the video were mixed. Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine commented it is "more thematic and thought provoking than the videos for 'Baby Boy' and 'Naughty Girl'", Beyoncé's songs from her debut album, Dangerously in Love. Allhiphop's Eb Haynes described the video "visually fresh" and "couture motivated". A news article published by Hindustan Times reported that a particular scene in the video is suggestive of oral sex.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/07/26/scandal-of-the-day-beyonces-too-skanky-for-her-fans|title=Scandal of the Day: Beyoncé Too Skanky For Her Fans? |last=Goodman|first=Elizabeth|date=July 26, 2006|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media|access-date=February 24, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525090803/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/07/26/scandal-of-the-day-beyonces-too-skanky-for-her-fans |archive-date=May 25, 2009}} Natalie Y. Moore of In These Times magazine echoed the latter's commentary, writing that the video showcases Beyoncé "strutting her sexuality", and that in Jay-Z's scenes it "looks as if any minute now she'll give him fellatio".{{cite web|url=http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/2902/beyoncs_bootyful_bay/|title=Beyoncé's Bootyful B'Day|last=Moore|first=Natalie Y.|date=November 17, 2006|work=In These Times|publisher=Institute for Public Affairs|access-date=February 24, 2011|archive-date=May 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507055642/http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/2902/beyoncs_bootyful_bay/|url-status=dead}} The video later appeared on a list of Yahoo! Music News' Worst Videos of All Time, which pointed to the negative fan reaction and stated, "It's probably the least horrific video listed ... but as far as Beyoncé videos go, it is ^[sic] a stinker."

According to an MTV News staff report, as of July 2006, more than two thousand people had signed an online petition addressed to Beyoncé's record label, Columbia, demanding a reshoot for the video. By the end of August 2006, 5000 additional fans had signed it. The petition requested the clip to be taped again because it was considered to be "an underwhelming representation of the talent and quality of previous music-video projects of Ms. Beyoncé". Included in the laundry list of offenses were "a lack of theme, dizzying editing, over-the-top wardrobe choices, and unacceptable interactions" between Beyoncé and her now-husband, Jay-Z. Beyoncé's dance moves were also called into question by the petition, qualifying them as "erratic, confusing and alarming at times". Additionally, fans complained about the sexual theme depicted in the video, describing that some scenes as "unacceptable interactions [between Beyoncé and Jay-Z]" while also complaining of a "non-existent sexual chemistry" between the two.{{Cite news |last=Parker |first=Lyndsey |title=Real Turkeys: The Worst Videos Of All Time |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/videogaga/64353/real-turkeys-the-worst-videos-of-all-time |publisher=Yahoo! Music. Yahoo! |date=November 23, 2010 |access-date=February 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206014500/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/videogaga/64353/real-turkeys-the-worst-videos-of-all-time/ |archive-date=February 6, 2011 }} The music video was awarded Best Video at the 2006 MOBO Awards. It also received two nominations for Sexiest Video and Best Hook-Up at the 2007 MTV Australia Video Music Awards.{{cite web |url=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=254593 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921195154/http://music.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=254593 |archive-date=September 21, 2007 |title=2007 MTV AVMAs winners and nominees |work=MusicFix |publisher=ninemsn |access-date=July 5, 2012}}

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"Déjà Vu" was performed by Beyoncé at the 2006 BET Awards on June 27 at the Shrine Auditorium. The show was opened with a performance of the song and Jay-Z joined Beyoncé onstage during the second half of the song. William Keck of USA Today commented that Beyoncé "sizzled in a revealing silver ensemble" as she performed the song.{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-06-27-bet-awards_x.htm|title=BET Awards bring the heat|work=USA Today|publisher=Gannett Company|first=William|last=Keck|date=June 28, 2006|access-date=May 15, 2013|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023073208/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-06-27-bet-awards_x.htm|url-status=live}} She also performed "Déjà Vu" at the Fashion Rocks on September 8, 2006. According to Farrah Weinstein of MTV News, Beyoncé's performance of the song was billed as a tribute to Josephine Baker, and both her stage set and outfit were in homage to the singer and dancer. The set was designed like an old cabaret club, complete with male dancers bearing saxophones, and both Beyoncé and her female dancers wore Baker's trademark mini-hula skirt embellished with fake bananas.{{Cite news |first=Farrah |last=Weinstein |title=Beyonce, Jay-Z, Christina Put The Rock in Fashion Rocks Concert |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1540510/beyonce-jayz-christina-rock-fashion-rocks-concert.jhtml?headlines=true |publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks |date=September 8, 2006 |access-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-date=June 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623191004/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1540510/beyonce-jayz-christina-rock-fashion-rocks-concert.jhtml?headlines=true |url-status=dead }} She performed the song on the American morning news and talk show, Good Morning America during an episode which aired on September 8, 2006.{{cite web |title=Beyoncé Performs on Good Morning America |date=September 9, 2006 |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2006/09/08/beyonce-performs-on-good-morning-america/ |work=Rap-Up |publisher=Devin Lazerine |access-date=May 15, 2013 |archive-date=January 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102234736/http://www.rap-up.com/2006/09/08/beyonce-performs-on-good-morning-america/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite episode |title=Beyoncé |series=Good Morning America|series-link=Good Morning America |network=American Broadcasting Company |airdate=September 8, 2006 |season=32 }} Beyoncé also performed the song at The Ellen DeGeneres Show on September 9, 2006,{{Cite episode |title=Ellen in Central Park |series=The Ellen DeGeneres Show |series-link=The Ellen DeGeneres Show |network=NBCUniversal |airdate=September 9, 2006 |season=4 |number=2}} and at The Tyra Banks Show on September 15, 2006.{{Cite episode |title=Beyoncé Bares All |series=The Tyra Banks Show |series-link=The Tyra Banks Show |network=The CW Television Network |airdate=September 15, 2006 |season=2 |number=5}} At the 2006 World Music Awards on November 15, 2006, Beyoncé opened the show with a performance of "Déjà Vu".{{cite news|title=Blunt wins two World Music awards|publisher=BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6153004.stm|date=November 16, 2006|access-date=May 14, 2013|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407154848/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6153004.stm|url-status=live}}

In addition to her live performances of "Déjà Vu" in awards ceremonies and televised shows, the song was included on the set list for her tours The Beyoncé Experience and I Am... World Tour.{{cite news |url=http://hamptonroads.com/node/302601 |title=Concert review: Beyonce at Hampton Coliseum |work=The Virginian-Pilot |publisher=Landmark Media Enterprises |first=Malcolm |last=Venable |date=July 28, 2007 |access-date=September 13, 2013 |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117035911/http://hamptonroads.com/node/302601 |url-status=live }} During Beyoncé's performance of "Déjà Vu" at a concert in Toronto on August 25, 2007, she had a wardrobe malfunction as her dress flew over her head and was speculated to reveal her breast. However, a spokesperson for the singer denied speculations saying, "She's wearing a flesh-tone bra! Do you really think Beyoncé would go onstage like that?". The video which was uploaded to YouTube went viral.Sources about the wardrobe malfunction during the concert in Toronto, Canada on August 25:

• {{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20052825,00.html|title=Beyoncé's 'Wardrobe Malfunction' Explained|work=People|publisher=Time Inc|first=Stephen|last=M. Silverman|date=August 22, 2007|access-date=June 8, 2013|archive-date=December 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228125205/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20052825,00.html|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/55992/beyonce-s-boobylicious-experience|title=NEWS/ Beyoncé's Boobylicious Experience|publisher=E! Online. NBCUniversal|first=Sarah|last=Hall|date=August 22, 2007|access-date=June 8, 2013|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107104738/https://www.eonline.com/news/55992/beyonce-s-boobylicious-experience|url-status=live}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/17212|title=Beyonce boob-boo a YouTube hit|publisher=Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand|date=August 27, 2007|access-date=June 8, 2013|archive-date=December 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228071423/http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/17212|url-status=live}} Ann Powers of Los Angeles Times discussed about the malfunction, saying: "As a pop queen, Beyoncé is almost too perfect... [a] 'wardrobe malfunction' in Toronto garnered far more attention than was warranted partly because these mistakes contradicted her fiercely athletic style."{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-02-ca-beyonce2-story.html |title=Sticking to her story |first=Ann |last=Powers |author-link=Ann Powers |work=Los Angeles Times |page=1 |date=September 2, 2007 |access-date=April 28, 2011 |archive-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315210436/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/02/entertainment/ca-beyonce2 |url-status=live }} During the revue I Am... Yours which was a part of the tour, Beyoncé performed a jazz medley of "Déjà Vu", "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and "Bootylicious" and continued with a full version of the first song.(2009) Album notes for I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas by Beyoncé Knowles. Music World Entertainment/Columbia Records. Concert performances of "Déjà Vu" were included on her live albums The Beyoncé Experience Live (2007),{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/be/album/the-beyonce-experience-live/268305666 |title=The Beyoncé Experience (Live) (Audio Version) |language=nl |publisher=iTunes Store (Belgium). Apple Inc |date=November 19, 2007 |access-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111011518/https://itunes.apple.com/be/album/the-beyonce-experience-live/id268305666 |url-status=live }} I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas (2009){{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-amyours-an-intimate-performance-at-wynn-las-vegas-mw0001332449|title=I Am...Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas|publisher=AllMusic. Rovi Corporation|first=Andy|last=Kellman|access-date=September 16, 2013|archive-date=September 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914045450/http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-amyours-an-intimate-performance-at-wynn-las-vegas-mw0001332449|url-status=live}} and I Am... World Tour (2010).{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/be/album/i-am-world-tour/399850850 |title=I Am...World Tour |language=nl |publisher=iTunes Store (Belgium). Apple Inc |date=November 26, 2010 |access-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111021927/https://itunes.apple.com/be/album/i-am-world-tour/id399850850 |url-status=live }}

Beyoncé performed Déjà Vu during her 2018 Coachella Performances on April 14 and 21, 2018, with a guest appearance by Jay Z, along with a live orchestra. It had been more than 8 years since she last performed the song. The same performance was featured on her and Jay-Z’s co-headlining On the Run II Tour the same year.

On January 31, 2009 Jade Ewen performed the song during the Eurovision: Your Country Needs You show. During the finale of the tenth season of American Idol on May 25, 2011, the lady contestants joined together onstage to perform "Déjà Vu" along with a medley of Beyoncé's other hit singles.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1664616/beyonce-american-idol-finale.jhtml |title=Beyonce Dons Her Diva Crown On 'American Idol' Finale |first=Adam |last=Graham |publisher=MTV News. Viacom |date=May 25, 2011 |access-date=December 24, 2011 |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106221756/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1664616/beyonce-american-idol-finale.jhtml |url-status=dead }}

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• Japanese CD single

1. "Déjà Vu" (Album Version) – 3:59

• Australian, European and US CD single

1. "Déjà Vu" (Album Version) – 3:58
2. "Déjà Vu" (Freemasons Radio Mix) – 3:15

• US CD maxi single

1. "Déjà Vu" (Album Version) – 4:00
2. "Déjà Vu" (Freemasons Radio Mix) – 3:15
3. "Déjà Vu" (Freemasons Radio Mix – No Rap) – 3:15
4. "Déjà Vu" (Maurice's Nusoul Mix) – 6:01
5. "Déjà Vu" (Maurice's Nusoul Mixshow Mix) – 5:58

• German CD maxi single

1. "Déjà Vu" (Album Version) – 3:58
2. "Déjà Vu" (Freemasons Radio Mix) – 3:15
3. "Déjà Vu" (Freemasons Club Mix – No Rap) – 8:05
4. "Déjà Vu" (Maurice's Nusoul Mix) – 6:01
5. "Déjà Vu" (Maurice's Nusoul Mixshow Mix) – 5:58
6. "Déjà Vu" (Video) – 4:01

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• US 12-inch vinyl

1. "Déjà Vu" (Main Version) – 4:00
2. "Déjà Vu" (Instrumental) – 4:00
3. "Déjà Vu" (Main Version) – 4:00
4. "Déjà Vu" (A Capella) – 3:52

• 12-inch vinyl (Club Mixes)

1. "Déjà Vu" (Freemasons Club Mix – No Rap) – 8:05
2. "Déjà Vu" (Freemasons Radio Mix) – 3:15
3. "Déjà Vu" (Freemasons Club Mix Instrumental) – 8:00
4. "Déjà Vu" (Freemasons Radio Mix Instrumental) – 3:15

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Credits are adapted from the B'Day liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=B'Day deluxe edition |publisher=Sony Music BMG Entertainment |year=2007}}

• Vocals: Beyoncé Knowles, Jay-Z (raps)
• Guitar, programming, keyboards, production: Rodney Jerkins
• Bass guitar: Jon Jon
• Brass: Ronald Judge, Allen "Al Geez" Arthur, Aaron "Goody" Goode.
• Recording: Jeff Villanueva, Jim Caruana
• Assisted by: Rob Kinelski, Jun Ishizeki
• Mix engineers: Jason Goldstein, Rodney Jerkins

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|relyear=2007|certyear=2021|title=Deja Vu|artist=Beyonce ft Jay-Z|type=single|award=Platinum|access-date=February 3, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Beyoncé|title=Deja Vu|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2007|certyear=2022|access-date=August 10, 2022}}

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