Mood 4 Eva

{{Infobox song

| name = Mood 4 Eva

| version =

| type = song

| artist = Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z, Childish Gambino & Oumou Sangaré

| album = The Lion King: The Gift

| released = July 19, 2019

| recorded = 2018–2019

| studio = NRG Recording Studios

| genre =

| length = 4:32 (original version)

| label =

| writer =

| producer =

Danja
Beyoncé
DJ Khaled
Michael Uzowuru
Teo Halm
Jeff Kleinman

}}

"Mood 4 Eva" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z, Childish Gambino & Oumou Sangaré, and was chosen as a promotional single for her 2019 curated soundtrack album The Lion King: The Gift.{{Cite web |last=Coleman |first=C. Vernon II |date=2019-07-19 |title=Beyonce "Mood 4 Eva" With Jay-Z and Childish Gambino: Listen to New Song |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/beyonce-mood-4-eva-jay-z-childish-gambino/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=XXL Mag |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Allegra |date=2020-07-31 |title=Black Is King is Beyoncé's stunning ode to African glory |url=https://www.vox.com/2020/7/31/21349602/beyonce-black-is-king-visual-album-review-disney-plus |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Vox |language=en-US |archive-date=March 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304125436/https://www.vox.com/2020/7/31/21349602/beyonce-black-is-king-visual-album-review-disney-plus |url-status=live }}

Background and composition

“Mood 4 Eva” was written by Knowles, Denisia Andrews, Brittany Coney, Shawn Carter, Donald Glover, Khaled Khaled, Floyd Nathaniel Hills, Michael Uzowuru, Teo Halm, Jeff Kleinman, Ant Clemons, and Anathi Bhongo Mnyango. The song also contains elements of "Diaraby Nene" written and performed by Oumou Sangaré, an interpolation of "Sweet Green Fields" written by Jimmy Seals, as well as an interpolation of "(Think) About It" written by James Brown.

Beyonce and Jay-Z lyrically pay homage to Yoruba deity Oshun, Queen of Sheba, Mansa Musa, Muhammad Ali, Nas, and The Notorious B.I.G., among others.{{Cite web |last=Grady |first=Constance |date=2020-07-31 |title=Meet the African goddess at the center of Beyoncé's Black Is King |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/7/31/21349403/beyonce-black-is-king-oshun-osun-yoruba-goddess |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Vox |language=en-US |archive-date=April 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408153802/https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/7/31/21349403/beyonce-black-is-king-oshun-osun-yoruba-goddess |url-status=live }}

Reception

On Rolling Stone's "List of the 70 Greatest Beyoncé Songs", "Mood 4 Eva" was described as the "standout of Black Is King". Ranked at #65 on the list, it was celebrated for being "effortlessly powerful, despite the smooth tempo."{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-beyonce-songs-1378620/ | title=The 70 Greatest Beyoncé Songs | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=April 2024 | access-date=October 11, 2024 | archive-date=January 3, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103114240/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-beyonce-songs-1378620/ | url-status=live }} Hunter Harris of Vulture crowned the song as "near-perfect" and "the Best Song on Beyoncé’s New Lion King Album", noting that "Beyoncé chews us up, spits us out, and reminds us that if we need to recover, maybe the Ramada Inn has a vacancy?"{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Hunter |date=2019-07-19 |title=An Ode to 'MOOD 4 EVA,' the Best Song on Beyoncé's New Lion King Album |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/07/beyonce-mood-4-eva-lion-king-soundtrack.html |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Vulture |language=en}} Rap-Up described the song as a "triumphant [standout of the album]",{{Cite web |last=Devin |date=2019-07-19 |title=New Music: Beyoncé, JAY-Z, & Childish Gambino - 'MOOD 4 EVA' |url=https://www.rap-up.com/article/2019/07/19/new-music-beyonce-jay-z-childish-gambino-mood-4-eva |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Rap-Up}} while Eric Deggans of NPR Music echoed a similar sentiment.{{Cite podcast |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/08/01/898184587/review-beyonc-s-visual-album-black-is-king |title=Review: Beyoncé's Visual Album, 'Black Is King' |website=All Things Considered |publisher=NPR |last=Deggans |first=Eric |date=2020-08-01 |access-date=2024-10-11 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803194726/https://www.npr.org/2020/08/01/898184587/review-beyonc-s-visual-album-black-is-king |url-status=live }}

Visual

The visual was met with critical acclaim, lauded for its "colorful, lavish display[s] featuring designer looks, vibrant scenery, high-class jewels, and top-shelf champagne."{{Cite web |last=Inman |first=DeMicia |date=2021-08-02 |title=Beyoncé Releases New Videos For One-Year Anniversary Of 'Black Is King' |url=https://www.vibe.com/music/videos/beyonce-new-videos-black-is-king-one-year-anniversary-1234624550/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=VIBE.com |language=en-US |archive-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411222212/https://www.vibe.com/music/videos/beyonce-new-videos-black-is-king-one-year-anniversary-1234624550/ |url-status=live }} Directed by Dikayl Rimmasch, cinematographer Santiago Gonzalez described the idea for the video as "portraying a carefree lifestyle with a dreamscape harkening back to old Hollywood... culminating in a Busby Berkeley-style aqua-musical fantasy" in an interview with Variety.{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2020-11-24 |title=Beyoncé's 'Black Is King' — Behind the Visuals With DP Santiago Gonzalez |url=https://variety.com/2020/artisans/awards/black-is-king-cinematography-beyonce-1234839158/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020004842/https://variety.com/2020/artisans/awards/black-is-king-cinematography-beyonce-1234839158/ |url-status=live }} Both Kelly Rowland and Tina Knowles-Lawson make cameo appearances.{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Savannah |date=2020-08-01 |title=Beyoncé's 'Mood 4 Eva' Lyrics Are A Message To Her Haters (If She Had Any) |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a33482147/beyonce-mood-4-eva-black-is-king-lyrics-explained/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=ELLE |language=en-US |archive-date=July 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706174033/https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a33482147/beyonce-mood-4-eva-black-is-king-lyrics-explained/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Jackson |first=Lauren Michele |date=2020-08-03 |title=Beyoncé's Knowing Ethnic Splendor in "Black Is King" |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/beyonces-knowing-ethnic-splendor-in-black-is-king |access-date=2024-10-11 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X |archive-date=September 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928212145/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/beyonces-knowing-ethnic-splendor-in-black-is-king |url-status=live }}

The video was officially uploaded to YouTube on August 1, 2021, alongside "Otherside", to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of Black Is King.{{Cite web |last=Cummings-Grady |first=Mackenzie |date=2021-08-01 |title=Beyoncé Shares "Mood 4 Eva" Video in Celebration of 'Black Is King' Anniversary |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/mack/beyonce-shares-mood-4-eva-video-in-celebration-of-black-is-king-anniversary |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Complex Networks |language=en |archive-date=April 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417124006/https://www.complex.com/music/a/mack/beyonce-shares-mood-4-eva-video-in-celebration-of-black-is-king-anniversary |url-status=live }}

Personnel

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter – producer, composer, lyricist, lead vocals, background vocals, vocal producer, performer
Shawn Carter - composer, lyricist, vocals, performer
Childish Gambino - composer, lyricist, vocals, performer
Oumou Sangaré - composer, lyricist, vocals
DJ Khaled - composer, producer
Danja - composer, producer
Michael Uzowuru - composer, additional producer
Teo Halm - composer, additional producer
Jeff Kleinman - composer, additional producer
Stuart White – recording engineer, mixing engineer
Riley Mackin - recording engineer
John Cranfield - assistant engineer
Jenna Felsenthal - assistant engineer
Colin Leonard - mastering engineer

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Weekly chart performance for "Mood 4 Eva" ! scope="col"\| Chart (2019) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
scope="row"\|Australia (ARIA) \|align="center"\|48
{{single chart\|Canada\|64\|artist=Beyonce\|rowheader=true\|access-date=July 30, 2019}}
scope="row" \| Ireland (IRMA){{cite web\|url=http://irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Singles\|title=IRMA – Irish Charts\|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association\|access-date=July 27, 2019\|archive-date=February 16, 2023\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230216004118/https://www.irma.ie/%23chartTab1\|url-status=live}} \|54
scope="row"\|UK Singles Chart (OCC){{cite web \| url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/beyoncejay-zchildish-gambino-mood-4-eva/ \| title=Mood 4 Eva \| website=Official Charts \| access-date=October 11, 2024 \| archive-date=April 4, 2024 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404071032/https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/beyoncejay-zchildish-gambino-mood-4-eva/ \| url-status=live }} \|56
scope="row"\|US Hot 100 (Billboard) \|90
scope="row"\|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) \|33

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|+ Weekly chart performance for "Mood 4 Eva"

! scope="col"| Chart (2019)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)

|align="center"|48

{{single chart|Canada|64|artist=Beyonce|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2019}}

scope="row" | Ireland (IRMA){{cite web|url=http://irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Singles|title=IRMA – Irish Charts|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association|access-date=July 27, 2019|archive-date=February 16, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230216004118/https://www.irma.ie/%23chartTab1|url-status=live}}

|54

scope="row"|UK Singles Chart (OCC){{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/beyoncejay-zchildish-gambino-mood-4-eva/ | title=Mood 4 Eva | website=Official Charts | access-date=October 11, 2024 | archive-date=April 4, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404071032/https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/beyoncejay-zchildish-gambino-mood-4-eva/ | url-status=live }}

|56

scope="row"|US Hot 100 (Billboard)

|90

scope="row"|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)

|33

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" \|+ "Mood 4 Eva" release history ! scope="col"\| Region ! scope="col"\| Date ! scope="col"\| Format(s) ! scope="col"\| Version ! scope="col"\| Label(s) ! scope="col"\| {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
scope="row" rowspan="3"\| Various ! scope="row" rowspan="2"\| July 19, 2019 \| {{hlist\|Digital download\|streaming}} \| Original Version ! scope="row" rowspan="2"\| {{hlist\|Parkwood Entertainment\|Columbia Records}} \| align="center"\|{{Cite magazine \|last=Saponara \|first=Michael \|date=2019-07-19 \|title=TIDAL Releases Extended Version of Beyoncé, Jay-Z & Childish Gambino's 'MOOD 4 EVA': Listen \|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/tidal-extended-version-beyonce-jay-z-childish-gambino-mood-4-eva-listen-8521584/ \|access-date=2024-10-11 \|magazine=Billboard \|language=en-US \|archive-date=October 4, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004154012/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/tidal-extended-version-beyonce-jay-z-childish-gambino-mood-4-eva-listen-8521584/ \|url-status=live }}
{{hlist\|streaming}} \| Tidal Exclusive Extended Version \| align="center"\|
scope="row"\| July 31, 2020 \| Black Is King \| Extended version \| {{hlist\|Parkwood\|Columbia\|Disney}} \| align="center"\|

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|+ "Mood 4 Eva" release history

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scope="row" rowspan="3"| Various

! scope="row" rowspan="2"| July 19, 2019

| {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}}

| Original Version

! scope="row" rowspan="2"| {{hlist|Parkwood Entertainment|Columbia Records}}

| align="center"|{{Cite magazine |last=Saponara |first=Michael |date=2019-07-19 |title=TIDAL Releases Extended Version of Beyoncé, Jay-Z & Childish Gambino's 'MOOD 4 EVA': Listen |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/tidal-extended-version-beyonce-jay-z-childish-gambino-mood-4-eva-listen-8521584/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004154012/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/tidal-extended-version-beyonce-jay-z-childish-gambino-mood-4-eva-listen-8521584/ |url-status=live }}

| Tidal Exclusive Extended Version

| align="center"|

scope="row"| July 31, 2020

| Black Is King

| Extended version

| {{hlist|Parkwood|Columbia|Disney}}

| align="center"|