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Ave Maria (Beyoncé song)
"Ave Maria" is a song by American R&B recording artist Beyoncé Knowles from her third studio album ''I Am... Sasha Fierce'' (2008). Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench and Makeba Riddick wrote the song in collaboration with its producers Knowles and production duo Stargate. As stated by Ghost, "Ave Maria" was inspired by Knowles and her own respective marriages. The song is a re-write of Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria". It is instrumentally complete with a piano and strings. Throughout the ballad, Knowles sings in a lower register with an operatic soprano. Lyrically, it speaks about being surrounded by friends but still feeling alone.
Critical reception towards the song was mixed. Many contemporary critics praised its balladry and Knowles vocals while others dubbed it as merely a normal take on the original. Following the release of ''I Am... Sasha Fierce'', "Ave Maria" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 150 on November 29, 2008, based on downloads alone. The song was a part Knowles' set list during her I Am... Tour (2009–10) where she sang it dressed in a wedding dress and veil. "Ave Maria" was subsequently included on her live album, ''I Am... World Tour'' (2010). Knowles also performed the song as a tribute to Michael Jackson during the 2009 BET Awards.
==Writing and inspiration==
Mikkel Storleer Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen, together under the stage name Stargate, wrote and produced the song with additional writing by Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench and Makeba Riddick.〔 The song was written in Bangladesh, Patchwerk and Silent Sound Studios in Atlanta, Georgia in 2008.〔 Knowles worked with Amanda Ghost to re-write Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria" after having co-written "Disappear" in London.〔 She stated that the song was one of the most personal on the album. Ghost told ''The Daily Telegraph'' that Knowles' references to rapper Jay-Z are usually unclear and open to interpretation, yet her music, including "Ave Maria", "is the one place she can be incredibly expressive". Knowles and Ghost both liked Schubert's song and walked down the aisle to the song during their respective weddings. The marriages of the artists inspired them to write their own version of the recording.〔 She further discussed the lyrics and inspiration:
()he lyric is very much about her. She talks about being surrounded by friends but she's alone: 'How can the silence seem so loud?' and then 'There's only us when the lights go down'. I think that's probably the most personal line on the whole album about her and Jay, because they are very real, and they're very much in love, and it must be pretty tough to have that love when you're incredibly famous.〔
"Ave Maria" is present on the ''I Am...'' disc of the double album ''I Am... Sasha Fierce'', as it is a ballad that shows Knowles' insecurities about love,〔〔 and the person she is "underneath all the makeup, underneath the lights and underneath all the exciting star drama".〔 Knowles has said that she loves singing ballads because, "the music and the emotion in the story is told so much better. It's a better connection because you can hear it and it's not all these other distractions. I really wanted people to hear my voice and hear what I had to say." During an interview, Knowles revealed that "Ave Maria" was the most personal song to her on the whole album.
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