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RIIVERDANCE by Beyoncé

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Beyoncé

RIIVERDANCE

Release date: 29th March 2024

From COWBOY CARTER
Track 23
4:12
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About This Track

'RIIVERDANCE' moves through cycles of violence and reconciliation, its narrative arc tracing a relationship fractured by betrayal and remade through a kind of reckless devotion. Beyoncé and co-writer RAYE construct a song where shooting and being shot at becomes metaphor for intimate harm, where death and resurrection happen in the space between two people. The refrain insists on motion, on dancing through it all, as if physical momentum might outrun the damage. The lyrics pivot between aggressor and victim, between the one who fires and the one who falls, collapsing the distinction until both positions seem equally trapped. Lies hide in kisses; words shape the body that speaks them. What emerges is not resolution but a kind of stubborn entanglement, a decision to steal the heart again on Saturday and Sunday night, to wrap oneself around another person despite knowing the cost. The song holds both the wound and the refusal to leave it behind.

"RIIVERDANCE" is a track by Beyoncé, from the album COWBOY CARTER, released 29th March 2024. The track is 4:12 long. It's filed under Country. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 17 articles about Beyoncé.

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Lyrics

RIIVERDANCE

Dance
Dance
Dance
Dance
Dance
Dance
Dance
Dance

Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, no hands
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, no hands

Runnin' through the river
Runnin' through the river with you, dance (dance)
Runnin' through the river
Runnin' through the river with you, dance (dance)

Staring down the barrel of his gun
Yes, he shot me down
I died and someone brought me back to life
But never to my senses

Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, no hands

Staring down the barrel of my gun
Yes, I shot you down
He cried the day he realized
That lies were hidden in my kisses

Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, no hands

He was tangled in my arms
He was my mess, my ball of string
I would give him everything
My thunderstorm and second chances

Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, no hands

Runnin' through the river
Runnin' through the river with you, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, no hands

We fight but we must make amends
Arrest me and read me my rights
I plan to steal your heart again
On Saturday and Sunday night

Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, no hands (no hands)

Wrap me 'round your little finger
Wrap me 'round your wedding ring
Your words, they take the shape my body makes
Ain't that the scary thing

Bounce on that shit, dance (oh)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, no hands (no hands)

Runnin' through the river (dance)
Runnin' through the river with you, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, no hands

Staring at the barrel of this gun
Yes, he shot me down
I died, but then I came straight back to life
But never to my senses (hey)
We fight but then we make amends
Arrest me and read me my rights (hey)
I plan to steal your heart again
On Saturday and Sunday nights (dance)

Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (we dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (we dance)
Bounce on that shit, no hands

Day I met you, I remember everything, I wrote it down
Your smile was cold, your fade was fresh
Your eyes were such a shade of brown

Bounce on that shit, dance (oh)
Bounce on that shit, dance (oh)
Bounce on that shit, dance (oh)
Bounce on that shit, no hands

You press your ear onto my chest
You hear the speed my heart will beat
Seconds drag like days whenever
You don't wanna talk or speak

Bounce on that shit, dance (dance, ooh)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance, dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (do the dance, dance)
Bounce on that shit, no hands (do the dance)

Runnin' through the river
Runnin' through the river with you, dance
Runnin' through the river
Runnin' through the river
Runnin' through the river (runnin')
Runnin' through the river with you, dance
Runnin' through the river
Runnin' through the river (ooh)

Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, dance (dance)
Bounce on that shit, no hands

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Track details

From COWBOY CARTER

4:122024
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COWBOY CARTER
Beyoncé
29th March 2024
Track number
23
Release year
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  • 6SMOKE HOUR ★ WILLIE NELSON
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  • 8BODYGUARD
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  • 24II HANDS II HEAVEN
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  • 25TYRANT
    4:11
  • 26SWEET ★ HONEY ★ BUCKIIN'
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  • 27AMEN
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  • —BLACKBIIRD
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Beyoncé, RAYE, Sounwave, The-Dream
    Producer
    Beyoncé, The-Dream
    Engineer
    Andrea Roberts, John Cranfield, Matheus Braz
    Bass
    The-Dream
    Guitar
    The-Dream
    Additional Vocals
    The-Dream
    Assistant Engineer
    conjust8, Danforth Webster, Garrett Duncan, Jeremy Dilli, Jonathan Lopez Garcia, Matheus Braz, Nick Sutton, Patrick Gardner, Terena Dawn
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Chris Bhikoo, Jacob Richards
    Mastering Engineer
    Colin Leonard
    Mixing Engineer
    Jaycen Joshua, Mike Seaberg
    Percussion
    Beyoncé, Khirye Tyler
    Recording Engineer
    Brandon Harding, Stuart White
    Sound Effects
    Khirye Tyler
    Vocal Producer
    Beyoncé
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