Key facts
- B side
- Diva
- Released
- January 20, 2009 ( 2009-01-20 )
- Studio
- Manfield (Los Angeles) Germano Roc the Mic (New York City)
- Genre
- Pop R&B
- Length
- 4 : 21 (album version) 3 : 44 (radio edit)
- Label
- Columbia
- Songwriters
- Ryan Tedder Evan Bogart Beyoncé Knowles
- Producers
- Ryan Tedder Beyoncé Knowles
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- song
- Genre
- pop music
- Country of origin
- United States
- Followed by
- Ego
- Follows
- Diva
- Composer
- E. Kidd Bogart
- Producer
- Beyoncé
- Duration
- 261
- Performer
- Beyoncé
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Tonality
- A major
- Lyrics by
- Ryan Tedder
- Distribution format
- music streaming
- Image
- Beyonce Halo 2013.jpg
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- Commons category
- Halo (Beyoncé song)
- title
- Halo
- beats per minute
- 80
- publication date
- 2009-01-20
- language of work or name
- English language
- single taken from the album or EP
- I Am… Sasha Fierce
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Record of the Year
- different from
- Halo
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Encyclopedic overview
Music video "Halo" on YouTube
"Halo" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her third studio album, I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008). Included on the I Am... disc, it was intended to give a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Beyoncé's life, stripped of her make-up and celebrity trappings. Columbia Records released the song, the album's fourth single, to mainstream radio in the United States on January 20, 2009, and to international markets from February 20. Inspired by Ray LaMontagne's 2004 song "Shelter", "Halo" was written by Ryan Tedder and Evan Bogart, with the former producing it alongside Beyoncé, who handled the vocal production. It was originally conceived by Tedder and Bogart specifically for Beyoncé, although there was media speculation that it had been intended for Leona Lewis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Halo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.