Before she had the whole world throwing its hands up for the joys of singlehood, Beyoncé dumped that trifflin' fool in another iconic smash: the bouncy, brazen "Irreplaceable," which went on to become the biggest song of 2007. Though its midtempo acoustic groove doesn't exactly scream "club anthem," there's nothing that's impossible with a great hook, and "To the left, to the left!"—a break-up line so snappy and fierce it became a zeitgeist-y rallying cry of female empowerment—is among the best of them. Nothing about "Irreplaceable" is innovative, or even strikingly original, but any good pop star knows that personality is what counts, and in this coming-out party of sorts, Beyoncé proved that she just might be the baddest chick in that game. B+
5 years ago this week, "Irreplaceable" was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.
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