Cuff It
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| Single by Beyoncé | ||||
| from the album Renaissance | ||||
| Released | September 30, 2022 | |||
| Recorded | 2020 | |||
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| Length | 3:45 | |||
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| "Cuff It" on YouTube | ||||
"Cuff It" is a song by American singer Beyoncé from her seventh studio album, Renaissance (2022). It was released as the album's second single on September 30, 2022, through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. The song was written and produced by Beyoncé, Nova Wav, Morten Ristorp, Raphael Saadiq, and The-Dream, with additional writing by Nile Rodgers. A disco and disco funk song, "Cuff It" contains an interpolation of "Ooo La La La" (1988), written by Teena Marie and Allen McGrier and performed by Teena Marie.
"Cuff It" received critical acclaim and was highlighted as an album standout by various critics. The song was deemed the best song of 2022 by NME and appeared in some other year-end lists. It charted in more than a dozen territories and received acclaim from critics. In the United States, "Cuff It" peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Renaissance's second top-ten single. The single peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Global 200 chart; reached the top 10 in Australia, Belgian Wallonia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom; and has been certified diamond in Brazil and France.
"Cuff It" won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. On February 3, 2023, Beyoncé released a "Wetter Remix" of the song, after DJ Esentrik unofficially mashed up the instrumental of 2009's "Wetter" by Twista with "Cuff It". The mashup went viral online and was then officially released by Beyoncé with new vocals and lyrics.