B'Day Anthology Video Album

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B’Day Anthology Video Album is a video album, released by the American R&B singer-songwriter Beyoncé, it was released alongside B’Day: Deluxe Edition on April 3, 2007.

The B’Day Anthology Video Album was a Wal-Mart exclusive product in the United States but is now sold in other stores. This DVD contains the music videos already shot to promote the singles released from the album ("Deja Vu", "Ring the Alarm", "Irreplaceable", and "Listen"). In addition to those videos, Beyoncé also went on to record music videos to many of the rest of the tracks.

Minor clips of all these videos were shown on MTV's TRL on the day Beyoncé went there to premiere "Beautiful Liar". These small clips were also shown on BET's 106 & Park while the singer was there to premiere "Upgrade U". The compilation DVD was also promoted by a BET and a MTV Hits special which premiered the videos with Beyoncé's commentary about the filming process and/or the lyrics.

In late March, the music videos which were previously unseen by the public leaked on the internet. On April 2, the full-length videos for "Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix)", "Kitty Kat/Green Light", and "Suga Mama" premiered on BET to promote the B’Day Anthology Video Album which was released on the following day. The videos have garnished thousands of views on YouTube and other video sharing sites even though this clearly violates the terms of use of those sites.

Another flagrant copyright infringement is the fact that this video album contains the track "Still in Love (Kissing You)", a cover of the song "I'm Kissing You" originally performed by Des'Ree. Des'ree filed a lawsuit against Beyoncé on April 18, 2007, alleging Knowles never obtained proper clearance to use the song. Des'ree claims the terms her team submitted to Knowles for use of the song were not satisfactory, and as a result the former Destiny's Child star ignored copyright law and recorded her own version. The terms stated Knowles couldn't retitle the song or film a video using the track. Des'ree is seeking $150,000 in damages. 1

Track listing

#	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Beautiful Liar" (duet with Shakira)	Jake Nava & Beyoncé	3:34
2.	"Irreplaceable"	Anthony Mandler	4:17
3.	"Kitty Kat" (Intro)	Melina & Beyoncé	1:03
4.	"Green Light"	Melina	3:31
5.	"Upgrade U" (featuring Jay-Z)	Melina & Beyoncé	4:38
6.	"Flaws and All"	Beyoncé	4:14
7.	"Get Me Bodied" (Extended Mix)	Anthony Mandler & Beyoncé	6:42
8.	"Freakum Dress"	Ray Kay & Beyoncé	3:21
9.	"Suga Mama"	Melina & Beyoncé	3:37
10.	"Déjà Vu" (featuring Jay-Z)	Sophie Muller	4:06
11.	"Ring the Alarm"	Sophie Muller	3:33
12.	"Listen" (Director's cut)	Diane Martel	3:49
13.	"Still in Love (Kissing You)" (U.S. Wal-Mart Edition Only)	Cliff Watts & Beyoncé	4:41
14.	Credits	N/A	0:51
—	Anthology Behind the Scenes	Ed Burke	17:39

2 week shoot

In the DVD feature "Anthology Behind The Scenes", Beyoncé said that,

First it was just "Green Light" and "Upgrade U". Let's sneak in "Kitty Kat". We might as well put in "Suga Mama". We gotta do "Get Me Bodied", that's the dance record. Gotta do something for "Beautiful Liar", that's the song with Shakira, of course we know we gotta do a video for that.

Beyoncé added,

If I had another week I probably would have shot three more videos.

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"Kitty Kat"/"Green Light"

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"Kitty Kat"/"Green Light"

Kitty Kat/Green Light "Green Light" was an intense three-day shoot. The video was inspired by Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" video with the sexy, sheik women with blank expressions in a simple almost black and white theme. The "patent-leather, ballet-Pointe heels" she wears in the clip, blistered her feet and gave her legs muscle spasms. The half-day shoot for "Kitty Kat," by comparison, was a breeze — except for getting the cats to cooperate.

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"Upgrade U"

Upgrade U In between "Kitty Kat" and "Green Light", "Upgrade U" was shot in a day and a half. Jay-Z shot his part first. Beyoncé then studied his scene for her impersonation.

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"Get Me Bodied"

Get Me Bodied "Get Me Bodied" was a two-day shoot. The video had 50 extras. Tina Knowles made 80 dresses for all of them. The video also featured cameos by former Destiny's Child member's Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Along side them was Beyoncé's younger sister Solange Knowles-Smith. The heels worn by Beyoncé, Kelly, Michelle, and Solange wore 6-inch platforms that made dancing in gravel difficult for the scene when the girls are about to enter the club. Because of scheduling conflicts the extended dances at the end of the video could only be shot once each so all dancers had to get the steps right the first time.

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"Suga Mama"

Suga Mama Beyoncé had never ridden a mechanical bull before until they started shooting. The man who came with the bull was playing a game. Every time they called 'Action!' he made it go faster and because Beyoncé tried to do tricks too complicated for a novice she kept falling off. So they shot those scenes at 12 frames a second, with her singing twice as fast, so that she wouldn't have to be on the bull for as long.

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"Freakum Dress"

Freakum Dress 30 dresses were made for this 12-hour shoot by Tina (eight for Beyoncé). Sometimes Tina Knowles would have to make dresses on the spot. Beyoncé borrowed the glasses she wears at the podium from her makeup artist, Francesca.

"Beautiful Liar"

Beautiful Liar Beyoncé and Shakira made up choreography in 40 minutes for this two-day shoot, so Shakira taught her a bit of belly-dancing.

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"Flaws and All"

Flaws and All Beyoncé did her own hair and makeup for this clip shot in inexpensive Super 8 film, in which she emulates Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot and Barbra Streisand.

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"Still In Love (Kissing You)"

Still In Love (Kissing You) Beyoncé recorded the song last minute and was not intended for the album. Director Cliff Watts (who shot Beyoncé's Sports Illustrated cover) went on a trip to Miami and, after shopping for a black bathing suits, they shot it on Super 8, with Beyoncé doing her own hair and makeup.