Halo (Beyonce Knowles Song) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles "Halo" is a song recorded by American R B singer Beyonce Knowles for her third studio album I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008). Columbia Records released the song as the fourth single of the album, to mainstream radio in the United States on January 20, 2009. It was composed by Ryan Tedder, Evan Bogart, and Knowles in three hours. The track was inspired by Ray LaMontagne's song, "Shelter." A pop power ballad containing R B undertones, "Halo" is written in a moderate tempo of eighty-four beats per minute in the key of A major. Its instrumentation essentially consists of a piano, and keyboards and synthesizers. The music is further amplified by soul claps and step stomps. Thematically, the lyrics to "Halo" describe a sublime love.