Beyonce's "Single Ladies" is still Making Waves

The last time Beyonce released an album was in 2008 and she kicked her album off with the hit "Single Ladies." In the time since the song was released, it became one of the biggest hits of both 2008 and 2009. The chorus, "put a ring on it," has become a very popular phrase with women who want a committment. More than anything, the video has been iconic.

Following the release of the video, many people went to YouTube and filmed their own rendition of the video. It was particularly popular with homosexual men, both big and small. Even AlphaCat, the Obama guy, did a parody of the song in his Obama voice. Last year, during the MTV Video Music Awards, the video lost out to Taylor Swift and it sparked the Kanye West controversy.

However, the song stopped receiving airplay by the summer of 2009, but it will remain a cultural icon. Everyone has imitated the dance, including little girls. Recently, five girls under the age of ten took a stage in a dance competition dressed in skimpy outfits as they did the "Single Ladies" dance. The dance did not earn the girls first place in the competition, but the video found its way to YouTube. In the time since the video was uploaded, it has become popular, but for the wrong reasons.

Most of the viewers of the video have been enraged adults who feel the parents should have forced their daughters to do a more appropriate dance. The people who are against the video are looking for someone to blame and they are torn between blaming the parents or blaming Beyonce. Melissa Presch said the clothes were designed for unrestricted movement and to show body lines, not unlike other costumes created for dance. She told this during an interview with "Good Morning America."