BC Jean If I Were A Boy

BC Jean performs live at the Capital One Bank Music Vault for 1061 KISS listeners

[@artgroupavanti]

It is not a cover, it is the original version of that song!!!! Love BC Jean!!!

[@ryanharris2802]

How do you know?

[@dyelbodybuild5601]

@@ryanharris2802 lol cause it is bro. “BC Jean,[1][2] is an American singer-songwriter, best known for writing and singing the song "If I Were a Boy" with which Beyoncé would later achieve worldwide commercial success.”

[@boyjimbo]

Let's make bc jean famous

[@iris6889]

what a talent, what a voice ! She is so talented, it s really her song, no doubt !

[@ren-kunthekeeper5212]

I love the raspyness and edginess it gives off, it makes the song more heartfelt

[@pickaname29]

I agree. The original is way better than Beyonce's

[@MrBigjohn1668]

this is how this song was supposed to be done you can hear the pain in her voice.

[@BevieArlene]

She's incredible!!! I wish she made it big!!

[@mattiacenacchi726]

beyonce made it.

[@ALinn-vr3nl]

@@mattiacenacchi726 Beyonce's is a cover of this.

[@mattiacenacchi726]

@@ALinn-vr3nl i know.

[@pickaname29]

​@@ALinn-vr3nlWait, you mean Beyonce doesn't write any of her own songs!? Say it isn't so! 😮

[@darrelltakeli]

now thats how it was supposed to be sung!!....this ones got emoition wrapped all over it.. i prefer listening to this original..

[@kjchicago1]

+darrell takeli You like this better than Beyoncé's version?

[@darrelltakeli]

seen..

[@darrelltakeli]

kjchicago1 yess!..i do (3

[@fredrikengdahl4970]

This song should never end up with queen b...

[@MonaRoo88]

This IS the original. This is HER song. Beyoncé’s people stole it without permission when her record deal in Germany fell through

[@marissacox336]

I think these day we hear to many of the same voices and hers is very unique and a breath of fresh air.

[@robgraham9947]

Well I never, I never realised the Beyonce version was a cover. This is so much better. I hope she gets the recognition she deserves. Love her voice.

[@SybilKappert]

we know she wrote it and we want people to know she did it even if it's only 5 people it gives her more recognition for having more talent singing style and songwriting ways

[@elabauer110]

Love her Voice, wish she‘d much more Songs. I would buy it!

[@lenavanheusden2380]

First time I can actually hear what the song is about. Great job BC!

[@Lawekawika]

This is how the song should be sung. You can feel her pain. I love her raspy voice. Whenever I hear someone listening to the "other" one, I tell them to listen to this.

[@ozziebaez6144]

Sorry, but Beyoncé brought this song alive

[@KH-hs5xv]

​@@ozziebaez6144yessss

[@iheartsummer10191114]

Ugh, she's gorgeous!! Perfect voice, perfect hair, perfect make-up...

[@exhamrexham6893]

Yo her voice is awesome!!

[@Andysouthside]

love her voice, oh holy god !!

[@kimjwillis]

I bought one of her songs, didn't know her, but liked her voice. She had an amazing voice, but I'm happy to hear that she can actually sing, makes me respect her even more. Sometimes you hear them on cd, then live, and usually disappointed. But her? Amazing! I love her voice, it's raw, rock, and soul. :)

[@ajbactista849]

i love this one better, because she is the on one who actually wrote it and sang it. :)

[@felidaeunplugged8316]

and the emotions are much more natural

[@AJ_Angel_of_A]

Love this original. I'm here because of the new cover version from Angelina Jordan and Toby Gad (co writer of the song).

[@ewelina8b]

I love Angelina’s version. ❤ and BC Jean .

[@NineAnutza]

Love BC Jean and now Alexander Jean, she is finally getting the recognition she deserves bc she's super talented singer-songwriter and she and Mark Ballas are just amazing!!!

[@renaddab8486]

Omg I love this it is AMAZING

[@krisgoggins9054]

I love this. From the original artist. A big difference

[@jasminehosk7671]

oh my god i never knew this was the original!

[@taliainthetardis]

Hearing Alexander Jean sing this last night at the Lindsey Stirling "Warmer in the Winter" concert was amazing. BC Jean singing this live was stunning. She has a beautiful voice and her husband plays the guitar beautifully. I have never heard Beyonce's version, but WOW, this song gave me goosebumps.

[@TheLittlemissFran]

this is wonderfull, I get gusbumbs

[@coorkie]

In my opinion this original is much better than Beyonce's cover.

[@carlosblank6629]

Great raspy voice! Very soulful!

[@Tsukiyomilin]

I won't say the singing is better than Beyonce's, but this one definitely has more raw emotion that squeezes at my heartstrings more.

[@codedsky]

I kinda like the raspiness though.

[@MonaRoo88]

@Bull Jordan LLC I think It is fucked up they didn’t ask her permission to record it

[@loki9943]

Bruh Because she's the person who originally made the song smh beyonce's is a cover

[@nickwilliams6062]

@@loki9943 this guy..this guy gets it.

[@ALinn-vr3nl]

BC's raw singing makes this the feminist version.

[@trafficsignal101]

Awesome is about 200 hundred levels below what this deserves. So awesome plus, times 200.

[@rosesalvacion5479]

BC Jean ur the best ❤️❤️❤️

[@nlortiz79]

She's amazing!

[@rosesalvacion5479]

beautiful

[@LovelyMrsLong]

I saw her on ET tonight, Beyonce buying this song really gave her the means to be able to live her life. I really wish she could have released it herself, I look forward to BC's upcoming album.

[@ozziebaez6144]

She did release it. It didn’t do well. Beyoncé re-recorded it the same year.

[@beccaboo74]

Voice is unique...I LOVE IT

[@willkoestner4159]

If I really got this song before I fell for it, well I guess I'd have lost out on alot of pain I needed to get from A to B.

[@ariyantolim2197]

This is GOLD!!

[@banphyrnaimarbaniang9978]

Wow so beautiful and touching song and i don't know that it was her original song.

[@AdliAssad]

Great sound she has . love her my best

[@donaldmack2307]

❤️ This so much.

[@gwCsab]

Wow, what a voice

[@KittyKat-qt9rv]

you OWNED it:)

[@veronicaalta9462]

Beautiful

[@sparkyspark964]

Beautiful voice!! I hope she heals some day from all the past hurts because her future relationships could suffer for things they never did or be the targets for the ones that are long gone. I hope she and Mark are truly happy.

[@leahtroncoso3678]

its not the pain in her voice its just how she sings

[@2bUprightPs112]

beautiful : )

[@purpl3lov3r09]

she has a a scratchy kind of voice i love

[@clocko2700]

It is 2020 and people just discovered songwriters selling their songs is a thing

[@Tekkenrulz]

clock o They are BIG MAD in these comments as if Beyoncé didnt credit her. Like, you know theres this thing called being a song writer for a living. Idiots...

[@davidgapp1457]

@@Tekkenrulz Not BIG MAD. Just... this is the better version. I like Beyonce but she lacks the emotional depth of BC Jean. What we ARE annoyed about is that you can't buy a copy of the original artist singing her own song. That's on Beyonce. I feel that protection for the buyer should not extend past 2 years.

[@loganmurphy9453]

BC Jean did not sell this song wittingly. She intended it to go on her own debut album, but the label went behind her back to give it to Beyonce and then dropped BC as an artist.

[@clocko2700]

@@loganmurphy9453 are you saying a record label chose to debut a black woman instead of a white one? Talk about structural racism :0

[@loganmurphy9453]

@@clocko2700 Beyoncé was already a huge artist at the time. And the record label was sleazy and offered another artist’s song to Beyoncé without their knowledge.

[@MonaRoo88]

I appreciate that people actually know this is her and her partner’s song. Not Beyoncé’s. She didn’t give them the rights to the song. She eventually gave in and accepted it cuz she didn’t have much of a choice did she?

[@Solstice_love]

i want to sing like that.

[@rkmugen]

I was searching KZbin for Capital One commercials, but wound up with this excellent vid. I never knew BC Jean was the one who wrote this song... all this time, I thought it was all Beyonce. Wow... BC Jean.... I've never heard of her before, but now.... oooooo-wee!!! She's got nice vocal chops and a distinct rock sound to it, which I totally dig! And for Castlevania fans, doesn't she sort of resemble 'Maria Renard' from "Castlevania:SOTN" in this vid?

[@_melita]

If I were a boy Even just for a day I'd roll outta bed in the morning Throw on what I wanted and go Drink beer with the guys And chase after girls I'd make out with who I wanted And I'd never get busted for it 'Cause they'd stick up for me If I were a boy I think I could understand How it feels to love a girl I swear I'd be a better man I'd listen to her 'Cause I know how it hurts When you lose the one you wanted 'Cause he's taken you for granted And everything you had got destroyed If I were a boy I would turn off my phone Tell everyone it's broken So they'd think that I was sleepin' alone I'd put myself first And make the rules as I go 'Cause I know that she'd be faithful Waitin' for me to come home (to come home) If I were a boy I think I could understand How it feels to love a girl I swear I'd be a better man I'd listen to her 'Cause I know how it hurts When you lose the one you wanted (wanted) 'Cause he's taken you for granted (granted) And everything you had got destroyed It's a little too late for you to come back Say it's just a mistake Think I'd forgive you like that If you thought I would wait for you You thought wrong But you're just a boy You don't understand Yeah, you don't understand, oh How it feels to love a girl someday You wish you were a better man You don't listen to her You don't care how it hurts Until you lose the one you wanted 'Cause you've taken her for granted And everything you had got destroyed But you're just a boy

[@reem720]

amazingg :)

[@EllieRialasMusic]

speechless....................................

[@WatchYourAttitude]

Oh this is interesting. I was very curious to see how it would sound if it was BC was singing it, since she wrote thr song. I like the edgyness she gives the song, interesting to see how a song changes when an artists that didn't write it records it. I think I might even prefer this.

[@GoAskTay]

Hahahah Shes fucking amazing! she has RAW TALENT.♥

[@GabbyYouDidnt]

people are saying bc jean sounds more "authentic"..no..it's just the way bc jean sings, her voice is naturally raspy like this. not because she's putting more emotion into it than beyonce, because believe me, watch any live peformance of beyonce singing this, BOY is there emotion.

[@dyelbodybuild5601]

This comment is hella old but makes no sense. With that considered, BC Jean IS putting more emotion because she obviously wrote it about something that hurt her heart. Beyoncé physically can’t have the same emotion.(not saying she can’t be emotional but it’s not the same.)

[@eldamus]

wow she's fucking incredible

[@MrMobo41]

Remarkable song, remarkable story. This girl is talented! As I was listening with headphones, I heard a bit of Janis Joplin.

[@retsea1]

Her voicce is rawer than Beyonce's, like, it has that thing in it that let's you know that the pain is there.

[@pipper1232002]

@Narex22 the studio where it was recorded and etc or whatever might of made her...maybe we will see it on a cd of hers

[@zeezpp8]

well, i read in Wiki that this song is written by BC Jean.. but i dont know about other songs

[@Luciasoberon]

@retsea1 well... she is the one that wrote it....

[@Nimesay1]

I like the raspyness of her voice..

[@maishi]

Look up this songs history. BC Jean wrote the song from her own personal experience, but her record company said it wasn't a seller. But she still released it online. Her company gave the song to Beyonce without tell BCJean. And somebody else showed her the beyonce version because the doesn't listen to beyonce's music.

[@horrorvictim]

@Narex22 She originally wrote the song.

[@gi_se_le]

Muito lindo na voz dela

[@SybilKappert]

it's BC Jeans song Beyonce changed lyrics

[@SybilKappert]

Fair enough.

[@kendolldamon]

This is one of my favorite songs lyrically of the last decade. I dont want to say its th ebest because music is subjective but its definitely a fav

[@12345JJBB]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuck she's awesome

[@SpeshulED204]

@untraile It's not a cover song, she wrote this song.

[@shannonperea8718]

It is far more feeling to it than Beyonce's version. Why isn't BC a huge star yet?

[@Julo6679]

Good Job!!!

[@danielh4857]

YES

[@KAllison2369]

I hate the fact that Beyonce covered this and made it so much more popular than the original singer that everyone thinks Beyonce is the original singer. BC deserves the credit for this. Every time people cover it its always "Cover of If I Were A Boy by Beyonce" no. That's not right.

[@jasminehosk7671]

+Kagame Boof omg is this the original? is beyonce's a cover?

[@KAllison2369]

+jasmine hosk yes, this is the original and beyonce's is a cover

[@jasminehosk7671]

Kagame Boof omg i never knew that!! this one is WAY better!

[@TheTrixster690]

Beyoncé gives BC Jean credit and whenever Beyoncé's sings it live BC Jean gets money for it Beyoncé also asked for permission to use the song

[@adrianisawaffle_738]

Trixster690 wow you must know Beyonce like that to know all that.

[@hesselvisser2323]

try it now...like the song...boy's are the target now

[@IsaiahBesosa]

Why is this not on spotify? Your version is way better, BC Jean.

[@stefanlindstrom9405]

This is the original and its way better then the beyonce cover. Too bad the labels never accepted her version.

[@jacobmorris3295]

+Stefan Lindström It has nothing to do with the "labels not accepting her" and everything to do with the fact that Beyonce was ALREADY famous when she covered the song. I really like both versions of the song but I've gotta give credit to BC Jean for writing this wonderful piece of art!

[@colonel_fox]

Beyonce took it further, plus BC Jean got license money for the song, so she probably made more money on the song because of Beyonce

[@phillyvoodoo]

@@jacobmorris3295 actually it has everything to do with BC's lable rejecting to song she originally recorded..... They told her it was unmarketable and wouldn't distribute it for her as a single..... Beyonce came after the initial rejection

[@THarrell21]

BEAUTIFUL! I always liked her version more than Beyonce's.

[@gkolivier8918]

To borrow a phrase, it's like being served an espresso in an Italian cafe on a cobblestone street by the finest barista in Rome. The other versions are like using the espresso machine in the office.

[@MysticalMatty]

yes

[@CaseyMoo1]

So much better than Beyonce 's ...,You can hear the pain. Great songwriter.

[@bbjunko4520]

fuck yes.

[@JuneGudmundsdottir]

Live and seated she is better than 99% of singers standing up in an autotune-equipped studio.

[@felidaeunplugged8316]

rare and pure talent

[@Starelmaster]

She looks like my french teacher, but with talent

[@Honeythebeebee]

+Starelmaster C'est ce qui compte! :)

[@nakamichir9552]

Starelmaster lol

[@lucasvalerio7646]

That's the reason I hate covers. This song is about 2008 and I just met the original singer ten years later. She's really good.

[@davidgapp1457]

OMG This is the way the song was meant to be sung. So much superior to Beyonce. The tragedy is I can't find a copy to buy.

[@ashleigh_marrrie]

i love this song

[@DOLove736]

Beyonce covered

[@JosiBennettSA]

Wow I also prefer this to Beyonce's version! And she wrote a great song. Why isn't she better known? Exciting though to discover that she's writing with Adam Lambert now for his new album!

[@PinaZampo]

Love the song, but her voice is amazballs!

[@SweetBrwnSuga]

can i get this song on itunes or on amazon? or @ least on a mixtape?

[@gigimonrose157]

Enjoyed her voice so much. Beyonce sings it great but I really do prefer BC Jean. X

[@glennmorris371]

Reba and Beyonce, two of the richest women in music... Shown how it should be sung.

[@nicolayoung4189]

This is the original..look it up

[@MrPovilytis]

i wish i will find the girl who looks like u and has soooo beautiful voice :))

[@newyyykkll]

Did she write it?

[@subhapandey651]

Yes

[@CaseyTappy]

h

[@newyyykkll]

trump 2016

[@sweetheart90511]

why did she change the lyrics? Anyways i like her voice

[@howdaddyisdoing8713]

Can't find her discography on AllMusic. What's up with that?

[@minanhaterd79]

both beautifull, this origanal version and beyonce version. a question of taste which you like more...

[@DreyShard]

4 people dislike this because they can't accept that this is better than Beyonce. Why? This is better because the emotion is there.