'Listen' won Best Original Song at the 2007 Critics' Choice Awards. Contemporary music critics complimented the strong and emotional vocals of Beyoncé, and added that the lyrics perfectly elaborate on Deena Jones's life. Its instrumentation includes bass, drums, guitars, keyboards, percussion, and violins, among others. One of four new songs written for the feature version of Dreamgirls (originally a 1981 Broadway musical), 'Listen' is a soul- R&B song its lyrics make reference to tenacity, love, the refusal to defer dreams and finally rise towards fame. The Spanish version of the song, 'Oye', was released on the EP, Irreemplazable, and the Spanish deluxe edition of B'Day. It additionally appeared as a hidden track on international editions, and on the deluxe edition of Beyoncé's second solo studio album, B'Day. Columbia Records released 'Listen' as the lead single from the Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture soundtrack album on December 4, 2006. The song was written by Beyoncé, Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Samantha Worley and Anne Preven, and produced by The Underdogs, Matt Sullivan and Randy Spendlove for the 2006 musical film Dreamgirls, in which Beyoncé's character Deena Jones sings the song in an expression of independence from her controlling husband. ' Listen' is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé.

Beyoncé he still loves me listen