Which Beyoncé song features the famous lyric and hook “If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it”?

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The lyric and hook appear in Beyoncé’s song “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).”

The song was released in 2008 as a single from Beyoncé's third studio album, I Am... Sasha Fierce. Its theme centers on commitment and the expectation that a romantic partner should make that commitment explicit.

The black-and-white music video became especially influential because of its tightly choreographed dance, performed with dancers Ashley Everett and Kimberly Gipson. The video helped make the song a global pop-culture reference.

“Single Ladies” won three Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year, in 2010. It is sometimes shortened conversationally to “Single Ladies,” but the parenthetical phrase is part of the official title.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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