 According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Hal Leonard Corporation , " Freakum Dress " is a moderate R & B song pacing in common time , written in the key of F major . The verses alternate from the chords of F ♯ and C. The track also draws from the hip hop , funk , and dance @-@ pop genres . Mike Joseph of PopMatters observed that the song shows influences by 1970s funk music , and contains limited elements of 1980s go @-@ go . According to Phil Harrison of Timeout , " Freakum Dress " consists of a steady " long crescendo , welding galloping beats and a steamrolling two @-@ note riff " , accompanied by several genres of music , which he qualified as " multi @-@ tracked " . Spence D. of IGN Music noted that the song consists of frequent whistles as well as crashing cymbal dominated scatter rhythms and a beat which fits the " powerful , loud , confident lines " in which Beyoncé asks for the attention of her man , and urges women to have a beautiful dress to spice up their sexual life . " Freakum Dress " opens with a spoken introduction . Throughout the song , Beyoncé sings her lines in an assertive manner on melding shattering hi @-@ hats " and plinking keyboard pulses . 
 According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Hal Leonard Corporation , " Freakum Dress " <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a moderate R & B song pacing in common time , written in the key of F major . The verses alternate from the chords of F ♯ and C. The track also <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>draws</mark></a> from the hip hop , funk , and dance @-@ pop genres . Mike Joseph of PopMatters observed that the song <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>shows</mark></a> influences by 1970s funk music , and <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>contains</mark></a> limited elements of 1980s go @-@ go . According to Phil Harrison of Timeout , " Freakum Dress " <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>consists</mark></a> of a steady " long crescendo , welding galloping beats and a steamrolling two @-@ note riff " , accompanied by several genres of music , which he qualified as " multi @-@ tracked " . Spence D. of IGN Music noted that the song <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>consists</mark></a> of frequent whistles as well as crashing cymbal dominated scatter rhythms and a beat which <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>fits</mark></a> the " powerful , loud , confident lines " in which Beyoncé <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>asks</mark></a> for the attention of her man , and <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>urges</mark></a> women to have a beautiful dress to spice up their sexual life . " Freakum Dress " <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>opens</mark></a> with a spoken introduction . Throughout the song , Beyoncé <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>sings</mark></a> her lines in an assertive manner on melding shattering hi @-@ hats " and plinking keyboard pulses . 
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