翻譯：少俠尼克（b站id）

審譯：Nomanlandever（b站id）

原文鏈接：https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/

If being in love has a sound, it’s the euphoric vocal run that opens Beyoncé’s “Countdown.” The song quickly gives way to steady snare-drum taps and staccato horn bleats that match the singer’s heartbeat, as she and songwriter The-Dream carefully mix the best sounds across genres—funk, reggae, dancehall, and R&B (that’s a Boys II Men sample)—into one stutter-stepping, ecstatic, instant classic. The premise of “Countdown” has Beyoncé running down all the ways she loves her man, using a lot of clever wordplay that culminates in a tip-your-head-back, shout-it-in-the-club chorus. At the time, she had been with her husband, JAY-Z, for almost a decade; ever the old soul, she isn’t singing about new love, or one-night-stand love, or ephemeral love. This is an effusive ode to her broken-in, ride-or-die, monogamous romance?and?a swaggy reminder of exactly what will happen to him if he ever messes around. “Countdown” walked so?Lemonade?could enter couples therapy and run. –Allison P. Davis

如果說什么是墜入愛河的聲音，?那就是歌曲 “Countdown”開頭里Beyoncé陶然自得的歌聲。隨后歌曲迅速帶入平穩(wěn)的軍鼓節(jié)奏和 與演唱者心跳聲相一致的時斷時續(xù)的喇叭聲，她和詞曲作者The-Dream精心融會各種流派的最佳聲音——放克、雷鬼、dancehall和R&B（采樣Boys II Men的歌曲“Uhh Ahh”）——做出一首“怦然心動，神魂顛倒”的當(dāng)代經(jīng)典歌曲。緊迫的倒計時（“Countdown”）讓Beyoncé為愛赴湯蹈火，巧舌如簧地講出雙關(guān)情話，在戰(zhàn)術(shù)后仰中達到高潮，在夜店狂飆副歌。彼時，她已經(jīng)與丈夫Jay-Z在一起快近十年了；作為絕對的老成女人，她唱的不是新歡，不是一夜情，也不是短暫的愛情。這是一首熱情洋溢的頌歌，歌頌她擅自闖入丈夫心扉、至死不渝、一夫一妻的相守，狂拽地警告他，如果偷情亂搞的后果是什么。?（“Countdown”）倒計時結(jié)束，隨后的《Lemonade》開啟夫妻心理治療的篇章并重歸于好。–Allison P. Davis