Songfacts®:

• Beyoncé closes Renaissance with this rapturous disco anthem where she celebrates the physical side of her marriage to Jay-Z. During the innuendo-laced rap verses, Mrs. Carter looks forward to an intimate night with her hubby. On the chorus, Bey interpolates Donna Summer's sensual classic "I Feel Love" as she croons of her sexual ecstasy. She ends the track with a list of high-end fashion brands.
• Beyoncé, Nova Wav, and Mike Dean's production incorporates spacey synths reminiscent of "I Feel Love" as well as a similar bass line.
• This is Beyoncé's second Donna Summer sample. In 2003, she interpolated another of the Queen of Disco's classic tracks, "Love To Love You Baby" (1977) for "Naughty Girl."
• Crafted during the COVID pandemic, Renaissance reflects Beyoncé's state of mind during the lockdown period when she longed to immerse herself into dance. This titular closer with its references to one of the all-time-great disco numbers is a fitting climax.
• Beyoncé, Mike Dean, and Nova Wav co-wrote "Summer Renaissance" with Leven Kali, The-Dream, Levar Coppin, Ink, Sal Dali and Ricky Lawson. The writers of "I Feel Love" - Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte - also get credited.
• The song soundtracked a 2022 fall ad for Tiffany & Co. Beyoncé appears in the one-minute black-and-white clip directed by filmmaker Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo, Never Let Me Go) for the jeweler's "Lose Yourself in Love" campaign. It sees the Texan star command a busy downtown nightclub wearing a necklace and earrings by noted Tiffany & Co. designer Jean Schlumberger.
• Vulture named this their best song of 2022. They said: "Just as it was for decades of electronic dance music, 'I Feel Love' is Bey's launch point. 'Renaissance' becomes an ecstatic roller coaster through dance history, taking turns into a diva-size house anthem and vogue-ready bitch track."