Beyoncé & Ronald Isley Share “Make Me Say It Again, Girl” Collab

Ronald Isley of the Isley Brothers has teamed up with Beyoncé for the duet “Make Me Say It Again, Girl,” a remake of the track of the same name from 1975.

The duet was first announced on Tuesday, with 81-year-old Isley teasing that it was finally time to share with the world what he was working on with Bey. The song is a slightly tweaked rendition of the Isleys’ “Make Me Say It Again Girl (Part 1 & 2),” which appeared on the group’s first No. 1 album, The Heat Is On. 

The song marks Beyoncé’s first collaboration of the year outside of her own music. Last month she made her return with Renaissance, her first solo album since 2016’s Lemonade. Featuring a dance-oriented sound, the record debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It scored the biggest week for a woman artist of the year so far, earning an impressive 332,000 equivalent album units, of which 190,000 were traditional sales. She also landed at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Break My Soul,” the only single shared ahead of the album’s drop.

Bey recently teamed up with Madonna for a remix of “Break My Soul,” paying homage to her 1990 single “Vogue.” In a post on her Instagram Story, Madonna shared the message she received from Bey after they teamed up on the remix. “Thank you Queen, I’m so grateful for you,” she wrote. “You have opened so many doors for so many women. You are masterpiece genius.”