"Break My Soul" is a song by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé. It was released on June 20, 2022, through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records as the lead single from Beyoncé's seventh studio album Renaissance (2022). The song was written by Beyoncé, Tricky Stewart, The-Dream and Jay-Z, and produced by the former three. It samples Big Freedia's 2014 bounce song "Explode", written by Big Freedia and Adam Pigott, and Robin S.'s house song "Show Me Love", written by Allen George and Fred McFarlane.
On August 3, Beyoncé released an EP of four remixed versions of the track, produced by will.i.am, Terry Hunter, Honey Dijon, and Nita Aviance.[41]
On August 5, Beyoncé released a remix exclusively through her online store, before releasing it to streaming services;[42] "The Queens Remix" is a collaboration with Madonna, interpolating her 1990 song "Vogue". It features Beyoncé namedropping Rosetta Tharpe, Santigold, Bessie Smith, Nina Simone, Betty Davis, Solange Knowles, Erykah Badu, Lizzo, Kelly Rowland, Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack, Toni Braxton, Janet Jackson, Tierra Whack, Missy Elliott, Diana Ross, Grace Jones, Aretha Franklin, Anita Baker, Sade Adu, Jill Scott, Michelle Williams, Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Aaliyah, Alicia Keys, Whitney Houston, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, before naming legendary ballroom houses such as House of Xtravaganza, House of Aviance and House of LaBeija.
