About Daddy Lessons

"Daddy Lessons" is a song recorded by the American singer Beyoncé for her sixth studio album, Lemonade (2016). The song was written and produced by Wynter Gordon, Beyoncé, Kevin Cossom and Alex Delicata. The song's music video is part of a one-hour film with the same title as its parent album, originally aired on HBO. A remix featuring Dixie Chicks was released as a promotional single on November 2, 2016.

There was controversy on if "Daddy Lessons" constituted a country track. Naming "Daddy Lessons" the best song on Lemonade, Carl Wilson for Slate writes that the track is "certainly the best country pastiche ever heard on a contemporary R&B album, and it could be the country song of the year, period. It’s reminiscent in theme and tone of classic Nashville mama/papa ballads by the likes of Dolly Parton or Tom T. Hall but, of course, from an utterly distinct vantage point." In 2016, The Recording Academy's country music committee rejected the inclusion of "Daddy Lessons.