Beyoncé and The Isley Brothers come together for a very smooth new version of "Make Me Say It Again, Girl"

In a conversation with Billboard ahead of the track’s release, the Isleys pointed out one shocking thing about this single: Beyoncé, who apparently recorded her vocals for “Make Me” over the last year, gave her blessing for the song to be released amidst the ongoing press blitz for her own new album Renaissance, rather than forcing it to wait until the waters had cleared a bit. “ That’s how important this work is,” Ronald Isley said, in reference to support from both Beyoncé and her mother, Tina Knowles-Lawson, who was apparently “very influential in getting this record started and getting it to the point where we are now.”

Here’s Ernie Isley, who co-wrote the original version of “Make Me,” talking about his love for the new track: “This duet is a whole redefinition of the song that many people will be hearing for the very first time. And this new version is the mountaintop.”

“Make Me Say It Again, Girl,” is now streaming on all the major services. It is, as one might expect, extremely smooth.