BEYONCE'S WORLD

Beyoncé Duets

The Global Citizen Festival in New York on Saturday was brimming with surprise duets - Coldplay and Ariana Grande, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran, Sting and Common, Sheeran and festival curator Chris Martin - but perhaps none were more unexpected than when Eddie Vedder welcomed Beyoncé to the stage during Pearl Jam's headlining set. Vedder, with an acoustic guitar on his lap, and Beyoncé then delivered a stunning rendition of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song," with the two singers trading verses and together sharing the chorus.

The "Redemption Song" performance was punctuated by video of Nelson Mandela giving a speech about humanity overcoming extreme poverty while Vedder continued strumming and Beyoncé harmonized under the former South African president's words. Making the collaboration even more unlikely is that Pearl Jam hadn't performed "Redemption Song" live since 1995. Pearl Jam closed out their 12-song Global Citizen set with a cover of Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World." The band had also performed that song earlier in the week with another surprising guest on background vocals: Stephen Colbert.

Pearl Jam also provided a tender version of John Lennon's "Imagine" during their visit to Global Citizen, which aims to raise awareness about extreme poverty and inequality around the world.

Beyoncé's Pearl Jam drop-in actually marked the second time in two years that she was a surprise guest during Global Citizen: At the 2014 fest, she stopped by her husband Jay Z's headlining set for "Holy Grail" and "Young Forever." This year, Beyoncé was on the Central Park-filling festival's bill, and she had her own unexpected duet in store for her set as fellow Global Citizen Ed Sheeran joined her onstage for "Drunk in Love," a song the British crooner has frequently covered in recent years.

(credit: Rolling Stone and Daniel Kreps)

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CHAPTER SONG: Why Don't You Love Me

N-n-now, honey

You better sit down and look around

'Cause you must've bumped yo' head

And I love you enough to talk some sense back into you, baby

I'd hate to see you come home

Me, the kids, and the dog is gone

Check my credentials

I give you everything you want, everything you need

Even your friends say I'm a good woman

All I need to know is why?

Why don't you love me?

Tell me, baby, why don't you love me

When I make me so damn easy to love?

And why don't you need me?

Tell me, baby, why don't you need me

When I make me so damn easy to need?

I got beauty, I got class

I got style and I got ass

And you don't even care to care, looka here

I even put money in the bank account

Don't have to ask no one to help me out

You don't even notice that

Why don't you love me?

Tell me, baby, why don't you love me

When I make me so damn easy to love?

Why don't you need me?

Tell me, baby, why don't you need me

When I make me so damn easy to need?

I got beauty, I got heart

Keep my head in them books, I'm sharp

But you don't care to know I'm smart

N-n-n-n-n-no

I got moves in your bedroom

Keep you happy with the nasty things I do

But you don't seem to be in tune, ooh

Why don't you love me?

Tell me, baby, why don't you love me

When I make me so damn easy to love?

Why don't you need me?

Tell me, baby, why don't you need me

When I make me so damn easy to need?

There's nothing not to love about me

No, no, there's nothing not to love about me

I'm lovely, there's nothing not to need about me

No, no, there's nothing not to need about me

Maybe you're just not the one

Or maybe you're just plain dumb

(credits: MetroLyrics)