She's boasted some serious girl power in her album's first two singles, and now Beyonce Knowles is ready to show her softer side with her newly announced follow up track "Countdown."

Ready to release the third cut off her uber-successful "4," the "Best I Never Had" singer will add "Countdown" to US radio on October 4 with a UK debut slated for October 30.

Co-written and co-produced by the mother-to-be, herself, the song samples the Boyz II Men single "Uhh Ahh."

Rumored to have already shot the video clip for the single, the offering is said to have been directed by Adria Petty, who worked with Beyonce during her "Sweet Dreams" project.

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