voice, her dress, her touching (yet short) address after her performance sent chills down very limb." Leslie Gornstein of E! Online praised Beyoncé's dress worn during the video, writing that "[it] reminds us of a long column of light". Lisa Potter from Marie Claire described the floor-length gown as "dramatic". A writer of MTV News also praised Beyoncé's "glamorous [look] in white". A writer of Rap-Up wrote in his review that the singer was "glowing" in her white dress, adding that she put her "powerful pipes on display as she belted out the empowering ballad". E! Online's Sierra Marquina described Beyoncé's look as "stunning". Melissa Maerz of Entertainment Weekly described the gown as "sleek, space-age white" and further praised Beyoncé for "belting out" the song emotionally with tears, comparing it with the live video from Live at Roseland: Elements of 4. Adelle Platon of Vibe magazine praised Beyoncé's look in a "stunning" white gown "belting against a backdrop of worldly images". Jason Lipshutz of Billboard wrote that the images of global volunteer efforts during the video were "striking". Peter Kirn from Create Digital Motion commented that the powerful projection used in the video "can make imagery big enough that it invites big thinking — and debate". Kirn concluded that "In the end, you see a performance in which neither Beyoncé nor the imagery upstages the other – it’s two powerful performances, not just one." The Huffington Posts Sarah Dean described the video as inspiring while "shining a spotlight on humanitarian work". On August 29, 2012, according to Thunderclap 1.13 billion messages were shared worldwide. The video was nominated in the category for Best Video with a Social Message at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards on August 25 but lost to Macklemore's "Same Love". The music video gained 98.69 million views with 847,000 likes on YouTube as of August 16, 2018. Live performances Beyoncé performed "I Was Here" live for the first time on August 14, 2011 during her 4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé in Roseland Ballroom, New York City. She performed the song in front of 3,500 people wearing a gold dress and backed by her all-female band and her backing singers, called the Mamas. "I Was Here" served as the closing song of the residency show with Beyoncé changing the line, on which the title of the song is based, to "Roseland, we were here." Jason Newman of