like a cat. I really am a cat person". Matsoukas told that getting the cats to cooperate was a difficult step. She told MTV: "They were definitely the most diva out of anybody. Those cats were mad. We had animal trainers, but you really can't train a cat." To get the effect of Knowles riding the cat, Matsoukas used a large plastic cow covered in a black fur drape for Knowles to perform on. The video was originally going to be its own music video as seen in the behind the scenes of B'Day Anthology with Knowles wearing more outfits and shooting more scenes than shown. It begins with Knowles showing cat-like eyes with leopard print make-up and fashion on. In some parts of the clip, Knowles plays with an oversized ball of pink yarn and later plays with an oversized black cat. The clip ends with Knowles pulling the oversized cat on a gold chain off set and just immediately after that, the music video for "Green Light" begins. Rohin Guha of BlackBook magazine described the video as "deplorable". Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine described the video for "Kitty Kat" as "pure camp". In 2013, John Boone and Jennifer Cady of E! Online placed the video at number five on their list of Knowles' ten best music videos, writing "It's Beyoncé running aorund with a giant cat! And then riding it! What more could you want from a music video?!". Live performance Beyoncé performed "Kitty Kat" for the first time a capella on The Formation World Tour in Houston on May 7, 2016, almost ten years after the song was released. Credits and personnel Credits are taken from B'Day liner notes. Vocals: Beyoncé Knowles Writing: Beyoncé Knowles, Shawn Carter, Pharrell Williams Producing: Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Beyoncé Knowles Recording: Jim Caruana, Geoff Rice (Sony Music Studios, New York City), assisted by Rob Kinelski and Andrew Coleman (The Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles) Mixing: Jason Goldstein (Sony Music Studios, New York City), assisted by Steve Tolle Charts References 2006 songs 2007 singles Beyoncé songs Music videos directed by Melina Matsoukas Song recordings produced by the Neptunes Songs written by Jay-Z Songs written by Pharrell Williams Songs written by Makeba Riddick Songs written by Chad Hugo Song recordings produced by Beyoncé