 " Freakum Dress " is a song by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé from her second solo studio album B 'Day ( 2006 ) . It was written by Beyoncé , Rich Harrison , and Makeba Riddick . " Freakum Dress " is similar to songs that Destiny 's Child used to record in the 1990s . The song is complete with whistles , cymbal dominated scatter rhythms and a beat , which is augmented by hi @-@ hats and <unk> keyboard pulses . In the song , Beyoncé advises women who have partners with straying eyes to put on <unk> dresses and grind on other guys in dance clubs , to regain their affections . 
