 While Beyoncé worked on material for "B'Day", she was pleased with the demo of the "Irreplaceable" that was presented to her.However, "Irreplaceable" did not seem to fit on "B'Day", which was supposed to be "a hard-hitting club album".Swizz Beatz, who was working on the album, declared that Beyoncé would be crazy not to include the song on the record.