"Lay Up Under Me" is a song performed by American recording artist and producer Sean Garrett for his debut studio album, Turbo 919 (2008).

"Lay Up Under Me" was later rerecorded by American recording artist Beyoncé for the deluxe edition of her fourth studio album, 4 (2011).

[3] He awarded "Lay Up Under Me" a rating of three stars out of five, writing that the song could find a comfortable spot in rotation with some quality radio promotion.

noted that "Lay Up Under Me" is an interesting collaboration between Sean and StarGate, before adding, "[It] is vastly different than most of the rest of the album and this is a welcome change.

[7] It includes two additional tracks, "Schoolin' Life" and "Dance for You", and three remixes of the lead single "Run the World (Girls)" (2011).

[12] Likewise, Andrew Tidball of the New Zealand-based website Cheese on Toast commented that "Lay Up Under Me" is a Motown-esque number in the vein of "Love on Top", adding that the latter's "style repeated to good effect [in the former].

For the week ending July 30, 2011, "Lay Up Under Me" debuted at the top of the South Korean International Singles Chart, selling 106,671 digital downloads.