![]() ![]() It was also given to British singer-songwriter Taio Cruz, who failed to convince his record company to release it. įollowing the management's rejection of the track, Stewart and Nash dealt it out to other record labels. ![]() However, Spears did not hear of the song because her label rejected it, claiming they had enough songs for her to record. ![]() Spears was working on her fifth album, Blackout, so they sent a copy of the demo to Spears' management. a little out of control" at the time, needed a hit as a musical comeback. Stewart and Nash thought that Spears, who had "her personal life . The song was written with American pop singer Britney Spears in mind, whom Stewart had previously worked with on her 2003 single " Me Against the Music". In a matter of hours, they had recorded a demo of the track. They continued into writing, adding the hook while " would put the next chord". They quickly wrote the lyrics, completing the first verse in 60 seconds. Nash wrote the first two verses and the chorus over Stewart's skeleton track. When Stewart incorporated chords onto the hi-hat, "immediately the word popped into head" he went to the vocal booth and started singing. With his attention caught by the sound, Nash asked Stewart what he was doing: "Oh, my Gosh, what is that beat?". In the studio, Stewart was "messing around with a walloping hi-hat sound", which he found in the free music software GarageBand, which is included in all Mac computers. ![]() "Umbrella" is also a playable song in the 2012 video game Just Dance 4.Īmerican songwriter and producer Christopher "Tricky" Stewart convened with Terius "The-Dream" Nash and Kuk Harrell in January 2007 at the Atlanta-based Triangle Studios to create new material. Rihanna performed the song at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards and at the 2008 BRIT Awards, and also included it as the closing number of the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2008), the Last Girl on Earth (2010), and the Loud Tour (2011) as well as in the Diamonds World Tour (2013), and the Anti World Tour (2016). "Umbrella" has been covered by several notable performers across various musical genres, including All Time Low, the Baseballs, Train, Manic Street Preachers, McFly, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, OneRepublic, Taylor Swift, and Vanilla Sky. The single's accompanying music video, directed by Chris Applebaum and featuring Rihanna's nude body covered in silver paint, earned her a Video of the Year at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards and Most Watched Video on at MuchMusic Video Awards. As one of the highest digital debuts in the United States at the time, it remained atop of the US Billboard Hot 100 for seven consecutive weeks. It managed to stay atop the UK Singles Chart for 10 consecutive weeks, the longest run at number one for any single of that decade, and is also one of the few songs to top the chart for at least 10 weeks. In the UK, where the song's chart performance coincided with the prolonged rain and flooding, it was one of the most played songs on radio in the 2000s decade. "Umbrella" was a global success, topping the charts in 17 countries such as Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Its featured artist, American rapper Jay-Z, co-wrote the song with its producers Tricky Stewart and Kuk Harrell, with additional writing contributions coming from The-Dream. " Umbrella" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna, released worldwide on March 29, 2007, through Def Jam Recordings as the lead single and opening track from her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). For other songs called "Umbrella", see Umbrella (disambiguation) § Songs. ![]()
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