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Boys (Summertime Love)

2009-09-27T07:37:21Z

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{{Infobox Single 
| Name = Boys (Summertime Love)
| Cover = Boys_(Summertime_Love)_(cover).jpg|200px
| Cover size =
| Caption =
| Artist = [[Sabrina Salerno|Sabrina]]
| Album = [[Sabrina (album)|Sabrina]]
| A-side =
| B-side = "Get Ready (Holiday Rock)"
| Released = [[1987]]
| Format = [[7" single]] [[12" single]]
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Italo disco]]
| Length = 3:55
| Label = [[Baby Records]]
| Writer = M.Bonsanto, R.Rossi, C.Cecchetto, M.Charlton
| Producer = Claudio Cecchetto, mixed by M. Bonsanto and R. Rossi
| Certification = [[Music recording sales certification|Gold]] [[SNEP]], [[1988]]
| Last single = "[[Lady Marmalade#Sabrina cover|Lady Marmalade]]" (1987)
| This single = "'''Boys (Summertime Love)'''" (1987)
| Next single = "[[Hot Girl (Sabrina song)|Hot Girl]]" (1987)
| Misc =
{{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Sabrina Salerno|Sabrina]] singles
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[Rockawillie]]" (1994)
| This single = "'''Boys '95'''" (1995)
| Next single = "[[Angel Boy]]" (1995)
}}
{{Extra album cover
| Upper caption = Alternate cover
| Type = single
| Cover = SabrinaBoys95.jpeg
| Lower caption = 1995 re-release cove.
}}
{{Audiosample
| Upper caption = Audio sample
| Name = Boys (Summertime Love)
| Audio file = Boys (Summertime Love).ogg
}}
}}

"'''Boys (Summertime Love)'''" is a [[1987]] song performed by [[Italy|Italian]] [[singer]] [[Sabrina Salerno|Sabrina]]. It is the third [[Single (music)|single]] from her eponymous album and achieved a great success in many countries, including Switzerland, France and Italy, where it was a number-one single. The song remains famous thanks to its sexy music video. It was Sabrina's first single to be released in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. The song was re-relased in remixed version two times - in [[1995]] in [[France]] only as "Boys '95", and in [[2003]] as "Boys Boys Boys (The Dance Remixes)"

== Music video ==
[[Image:Boys (Summertime Love).jpg|left|200px|thumb|[[Sabrina Salerno|Sabrina]] in the music video for "Boys (Summertime Love)".]]
Part of the success of the song is due to its music video, filmed at the Florida hotel in [[Jesolo]] ([[Veneto]], [[Italy]]). In it, Sabrina swims about in a swimming pool, while her bikini top keeps sliding down, thus revealing her breasts.<ref>"La Discothèque du 20è siècle", 1988, Polygram Dierct, p. 15</ref> To date, it is one of the most downloaded videoclips on the Internet.<ref>''Nos années Top, clips et 45 tours : 1984-1991'', Marc Lemonier, 2008, p. 75 (ISBN 225807648X)</ref> It was also the first videoclip to be censored in the [[United Kingdom]].

During an interview with Nino Firetto on the [[Music Box (TV)|Music Box]] program on [[NBC Europe|Super Channel]] in late 1988 Sabrina explained that the video for "Boys" was originally created to be a segment in a magazine show. This was Sabrina's explanation of why its style was more closely matched that of Italian magazine shows of the time (more overtly sexy) than that of the traditional music video.

==Cover versions==
In 1994, the song was covered by French [[punk rock]] and [[alternative rock]] [[Ludwig von 88]] on its album ''17 plombs pour péter les tubes''.

[[The Cheeky Girls]], famous in the [[United Kingdom]] for their tongue-in-cheek lyrics and sassy music videos, released a version of the song, called "Boys and Girls (Christmas Time Love)", which secured a placing in the busy Christmas Top Fifty of 2006.

Polish pop-rock singer [[Dorota Rabczewska|Doda]] sings "Boys (Summertime Love)" during her concerts.

==Chart performances==
"Boys (Summertime Love)" had its greatest success in [[Italy]], staying at number one for two months<ref> Sabrina's biography [http://www.mcm.net/musique/ficheartiste/4673/ MCM.net] (Retrieved [[December 12]], [[2007]])</ref>.

It was also a big hit in [[France]], staying for 5 weeks at #1. The single debuted at #29 and remained on the French SNEP Singles Chart for 25 weeks from [[December 12]], [[1987]] to [[May 28]], [[1988]]. Sabrina was the only pin-up girl at that time to reach the top of the charts in France, as opposed to the French [[Lova Moor]] and the British [[Samantha Fox]]. Certified Gold disc by the [[SNEP]], the single was the first number one by an Italian singer<ref>Elia Habib, ''Muz hit. tubes'', 2002, p. 123 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)</ref><ref>Alex P. King, ''Hit-parade, 20 ans de tubes'', 2005, Pascal Ed., p. 9 (ISBN 978-2350190099) [http://membres.lycos.fr/vingtansdetubes/HistoireHitparade.pdf Vingt ans de tubes] (Retrieved [[April 23]], [[2008]])</ref>. According to the Infodisc Website, the song is the 292nd best selling single of all time in [[France]], with 683 000 copies sold<ref>Best sales of singles of all times in France [http://www.infodisc.fr/S_ToutTemps.php?debut=250 Infodisc.fr] (Retrieved [[December 12]], [[2007]])</ref>. It also reached #3 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] (even though, or perhaps because of, the video's ban there) and #11 in [[Australia]].

==Track listings==
; 7" single Chic
# "Boys (Summertime Love)" — 3:56
# "Get Ready (Holiday Rock)" — 3:20
; 7" single Dureco Benelux
# "Boys (Summertime Love)" — 3:30
# "Get Ready (Holiday Rock)" — 3:30
; 12" single
# "Boys (Summertime Love)" (extended mix) — 5:40
# "Boys (Summertime Love)" (dub version) — 5:35
# "Get Ready (Holiday Rock)" — 3:30
; CD single - 1995 release <ref>http://www.discogs.com/Sabrina-Boys-Boys-Boys-Remixes/release/1119541</ref>
# "Boys '95" (Radio Lovers Remix) - 5:36
# "Boys '95" (N.Y.D.P. Mix) - 3:40
==Certifications and sales==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Country
!Certification
!Date
!Sales certified
!Physical sales
|-
|France<ref>Sabrina's certifications in France [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-209.html Chartsinfrance.net] (Retrieved December 9, 2007)</ref>
|align="center"|Gold
|align="center"|1988
|align="center"|500,000
|align="center"|683,000<ref>Sales and certifications [http://www.infodisc.fr/S_Certif.php Infodisc.fr] See: "Les Ventes" => "Toutes les certifications depuis 1973" => "SABRINA" (Retrieved December 9, 2007)</ref>
|-
|Germany<ref>German certifications [http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank0/ musikindustrie.de] (Retrieved April 20, 2008)</ref>
|align="center"|Gold
|align="center"|1987
|align="center"|150,000
|
|-
|}

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1987/88)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|Australian [[Aria Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]]<ref name="Lescharts">"Boys (Summertime Love)", in various singles charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sabrina&titel=Boys&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved December 9, 2007)</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|5
|-
|[[Dutch Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|5
|-
|Eurochart Hot 100
|align="center"|3
|-
|Finnish Singles Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|[[French Singles Chart]]<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[German Singles Chart]]<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref>Irish Singles Chart [http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Irishcharts.ie] (Retrieved January 17, 2008)</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Italian Singles Chart]]{{Fact|date=August 2009}}
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|3
|-
|South African Singles Chart
|align="center"|14
|-
|Spanish Singles Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|[[Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|5
|-
|[[Swiss Singles Chart]]<ref name="Lescharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref>"Boys (Summertime Love)", UK Singles Chart [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=15058 Chartstats.com] (Retrieved July 14, 2009)</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|}

The song also peaked at #9 on Swedish Trackslistan on 14 November 1987<ref>Sveriges Radio [http://www.sr.se/p3/topplistor/tracks/?getListW=46&getListY=1987&showyear=1987 Trackslistan 14 november 1987 Sr.se]</ref>.

{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!End of year chart (1987)
!Position
|-
|Swiss Singles Chart<ref>1987 Swiss Singles Chart [http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1987 Hitparade.ch] (Retrieved April 20, 2008)</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
!End of year chart (1988)
!Position
|-
|Australian Singles Chart<ref>1988 Australian Singles Chart [http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1988.htm aria.com] (Retrieved April 20, 2008)</ref>
|align="center"|41
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

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{{succession box
| before = "[[Étienne (song)|Étienne]]" by [[Guesch Patti]]
| title = [[SNEP|French SNEP]] [[List of French number-one hits of 1988|number one single]]
| years = February 6, 1988 - March 5, 1988 (5 weeks)
| after = "[[Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You]]" by [[Glenn Medeiros]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[La Bamba (song)|La Bamba]]" by [[Los Lobos]]
| title = [[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss]] [[List of Swiss number-one hits of 1987|number-one single]]
| years = September 13, 1987 - October 11, 1987 (5 weeks)
| after = [[You Win Again (song)|You Win Again]] by [[Bee Gees]]
}}
{{end box}}

== References ==
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[[Category:1987 singles]]
[[Category:1988 singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in France]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Italy]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland]]
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Aces High (Lied)

2009-09-13T10:25:07Z

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{{Infobox Single 
| Name = Aces High
| Cover = AcesHigh.jpg
| Artist = [[Iron Maiden]]
| from Album = [[Powerslave (album)|Powerslave]]
| B-side = "King of Twilight" ([[Nektar]] cover) "The Number of the Beast" (live)
| Released = [[October 22]] [[1984]]
| Format = 7" and 12" [[Vinyl]]
| Recorded = 1984
|Genre= [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| Length = 4:31
| Label = [[EMI]]
| Writer = [[Steve Harris (musician)|Steve Harris]]
| Producer = [[Martin Birch]]
| Certification =
| Last single = "[[2 Minutes to Midnight]]" (1984)
| This single = "'''Aces High'''" (1984)
| Next single = "[[Running Free|Running Free (live)]]" (1985)
}}

"'''Aces High'''" is a [[song]] written by [[Steve Harris (musician)|Steve Harris]]. It is [[Iron Maiden]]'s [[eleven]]th [[Single (music)|single]] and the second from the 1984 [[album]] ''[[Powerslave (album)|Powerslave]]''. The song tells the [[narrative|story]] of a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] [[aviator|pilot]] fighting against the [[Germany|German]] [[Luftwaffe]] during the [[Battle of Britain]] (1940), the first battle to be completely fought in the [[sky|skies]] of the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. The song topped at number 20 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. Aces High is one of Iron Maiden's most popular songs. It was released as a single over a month after [[Powerslave]] came out.
==Track listing==
# "Aces High" ([[Steve Harris (musician)|Steve Harris]]) - 4:31
# "King of Twilight" ([[Nektar]] cover) - 4:54
# "[[The Number of the Beast (song)|The Number of the Beast]] (live)" (Harris) - 4:57

==Credits==
* [[Bruce Dickinson]] - [[singer|vocals]]
* [[Dave Murray (musician)|Dave Murray]] - [[guitar]]
* [[Adrian Smith]] - guitar, [[backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
* [[Steve Harris (musician)|Steve Harris]] - [[bass guitar]], backing vocals
* [[Nicko McBrain]] - [[drum kit|drums]]

==References==
<references/>
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=v69yX3qZUZQ Aces High - original video on Youtube]

{{IronMaiden}}

[[Category:Iron Maiden songs]]
[[Category:1984 singles]]
[[Category:Songs about the military]]

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Einkaufszettel

2009-09-13T04:11:38Z

Sky Attacker:

A '''shopping list''' is a list of items needed to be purchased by a shopper. [[Consumer]]s often compile a shopping list of [[groceries]] to purchase on the next visit to the [[grocery store]]. The list may be compiled immediately before the shopping trip or incrementally as shopping needs arise throughout the week. The shopping list itself may be a scrap piece of [[paper]] or something more elaborate. There are pads with magnets for keeping an incremental list handy on the [[refrigerator]]<ref>http://www.islandheritage.com/kliban/big_cat/shopping_list.html</ref>. Any magnetic clip with scraps of paper can be used to achieve the same result. There is a device that dispenses a strip of paper from a roll for use in a shopping list<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00020V88G Amazon.com: Shopping List Keeper (Satin Silver) (10"H x 4"W): Kitchen & Dining]</ref>. Some [[shopping cart]]s come with a small [[clipboard]] to fit shopping lists on.

[[Home computer]]s enable consumers to print their own custom list so that items are simply checked off instead of written down or they can manage the list completely on the computer with custom shopping list [[Computer software|software]]<ref>[http://www.soft32.com/download_19147.html Download Shopping List 4.1 Free Trial - Shopping list maker, recipe manager]</ref>. [[Personal digital assistant|PDAs]] eliminate the need for a paper list completely and may be used to aid comparison shopping. Online software exists to manage shopping lists from cellphone text messages as well the web<ref>[http://www.grocerylistlive.com Grocery List Live]</ref>. Electronic commerce websites typically provide a shopping list online for repeat shoppers at the site.
Incremental lists typically have no structure and new items are added to the bottom of the list as they come up. If the list is compiled immediately before use, it can be organized by store layout (i.e. frozen foods are grouped together on the list) to minimize time in the store<ref>[http://www.wilsonmar.com/1shopng.htm Shopping Strategies]</ref>. Preprinted lists can be similarly organized.

Some studies show approximately 40% of grocery shoppers use shopping lists<ref>[http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1109071146552&call_pageid=968867496431&col=969048867839&DPL=JvsODSH7Aw0u%2bwoRO%2bYKDSblFxAk%2bwoVO%2bYODSbhFxAg%2bwkRO%2bUPDSXiFxMh%2bwkZO%2bUCDSTmFxIk%2bwgXO%2bQMDSTvFxIu%2bw8RO%2bMKDSPkFxUj%2bw8UO%2bMNDSPgFxUv%2bw8YO%2bILDSLkFxQh1w%3d%3d]. </ref> Other studies show 61-67% use lists.<ref>[http://smib.vuw.ac.nz:8081/www/ANZMAC1998/Cd_rom/Thomas102.pdf Art Thomas and Ron Garland, Grocery shopping: Why take a list to the supermarket?]</ref> Of the items listed, 80% were purchased. However, listed items only accounted for 40% of total items purchased.<ref>[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1057-7408%281999%298%3A4%3C343%3ASLAAEM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7&size=LARGE Lauren G. Block, Vicki G. Morwitz, Shopping Lists as an External Memory Aid for Grocery Shopping: Influences on List Writing and List Fulfillment, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Vol. 8, No. 4 (1999), pp. 343-375]</ref>Use of shopping lists clearly impact shopping behaviour.<ref>[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Article&contentId=854697 Thomas, A & Garland, B R. Grocery shopping: list and non-list usage. Marketing Intelligence & Planning. v.22, no.6, 2004. p.623-635.]</ref> "Written shopping lists significantly reduce average expenditure."<ref>[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?Filename=Published/EmeraldAbstractOnlyArticle/Articles/0890210202.html Art Thomas, Ron Garland, Supermarket shopping lists: their effect on consumer expenditure, International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, 1993 Volume: 21 Number: 2]</ref>

Use of shopping lists may be correlated to personality types. There are "demographic differences between list and non list shoppers; the former are more likely to be female, while the latter are more likely to be childless." <ref>[http://smib.vuw.ac.nz:8081/www/ANZMAC1998/Cd_rom/Thomas102.pdf Thomas, W., & Garland, R. (1998). "Grocery shopping: Why take a list to the supermarket?" In ANZMAC98 Conference (pp. 2603-2617), November-December 3, 1998, Dunedin, NZ. Dunedin, NZ: University of Otago.]</ref>

Shopping with a list is a commonly employed behavioral weight loss guideline designed to reduce food purchases and therefore food [[consumption]]. An empirical survey does not support the effectiveness of this technique.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3830932&dopt= Beneke WM, Davis CH., Relationship of hunger, use of a shopping list and obesity to food purchases, Int J Obes. 1985;9(6):391-9.]</ref> Other studies do.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=3198311 Beneke WM, Davis CH, Vander Tuig JG., Effects of a behavioral weight-loss program food purchases: instructions to shop with a list, Int J Obes. 1988;12(4):335-42.]</ref>

Remembering a shopping list is a standard experiment in [[psychology]]<ref>[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/11946/ABSTRACT Giuliana Mazzoni, Remembering the Grocery Shopping List: a Study on Metacognitive Biases, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 253 - 267]</ref>.

There are surviving examples of [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] shopping lists<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s253805.htm Anna Salleh, "Roman shopping list deciphered", Australian Broadcast Corporation, Monday, 5 March 2001]</ref>.

Collecting discarded shopping lists is a niche [[hobby]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Retailing]]

Einkaufszettel

2009-09-13T04:10:13Z

Sky Attacker:

A '''shopping list''' is a list of items needed to be purchased by a shopper. [[Consumer]]s often compile a shopping list of [[groceries]] to purchase on the next visit to the [[grocery store]]. The list may be compiled immediately before the shopping trip or incrementally as shopping needs arise throughout the week. The shopping list itself may be a scrap piece of [[paper]] or something more elaborate. There are pads with magnets for keeping an incremental list handy on the [[refrigerator]]<ref>http://www.islandheritage.com/kliban/big_cat/shopping_list.html</ref>. Any magnetic clip with scraps of paper can be used to achieve the same result. There is a device that dispenses a strip of paper from a roll for use in a shopping list<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00020V88G Amazon.com: Shopping List Keeper (Satin Silver) (10"H x 4"W): Kitchen & Dining]</ref>. Some [[shopping cart]]s come with a small [[clipboard]] to fit shopping lists on.

[[Home computer]]s enable consumers to print their own custom list so that items are simply checked off instead of written down or they can manage the list completely on the computer with custom shopping list [[software]]<ref>[http://www.soft32.com/download_19147.html Download Shopping List 4.1 Free Trial - Shopping list maker, recipe manager]</ref>. [[Personal digital assistant|PDAs]] eliminate the need for a paper list completely and may be used to aid comparison shopping. Online software exists to manage shopping lists from cellphone text messages as well the web<ref>[http://www.grocerylistlive.com Grocery List Live]</ref>. Electronic commerce websites typically provide a shopping list online for repeat shoppers at the site.
Incremental lists typically have no structure and new items are added to the bottom of the list as they come up. If the list is compiled immediately before use, it can be organized by store layout (i.e. frozen foods are grouped together on the list) to minimize time in the store<ref>[http://www.wilsonmar.com/1shopng.htm Shopping Strategies]</ref>. Preprinted lists can be similarly organized.

Some studies show approximately 40% of grocery shoppers use shopping lists<ref>[http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1109071146552&call_pageid=968867496431&col=969048867839&DPL=JvsODSH7Aw0u%2bwoRO%2bYKDSblFxAk%2bwoVO%2bYODSbhFxAg%2bwkRO%2bUPDSXiFxMh%2bwkZO%2bUCDSTmFxIk%2bwgXO%2bQMDSTvFxIu%2bw8RO%2bMKDSPkFxUj%2bw8UO%2bMNDSPgFxUv%2bw8YO%2bILDSLkFxQh1w%3d%3d]. </ref> Other studies show 61-67% use lists.<ref>[http://smib.vuw.ac.nz:8081/www/ANZMAC1998/Cd_rom/Thomas102.pdf Art Thomas and Ron Garland, Grocery shopping: Why take a list to the supermarket?]</ref> Of the items listed, 80% were purchased. However, listed items only accounted for 40% of total items purchased.<ref>[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1057-7408%281999%298%3A4%3C343%3ASLAAEM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7&size=LARGE Lauren G. Block, Vicki G. Morwitz, Shopping Lists as an External Memory Aid for Grocery Shopping: Influences on List Writing and List Fulfillment, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Vol. 8, No. 4 (1999), pp. 343-375]</ref>Use of shopping lists clearly impact shopping behaviour.<ref>[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Article&contentId=854697 Thomas, A & Garland, B R. Grocery shopping: list and non-list usage. Marketing Intelligence & Planning. v.22, no.6, 2004. p.623-635.]</ref> "Written shopping lists significantly reduce average expenditure."<ref>[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?Filename=Published/EmeraldAbstractOnlyArticle/Articles/0890210202.html Art Thomas, Ron Garland, Supermarket shopping lists: their effect on consumer expenditure, International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, 1993 Volume: 21 Number: 2]</ref>

Use of shopping lists may be correlated to personality types. There are "demographic differences between list and non list shoppers; the former are more likely to be female, while the latter are more likely to be childless." <ref>[http://smib.vuw.ac.nz:8081/www/ANZMAC1998/Cd_rom/Thomas102.pdf Thomas, W., & Garland, R. (1998). "Grocery shopping: Why take a list to the supermarket?" In ANZMAC98 Conference (pp. 2603-2617), November-December 3, 1998, Dunedin, NZ. Dunedin, NZ: University of Otago.]</ref>

Shopping with a list is a commonly employed behavioral weight loss guideline designed to reduce food purchases and therefore food [[consumption]]. An empirical survey does not support the effectiveness of this technique.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3830932&dopt= Beneke WM, Davis CH., Relationship of hunger, use of a shopping list and obesity to food purchases, Int J Obes. 1985;9(6):391-9.]</ref> Other studies do.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=3198311 Beneke WM, Davis CH, Vander Tuig JG., Effects of a behavioral weight-loss program food purchases: instructions to shop with a list, Int J Obes. 1988;12(4):335-42.]</ref>

Remembering a shopping list is a standard experiment in [[psychology]]<ref>[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/11946/ABSTRACT Giuliana Mazzoni, Remembering the Grocery Shopping List: a Study on Metacognitive Biases, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 253 - 267]</ref>.

There are surviving examples of [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] shopping lists<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s253805.htm Anna Salleh, "Roman shopping list deciphered", Australian Broadcast Corporation, Monday, 5 March 2001]</ref>.

Collecting discarded shopping lists is a niche [[hobby]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Retailing]]

Katzenjunges

2009-09-13T03:53:16Z

Sky Attacker: /* Birth and development */

{{ otheruses3|Kitten (disambiguation)}}
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[[Image:Six weeks old cat (aka).jpg|thumb|right|250px|A six-week-old kitten]]
A '''kitten''' ([[Old English language|Old English]] [[diminutive]] of ''[[cat]]'') is a juvenile domesticated cat (''Felis catus'') that is not yet fully-grown.<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary'', Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 1989)</ref>

The young of [[big cat]]s are called [[cub]]s rather than kittens. Either term may be used for the young of smaller wild [[felidae|felids]] such as [[ocelot]]s, [[caracal]]s, and [[lynx]], but "kitten" is usually more common for these species. Though the term primarily refers to young cats, it can also be used when talking about the young of [[beavers]], [[hedgehogs]], [[rabbit]]s, [[rats]], [[skunks]] and [[squirrels]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}}

== Birth and development ==
[[Image:Youngkitten.JPG|thumb|200px|right|A kitten opens its [[eye]]s for the first time.]]
A [[Litter (animal)|litter]] of kittens usually consists of two to five kittens. They are born after a [[gestation]] that lasts between 64–67 days, with an [[average]] length of 66 days.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Tsutsui T, Stabenfeldt GH |title=Biology of ovarian cycles, pregnancy and pseudopregnancy in the domestic cat |journal=J. Reprod. Fertil. Suppl. |volume=47 |issue= |pages=29–35 |year=1993|pmid=8229938}}</ref> Kittens emerge in a sac called the ''[[amnion]]'' which is bitten off and eaten by the mother cat.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Miglino MA, Ambrósio CE, dos Santos Martins D, Wenceslau CV, Pfarrer C, Leiser R |title=The carnivore pregnancy: the development of the embryo and fetal membranes |journal=Theriogenology |volume=66 |issue=6–7 |pages=1699–702 |year=2006 |pmid=16563485 |doi=10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.02.027}}</ref>

For the first several weeks, kittens are unable to urinate or defecate without being stimulated by their mother. They are also unable to regulate their body temperature for the first three weeks, so kittens born in temperatures less than 27[[Celsius|°C]] (80 [[Fahrenheit|°F]]) can die from exposure if they are not kept warm by their mother.

The mother's milk is very important for the kittens' nutrition and proper growth. This milk transfers [[antibody|antibodies]] to the kittens, which helps protect them against [[infectious disease]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Casal ML, Jezyk PF, Giger U |title=Transfer of colostral antibodies from queens to their kittens |journal=Am. J. Vet. Res. |volume=57 |issue=11 |pages=1653–8 |year=1996 |pmid=8915447}}</ref> Newborn kittens are also unable to produce concentrated [[urine]], and so have a very high requirement for fluids.<ref>{{cite book |author=Phillips C, Rochlitz I |title=Animal Welfare Volume 3: The Welfare of Cats |year=2005 |doi=10.1007/1-4020-3227-7_9 |url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/p810106748657h72/fulltext.pdf}} page 243</ref>

Kittens open their [[eye]]s about seven to ten days following [[birth]]. At first, the [[retina]] is poorly-developed and vision is poor. Kittens are not able to see as well as adult cats until about ten weeks after birth.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Tootle JS, Friedlander MJ |title=Postnatal development of the spatial contrast sensitivity of X- and Y-cells in the kitten retinogeniculate pathway |journal=J. Neurosci. |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=1325–40 |year=1989 |pmid=2703879 |url=http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/reprint/9/4/1325.pdf}}</ref>
[[Image:Playful kitten.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Kittens are inquisitive and playful.]]
Kittens develop very quickly from about two weeks of age until their seventh week. Their coordination and strength improve, they play-fight with their litter-mates, and begin to explore the world outside the nest. They learn to wash themselves and others as well as play hunting and stalking games, showing their inborn ability as predators. These innate skills are developed by the kittens' mother or other adult cats bringing live prey to the nest. Later, the adult cats also demonstrate hunting techniques for the kittens to emulate.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Poirier FE, Hussey LK |title=Nonhuman Primate Learning: The Importance of Learning from an Evolutionary Perspective |journal=Anthropology & Education Quarterly |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=133–148 |year=1982 |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0161-7761%28198222%2913%3A2%3C133%3ANPLTIO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A |doi=10.1525/aeq.1982.13.2.05x1830j}}</ref>

As they reach three to four weeks old, the kittens are gradually [[weaning|weaned]] and begin to eat solid food, with weaning usually complete by six to eight weeks.<ref>{{cite book |author=Phillips C, Rochlitz I |title=Animal Welfare Volume 3: The Welfare of Cats - Nutrition and Welfare |year=2005 |doi=10.1007/1-4020-3227-7_9 |url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/p810106748657h72/fulltext.pdf}} page 244</ref> Kittens live primarily on solid food after weaning, but usually continue to suckle from time to time until separated from their mothers. Some mother cats will scatter their kittens as early as three months of age, while others continue to look after them until they approach sexual maturity.
[[Image:Laitche-P013.jpg|left|thumb|220px|A litter of kittens nursing from their mother]]

The sex of kittens is usually easy to determine by six to eight weeks. The [[male]]'s [[Urethral sphincter|urethral opening]] is round, whereas the [[female]]'s is a slit. Another marked difference is the distance between [[anus]] and urethral opening, which is greater in males than in females.

Kittens are highly social animals and spend most of their waking hours interacting with available animals and playing. Play with other kittens peaks in the third or fourth month after birth, with more solitary hunting and stalking play peaking later, at about five months.<ref name=p18>{{cite book |author=Crowell-Davis, S |title=Animal Welfare Volume 3: The Welfare of Cats - Cat Behaviour: Social Organization, Communication and Development |year=2005 |doi=10.1007/1-4020-3227-7_1 |url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/ux33718426526554/fulltext.pdf}} page 18</ref> Kittens are vulnerable to harm because they like to find dark places to hide; with sometimes fatal results if they are not watched carefully.

Although domestic kittens are commonly sent to new homes at six to eight weeks of age, it has been suggested that being with its mother and litter mates from six to twelve weeks is important for a kitten's social and behavioural development.<ref name=p18/> Usually, breeders will not sell a kitten that is younger than twelve weeks, and in many jurisdictions, it is illegal to give away kittens younger than eight weeks old.<ref>{{cite book |last= Sunquist |first= Mel |coauthors= Fiona Sunquist |title= Wild Cats of the World |publisher= University of Chicago Press |year= 2002 |isbn= 0-226-77999-8 | url= http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/779998.html }}</ref>
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[[Image:Curious kitten.jpg|left|thumb|220px|The curious kitten]]

== Caring for domestic kittens ==
Most veterinarians recommend that kittens be vaccinated against common illnesses beginning at 2–3 months of age. The combination vaccination protects against [[Feline viral rhinotracheitis]] (FVR), [[Feline calicivirus]] (C), and [[Feline panleukopenia]] (P) and is therefore called FVRCP. This inoculation is given at 8 weeks and 12 weeks with a third FVRCP and a rabies inoculation at 16 weeks. Cats can be [[spaying and neutering|spayed or neutered]] at approximately 7 months of age.<ref name=Olson>{{cite journal |author=Olson PN, Kustritz MV, Johnston SD |title=Early-age neutering of dogs and cats in the United States (a review) |journal=J. Reprod. Fertil. Suppl. |volume=57 |issue= |pages=223–32 |year=2001 |pmid=11787153}}</ref> Many veterinarians will spay or neuter kittens as young as 7 weeks and weighing at least 2 pounds (approx. 1 kg); the practice is particularly common in animal shelters.<ref name=Olson/> Such early spaying does not appear to have any long-term health risks to cats, and may even be beneficial in male cats.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Spain CV, Scarlett JM, Houpt KA |title=Long-term risks and benefits of early-age gonadectomy in cats |journal=J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. |volume=224 |issue=3 |pages=372–9 |year=2004 |pmid=14765796 |doi=10.2460/javma.2004.224.372}}</ref> Kittens should also be wormed against [[roundworm]]s at about 4 weeks.
[[Image:Cat-MaineCoon-Cookie.png|right|thumb|220px|A red [[Tabby cat|tabby]] [[Maine Coon]] kitten aged 10 weeks]]

Kittens require a high-calorie diet that contains more protein than the diet of adult cats.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Rogers QR, Morris JG |title=Essentiality of amino acids for the growing kitten |journal=J. Nutr. |volume=109 |issue=4 |pages=718–23 |year=1979 |pmid=430271 |url=http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/109/4/718.pdf}}</ref> From weaning until about one year of age they should be fed a diet specifically formulated for kittens. Orphaned kittens too young to eat solid food may be fed a cat milk replacement formula every two to four hours. Kittens should not be fed cow's milk because it does not provide all of the necessary nutrients.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Guilford WG |title=Nutritional management of gastrointestinal tract diseases of dogs and cats |journal=J. Nutr. |volume=124 |issue=12 Suppl |pages=2663S–2669S |year=1994 |pmid=7996263 |url=http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/124/12_Suppl/2663S.pdf}}</ref> Cats are generally intolerant of sugars in their diets and both [[sucrose]] (table sugar) and [[lactose]] are not digested and cause soft stools or [[diarrhea]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Kienzle E |title=Blood sugar levels and renal sugar excretion after the intake of high carbohydrate diets in cats |journal=J. Nutr. |volume=124 |issue=12 Suppl |pages=2563S–2567S |year=1994 |pmid=7996238 |url=http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/124/12_Suppl/2563S.pdf}}</ref> Orphaned kittens that are not urinating or defecating must be stimulated to do so after each meal by rubbing with a warm, damp washcloth at the base of their spine where the tail begins.<ref>''Feline How-to Manual'' from Pawprints and Purrs, Inc, on feeding newborn cats [http://www.sniksnak.com/cathealth/howto10.html Feline How-To Manual: Feeding the Cat - Including Newborn Kitten Feeding ~ Pawprints and Purrs, Inc.] at www.sniksnak.com</ref> This is vital to the kitten's survival.

Hand-reared kittens tend to be very affectionate and more dependent on humans as adults, but can also show volatile mood swings and aggression.<ref>{{cite book |author=Heath, S |title=Animal Welfare Volume 3: The Welfare of Cats - Behaviour Problems and Welfare |year=2005 |doi=10.1007/1-4020-3227-7_4 |url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/t52m34220512l285/fulltext.pdf}} page 102</ref> If a kitten develops diarrhea, it is best to seek advice from a veterinarian. The kitten may need to be de-wormed with a de-wormer at 6–8 weeks old and then again 2 weeks later.
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== See also ==
* [[Cat]]
* [[Felidae]]
* [[Felis]]

== References ==
{{Commons|Kitten|Kittens}}
{{Wikibooks|How to choose your pet and take care of it}}
{{Wiktionary}}
{{reflist}}

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{{For|the American academic and current president of Elizabethtown College|Theodore E. Long}}

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'''Theodore R. "Teddy" Long''' (born September 15, 1947)<ref>Born in 1947 per [[Intelius]] check of "Theodore R. Long" who lives in Marietta, GA giving age of 61 as of December 31, 2008</ref> is a former [[United States|American]] [[professional wrestling]] [[Referee (professional wrestling)|referee]] and [[Manager (professional wrestling)|manager]], who currently works for [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] on its [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]] as its [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 2|General Manager]]

==Career==
===National Wrestling Alliance/World Championship Wrestling===
Long started out as an errand boy for wrestlers [[Tommy Rich]] and [[Abdullah the Butcher]]. He eventually became a member of the ringcrew and was promoted to referee in the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA's]] [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] in 1985 as Teddy Long.<ref name="Soul">{{cite episode | title = Soul of Wrestling | episodelink = | series = Legends of Wrestling | serieslink = WWE_Classics_On_Demand#Legends_of_Wrestling | airdate = February, 2009 | season = | number = }}</ref> In 1989, Long began to turn into a villainous character when he started to bend the rules for the [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villains]]. At the [[Chi-Town Rumble]] event, Long ran in and counted three, making [[Ricky Steamboat]] the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Champion]]. On April 2, 1989 at the ''[[Clash of Champions]]'' in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], Long blatantly made a fast count allowing [[Mike Rotunda]] and [["Dr. Death" Steve Williams]] to defeat the [[Road Warriors]] for the [[NWA World Tag Team Championship]]. After this match, the National Wrestling Alliance relieved Long of his refereeing duties. This was actually a story lifted from [[Championship Wrestling from Florida]], where Long had been a referee and did several heel-decisions in the ring, including one for [[Ron Simmons]] over [[Skip Young]]. While riding with [[Kevin Sullivan]] and [[Eddie Gilbert]], Long would DJ for them. After hearing Long talk, the two convinced [[Jim Ross]] to give Long a managerial role, managing "Norman The Lunatic".<ref name="Soul"/>

Long became the manager of [[Doom (professional wrestling)|Doom]] ([[Ron Simmons]] and [[Butch Reed]]) and led them to the World Tag Team Titles. He also managed [[Chris Jericho]], [[Marc Mero|Johnny B. Badd]], [[George Gray (wrestler)|One Man Gang]], [[Mike Shaw|Norman the Lunatic]], [[Skyscrapers (professional wrestling)|The Skyscrapers]] ([[Sid Eudy|Sid Vicious]], [[Dan Spivey]] and [[The Undertaker|Mark Calaway]]), [[Buff Bagwell|Marcus Bagwell]], [[2 Cold Scorpio]], [[Joseph Magliano|Joey Maggs]], [[Craig Pittman]], [[Jim Powers]], Bobby Walker, [[Harold Hoag|Ice Train]] and [[Bobby Eaton]] while in Jim Crockett Promotions and WCW.

===World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment===
Long joined the World Wrestling Federation and debuted as a referee in 1999 at [[Royal Rumble (1999)|Royal Rumble]] and stayed with that role until September 2002, when he was taken off the road. Like his previous referee stints, Long went by the shortened Teddy Long name during this period.

He was re-packaged as a villainous [[Manager (professional wrestling)|manager]] once again under his full name, and perhaps his most notable managing stint in this period came when managing [[D'Lo Brown]], [[Rodney Begnaud|Rodney Mack]], [[Christopher Nowinski]], [[Matt Anoa'i|Rosey]], [[Mark Henry]] and [[Carlene Begnaud|Jazz]] at different times, telling fans to get "Down wit' da Brown" and to "Back da Mack." He played a [[stereotype|stereotypical]] "held-down" minority, using [[African American Vernacular English|ebonics]] (such as, "Don't be drinkin' that Hate-orade." and "You know I'd look good on the dolla dolla bill.") His stable would be referred to by fans as "Thuggin' & Buggin' Enterprises." When he was drafted to ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown!]]'', he managed his third non [[African-American]] wrestler, [[Mark Jindrak]].

====SmackDown General Manager and Assistant GM (2004 – 2008)====
After [[Kurt Angle]] was fired from the [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 2|General Manager]] position in July 2004, Long became the new and first African-American General Manager of ''SmackDown!''. Long immediately turned [[Face (professional wrestling)|face]] on his first night as GM when he fined Angle $5,000 for not having his wrestling gear with him. Because of his face turn, his new position saw him giving the fans what they wanted and making matches that put villains at disadvantages, notably [[John Layfield|JBL]], a stark contrast to other WWE managers, such as [[Eric Bischoff]] and [[Vince McMahon|Mr. McMahon]], who would blatantly favor heels. At first, he continued use of his "Hate-orade" talk, but less aggressively, and with humor. One example was when he stripped [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] of the [[WWE United States Championship|US Championship]] for "drinkin' Hate-orade." Long would also introduce the ''New Talent Initiative'' during this time, which saw the likes of [[Bobby Lashley]] and [[Mr. Kennedy]] debut in 2005 and [[Montel Vontavious Porter|MVP]] in 2006, among others. The ''New Talent Initiative'' would continue when Long moved to [[ECW on Syfy|ECW]] in 2008 and would see the debuts of [[Matt Sydal|Evan Bourne]], [[Chris Harris (wrestler)|Braden Walker]], [[Richard Young (wrestler)|Ricky Ortiz]], [[Ronnie Arniell|Gavin Spears]], and [[Jake Hager|Jack Swagger]].

As part of the ''Raw'' vs. ''SmackDown!'' [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]], Long defeated then ''Raw'' GM [[Eric Bischoff]] at [[Survivor Series (2005)|Survivor Series 2005]] with the help of [[Marty Wright|The Boogeyman]].<ref name=match5>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/history/2005/matches/134645812/results/|title=SmackDown GM Theodore Long def. Raw GM Eric Bischoff|publisher=WWE|date=2005-11-27|accessdate=2008-01-02 }}</ref>

Theodore Long still had problems with Booker T and his defense of the United States title, however, as Booker T attempted to get out of title defenses on a number of occasions by pretending to be injured, and having other wrestlers fight on his behalf. Eventually, Long got tired of these shenanigans, and at [[No Way Out (2006)|No Way Out 2006]], Booker was told to face [[Chris Benoit]] or be stripped of the US title. Benoit won the match and was congratulated by Theodore Long.

After [[Randy Orton]] had cheated to obtain [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]]'s title shot at [[WrestleMania 22]], Long placed Mysterio back in the match and made it a Triple Threat match, at the same time warning Orton that he could still remove Orton from the match if he disobeyed Long.

At [[Judgment Day (2006)|Judgment Day 2006]] Long fired [[Melina Perez|Melina]] and [[John Hennigan|Johnny Nitro]] from ''SmackDown!.'' On the following ''SmackDown!'', JBL suffered the same fate after losing the United States Championship to [[Bobby Lashley]], and then losing a [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] match to Rey Mysterio in his ''Judgment Day'' rematch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/05262006/|accessdate=2008-08-01|date=2006-05-26|last=Dee|first=Louie|title=Kiss Him Goodbye|publisher=WWE}}</ref>

On the September 4, 2006 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', Long appeared to a tremendous ovation in his hometown. During a six-person, intergender tag match between Randy Orton, [[Adam Copeland|Edge]], and [[Amy Dumas|Lita]] against [[Trish Stratus]], [[Carly Colón|Carlito]], and [[John Cena]], some fans chanted Theodore's name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/09042006/|accessdate=2008-08-03|title=R-K-Ohhhhh|last=Zeigler|first=Zack|publisher=WWE|date=2006-07-04}}</ref>

In April 2007, Long became the on-screen boyfriend of [[Kristal Marshall|Kristal]], after weeks flirting with each other backstage. Long then began to look for an assistant so he could spend more time with Kristal, eventually revealing [[Vickie Guerrero]] as his new assistant on May 25, 2007, an appointment made partly at Kristal's request.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/05252007/|accessdate=2008-08-01|date=2007-05-25|last=DiFino|first=Lennie|title=Golden goals|publisher=WWE}}</ref> On the June 22, 2007 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Long asked Kristal to marry him. Kristal ran out of the ring, crying, but later agreed to ([[kayfabe]]) marry him. On the July 27, 2007 edition of ''SmackDown!'', [[Ron Simmons]] was named the [[best man]] for "Theodore Rufus Long" and Kristal's wedding on the September 21, 2007 edition of ''SmackDown!'' emanating from Long's hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. The wedding was not completed, however, due to constant disruptions and Long having a ([[kayfabe]]) [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] just as he started to say "I do". He then fell in to a ([[kayfabe]]) [[coma]].<ref>[[Vickie Guerrero]] on the October 5, 2007 edition of [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown]]</ref> The storyline never finished out as planned as Marshall left the WWE shortly afterwards due to creative differences. Long returned on the November 30, 2007 edition of ''SmackDown!'' as the Assistant General Manager and made a match at [[Armageddon (2007)|Armageddon]] for the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/11302007/|accessdate=2008-08-01|date= 2007-11-30|last=Dee|first=Louie|title=Payback, 619 style|publisher=WWE}}</ref> On May 16, 2008, Long quit his role of Assistant General Manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/articles/6641268/judgmentrendered|accessdate=2008-05-16| title=Judgment Rendered|last=Tello|first=Craig|publisher=WWE|date=2008-05-16}}</ref>

====ECW General Manager and Returning as SmackDown General Manager (2008 – Present)====
On the June 3, 2008 edition of ''[[ECW on Syfy|ECW]]'', it was announced that Long had become the new General Manager of the ECW [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]] by order of the WWE Board of Directors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/06032008/|accessdate=2008-08-01|title=New, Extreme manager in town|last=Medalis|first=Kara A.|publisher=WWE|date=2008-06-03}}</ref>

On the April 7, 2009 edition of ''ECW'', Long announced he was returning to ''SmackDown!'' as General Manager, with [[Taryn Terrell|Tiffany]] replacing him on ''ECW''.
By doing this, he became the first person in the history of the company to have a second term as General Manager on the ''SmackDown!'' brand. He made his official TV return to ''SmackDown!'' on April 10, when he announced that [[Matt Hardy]] and [[Jeff Hardy]] would face each other in the first [[Professional_wrestling_match_types#Container-based_variations|stretcher match]] in ''SmackDown'' history. On the June 26th 2009 edition of SmackDown, Vince McMahon announced Long would be (kayfabe) put on probation.

After being pressured by [[Vince McMahon]] to "make an impact" on the June 26, 2009 edition of [[WWE SmackDown!]], Long made a last minute change to the [[WWE Unified Tag Team Championship]] match at [[The Bash (2009)|WWE The Bash]] by adding the team of [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] and [[Chris Jericho]] to the match.

==In wrestling==
*'''Wrestlers [[Manager (professional wrestling)|managed]]'''
**[[Doom (professional wrestling)|Doom]] ([[Ron Simmons]] and [[Butch Reed]])
**[[Chris Jericho]]
**[[Marc Mero|Johnny B. Badd]]
**[[George Gray (wrestler)|One Man Gang]]
**[[Mike Shaw|Norman the Lunatic]]
**[[Skyscrapers (professional wrestling)|The Skyscrapers]] ([[Sid Eudy|Sid Vicious]], [[Dan Spivey]] and [[The Undertaker|"Mean" Mark Callous]])
**[[Buff Bagwell|Marcus Bagwell]]
**[[2 Cold Scorpio]]
**[[Joseph Magliano|Joey Maggs]]
**[[Craig Pittman]]
**[[Jim Powers]]
**"Hardwork" Bobby Walker
**[[Harold Hoag|Ice Train]]
**[[Bobby Eaton]]
**[[D'Lo Brown]]
**[[Rodney Begnaud|Rodney Mack]]
**[[Carlene Begnaud|Jazz]]
**[[Christopher Nowinski]]
**[[Mark Henry]]
**[[Matt Anoa'i|Rosey]]
**[[Mark Jindrak]]
**[[Dave Bautista]]*
Interpromtional match at [[Wrestlemania XXIV]]

*'''[[Nickname]]s'''
**'''Teddy'''
**'''T. Lo''' (given to him by [[Tazz]] and [[John Cena]])

==Matches==
When Long became SmackDown General Manager, he revived old and made new match types:

*At [[No Mercy (2004)|No Mercy 2004]], he put [[John Layfield|JBL]] and [[The Undertaker]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Container-based variations|Last Ride Match]]. The rules are similar to a Casket Match and an Ambulance Match where one opponent must put the other into the back of the [[hearse]] and drive out the arena. JBL won the first Last Ride Match due to interference by [[Jon Heidenreich|Heidenreich]]. At [[Armageddon (2006)|Armageddon 2006]], The Undertaker defeated [[Mr. Kennedy]] in the second Last Ride Match.<ref name="TakerKennedy">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/armageddon/history/2006/matches/34729442/results/|title=Ride to Hell|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|last=Tello|first=Craig|date=[[2006-12-17]]|accessdate=2008-07-12}}</ref>

*At [[No Way Out (2005)|No Way Out 2005]], JBL had to defend his title against [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] in the first ever [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Barbed Wire Steel Cage Match]]. The rules were the same as a normal steel cage match, but the top of the cage had barbed wire around it so nobody could escape (despite the fact that a victory could still be declared if a competitor managed to escape). This was done by Long to make sure there was no interference from any superstars, primarily JBL's stable, [[The Cabinet (professional wrestling)|The Cabinet]]. JBL won the match when Big Show chokeslammed him through the ring, allowing him to escape underneath.<ref name="WWE main event results">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/nowayout/history/2005/mainevent/|title=JBL vs. Big Show in a Barbed Wire Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship|date=2005-02-20|accessdate=2008-03-09|publisher=WWE}}</ref>

*Long also brought back the [[King of the Ring]] tournament in 2006, although it was a ''SmackDown!''-exclusive event.

*At [[WWE Armageddon#2006|Armageddon 2006]], Long brought back the [[Professional wrestling match types#Inferno match|Inferno match]], where [[Glenn Jacobs|Kane]] defeated [[Montel Vontavious Porter|MVP]].<ref name="MVPKane">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/armageddon/history/2006/matches/34729443/results/|title=Back-burner|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|last= McAvennie|first=Mike|date=[[2006-12-17]]|accessdate=2008-07-12}}</ref>

*On April 10, 2009 edition of ''SmackDown'' he announced that [[Matt Hardy]] and [[Jeff Hardy]] would face each other in the first [[Professional_wrestling_match_types#Container-based_variations|stretcher match]] in ''SmackDown'' history.

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
**[[PWI Manager of the Year|Manager of the Year]] (1990)
*'''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards]]'''
**[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Worst Worked Match of the Year|Worst Worked Match of the Year]] (2005) vs. [[Eric Bischoff]] at [[Survivor Series 2005|Survivor Series]]
*'''[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'''
** [[WWE SmackDown!|SmackDown]] General Manager (July 29, 2004 - September 21, 2007) ; (April 10, 2009 - Present)
*** [[WWE SmackDown!|SmackDown]] Assistant General Manager (November 30, 2007 - May 16, 2008)
** [[ECW (WWE)|ECW]] General Manager (June 3, 2008 - April 7, 2009)

==References==
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A '''butler''' is a [[domestic worker|servant]] in a large [[household]]. In the [[great house]]s of the past, the household was sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, [[wine cellar]], and pantries. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor, and [[Housekeeper (servant)|housekeepers]] caring for the entire house and its appearance. A butler is usually a man, and in charge of male servants; whilst a housekeeper is usually a woman, and in charge of female servants. Male servants (such as footmen) were better paid and therefore rarer and of higher status than female servants. The butler, as the senior male servant, therefore had the highest status of all.
==Background==
In modern houses where the butler is the most senior worker, titles such as ''[[majordomo]]'', ''butler administrator'', ''house manager'', ''manservant'', ''staff manager'', ''estate manager'' and ''head of household staff'' are sometimes given. The precise duties of the employee will vary to some extent in line with the title given, but perhaps more importantly in line with the requirements of the individual employer.

The earliest literary mention of a butler is probably that of the man whose release from prison was predicted by [[Joseph (Hebrew Bible)|Joseph]] in the [[biblical]] account of Joseph's interpretation of the dreams of the [[Pharaoh]]'s servants. The word "butler" derives from the [[Old French]] ''bouteillier'' (cup bearer), from ''bouteille'', (bottle), and ultimately from Latin. The role of the butler, for centuries, has been that of the chief steward of a household, the attendant entrusted with the care and serving of wine and other bottled beverages which in ancient times might have represented a considerable portion of the household's assets.

In Britain, the butler was originally a middle ranking member of the staff of a grand household. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,  the butler gradually became the usually senior male member of a household's staff in the very grandest households, though there was sometimes a steward who ran the outside estate, rather than just the household, and who was senior to the butler in social status into the nineteenth century. Butlers used to always be attired in a special uniform, distinct from the [[livery]] of junior servants, but today a butler is more likely to wear a [[Business attire|business suit]] or business casual clothing and appear in uniform only on special occasions.

===Training===
Butlers used to work their way up from the bottom and belong to clubs in larger cities such as London, but today tend to go to butler schools and belong to guilds such as the '''International Institute of Modern Butlers''' and the '''Guild of Professional English Butlers'''. Butlers are also found in hotels, corporate settings, yachts, and embassies, and are available as temporary service providers.

==Surname==
As a surname, “Butler” was originated by [[Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler|Theobald le Botiller FitzWalter]] (Lord of Preston). Lord FitzWalter accompanied [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] into [[Ireland]], and was appointed hereditary [[Chief Butler of Ireland]] in 1177. As such, he had the right to pour the King's wine. This title can be defined as Governor by today's standards. He was granted land holdings of Baggotrath, [[County Dublin]], and the [[Stein River]] lands around what is now Trinity College Dublin. His son, Theobalde Butler, was the first to hold the name and pass it to his descendants. [[Kilkenny Castle]] was the main seat of the Butler family.

==In literature==
===Fiction===
The real-life butler is supposed to be discreet and unobtrusive. The butler of fiction, by contrast, often tends to be larger-than-life and has become a [[plot device]] in [[literature]] and a traditional [[role]] in the [[performing arts]]. Butlers may provide comic relief with wry comments, clues as to the perpetrators of various crimes and are represented as at least as intelligent and moral, or even more so, than their “betters”. They are often portrayed as being serious and expressionless and in the case that the wealthy hero be an orphan—such as [[Batman]], [[Chrono Crusade]]'s Satella Harvenheit, or [[Tomb Raider]]'s [[Lara Croft]]—be a father figure to said hero. The fictional butler tends to be given a typical Anglo-Celtic surname and have a British accent.

Today, butlers are usually portrayed as being refined and well-spoken. However, in nineteenth century fiction such as ''[[Dracula]],'' butlers generally spoke with a strong [[Cockney]] or other regional accent.

"The butler" is integral to the plot of countless [[potboiler]]s and [[melodrama]]s, whether or not the character has been given a name. Butlers figure so prominently in [[period piece]]s and [[whodunit]]s that they can be considered [[stock character]]s in [[film]] and [[theatre]] where a [[catch phrase]] is "[[Mary Roberts Rinehart|the butler did it]]!"

See [[valet]] for a list of characters who are often mistaken for butlers, but strictly speaking are valets. [[Jeeves]] is one example, though, as Jeeves' employer Wooster has noted, when the occasion demands Jeeves "can buttle with the best of them".

;Examples of fictional butlers
{{Seealso|List of famous fictional butlers}}

*Stevens, the protagonist of [[Kazuo Ishiguro]]'s [[Booker Prize]] winning novel, [[the Remains of the Day]].
*Angus Hudson, from television's [[Upstairs, Downstairs]].
*[[Rowan Atkinson]] as [[Mr. E. Blackadder|Edmund Blackadder]], butler to Prince [[George (Blackadder character)|George]] the [[Prince Regent]], in the TV Series ''[[List_of_Blackadder_episodes#Series_3:_Blackadder_the_Third_.281987.29|Blackadder the Third]]''.
*[[Alfred Pennyworth]], [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]]'s butler from [[Batman_in_popular_media|Batman]] is a well known fictional butler.
*[[Robert Guillaume]], as [[Benson DuBois]], the Tate butler in the hit 70's sitcom, [[Soap_(TV_series)|Soap]]
*[[Joseph Marcell]], as [[List of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air characters#Geoffrey_Barbara_Butler|Geoffrey Butler]], the butler for the [[List of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air characters#The Bel Air family|Banks Family]] on ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''.
*[[Nestor (Tintin character)|Nestor]], the butler of [[Marlinspike Hall]] appearing in [[The Adventures of Tintin]].
*[[Daniel Davis]], as [[Niles (The Nanny)|Niles]] the butler in the TV Series [[The Nanny (TV series)|The Nanny]].
*[[Sebastian Michaelis]], a demon bound by contract to his young master, Ciel Phantomhive, in the Kuroshitsuji Manga and Anime series.
*[[Rihito Shibata]], an S rank Butler who chose to serve Mei Shinonome as his only Lady, in the [[Mei-chan no Shitsuji]] J-drama and Manga.
*[[Sebastian Beach]] in the Blandings Castle stories by [[P.G. Wodehouse]], of intimidating majesty but nonetheless a good soul who frequently co-conspires with the clever Gally Threepwood.
*[[Butle]]r, the butler for Prince Salde Canarl Shellbrick III off of the puzzle game [[Puyo Puyo Fever 2]].
*[[Smithers]], [[Veronica Lodge]]'s fictional butler.
*[[Domovoi Butler]], butler (and bodyguard) in the [[Artemis Fowl series]] novels by [[Eoin Colfer]].
*Spencer, butler in [[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]]
*[[Pickering]], a bullying, slave-driving butler who was the regular villain of the piece in [[No Tears for Molly]] from [[Tammy]], a British comic which ran from 1971 to 1984.

===Non-fiction===
;Notable non-fictional butlers
*[[Clive McGonigal]], founder of [[The Butler Bureau]]
*[[Paul Burrell]], butler to the late [[Diana, Princess of Wales]]
*[[Hugh Edgar]], butler, ''[[The Edwardian Country House]]'', 2002 British historical recreation TV series
*Arthur Richard Inch, long-time real-life butler, Butler Technical Consultant for the film ''[[Gosford Park]]''
*[[Charles MacPherson]], [[Majordomo]] and [[etiquette]] specialist, head of the Charles MacPherson Academy for Butlers and Household Managers
*[[Ivor Spencer]], [[Toastmaster]] and [[etiquette]] specialist, head of the Ivor Spencer International School for Butler Administrators/Personal Assistants and Estate Managers
*[[Alonzo Fields]], [[White House]] butler under [[Herbert Hoover]], [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], and [[Harry S. Truman]].

==See also==
*[[Housekeeper (servant)]]
*[[Valet]]
*[[Domestic worker]]

==External links==
*[http://www.charlesmacpherson.com/index.php Charles MacPherson Associates] - Academy for Butlers and Household Managers
*[http://www.butlersguild.com/index.php The International Guild of Professional Butlers]
*[http://www.modernbutlers.com/ The International Institute of Modern Butlers]
*[http://www.butlerforyou.com/ Butler Service]
*[http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Butler "Butler"] - very detailed article at ''Citizendium''
*[http://www.majordomoonamission.blogspot.com/ Majordomo On A Mission]

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Fields of Fire

2009-07-17T02:11:40Z

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{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Fields of Fire
| Cover = Big Country Fields of Fire.jpg
| Artist = [[Big Country]]
| from Album = [[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]
| Released = 1983
| Recorded = 1982-1983
| Genre = [[Folk rock]]
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| Length = 3:31
| Writer = [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]]
| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]
| Last single = "[[Harvest Home (song)|Harvest Home]]" (1982)
| This single = "'''Fields of Fire'''" (1983)
| Next single = "[[In a Big Country]]" (1983)
}}

"'''Fields of Fire'''" (album version subtitled "'''400 Miles'''") is one of the biggest hits by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Rock music|rock band]] [[Big Country]]. It was first released as a single in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1983 in music|1983]] and included on the band's debut album ''[[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]''.

== Music video ==

The music video begins with a young boy playing with his toy train set. The members of the band are passengers on a train that has left the railway station and are seen playing their instruments inside their train coach. After going through a tunnel, the train is stopped because a [[Scotsman]] is playing the [[Bagpipes|bagpipes]] on the railway line. The band then leave their carriage and follow the Scotsman to find themselves watching the 1746 [[Battle of Culloden]]. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZizztHQv7jM Version 2 of Music Video @ YouTube.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

== Reception ==

The song was a big hit, introducing the band to mainstream audiences in the [[United States]] in [[1984 in music|1984]] and reaching the top ten in the UK Singles Chart. On their album review of ''The Crossing'', [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] noted that the song was ''"one of the great, resounding anthems of this or any other year"'' and praised the ''"bagpipelike single-string riffs"'' .<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/250904/review/5944030/thecrossing Review @ RollingStone.com] Retrieved May 2009 </ref> Big Country's vocalist and bassist [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]] has also claimed this song to be one of his favorites. <ref>[http://www.bigcountryinfo.com/pages/albums/comp_notw.htm News Of The World @ BigCountryInfo.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1983-1984)
!Peak position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|52<ref>[http://rqsretrouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-country-settlement-years.html Big Country Bio @ RetroUniverse] Retrieved May 2009</ref>
|-
|}

==Credits==
*Music and lyrics: [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]]
*Production: [[Steve Lillywhite]]<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=Fields+Of+Fire+%28400+Miles%29&cat=s Music Credits @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Compilation album usage==
The song has been included on several notable compilation albums since its release. For instance, in 1992, the track was included on the ''[[Time–Life|Time Life:The Rock Collection-Hot Rock]]'' release, <ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?titel=Time+Life%3A+The+Rock+Collection+%2D+Hot+Rock&cat=a Time Life Track Listing @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref> and in 1997, the long-running ''[[The Best... Album in the World...Ever!]]'' compilation album brand included the song on their ''The Best Scottish Album in the World... Ever!'' release.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfwxqqjld6e Compilation Track Listing @ Allmusic.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bigcountry.co.uk Big Country's Official Website] Retrieved May 2009

{{Big Country}}

[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:Big Country songs]]

Blackwater (Queensland)

2009-07-07T08:49:10Z

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{{Infobox Australian Place | type = town
| name = Blackwater
| state = qld
| image =
| caption =
| lga = [[Central Highlands Regional Council]]
| postcode = 4717
| est =
| pop = 5,031
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS"/>
| elevation=
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Gregory|Gregory]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Flynn|Flynn]]
| dist1 = 825
| dir1 = NW
| location1= [[Brisbane]]
| dist2 = 198
| dir2 = W
| location2= [[Rockhampton, Queensland|Rockhampton]]
| dist3 = 79
| dir3 = E
| location3= [[Emerald, Queensland|Emerald]]
}}
'''Blackwater''' ({{coord|23|28|S|148|46|E|region:AU-QLD_type:city}}) is the major town of a significant coal mining area in Central [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. At the 2006 [[Census in Australia|census]], Blackwater had a population of 5,031.<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2006 AUS
|id=UCL306000
|name=Blackwater (Urban Centre/Locality)
|accessdate=2007-10-25
|quick=on}}</ref>

Six major open cut coal mines dot the landscape surrounding the town and provide its main employment opportunities. The town is also situated close to the [[Blackdown Tableland National Park]] which lies to the south.

Blackwater is supposedly named after the Blackwater Creek which apparently was first observed to flow with black water, this may have been caused by tree roots growing into the creek. Coal deposits were discovered there by [[Ludwig Leichhardt]] in 1845.

==See also==
*[[Blackwater Airport]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Central Highlands Regional Council}}

[[Category:Mining towns in Queensland]]
[[Category:Towns in Queensland]]

{{Queensland-geo-stub}}

Drop Bear

2009-06-28T05:10:12Z

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{{otheruses|Dropbear (disambiguation)}}
{{Refimprove|date=April 2008}}

A '''drop bear''' (or '''dropbear''') is a non-existent<ref>[http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/comments/dropbear.html Drop Bear entry] at [[Museum of Hoaxes]]</ref> [[Australia]]n [[marsupial]]. Drop bears are commonly said to be unusually large, vicious, [[carnivorous]] koalas that inhabit treetops and attack their prey by dropping onto their heads from above.<ref>David Wood, "[http://www.countrynews.com.au/story.asp?TakeNo=200505025048382 Yarns spun around campfire]", in ''Country News'', byline May 2, 2005, accessed Apr. 4, 2008</ref> They are an example of local lore intended to frighten and confuse outsiders, and amuse locals, similar to the [[jackalope]], [[hoop snake]], [[wild haggis]] or [[snipe hunt|snipe]].

It is often suggested that doing ridiculous things like having forks in the hair or [[Vegemite]] or toothpaste spread behind the ears will deter the creatures.<ref>''[[Canberra City News]]'', "Spreading the Myth", Aug. 6, 2003.</ref>

== Drop bears in popular culture ==

*Drop bears appear in the novel ''[[The Last Continent]]'' by [[Terry Pratchett]]. In that novel, the wizard [[Rincewind]] travels through the Australia-like continent of [[Discworld geography#Fourecks|Fourecks]], and is attacked by some (that is most) of the creatures while traveling through the desert. Rincewind is wearing the traditional pointed wizard's hat, which serves to protect Rincewind's head from the stunning blow of the bear, and stun the bear itself. When the first bear's attack is unsuccessful, a massive cadre of dropbears begins to fall from the trees out of sheer astonishment. When hearing about this later, the locals insist that drop bears don't really exist.
*''[[Escape Velocity Nova]]'', an Australian-designed 2002 computer game from Ambrosia Software, contains attacks from alleged drop bears in Auroran Empire space. These drop bears are actually young Auroran warriors in disguise.
*A [[Bundaberg Rum]] ad series featured stories about the drop bears being used by Australian male campers to get some female backpackers to move their tents close to the boys so they could chat them up. The attractive female backpackers are incredulous until the Bundy Rum Bear (a large talking polar bear often featured in the company's advertising) drops out of a tree near the edge of the lake, squashing one of the girl's tents.
*In [[Warren Ellis]]'s comic ''[[Nextwave]]'', weaponized drop bears are deployed from an air-based military platform.<ref>[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/dropbears.htm Drop bears] in the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe</ref>
*The [[D20 Modern]] RPG sourcebook [[D20 Menace Manual]] features Drop Bears as a Monster Type.
*Australian cartoonist Ian Dalkin had a popular cartoon strip 'Derek the Drop-Bear' which ran in the Sydney Sun an afternoon newspaper in Sydney that was folded by Fairfax in the early 90s.{{Fact|date=June 2009}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==

* [[Phantom kangaroo]]
* [[Fictional national animals]]
* [[Bunyip]]
* [[Yowie (cryptid)|Yowie]]
* [[Queensland Tiger]]

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[[Category:Fictional life forms]]
[[Category:Australian folklore]]
[[Category:Australian legendary creatures]]
[[Category:Legendary mammals]]
[[Category:Australian culture]]
[[Category:Debunked cryptids]]

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LoveGame

2009-06-15T06:29:35Z

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{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --gt;
| Name = LoveGame
| Cover = LoveGame Single.jpg
| Artist = [[Lady Gaga]]
| Album = [[The Fame (album)|The Fame]]
| Released = March 24, 2009<brgt;<smallgt;(see [[#Release history|release history]])</smallgt;
| Recorded = 2008
| Format = [[CD single]], [[digital download]]
| Recorded = 2008
| Genre = [[Electropop]]
| Length = 3:33 <smallgt;(Original version)</smallgt;<brgt;3:36 <smallgt;(Revised version)</smallgt;
| Label = Streamline, [[Kon Live]], [[Interscope]], [[Cherrytree Records|Cherrytree]]
| Writer = [[Lady Gaga]], [[RedOne]]
| Producer = RedOne
| Last single = "[[Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)]]"<brgt;(2009)
| This single = "'''LoveGame'''"<brgt;(2009)
| Next single = "[[Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)|Paparazzi]]"<brgt;(2009)
}}

"'''LoveGame'''" is an [[electropop]] song recorded by American [[pop music|pop]] singer-songwriter [[Lady Gaga]] taken from her debut album, ''[[The Fame (album)|The Fame]]''. The track was produced by [[RedOne]], who also produced Gaga's previous worldwide hits "[[Just Dance]]" and "[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]". It is the album's third single in North America and France and the fourth single in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland after "[[Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)]]".

The song has been critically appreciated for its catchy tune and the "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick" [[Hook (music)|hook]]. Gaga has explained that the word 'discostick' is a metaphor for the penis and was inspired by her association with a stranger at a night club. "LoveGame" has already started charting in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and other European countries. The song became another top five hit for Gaga in Australia and Canada.

The New York underground inspired music video for the song portrays Gaga dancing through an underground metro station and in a car park. The music video was a tribute by Gaga to the New York lifestyle including its glamour, fans and fashion. In Australia, the music video faced a ban from being aired at the PG rated timeslots because of its sexual content. "LoveGame" has been performed live a number of times by Gaga, including her first headlining [[The Fame Ball Tour| The Fame Ball]] tour where she performed it while wearing a geometric patterned short skirt and holding her trademark disco-stick in one hand.

==Writing and inspiration==
"LoveGame" was written by Lady Gaga and RedOne who also produced the track. In an interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, Gaga explained the meaning of the song and her inspiration behind it, especially for the line "Let's have some fun this beat is sick / I wanna take a ride on your disco stick". She said,
<blockquotegt;
"It's another of my very thoughtful metaphors for a cock. I was at a nightclub, and I had quite a sexual crush on somebody, and I said to them, 'I wanna ride on your disco stick'. The next day, I was in the studio, and I wrote the song in about four minutes. When I play the song live, I have an actual stick — it looks like a giant rock-candy pleasuring tool — that lights up.<ref name="inspiration"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/25921604/qa_lady_gaga/2|title=The "Just Dance" singer on leotards, the first lady and raunchy lyrics|last=Scaggs|first=Austin|date=February 19, 2009|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=Rolling Stone; Jann S. Wenner|accessdate=2009-03-31}}</refgt;
</blockquotegt;
While commenting in regards to the lyrical content of the song "LoveGame," on Australian [[talk show]] ''[[Rove (TV series)|Rove]]'', Gaga said that she is unrepentant about her "disco stick" metaphor though it lead to a banning of the music video on [[Network Ten]] in Australia. She further said,
<blockquotegt;
"I don't think disco stick is subtle. It's very clear what that lyric is all about. If anything, I happen to think people are frivolously hard on me. A lot of youth-oriented pop music is much racier than mine. 'Throw me on the floor, take off my clothes, give it to me, baby, let's dirty dance'. All these records are so provocative, but it's the context of what I'm doing that makes people concerned.[...] It's the music in relation to the visual, in relation to the way I move and the way I articulate the lyrics. But if I wanted to make music to make people sing 'la di da' that would be very boring."<ref name="heraldsun"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25512045-5006024,00.html|title=The world goes crazy for Lady Gaga|last=Adams|first=Cameron|date=May 21, 2009|work=[[News.com.au]]|publisher=[[Herald Sun (Australia)|Herald Sun]]|accessdate=2009-05-27}}</refgt;

</blockquotegt;

==Music and lyrics==
Musically "LoveGame" is an up-tempo dance song with a [[Dance (music)|dance-oriented beat]].<ref name="about.com"/gt; According to Kerri Mason of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', the composition "carry the pleather-and-sequins vibe of the downtown New York scene out of the underground and onto the FM dial without losing its smut and [[sass]]."<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3ifcb24c059ef1f1a6fc19c0d9b0ddd48c|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame review|last=Mason|first=Kerri|date=November 10, 2008|accessdate=2009-03-17|publisher=Nielsen Business Media Inc.|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</refgt; Gaga explained that the lyrics of "LoveGame" is very clear about what the song is all about. She thought that the lyrics portrayed a powerful message about love, fame and sexuality which is the central theme of her album ''[[The Fame (album)|The Fame]]''.<ref name="heraldsun"/gt;

==Critical reception==
Sal Cinquemani of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' commented that the song has cheap lyrics and it painfully enunciates without any resemblance of actual sex appeal.<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?id=1558|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame review|first=Sal |last=Cinquemani|date=October 25, 2008|accessdate=2009-04-06|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|publisher=www.slantmagazine.com}}</refgt; ''[[About.com]]'' reviewer Ben Norman said that "LoveGame" continues the siege war tactical beats of previous single "[[Just Dance]]" and "assaulting us with clever lyrics like, 'Let's have some fun/This beat is sick/I wanna take a ride on your disco stick.' Interestingly enough, her live performance involves a disco stick. It's her long-handled microphone." The Dave Aude remix of "LoveGame" was also praised.<ref name="about.com"gt;{{cite web|url=http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/LadyGagaTheFame.htm|title=Lady Gaga - 'The Fame'|first=Ben |last=Norman|date=October 2, 2008|accessdate=2009-04-06|publisher=dancemusic.about.com|work=[[About.com]]}}</refgt; ''[[The Boston Phoenix]]'' music editor Daniel Brockman said that "With production help from DJ Space Cowboy [...] Gaga ups the ante in terms of catchy song writing and sheer high-in-the-club-banging-to-the-beat abandon." He also commented on the lyrics saying that "'Let’s have some fun, this beat is sick/I want to take a ride on your disco stick' might be the trashiest-yet-awesomest refrain I’ve heard on a major-label record this year."<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/70309-LADY-GAGA-THE-FAME/|title=Lady GaGa:The Fame|first=Daniel |last=Brockman|date=October 22, 2008|accessdate=2009-04-06|work=[[The Boston Phoenix]]|publisher=Thephoenix.com}}</refgt; The ''[[BBC]]'' said in a review for ''[[The Fame (album)|The Fame]]'' that the song was robotic with the line "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick" deemed as brilliant as well as utterly cold which "leaves us awarding Gaga the yearbook title of 'pop star most likely to kill'"<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/f6bd+lady+gaga+the+fame+review&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in|title=Lady GaGa The Fame Review|first=Talia |last=Kraines|date=January 9, 2009|accessdate=2009-04-06|work=[[BBC]]|publisher=[[BBC.co.uk]]}}</refgt; Ben Hogwood from MusicOMH.com declared the song as "top notch, diamond-encrusted pop" along with other tracks like Starstruck and [[Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)|Paparazzi]] but commented that the lyrics were sometimes odd especially the statement, "I'm on a mission, and it involves some heavy touchin'".<ref name="musicomh"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/lady-gaga_0109.htm|title=Lady Gaga - The Fame|last=Hogwood|first=Ben|date=January 12, 2009|work=MusicOMH.com|accessdate=2009-04-21}}</refgt; Sarah Rodman of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' said that the song has a gutter level quippage with sinuous moves.<ref name="globe"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2008/10/27/lady_gaga/|title=Lady Gaga The Fame|last=Rodman|first=Sarah|date=October 27, 2008|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|publisher=www.boston.com|accessdate=2009-04-21}}</refgt; Priya Elan from ''[[The Times (London)|The Times]]'' was not impressed with the song and called it calculated.<ref name="times"gt;{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article5465929.ece|title=The Big CD: Lady GaGa - The Fame|last=Elan|first=Priya|date=January 10, 2009|work=[[The Times (London)|The Times]]|publisher=Entertainment.Timesonline.com|accessdate=2009-04-21}}</refgt; ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' music editor Chris Williams gave the song a positive review, commenting that "It has all the winning ingredients of its predecessors: a radio-friendly, club/electropop feel; a provocative, yet silly enough catchphrase and hook ("Let's have some fun, this beat is sick/I wanna take a ride on your disco stick"); and a dash of '80s synth magic, so the adults can play along. On "LoveGame" GaGa is in it to win it".<ref name="BlBrd"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews-singles/lovegame-1003975917.story|title=LoveGame Single review|last=Williams|first=Chris|date=May 30, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=2009-05-24}}</refgt;

==Chart performance==
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The song debuted on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] at number ninety-six for the issue dated April 4, 2009 but fell off the chart the following week.<ref name="BB"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/miley-cyrus-climb-debuts-high-on-hot-100-1003950890.story|title=Miley Cyrus' 'Climb' Debuts High On Hot 100|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=March 12, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=2009-04-30}}</refgt; On the issue dated May 9, 2009 the song re-entered the chart at number ninety-nine,<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3107934&cdi=10190934&cid=05%2F09%2F2009|title=Lady Gaga - LoveGame - Billboard Hot 100|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|date=May 9, 2009|accessdate=2009-04-08}}</refgt; and after five weeks reached position six by selling 107,000 digital downloads and becoming the weeks greatest digital gainer.<ref name="gainer"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/lady-gaga-takes-two-top-10-spots-on-billboard-1003980330.story|title=Lady GaGa Takes Two Top 10 Spots On Billboard's Hot 100|last=Ben-Yehuda|first=Ayala|coauthors=Silvio Pietroluongo|date=June 4, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=2009-06-05}}</refgt; The song debuted at seventy-six on the [[Pop 100]] chart for the issue dated May 2, 2009<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=396&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Pop+100&ci=3107804&cdi=10186844&cid=05%2F02%2F2009|title=Lady Gaga - LoveGame - Pop 100|date=May 2, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=2009-04-30}}</refgt; and has since moved up to a peak at six.<ref name="artist"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=1003999&model.vnuAlbumId=1172154|title=Lady Gaga - Artist Chart history|date=May 2, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=2009-04-30}}</refgt; The song has also peaked on the [[Hot Dance Club Play]] chart at number twenty-one for the issue dated June 13, 2009.<ref name="hotdance"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=359&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Dance+Club+Play&ci=3108956&cdi=10217818&cid=06%2F13%2F2009|title=LoveGame - Billboard Hot Dance Club Play|date=June 13, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=2009-06-07}}</refgt;

In Australia, the song debuted at number ninety-two, and then moved up the charts to forty-one the next week.<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/australia_singles_top_50/2009/14|title=Australian Singles Chart|date=March 30, 2009|accessdate=2009-04-06|work=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|publisher=acharts.us}}</refgt; The following week it again moved up the charts to eighteen. It has so far peaked at number four in Australia.<ref name="AUS"gt;{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/australia_singles_top_50/2009/20|title=Australian Singles Chart|date=May 11, 2009|accessdate=2009-05-11|work=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|publisher=acharts.us}}</refgt; On the issue dated May 18, 2009, the song was certified [[Music recording sales certifications|gold]] by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] for sales of 35,000 copies of the single.<ref name="auscerti"gt;{{cite web|url=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20090520-0000/issue1003.pdf|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles |date=May 18, 2009|work=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|publisher=Pandora.nla|accessdate=2009-06-02}}</refgt;

In Canada, the song debuted on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] in September 2008 at number sixty-eight<ref name=Can100week1gt;{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/canadian_hot_100/2008/36|title=Canadian Hot 100|accessdate=2009-03-20 |publisher=acharts.us |date=September 16, 2008 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</refgt; before its official release as a single. Its second appearance was on the chart of January 10, 2009 at number sixty-eight again.<ref name=Can100week2gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=793&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Canadian+Hot+100&ci=3105360&cdi=10106555&cid=01%2F10%2F2009|title=Canadian Hot 100|accessdate=2009-03-20 |author= |date=January 10, 2009 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc}}</refgt; Subsequently "LoveGame" climbed to a peak of five for the issue dated April 4, 2009, making her third straight top five single there.<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/canada_singles_top_100/2009/14|title=Canadian Hot 100|accessdate=2009-04-06|date=April 4, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=acharts.us}}</refgt; After fluctuating down the chart for a few weeks "LoveGame" reached a new peak of four for the issue dated May 16, 2009.<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/canada_singles_top_100/2009/20|title=Canadian Hot 100|accessdate=2009-04-09|date=May 16, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=acharts.us}}</refgt; On the issue dated May 30, 2009, the song again reached a new peak of two on the chart.<ref name=canadagt;{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/canada_singles_top_100/2009/22|title=Canadian Hot 100|accessdate=2009-05-21|date=May 30, 2009|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=acharts.us}}</refgt;

On the issue dated March 6, 2009 the song entered the Irish Singles Chart at number forty-nine based on digital download.<ref name="irish"gt;{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/ireland_singles_top_50/2009/10|title=Irish Singles Chart|accessdate=2009-03-14 |work=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|publisher=acharts.us |date=March 5, 2009}}</refgt; It also debuted at number nineteen in Finland for the issue dated April 15, 2009<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/finland_singles_top_20/2009/16|title=Finnish Singles Chart|date=April 15, 2009|accessdate=2009-04-17|work=[[Mitä hittiä]]|publisher=acharts.us}}</refgt; and has since moved to a peak of twelve.<ref name="finland"gt;{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/finland_singles_top_20/2009/17|title=Finnish Singles Chart|date=April 22, 2009|accessdate=2009-04-17|work=[[Mitä hittiä]]|publisher=acharts.us}}</refgt; In New Zealand, the song debuted at number thirty-six for the issue dated April 13, 2009<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/nz_singles_top_40/2009/16|title=New Zealand RIANZ Top 40|date=April 13, 2009|work=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-04-14}}</refgt; and moved up to a peak of twelve.<ref name="rianz"gt;{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/nz_singles_top_40/2009/20|title=New Zealand RIANZ Top 40|date=May 11, 2009|work=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-05-12}}</refgt;

Despite not being released as an official single, the song charted on the [[UK Singles Chart]], so far peaking at number eighty-nine due to strong downloads of the track from Gaga's debut album, ''[[The Fame (album)|The Fame]]''.<ref name="UK"gt;{{cite web| url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=34296| title="LoveGame" Chart Positions and Trajectories| work=[[The Official Charts Company]]|publisher=chartstats.com| accessdate=2009-04-02 }}</refgt; In the Netherlands the song debuted at twenty-eight for the issue dated May 23, 2009<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/dutch_top_40/2009/21|title=Dutch Top 40|date=May 23, 2009|work=[[MegaCharts]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-05-22}}</refgt; and moved upto seventeen the next week.<ref name="dutch"gt;{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/dutch_top_40/2009/22|title=Dutch Top 40|date=May 30, 2009|work=[[MegaCharts]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-05-30}}</refgt; The song also debuted at number six in France for the issue dated May 16, 2009<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/france_singles_top_100/2009/20|title=France Singles Chart|date=May 16, 2009|work=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-05-25}}</refgt; and moved to five the next week.<ref name="france"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Eminem/news-67979.html|title=Tops Albums : retour gagnant pour Eminem|date=May 26, 2009|work=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|publisher=ChartsinFrance|accessdate=2009-05-27}}</refgt; It debuted at numbers nineteen<ref name="flanders"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2009&date=20090523&lang=nl|title=Belgian Flanders Singles Chart|date=May 23, 2009|work=[[Ultratop 50]]|publisher=Ultratop.nl|accessdate=2009-05-25}}</refgt; and thirty-eight<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2009&date=20090516&lang=be|title=Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart|date=May 16, 2009|work=[[Ultratop 40]]|publisher=Ultratop.be|accessdate=2009-05-25}}</refgt; on the Belgian Flanders and Wallonia charts respectively. In Flanders it has reached a peak of six.<ref name="flanders"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2009&date=20090606|title=Belgian Flanders Singles Chart|date=June 6, 2009|work=[[Ultratop 50]]|publisher=Ultratop.nl|accessdate=2009-06-08}}</refgt; In Wallonia it moved to a peak of five.<ref name="wallonia"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2009&date=20090606&lang=en|title=Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart|date=June 6, 2009|work=[[Ultratop 40]]|publisher=Ultratop.be|accessdate=2009-06-08}}</refgt; The song has also reached nineteen on ''Billboard's'' [[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]].<ref name="euro"/gt; It debuted at forty-nine in Switzerland.<ref name="swiss"gt;{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/swiss_singles_top_100/2009/24|title=Swiss Singles Top 100|date=Jun 14, 2009|work=[[Swiss Music Charts]]|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2009-06-10}}</refgt;

==Music video==
[[File:LoveGame_-_Music_Video_by_Lady_Gaga.JPG|230px|left|thumb|Gaga intimidating a circle of men with her disco stick while wearing [[chain-link fencing|chain-linked]] glasses in the New York underground inspired music video for "LoveGame"]]

The music video of "LoveGame" was directed by [[Joseph Kahn]] and premiered on February 13, 2009.<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.josephkahn.com/news/1388.xml?_offset=0 |title=Joseph Kahn "Eh, Eh" and "LoveGame |accessdate=2009-01-27 |work=josephkahn.com |publisher=Janmedia Interactive Inc |date=2009-01-09}}</refgt; The video mainly takes place in a subway station. Although the video was shot in [[Los Angeles]] in January 2009 alongside with the music video for "[[Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)]]", it has a [[New York City]] setting. The video faced censorship troubles in Australia where it was rated M by [[Network Ten]] due to suggestive video footage involving [[bondage (BDSM)|bondage]] and [[human sexual behavior|sexual acts]]. The channel demanded to be provided with an edited version of the video which would not violate censorship rules.<ref name="videovcensor"/gt; ''Video Hits'' refused to air the video in its G and PG rated time slots. They cited "numerous sexual references both visually and lyrically" as the reason they couldnot create a child-friendly edit without bleeping the repeated hook "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick".<ref name="heraldsun"/gt; Australian television will still continue to air the video on music program ''[[Rage (TV program)|Rage]]'' and cable networks [[Channel V Australia|Channel V]] and [[MTV Australia|MTV]].<ref name="videovcensor"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25302931-5001026,00.html|title=Lady GaGa Love Game video banned from Australian TV|last=Adams|first=Cameron|date=April 07, 2009 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Australian Daily Telegraph]]|publisher=[[News.com.au]]|pages=1|language=English|accessdate=2009-04-07}}</refgt; The video also faced a ban from [[MTV Arabia]] citing the same reason as Australia. Since it was very rare to ban videos in MTV, Samer al Marzouki, channel head of MTV Arabia, commented,<blockquotegt;"We represent the young generation’s mentality and culture so we can’t play something that conflicts with that. If they can’t watch something comfortably with their brother, sisters or friends then we will not play it."<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090608/NATIONAL/706079810/-1/OPINION|title=MTV Arabia bans Lady Gaga video|last=Swan|first=Melanie|date=June 7, 2009|work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|publisher=[[Abu Dhabi Media Company]]|accessdate=2009-06-08}}</refgt;</blockquotegt;

The video starts with the heading "Streamline presents" and three men moving through [[Times Square]].<ref name="revolution"/gt; They open a man-hole cover on which is written "Haus of Gaga". Gaga is then shown naked with blue and purple paint and glitter on her body, frolicking with two men who has the words "Love" and "Fame" etched on their hair.<ref name="videovcensor"/gt; The scene shifts to a subway where Gaga starts singing in a grey-white leotard with a hood. She carries her trademark 'disco stick' and wears chain-linked glasses made of [[barbed wire]].<ref name="scene"/gt; The chorus starts with Gaga along with her dancers progressing through the subway and dancing down a staircase. Her trademark dogs, two [[harlequin]] [[Great Dane]]s, are also shown on top of the staircase.<ref name="revolution"/gt; The video shifts to a train where the second verse takes place amidst choreographed dance routines and Gaga wearing a black jacket. The group move on to a car-park.<ref name="scene"/gt; Gaga is then shown with the two men again and enters a ticket booth with an inspector. This next scene shows Gaga in make-shift kissing and caressing.<ref name="videovcensor"/gt; As the camera pans from right to left the inspector changes from a man to woman in each frame. Gaga is also shown wearing a yellow watch same to that of the "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" music video. The final scene incorporates Gaga in a [[Choreography (dance)|choreographed]] dance routine with her crew of backup dancers. The video comes to an end as Gaga and her dancers hold their [[groin]]s as they gesture towards the camera.

{{Quote box|width=300px|align=right|quote="This is all part of a movement. My artistry is much deeper than fashion or anything like that. I love pop music, and I want to bring it back. [...] People are truly hungry for this. They generally miss the '90s and the superfans flooding Times Square, crying and wailing and doing anything to see the fingernail of a star. I want that back, and [the 'LoveGame' video] is just another move towards that. 'LoveGame' is a genuine New York lifestyle video. It's got that feeling of 'gay, black New York,' of inclusion and glamour," [...] I wanted to really bring forth the girl that I was four years ago, and I wanted to put it in the setting of the underground subway. I worked with Joseph Kahn, and he did an amazing job. He didn't just capture the fashion; he captured the artist."<ref name="revolution"gt;{{cite web| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1606964/20090313/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga's pop revolution continues with 'LoveGame'| accessdate=2009-03-29| author=Montgomery, James| date=March 13, 2009|work=[[MTV]]|publisher=MTV Networks Inc.}}</refgt;
}}
Gaga spoke to [[Entertainment Weekly]] during the ''Behind the Scenes'' of the shoot regarding what she thinks about the video and the development of it including the new creative measures undertaken:
<blockquotegt;
I wanted to have that big giant dance video moment, I wanted it to be plastic, beautiful, gorgeous, sweaty, tar on the floor, bad-ass boys, but when you got close, the look in everybody's eyes was fucking honest and scary. [...] The whole idea behind the subway 'Bad' thing is that me and my friends from New York, we're all, like, the dopiest fucking artists,[...] Best designers, performance artists, dancers. The dancers in the video...those are not hot L.A. people that you see in everybody's video. Those are kids who don't get cast, because they're too fucking real. [...] I love the imagery of a downtown, bad-ass kid walking down the street with his buddies, grabbing a pair of pliers, and making a pair of sunglasses out of a fence on the street, [...] I thought that imagery was so real, and it shows that no matter who you are, or where you come from, or how much money you have in your pocket, you’re nothing without your ideas. Your ideas are all you have. The opening of the video is me with this chain link hood and these intense glasses. They look so hard. It looks like I plied them right out of the fence and put them on my face."<ref name="scene"gt;{{cite web|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/02/on-the-scene-la.html|title=On the Scene: Lady GaGa's 'LoveGame' Video|accessdate=2009-02-02|author=Pastorek, Whitney|date=February 2, 2009|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc}}</refgt;
</blockquotegt;

The video debuted on the [[ARIA Charts|Australian Digital Track Chart]] on the issue dated May 11, 2009 at number twenty-nine.<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20090520-0000/issue1002.pdf|title=ARIA Digital Tracks|date=May 11, 2009|work=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|publisher=Pandora.nla|accessdate=2009-06-02}}</refgt;

==Live performances==
[[File:Fameballlovegame.jpg|201px|right|thumb|Gaga wearing a black dress with a triangular piece and holding her discostick, performs "LoveGame" on the [[The Fame Ball Tour|Fame Ball tour]] - March 23, 2009, [[Mezzanine]], [[San Francisco]].]]

Gaga performed "LoveGame" live on the UK programme [[The Album Chart Show]] on February 14, 2009 as promotion for ''[[The Fame (album)|The Fame]]''.<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.ladygaga.com/forum/default.aspx?tid=323446&cid=454 |title=LoveGame - The Album Chart show|date=February 14, 2009|work=[[Interscope Records]]|publisher=ladygaga.com}}</refgt; On March 20, 2009, the song was also performed live at the [[AOL Sessions]] along with Gaga's other singles such as "[[Just Dance]]", "[[Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)|Paparazzi]]", "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" and an acoustic version of "[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]".<ref name="aolsession"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/player/default.aspx?mid=4598&aid=599|title=LoveGame - AOL Sessions|work=[[Interscope Records]]|accessdate=2009-05-04}}</refgt; An acoustic version was performed at the [[MTV]] Sessions in January.<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/lady-gaga/session/lady-gaga|title=Lady Gaga - LoveGame|accessdate=2009-05-04|work=[[MTV (UK)|MTV United Kingdom]]|publisher=[[MTV Networks Entertainment Group]]}}</refgt; The song was a major part of Gaga’s performance in her first headlining [[The Fame Ball Tour|Fame Ball tour]] as the second number of the setlist and was performed alongside "Starstruck". Gaga wore a silver and black short skirt like a [[tutu]] shaped like a [[peplum]]<ref name="dailyconcert"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1176858/Madonna-Cyndi-Lauper-style-notes-Lady-Gaga-parades-latest-leotards-concert.html|title=Madonna and Cyndi Lauper take style notes as Lady Gaga parades latest leotards in concert|last=Abraham|first=Tamara|date=May 4, 2009|work=[[Daily Mail (UK)|Daily Mail]]|publisher=[[Associated Newspapers Ltd]]|accessdate=2009-05-13}}</refgt; with a triangular piece set on her right breast<ref name="merconcert"/gt;<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/mar/26/entertainment/chi-0326-lady-gaga-ovnmar26|title=Lady Gaga delights|last=Downing|first=Andy|date=March 26, 2009|work=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|accessdate=2009-04-30}}</refgt; and high heeled ultra spike shoes. Gaga's hair was made an austere [[blond]] [[bob]] and she wore black sunglasses.<ref name="merconcert"/gt;<ref name="ewconcert"gt;{{cite web|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/03/lady-gaga-live.html|title=Lady GaGa live in L.A.: EW photo blog!|last=Pastorek|first=Whitney|date=March 14, 2009|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|accessdate=2009-04-30}}</refgt; She was surrounded by her dancers holding plates which were encrusted with crystals and completely hid them.<ref name="ottawaconcert"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Concert+Review+Lady+Gaga+Fame+Ball/1439756/story.html|title=Concert Review: Lady Gaga's Fame Ball|last=Saxberg|first=Lynn|date=Mach 28, 2009|work=[[The Ottawa Citizen]]|publisher=[[Canwest Publishing Inc]]|accessdate=2009-04-30}}</refgt; The plates were angled similar to the dress she wore. As the performance of the opening number "[[Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)|Paparazzi]]" ended, the plates opened up and Gaga started singing the song "Starstruck" while standing on the platform.<ref name="reutersconcert"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE52F0IB20090316|title=Lady GaGa wows with big beats, bluesy surprises|last=Rosen|first=Craig|date=March 15, 2009|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]]|accessdate=2009-04-30}}</refgt; The stage was surrounded by mechanical fog and heavy lighting was being emitted from the background.<ref name="merconcert"/gt;<ref name="ewconcert"/gt; The song progressed and after the first line of "Starstruck", Gaga started singing "LoveGame" while moving her hands in choreographed dance moves along with her dancers.<ref name="merconcert"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_11924085|title=Lady Gaga delivers crazy dance-pop show|last=Harrington|first=Jim|date=March 16, 2009|work=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|accessdate=2009-04-30}}</refgt; Pre-recorded music and mixing were provided in the background by DJ [[Space Cowboy (musician)|Space Cowboy]]. Gaga also brought out her "trade-mark" disco-stick for the performance of "LoveGame". It ended with Gaga doing a dance routine for the last chorus and coming down to the front of the stage and saying the line "People say some really terrible things about me, [...] I've thought about it, and they're mostly true".<ref name="spectacle"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/04/02/lady_gaga_shines_in_song_and_spectacle/|title=Lady GaGa shines in song and spectacle|last=Muther|first=Christopher|date=April 2, 2009|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|accessdate=2009-05-04}}</refgt; On May 17, 2009, Gaga performed the song live on [[Australian]] [[talk show]], [[Rove (TV series)|Rove]]<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/05/rove-may-10-17.html|title=Rove: May 10 / 17|last=Knox|first=David|date=May 8, 2009|work=[[Rove (TV series)|Rove]]|publisher=TVTonight.com.au|accessdate=2009-05-09}}</refgt; while wearing a one-legged black leotard and a blond bob haircut similar to that of her [[The Fame Ball tour|Fame Ball tour]] performance.<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/05/18/lady-gaga-performs-new-single-love-game-on-australian-show-rove-vid-115875-21369175/|title=Lady GaGa performs new single LoveGame on Australian show Rove|last=Hardie|first=Beth|date=May 18, 2009|work=[[Mirror.co.uk]]|publisher=[[The Daily Mirror]]|accessdate=2009-05-19}}</refgt; She also performed the song at the season finale of the American [[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 8)|Dancing with the Stars]] season eight.<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1181602/From-GaGa-LaLa-First-Lady-wacky-fashion-steps-hot-pink-sequinned-jumpsuit.html|title=From GaGa to LaLa? The First Lady of wacky fashion steps out in a hot-pink sequinned jumpsuit|last=Reporter|first=Daily Mail|date=May 14, 2009|work=[[Daily Mail (UK)|Daily Mail]]|publisher=[[Associated Newspapers Ltd]]|accessdate=2009-05-19}}</refgt;

==Track listings==
{{col-begin}}
'''Australian CD & iTunes Single'''<ref name="JB Hi-Fi"/gt;
# "LoveGame" (Album version) - 3:33
# "LoveGame" (Robots to Mars Remix) - 3:13

'''Canadian and USA iTunes Remix Single'''<ref name=canadareleasegt;{{cite web|url=http://www.apple.com/ca/search/ipoditunes/?q=LoveGame|title=LoveGame Canadian iTunes remix|accessdate=2009-04-06|work=[[iTunes]]|publisher=[[Apple.com]]}}</refgt;<ref name=usreleasegt;{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=309356553&s=143441|title=LoveGame American iTunes remix|accessdate=2009-04-06|work=[[iTunes]]|publisher=[[Apple.com]]}}</refgt;
# "LoveGame" (Dave Audé Radio Edit) - 3:32
# "LoveGame" (Space Cowboy Remix) - 3:20
# "LoveGame" (Robots to Mars Remix) - 3:13

'''Australian iTunes Remix EP'''
#"LoveGame" (Album Version) - 3:36
#"LoveGame" (Dave Aude Radio Edit) - 3:32
#"LoveGame" (Jody Den Broeder Radio Edit) - 3:53
#"LoveGame" (Space Cowboy Remix) - 3:20
#"LoveGame" (Robots To Mars Remix) - 3:13
#"LoveGame" (Dave Aude Club Mix) - 8:35
#"LoveGame" (Jody Den Broeder Club Mix) - 6:28
{{col-end}}

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2009)
!align="center"|Peak<brgt;position
|-
|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]<ref name="AUS"/gt;
|align="center"|4
|-
|[[Ultratop 50|Belgian Singles Chart]] (Flanders)<ref name="flanders"/gt;
|align="center"|6
|-
|[[Ultratop 40|Belgian Singles Chart]] (Wallonia)<ref name="wallonia"/gt;
|align="center"|5
|-
|[[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref name=canada/gt;
|align="center"|2
|-
|[[Dutch Top 40]]<ref name="dutch"/gt;
|align="center"|9
|-
|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]]<ref name="euro"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=349&cfgn=Singles&cfn=European+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3108867&cdi=10215054&cid=06%2F06%2F2009|title=LoveGame - Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|date=June 6, 2009|accessdate=2009-06-06|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.}}</refgt;
|align="center"|17
|-
|[[Mitä hittiä|Finnish Singles Chart]]<ref name="finland"/gt;
|align="center"|12
|-
|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Singles Charts]]<ref name="france"/gt;
|align="center"|5
|-
|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="irish"/gt;
|align="center"|49
|-
|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Singles Chart]]<ref name="rianz"/gt;
|align="center"|12
|-
|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Singles Chart]]<ref name="swiss"/gt;
|align="center"|49
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="UK"/gt;
|align="center"|89
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="gainer"/gt;
|align="center"|6
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="hotdance"/gt;
|align="center"|21
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref name="artist"/gt;
|align="center"|6
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Country
! Provider
! Certification
! Sales
|-
| Australia
| [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]
| Gold<ref name="auscerti"/gt;
| 35,000+
|}

==Release history==

{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Format
|-
| rowspan="1"|Canada
| |March 24, 2009
| [[Digital download]]<ref name=canadarelease/gt;
|-
| rowspan="2"|Australia
| |March 23, 2009
| [[Airplay (radio)|Airplay]]{{fact|date=April 2009}}
|-
| |May 1, 2009
| [[CD single]]<ref name="JB Hi-Fi"gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/Product/423950/LOVEGAME|title=Australia release date|accessdate=2009-04-05|publisher=jbhifionline.com.au}}</refgt;
|-
| rowspan="2"|United States
| |March 31, 2009
| [[Digital download]]<ref name=usrelease/gt;
|-
| May 12, 2009
| [[Airplay (radio)|Airplay]]<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=05/12/2009&Format=1|title=LoveGame radio airing date|date=May 12, 2009|work=[[Radio & Records]]|accessdate=2009-04-30}}</refgt;
|-
| rowspan="1"|Germany
| |June 26, 2009
| [[CD single]]<refgt;{{cite web|url=http://www.lady-gaga.de/releases/|title=Lady Gaga - LoveGame - Germany CD Single|accessdate=2009-06-08|work=Ladygaga.com}}</refgt;
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ladygaga.com Official website of Lady GaGa]

{{Lady Gaga}}

[[Category:2009 singles]]
[[Category:Lady Gaga songs]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Joseph Kahn]]
[[Category:Songs produced by RedOne]]
[[Category:Electropop songs]]

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Todd Grisham

2009-06-14T08:19:32Z

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'''Todd Grisham''' (born January 9, 1976)<ref name=IMDB>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1658886/bio|title=Todd Grisham's IMDB Profile|publisher=IMDB.com|accessdate=2008-07-30}}</ref> is an [[United States|American]] presenter/announcer who is currently signed to [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE), working on its [[WWE SmackDown!|SmackDown!]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]]<ref name="WWEProfile"/> as the [[play-by-play|play-by-play announcer]] and is the host for [[Fox Soccer Channel]]'s [[Major League Soccer]] broadcasts.

==Early life==
Grisham attended [[Wingate University]] on a soccer scholarship, later transferring to [[University of West Georgia]] where he received his degree in communications. His first professional job in the television industry was with [[KTVO]] of [[Ottumwa, Iowa]] where he worked for a year and a half. He then went on to work as a [[sportscaster]] for [[KOLD-TV]] [[Tucson]] for approximately five years before signing a two-year contract with WWE as an announcer, officially joining them on January 14, 2004.<ref>[http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=169315&nav=14RV1AuM1AyO Todd Grisham]</ref><ref>[http://www.toddgrisham.net/info/interview1.html todd grisham book retail guide at toddgrisham.net]</ref>

==World Wrestling Entertainment (2004-present)==
=== Voice of Heat, Byte This and Bottom Line (2004-2008) ===
Grisham debuted in WWE in 2004, becoming the voice of ''[[WWE Heat|Heat]]'', doing play-by-play alongside [[Jonathan Coachman]], [[Josh Mathews]], and others over a near four year period. Grisham also formerly co-hosted ''[[The WWE Experience]]'' with [[Lisa Moretti]] (Ivory), but after her release, he hosted it alone until mid-2006, when Josh Mathews started hosting the show. He also hosted WWE's premier web show, ''WWE Byte This!'', which was cancelled in 2006. In addition, he does backstage interviews for the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] brand. In 2005 he also began hosting Raw's catch-up program ''[[WWE Bottom Line]]'' after [[Marc Lloyd]] was released from the company until September 2007 when Jack Korpela started hosting the show.

Grisham also hosted ''WWE Unlimited'' segments, a web-only broadcast that allows viewers to witness events during commercial breaks of ''Raw''. On May 1, 2006 Grisham called the main event on ''Raw'', alongside [[Jerry Lawler|Jerry "The King" Lawler]], filling in for [[Joey Styles]], who had just quit, in storyline. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/05012006/|accessdate=2008-07-31|date=2006-05-01|last=Williams|first=Ed|title=Chaos in Columbus|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref>

During an episode of WWE.com's ''Byte This!'', he responded to a letter sent in by controversial superstar [[Warrior (wrestler)|The Ultimate Warrior]] where Warrior declined the invite to come to the show to talk about his DVD, ''[[Warrior (wrestler)#The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior|The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior]]''. During the letter, Warrior insulted recovering cancer patient [[Bobby Heenan]] and called Todd Grisham "[[Homosexual|gay]]". Grisham responded in good humor by saying he may have experimented in college, but that was no reason for that claim. Grisham also participated in a series of conversations on ''Byte This!'' with fans of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) who interrupted the show to both proclaim TNA a superior product, or to insult Grisham directly when he chose to sugarcoat and dodge TNA related questions, Grisham retaliated with his own retorts, some humorous, and some hostile (once calling one TNA fan a "[[Mental retardation|retard]]").

=== ECW (2008-2009) ===

Grisham became the new play-by-play commentator for the [[ECW on Sci Fi|ECW]] brand on the July 29, 2008 episode of ''ECW''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/07292008/|accessdate=2008-07-29|date=2008-07-29|last=Medalis|first=Kara A.|title=Proof of strength|publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]}}</ref> He replaced play-by-play commentator [[Mike Adamle]], who had become the Raw brand [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|General Manager]], and was paired with [[Peter Senerchia|Tazz]], who was the colour commentator.<ref name="GM">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/07282008/|accessdate=2008-07-29|date=2008-07-28|last=Sitterson|first=Aubrey|title=That's "Mr. Adamle" to you|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment}}</ref> This announce team was short-lived, however, as Tazz moved over to [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] to fill in for Mick Foley (who was injured by [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] and then left the company) and [[Matt Striker]] moved back to ECW to take over Tazz's duties as color commentator.

Since then, their commentating had been highly praised by fans and Grisham and Striker even won the [[Slammy Award#2008 Slammy Awards|2008 Slammy Award]] for Announce Team of the Year.<ref name="Slammy">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/slammyawards08/|accessdate=2008-12-17|title=2008 Slammy Awards|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment}}</ref> During his run as ECW commentator he still conducted interviews on Raw and also became the new regular interviewer for Smackdown as [[Eve Torres]] took a more in ring role. On 4th April 2009 Grisham would host the [[WWE Hall of Fame#2009|2009 Hall of Fame]] induction ceremony.

=== SmackDown (2009) ===
On April 6, 2009 episode of ''ECW'' Grisham and Striker's near 8 month commentary partnership came to an end as Josh Matthews became the new play-by-play commentator for ''ECW''. This was due to [[Peter Senerchia|Tazz]] leaving the company. Play-by-play commentator [[Jim Ross]] would now switch to color, thus replacing Tazz, and Grisham became the new play-by-play man. Grisham made his ''Smackdown'' debut on April 10, 2009 where he would also explain the rules for the first ever stretcher match on ''Smackdown'' involving [[Jeff Hardy]] and [[Matt Hardy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/04102009/|title=
And onto the stretcher |publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]|accessdate=2009-04-10}}</ref>

==Sportscasting==
In 2007, Grisham was named the host for [[Fox Soccer Channel]]'s [[Major League Soccer]] broadcasts, working alongside [[Christopher Sullivan (soccer)|Christopher Sullivan]] for pre-game and post-game coverage of the network's Saturday night broadcasts.<ref>[http://digital50.com/news/items/BW/2001/07/14/20070404005317/mls-saturday-on-fsc-to-premiere-with-three-hour-live-match-coverage-on-april.html Digital50: News and more Business News]</ref>

==Job titles==
*[[WWE Heat|Heat]] play-by-play commentator (2004- 2008)
*Byte This host (2004- 2006)
*[[WWE Experience|The Experience]] host (2004-2006)
*[[WWE Bottom Line|The Bottom Line]] host (2004-2007)
*Raw (Substitute) Play-by-play commentator (2006)
*Raw (Substitute) [[ring announcer]] (2006, 2007)
*[[WWE Raw|Raw]] backstage interviewer (2004-2009)
*[[ECW on Sci Fi|ECW]] play-by-play commentator (2008-2009)
*[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown]] backstage interviewer (2009)
*'''Friday Night Smackdown play by play commentator (2009-present)'''
*'''[[WWE Superstars]] Smackdown Play-by-play commentator (2009-present)'''

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards]]'''
**[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Best Television Announcer|Worst Television Announcer]] - 2004 and 2006

*'''[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'''
**[[Slammy Awards]] for Best Announce Team ([[2008 Slammy Awards|2008]]) - with [[Matt Striker]]<ref name="Slammy">{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/slammyawards08/|accessdate=2008-12-17|title=2008 Slammy Awards|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Professional wrestling|break=yes}}
* [http://www.wwe.com/superstars/smackdown/toddgrisham/ WWE Profile]
* {{imdb name|id=1658886|name=Todd Grisham}}
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/t/todd-grisham.html Todd at Online World of Wrestling]

{{Current World Wrestling Entertainment employees}}

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Always (Erasure-Lied)

2009-06-12T03:38:49Z

Sky Attacker: in music

{{Infobox Single | 
| Name = Always
| Cover = Erasure single always.jpg
| Caption =
| Artist = [[Erasure]]
| from Album = [[I Say I Say I Say]]
| B-side = "Tragic"
| Released = [[April 11]], [[1994]]
| Format = [[12-inch single|12"]], [[7-inch single|7"]], [[Cassette single|cassette]], [[CD Single|CD]]
| Recorded = 1994
| Genre = [[Synthpop]]
| Length = 3:57
| Label = [[Mute Records|Mute]] (UK) [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] (U.S.)
| Writer = [[Vince Clarke]], [[Andy Bell (singer)|Andy Bell]]
| Producer = [[Martyn Ware]]
| Last single = "[[Who Needs Love Like That]]" (Hamburg Mix) (1992)
| This single = "'''Always'''" (1994)
| Next single = "[[Run to the Sun]]" (1994)
}}

"'''Always'''" is a [[synth pop]] [[ballad]] by British duo [[Erasure]]. It was released in [[1994 in music|1994]] as the first single from their sixth studio album ''[[I Say I Say I Say]]''. [[Mute Records]] issued the single in the UK, while [[Elektra Records]] released it in the U.S. "Always" was written by Erasure members [[Vince Clarke]] and [[Andy Bell (singer)|Andy Bell]], and is produced by [[Heaven 17]] and [[Human League]] founder [[Martyn Ware]].

The song is based around [[synthesizer|synthesized]] programming by Clarke and Bell's subdued vocals and love-inspired lyrics. The music video features Bell in a stylised [[Culture of China|Chinese]] folklore-inspired backdrop.

The song quickly became Erasure's thirteenth Top 10 on the [[UK singles chart]], peaking at number four. It topped the charts in [[Ireland]] and hit number five in [[Germany]]. In the [[United States]], the single became Erasure's third Top 20 hit on the [[Billboard Hot 100]], peaking at number twenty, six years after their last major U.S. pop hit. On the U.S. [[Hot Dance Music/Club Play]] chart, "Always" climbed to number six. "Always~Microbots Trance Dance Mix" was used in Konami's Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party." game.

==Track listings==
===7" single (MUTE152) / Cassette single (CMUTE152)===
# "Always"
# "Tragic"
===12" single (12MUTE152)===
# "Always"
# "Tragic"
# "Always" ([[Cappella]] Club Mix)
# "Always" (Microbots Trance Dance Mix)
===CD Single #1 (CDMUTE152)===
# "Always"
# "Always" (Extended Mix)
# "Tragic"
===CD Single #2 (LCDMUTE152)===
# "Always" (Cappella Club Mix)
# "Always" (Microbots Trance Dance Mix)
# "Always" (Microbots In Your Brain Mix)
# "Always" (Hey Mix)
===U.S. maxi-single (66225-2)===
# "Always" (7" Mix)
# "Always" (Cappella Club Mix)
# "Always" (Hey Mix)
# "Tragic"

{{Erasure}}

[[Category:1994 singles]]
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Goodies (Lied)

2009-06-11T05:59:55Z

Sky Attacker: /* Charts */

{{Infobox Single
| Name = Goodies
| Cover = Ciara goodies.jpg
| Artist = [[Ciara]] featuring [[Petey Pablo]]
| from Album = [[Goodies (album)|Goodies]]
| Released = {{start date|2004|7|27}} (See [[#Release history|release history]])
| Format = [[Digital download]], [[CD single]]
| Recorded = Hitco, [[Atlanta, Georgia]] and Circle House Studios, [[Miami]], FL and Sony Music Studios, NYC
| Genre = [[Crunk&B]], [[pop music|pop]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]]
| Length = 3:43
| Label = [[LaFace Records|LaFace]]
| Writer = Ciara Harris, [[Sean Garrett]], LaMarquis Jefferson, Craig Love
| Producer = [[Lil Jon]]
| Certification = 2x Platinum ([[RIAA]]) ([[RIANZ]])
| Chronology = [[Ciara]] singles
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Goodies'''" (2004)
| Next single = "[[1, 2 Step]]" (2004)
| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Petey Pablo]] singles
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[Freek-a-Leek]]" (2004)
| This single = "'''Goodies'''" (2004)
| Next single = "Show Me the Money" (2006)
}}
{{Extra album cover
|Cover = Ciara goodiescover.jpg
|Upper caption = Alternate cover
}}
}}

"'''Goodies'''" is a [[Pop music|pop]] song recorded by American [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Ciara]] and rapper [[Petey Pablo]] for Ciara's debut album ''[[Goodies (album)|Goodies]]'' (2004) and written by Ciara, [[Sean Garrett]], LaMarquis Jefferson, Craig Love and [[Lil Jon|Jonathan Smith]]. "Goodies" is a combination of [[crunk]] and R&B. The song's lyrics are about female empowerment and [[virginity]]. The [[protagonist]] does not want to be an object, while performing over a complex [[Beat (music)|beat]]. The song's protagonist rejects a male's sexual advances, proclaiming that he will never get her "goodies" because "they stay in the jar".

"Goodies" was released as the album's [[lead single]] in third and fourth quarters of 2004, and first quarter of 2005. As the album's [[opening track]], the song made a successful debut single, becoming Ciara's first number one single in the [[UK Singles Chart]] and on the [[Billboard Hot 100]], and stayed number one for seven consecutive weeks. The song charted well on international markets. It was certified [[Gold single|gold]] in the [[United States]].

==Background and writing==
After the success of [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]'s "[[Yeah! (Usher song)|Yeah!]]" and [[Petey Pablo]]'s "Freek-a-Leek", [[LaFace Records|LaFace]] executive [[L.A. Reid]] wanted a female version of Pablo's "Freek-a-Leek". Ciara went in the recording studio with [[Hip hop music|Hip-hop]] producer [[Lil Jon]]. She began writing a [[demo (music)|demo]], but she had difficulty composing lyrics and creating a melody. Reid asked [[songwriter]] [[Sean Garrett]], who was co-writer of Usher's Yeah!, to help Ciara write a song. The process took several days including Ciara and Garrett writing verses over the phone. The demo became "Goodies", which is the [[answer song]] to Pablo's "Freek-a-Leek". [[Lil Jon]] heard the demo and wanted to record the full track and Ciara became the first woman to record a crunk song.

==Reception==
"Goodies" received positive reviews from music critics. Fazed.com called the song, "both clever and ironic considering how sexy her image" and "singularly disarming combination of an empowering message backed by an intoxicatingly sexy beat".<ref>[http://www.fazed.com/music/ciara_goodies.html Ciara - ''Goodies'' review] Retrieved January 23, 2008</ref> ''The Situation'' declared the track as "a great [[dance music|dance]] tune with a solid beat". Also it noted, Ciara shows "a lot of attitude, with girl empowering lyrics".<ref>[http://www.thesituation.co.uk/reviews/ciara_review.htm Ciara - Goodies] ''The Situation'' Retrieved January 23 2008</ref> ''[[Slant (magazine)|Slant]]'' published, "it's not the chorus that gets stuck in your head... but the incessant oscillating whistle (I swear you can hear dogs barking halfway through the song.)"<ref>[http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=507 Slant Magazine - Music Review: Ciara: Goodies] ''Slant'' Magaine Retrieved January 23 2008</ref> Musiccomh.com reviewed, "Goodies" as "an instantly recognisable tune" and called it a "typically upbeat benefiting from Lil' Jon".<ref>[http://www.musicomh.com/albums/ciara.htmm Ciara - Goodies - review] ''Musicomh.com'' Retrieved January 23 2008</ref> Hiphopgalaxy.com called the track a "ultimate party anthem of the summer, but it’s one of the best singles of the year." The song has "an infectious chorus" and "a crunked up groove."<ref>[http://www.hiphopgalaxy.com/Ciara-Goodies-hip-hop-1446.html Ciara Goodies - Hip Hop Galaxy] ''Hiphopgalaxy.com'' Retrieved January 23 2008</ref> ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' published that Ciara "sounds like she's rapping right back at him, delivering her lines in a measured, sultry [[cadence (music)|cadence]] with hardly any variation in [[tone]] or [[pitch (music)|pitch]].<ref>[http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2981 Ciara Goodies review on Blender] ''Blender'' Magazine Retrieved January 23 2008</ref>

In 2005, "Goodies" was nominated for "Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year" at Soul Train Lady of Soul Music Awards and in 2006. It won the Best Performed Songs in the ASCAP Repertory for the 2005 Survey Year at the [[American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers|ASCAP Pop Music Awards]], including "[[1, 2 Step]]" and "[[Oh (Ciara song)|Oh]]".

"Goodies" is featured in the 2006 film ''[[Just My Luck]]''.

==Chart performance==
"Goodies" is Ciara's biggest single in the [[United States]]; it debuted at ninety-four on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] and stayed at number one for seven consecutive weeks.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3054327&cdi=8170629&cid=06%2F26%2F2004 Goodies - Billboard Hot 100 - 6-26-04]</ref> It topped several Billboard charts including the [[Hot 100 Airplay]], [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]], [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay]], [[Rhythmic Top 40]] and [[Top 40 Tracks]] charts. The single reached three on the [[Top 40 Mainstream]] and four on the [[Hot Digital Tracks]].<ref name="Billboard"/><ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=362&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Digital+Tracks&ci=3057162&cdi=8274754&cid=02%2F12%2F2005 Goodies - Billboard Hot 100 2-15-05]</ref> The song replaced "[[Lean Back]]" by [[Terror Squad]], and was subsequently replaced by "[[My Boo (Usher and Alicia Keys song)|My Boo]]" by [[Usher Raymond|Usher]] and [[Alicia Keys]] on both the Hot 100 and R&B/Hip-Hop charts. It ranked number nine on the 2004 U.S. [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] year-end chart.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=411&cfgn=Year-end+Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3077199&cdi=9011395&cid=12%2F31%2F2004 Goodies - Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart - 12-21-04]</ref>

"Goodies" reached number one in [[Canada]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. In the UK, it replaced "[[One Night/I Got Stung]]" by [[Elvis Presley]] and replaced another Presley re-release single "[[It's Now or Never (song)|It's Now or Never]]". The single peaked in the top twenty in [[Australia]] and [[Norway]]. The single reached ten in [[Germany]] and [[New Zealand]]. It was a moderate success in [[Austria]], [[France]], and [[Netherlands]].

==Music video==
The [[music video]] for "Goodies" was directed by [[Benny Boom]]. It shows Ciara and her friends driving in a [[Oldsmobile 442#1972|Oldsmobile 442 convertible]] along the [[Atlanta, Georgia]] streets to the local car wash. It features cameo appearances by [[BoneCrusher]], [[Monica (entertainer)|Monica]], [[Rasheeda]], [[Jazze Pha]], [[Young Jeezy]], [[Lil Jon]] and among others. Ciara filmed the video for 27 straight hours with director [[Benny Boom]].

She gave her first performance ever of "Goodies" on [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]'s [[106 & Park]].

The [[music video]] beigns with Ciara leaving her house, and her friend screams out; "What Up Dawg", with Ciara replying the same way. Then Ciara's sister, runs outside saying that Jazze Pha is on the phone. Jazze tells Ciara that they are going to the carwash to hang out and Ciara says she will also be coming along. She then gives the phone back to her sister and tells her to stay out of her room. The song then begins with Ciara singing her intro and Petey Pablo, rapping his verse. During this intro, we see Ciara going along with her friends driving to the carwash. On her way there she meets a few young men and invites them also to the carwash. She then arrives to the carwash and meets up with different people, including [[Monica (entertainer)|Monica]] during the song, Ciara is in front of a blue and white back ground with [[Jazze Pha]] at the end, and with her backup dancers at the in the beginning, during, and at the end of the song.

The extended version of the video includes Ciara full-lenght dance with the backup dancers, and also features more of her and Monica duo shot.

==Formats and track listings==
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Goodies".

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*'''Itunes UK digital download #1
(Released October 18, 2004)

#"Goodies" (Single version)
#"Goodies"

*'''Itunes UK digital download #2
(Released October 18, 2004)
#"Goodies" - Featuring Petey Pablo
#"Goodies" - Main - No rap
#"Goodies" - Clean

*'''UK CD 1'''
(Released 2005)

#"Goodies" featuring Petey Pablo (main rap)
#"Goodies" (no rap)

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*'''UK CD 2'''
(Released 2005)

# "Goodies" (main rap - featuring Petey Pablo)
# "Goodies" ([[Richard X]] Remix) (featuring [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] [UK exclusive]
# "Goodies" ([[Bimbo Jones]] remix - UK exclusive)
# "Goodies" (video)
# "Goodies" (ring tone)

*'''UK EP'''
(Released January 11, 2005)
#"Goodies" (Featuring Petey Pablo)
#"Goodies" (Album version)
#"Goodies" (Richard X remix)
#"Goodies" (Johnny Toobad remix)
#"Goodies" (Bimbo Jones mix)
{{col-end}}

==Credits==
*All [[singer|vocals]] — Ciara
*Music performance — Lil Jon
*Engineer — Charles Sanders
*Second engineers — Steve Nowacynski and Brian Stanley
*[[Audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixed]] by Lil Jon, Ray Seay, Brian Stanley

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
!Country
!Release Date
|-
|United States
|{{start date|2004|7|27}}
|-
|United Kingdom
|{{start date|2005|1}}
|}

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (2004)
!Peak position
|-
|U.S. [[ARC Weekly Top 40]]<ref>[http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-c/ciara.htm ARC Weekly Top 40]</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref name="Billboard">[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:vi8m965okepf~T51 Ciara - Billboard singles]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]]<ref name="Billboard"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Rhythmic Top 40]]<ref name="Billboard"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top 40 Mainstream]]<ref name="Billboard"/>
|align="center"|3
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top 40 Tracks]]<ref name="Billboard"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|Australia [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] Top 50<ref name="Top 40">[http://top40-charts.com/songs/full.php?sid=10840&sort=chartid "Goodies" Top 40-charts]</ref>
|align="center"|19
|-
!Chart (2005)
!Peak position
|-
|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|35
|-
|[[French Singles Chart]]<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|29
|-
|[[German Singles Chart]]<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|10
|-
|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|4
|-
|[[Dutch Singles Chart]]<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|35
|-
|New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Top 40<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|10
|-
|[[Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|15
|-
|[[Official UK Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php Ciara Everyhit.com Artist Search]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|}

===Chart procession and succession===
{{start box}}
{{Succession box two to two
| before = "[[Lean Back]]" by [[Terror Squad]]
| title1 = [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number-one single]]
| years1 = September 11, 2004 – October 23, 2004
| after = "[[My Boo (Usher and Alicia Keys song)|My Boo]]" by [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] and [[Alicia Keys]]
| title2 = ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] [[List of number-one R&B hits (United States)|number-one single]]
| years2 = September 11, 2004 – October 16, 2004
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[One Night (song)|One Night/I Got Stung]]" by [[Elvis Presley]]
| title = [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] number-one single
| years = January 23, 2005 – January 29, 2005
| after = "[[It's Now or Never (song)|It's Now or Never]]" by [[Elvis Presley]]
}}
{{end box}}

==Official versions==
*Alternate version featuring [[T.I.]] and [[Jazze Pha]] (bonus track on ''Goodies'') (Official Remix)
*Alternate version featuring [[Mia X]]
*Bimbo Jones full vocal
*Extended version featuring [[Petey Pablo]], [[Lil' Jon]], and [[Ludacris]]
*Richard X Remix (featuring [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]])
*Acapella
*Instrumental
*Johnny Toobad remix

==See also==
*[[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2004 (USA)]]
*[[List of number-one R&B hits (United States)]]
*[[List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)]]

==References==
<References/>
* Ciara (2006). BET Official presents ''Ciara: The Evolution'' (BET Exclusive DVD) New York: LaFace Records and Zomba Label Group – Ciara explains the writing process of "Goodies" and filming the music video.

{{Ciara}}

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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Goodies
| Cover = Ciara goodies.jpg
| Artist = [[Ciara]] featuring [[Petey Pablo]]
| from Album = [[Goodies (album)|Goodies]]
| Released = {{start date|2004|7|27}} (See [[#Release history|release history]])
| Format = [[Digital download]], [[CD single]]
| Recorded = Hitco, [[Atlanta, Georgia]] and Circle House Studios, [[Miami]], FL and Sony Music Studios, NYC
| Genre = [[Crunk&B]], [[pop music|pop]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]]
| Length = 3:43
| Label = [[LaFace Records|LaFace]]
| Writer = Ciara Harris, [[Sean Garrett]], LaMarquis Jefferson, Craig Love
| Producer = [[Lil Jon]]
| Certification = 2x Platinum ([[RIAA]]) ([[RIANZ]])
| Chronology = [[Ciara]] singles
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Goodies'''" (2004)
| Next single = "[[1, 2 Step]]" (2004)
| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Petey Pablo]] singles
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[Freek-a-Leek]]" (2004)
| This single = "'''Goodies'''" (2004)
| Next single = "Show Me the Money" (2006)
}}
{{Extra album cover
|Cover = Ciara goodiescover.jpg
|Upper caption = Alternate cover
}}
}}

"'''Goodies'''" is a [[Pop music|pop]] song recorded by American [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Ciara]] and rapper [[Petey Pablo]] for Ciara's debut album ''[[Goodies (album)|Goodies]]'' (2004) and written by Ciara, [[Sean Garrett]], LaMarquis Jefferson, Craig Love and [[Lil Jon|Jonathan Smith]]. "Goodies" is a combination of [[crunk]] and R&B. The song's lyrics are about female empowerment and [[virginity]]. The [[protagonist]] does not want to be an object, while performing over a complex [[Beat (music)|beat]]. The song's protagonist rejects a male's sexual advances, proclaiming that he will never get her "goodies" because "they stay in the jar".

"Goodies" was released as the album's [[lead single]] in third and fourth quarters of 2004, and first quarter of 2005. As the album's [[opening track]], the song made a successful debut single, becoming Ciara's first number one single in the [[UK Singles Chart]] and on the [[Billboard Hot 100]], and stayed number one for seven consecutive weeks. The song charted well on international markets. It was certified [[Gold single|gold]] in the [[United States]].

==Background and writing==
After the success of [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]'s "[[Yeah! (Usher song)|Yeah!]]" and [[Petey Pablo]]'s "Freek-a-Leek", [[LaFace Records|LaFace]] executive [[L.A. Reid]] wanted a female version of Pablo's "Freek-a-Leek". Ciara went in the recording studio with [[Hip hop music|Hip-hop]] producer [[Lil Jon]]. She began writing a [[demo (music)|demo]], but she had difficulty composing lyrics and creating a melody. Reid asked [[songwriter]] [[Sean Garrett]], who was co-writer of Usher's Yeah!, to help Ciara write a song. The process took several days including Ciara and Garrett writing verses over the phone. The demo became "Goodies", which is the [[answer song]] to Pablo's "Freek-a-Leek". [[Lil Jon]] heard the demo and wanted to record the full track and Ciara became the first woman to record a crunk song.

==Reception==
"Goodies" received positive reviews from music critics. Fazed.com called the song, "both clever and ironic considering how sexy her image" and "singularly disarming combination of an empowering message backed by an intoxicatingly sexy beat".<ref>[http://www.fazed.com/music/ciara_goodies.html Ciara - ''Goodies'' review] Retrieved January 23, 2008</ref> ''The Situation'' declared the track as "a great [[dance music|dance]] tune with a solid beat". Also it noted, Ciara shows "a lot of attitude, with girl empowering lyrics".<ref>[http://www.thesituation.co.uk/reviews/ciara_review.htm Ciara - Goodies] ''The Situation'' Retrieved January 23 2008</ref> ''[[Slant (magazine)|Slant]]'' published, "it's not the chorus that gets stuck in your head... but the incessant oscillating whistle (I swear you can hear dogs barking halfway through the song.)"<ref>[http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=507 Slant Magazine - Music Review: Ciara: Goodies] ''Slant'' Magaine Retrieved January 23 2008</ref> Musiccomh.com reviewed, "Goodies" as "an instantly recognisable tune" and called it a "typically upbeat benefiting from Lil' Jon".<ref>[http://www.musicomh.com/albums/ciara.htmm Ciara - Goodies - review] ''Musicomh.com'' Retrieved January 23 2008</ref> Hiphopgalaxy.com called the track a "ultimate party anthem of the summer, but it’s one of the best singles of the year." The song has "an infectious chorus" and "a crunked up groove."<ref>[http://www.hiphopgalaxy.com/Ciara-Goodies-hip-hop-1446.html Ciara Goodies - Hip Hop Galaxy] ''Hiphopgalaxy.com'' Retrieved January 23 2008</ref> ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' published that Ciara "sounds like she's rapping right back at him, delivering her lines in a measured, sultry [[cadence (music)|cadence]] with hardly any variation in [[tone]] or [[pitch (music)|pitch]].<ref>[http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2981 Ciara Goodies review on Blender] ''Blender'' Magazine Retrieved January 23 2008</ref>

In 2005, "Goodies" was nominated for "Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year" at Soul Train Lady of Soul Music Awards and in 2006. It won the Best Performed Songs in the ASCAP Repertory for the 2005 Survey Year at the [[American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers|ASCAP Pop Music Awards]], including "[[1, 2 Step]]" and "[[Oh (Ciara song)|Oh]]".

"Goodies" is featured in the 2006 film ''[[Just My Luck]]''.

==Chart performance==
"Goodies" is Ciara's biggest single in the [[United States]]; it debuted at ninety-four on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] and stayed at number one for seven consecutive weeks.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3054327&cdi=8170629&cid=06%2F26%2F2004 Goodies - Billboard Hot 100 - 6-26-04]</ref> It topped several Billboard charts including the [[Hot 100 Airplay]], [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]], [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay]], [[Rhythmic Top 40]] and [[Top 40 Tracks]] charts. The single reached three on the [[Top 40 Mainstream]] and four on the [[Hot Digital Tracks]].<ref name="Billboard"/><ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=362&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Digital+Tracks&ci=3057162&cdi=8274754&cid=02%2F12%2F2005 Goodies - Billboard Hot 100 2-15-05]</ref> The song replaced "[[Lean Back]]" by [[Terror Squad]], and was subsequently replaced by "[[My Boo (Usher and Alicia Keys song)|My Boo]]" by [[Usher Raymond|Usher]] and [[Alicia Keys]] on both the Hot 100 and R&B/Hip-Hop charts. It ranked number nine on the 2004 U.S. [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] year-end chart.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=411&cfgn=Year-end+Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3077199&cdi=9011395&cid=12%2F31%2F2004 Goodies - Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart - 12-21-04]</ref>

"Goodies" reached number one in [[Canada]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. In the UK, it replaced "[[One Night/I Got Stung]]" by [[Elvis Presley]] and replaced another Presley re-release single "[[It's Now or Never (song)|It's Now or Never]]". The single peaked in the top twenty in [[Australia]] and [[Norway]]. The single reached ten in [[Germany]] and [[New Zealand]]. It was a moderate success in [[Austria]], [[France]], and [[Netherlands]].

==Music video==
The [[music video]] for "Goodies" was directed by [[Benny Boom]]. It shows Ciara and her friends driving in a [[Oldsmobile 442#1972|Oldsmobile 442 convertible]] along the [[Atlanta, Georgia]] streets to the local car wash. It features cameo appearances by [[BoneCrusher]], [[Monica (entertainer)|Monica]], [[Rasheeda]], [[Jazze Pha]], [[Young Jeezy]], [[Lil Jon]] and among others. Ciara filmed the video for 27 straight hours with director [[Benny Boom]].

She gave her first performance ever of "Goodies" on [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]'s [[106 & Park]].

The [[music video]] beigns with Ciara leaving her house, and her friend screams out; "What Up Dawg", with Ciara replying the same way. Then Ciara's sister, runs outside saying that Jazze Pha is on the phone. Jazze tells Ciara that they are going to the carwash to hang out and Ciara says she will also be coming along. She then gives the phone back to her sister and tells her to stay out of her room. The song then begins with Ciara singing her intro and Petey Pablo, rapping his verse. During this intro, we see Ciara going along with her friends driving to the carwash. On her way there she meets a few young men and invites them also to the carwash. She then arrives to the carwash and meets up with different people, including [[Monica (entertainer)|Monica]] during the song, Ciara is in front of a blue and white back ground with [[Jazze Pha]] at the end, and with her backup dancers at the in the beginning, during, and at the end of the song.

The extended version of the video includes Ciara full-lenght dance with the backup dancers, and also features more of her and Monica duo shot.

==Formats and track listings==
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Goodies".

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
*'''Itunes UK digital download #1
(Released October 18, 2004)

#"Goodies" (Single version)
#"Goodies"

*'''Itunes UK digital download #2
(Released October 18, 2004)
#"Goodies" - Featuring Petey Pablo
#"Goodies" - Main - No rap
#"Goodies" - Clean

*'''UK CD 1'''
(Released 2005)

#"Goodies" featuring Petey Pablo (main rap)
#"Goodies" (no rap)

{{col-2}}
*'''UK CD 2'''
(Released 2005)

# "Goodies" (main rap - featuring Petey Pablo)
# "Goodies" ([[Richard X]] Remix) (featuring [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] [UK exclusive]
# "Goodies" ([[Bimbo Jones]] remix - UK exclusive)
# "Goodies" (video)
# "Goodies" (ring tone)

*'''UK EP'''
(Released January 11, 2005)
#"Goodies" (Featuring Petey Pablo)
#"Goodies" (Album version)
#"Goodies" (Richard X remix)
#"Goodies" (Johnny Toobad remix)
#"Goodies" (Bimbo Jones mix)
{{col-end}}

==Credits==
*All [[singer|vocals]] — Ciara
*Music performance — Lil Jon
*Engineer — Charles Sanders
*Second engineers — Steve Nowacynski and Brian Stanley
*[[Audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixed]] by Lil Jon, Ray Seay, Brian Stanley

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
!Country
!Release Date
|-
|United States
|{{start date|2004|7|27}}
|-
|United Kingdom
|{{start date|2005|1}}
|}

==Charts==
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{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (2004)
!Peak position
|-
|U.S. [[ARC Weekly Top 40]]<ref>[http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-c/ciara.htm ARC Weekly Top 40]</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref name="Billboard">[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:vi8m965okepf~T51 Ciara - Billboard singles]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]]<ref name="Billboard"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Rhythmic Top 40]]<ref name="Billboard"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top 40 Mainstream]]<ref name="Billboard"/>
|align="center"|3
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top 40 Tracks]]<ref name="Billboard"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|Australia [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] Top 50<ref name="Top 40">[http://top40-charts.com/songs/full.php?sid=10840&sort=chartid "Goodies" Top 40-charts]</ref>
|align="center"|19
|-
!Chart (2005)
!Peak position
|-
|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|35
|-
|[[French Singles Chart]]<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|29
|-
|[[Germany Singles Chart]]<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|10
|-
|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|4
|-
|[[Dutch Singles Chart]]<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|35
|-
|New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Top 40<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|10
|-
|[[Norwaegian Singles Chart]]<ref name="Top 40"/>
|align="center"|15
|-
|[[Official UK Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php Ciara Everyhit.com Artist Search]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|}

===Chart procession and succession===
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| title1 = [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number-one single]]
| years1 = September 11, 2004 – October 23, 2004
| after = "[[My Boo (Usher and Alicia Keys song)|My Boo]]" by [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] and [[Alicia Keys]]
| title2 = ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] [[List of number-one R&B hits (United States)|number-one single]]
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| title = [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] number-one single
| years = January 23, 2005 – January 29, 2005
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==Official versions==
*Alternate version featuring [[T.I.]] and [[Jazze Pha]] (bonus track on ''Goodies'') (Official Remix)
*Alternate version featuring [[Mia X]]
*Bimbo Jones full vocal
*Extended version featuring [[Petey Pablo]], [[Lil' Jon]], and [[Ludacris]]
*Richard X Remix (featuring [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]])
*Acapella
*Instrumental
*Johnny Toobad remix

==See also==
*[[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2004 (USA)]]
*[[List of number-one R&B hits (United States)]]
*[[List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)]]

==References==
<References/>
* Ciara (2006). BET Official presents ''Ciara: The Evolution'' (BET Exclusive DVD) New York: LaFace Records and Zomba Label Group – Ciara explains the writing process of "Goodies" and filming the music video.

{{Ciara}}

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The Tide Is High

2009-06-10T10:49:20Z

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{{Infobox Single |
| Name = The Tide Is High
| Cover =
| Artist = [[The Paragons]]
| from Album = On the Beach with the Paragons
| A-side = "Only a Smile"
| Released = 1967
| Genre = [[Rocksteady]]
| Label = Treasure Isle Records
| Length = 2:53
| Writer = [[John Holt (singer)|John Holt]]
| Last single = -
| This single = "'''The Tide Is High'''" (1967)
| Next single =
}}
"'''The Tide Is High'''" is a [[1967 in music|1967]] song written by [[John Holt (singer)|John Holt]] and performed by [[The Paragons]] with John Holt as lead singer. Although originally released as an [[A-side and B-side|A-side]] in Jamaica on the Treasure Isle label it was relegated to the B-side of the "Only a Smile" single for UK release a few months later.

The song features the violin of "White Rum" Raymond and was popular in [[Jamaica]] and became popular amongst West Indians and skinheads in the UK when a [[deejay]] version by [[U-Roy]] was released in 1971. The song went mainly unnoticed in the rest of the world until it was rediscovered in 1980, 2002 and 2008.

==Tracklist==
# "Only a Smile"
# "The Tide Is High" — 2:53

==Cover versions==
===Blondie===
{{Infobox Single 
| Name = The Tide Is High
| Cover = Blondie - The Tide Is High (UK).jpg
| Artist = [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
| from Album = [[Autoamerican]]
| B-side = "Susie & Jeffrey"
| Released = October 1980
| Format = 7"
| Genre = [[Reggae]]
| Length = 4:39 (Album Version) 3:55 (Edit)
| Certification = Gold ([[RIAA certification|US]])
| Label = [[Chrysalis Records]]
| Last single = "[[Atomic (song)|Atomic]]" (1980)
| This single = "'''The Tide Is High'''" (1980)
| Next single = "[[Rapture (song)|Rapture]]" (1981)
| Misc = {{Extra musicsample |filename=Blondie - The Tide Is High.ogg |format=[[Ogg]] |title=The Tide Is High}}
}}
"The Tide Is High" was covered by US [[New Wave music|New Wave]] band [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] in 1980, in a [[reggae]]/[[ska]] style. It was released as a single, and appeared as the fourth track on the band's fifth album, ''[[Autoamerican]]''. The arrangement was beefed up with a horn section and strings. It reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100]], and was popular outside the USA, reaching number one on the [[UK singles chart]], number four in Australia, and number 15 in the former West Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iomusic.com/Bands_and_Artists/B/Blondie/|title=Blondie|last=Collins|first=Roger|work=Iomusic News|accessdate=2008-12-29}}</ref> It was the last UK number one single for the band until "[[Maria (Blondie song)|Maria]]" in [[1999]]. The B-side of "The Tide is High" was "Suzie and Jeffrey", which appeared as a bonus track on the original 1980 cassette edition of the album ''Autoamerican'' (side 1, track 7). It was also included on [[EMI]]-Capitol's re-issue of ''Autoamerican'' in [[2001]]. 
Official remixes of the Blondie version have been issued twice. First by [[Coldcut]] in 1988 on the Blondie/[[Debbie Harry]] remix compilation ''[[Once More into the Bleach]]'' and the second time in 1995 by Pete Arden and Vinny Vero on the album ''[[Remixed Remade Remodeled - The Remix Project]]'' (UK edition: ''[[Beautiful - The Remix Album]]'').

In November 1980, the song was played on radio stations across the state of [[Alabama]] in anticipation of a football game between [[University of Alabama]], whose nickname is the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Crimson Tide]], and the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|University of Notre Dame]]. Debbie Harry did an interview with a Birmingham radio station and wished the football team good luck in the game. Notre Dame won the game at [[Legion Field|Birmingham]] 7-0.

In 1981, Swedish singer Siw Inger recorded a German language version of the song. Although the lyrics are not a direct translation, the vocal and instrumental arrangements are virtually identical.

In 1984, [[Nigeria]]n singer Onyeka Onwenu covered the song for the album ''In the Morning Light''. A year later, parts of this song were taken and used as a sample for [[Bryan Adams]]' "Reggae Christmas".

===Tracklist===

# "The Tide Is High" (7" Edit) — 3:54
# "Suzie & Jeffrey" — 4:09

====Charts====
{| class="wikitable"
! Chart
! Peak position
! Certification
|-
| U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
| align="center"|1
| Gold
|-
| [[UK Singles Chart]]
| align="center"|1
| Gold<ref>[http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=19006 BPI.co.uk] Certification "Tide Is High" (Blondie) Accessed: October 29, 2006</ref>
|-
| [[New Zealand Singles Chart]]
| align="center"|1
| Gold
|-
| [[Irish Singles Chart]]
| align="center"|2
|  
|-
| [[Dutch Top 40]]
| align="center"|4
|  
|-
| [[Austrian Singles Chart]]
| align="center"|2
|  
|-
| [[Norwegian Singles Chart]]
| align="center"|7
|  
|-
| [[Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Blondie&titel=The+Tide+Is+High&cat=s SwedishCharts.com] "Tide Is High" (Blondie) page Accessed: October 28, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|19
|  
|}

===Billie Piper===
In 2000, "The Tide Is High" was covered by singer-turned-actress [[Billie Piper]] for her second album, ''[[Walk of Life]]''. It was due for release in early 2001. However, according to Piper's autobiography, [[Growing Pains (book)|Growing Pains]], she told [[Virgin Records]] (her record label), not to bother releasing "The Tide Is High" as a single because she was worn out and didn't want to sing anymore after appearing in court against a woman named Juliet Peters who had given Piper, her friends and her family numerous death threats. Virgin then gave the song to [[Atomic Kitten]].

===Atomic Kitten===
{{Infobox Single |
| Name = The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)
| Cover = Atomic_Kitten_The_Tide_Is_High_Cover.jpg
| Artist = [[Atomic Kitten]]
| from Album = [[Feels So Good (Atomic Kitten album)|Feels So Good]], [[The Lizzie McGuire Movie]] soundtrack ''and'' [[Atomic Kitten (album)|Atomic Kitten]]
| B-side =
| Released = [[August 26]], [[2002]]
| Format = [[Compact disc|CD]]
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Pop/rock|Pop]], [[Bubblegum pop]]
| Length = 3:26
| Label = [[Virgin Records]]
| Producer =
| Certification = Platinum ([[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]])
| Last single = "[[It's OK (Atomic Kitten song)|It's OK!]]" (2001)
| This single = "'''The Tide Is High'''" (2002)
| Next single = "[[The Last Goodbye (song)|The Last Goodbye]]"/"Be with You" (2002)
}}
After Billie Piper decided not to release her cover version as a single, Virgin Records gave the song to Atomic Kitten. This time, the song was remade with keyboards to make it more pop-oriented. Their version of the song also added a new [[bridge (music)|bridge]], hence the subtitle "Get the Feeling". The song reached number one in the UK in September, [[2002]]. The full song was played during the opening credits of [[The Lizzie McGuire Movie]], and was used for a TV commercial for Japanese beer company, [[Asahi Breweries]]. There are two versions of the single.

===Tracklist===

# "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (Radio Mix) — 3:28
# "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (Groove Brothers 12inch Remix) — 5:27
# "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" (Lasgo Remix) — 5:40

Groove Brothers Radio Edit was also made. The mix clocks in at (3:20)

====Charts====
{| class="wikitable"
! Chart
! Peak position
! Certification
|-
| [[UK Singles Chart]]
| align="center"|1
| Gold<ref>[http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30457 BPI.co.uk] Certification "Tide Is High" (Atomic Kitten) Accessed: October 29, 2006</ref>
|-
| [[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://top40-charts.com/chart.php?cid=15&date=2002-08-31 Top40-charts.com] Irish charts 31 August 2001 Accessed: November 2, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|1
|  
|-
| [[New Zealand Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Atomic+Kitten&titel=The+Tide+Is+High+%28Get+The+Feeling%29&cat=s Charts.org.nz] "Tide Is High" (Atomic Kitten) page Accessed: October 29, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|1
|  
|-
| [[Dutch Top 40]] <ref>[http://www.top4000.nl/page/hitlijsten/2002/38/ Top4000.nl] Chart week 38, 2002 Accessed: November 2, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|2
|  
|-
| [[Austrian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Atomic+Kitten&titel=The+Tide+Is+High+%28Get+The+Feeling%29&cat=s AustrianCharts.at] "Tide Is High" (Atomic Kitten) page. Accessed: October 28, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|3
|  
|-
| [[German Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://top40-charts.com/chart.php?cid=12&date=2002-10-12 Top40-charts.com] German charts 12 October 2002 Accessed: November 2, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|3
|  
|-
| [[Australian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://top40-charts.com/chart.php?cid=4&date=2002-10-20 Top40-charts.com] Australian chart 20 October 2002 Accessed: November 2, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|4
| Platinum<ref>[http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2002.htm Aria.com.au] Certifications 2002 Accessed: October 29, 2006</ref>
|-
| [[Swiss Singles Chart]] <ref>[http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=5308&cat=s Hitparade.ch] Swiss chart Accessed: July 21, 2008</ref>
| align="center"|4
|  
|-
| [[Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?key=5308&cat=s SwedishCharts.com] "Tide Is High" (Atomic Kitten) page Accessed: October 29, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|5
|  
|-
| [[Danish Singles Chart]] <ref>[http://top40-charts.com/chart.php?cid=32&date=2002-09-14 Top40-charts.com] Danish chart 14 September 2002 Accessed: November 2, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|10
|  
|-
| [[Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Atomic+Kitten&titel=The+Tide+Is+High&cat=s NorwegianCharts.com] "Tide Is High" (Atomic Kitten) page Accessed: October 29, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|11
|  
|-
| Portuguses Singles Chart <ref>[http://top40-charts.com/chart.php?cid=20&date=2002-10-30 Top40-charts.com] Portuguese chart 30 October 2002 Accessed: November 2, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|14
|  
|-
| [[French Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Atomic+Kitten&titel=The+Tide+Is+High+%28Get+The+Feeling%29&cat=s LesCharts.com] "Tide Is High" (Atomic Kitten) page Accessed: October 29, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|42
|  
|}

===Kardinal Offishall===
{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Numba 1 (Tide Is High)
| Cover = Numba 1.jpg
| Artist = [[Kardinal Offishall]] featuring [[Keri Hilson]]
| from Album = [[Not 4 Sale (Kardinal Offishall album)|Not 4 Sale]]
| B-side = "Nina"
| Released = September 2008 (Radio) October 14, 2008 (iTunes)
| Format = [[Digital download]], [[CD single]], [[12-inch single|12" single]], [[Gramophone record|7" single]]
| Recorded = 2008
| Genre = [[Canadian hip hop]], [[Dancehall]]
| Length = 3:41
| Writer = [[Kardinal Offishall|J. Harrow]], [[Supa Dups|D. Chin-Quee]], [[John Holt (singer)|J. Holt]]
| Label = [[Kon Live Distribution|Kon Live]]/[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]/[[Black Jays]]
| Producer = [[Supa Dups]]
| Certification =
| Chronology = [[Kardinal Offishall]] singles
| Last single = "[[Burnt (song)|Burnt]]" (2008)
| This single = "'''Numba 1 (Tide Is High)'''" (2008)
| Next single = "[[Beautiful (Akon song)|Beautiful]]" (2009)
| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Keri Hilson]] singles
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[Return the Favor]]" (2008)
| This single = "'''Numba 1 (Tide Is High)'''" (2008)
| Next single = "[[Turnin' Me On]]" (2008)
}}
}}

"'''Numba 1 (Tide Is High)'''" is the latest version of "The Tide Is High", performed by [[Kardinal Offishall]] featuring [[Keri Hilson]]. Produced by [[Supa Dups]], the song was released in September 2008 as the second official single from Kardinal's album ''[[Not 4 Sale (Kardinal Offishall album)|Not 4 Sale]]''. It was released by [[iTunes]] on October 14, 2008.

Aside from the album version, which features [[Rihanna]], there are three other versions of "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)". The second is the original version, featuring [[Nicole Scherzinger]]. The third version features Rihanna and Nicole Scherzinger. The fourth version is the official single and features Keri Hilson. There is also a [[mashup (music)|mash-up]] version which features Rihanna, Nicole Scherzinger and Keri Hilson.

The [[music video]] premiered on October 24 at [[Yahoo! Music]].<ref>[http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/KardinalOffishall/Numba-1-%28Tide-Is-High%29--202141635;_ylt=Al1pqVE9FVVg_WJfwgjH9rDesyUv Kardinal Offishall Numba 1 (Tide Is High) Music Video on Yahoo! Music]. Yahoo. Accessed October 24, 2008.</ref> The video is directed by [[Gil Green]], and [[Akon]] makes a cameo appearance.<ref>[http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=44780799 Making of "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" featuring Keri Hilson]. MySpaceTV. Accessed October 21, 2008.</ref> The song "Nina" is featured at the end of the video.

===Tracklist===
'''12" single'''
#"Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" (Radio Version) — 3:41
#"Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" (Instrumental) — 3:41

'''7" single'''
#"Numba 1 (Tide Is High)"
#"Nina"

====Remixes====
*"Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" (featuring [[David Banner]] and [[Alfamega]])<ref name=remix>[http://www.champmagazineonline.com/feature/kardinaloffishall.html Kardinal Offishall Exclusive Interview] Champ Magazine. Accessed November 27, 2008.</ref>
*"Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" (featuring [[Barrington Levy]] and [[Busta Rhymes]])<ref name=remix/>

====Charts====
{| class="wikitable"
! Chart
! Peak position
|-
| [[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?configType=BBCOM_SIMPLEDEFAULT&pubList=Billboard&an=bbcom&action=Submit&kw=&exposeNavigation=true&keyword=Kardinal+Offishall+Featuring+Keri+Hilson+&searchType=ARTICLE_SEARCH&submit.x=23&submit.y=11 Billboard.com] "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" (Kardinal Offishall) page. Accessed: November 4, 2008.</ref> 
| align="center"|38
|-
| [[Hot Canadian Digital Singles]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=346&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Canadian+Digital+Singles&ci=3101622&cdi=10000844&cid=10%2F04%2F2008 Billboard.com] "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" (Kardinal Offishall) page. Accessed: October 5, 2008.</ref> 1
| align="center"|32
|-
| [[Deutsche Black Charts|German Black Charts]]<ref>[http://www.mtv.de/charts/black MTV.de] "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" (Kardinal Offishall) page. Accessed: October 5, 2008.</ref> 1
| align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Turkey Top 20 Chart]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/ Turkey Top 20 Chart] Retrieved on [[2009|2009-02-16]]</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.theofficialcharts.com/top40_singles.php UK Singles Chart] Retrieved on [[2009|2009-02-14]]</ref>
|align="center"|84
|-
|align="left"|[[UK R&B Chart]]
|align="center"|29
|-
|}

Rihanna and Nicole Scherzinger versions1

===Other covers===
* In 1978, the song was covered by [[Gregory Isaacs]].
* In 1980, the song was covered by [[Top of the Poppers]].
* In 1981, a German version, "Die Zeit ist reif," was covered by Siw Inger.
* In 1995, the song was covered by [[Sinitta]].
* In 1996, the song was covered by [[Papa Dee]].
* In 1996, a Spanish version, "La numero uno", was covered by [[Nydia Rojas]].
* In 2001, the song was covered by [[Seeed]].
* In 2006, the song was covered by [[The Selecter]].

====Charts====
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! Peak position
|-
! colspan="4"|Papa Dee cover
|-
| Finnish Singles Chart <ref>[http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Papa+Dee&titel=The+Tide+Is+High&cat=s FinnishCharts.com] "Tide Is High" (Papa Dee) page. Accessed: October 29, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|20
|-
| [[Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Papa+Dee&titel=The+Tide+Is+High&cat=s SwedishCharts.com] "Tide Is High" (Papa Dee) page. Accessed: October 29, 2006</ref>
| align="center"|44
|}

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{{succession box
| before = "[[Woman in Love]]" by [[Barbra Streisand]]
| title = [[UK Singles Chart]] [[List of number-one singles from the 1980s (UK)#1980|number-one single]] (Blondie version)
| years = 15 November 1980 - 22 November 1980
| after = "[[Super Trouper (song)|Super Trouper]]" by [[ABBA]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[(Just Like) Starting Over]]" by [[John Lennon]]
| title = [[Billboard Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 1980 (United States)|number-one single]] (Blondie version)
| years = [[January 31]] [[1981]]
| after = "[[Celebration (song)|Celebration]]" by [[Kool & the Gang]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Shaddap Your Face]]" by [[Joe Dolce]]
| title = [[RIANZ|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart]] number-one single (Blondie version)
| years = [[February 13]] [[1981]] - [[February 20]] [[1981]]
| after = "[[Woman (John Lennon song)|Woman]]" by [[John Lennon]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[(Just Like) Starting Over]]" by [[John Lennon]]
| title = [[ARC Weekly Top 40]] [[ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one hits of 1981 (U.S.)|number-one single]] (Blondie version)
| years = [[January 24]], [[1981]] - [[January 31]], [[1981]]
| after = "[[Celebration (song)|Celebration]]" by [[Kool & the Gang]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "You're Too Late" by [[Fantasy (R&B group)|Fantasy]]
| title = [[Hot Dance Club Play|''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play]] [[Number-one dance hits of 1981 (USA)|number-one single]] (with "[[Rapture (song)|Rapture]]")
| years = [[February 28]], [[1981]] - [[March 21]], [[1981]]
| after = "Breaking and Entering" / "Easy Money" by [[Dee Dee Sharp|Dee Dee Sharp-Gamble]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]" by [[MadHouse]]
| title = [[Irish Singles Chart]] [[Number 1 Singles in Ireland 2002|number-one single]] (Atomic Kitten version)
| years = [[August 31]] [[2002]] - [[September 21]] [[2002]]
| after = "[[Complicated (Avril Lavigne song)]]" by [[Avril Lavigne]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Tha Crossroads]]" by [[Blazin' Squad]]
| title = [[UK Singles Chart]] [[List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)#2002|number-one single]] (Atomic Kitten version)
| years = [[September 1]] [[2002]] - [[September 21]] [[2002]]
| after = "[[Just Like a Pill]]" by [[Pink (musician)|Pink]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Complicated (Avril Lavigne song)]]" by [[Avril Lavigne]]
| title = [[RIANZ|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart]] number-one single (Atomic Kitten version)
| years = [[October 20]] [[2002]] - [[November 10]] [[2002]]
| after = "[[The Ketchup Song|The Ketchup Song (Asereje)]]" by [[Las Ketchup]]
}}

{{end box}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_classic_tracks_blondies/ Classic tracks: Blondie's "The Tide Is High"] (article on how the remake was created)

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Take a Bow (Rihanna-Lied)

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{{Infobox Single 
| Name = Take a Bow
| Cover = TakeABow_cover.jpg
| Artist = [[Rihanna]]
| from Album = [[Good Girl Gone Bad#Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded|Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded]]
| B-side =
| Released = April 15, 2008 ([[USA|U.S.]])
| Format = [[CD single]], [[digital download]], [[picture disc]]
| Recorded = 2008
| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 3:49
| Label = [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
| Writer = [[Ne-Yo]], T.E. Hermansen, M.S. Eriksen
| Producer = [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]]
| Certification = Platinum ([[RIAA]]),([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]]){{-}}Silver ([[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]])<ref>[http://bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33321 British certification]</ref>{{-}}Gold ([[RIANZ]])
| Last single = "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" (2007)
| This single = "'''Take a Bow'''" (2008)
| Next single = "[[If I Never See Your Face Again]]" (2008)
}}

"'''Take a Bow'''" is a song written by [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer-songwriter [[Ne-Yo]] and production-team [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]] for the re-release of [[Rihanna]]'s third studio album ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]''. It is the fifth single from ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' overall, but first single from the re-release edition of the album ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded]]''.

==Single release==
The song premiered on [[KZZP]] and [[KRQQ]]'s ''JohnJay and Rich in the Morning'' on March 14, 2008,<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://ryan.kiisfm.com/pages/takeabow.html | title=Take a Bow | publisher=[[KIIS-FM]] | date=2008-03-14 | accessdate=2008-03-14 }}</ref> and was made available to media outlets later that same day.<ref name="billboard0314">{{ cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003725944 | title=Rihanna Re-Releases "Good Girl" With New Ne-Yo Track | publisher=[[Billboard.com]] | author=Hillary Crosley | date=2008-03-14 | accessdate=2008-03-14 }}</ref> It was officially released to U.S. top 40 radio on April 15, 2008 and to [[iTunes]] on May 6, 2008 where it has proven to be immensely popular both in the [[United States]] and internationally. To date the single has reached the number 1 position on [[iTunes]] in the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]], [[New Zealand]], [[Denmark]], and [[Ireland]], and has achieved top 10 chartings in over eighteen countries across the globe.<ref>[http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10songs.html Apple - iTunes - iTunes Store - Charts - Top 10 Songs]</ref> In U.K the single was release on May 12. In [[Europe]] it was released a month later on June 6. Due to digital downloads, "Take a Bow" charted at number 45 in Italy before its official release set for July 28, 2008, according to an Italian music channel which has inserted "Take A Bow" in its playlist on that date.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.tv/allmusic/playlist?pageType=v&nomePlaylist=altopotenziale]</ref> In France the song has been released nearly two months after the European release date, set for June 6, 2008, on July 21, 2008. Rihanna also recorded a Spanish version for this song that can be heard on YouTube.

==Critical reception==
Bill Lamb from [[About.com]] stated that "Rihanna has the unique ability to deliver the lyrics without batting an eyelash, and this is another success, if a little lifeless, for the duo. Look for it to be Rihanna's 9th, yes 9th, top 10 pop single" and "The production [of the song] utilizes brief spoken asides by Rihanna to great effect. It's her "please!" and dismissive giggle that are likely to the muse one is betterbe the most memorable elements from this effort" he also adds "The keyboard-based backing of "Take a Bow" is, by now, standard Stargate and does not challenge their best. However, you are likely to find yourself singing along after the first few times through, and that should be enough right now to keep Rihanna in good graces with pop radio programmers".<ref>[http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/rihannatakeabow.htm Rihanna - "Take a Bow"]</ref>

[[Chuck Taylor (Billboard writer and editor)|Chuck Taylor]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine reviewed the song and said: "With superstars Stargate and Ne-Yo at the helm, the velvety ballad ticks along with well-applied piano and strings, as the instantly recognizable singer delivers a convincingly bemused vocal, complete with haughty laugh".<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3iaeef0c1a4b682082e32fda72693edda3 Take a Bow]</ref> Nick Levine of [[Digital Spy]] wrote, "'Take A Bow' does what it sets out to do very well, but it's an underwhelming follow-up to the dance floor rush of 'Don't Stop The Music'."<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a95327/rihanna-take-a-bow.html Singles Review - Rihanna: 'Take A Bow']</ref>

==Chart performance==
In the issue dated May 24, 2008, "Take a Bow" jumped up 52 spots from number fifty-three to number-one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. This is the sixth-best leap in the chart's history of songs climbing to #1 behind [[Kelly Clarkson]]'s "[[My Life Would Suck Without You]]" which jumped from 97 to 1, [[Britney Spears]]' "[[Womanizer (song)|Womanizer]]", which jumped from 96 to 1 in October 2008, [[T.I.]]'s [[Live Your Life]] jumped from number 80 to the top on September 10 [[T.I.]]'s "[[Whatever You Like]]", which jumped from 71 to 1 in September 2008 and [[Maroon 5]]'s "[[Makes Me Wonder]]", which jumped from 64 to 1 in May 2007.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003803712 Rihanna's 'Bow' Soars 52 Spots To Lead Hot 100]</ref>. The song also opened with the third highest digital sales tally in ''Billboard'' Chart history amassing 267,000 units sold in one week after being available only on radio. The song has become Rihanna's ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one single after "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]" and "[[SOS (Rescue Me)|SOS]]," which topped the charts around the same time in 2007 & 2006, respectively. "Take A Bow" is Rihanna's second number-one single from the album ''Good Girl Gone Bad''. The song remained in the top 10 for 15 weeks, is her longest stay in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top 10. The song also shot-up from number 70 to 1 on the [[Canadian Hot 100|Canadian ''Billboard'' chart]] in the same week, making it the biggest jump in the chart's history.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Canadian+Hot+100 Billboard- Updated Album Charts from the most Trusted Music Magazine]</ref>

In the [[United Kingdom]] "Take A Bow" debuted in the Top 10 at number-two on the [[UK Singles Chart]], based on downloads alone, and the following week ascended to number-one where it remained for two consecutive weeks, becoming Rihanna's second UK number one following "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]" in 2007. It spent 10 weeks in the Top 10 in the UK charts. It become the 14th best selling single in the UK in 2008.

The song was also a success in [[Oceania]]. "Take A Bow" debuted at number-thirty on the Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart, and the following week climbed 17 places to number-thirteen and was named a bullet performer for that week. It ascended into the top ten at number-ten in its third week and rose to number-six in its fourth. "Take A Bow" eventually reached its peak position at number-three two weeks later, and is the fourth top 5 hit from ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' there.<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Take+A+Bow&cat=s australian-charts.com - Rihanna - Take A Bow]</ref> In [[New Zealand]], the single debuted at number-four on the New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart, and has since peaked at number two for five weeks, being kept from reaching the top spot by [[Chris Brown (singer)|Chris Brown's]] "[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]".

The single has become one of Rihanna's biggest radio hits of her entire career in the United States, only second to "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]", which had the advantage of stronger Urban airplay. With the single placing in the top ten on Top 40, Rhythmic, and Urban at the same time, it has outpeaked some of her previous flagship hits such as "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]" and "[[Pon de Replay]]". The song has also reached number one on [[Mediabase]], becoming Rihanna's second number one on this chart, after "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]".<ref>[http://w2.mediabase.com/mmrweb/AllAccess/Charts.asp?format=H1M]</ref> In the week July 26, the single reached the top spot of [[Hot 100 Airplay]]

==Music video==
[[Image:Take A Bow Video.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Rihanna burning her ex-boyfriend's clothes, with him watching, in the music video for "Take a Bow".]]

The "Take a Bow" music video was shot in [[Venice]] and was directed by Anthony Mandler who has directed several of her previous videos. It has so far spent 27 days on [[BET]]'s [[106 & Park]], eight of the days spent at #1, it's also Rihanna's first #1 video on [[BET]]s [[106 & Park]]. The video was nominated for [[Best Female Video]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] at the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]]. As of December 26,2008, the video has achieved over forty-seven million views on Universal Music Group's official Youtube account.
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==Live performances==
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Rihanna performed "Take a Bow" at the [[BET Awards]] '08 on [[June 24]], [[2008]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-06-12-bet-awards-additions_N.htm |title=Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Hudson coming to BET Awards |last=MacMedan |first=Dan |date=June 12, 2008 |publisher= [[USA Today]] |accessdate=2009-06-01}}</ref>

==Formats and track listings==
"Take a Bow" was released on CD and 12" vinyl commercially and as "Take a Bow: Remixes" promotionally and digitally.

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===Take a Bow===
;US promo CD single (DEFR16884-2)<ref>http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=434069</ref>
# "Take a Bow" (Album Version) - 3:46
# "Take a Bow" (Instrumental) - 3:46

;International CD Single (1774172)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1509559</ref>
# "Take a Bow" (Album Version) - 3:46
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Remix) - 8:08

;GR enhanced CD single (602517719262)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1369143</ref>
# "Take a Bow" (Album Version) - 3:46
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Remix) - 8:08
# "Take a Bow" (Instrumental) - 3:46
# "Take a Bow" (Video)

;GR 12" picture disc vinyl (1773578)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1423557</ref>
''Side A & B''
# "Take a Bow" (Album Version) - 3:46
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Remix) - 8:08

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===Take a Bow: Remixes===
;EU promo CD single (RIBOWCDX1)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1439754</ref>
# "Take a Bow" (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Radio Edit) – 03:56
# "Take a Bow" (Tony Moran & Warren Rigg Encore Radio Edit) – 04:02
# "Take a Bow" (Groove Junkies Moho Radio Edit) – 03:52
# "Take a Bow" (Subkulcha Radio Edit) – 04:21
# "Take a Bow" (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Club) – 08:34
# "Take a Bow" (Tony Moran & Warren Rigg Encore Club) – 09:18
# "Take a Bow" (Groove Junkies Moho Club) – 07:21
# "Take a Bow" (Subkulcha Club) – 06:16
# "Take a Bow" (Groove Junkies Moho Dub) – 06:42
# "Take a Bow" (Groove Junkies Moho Dubstrumental) – 06:42

;Digital CD Remixes<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0019C5M3I CD Remixes on Amazon.com].</ref>
# "Take a Bow" (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Club Mix) – 08:34
# "Take a Bow" (Tony Moran & Warren Rigg's Encore Club Mix) – 09:18
# "Take a Bow" (Groove Junkies MoHo Club Mix) – 07:21
# "Take a Bow" (Subkulcha Club Mix) – 06:16
# "Take a Bow" (Groove Junkies Moho Dub) – 06:41

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==Uses in popular culture==
A remix was created by [[WKQI|Channel 955]], a Top 40 radio station, during the height of the song's popularity and during the height of Detroit's former mayor [[Kwame Kilpatrick]]'s legal problems in the [[Kilpatrick and Beatty text-messaging scandal|Text Message Scandal]], in which anonymously sent documents implied his perjury during the [[Kwame Kilpatrick|Whistleblower lawsuit]], in addition to frequent, previous stories of his [[Kwame Kilpatrick|corruption]] in office. His public addresses were incorporated into the song and was available for download at the radio station's website, but now can only be heard<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DOBW3p9pR9GE] - Channel 955's ([[WKQI]]) Take A Bow (Kilpatrick Remix)</ref> at [[YouTube]].

A sample of this song was also used in the movie "[[House Bunny]]".

The song was also used as the 'goodbye' theme on America's Best Dance Crew season 2.

On March 20, 2009, The episode of ''[[The Game (U.S. TV series)|The Game]]'' is titled "Take A Bow" where Tasha tries to prevent Rick (Played by [[Rick Fox]]) from losing his job has been referred In Season 3.

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2008)
!Peak position
|-
|align="left"|Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50 ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart]. [[Australian Recording Industry Association]]. Retrieved on May 25, 2008.</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Take+A+Bow&cat=s Rihanna - Take A Bow - austriancharts.at]</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=s ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS]</ref>
|align="center"|13
|-
|Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart
|align="center"|15
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Chilean Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.americatop100.com/chile/index.htm "Chilean Singles Chart"]</ref>
|align="center"|53
|-
|align="left"|[[Danish Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Take+A+Bow&cat=s danishcharts.com - Rihanna - Take A Bow]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40]]<ref>[http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?key=440253&cat=s dutchcharts.nl - Rihanna - Take A Bow]</ref>
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100|European Hot 100 Singles]]<ref>http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=European+Hot+100+Singles. Retrieved on May 31, 2008.</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Finland Singles Chart
|align="center"|17
|-
|align="left"|French [[SNEP]] Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Coldplay/news-66623.html Tops : la compilation NRJ devance tout le monde]</ref>
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="left"|[[German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Israeli Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|Italian [[FIMI]] Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.fimi.it Italian Singles Chart]. [[FIMI]]. Retrieved on July 31, 2008.</ref>
|align="center"|45
|-
|align="left"|México Top 100 Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.americatop100.com/mexico/index.htm Mexican Top 100 Singles Chart, Week 30 - August 3, 2008]</ref>
|align="center"|59
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Take+A+Bow&cat=s norwegiancharts.com - Rihanna - Take A Bow]</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart<ref>[http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Take+A+Bow&cat=s Rihanna - Take A Bow - swisscharts.com]</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|[[Turkey Top 20 Chart]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/ Turkey Top 20 Chart] Retrieved on [[2008|2008-08-17]]</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks]]
|align="center"|30
|-
|}
===Chart procession and succession===
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{{succession box
| before = "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]
| title = [[Irish Singles Chart]] [[Number-one singles in Ireland (2008)|number-one single]]
| years = May 22-June 19, 2008
| after = "[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]" by Chris Brown
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]
| title = [[Canadian Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (Canada)|number-one single]]
| years = May 24, 2008
| after = "4 Minutes" by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Bleeding Love]]" by [[Leona Lewis]]
| title = U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]]
| years = [[May 24]] [[2008]]
| after = "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" by [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[That's Not My Name]]" by [[The Ting Tings]]
| title = [[UK Singles Chart]] [[List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)#2008|number-one single]]
| years = May 25, 2008 - June 7, 2008
| after = "[[Singin' in the Rain (song)#Mint Royale version|Singin' in the Rain]]" by [[Mint Royale]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Bleeding Love]]" by [[Leona Lewis]]
| title = U.S. [[ARC Weekly Top 40]] [[List of number-one hits on the ARC Weekly Top 40 Chart (United States)|number-one single]]
| years = [[June 7]] [[2008]] - [[July 5]] [[2008]]
| after = "[[I Kissed A Girl]]" by [[Katy Perry]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "Show the World" by Martin
| title = Denmark Singles Top 40 number-one single
| years = June 20-July 11, 2008
| after = "Malene" by "Sys Bjerre"
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]
| title = [[Latin America Top 40]] [[Top Latino number-one hits of 2008|number-one song]]
| years = June 21, 2008
| after = "[[SOS (Jonas Brothers song)|SOS]]" by [[Jonas Brothers]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[A Milli]]" by [[Lil Wayne]]
| title = [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot R&B Hip-Hop Songs]] [[R&B number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]]
| years = August 30, 2008
| after = "[[Need U Bad]]" by [[Jazmine Sullivan]] featuring [[Missy Elliott]]
}}
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{{Infobox Single 
| Name = Take a Bow
| Cover = TakeABow_cover.jpg
| Artist = [[Rihanna]]
| from Album = [[Good Girl Gone Bad#Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded|Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded]]
| B-side =
| Released = April 15, 2008 ([[USA|U.S.]])
| Format = [[CD single]], [[digital download]], [[picture disc]]
| Recorded = 2008
| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 3:49
| Label = [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
| Writer = [[Ne-Yo]], T.E. Hermansen, M.S. Eriksen
| Producer = [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]]
| Certification = Platinum ([[RIAA]]),([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]]){{-}}Silver ([[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]])<ref>[http://bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33321 British certification]</ref>{{-}}Gold ([[RIANZ]])
| Last single = "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" (2007)
| This single = "'''Take a Bow'''" (2008)
| Next single = "[[If I Never See Your Face Again]]" (2008)
}}

"'''Take a Bow'''" is a song written by [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer-songwriter [[Ne-Yo]] and production-team [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]] for the re-release of [[Rihanna]]'s third studio album ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]''. It is the fifth single from ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' overall, but first single from the re-release edition of the album ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded]]''.

==Single release==
The song premiered on [[KZZP]] and [[KRQQ]]'s ''JohnJay and Rich in the Morning'' on March 14, 2008,<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://ryan.kiisfm.com/pages/takeabow.html | title=Take a Bow | publisher=[[KIIS-FM]] | date=2008-03-14 | accessdate=2008-03-14 }}</ref> and was made available to media outlets later that same day.<ref name="billboard0314">{{ cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003725944 | title=Rihanna Re-Releases "Good Girl" With New Ne-Yo Track | publisher=[[Billboard.com]] | author=Hillary Crosley | date=2008-03-14 | accessdate=2008-03-14 }}</ref> It was officially released to U.S. top 40 radio on April 15, 2008 and to [[iTunes]] on May 6, 2008 where it has proven to be immensely popular both in the [[United States]] and internationally. To date the single has reached the number 1 position on [[iTunes]] in the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]], [[New Zealand]], [[Denmark]], and [[Ireland]], and has achieved top 10 chartings in over eighteen countries across the globe.<ref>[http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10songs.html Apple - iTunes - iTunes Store - Charts - Top 10 Songs]</ref> In U.K the single was release on May 12. In [[Europe]] it was released a month later on June 6. Due to digital downloads, "Take a Bow" charted at number 45 in Italy before its official release set for July 28, 2008, according to an Italian music channel which has inserted "Take A Bow" in its playlist on that date.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.tv/allmusic/playlist?pageType=v&nomePlaylist=altopotenziale]</ref> In France the song has been released nearly two months after the European release date, set for June 6, 2008, on July 21, 2008. Rihanna also recorded a Spanish version for this song that can be heard on YouTube.

==Critical reception==
Bill Lamb from [[About.com]] stated that "Rihanna has the unique ability to deliver the lyrics without batting an eyelash, and this is another success, if a little lifeless, for the duo. Look for it to be Rihanna's 9th, yes 9th, top 10 pop single" and "The production [of the song] utilizes brief spoken asides by Rihanna to great effect. It's her "please!" and dismissive giggle that are likely to the muse one is betterbe the most memorable elements from this effort" he also adds "The keyboard-based backing of "Take a Bow" is, by now, standard Stargate and does not challenge their best. However, you are likely to find yourself singing along after the first few times through, and that should be enough right now to keep Rihanna in good graces with pop radio programmers".<ref>[http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/rihannatakeabow.htm Rihanna - "Take a Bow"]</ref>

[[Chuck Taylor (Billboard writer and editor)|Chuck Taylor]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine reviewed the song and said: "With superstars Stargate and Ne-Yo at the helm, the velvety ballad ticks along with well-applied piano and strings, as the instantly recognizable singer delivers a convincingly bemused vocal, complete with haughty laugh".<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3iaeef0c1a4b682082e32fda72693edda3 Take a Bow]</ref> Nick Levine of [[Digital Spy]] wrote, "'Take A Bow' does what it sets out to do very well, but it's an underwhelming follow-up to the dance floor rush of 'Don't Stop The Music'."<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a95327/rihanna-take-a-bow.html Singles Review - Rihanna: 'Take A Bow']</ref>

==Chart performance==
In the issue dated May 24, 2008, "Take a Bow" jumped up 52 spots from number fifty-three to number-one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. This is the sixth-best leap in the chart's history of songs climbing to #1 behind [[Kelly Clarkson]]'s "[[My Life Would Suck Without You]]" which jumped from 97 to 1, [[Britney Spears]]' "[[Womanizer (song)|Womanizer]]", which jumped from 96 to 1 in October 2008, [[T.I.]]'s [[Live Your Life]] jumped from number 80 to the top on September 10 [[T.I.]]'s "[[Whatever You Like]]", which jumped from 71 to 1 in September 2008 and [[Maroon 5]]'s "[[Makes Me Wonder]]", which jumped from 64 to 1 in May 2007.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003803712 Rihanna's 'Bow' Soars 52 Spots To Lead Hot 100]</ref>. The song also opened with the third highest digital sales tally in ''Billboard'' Chart history amassing 267,000 units sold in one week after being available only on radio. The song has become Rihanna's ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one single after "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]" and "[[SOS (Rescue Me)|SOS]]," which topped the charts around the same time in 2007 & 2006, respectively. "Take A Bow" is Rihanna's second number-one single from the album ''Good Girl Gone Bad''. The song remained in the top 10 for 15 weeks, is her longest stay in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top 10. The song also shot-up from number 70 to 1 on the [[Canadian Hot 100|Canadian ''Billboard'' chart]] in the same week, making it the biggest jump in the chart's history.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Canadian+Hot+100 Billboard- Updated Album Charts from the most Trusted Music Magazine]</ref>

In the [[United Kingdom]] "Take A Bow" debuted in the Top 10 at number-two on the [[UK Singles Chart]], based on downloads alone, and the following week ascended to number-one where it remained for two consecutive weeks, becoming Rihanna's second UK number one following "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]" in 2007. It spent 10 weeks in the Top 10 in the UK charts. It become the 14th best selling single in the UK in 2008.

The song was also a success in [[Oceania]]. "Take A Bow" debuted at number-thirty on the Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart, and the following week climbed 17 places to number-thirteen and was named a bullet performer for that week. It ascended into the top ten at number-ten in its third week and rose to number-six in its fourth. "Take A Bow" eventually reached its peak position at number-three two weeks later, and is the fourth top 5 hit from ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' there.<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Take+A+Bow&cat=s australian-charts.com - Rihanna - Take A Bow]</ref> In [[New Zealand]], the single debuted at number-four on the New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart, and has since peaked at number two for five weeks, being kept from reaching the top spot by [[Chris Brown (singer)|Chris Brown's]] "[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]".

The single has become one of Rihanna's biggest radio hits of her entire career in the United States, only second to "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]", which had the advantage of stronger Urban airplay. With the single placing in the top ten on Top 40, Rhythmic, and Urban at the same time, it has outpeaked some of her previous flagship hits such as "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]" and "[[Pon de Replay]]". The song has also reached number one on [[Mediabase]], becoming Rihanna's second number one on this chart, after "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]".<ref>[http://w2.mediabase.com/mmrweb/AllAccess/Charts.asp?format=H1M]</ref> In the week July 26, the single reached the top spot of [[Hot 100 Airplay]]

==Music video==
[[Image:Take A Bow Video.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Rihanna burning her ex-boyfriend's clothes, with him watching, in the music video for "Take a Bow".]]

The "Take a Bow" music video was shot in [[Venice]] and was directed by Anthony Mandler who has directed several of her previous videos. It has so far spent 27 days on [[BET]]'s [[106 & Park]], eight of the days spent at #1, it's also Rihanna's first #1 video on [[BET]]s [[106 & Park]]. The video was nominated for [[Best Female Video]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] at the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]]. As of December 26,2008, the video has achieved over forty-seven million views on Universal Music Group's official Youtube account.
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==Live performances==
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Rihanna performed "Take a Bow" at the [[BET Awards]] '08 on [[June 24]], [[2008]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-06-12-bet-awards-additions_N.htm |title=Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Hudson coming to BET Awards |last=MacMedan |first=Dan |date=June 12, 2008 |publisher= [[USA Today]] |accessdate=2009-06-01}}</ref>

==Formats and track listings==
"Take a Bow" was released on CD and 12" vinyl commercially and as "Take a Bow: Remixes" promotionally and digitally.

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===Take a Bow===
;US promo CD single (DEFR16884-2)<ref>http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=434069</ref>
# "Take a Bow" (Album Version) - 3:46
# "Take a Bow" (Instrumental) - 3:46

;International CD Single (1774172)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1509559</ref>
# "Take a Bow" (Album Version) - 3:46
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Remix) - 8:08

;GR enhanced CD single (602517719262)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1369143</ref>
# "Take a Bow" (Album Version) - 3:46
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Remix) - 8:08
# "Take a Bow" (Instrumental) - 3:46
# "Take a Bow" (Video)

;GR 12" picture disc vinyl (1773578)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1423557</ref>
''Side A & B''
# "Take a Bow" (Album Version) - 3:46
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Remix) - 8:08

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===Take a Bow: Remixes===
;EU promo CD single (RIBOWCDX1)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1439754</ref>
# "Take a Bow" (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Radio Edit) – 03:56
# "Take a Bow" (Tony Moran & Warren Rigg Encore Radio Edit) – 04:02
# "Take a Bow" (Groove Junkies Moho Radio Edit) – 03:52
# "Take a Bow" (Subkulcha Radio Edit) – 04:21
# "Take a Bow" (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Club) – 08:34
# "Take a Bow" (Tony Moran & Warren Rigg Encore Club) – 09:18
# "Take a Bow" (Groove Junkies Moho Club) – 07:21
# "Take a Bow" (Subkulcha Club) – 06:16
# "Take a Bow" (Groove Junkies Moho Dub) – 06:42
# "Take a Bow" (Groove Junkies Moho Dubstrumental) – 06:42

;Digital CD Remixes<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0019C5M3I CD Remixes on Amazon.com].</ref>
# "Take a Bow" (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Club Mix) – 08:34
# "Take a Bow" (Tony Moran & Warren Rigg's Encore Club Mix) – 09:18
# "Take a Bow" (Groove Junkies MoHo Club Mix) – 07:21
# "Take a Bow" (Subkulcha Club Mix) – 06:16
# "Take a Bow" (Groove Junkies Moho Dub) – 06:41

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==Uses in popular culture==
A remix was created by [[WKQI|Channel 955]], a Top 40 radio station, during the height of the song's popularity and during the height of Detroit's former mayor [[Kwame Kilpatrick]]'s legal problems in the [[Kilpatrick and Beatty text-messaging scandal|Text Message Scandal]], in which anonymously sent documents implied his perjury during the [[Kwame Kilpatrick|Whistleblower lawsuit]], in addition to frequent, previous stories of his [[Kwame Kilpatrick|corruption]] in office. His public addresses were incorporated into the song and was available for download at the radio station's website, but now can only be heard<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DOBW3p9pR9GE] - Channel 955's ([[WKQI]]) Take A Bow (Kilpatrick Remix)</ref> at [[YouTube]].

A sample of this song was also used in the movie "[[House Bunny]]".

The song was also used as the 'goodbye' theme on America's Best Dance Crew season 2.

On March 20, 2009, The episode of ''[[The Game (U.S. TV series)|The Game]]'' is titled "Take A Bow" where Tasha tries to prevent Rick (Played by [[Rick Fox]]) from losing his job has been referred In Season 3.

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2008)
!Peak position
|-
|align="left"|Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50 ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart]. [[Australian Recording Industry Association]]. Retrieved on May 25, 2008.</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Take+A+Bow&cat=s Rihanna - Take A Bow - austriancharts.at]</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=s ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS]</ref>
|align="center"|13
|-
|Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart
|align="center"|15
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Chilean Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.americatop100.com/chile/index.htm "Chilean Singles Chart"]</ref>
|align="center"|53
|-
|align="left"|[[Danish Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Take+A+Bow&cat=s danishcharts.com - Rihanna - Take A Bow]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40]]<ref>[http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?key=440253&cat=s dutchcharts.nl - Rihanna - Take A Bow]</ref>
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100|European Hot 100 Singles]]<ref>http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=European+Hot+100+Singles. Retrieved on May 31, 2008.</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Finland Singles Chart
|align="center"|17
|-
|align="left"|French [[SNEP]] Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Coldplay/news-66623.html Tops : la compilation NRJ devance tout le monde]</ref>
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="left"|[[German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Israeli Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|Italian [[FIMI]] Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.fimi.it Italian Singles Chart]. [[FIMI]]. Retrieved on July 31, 2008.</ref>
|align="center"|45
|-
|align="left"|[[México Top 100]] Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.americatop100.com/mexico/index.htm Mexican Top 100 Singles Chart, Week 30 - August 3, 2008]</ref>
|align="center"|59
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Take+A+Bow&cat=s norwegiancharts.com - Rihanna - Take A Bow]</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart<ref>[http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Take+A+Bow&cat=s Rihanna - Take A Bow - swisscharts.com]</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|[[Turkey Top 20 Chart]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/ Turkey Top 20 Chart] Retrieved on [[2008|2008-08-17]]</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks]]
|align="center"|30
|-
|}
===Chart procession and succession===
{{start box}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]
| title = [[Irish Singles Chart]] [[Number-one singles in Ireland (2008)|number-one single]]
| years = May 22-June 19, 2008
| after = "[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]" by Chris Brown
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]
| title = [[Canadian Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (Canada)|number-one single]]
| years = May 24, 2008
| after = "4 Minutes" by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Bleeding Love]]" by [[Leona Lewis]]
| title = U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]]
| years = [[May 24]] [[2008]]
| after = "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" by [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[That's Not My Name]]" by [[The Ting Tings]]
| title = [[UK Singles Chart]] [[List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)#2008|number-one single]]
| years = May 25, 2008 - June 7, 2008
| after = "[[Singin' in the Rain (song)#Mint Royale version|Singin' in the Rain]]" by [[Mint Royale]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Bleeding Love]]" by [[Leona Lewis]]
| title = U.S. [[ARC Weekly Top 40]] [[List of number-one hits on the ARC Weekly Top 40 Chart (United States)|number-one single]]
| years = [[June 7]] [[2008]] - [[July 5]] [[2008]]
| after = "[[I Kissed A Girl]]" by [[Katy Perry]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "Show the World" by Martin
| title = Denmark Singles Top 40 number-one single
| years = June 20-July 11, 2008
| after = "Malene" by "Sys Bjerre"
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]
| title = [[Latin America Top 40]] [[Top Latino number-one hits of 2008|number-one song]]
| years = June 21, 2008
| after = "[[SOS (Jonas Brothers song)|SOS]]" by [[Jonas Brothers]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[A Milli]]" by [[Lil Wayne]]
| title = [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot R&B Hip-Hop Songs]] [[R&B number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]]
| years = August 30, 2008
| after = "[[Need U Bad]]" by [[Jazmine Sullivan]] featuring [[Missy Elliott]]
}}
{{end box}}

==References==
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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Bleeding Love
| Cover = LeonaSingle-250.jpg
| Artist = [[Leona Lewis]]
| Album = [[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]
| B-side = "Forgiveness"
| Released = {{Start date|2007|10|19}} (see [[#Release history|release history]])
| Format = [[CD single]], [[music download|digital download]]
| Recorded = 2007
| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 4:24 (Album Version) 4:00 (Radio Edit)
| Label = [[Syco]], [[J Records|J]], [[Sony BMG]]
| Writer = [[Jesse McCartney]], [[Ryan Tedder]]
| Producer = Ryan Tedder
| Certification = 2× Platinum ([[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]) Platinum ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]) Platinum ([[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]], [[Canadian Recording Industry Association|CRIA]], [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]], [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]]) Gold (Belgium, Sweden)
| Chronology = [[Leona Lewis]] singles
| Last single = "[[A Moment Like This#Leona Lewis version|A Moment Like This]]" (2006)
| This single = "'''Bleeding Love'''" (2007)
| Next single = "[[Better in Time]]"/"[[Footprints in the Sand (song)|Footprints in the Sand]]" (2008)
| Misc =
{{External music video|{{YouTube|sF84pIhP5UM|"Bleeding Love"}}
}}}}
"'''Bleeding Love'''" is a [[pop music|pop]] [[ballad (music)|ballad]] written by [[Jesse McCartney]]<ref name="notes">{{cite album-notes|title= Bleeding Love|bandname = Leona Lewis|year = 2007 |format = CD Single|publisher = Sony BMG|publisherid= 88697175622}}</ref> and [[Ryan Tedder]] produced for [[United Kingdom|British]] singer [[Leona Lewis]]'s debut album, ''[[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]''.<ref name="popjustice">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: It also says Breathing love in the song. Basically a press release presented as "news"|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1492&Itemid=9|publisher=Popjustice|date=16 August 2007|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> The song is the album's lead single (Lewis's official second single following "[[A Moment Like This]]"), released in the United Kingdom and the [[Republic of Ireland]] in October 2007.<ref name="hear">{{cite news|title=Hear Bleeding Love!|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Pages/NewsList.aspx?pageName=news&NewsID=39|date=2007-09-14|accessdate=2007-09-14}}</ref> "Bleeding Love" became the best-selling single of 2007 in the United Kingdom,<ref name="winehouseandlewis">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7165210.stm|title= Winehouse and Lewis head charts|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2007-12-30}}</ref> and, since the single's release, it has become a major international hit as the best-selling single of 2008. The single has reached number one in over 34 countries,<ref>[http://www.webcitation.org/5bmlv5Kiz Platinum Awards] IFPI. October 2008.</ref> including Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This is the second song to achieve this feat after "[[Candle in the Wind 1997|Candle in the Wind]]". The video aired on 17 October 2007,<ref>{{cite news|title=Bleeding Love video|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7041/|publisher=[[RCA Label Group]]|date=17 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> and was uploaded to popular video-sharing website [[YouTube]] on the same day, where it has garnered over 85 million views, making it the 7th most watched video of all-time on the site.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mp&t=a&c=0&l=&b=0</ref>

The track has sold 3,420,000 digital downloads in the [[United States]] alone, and was the second best selling single there in 2008.<ref>http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/chart_display.jsp?f=Hot+100+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles</ref> The song achieved a similar feat in the United Kingdom where it was the best-selling single of 2007.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7165210.stm</ref> "Bleeding Love" has charted within the UK top 100 singles chart in three different years, in 2007 it peaked at #1, 2008 at #2 and 2009 at #97.<ref>http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=33490</ref> "Bleeding Love" was nominated for [[Record of the Year]] and [[Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] at the [[51st Grammy Awards]].

==History==
In December 2006, Lewis won the [[The X Factor (UK series 3)|third series]] of British reality singing contest, ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'', her prize being a £1 million recording contract with [[Sony BMG]], of which [[Simon Cowell]] is an [[A&R]] executive.<ref name="leonacrownedwinner">{{cite news|title = Leona crowned winner of X Factor| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6182453.stm| publisher = [[BBC News]]|date= [[16 December]] [[2006]]| accessdate = 2008-01-28}}</ref> Cowell also mentored Lewis on the show. Cowell wanted Lewis's debut album to be an "incredible record" of original material, using some of the world's best [[record producer]]s and [[songwriter]]s.<ref name="leonatransformation">{{cite news|title=The transformation of Leona Lewis|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2630762.ece|publisher=The Times|date=[[14 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>

Meanwhile, in February 2007, [[OneRepublic]] frontman Ryan Tedder and pop [[singer-songwriter]] Jesse McCartney had written the song "Bleeding Love" for McCartney's third studio album,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pr-inside.com/lewis-claims-mccartney-song-r460911.htm|title=http://www.pr-inside.com/lewis-claims-mccartney-song-r460911.htm|publisher=PR-inside.com|date=[[2008-02-28]]|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref> ''[[Departure (Jesse McCartney album)|Departure]]'', however, his record label did not like the song.<ref name="heraldsun"/> Tedder believed it was a "massive" song and the record company were "out of [their] mind". McCartney wanted to keep it for himself as he had a personal attachment to the song, but Tedder realised it would not work for him.<ref name="heraldsun">{{cite news |first=Cameron |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Ryan Tedder on the coming of OneRepublic |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23175217-5006024,00.html |work=[[Herald Sun]] |first=Cameron|last=Adams |date=[[7 February]] [[2008]] |accessdate=2008-02-26 }}</ref> Despite his own reality TV background, Tedder had previously made the decision not to work with contestants from the singing competition ''[[American Idol]]'', but he had not heard of ''The X Factor'', and on being shown a website about Lewis, he thought that "her voice just sounded unreal," saying that "from a writer's perspective, this girl — with or without a TV show — has one of the best voices I've ever heard."<ref name="channel4">{{cite news|url=http://www.channel4.com/music/interviews/ryan-tedder-timbaland-leona-lewis-interview.html|title=Timbaland is nowhere to be heard|publisher=[[Channel4.com]]|accessdate=2008-02-26}}</ref> On hearing that Cowell was looking for songs for Lewis's debut album, Tedder rearranged "Bleeding Love", changed the key and tailored it to suit her voice.<ref name="heraldsun"/> He pitched the song to Cowell, who said it was "the one".<ref name="channel4"/>

==Song structure and lyrics==
"Bleeding Love" is a pop song with R&B undertones set in the key of [[F major]]. It moves at 104 [[Beats per minute|bpm]] and is set in [[4/4]] time. The album version runs for four minutes and twenty-two seconds and the [[radio edit]] runs for four minutes and one second. Lewis performs (A''5'') during the final chorus, and (D4) during each verse. The range of the song for her version is 1 1/2 octaves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=mn0063204|title=Bleeding Love Sheet Music<nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=English|publisher=[[musicnotes.com]]|date=|accessdate=2008-11-01}}</ref> "Bleeding Love" is constructed in the common verse-chorus-bridge song pattern. It employs a [[church organ]] which is audible throughout the song until the bridge. Synthesized strings are also prominent throughout the song, which intermittently integrates [[wood block]] [[percussion]] throughout the track. A heavy, distorted marching band-like drum loop backs the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/leonableeding.htm|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love <nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=English|publisher=[[about.com]]|date=|accessdate=2008-05-23}}</ref> The song employs an interesting yet subtle harmonic shift beginning at the bridge. A harmonic shift or harmonic variety generally identifies most song bridges. What is special in "Bleeding Love" is that the turn around from the common I, VI, IV, V (F, Dm, Bb, C) [[chord progression|progression]] used exclusively up to the bridge for both verses and choruses shifts to focus on the relative minor: VI, IV, I/V, V (Dm, Bb, F/C, C). The darker quality of superimposing the second half of the verse, as well as the final chorus over this VI chord progression, in addition to [[Resolution (music)|resolving]] the song on this [[relative minor]], enhances the intensity of the pain and pathos of the song.

McCartney wrote the song about his long-term girlfriend, and said: "I kept thinking about being in love so much that it hurts. I was away from my girlfriend for four months at the time and I really wanted to [quit] and fly home. I was so in love that it was painful. It was like bleeding, it cut me open."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/mccartney%20wrote%20bleeding%20love%20about%20girlfriend_1067039|title=JESSE MCCARTNEY - MCCARTNEY WROTE BLEEDING LOVE ABOUT GIRLFRIEND|publisher=Contact Music|date=28 April 2008|accessdate=31 May 2009}}</ref> The song refers to someone in a relationship who is extremely blinded by love. Regardless of the numerous warnings from her friends and the fact that she is emotionally hurt by her lover, she continues to love him and accepts the pain. Metaphorically, this is represented in him "cutting her open". However, all she can do is "bleed love" for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03jPd5l1xPs|title=Z100 Z Morning Zoo Interview<nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=English|publisher=[[Z100.com]]|date=|accessdate=2008-07-01}}</ref>

==Promotion==
The song's first radio play was on the [[BBC Radio 1]] [[BBC Radio 1#Chart Show|Chart Show]] on 16 September 2007,<ref name="hear"/> and was quickly followed by an online exclusive streaming by celebrity blogger [[Perez Hilton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://perezhilton.com/?p=5595|title=At Long Last... Leona Has Arrived!|publisher=[[Perez Hilton]]|date=16 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-16}}</ref> It was reported that over 1.5 million people listened to the song online.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=244367&command=displayContent&sourceNode=244365&contentPK=18416899&folderPk=112383&pNodeId=188965|title=Leona set for success?|publisher=thisisnottingham.co.uk|date=20 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-20}}</ref> The song was also [[Scott Mills]]'s record of the week from Monday 24 September to Friday 28 September.<ref>{{cite news|title=X-Factor winner releases
album|url=http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/latestnews/display.var.1718276.0.xfactor_winner_releases_album.php|publisher=Penarth Times|date=28 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-30}}</ref>

Lewis went on a two-day regional UK radio tour to promote the single and album on 11 and 12 October 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=Regional radio tour|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/7024/|publisher=RCA Label Group|date=10 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-18}}</ref> This was followed by an appearance on ''[[This Morning (TV series)|This Morning]]'' on 15 October. Lewis performed the song live on the [[The X Factor (UK series 4)|fourth series]] of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' on 20 October 2007,<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis: Leona to perform on The X Factor|url=http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/x-factor-leona-lewis-will-perform-on-first-live-show/|publisher=Unreality TV|date=16 August 2007|accessdate=2007-08-16}}</ref> and also made appearances on several other TV and radio shows such as [[T4 (Channel 4)|T4]], [[GMTV]] and ''[[Loose Women]]''.

Lewis also performed the song at the [[Festival della canzone italiana]] on 29 February 2008, and on German entertainment show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]'' on 1 March 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.berlinista.com/en/article/leona-lewis-keeps-you-updated/4481|title=LEONA LEWIS keeps you updated|publisher=Berlinista|date=2008-02-29|accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref>

Lewis made her US television debut on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', on 17 March 2008,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article886094.ece|title=Leona to be an Oprah singer|publisher=''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]''|date=2008-03-07|accessdate=2008-03-06}}</ref> where she sang "Bleeding Love". She has also performed on ''[[Good Morning America]]'' on 4 April 2008, ''[[Live With Regis and Kelly]]'' on 8 April 2008, ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'', ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' on 11 April 2008, and ''[[The Tyra Banks Show]]'' on 17 April 2008. Lewis performed the song live on the [[American Idol (season 7)|seventh series]] of ''[[American Idol]]'' on Wednesday 23 April 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/01/03/leona-lewis-to-crack-us/|title=Leona Lewis To Crack US|publisher=Product Reviews|date=2008-01-03|accessdate=2008-01-08}}</ref>

==Reception==
Critical reaction to the song was mostly positive, with entertainment website Showbiz Spy describing it as "emotionally fuelled", saying, "this track perfectly showcases Leona's impressive vocal prowess and from the moment she opens her mouth we are instantly reminded about her amazing voice, capable of heart stopping intensity and a playful light touch."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.showbizspy.com/2007/09/17/leona-lewis-is-back-with-bleeding-love/|title=Leona Lewis Is Back With "Bleeding Love"|publisher=Showbiz Spy|date=17 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-17}}</ref> [[Digital Spy]]'s review of the song gave it four stars out of five, saying it is "easily the best single to be released by an ''X Factor'' star," and describing it as "a brilliantly smart pop record, managing to offer the lovelorn balladry that Lewis' ''X Factor'' fans are no doubt craving, while also suggesting a hint of street cred in the form of some beefy, vaguely modish beats."<ref>{{cite
news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a78023/leona-lewis-bleeding-love.html|title=Leona Lewis: 'Bleeding Love'|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=2007-10-21}}</ref> It came second in Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007 announced on 31 December.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a81940/digital-spys-top-20-singles-of-2007.html |title=Digital Spy's Top 20 Singles of 2007|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=2007-12-31|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref>

However, [[BBC America]]'s reviewer expressed that "the inventive percussion can't stop "Bleeding Love" from sounding dated, like filler on some long-lost, late '90s [[Mariah Carey]] album. It's one of those mid-tempo numbers — too slow for the [[nightclub|club]], too fast for the [[foxtrot]]. Actually, with its [[marching band]] drum beat, it sounds as much like [[Gwen Stefani]]'s "[[Hollaback Girl]]" as a ballad can." The critic continues to say, "On to the positive: Lewis wisely restrains her vocals, never devolving into those [[melisma|vocal acrobatics]] that have historically plagued [[Christina Aguilera]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/23/anglophenia.jsp?bc_id=561|title=Leona Lewis' New Single...Any Thoughts?|publisher=[[BBC America]]|date=17 September 2007|accessdate=2007-09-18}}</ref>

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s review of "Bleeding Love", the first ahead of the song's release in the United States, stated it was "a colossal and timeless debut", going on to say "not only a one-listen harmonic show-stopper, it is also hip, soulful, beat-rippling and an undeniable vocal tour de force."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3i5852afde016b362423c937d1e69c8a7c|title=Bleeding Love: Leona Lewis|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|first=Chuck|last=Taylor|accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]'' described the song as a "perfectly devised emo-pop machine ... the old Mariah is jealous right now."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/archives/2008/03/grading_the_itu.php|title=Grading The iTunes Hits|publisher=Village Voice Media|first=Tom|last=Breihan|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref>

"Bleeding Love" has earned Lewis numerous awards and nominations. In December 2007, "Bleeding Love" won [[The Record of the Year]]<ref name="Record of the Year">{{cite web |url=http://www.roty.tv/|title=Record Of The Year |publisher=roty.tv |accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> and the award for Best Track in the [[Virgin Media]] Music Awards 2007.<ref name="virginmediaaward">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/awards2007/winners.php?ssid=2|title=Best Track: Leona Lewis| publisher=Virgin Media|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref> In January 2008, the song was nominated for the British Single award at the [[2008 BRIT Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/news/602/|title=Leona, Mika & Take That Lead UK Nominations For 2008|publisher=Brit Awards|date=2008-01-14|accessdate=2008-01-14}}</ref> Although the award was won by [[Take That]]'s "[[Shine (Take That song)|Shine]]", it was announced that "Bleeding Love" had received the second highest number of public votes. The massive success of "Bleeding Love" earned Lewis the music award at Britain's Best 2008, which was aired on [[ITV1]] on Friday 23 May 2008. On 3 December 2008, the song was nominated for [[Record of the Year]] and [[Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] at the [[51st Grammy Awards|51st Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref name="Grammy Nominations">{{cite web | url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/51st_Show/list.aspx | title=GRAMMY.com| accessdate=2008-12-03}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine ranked the song 25th in the list of The 100 Best Singles of 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24947047/singles_of_the_year/7|title=The 100 Best Singles of 2008 |date=2008-12-25|work=Rolling Stone|accessdate=2009-01-06}}</ref> In April 2009, Tedder and McCartney were awarded with the Song of the Year Award at the 26th Annual [[ASCAP Pop Music Awards]] for writing "Bleeding Love".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/music/news/article_1472429.php/Jesse_McCartney_honored_at_26th_Annual_ASCAP_Pop_Music_Award|title=Jesse McCartney honored at 26th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Award|publisher=Monsters and Critics|first=April|last=MacIntyre|date=23 April 2009|accessdate=23 April 2009}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
"Bleeding Love" debuted on the [[UK Singles Chart]] at number one on 28 October 2007.<ref name="storms"/><ref name="acharts"/> With "Bleeding Love" reaching number one, Lewis became the first contestant from ''The X Factor'' to achieve two UK number-one singles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008942264|title=Leona's Single Has "The X-Factor"|publisher=All News Headlines|first=Sally|last=Grover|date=2007-10-25|accessdate=2008-02-29}}</ref> Its seven week run at number one was also the longest by a single from a UK female solo artist in chart history.

In Australia, "Bleeding Love" debuted at number-nine on the Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart on 24 December 2007, and on 21 January 2008, topped the chart making Lewis the first artist to come from a British reality music talent show to top the Australian charts, and the first British act to reach number one on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]] since [[Sandi Thom]]'s "[[I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)]]" in early 2007. On 10 February 2008, the single received a platinum certification, with sales of over 70,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50|title=Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=[[ARIA Charts]]|date=2008-02-11|accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref> In New Zealand, Lewis became the first British female solo artist to have a number one single since the [[Sugababes]] topped the chart in January 2006; it stayed at number one for five
weeks.<ref>[http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s charts.org.nz - Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love]</ref> It also reached number one in Switzerland, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands.<ref>[http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - swisscharts.com]</ref>

In the United States, the single's digital release on 18 December 2007, led to nearly 6,000 legal downloads of the song.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003689702|title=Ask Billboard|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=2007-12-28|accessdate=2008-02-21}}</ref> As the song was added to song rotations throughout the country, increased digital sales of the single led to the song's debut on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart at number 11.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=344&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3091539&cdi=9667806&cid=02%2F16%2F2008|title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles: Bleeding Love Chart Listing For The Week Of Feb 16 2008|publisher=''Billboard''|date=2008-02-16|accessdate=2008-02-25}}</ref> The subsequent two weeks pushed the song up the charts, officially debuting on the
[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] on the charting week of 1 March 2008 at number 85.<ref name="acharts"/> The song has become Lewis' first U.S. top ten hit, reaching #1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100,<ref name="acharts"/> and has also peaked at #1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]], holding the position for twelve weeks, tying the record held by [[Flo Rida]] with "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]".<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Pop+100 Billboard.com - Charts - Singles - Pop 100]</ref> Also, it reached #1 on the [[Hot Digital Songs]]<ref>[http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=65345&st=0&#entry1812226 US Billboard Digital Chart - BuzzJack Music Forum]</ref><ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=http://billboardradio.com/billboardradio/radiojava.jsp - Artist chart history|title=Billboard|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> This makes Lewis only the third female artist from the UK to ever have a number one hit on
the Hot 100 with her first single, following [[Petula Clark]] with "[[Downtown (song)|Downtown]]" in 1965 and [[Sheena Easton]] with "[[Morning Train (Nine to Five)]]" in 1981.<ref name="billboard chart beat">{{citeweb|url=http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp|title=Top of the World |publisher=''Billboard''|date=2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> In addition it is also the first U.S. number one song (debut or not) by a solo British female since [[Kim Wilde]]'s "[[You Keep Me Hanging On]]" more than 20 years prior.<ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3627676.ece Leona Lewis turns back the clock to top US charts The Times 27 March 2008]</ref> It also jumped to number one in Canada in the same week. The song has sold over 3 million in U.S. digital downloads makes Leona the first female artist to have this record.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/lil-wayne-notches-top-selling-album-of-08-1003926030.story]</ref>

In the U.S., "Bleeding Love" reached number one for a week, before slipping to number four, rising to number two the next week, and then returning to the number-one position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, before being succeeded by [[Lil Wayne]]'s "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]." Its return to number one on the Hot 100 coincided with the parent album ''Spirit'' debuting at number one on the Billboard 200, making Lewis the first solo British artist in 18 years to top the ''Billboard'' albums and singles simultaneously. The song yet again returned to number one for the third time on the Hot 100 on the charts dated 10 May 2008. The song's return to the top of the Hot 100 for a third time made it the first song to have three separate turns at number one on the Hot 100 since [[Chic]]'s "[[Le Freak]]" in January 1979, and only one of four songs to ever do so.<ref>[http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp BACK IN 'LIKE' AGAIN ''Billboard'' 23 Oct 2008]</ref> This time, the song stayed at the
top spot for a second consecutive week, bringing its total to four non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot 100. The song spent twenty consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and ten weeks in the Top Two.

In Canada, the song reached number one on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] dated 5 April 2008. This was the first time a non-North American act has ever reached number one on the chart since its establishment in 2007.

"Bleeding Love" was a hit on radio stations around the world, reaching number one in the airplay charts of the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8547/10/|title=Airplay chart |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=2008-02-13|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> France,<ref name="frenchairplay">{{cite web|url=http://charly1300.site.voila.fr/top100france.htm|title=Top 100 Airplay France|date=2008-03-09|accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref> Australia,<ref name="queenofoz">{{cite news|url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/leona_lewis/8470/15/|title=The Queen of Oz! |publisher=RCA Label Group|date=2008-02-04|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> New Zealand, [[Luxembourg]],<ref name="luxembourg">{{cite web |url=http://www.eldoradio.lu/music/chartbreaker/ |title=Luxembourg Chartbreaker Top 50|language=Luxembourgish|accessdate=2007-12-23}}</ref> [[Latvian Airplay Top|Latvia]],<ref name="latvia">{{cite web |url=http://www.lanet.lv/news/airplay/2007/071216lv.html |title=Latvian Airplay Top |accessdate=2007-12-21 |work=Lanet.lv |date=16 December 2007}}</ref> [[Slovakia]]<ref name="slovakia">{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparadask/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=18&titul=144828&sec=eee8e42f9f586e367127996528e712b8 |language=Slovak|title=RADIO TOP100 Oficiálna|publisher=IFPI|accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref> [[Latin America]],<ref name="Latin Chart">[http://www.exonline.com.mx/XStatic/excelsior/template/content.aspx?se=nota&id=175833 Desplaza Juanes a Belanova en popularidad (in Spanish)]. Notimex. Retrieved 3 April
2008.</ref> [[Estonia]]<ref name="EST">{{cite web|url=http://www.u-pop.ee/top/muusika/324|title=Eesti Top 40 - Estonia|accessdate=2008-01-08|language=Estonian}}</ref> and Japan.<ref name="Japan Airplay">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_air/j_air_080424.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100 Airplay|language=Japanese|publisher=''[[Billboard]]''|accessdate=2008-05-06}}</ref> In the Greek Airplay Chart, it reached number two,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/formats/charts/euro/Greece.asp|title=Greece Top 20 Chart|date=2008-01-29|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> it peaked at number two also on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.

In Italy the song peaked at number 2 on the [[FIMI]] singles chart based only on digital downloads; instead it peaked at number 1 on the Italian Musica&Dischi singles chart, which is based on digital downloads and CD single sales, for 13 non-consecutive weeks.<ref name="acharts"/>

This song was #1 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2008

==Sales performance==
"Bleeding Love" was released in the United Kingdom in physical format on 22 October 2007, when it sold over 66,000 copies,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/24102007/364/lewis-smash-fastest-selling-single-record.html&e=l_news_dm|title=Yahoo Music News|publisher=[[Yahoo Music]]|date=24 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-24}}</ref> and topped the UK [[iTunes Store]] chart.<ref name="racetotop"/> It was reported to be outselling [[Take That]]'s "[[Rule the World]]" by three-to-one in chain store [[Woolworths Group PLC|Woolworths]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heatworld.com/Article.aspx?articleid=2765&title=The+9+O'Clock+News+%E2%80%93+Tues+23+Oct|title=The 9 O'Clock News – Tues 23 Oct|publisher=[[heat (magazine)|heatworld.com]]|date=23 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> and [[Britney Spears]]' "[[Gimme More]]" by ten-to-one.<ref name="racetotop">{{cite news|title=X Factor's Leona says Take That in race to top
spot|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=489284&in_page_id=1773|publisher=''Daily Mail''|date=23 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-23}}</ref> "Bleeding Love" had sold over 126,000 copies by the end of Thursday 25 October,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article389283.ece|title=Leona and TT chart race over|publisher=''The Sun''|date=26 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref> and over 150,000 copies by the end of Friday 26 October.<ref>{{cite news|title=I'm going to find the new McFly!|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/19340/I-m-going-to-find-the-new-McFly-/|publisher=''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]]''|date=27 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> It went on to sell 218,805 copies in its first week, gaining the biggest one-week sales in 2007, a feat it maintained until "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] was released in December 2007, and outselling the rest of the top five
singles combined.<ref name="storms">{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis storms singles chart|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7066448.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=28 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicrooms.net/rock_and_pop/leona-lewis-breaks-first-week-record-235.html|title=Leona Lewis Breaks First Week Record|publisher=Musicrooms|date=29 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-30}}</ref> It had sold around 107,000 downloads and 112,000 CD singles.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona helps smash download record|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7071861.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=31 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-31}}</ref>

In its second and third weeks on sale the single sold 158,370 copies,<ref>{{cite news|title=Eagles beat Britney to number one |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7077856.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=4 November 2007|accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref> and 111,978 copies respectively, bringing the total sales to 489,153 and making "Bleeding Love" the biggest selling single of 2007 after just three weeks of release.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis holds onto the top spot|url=http://musicnews.virginmedia.com/news/?news_id=40268|publisher=[[Virgin Media]]|date=11 November 2007|accessdate=2007-11-11}}</ref> It stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for a total of seven weeks, and in the top three for a further four weeks.<ref name="acharts">{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/song/28956 |title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - Music Charts |work=aCharts.us |accessdate=2008-01-11}}</ref> By the end of 2007 the single had sold a total of 788,000 copies and was the biggest selling single of the
year. It was the first time a single by a UK female solo artist had topped the end of year singles sales chart in the 55 year history of the official charts.<ref name="winehouseandlewis"/> "Bleeding Love" was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] on 9 November 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33059|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=2007-11-09|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> and platinum on 18 January 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33133|title=Bleeding Love|publisher=BPI|date=2008-01-18|accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> Currently, it has stayed in the Top 75 for twenty weeks, nineteen of those in the Top 40.<ref name="acharts"/>

The song has sold 940,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company.
It also has sold over 4 million copies in the U.S. alone.
As of 19 September 2008, the single has been certified Gold and Platinum and 3x platinum in the US,<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/riaa/singles.jsp Billboard RIAA Single Certifications]</ref> and Double Platinum in Australia.<ref>[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50 Top 50 Singles Chart - Australian Record Industry Association]</ref>

==Music videos==
[[Image:Bleedinglovemusicvideo.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Leona Lewis]] wearing a [[Dolce & Gabbana]] crystal gown in the music video for "Bleeding Love"]]

There are two music videos for "Bleeding Love". The first was directed by [[Melina Matsoukas]] and was filmed in Los Angeles.<ref name="videoshoot">{{cite web|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/Blogs/DisplayBlog.aspx?BlogID=26|title=Bleeding Love video shoot|date=1 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-01}} {{Dead link|date=January 2008}}</ref><ref name="dressedtothrill">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/xfactor/view/17103/Leona-s-dressed-to-thrill/|title=Leona's Dressed To Thrill|publisher=''Daily Star''|date=3 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-04}}</ref> It is set in a mock apartment block and features four storylines about couples in different stages of relationships: "The video is extremely emotional and shows everything from first love and unbridled passion to heartbreak, loss and anger."<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona's new vid is X-rated|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007450782,00.html|publisher=''The Sun''|date=3 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-03}} {{Dead
link|date=February 2008}}</ref> Lewis stated that it is "real colourful, very funky, has lots of extras and I get to really perform."<ref name="videoshoot"/> Melina explained her meaning of the video in an interview on [[MTV]]'s ''[[Making the Video]]'', saying that the water in the video is a metaphor for the tenants' love problems, as if the apartments are bleeding love. For the video, Lewis wore a [[pound sterling|£]]100,000 [[Dolce & Gabbana]] crystal-encrusted dress, which weighed {{convert|40|lb|kg}}.<ref name="dressedtothrill"/> The International Version of the single "Bleeding Love" was first posted to popular video sharing website youtube on 17 October 2007. It is YouTube's 8th most viewed music video in the world and as of March 2009 and has in excess of 80 million views.

Lewis filmed a second video in New York City for the US release of "Bleeding Love". The US version is YouTube's 72nd most viewed music video, and as of 23 January 2009 it has 27,940,353 views and is Lewis' 3rd most viewed music video behind "[[Better In Time]]" and the international "Bleeding Love". The [[film treatment|treatment]] for the video was written by [[Ryan Tedder]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Ryan Tedder's Back-up plan|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/music/5460153.html|publisher=Chron|date=2008-01-16|accessdate=2008-01-22}}</ref> and centers on a storyline involving Lewis arguing with her boyfriend, played by model Nicholas Lemons. It was directed by Jesse Terrero.<ref name="NY Video">{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (NY Video)|url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/terrero_films/index.html|publisher=Video Static|date=2007-12-20|accessdate=2008-01-09}}</ref> The video premiered in the United States on 29 January 2008 on [[Yahoo! Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.music.yahoo.com/up/music/music/?rn=1301797&vid=56495905&stationId=&curl=http%3A%2F%2Fmusic.yahoo.com%2Far-37956508-videos--Leona-Lewis|title=Bleeding Love video|publisher=Yahoo!
Music|accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> It was uploaded to YouTube on 30 January 2008. Its television debut was on 4 February 2008 on [[VH1]] as part of their "You Oughta Know" campaign.<ref name="usrelease">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-28-2008/0004744196&EDATE=|title=U.K. Singer and Songwriter Leona Lewis to Release Debut Album Spirit in the U.S. on 8 April|publisher=PRNewswire|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>

The international version of the music video was nominated for Best UK Video at the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]]. The US version was number one on the [[VH1]] Year End Top 40.

==Formats and track listings==
*'''CD single''' (88697175622)
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) ([[Ryan Tedder]], Jesse McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness"<ref>{{cite web|title=Leona Lewis Bleeding Love|url=http://www.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/releases/594/|publisher=[[Sony BMG]]|accessdate=2007-10-14}}</ref> ([[Kara DioGuardi]], Leona Lewis, [[Salaam Remi]])<ref name="notes"/> — 4:26

*'''Maxi single''' (88697222422)<ref name="swisscharts">{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (Song)|publisher=SwissCharts.com|accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Forgiveness" (DioGuardi, Lewis, Remi) — 4:21
#"[[A Moment Like This]]" ([[Jörgen Elofsson]], John Reid) — 4:1
#"Bleeding Love" (video)

*'''U.S. CD promotional single''' (88697218242)<ref>[http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=426587 Leona Lewis Bleeding Love USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (426587)]</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Radio Edit) (Tedder, McCartney) — 3:59
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
#"Bleeding Love" (Call Out Hook) (Tedder, McCartney) — 0:10

*'''U.S. digital single''' (886972980522)<ref name="Single available at Target Stores">{{cite web|title=Single available at Target Stores|url=http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/index.php/international/us}}</ref>
#"Bleeding Love" (Album Version) (Tedder, McCartney) — 4:21
*'''Remixes'''
# Jason Nevins Original Radio Mix
# Jason Nevins Rockin' Radio Mix
# Jason Nevins Club Mix
# Moto Blanco Radio Mix
# Moto Blanco Dub
# Moto Blanco Vocal Club Mix
# Shapeshifters Nocturnal Dub
# Shapeshifters Club Mix

==Credits and personnel==
*Lead [[vocals]] – Leona Lewis
*[[Authors]] - Ryan Tedder & Jesse McCartney
*[[Audio mixing (recorded music)|audio mixing]] – Phil Tan
*[[Recording engineer]] – [[Ryan Tedder]]
*Assistant recording engineers – Nate Hertweck and Craig Durrance
*[[Record producer|Producer]] – Ryan Tedder
*All instruments – Ryan Tedder
*Programming – Ryan Tedder
*[[String instrument|String]] arrangement – Ryan Tedder
*Recorded at:
**Mansfield Studios, Los Angeles, [[California]]
**[[Record Plant Studios]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California]]
**Encore Studios, [[Burbank, California]]

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
|-
| [[Republic of Ireland]]
| 19 October 2007
| [[Syco Records|Syco Music]]
| [[CD]]
|-
|rowspan="2" | United Kingdom<ref name="hear"/>
| 21 October 2007
| Syco
| [[Digital download]]
|-
| 22 October 2007
| Syco
| CD
|-
| New Zealand
| 3 December 2007
| [[Sony BMG]]
| CD
|-
| Sweden
| 6 December 2007
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| Australia<ref>{{cite news|title=Leona Lewis New Single + Video 'Bleeding Love' Is Here!|url=http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do?newsId=20030829005243|publisher=Sony BMG Australia|date=2007-12-10|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref>
| 15 December 2007
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|rowspan="2" | United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=266450354&s=143441&i=266450376|title=Bleeding Love - Single|publisher=[[iTunes Store]] (USA)|accessdate=2007-12-18}}</ref>
| 18 December 2007
| [[J Records]]
| Digital download
|-
| 18 March 2008
| [[J Records]]
| CD
|-
|Italy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internetbookshop.it/disco/0886971756227/leona-lewis/bleeding-love.html?shop=2057|publisher=Internet Bookshop|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|accessdate=2007-12-22}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | 11 January 2008
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| Germany<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonybmg.de/artists2.php?iA=7&artist=827988&product=88697175622e|title=Bleeding Love|accessdate=2008-01-27|language=German}}</ref>
| Sony BMG
| CD, maxi CD, digital download
|-
| Switzerland<ref name="swisscharts"/>
| Syco
| CD, maxi CD
|-
| Hong Kong<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title=LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.hk|accessdate=2008-02-27}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | 23 January 2008
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| [[Singapore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com.sg/product/singles.asp?sku=179355|title= LEONA LEWIS - BLEEDING LOVE (ENHANCED)|publisher=HMV.com.sg|accessdate=2008-03-22}}</ref>
| Syco
| Maxi CD, digital download
|-
| Austria{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| 25 January 2008
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| Netherlands<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsweb.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/nederland-get-ready-for-leona-lewis|title=Nederland, get ready for Leona Lewis!|language=Dutch|publisher=NewsWeb|date=2007-12-13|accessdate=2007-12-13}}</ref>
| 28 January 2008
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
| Japan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmgjapan.com/leonalewis/info.php?id=2333|title=Leona Lewis <nowiki>|</nowiki> Information|language=Japanese|publisher=[[BMG Japan]]|date=|accessdate=2008-05-01}}</ref>
| 13 February 2008 9 April 2008
| [[BMG Japan]]
| digital download
|-
| France{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
| 3 March 2008
| Sony BMG
| CD
|-
|}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Chart (2007/2008)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Belgian [[Ultratop 50]] Singles (Flanders)<ref name="acharts"/><ref name="belgium">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Leona+Lewis&titel=Bleeding+Love&cat=s|title=Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love|language=Dutch|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Tracklisten|Danish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40|Dutch Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|European Hot 100 Singles]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=European+Hot+100+Singles|title=European Hot 100 Singles|publisher=[[Billboard.com]]|date=2008-03-08|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control Charts|German Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Greek Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm|title=Top 50 Singles|publisher[[IFPI]]|language=Greek|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Hungarian [[Mahasz]] Airplay Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mahasz.hu/m/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=radios&ev=2008&het=22&submit_=Keres%E9s|title=Hungarian Airplay Chart|publisher[[Mahasz]]|language=Hungarian|accessdate=2008-12-16}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Italian [[Federation of the Italian Music Industry|FIMI]] Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?key=364693&cat=s |title=italiancharts.com – Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love |accessdate=2009-02-06 |work=ItalianCharts.com}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Japan Hot 100 Singles]]<ref name="Japan">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard/charts/j_100/j_100.html|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Billboard]]|accessdate=2008-05-06}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Latvian Airplay Top 50<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[VG-lista|Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Romanian Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html |title=Romanian Top 100 |language=Romanian|date=[[2008-02-25]]|accessdate=2009-03-11|publisher=Vento Consultanta SRL}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Russian Airplay Chart]]<ref>[http://www.tophit.ru/cgi-bin/trackinfo.cgi?id=10260 Russian Airplay Chart] Retrieved 21 August 2008 </ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Spanish Singles Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Turkey Top 20 Chart]] ''(Billboard)''<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/ Turkey Billboard Top 20 Chart] Retrieved on [[2008|2008-05-24]]</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="U.S.">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=815431&model.vnuAlbumId=1095856 Leona Lewis: Artist Chart History]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. Retrieved 23 July 2008.</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=341&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Adult+Contemporary+Tracks&ci=3098704&cdi=9870895&cid=08%2F23%2F2008 Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks at billboard.com] Retrieved 14 August 2008</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="U.S." />
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref name="U.S." />
|align="center"|1
|-
|}

===Year-End===
{{Expand|date=March 2009}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (2007)
!Position
|-
|UK Year End Charts<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2007.pdf| title=UK Year End Chart 2007| publisher=''[[ChartsPlus]]''| accessdate=2009-03-14 }}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|Irish Year End Charts
|align="center"|1{{Fact|date=April 2009}}
|-
!Chart (2008)
!Position
|-
|U.S. ''[[Billboard]]'' Hot 100
|align="center"|2{{Fact|date=April 2009}}
|-
|Canadian Hot 100 Songs<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/chart_display.jsp?f=Billboard+Canadian+Hot+100+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles | title=Billboard Charts - Year-end Singles - Billboard Canadian Hot 100 Songs| publisher= Nielsen Business Media | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| accessdate=2009-05-09 }}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|U.S. ''[[Billboard]]'' Pop 100
|align="center"|1{{Fact|date=April 2009}}
|-
|European Hot 100 Singles
|align="center"|2{{Fact|date=April 2009}}
|-
|Japan Hot 100 Songs<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/chart_display.jsp?f=Billboard+Japan+Hot+100+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles | title=Billboard Charts - Year-end Singles - Billboard Japan Hot 100 Songs| publisher= Nielsen Business Media | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| accessdate=2009-05-09 }}</ref>
|align="center"|8
|-
|UK Year-End Chart<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2008.pdf| title=UK Year End Chart 2008| publisher=''[[ChartsPlus]]''| accessdate=2009-03-14 }}</ref>
|align="center"|76
|-
|Italian Year-End Chart
|align="center"|5{{Fact|date=April 2009}}
|-
|}

==Procession and succession==


{{s-start}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]" by [[Gnarls Barkley]]
| title = [[List of best-selling singles by year (UK)|Top selling single of the year (UK)]]
| years = 2007
| after = "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]" by [[Alexandra Burke]]
}}

{{s-bef | before = "[[If That's OK with You]]" by [[Shayne Ward]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Irish Singles Chart]] [[number-one singles in Ireland (2007)|number-one single]]
| years = 25 October 2007 – 13 December 2007 }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[When You Believe]]" by [[Leon Jackson]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[About You Now]]" by [[Sugababes]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[UK Singles Chart]] [[list of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)#2007|number-one single]]
| years = 28 October 2007 – 15 December 2007 }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[What a Wonderful World]]" by [[Katie Melua]] and [[Eva Cassidy]] }}
{{s-bef | rows=6 | before = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] presents [[OneRepublic]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart [[list of number-one singles in 2007 (NZ)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = 17 December 2007 – 24 December 2007 }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = 16 January 2008 – 19 February 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = 27 January 2008 – 24 February 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" by [[Rihanna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Top100 Singles|German Top100 Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = 25 January 2008 – 19 February 2008 }}
{{s-aft | after = "Kuschel Song" by [[Schnuffel]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] [[List of European number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = 8 March 2008 - 15 March 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] presents [[OneRepublic]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] number-one single (second run)
| years = 22 March 2008 - 29 March 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Mercy (song)|Mercy]]" by [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]]}}
{{s-bef | before = "[[A Very Silent Night]]" by The Underdogs }}
{{s-ttl | title = New Zealand [[RIANZ]] Singles Chart number-one single (second run)
| years = 31 December 2007 – 28 January 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" by [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[T-Pain]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna }}
{{s-ttl | title = Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]] (second run)
| years = 2 March 2008 – 9 March 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Beggin']]" by [[Madcon]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = Norwegian [[VG-lista]] Singles Chart number-one single
| years = 6 February 2008 – 20 February 2008 }}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Hold On Be Strong]]" by [[Maria Haukaas Storeng]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Il avait les mots]]" by [[Sheryfa Luna]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = French [[SNEP]] Singles Chart [[SNEP number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = 22 March 2008 - 29 March 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Dangerous (M. Pokora song)|Dangerous]]" by [[M. Pokora]] featuring Timbaland and [[Sebastian (rapper)|Sebastian]] }}
{{succession box
| before = "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna
| title = [[Ultratop 50|Belgian Flemish Ultratop 50]] [[Ultratop 50 number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = 9 February 2008 - 22 March 2008
| after = "[[O Julissi]]" by [[Ishtar (Belgian band)|Ishtar]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Valerie (The Zutons song)#Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse version|Valerie]]" by [[Mark Ronson]] featuring [[Amy Winehouse]]
| title = [[Dutch Top 40]] [[Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = 23 February 2008 - 8 March 2008
| after = "Hello World" by Nikki
}}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Love Song (Sara Bareilles song)|Love Song]]" by [[Sara Bareilles]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Pop 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = 5 April 2008 - 11 April 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Touch My Body]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] }}
{{s-bef | before = "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Canadian Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (Canada)|number-one single]]
| years = 5 April 2008 - 12 April 2008 }}
{{s-aft | after = "4 Minutes" by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake}}
{{s-bef | before = "Mercy" by Duffy }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Eurochart Hot 100|''Billboard'' Eurochart Hot 100]] number-one single (third run)
| years = 5 April 2008 - 19 April 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "Mercy" by Duffy }}
{{s-bef | before = "Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Pop 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]] (second run)
| years = 19 April 2008 – 4 July 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" by [[Katy Perry]]}}
{{s-bef | before = "[[Burn -Fumetsu no Face-]]" by [[B'z]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = ''Billboard'' [[Japan Hot 100]] number-one single
| years = 5 May 2008}}
{{s-aft | after = "No More" by [[Tsutaya]]}}

{{s-bef | before = "[[Love in This Club]]" by [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] featuring [[Young Jeezy]] (first run) "[[Touch My Body]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] (second run) "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" by [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]] (third run)}}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)|number-one single]]
| years = 30 March 2008 - 5 April 2008 (first run) 20 April 2008 - 26 April 2008 (second run) 4 May 2008 - 17 May 2008 (third run)}}
{{s-aft | after = "[[Touch My Body]]" by [[Mariah Carey]] (first run) "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" by [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]] (second run) "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]" by [[Rihanna]] (third run)}}
{{end}}

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Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna-Lied)

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| Name = Don't Stop the Music
| Cover = Don't Stop the Music Single.PNG
| Artist = [[Rihanna]]
| from Album = [[Good Girl Gone Bad]]
| B-side =
| Released = {{Start date|2007|08|7}} (see [[#Release history|release history]])
| Format = [[CD single]], [[digital download]]
| Recorded = 2006
| Genre = [[Dance-pop]], [[House music|house]]<ref>[http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/rihannadontstop.htm Rihannna- Don't Stop the Music]</ref>, [[electropop]]
| Length = 4:27 (Album Version) 3:48 (Radio/Video Mix)
| Label = SRP, [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
| Writer = Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Tawanna Dabney, [[Michael Jackson]]
| Producer = [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]]
| Certification = Silver ([[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]) Gold (France, Germany) Platinum ([[IFPI]] Belgium, [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]]) 2x Multi-Platinum (U.S.)
| Last single = "[[Hate That I Love You]]" (2007)
| This single = "'''Don't Stop the Music'''" (2007)
| Next single = "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]" (2008)
| Misc ={{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Good Girl Gone Bad]]
| Type = single
| prev_track = "Push Up On Me"
| prev_no = 2
| this_track = "'''Don't Stop the Music'''"
| track_no = 3
| next_track = "Breakin' Dishes"
| next_no = 4
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| Upper caption = Audio sample
| Audio file= Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music.ogg
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{{External music video|{{YouTube|xsRWpK4pf90|"Don't Stop the Music"}}
{{External music video|[[File:Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music.ogg|180px|''Don't Stop the Music'' Music Video sample]]}}
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"'''Don't Stop the Music'''" is a song by [[Barbados|Barbadian]] [[pop music|pop]] singer [[Rihanna]] from her third studio album, ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]''. It was the third single from the album in most of Europe, the second single in Germany and Spain and the fourth single in the rest of the world. On December 6, 2007, "Don't Stop the Music" received a Grammy nomination in the category of "Best Dance Recording" at the [[50th Grammy Awards]]. Rihanna performed this song, along with "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]", at the 50th Grammy Awards. The single also made Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Chart history when it became the first single to top the charts solely on download sales.

The single "[[Hate That I Love You]]" was the third single in Europe and Australia. "Don't Stop the Music" was released as the fourth single, opposite to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

==Music and structure==
"Don't Stop the Music" is a moderately fast dance [[Groove (music)|groove]] composed in the key of [[F-sharp minor]] with 120 beats per minute.<ref name="SheetMusic">[http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/scorch.asp?ppn=SC0046698 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music Sheet Music (Print Instantly)]</ref> The [[tempo]] is set in [[common time]].<ref name="SheetMusic"/> The song samples from the 70's original song "[[Soul Makossa]]" of [[Manu Dibango]], which is also sampled in a part of [[Michael Jackson]]'s "[[Wanna Be Startin' Something]]". In the chorus one can clearly hear the "Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa, Ma Ma Coo Sa" and the "Woo Hoo" screaming of Michael Jackson in the background. Dibango also filed a case against Michael Jackson for giving Rihanna permission, without his consent first.{{Fact|date=March 2009}}

==Chart performance==
"Don't Stop the Music" has achieved considerable success in several European countries. It reached a peak of number-one in Austria, Belgium, France (where it was Rihanna's first number one single), Germany, [[Luxembourg]], The Netherlands, Switzerland and also reached number-one on the Euro Billboard Chart, which is a composite of the different European markets. In Italy, it is Rihanna's highest charting song to date, having reached number-two. It had also reached number-six in Ireland, before its official release in February 2008. It was a massive hit in Spain where it reached number-one in Spain's top 40 (Los 40) and enjoyed heavy club and radio play. In addition, it has been successful in Canada, where it has reached number-two on the [[Canadian Hot 100]], becoming her second top five single from ''Good Girl Gone Bad'', while in Greece it peaked at number-three in Greek [[IFPI]] Singles Chart and it is her most successful single to date.

Although at the time it had not been released as a promotional single in the U.S., it did reach number one on the U.S. Dance Club Play chart. Several weeks after its peak atop the Billboard Dance Airplay chart, the single began to see a resurgence on radio, particularly on [[Top 40]] stations. This lead to the song debuting at number eight on Billboard's [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart. The following week, the song jumped fourteen spots to officially debut on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] chart, despite the fact that a single release in the U.S. for the song had still not yet been announced.
Furthermore, the song's fast-rising airplay has propelled its popularity, leading to a surge of digital downloads on iTunes from the digital album. Total downloads to date on Billboard's charts for "Don't Stop The Music" stand at 2.497.773
.<ref>http://www.chartsinfrance.net/communaute/index.php?showtopic=19023&st=1275</ref> The song, which entered the iTunes Top 100 Songs chart at number ninety-five on December 7, 2007 has climbed to number two as of January 21, 2008. This digital component has further helped the song on the Hot 100, where it has so far reached number three, becoming her seventh top ten and fourth top five single in the United States. The song was finally officially released in the U.S. in late 2007.<ref>[http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691]. FMQB.com. Retrieved January 5, 2008.</ref>

On December 30, 2007, the song entered the UK Singles Chart based upon digital sales alone and has peaked at number four. The single's popularity in the UK has exceeded that of the third ''Good Girl Gone Bad'' single "Hate That I Love You", which only managed a peak of number fifteen upon its physical release. "Don't Stop the Music" was officially released in the UK on February 4, 2008 It spend 8 weeks inside the UK Top 10 (38 weeks in the top 100).<ref>[http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=33587]</ref> The single has sold over 150,000 copies in Germany and has been certified gold. On January 27, 2008 it was added to Australian radio playlists. It had an early entry peaking number fifty-three.

On February 11, "Don't Stop the Music" became the highest peaking digital single on the [[ARIA Singles Chart]], soaring 7-2 with a massive boost in downloads, despite the fact that the single was not released until the end of February there. On February 18, the song reached number one, becoming the first number one song in ARIA Singles Chart history based on digital downloads alone, and her third Australian number one along with "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]" and "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]". It is widely believed the song's chart success in Australia (it held the pole position for four non-consecutive weeks, dethroning [[Leona Lewis]]'s "[[Bleeding Love]]" twice and was certified Platinum) was due to its use on the high-rating local version of [[So You Think You Can Dance]] and its popularity in clubs.
"Don't Stop the Music" had similarly charted highly in the [[UK Singles Chart]] and [[Irish Singles Chart]] prior to its physical release.

"Don't Stop the Music" became Rihanna's first number-one song on the [[Latin America Top 40]] Airplay Chart, and her second top-two song, after "Umbrella" which peaked at number-two for 10 consecutive weeks. The song is also the first English song to reach the top position since "[[Beautiful Liar]]" by [[Beyoncé]] and [[Shakira]] in May 2007. Rihanna has also the distinction of being the fourth international artist to reach the top position, after [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[James Blunt]] and Beyoncé. In Mexico, Rihanna scored her second top ten hit and first number-one single, it also became the first non-Spanish number-one hit in over a year.<ref>[http://toplatino.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=822 Rihanna's Number one in Mexico]</ref>

The song is her second most successful single from the ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' album, with less sales and radio airplay only to the lead single "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]". It is the 17th best selling single worldwide of the decade. {{Fact|date=November 2008}} The song also hit number one on the ARIA charts, was knocked off on March 23, 2008 by Flo Rida's "Low". It was the opening song on [[Idol Gives Back]] on April 9, 2008, sung by the remaining contestants of ''[[American Idol]]'' as past ''[[So You Think You Can Dance]]'' finalists performed various dance routines. It was also featured on the [[D&G]] fashion show, on the ''Milan Fashion Week'' Spring/Summer 2007.

==Music video==
[[File:Dontstopthemusicvideo.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Rihanna in the music video for ''Don't Stop the Music'' {{ffdc|Dontstopthemusicvideo.jpg|9 June 9}}]]

The [[music video]] for "Don't Stop the Music" was premiered on [[BET]]'s ''[[106 & Park]]'' on July 20, 2007. The video was filmed the day after the "[[Shut Up and Drive (Rihanna song)|Shut Up and Drive]]" video in [[Prague]]. It was directed by Taj and [[Rihanna]].

The video opens with Rihanna and two of her friends coming out of a taxi, and they walk into a candy store telling a boy to be quiet. They sneak into the back of the candy store where there is a secret club. The verse begins with Rihanna singing in the bathroom while checking herself out and putting on makeup. After this she walks out of the bathroom and walks into the club where everyone is dancing, and the chorus begins. The rest of the video just shows Rihanna and her friends dancing in the club. The video was choreographed by [[Tina Landon]]. Nolan Padilla from the [[Jennifer Lopez]] reality television show [[DanceLife]] makes a guest appearance.

The video reached #2 on [[MTV]]'s [[TRL]] and #1 on [[Yahoo!]] music Top 100 videos. The video is now the 6th most viewed on [[YouTube]].
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==Release history==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Region
! Date
|-
| rowspan="1" |Germany
| rowspan="1" |September 7, 2007{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
|-
| rowspan="1" |France
| rowspan="2" |October 27, 2007{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Chile]]
|-
| rowspan="1" |Europe
| rowspan="1" |November 30, 2007{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
|-
| rowspan="1" |United States
| rowspan="1" |August 7, 2007 (dance radio){{Fact|date=September 2008}} December 27, 2007 (contemporary hit radio){{Fact|date=September 2008}}
|-
| rowspan="1" |Spain
| rowspan="1" |January 15, 2008{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
|-
| rowspan="1" |United Kingdom
| rowspan="1" |February 4, 2008{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
|-
| rowspan="1" |Australia
| rowspan="1" |February 23, 2008{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
|}

==Track listing and formats==
"Don't Stop the Music" was released on CD and 12" vinyl commercially and as "Don't Stop the Music: Remixes" promotionally.
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=== Don't Stop the Music ===

;EU CD single (06025 1746679 1)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1090922</ref>
;UK CD single (0602517621619)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1257011</ref>
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Album Version) - 4:27
# "Don't Stop the Music" ([[Wideboys|The Wideboys]] Club Mix)- 6:37

;EU Maxi-CD single (0602517466760)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1071593</ref>
;AU Maxi-CD single (1746676)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1332259</ref>
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Album Version) - 4:27
# "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Club Mix) - 6:37
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Instrumental) - 4:18
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Video) - 3:59

;IT 12" vinyl (TIME 494)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1174620</ref>
''Side A''
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Bob Sinclar Club Mix) - 7:48
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Bob Sinclar Radio Edit) - 3:27
''Side B''
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Jody Den Broeder Big Room Mix) - 10:31
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Album Version) - 4:27
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=== Don't Stop the Music: Remixes ===

;US Promo CD single (DEFR 16771-2)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1022204</ref>
;UK Promo CD single (DONTSTOPCJ1)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1256454</ref>
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Album Version) - 4:27
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Jody Den Broeder Radio Edit) - 4:22
# "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Radio Edit) - 3:10
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Edit) - 4:08
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Jody Den Broeder Big Room Mix) - 10:33
# "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Club Mix) - 6:39
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Remix) - 8:08
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Jody Den Broeder Big Room Dub) - 8:34
# "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Dub Mix) - 6:44
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Dub) - 7:38

;UK 2 x 12" promo vinyl (RISTOPVP1)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1151056</ref>
''Side A''
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Jody Den Broeder Big Room Mix) - 10:33
''Side B''
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Jody Den Broeder Big Room Dub) - 8:34
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Jody Den Broeder Radio Edit) - 4:22
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Edit) - 4:08
''Side C''
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Remix) - 8:08
# "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Dub) - 7:38
''Side D''
# "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Club Mix) - 6:39
# "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Dub Mix) - 6:44
# "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Radio Edit) - 3:10
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==Charts==
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{{col-2}}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (2007/2008)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]]<ref name="ARIA">[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1U50 Top 50 Singles Chart]. ''ariacharts.com.au''. Retrieved January 27, 2008.</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Don%27t+Stop+The+Music&cat=s Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music - austriancharts.at]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Ultratop|Belgian Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts">[http://acharts.us/song/27547 "Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music worldwide chart positions and trajectories"]. ''aCharts.us''. Retrieved December 28, 2007.</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref name="acharts" />
|align="center"|2
|-
|Chilean Singles Chart<ref name="acharts" />
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Dutch Top 40<ref>[http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Don%27t+Stop+The+Music&cat=s dutchcharts.nl - Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[European Hot 100]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=European+Hot+100+Singles U.S. ''Billboard'' European Hot 100]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Finnish Singles Top 20<ref>[http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Don%27t+Stop+The+Music&cat=s finnishcharts.com - Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music]</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|French [[SNEP]] Singles Chart<ref name="lescharts.com">[http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Don%27t+Stop+The+Music&cat=s lescharts.com - Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control Charts|Germany Singles Chart]]<ref name="lescharts.com"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Greek [[IFPI]] Singles Chart <ref name="lescharts.com"/>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts" />
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|Italian [[FIMI]] Singles Chart<ref>[http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Don%27t+Stop+The+Music&cat=s Italiancharts.com]</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|México Top 100 Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.americatop100.com/mexico/index.htm Mexican Singles Chart]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Singles Chart<ref name="acharts"/>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Norwegian Singles Top 20<ref>[http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Don%27t+Stop+The+Music&cat=s norwegiancharts.com - Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music]</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|[[Peru|Peruvian]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|42
|-
|align="left"|[[Romanian Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html?edition=620&go=Go Romanian Top 100]</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|Spanish Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Don%27t+Stop+The+Music&cat=s swedishcharts.com - Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music]</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Swiss Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Don%27t+Stop+The+Music&cat=s Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music - swisscharts.com]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Turkey Top 20 Chart]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx/ Turkey Top 20 Chart] Retrieved May 6, 2008</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="acharts" />
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S. Hot 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="acharts" />
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Hot Dance Club Play|''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=658897&model.vnuAlbumId=933955 Artist chart History].</ref>
|align="center"|74
|-
|align="left"|[[U.S. Pop 100|U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|}

===Year-end chart===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|align="center"|2007
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref>http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2008.pdf</ref>
|align="center"|194
|-
|align="center"|2008
|align="left"|UK Singles Chart<ref>http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2008.pdf</ref>
|align="center"|24
|}

===Certifications and sales===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2" |Country
!rowspan="2" |Certification
!colspan="2" |Sales
|- align="center"
|Singles
|- align="center"
|align=left|Spain
|6xPlatinum
|colspan="1"|240,000+<ref>http://www.promusicae.es/listasanuales/canciones/Top%2050%20CANCIONES%20%20ANUAL%202008.pdf</ref>
|- align="center"
|}

===Chart procession and succession===
{{start box}}
{{succession box
| before = "Hamma!" by [[Culcha Candela]]
| title = [[Media Control Chart|German]] [[Number-one hits of 2007 (Germany)|number-one single]]
| years = October 6, 2007 - October 13, 2007
| after = "[[Junge]]" by [[Die Ärzte]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[1973 (song)|1973]]" by [[James Blunt]]
| title = [[Ö3 Austria Top 40]] [[List of Austrian number-one hits of 2007|number-one single]]
| years = October 10, 2007 - November 9, 2007
| after = "Du hast den schönsten Arsch der Welt" by Alex C. featuring Y-ass
}}
{{succession box
| before = "Elle" by [[Melissa M]]
| title = [[SNEP|French SNEP]] [[List of French number-one hits of 2007|number-one single]]
| years = October 27, 2007 - November 3, 2007
| after = "[[Quelque part]]" by [[Sheryfa Luna]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "1973" by James Blunt
| title = [[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss]] [[List of Swiss number-one hits of 2007|number-one single]]
| years = October 28, 2007 - November 4, 2007
| after = "[[No One (Alicia Keys song)|No One]]" by [[Alicia Keys]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "No One" by Alicia Keys
| title = Swiss number-one single (second run)
| years = November 18, 2007 - December 2, 2007
| after = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] featuring [[OneRepublic]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "Kom dans met mij" by Laura Lynn & Frans Bauer
| title = [[Ultratop 50|Belgian Flemish Ultratop 50]] [[Ultratop 50 number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = December 15, 2007 - February 9, 2008
| after = "[[Bleeding Love]]" by [[Leona Lewis]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Garçon (song)|Garçon]]" by Koxie
| title = [[Ultratop|Belgian Walloon Ultratop 40]] [[Ultratop 40 number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = December 22, 2007 - February 9, 2008
| after = "[[New Soul]]" by [[Yael Naim]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = [[No One (Alicia Keys song)|No One]] by [[Alicia Keys]]
| title = European Union 200 Tracks number-one single
| years = February 3, 2008 - February 24, 2008
| after = "[[Apologize (song)|Apologize]]" by [[Timbaland]] featuring [[OneRepublic]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "Estrella Polar" by [[Pereza]] "[[Say It Right]]" by [[Nelly Furtado]]
| title = [[Los 40|Spain Los 40]] number-one single
| years = February 16, 2008 - March 8, 2008 March 22, 2008 - March 29, 2008 <ref>http://www.conciertos10.com/gira-conciertos-concierto/category/40-principales/</ref>
| after = "Cuando me vaya" by Melocos "[[Rehab (Amy Winehouse song)|Rehab]]" by [[Amy Winehouse]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Bleeding Love]]" by [[Leona Lewis]]
| title = [[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA]] [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]]
| years = February 18, 2008 - February 25, 2008
| after = "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Me Enamora]]" by [[Juanes]]
| title = [[Latin America Top 40]] [[Top Latino number-one hits of 2008|number-one single]]
| years = February 24, 2008
| after = "[[Gotas de Agua Dulce]]" by Juanes
}}
{{succession box
| before = "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis
| title = [[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA]] [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2008|number-one single]] (second run)
| years = March 3, 2008 - March 24, 2008
| after = "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" by [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[T-Pain]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Me Enamora]]" by [[Juanes]]
| title = [[México Top 100]] number-one single
| years = February 17, 2008- February 24, 2008
| after = "[[Cada Que...]]" by [[Belanova]]
}}
{{end box}}

==Use in song==
* This song has also been used in 2009 [[2009 World Figure Skating Championships|World Figure Skating Champion]] [[Kim Yu-Na]]'s 2008-2009 season exhibition program.

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www/thisisrihanna.com Official website - ''Rihanna'']

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Shut Up and Drive

2009-06-10T09:06:53Z

Sky Attacker: /* Charts */

{{Infobox Single 
| Name = Shut Up and Drive
| Cover = Shut Up and Drive - Single.PNG
| Artist = [[Rihanna]]
| Album = [[Good Girl Gone Bad]]
| Released = June 12, 2007 (US) August 24, 2007 (Europe) August 27, 2007 (UK)
| Format = [[12" maxi single]], [[digital download]]
| Recorded = 2006
| Genre = [[Pop rock]]
| Length = 3:33
| Label = [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
| Writer = [[Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers|Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers]], Morris, Hook, Sumner, Gilbert
| Producer = [[Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers]]
| Certification = Gold ([[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])
| Platinum([[RIAA]])
| Last single = "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]" (2007)
| This single = "'''Shut Up and Drive'''" (2007)
| Next single = "[[Hate That I Love You]]" (2007)
| Misc ={{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Good Girl Gone Bad]]
| Type = single
| prev_track = "Breakin' Dishes"
| prev_no = 4
| this_track = "'''Shut Up and Drive'''"
| track_no = 5
| next_track = "Hate That I Love You"
| next_no = 6
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"'''Shut Up and Drive'''" is a song written by [[Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers]] for [[pop music|pop]] singer [[Rihanna]]'s third album ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' (2007). The track contains elements from "[[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]", embracing a noticeable rock-oriented sound.<ref>[http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:wj5ixqu0ldde http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:wj5ixqu0ldde] ''Wc02.allmusic.com'' </ref> It was released as the second single from the album in some markets in June 2007 (see [[2007 in music]]).<ref>[http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/3-0&fp=465c3e50374d037d&ei=LMRcRpWoF4-UpQKp1tT6DA&url=http%3A//www.mtv.com/news/articles/1560279/20070523/lohan_lindsay.jhtml&cid=0 MTV].</ref> Despite an initial surge of success following the respective releases of "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]" and ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'', the song failed to match the success of its predecessor.
==Music structure and lyrics==

"Shut Up and Drive" is a [[pop rock]] song written in the key of C# [[mixolydian]] with 133 beats per minute.<ref name="Music Sheet">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Rihanna Digital Sheet Music: Shut Up and Drive |url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0059356|work=Musicnotes |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |date= |accessdate=2007-12-27}}</ref> It is set in [[common time]], with the tune being an interpolation of [[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]] by [[New Order]].<ref name="Music Sheet"/>

==Critical reception==
The song received mixed reviews from music critics upon its release. [[Slant Magazine]] found that the song did not live up to its [[campy]] title,<ref>Cinquemani, Sal. [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1135 "Music Review: Rihanna: Good Girl Gone Bad"]. [[Slant Magazine]]. May 22, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2007.</ref> and ''[[The Village Voice]]'' described it as simultaneously "goofy and sexually daring".<ref name="vv">Dugue, Rodney. [http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0723,dugue,76851,22.html "Mediocre Girl Gone Good"]. ''[[The Village Voice]]''. June 5, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2007.</ref> [[Allmusic]], however, referred to it as "a sleek, forthcoming proposition…as undeniable and rocking as [[Sugababes]]' 2002 UK smash '[[Freak Like Me#Sugababes version|Freak Like Me]]'."<ref>Kellman, Andy. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jcftxz85ld0e~T00 "Good Girl Gone Bad > Overview"]. [[Allmusic]]. 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2007.</ref>

"Shut Up & Drive" earned an award in the [[People's Choice Awards|People's Choice Music Awards]] for "Most Popular R&B Song".<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003679153 Chart Beat]</ref>

The track was also featured in the films ''[[College Road Trip]]'', ''[[21 (2008 film)|21]]'' and an episode of ''[[CSI: Miami]]''.

==Chart performance==
"Shut Up and Drive" debuted at number eighty-eight on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], and reached a peak of number fifteen several weeks later failing to match the success of previous single "Umbrella".<ref name=Reigns>Jonathan Cohen, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003598985 "Rihanna's 'Umbrella' Reigns Again Atop Hot 100"], Billboard.com, June 14, 2007.</ref> It also peaked at number ten on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]. The song became Rihanna's seventh number one song on the Hot Dance Club Play chart (issue date/week ending December 8, 2007). She currently holds the second longest run of consecutive number Dance hits along with more established artists Madonna and Janet Jackson. To date this single has sold 1.18 million [[digital downloads]] going platinum in the US certified by the [[RIAA]].

It achieved moderate success in Europe, notably Switzerland and Sweden, peaking at number-fourteen and number thirty-one, respectively. It was also a success in countries such as Finland, Greece, Netherlands and Ireland where it peaked within the top 5. In countries such Belgium and Norway, the song managed to peak within the top 20 of their respective singles charts. In the UK, "Shut Up and Drive" peaked at number five, becoming Rihanna's fifth UK top ten single. "Shut Up and Drive" also reached the top ten in Canada peaking at number six on the [[Canadian Hot 100]].

In Australia, "Shut Up and Drive" debuted and peaked at number-four on the Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]], becoming the album's second top 5 single there, and was certified gold by ARIA for sales of over 35,000 units.

==Music video==

The song's [[music video]] is directed by [[Anthony Mandler]] and choreographed by [[Tina Landon]]. It opens with Rihanna driving a [[Ferrari F430]] into a garage. Other cars featured in the video include a 1969 [[Ford Mustang]] and extensively modified [[Škoda 130/135/136|Skoda Rapid]].<ref>[http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_132601-Skoda-130-Rapid.html IMCDb.org: Škoda 130 Rapid VR6 'Rabbit' tuned in "Rihanna: Shut Up and Drive, 2007"]</ref><ref>[http://tuningscene.cz/pictures_tscars/photos/AK47/popis.html www.tuningscene.cz:modification details of Rapid VR6 from video with photos]</ref>

The video was shot in a makeshift [[wrecking yard|junkyard]] in [[Prague]], Czech Republic,<ref>[http://www.outside-org.co.uk/index.php?/test/clients/consultancy/rihanna The Outside Organisation - Clients - consultancy - Rihanna - ‘Shut Up And Drive’ The Single: 27th August 2007]</ref> hence the large amount of junked European cars on set and the Czech [[vehicle registration plate|registration plate]] on the cars; premiered on MTV's ''[[Total Request Live]]'' on July 4, 2007. On July 9, 2007, it debuted on the ''TRL'' countdown at number ten and had peaked at number four as of August 20, 2007.

Portions of the video were interspersed with NASCAR Nextel Cup race footage for use in ESPN's coverage of the [[2007 Pennsylvania 500]].

==Formats and track listings==
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;EU 12" promo vinyl (B794305-01, RISHUTV)<ref>B794305-01, RISHUTVP1 </ref>
''Side A''
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Instrumental) - 3:32
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Radio Edit) - 3:32
''Side B''
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Wideboys Club Mix) - 6:36

;EU 12" picture disc vinyl (174612, 0-06025-1746121-5)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1055412</ref>
''Side A''
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Wideboys Club Mix) - 6:36
''Side B''
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Radio Edit) - 3:32
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Instrumental) - 3:32
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;EU CD single (602517461185)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1177237</ref>
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Radio Edit) - 3:32
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Wideboys Club Mix) - 6:36

; EU enhanced Maxi-single (0602517467422)<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/1081464</ref>
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Radio Edit) - 3:32
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Wideboys Club Mix) - 6:36
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Instrumental) - 3:32
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Video)
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==Unofficial Remixes==
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Bryan Reyes Full Throttle Club Mix)
# "Shut Up and Drive" (Edson Pride Dirty Mix)

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (2007)
!align="left"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|Belgian Singles Chart
|align="center"|9
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?key=322634&cat=s dutchcharts.nl - Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive]</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|33
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control Charts|German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|Italian [[FIMI]] Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Shut+Up+And+Drive&cat=s italiancharts.org]</ref>
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="left"|Portugal Singles Chart
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|[[Romanian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="left"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|31
|-
|align="left"|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|15
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{youtube|4WAapKx2TvM|"Shut Up and Drive" music video}}

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Irreplaceable

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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Irreplaceable
| Cover = Irreplaceable Single Cover.jpg
| Border = Yes
| Artist = [[Beyoncé]]
| Album = [[B'Day]]
| Released = October 17, 2006 ([[United States]]) October 23, 2006 ([[United Kingdom]]) November 6, 2006 ([[Australia]])
| Format = [[CD single]], [[digital download]], [[maxi single]], [[12-inch single|12" single]]
| Recorded = 2006 [[Sony Music Studios]], New York City, New York
| Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 3:47
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Writer = [[Beyoncé Knowles]], [[Ne-Yo|Shaffer "Ne-Yo" Smith]], [[Stargate (production team)|Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen]], [[Espionage (production team)|Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund]]
| Producer = [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]], [[Beyoncé Knowles]], Ne-Yo (co-producer)
| Certification = 3× platinum ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]) Platinum ([[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]), ([[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]])
| Last single = "[[Ring the Alarm]]" (2006)
| This single = "'''Irreplaceable'''" (2006)
| Next single = "[[Upgrade U]]" (2007)
}}

"'''Irreplaceable'''" is a song by American [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Beyoncé Knowles]]. The song was written by Knowles, [[Ne-Yo]], Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, [[Espionage (production team)|Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund]], and produced by [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]] and Knowles for her second solo album, ''[[B'Day]]'' (2006). Originally not created for Knowles, she re-arranged the [[demo (music)|demo]] presented by the producers—a [[country music|country]]-turned-[[pop music|pop]]-[[contemporary R&B]] song. The lyrics refer to breaking up with an unfaithful man, part of Knowles and Ne-Yo's vision of creating a record that people could relate to, and was considered an anthem to female empowerment.

Following the less successful chart performances of "[[Déjà Vu (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Déjà Vu]]" and "[[Ring the Alarm]]", "Irreplaceable" was released on December 5, 2006 in the United States as the album's third [[single (music)|single]], and the second single in most international music markets. "Irreplaceable" was a worldwide commercial and critical success, becoming Knowles' second best-selling single in her solo career after "[[Crazy in Love (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Crazy in Love]]" and ''B'Day''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s most successful release. The single performed well on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], remaining at the top spot for ten consecutive weeks. Certified multi-platinum, "Irreplaceable" is the US' best-selling single in 2007.

"Irreplaceable" was lauded by contemporary critics, citing its distinct production compared with most tracks featured on the album. The song won awards, including one during the 2007 [[Soul Train Music Award]]. The single's [[music video]], which features the debut performance of Knowles' all-female band [[Suga Mama (tour band)|Suga Mama]], earned Knowles additional awards.

==Background and inspiration==
"Irreplaceable" was originally not made for Knowles.<ref name="Gil"/> Norwegian production team [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]] and American [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]-[[pop music|pop]] singer-songwriter [[Ne-Yo]] had been writing for her second solo album ''B'Day''; but Tor Erik Hermansen of Stargate stated that "they might not have gone in the direction they did on the song".<ref name="Gil"/> The tune was originally not matched to Knowles' voice, and Ne-Yo wrote the lyrics from a male perspective, which he revealed not from his personal experiences. Written as [[country music|country]] song, he was thinking of country-based singers [[Shania Twain]] and [[Faith Hill]] during the sessions.<ref name="Morales">{{Cite web |last=Morales |first=Wilson |title=Stomp The Yard: An Interview with NEYO |url=http://www.blackfilm.com/20070105/features/neyo.shtml |work=BlackFilm.com |date=2007-01-12 |accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref><ref name="Gil"/> When Ne-Yo heard them playing the song with a guitar, he thought it sounded like [[country (music)|country]] [[western music]]. But when the drums were incorporated into the music, it was brought to [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] vibe, and Ne-Yo considered making an R&B-country western music song.<ref name="Morales"/>

When the team worked with him, they recorded the song with male on vocals. However, they thought of a female's vocal more suitable,<ref name="Gil"/> and Ne-Yo also thought that it is empowering for a woman singing it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shastri |first=Rashmi |title=Ne-Yo |url=http://www.britishhiphop.co.uk/features/interviews/ne-yo.html |work=Britishhiphop.co.uk |date=2007-04-14 |accessdate=2007-12-25}}</ref> While Knowles was working on material for ''B'Day'' after filming ''[[Dreamgirls (movie)|Dreamgirls]]'', she was pleased with the [[demo (music)|demo]] of the song that was presented to her.<ref name="Gil"/> Knowles asked for changes in the track, including the addition of drums, vocal arrangements, and singing the song in higher note than the demo.<ref name="Gil"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/chat_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003886198&inp=true|title=Chart Beat Chat|last=Bonson|first=Fred|date=2008-10-31|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-11-03}}</ref> [[Espen Lind]] and Amund Bjørklund, from the Norwegian production team [[Espionage (production team)|Espionage]], wrote the chord structure and came up with the guitar part.<ref name="B'Day">{{Cite album-notes |title=B'Day deluxe edition |publisher=Sony Music BMG Entertainment |year=2007}}</ref> The recording was [[audio engineering|engineered]] by Jim Caruana and [[mix engineer|mixed]] by Jason Goldstein at [[Sony Music Studios]] in New York City.<ref name="B'Day"/>

{{quote box|width=30%|quote=What happens sometimes, is you think about a specific artist and you put them in this box, the song has to be this way or that, and then you're usually confining yourself to the thing they did three years ago.|source=[[Stargate (production team)|Tor Erik Hermansen]], [[MTV News]]<ref name="Gil">{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |title=Beyonce's 'Irreplaceable' Could Have Gone Country: Behind The Grammys |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1580808/20080201/knowles_beyonce.jhtml |work=MTV News |date=2008-02-05 |accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref>}}

After the sessions for "Irreplaceable" ended, Hermansen said that "everyone felt they had captured something special and that Beyoncé had done the track justice". In an interview, Ne-Yo said, "Beyoncé had some stuff that she wanted to get off her chest",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reid |first=Shaheem |title=Singer, Dancer, Girl-Power Ally? Beyonce Brings Out New Side Of Ne-Yo |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1546805/20061129/ne_yo.jhtml |work=MTV News |date=2006-12-01 |accessdate=2007-12-25}}</ref> while also aiming to make a record that women could relate to, in keeping with the theme of the album.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Ben |title=Beyoncé Takes Over: Look past the movies and the new fashion line—she’s making the best music of her career. |url=http://nymag.com/guides/fallpreview/2006/music/19735/ |work=New York Guides |date=2006-08-27 |accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref>

==Composition==
[[Image:Irreplaceable Music Sheet.png|thumb|left|"Irreplaceable" follows the B♭5–F5–Cm7–E♭6/9 chord series.]]

"Irreplaceable" is a mid-tempo [[pop music|pop]] song, with [[ballad (music)|ballad]] and R&B influences. Written in the [[key (music)|key]] of [[B-flat major|B♭ major]],<ref name="Sheet">Sheet music for "Irreplaceable". Sony/ATV Music Publishing (2005).</ref> the [[beat (music)|beat]] is set in [[time signature|common time]] and moves at a moderate 88 [[beats per minute|bpm]].<ref name="Sheet"/> Knowles [[vocal range]] spans nearly an [[octave]] and a half, from B♭3 to E♭5.<ref name="Sheet"/> While most of the songs in the album are aggressive and [[uptempo]], her voice in "Irreplaceable" is toned down.<ref name="Spence">{{Cite web |last=D. |first=Spence |title=Beyonce - B'Day: Sophomore slump narrowly avoided. |url=http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/730/730624p1.html |work=IGN |date=2006-09-05 |accessdate=2008-02-03}}</ref>

"Irreplaceable" uses a gently strummed [[acoustic guitar]],<ref name="Kelefa">{{Cite web |last=Sanneh |first=Kelefa |title=Beyoncé Bounces Back: Film, Album and Warning |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/23/arts/music/23sann.html?_r=1&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/J/Jay-Z&oref=slogin |work=The New York Times |date=2006-11-23 |accessdate=2007-12-25}}</ref> following the B♭5-F5-Cm7-E♭6/9 chord series.<ref name="Sheet"/> Hermansen and Eriksen combined the classic [[chord progression]] on an acoustic guitar, a modern-sounding [[Roland TR-808|808]] drumbeat and [[cello]]s.<ref name="Gil"/> Al Shipley of [[Stylus Magazine]] noted that the guitar strum was copied in [[Barbados|Barbadian]] R&B singer [[Rihanna]]'s 2007 single "[[Hate That I Love You]]", a song co-produced by Stargate and Ne-Yo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shipley |first=Al |title=Rihanna ft. Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You and a song whose video also features Rihanna in a bra and skirt, an idea taken from Beyonce's performance in Irreplaceable's video. |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/jukebox/?p=829 |work=Stylus Magazine |date=2007-08-29 |accessdate=2008-01-31}}</ref> A 2007 Stargate-produced single "[[With You (Chris Brown song)|With You]]" performed by American R&B-pop singer [[Chris Brown (singer)|Chris Brown]] also features the same element, which Rob Sheffield of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine wrote that "Stargate was just trying to roll out 'Irreplaceable' one more time",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |title=Album Reviews: Chris Brown |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kanyewest/albums/album/17078333/review/17139273/exclusive |work=Rolling Stone |accessdate=2008-03-29}}</ref> while a review from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine said that it "leans a bit too heavily" to the song.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: Chris Brown |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3ia9c51f5ef29150aaaa933342e8fa1ad2 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |accessdate=2008-03-29}}</ref>

"Irreplaceable" refers to a woman breaking up with a boyfriend after she found him cheating, and the lyrics were considered a statement of independence.<ref name="Kelefa"/> Hermansen quoted that "it's a song people from all walks of life can enjoy",<ref name="Gil"/> while Knowles stated that it is "a little honest".<ref name="Reynolds">{{cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Star Jones |title=CNN Larry King Live: Interview With Beyonce
|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0704/02/lkl.01.html |work=Cable News Network |date=2007-04-02 |accessdate=2008-02-09}}</ref> When interviewed about the song, she replied: "Basically we can't forget our power and our worth. And sometimes ... you're so in love, you forget that. And sometimes you feel like you're not being ... appreciated. And ... sometimes they forget that they can be replaced."<ref name="Reynolds"/> Bill Lamb of [[About.com|About]] noted that the female empowerment theme of "Irreplaceable" has similarities to the central concept of [[Terry McMillan]]'s 1995 novel ''Waiting to Exhale''.<ref name="Lamb">{{cite web |last=Lamb |first=Bill |title=Single Review: Beyonce - Irreplaceable |url=http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/irreplaceable.htm |work=About.com |accessdate=2007-12-28}}</ref>

The song's lyrics are constructed in the verse-pre-chorus-chorus form. Starting with a guitar strum, Knowles sings the hook-intro "To the left, to the left", repeating for three times in alternating [[bar (music)|bars]].<ref name="Sheet"/> In bar seven, she sings the first verse, arguing her boyfriend about the indifference of their relationship, and telling him to walk away. The pre-chorus and chorus follows, giving way to the second verse where she recollects the moment she found her boyfriend unfaithful to her. The same pattern occurs, leading to the second chorus. Towards the end, Knowles sings the [[bridge (music)|bridge]]. She repeats the intro and the chorus, ending with an ad-libbed chorus.<ref name="Sheet"/>

==Release and live performances==
Following ''B'Day''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s lead single "[[Déjà Vu (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Déjà Vu]]", "Irreplaceable" was released as the second single in international markets through [[Columbia Records]]. Two single versions were released in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2006: a standard [[CD single]], which features the album version of the track and the [[Freemasons (band)|Freemasons]] club mix radio edit of "[[Ring the Alarm]]"; and an [[enhanced CD]], containing the album version, three "Ring the Alarm" remixes and "Ring the Alarm" music video.<ref name="RCAUK">{{Cite news |title=Irreplaceable out now!! |url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/artist_spotlight/Beyonce/3819/65/ |work=RCA Label Group (UK) |date=2006-10-26 |accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> A [[12-inch single|12" single]] was released in the same country the following week.<ref name="RCAUK"/> In Australia, a [[maxi single]] was released on November 4, 2006, featuring the album version and two remixes of "Déjà Vu".

In the United States, "Irreplaceable" served as ''B'Day''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s third single, following "Ring the Alarm".<ref name="Gil"/> The single was released on December 5, 2006, featuring the album and instrumental version of the track.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Irreplaceable |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=singles&pid=317670&aid=820863 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> Knowles recorded a Spanish version of the song called "Irreemplazable", and was included in the second disc of the deluxe edition of ''B'Day'' released on June 12, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beyonce: Discography |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=singles&pid=317670&aid=1097735#artAlbumMoreContainer |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> An ''[[Irreemplazable]]'' [[Extended play|EP]] was released in the United States on August 28, 2007<ref name="Biz">{{Cite news |last=Ben-Yehuda |first=Ayala |title=Beyonce To Release 'Irreemplazable' As Wal-Mart Exclusive |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/genre/e3i590ca1c25f7cbb36795c3cdbea3208ee |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |date=2007-07-31 |accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> and on September 10 in the United Kingdom.<ref name="RCAEP">{{Cite web |title=Irreemplazable |url=http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/releases/562/ |work=RCA Label Group (UK) |date=2007-09-10 |accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> The EP includes "Irreemplazable" and the Norteña Remix of "Irreplaceable", "[[Amor Gitano]]", three versions of "[[Beautiful Liar]]", the [[Timbaland]] remix of "[[Get Me Bodied]]" featuring [[Voltio]], and "Oye", the Spanish version of "[[Listen (song)|Listen]]".<ref name="RCAEP"/><ref name="Biz"/>

The song was performed in various public appearances of Knowles. She opened the [[2006 American Music Awards]] performing "Irreplaceable".<ref>{{Cite news |author=Associated Press |title=Black Eyed Peas Top American Music Awards With 3 Wins |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,231141,00.html |work=FOX News |date=2006-11-22 |accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> American country band [[Sugarland (band)|Sugarland]], who was known for covering Knowles' songs in their live performances, was joined by the singer for a performance of the [[country music|country]] version of "Irreplaceable" at the [[American Music Awards of 2007|2007 American Music Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=NME Los Angeles staff |title=Beyonce gives surprise performance at Music Awards |url=http://www.nme.com/news/beyonce/32602 |work=NME |publisher=IPC MEDIA |date=2007-11-19 |accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |title=Daughtry, Carrie Underwood Stage 'Idol' Takeover At American Music Awards; Usher Offers Support To Kanye |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1574605/20071119/daughtry__chris.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |date=2006-11-19 |accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> "Irreplaceable" was the closing song during her 2007 [[The Beyoncé Experience]] world tour. It was originally performed towards the end of the set in earlier tour dates, but was shifted when she embarked on the United States leg. The footage of the performance at the [[Staples Center]], Los Angeles was included in ''[[The Beyoncé Experience Live!]]'' DVD.

In May 2007, the song was featured prominently in the crucial final scene of "When the Chickens Come Home to Roost", the first season finale of the [[The CW|CW]] comedy-drama television series ''[[The Game (U.S. TV series)|The Game]]''.

==Critical reception==
While most of the tracks featured in ''B'Day'' are [[upbeat (music)|upbeat]], "Irreplaceable" was well received by critics for its guitar-driven [[melody]]. Bill Lamb of the website [[About.com|About]] complimented [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]] for the "simple, pop-oriented production",<ref name="Lamb"/> and listed on the site as their fourth best R&B song of 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nero |first=Mark Edward |title=10 Best R&B Songs of 2006 |url=http://randb.about.com/od/top5lists/tp/2006TopSingles.htm |work=About.com |accessdate=2006-12-28}}</ref> For a review in ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' magazine, Jody Rosen said the track is "a lilting tune unlike anything Beyoncé has ever performed".<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosen |first=Jody |title=Music Review: B'Day (2006) - Beyonce Knowles |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/music/0,6115,1516025_4_0_,00.html |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=2006-09-01 |accessdate=2006-12-28}}</ref> Sarah Rodman of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' wrote that the song is "gentle but maddeningly hook-y",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodman |first=Sarah |title=Beyonce shows rage and range on new release |url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/09/04/beyonce_shows_rage_and_range_on_new_release/ |work=The Boston Globe |publisher=The New York Times Company |date=2006-09-04 |accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref> and Bill Lamb called it a "gorgeous, lightly swinging Stargate arrangement".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lamb |first=Bill |title=Beyonce - B'Day: Beyonce Steps Several Steps Forward on Her B'Day |url=http://top40.about.com/od/albums/fr/beyoncebday.htm |work=About.com |accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref> Spence Abbott of the website [[IGN]] observed that "Irreplaceable", alongside "Resentment", "go for a much more traditional contemporary R&B vibe" compared to the other tracks in the album, and stated that it made them "stand out as if they were recorded separately from the rest of the album".<ref name="Spence"/>

Lamb listed "Irreplaceable" on their site as one of the strongest tracks in the album, and noted it as "subject matter of female strength and independence".<ref name="Lamb"/> The [[Indie (music)|indie]]-oriented website [[Pitchfork Media]] called the song as Knowles' "most sophisticated" and her "most honest performance" to date.<ref>{{cite web |last=Finney |first=Tim |title=Record Reviews: Beyoncé - B'Day |url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/38328/Beyonc%C3%A9_BDay |work=Pitchfork Media |date=2006-09-07 |accessdate=2007-01-24}}</ref> Barry Schwartz of [[Stylus Magazine]] wrote that "Irreplaceable" recaptured Knowles' debut single "[[Crazy in Love (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Crazy in Love]]"'s "near-perfection and features her most genuinely emotional vocal to date, equal parts vulnerable, upset, pissed off, vindictive, resigned, and apathetic".<ref>{{cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Barry |title=Top 50 Singles of 2006 |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-50-singles-of-2006.htm |work=Stylus Magazine |date=2006-12-11 |accessdate=2006-12-28}}</ref>

"Irreplaceable" won at the 2007 [[Soul Train Music Award]] for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female,<ref name="Gail">{{Cite news |last=Mitchel |first=Gail |title=Hudson, Beyonce Star At Soul Train Awards |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003556868 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |date=2007-03-12 |accessdate=2008-03-19}}</ref> and the 2007 Nickelodeon [[Kid's Choice Award]] for Favorite Song.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Finn |first=Natalie |title=Beyoncé Apparel Suit Unravels |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=235be4b5-3771-42fb-9c1b-ece40cfbc3ae |work=E! Online News |pwblisher=E! Entertainment Television, Inc. |date=2007-04-02 |accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> It was nominated for Record of the Year in the 2008 [[Grammy Award]]s,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nudd |first=Tim |title=Kanye West, Amy Winehouse Lead Grammy Nods |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20164684,00.html |work=People |publisher=Time Inc. |date=2007-12-06 |accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> as well Song of the Year at the VH1 Soul Vibe awards show.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Beyoncé and Jay-Z Lead the Pack of ASCAP Members Nominated for VH1 Soul Vibe Awards |url=http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/vh1soulvibe/2007/nominees.html |work=ASCAP |accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> The song was awarded among the top five most-performed songs in 2008 at the [[ASCAP Pop Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ascap.com/press/2008/0410_popawards.aspx|title=ASCAP Celebrates 25 Years of Honoring Pop Music's Top Music Creators|date=2008-04-09|publisher=ASCAP|accessdate=2008-12-28}}</ref>

The song created controversy over the writing credits. Ne-Yo spoke to MTV to clarify any confusion: "Apparently Beyonce was at a show somewhere and right before the song came on she said, 'I wrote this for my girls' and then the song came on. ... The song is a co-write. I wrote the lyrics, I wrote all the lyrics. Beyonce helped me with the melodies and the harmonies and the vocal arrangement and that makes it a co-write. Meaning my contribution and her contribution made that song what it is."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.tv/article/11687_Ne-Yo_clears_up_Beyonce_confusion.htm|title=Ne-Yo clears up Beyonce confusion|publisher=MTV|accessdate=2009-03-16}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
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During the production of "Irreplaceable", Hermansen thought that the track would not receive radio play because of its acoustic guitars, and deemed the song too pop-oriented. Hermansen did not expect "Irreplaceable" to conform to any genre. Despite his prediction, the song became successful on [[urban contemporary|urban]] charts; it was played in New York- and [[country music|country]]-based radio stations.<ref name="Gil"/> "Irreplaceable" entered various charts worldwide, and became the most successful single released from ''B'Day''.

The single debuted on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] on November 4, 2006 at number eighty-seven.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billboard Hot 100 |url=http://acharts.us/billboard_hot_100/2006/44 |work=αCharts |date=2006-11-04 |accessdate=2008-01-11}}</ref> It climbed the charts rapidly because of heavy airplay, and received the Greatest Airplay Gainer certification for six consecutive weeks in early December 2006.<ref name="Hasty">{{Cite news |last=Hasty |first=Katie |title=Beyonce Makes It Ten Weeks At No. 1 With 'Irreplaceable' |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003543450 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |date=2007-02-08 |accessdate=2008-01-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hasty |first=Katie |title=Beyonce's 'Irreplaceable' Secures Second Week At No. 1 |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003521812 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |date=2006-12-14 |accessdate=2008-03-24}}</ref> Three weeks after its release, it helped ''B'Day'' re-enter the top ten on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="Gil"/> The single peaked at number one on December 16, becoming Knowles' fourth number-one single as solo artist,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hasty |first=katie |title=Beyonce 'Irreplaceable' At No. 1 On Hot 100 |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003494152 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |date=2006-12-07 |accessdate=2008-03-24}}</ref> and her second in 2006, following "[[Check on It]]" featuring [[Slim Thug]]. The single spent ten consecutive weeks at the top spot,<ref name="Hasty"/><ref name="aCharts">{{Cite web |title="Irreplaceable" Global Chart Positions and Trajectories |url=http://acharts.us/song/11218 |work=αCharts |accessdate=2007-12-27}}</ref> and was replaced by Canadian singer [[Nelly Furtado]]'s 2006 single "[[Say It Right]]" on February 24, 2007.<ref name="Reuters">{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |title=Nelly Furtado scores 2nd No. 1 on singles chart |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/sphereNews/idUSN1526033320070215?sp=true&view=sphere |work=Billboard |publisher=Reuters |date=2007-02-15 |accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> The feat was achieved since 2006 after [[Kanye West]]'s 2005 single "[[Gold Digger]]" featuring [[Jamie Foxx]] took ten weeks at the top spot.<ref name="Reuters"/> "Irreplaceable" outperformed "[[Baby Boy (song)|Baby Boy]]"'s nine-week record; however, it failed to surpass her former group [[Destiny's Child]]'s 2000 single "[[Independent Women Part I]]", which stayed on the top spot for eleven weeks late in 2000 and early in 2001.<ref name="Reuters"/> On the list of most number-one singles by a female song-writer, "Irreplaceable" installed Knowles at the third place, beating American singers [[Janet Jackson]] and [[Carole King]] and tying [[Diane Warren]] for nine number-one singles. Knowles received three song-writing credits in a single year, the only woman to achieve since King in 1971 and Carey in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bronson |first=Fred |title=Chart Beat Chat |url=http://billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003494790 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |date=2006-12-08 |accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> The single remained on the chart for thirty weeks,<ref name="aCharts"/> and was certified 3x [[platinum single|platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] on July 27, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gold and Platinum |url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Irreplaceable&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |work=Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=2008-01-31}}</ref> "Irreemplazable" charted equally well, peaking at number four on the Hot Latin Songs.<ref name="ALGChartHist">{{Cite web |title=Beyoncé: Billboard Singles |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=BEYONCE&sql=11:axfuxq8jld6e~T51 |work=Allmusic |publisher=Macrovision Corporation |accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> The EP appeared on the Latin Pop Albums at number two, Top Latin Albums at number three, [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] at number forty-one and on the ''Billboard'' 200 at number 105.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beyoncé: Billboard Albums |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=BEYONCE&sql=11:axfuxq8jld6e~T50 |work=Allmusic |publisher=Macrovision Corporation |accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Beyoncé: Artist Chart History |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=317670&model.vnuAlbumId=1089064 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> "Irreplaceable" was the US' best-performing single of 2007, topping the ''Billboard'' [[Top Hot 100 Hits of 2007|Top Hot 100 Hits]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Billboard staff reporter |title=The Year In Charts 2007: An Early Peek |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003685264 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |date=2007-12-13 |accessdate=2007-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Billboard 2007: The Year in Music - The Billboard Hot 100 |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/2007/charts/hot100.html |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |accessdate=2007-12-28}}</ref>

Internationally, "Irreplaceable" performed equally well. In [[Oceania]], "Irreplaceable" debuted at number-eight on the Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart, and eventually peaked at number-one for three consecutive weeks becoming Knowles' first number-one hit in the country. "Irreplaceable" was certified Platinum by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] for sales inexcess of 70,000 copies,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Singles |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Singles.htm |work=Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> "Irreplaceable" appeared twice on the ARIA Year-Ends charts ranked at number twenty-three in 2006<ref>http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACharts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Singles2006.htm</ref>, and number forty-two in 2007.<ref>http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2007.htm</ref> "Irreplaceable" debuted at number three on November 6 on the New Zealand Singles Chart, and was "Irreplaceable"'s highest entry; it peaked at number one, and charted for eighteen weeks. "Irreplaceable" peaked at number four in the United Kingdom, and generally inside the top fifteen across European music markets.<ref name="aCharts"/> Despite only reaching #4 in the UK, "Irreplaceable" spent 12 weeks inside the top 20 and with a total of 25 weeks on the UK Singles Chart the song is Beyoncé's third longest charting single (with more weeks on the chart than her #1 singles "[[Crazy in Love]]" and "[[Déjà Vu (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Déjà Vu]]" but slightly less than her recent hits "[[If I Were a Boy]]" and "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]").<ref>[http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=72]</ref>

==Music video==
[[Image:Irreplaceable Screenshot.png|250px|thumb|left|Knowles argues with then-former lover in the music video.]]"Irreplaceable" was [[music video director|directed]] by [[Anthony Mandler]], who co-directed the video of "[[Get Me Bodied]]". The video features the debut performance of Knowles' all-female band, [[Suga Mama (tour band)|Suga Mama]], who also appeared in the "[[Green Light (song)|Green Light]]" music video. Her acting-then-ex-boyfriend in the video is model Bobby Roache, who played police officer for the "[[Ring the Alarm]]" music video and warrior during [[Jay-Z]] and Knowles' live performance at the 2006 Fashion Rocks show.<ref name="Reid">{{Cite news |last=Reid |first=Shaheem |title=Beyonce's 'Irreplaceable' Guy Had A Tough Time Getting Dumped: VMA Lens Recap |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1568975/20070905/knowles_beyonce.jhtml |work=MTV News |date=2007-09-06 |accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> The video was included on the 2007 ''[[B'Day Anthology Video Album]]'', and a video edit was produced for "Irreemplazable". Part of the video which shows Knowles dancing in silhouette in front of a glass door is inspired by a [[James Bond]] movie.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weinstein |first=Farrah |title=James Bond's Women: Five Decades Of Treacherous Hotties And Their Spywear |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1545872/20061115/story.jhtml |work=MTV News |date=2006-11-16 |accessdate=2008-04-09}}</ref> Late in January 2008, "Irreemplazable" premiered on the MiTRL, a video countdown show on the bilingual channel MTV Tr3s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ayala |first=Ben-Yehuda |title=Beyonce enjoys Spanish-language crossover hit |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN2738638520070128?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true |work=Billboard |publisher=Reuters |date=2007-01-27 |accessdate=2008-02-09}}</ref>

The music video follows the storyline of the song's lyrics. "She told me to pack up all my stuff, I'm getting kicked out — the video starts off like that", said Roache.<ref name="Reid"/> Mid-way in the video, Knowles follows her then-ex boyfriend outside the house and leans on a 2007 [[Jaguar XK]]. She appears to be pretentiously caressing him; only to find out she would be collecting things she bought for him. He leaves her and the car, about to ride off in a taxi. Between cuts, Knowles manages herself in front of a mirror; putting on a lipstick, wearing huge curlers and a high-waisted skirt. Towards the end of the video, she sings with her all-female band. It ends with Knowles greeting her new boyfriend at the front door.

At the 2007 [[Black Entertainment Television|Black Entertainment Television (BET)]] Awards, Knowles won Video of the Year Award for "Irreplaceable", an award "[[Beautiful Liar]]" was nominated.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grossberg |first=Josh |title=Beyoncé Bests BET Noms |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=16f33094-d561-47b5-8599-82baa8fd4a33 |work=E! Online News |publisher=E! Entertainment Television, Inc. |date=2007-05-17 |accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=BET.com Staff |title=BET Awards 2007 Winners |url=http://www.bet.com/Music/News/BET+Awards+2007+Winners.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished |work=BET |date=2007-06-26 |accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> It was nominated for Video of the Year during the [[2007 MTV Video Music Awards]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kristin |first=Boehm |title=Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé Top VMA Nominations |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20050372,00.html |work=People |publisher=Time Inc. |date=2007-08-07 |accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> but was beaten by Rihanna's single "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]".<ref name="VMA2007">{{Cite web |title=2007 VMA | Winners |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2007/winners.jhtml |work=MTV |accessdate=2008-01-30}}</ref> At the 2007 [[Soul Train Music Awards]], the video was nominated for the [[Michael Jackson]] Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video, but lost to rapper [[Jay-Z]]'s "[[Show Me What You Got]]" video.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mitchel |first=Gail |title=Beyonce Reigns Over Soul Train Nominations |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003542408 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |date=2007-02-06 |accessdate=2008-03-19}}</ref><ref name="Gail"/>

==Track listings and formats==
These are the formats and track listings of the major single releases of "Irreplaceable":

;Australian maxi single
#"Irreplaceable" (Album version)
#"[[Déjà Vu (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Déjà Vu]]" ([[Freemasons (band)|Freemasons]] club mix)
#"Déjà Vu" (Remix)

;UK CD Single
#"Irreplaceable" (Album version)
#"[[Ring the Alarm]]" (Freemasons club mix radio edit)

;U.S. CD single
#"Irreplaceable" (Album version)
#"Irreplaceable" (Instrumental version)

Remixes Promo's
* Ralphi Rosario & Craig J Club Mix
* Ralphi Rosario & Craig J Radio Mix
* Ralphi & Craig Dub
* Ander Standing Radio Mix
* Ander Standing Club Mix

==Credits and personnel==
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*Vocals: Beyoncé Knowles
*Writer(s): Beyoncé, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Espen Lind, Amund Bjorklund and Ne-Yo
*Producer(s): Stargate, Beyoncé
**Co-production: Ne-Yo
*A&R: Max Gousse (Music World Productions Inc.)
*Recording: Jim Caruana
**Assistant: Rob Kinelski
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*Mixing: Jason Goldstein
**Assistant: Steve Tolle
*Guitars: [[Espen Lind]]
*All other instruments: Eriksen and Hermansen
*Stargate management: Tim Blacksmith and Danny D.
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==Charts==
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{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (2006)<ref name="aCharts"/><ref name="BillChartHist">{{Cite web |title=Beyoncé: Artist Chart History |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=317670&model.vnuAlbumId=1089064 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |accessdate=2007-12-29}}</ref><ref name="ALGChartHist"/>
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|Belgian Singles Chart
|align="center"|13
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40|Dutch Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|European ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Singles]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Hot 100 Singles |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=349&cfgn=Singles&cfn=European+Hot+100+Singles&ci=3080416&cdi=9126160&cid=12%2F09%2F2006 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |date=2006-12-09 |accessdate=2007-12-29}}</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart
|align="center"|13
|-
|align="left"|[[French Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control Charts|German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Italian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|Italian Singles Chart1
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[RIANZ|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|}
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!align="left"|Chart (2006)<ref name="aCharts"/><ref name="BillChartHist"/><ref name="ALGChartHist"/>
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|align="left"|[[Norwegian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|[[Romanian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Swiss Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|9
|-
|align="left"|[[Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="left"|Turkey ''(Billboard)'' Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.billboard.com.tr/pages/Turkiye_top20.aspx Billboard Türkiye Top 20 Chart] Retrieved on December 2006 Billboard Türkiye Magazine.</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|4
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|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Latin Songs]]1
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[ARC Weekly Top 40]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|}
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1 "Irreemplazable"

===Chart procession and succession===
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{{succession box
| before = "[[Night of My Life]]" by [[Damien Leith]]
| title = [[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] [[List of number-one singles in Australia in 2006|number-one single]]
| years = December 31, 2006 – January 20, 2007
| after = "[[Light Surrounding You]]" by [[Evermore (band)|Evermore]]
}}
{{succession box
| before= "[[I Wanna Love You]]" by [[Akon]] featuring [[Snoop Dogg]]
| title = [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number-one single]]
| years = December 16, 2006 – February 17, 2007
| after = "[[Say It Right]]" by [[Nelly Furtado]]
}}
{{succession box
| before= "[[Smack That]]" by [[Akon]] featuring [[Eminem]]
| title = [[Pop 100|''Billboard'' Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2006 (USA)|number-one single]] (first run)
| years = December 16, 2006 - January 6, 2007
| after = "[[Fergalicious]]" by [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]] featuring [[will.i.am]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Say Goodbye (Chris Brown song)|Say Goodbye]]" by [[Chris Brown (singer)|Chris Brown]]
| title = [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] [[List of number-one rhythm and blues hits (United States)|number-one single]]
| years = December 2, 2006 - January 27, 2007
| after = "[[Promise (Ciara song)|Promise]]" by [[Ciara]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "Fergalicious" by Fergie featuring will.i.am
| title = ''Billboard'' Pop 100 [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2007 (USA)|number-one single]] (second run)
| years = January 20, 2007 - January 27, 2007
| after = "[[This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race]]" by [[Fall Out Boy]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Runaway (Jamiroquai song)|Runaway]]" by [[Jamiroquai]]
| title = [[Hot Dance Club Play|''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play]] [[Number-one dance hits of 2007 (USA)|number-one single]]
| years = March 10, 2007
| after = "[[Say It Right]]" by [[Nelly Furtado]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Bad Day (Daniel Powter song)|Bad Day]]" by [[Daniel Powter]]
| title = ''Billboard'' Hot 100 [[Billboard Year-End|Number one single of the year]]
| years = 2007
| after = "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" by [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[T-Pain]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Everytime We Touch (Cascada song)|Everytime We Touch]]" by [[Cascada]]
| title = [[Irish Singles Chart]] [[List of songs that reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart|number-one single]]
| years = October 26, 2006 – November 2, 2006
| after = "[[The Saints Are Coming]]" by [[U2]] and [[Green Day]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[My Love (Justin Timberlake song)|My Love]]" by [[Justin Timberlake]] featuring [[T.I.]]
| title = [[RIANZ|RIANZ New Zealand number one single]]
| years = December 11, 2006 – December 18, 2006
| after = "[[My Love (Justin Timberlake song)|My Love]]" by [[Justin Timberlake]] featuring [[T.I.]]
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==See also==
*[[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2006 (USA)]]
*[[Hot 100 number-one hits of 2007 (USA)]]
*[[R&B number-one hits of 2006 (USA)]]
*[[R&B number-one hits of 2007 (USA)]]
*[[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2006 (USA)]]
*[[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2007 (USA)]]
*[[Number-one singles in Ireland (2006)]]
*[[List of number-one songs on American Top 40 of 2007]]

==References==
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Check on It

2009-06-08T05:53:17Z

Sky Attacker: /* Charts */ A few links

{{Infobox Single
| Name = Check on It
| Cover = Check On It US.jpg
| Artist = [[Beyoncé]] featuring [[Bun B]] and [[Slim Thug]]
| Album = [[Number 1's (Destiny's Child album)|#1's]]
| Format = [[Digital download]], [[CD single]], [[12-inch single|12" single]]
| Recorded = [[Sony Music Studios]] ([[New York City]], [[New York]]) [[The Jim Henson Company|Henson Recording Studios]] ([[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]], [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]])
| Genre = [[contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[hip hop music|hip-hop]]
| Length = 3:31
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Writer = Beyoncé Knowles, [[Swizz Beatz|Kasseem Dean]], [[Sean Garrett]], [[Angela Beyincé]], [[Slim Thug|Stayve Thomas]]
| Producer = [[Swizz Beatz]]
| Certification = Platinum ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]])
| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Beyoncé Knowles]] singles
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[Naughty Girl (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Naughty Girl]]" (2004)
| This single = "'''Check on It'''" (2005)
| Next single = "[[Déjà Vu (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Déjà Vu]]" (2006)
}}
{{Extra chronology 2
| Artist = [[Slim Thug]] singles
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[Luxurious]]" (2005)
| This single = "'''Check on It'''" (2005)
| Next single = "[[Wamp Wamp (What It Do)]]" (2006)
}}
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|Lower caption = UK cover
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}}

"'''Check on It'''" is a song by American [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Beyoncé Knowles]], featuring American rappers [[Bun B]] and [[Slim Thug]]. It was written by Knowles, [[Swizz Beatz|Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean]], [[Sean Garrett]], [[Angela Beyincé]] and [[Slim Thug|Stayve Thomas]], and produced by Knowles and Swizz Beatz for the 2006 film ''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|The Pink Panther]]'', in which Knowles co-stars. Although not included on [[The Pink Panther (2006 soundtrack)|its soundtrack album]], the song is included on [[Destiny's Child]]'s greatest hits album ''[[Number 1's (Destiny's Child album)|#1's]]'' and on selected non-U.S. versions of Knowles' second solo studio album, ''[[B'Day]]''.

==Background==
Knowles said that the song started out as a joke, and that the title "Check on It" was jokingly used with her and her management before they decided to turn it into a song.<ref name="WilliamsCheck">{{cite video |people=[[Hype Williams|Williams, Hype]] (Director)|year=2005|title=The making of "Check on It"|medium=Documentary|publisher=[[Sony BMG]]|location=United States}}</ref>

==Release and reception==
"Check on It" was released on Knowles' former group Destiny's Child's greatest hits, ''#1's'''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001179263|title=Destiny's Child Rounds Up Hits, New Songs|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=2005-09-22|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> It was not originally intended for release as a [[single (music)|single]] from the album ''#1's''. However, it received [[heavy rotation]] in US [[radio stations]] than the first single, "[[Stand Up for Love]]". Because of this, "Check on It" debuted on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in late 2005. A remix of the song was made, which features fellow Houston artist [[Bun B]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001699324|title=Bun B Collaborates With Beyonce, Snoop|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=2005-12-15|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
"Check on It" reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in its twelfth week on the chart, becoming Knowles' third number-one as a solo artist and Slim Thug's first. The single remained at number-one for five consecutive weeks, tying Canadian singer [[Daniel Powter]]'s 2005 single "[[Bad Day (Daniel Powter song)|Bad Day]]" for the longest-running number-one single in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002073833|title=No Budging Beyoncé From Hot 100 No. 1|last=Clover|first=Hope|date=2006-02-23|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002424200|title=Chart Beat|last=Bonson|first=Fred|date=2006-04-27|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> It was certified [[Platinum single|platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] for net shipment of 800,000 paid downloads. "Check on It" achieved [[crossover (music)|crossover]] success, peaking at number one on the [[Rhythmic Top 40]] and [[Hot Dance Club Play]] charts, and at number three on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart. It also reached number one on the [[Pop 100]], becoming Knowles' first entry on the chart. It was the eighth most played song of 2006 on the radio, being played 290,231 times.

It became Knowles' fifth top-twenty hit in Canada in late 2005, and in February 2006 the song climbed to number twenty on the Canadian [[Nielsen BDS|BDS]] airplay chart for a second time. The song reached the top five in [[Norway]] and the [[Netherlands]], the top ten in [[Europe]], [[Switzerland]], [[Austria]] and [[Brazil]], and the top twenty in [[Germany]] and [[Sweden]]. In the [[UK]] the song debuted at number four before rising to number three the week later, selling 122,500 copies.

==Music video==
[[File:Checkonitmusicvideo.jpg|left|175px|thumb|Beyonce in the pink-themed music video for "Check on It"]]When demand was growing for the song, Knowles shot a [[music video]] serving as promotion for both ''#1's'' and ''The Pink Panther''. The video was directed by [[Hype Williams]], and was premiered on [[December 16]] [[2005]]. The remix of the song in the music video features a remix of "[[The Pink Panther Theme]]" and a rap from [[Bun B]]. "Check on It" won on August 31, 2006 the [[2006 MTV Video Music Awards|2006 MTV Video Music Award]] for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video|Best R&B Video]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5301040.stm|title=Newcomers scoop MTV award glory|date=2006-09-01|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref>

The video has a pink theme to fit in with ''The Pink Panther''. Knowles is shown in mostly all pink, and the dancers wear PVC jackets and dance around rippling satin sheets. The video cuts to Knowles wearing a polka dot corset against a hot magenta polka dot wall. Where black bars normally appear on a [[4:3]] (full screen) television showing a [[widescreen]] production, footage is displayed of curtains moving in the background. This was a trend in Hype Williams' videos during that year.<ref>{{cite video |people=[[Hype Williams|Williams, Hype]] - Director|year2=2006|title=Check on It|medium=Music video|publisher=[[Sony BMG]]|location=United States}}</ref>

==Formats and track listing==
;CD single
# "Check On It" (Album Version) – 3:32
# "Check On It" (Junior Vasquez Club Mix) – 8:33
# "Check On It" (Maurice Nu Soul Mix) – 6:01
# "Check On It" (Maurice Joshua's King Club Mix) – 6:49
# "Check On It" ([[Bama Boyz]] Remix) – 3:54

==Charts==
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!align="left"|Chart (2006)<ref name="BillDiscog">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=317670&model.vnuAlbumId=1097735|title=Artist Chart History - Beyoncé|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2008-10-23}}</ref><ref name="AllmusicDiscog">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=BEYONCE&sql=11:axfuxq8jld6e~T51|title=Beyoncé's Billboard Singles Chart Performances|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision Corporation|accessdate=2008-10-23}}</ref><ref name="aCharts">{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/7154|title=Beyoncé and Slim Thug - Check On It|publisher=αCharts.us|accessdate=2008-10-23}}</ref>
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|align="left"|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
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|align="left"|Belgium UltraTop 50
|align="center"|9
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|align="left"|European Singles Chart
|align="center"|6
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|align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[French Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|32
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|align="left"|[[German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|11
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|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|2
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|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40]]
|align="center"|5
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|align="center"|8
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|align="left"|New Zealand Singles Chart ([[RIANZ]])
|align="center"|1
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|align="left"|[[Norwegian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
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|align="left"|[[Romanian Top 100]]
|align="center"|2
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|align="left"|[[Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|11
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|align="left"|[[Swiss Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|7
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|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
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|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|1
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]
|align="center"|1
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Rhythmic Top 40]]
|align="center"|1
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
|align="center"|1
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===Chart procession and succession===
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| years1 = [[February 4]] [[2006]] – [[March 4]] [[2006]]
| after = "[[You're Beautiful]]" by [[James Blunt]]
| before2 = "[[Run It!]]" by [[Chris Brown (entertainer)|Chris Brown]] featuring [[Juelz Santana]]
| title2 = [[Pop 100|''Billboard'' Pop 100]] [[Pop 100 number-one hits of 2006 (USA)|number-one single]]
| years2 = [[January 28]] [[2006]] - [[February 25]] [[2006]]
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==References==
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If It’s Lovin’ That You Want

2009-06-08T05:52:08Z

Sky Attacker: /* Charts */ Austrian and Swiss Chart Links

{{Infobox Single
| Name = If It's Lovin' That You Want
| Cover = lovinrihanna.jpg
| Artist = [[Rihanna]]
| from Album = [[Music of the Sun]]
| Released = November 28, 2005
| Format = [[CD single]], [[digital download]], airplay
| Recorded = 2005
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[reggae music|reggae]]
| Length = 3:28
| Label = [[Def Jam Records|Def Jam]], SRP
| Writer = [[Samuel Barnes]], [[Scott La Rock]], Mosely Makeba, Jean-Claude Alexsander, Lawrence Parker Oliver
| Producer = [[Poke & Tone]]
| Last single = "[[Pon de Replay]]" (2005)
| This single = "'''If It's Lovin' That You Want'''" (2005)
| Next single = "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]" (2006)
}}

"'''If It's Lovin' That You Want'''" is a [[pop music|pop]]–[[reggae]] song written by [[Samuel Barnes]], [[Scott La Rock]], Makeba, Jean Claude Oliver, Alaxsander Mosely and Lawrence Parker for [[pop music|pop]] singer [[Rihanna]]'s debut album, ''[[Music of the Sun]]'' (2005).

==Song History==
Produced by [[Poke & Tone]], the mid-tempo song is—according to [[Rihanna]]—an instruction to a man: ''"If it's lovin' that you want, you should make me your girl because I've got what you need"''.<ref name=MTVNews-Aug2005>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author=Tecson, Brandee J. |coauthors=Richard, Yasmine |title=Rihanna Insists She's Got What You Need In 'Pon De Replay' Follow-Up |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1508016/20050819/rihanna.jhtml |work=[[MTV News]] |publisher=MTV Networks |date=August 19, 2005 |accessdate=2008-06-21 }}</ref> A sequel, "If It's Lovin' That You Want - Part 2" (featuring [[Cory gunz]]), was included on [[Rihanna]]'s second album, ''[[A Girl like Me (Rihanna album)|A Girl like Me]]'' (2006). That version was featured on an episode of the television series ''[[Gossip Girl (TV series)|Gossip Girl]]''.

==Chart Performance==
It was released as the album's second single after "[[Pon de Replay]]" and peaked at number thirty-six on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. It had more success on a worldwide scale, reaching the top five in Poland and Slovakia, the top ten in Australia and New Zealand and number eleven on the [[UK Singles Chart]]; it also became her first number-one crossover hit in the [[Philippines]]. "If It's Lovin That You Want" was the second and last single released single from ''[[Music of the Sun]]'' in the U.S.; a third single, "Let Me", was released in Japan.

==Music video==
[[Image:Ifitslovingmusicvideo.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Rihanna singing at the beach in the music video for "If It's Lovin' That You Want"]]The [[music video]] for the song was shot on a stretch of beach on the coast of [[California]] by director Marcus Raboy, and the dancing was choreographed by [[Fatima Robinson]].<ref name=MTVNews-Aug2005/> [[Rihanna]] said that the video ''"is about having fun, giving off the vibe of the [[Caribbean]]"'', and that ''"I'm just [performing] to the camera as if it were my boyfriend. [...] It's going to be incredible."''<ref name=MTVNews-Aug2005/> Scenes of the video show a bonfire, [[belly dance|belly dancing]] and Rihanna on a [[jet ski]], which she had to learn how to ride.<ref name=MTVNews-Aug2005/> On ''[[Total Request Live|TRL]]'' [[Poland]], it was retired from the countdown after fifty days. With music video guest [[Lance Gross]].
 

==Charts==

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|align="center"|9
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|align="left"|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|31
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|align="left"|Belgian Singles Chart
|align="center"|25
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|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40]]<ref>[http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?key=142162&cat=s dutchcharts.nl - Rihanna - If It's Lovin' That You Want]</ref>
|align="center"|13
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|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]]
|align="center"|35
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|align="left"|[[German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|25
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|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|8
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|align="left"|[[New Zealand Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|9
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|align="left"|[[Romanian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|18
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|align="left"|[[Swiss Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|19
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|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|11
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]]<ref name="billboard"/>
|align="center"|36
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]<ref name="billboard"/>
|align="center"|99
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]<ref name="billboard">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=658897&model.vnuAlbumId=933955 Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Rihanna]</ref>
|align="center"|15
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Pon de Replay

2009-06-07T23:24:52Z

Sky Attacker: /* Charts */

{{Infobox Single
| Name = Pon de Replay
| Cover = Pondereplay.jpg
| Artist = [[Rihanna]]
| from Album = [[Music of the Sun]]
| Released = August 22, 2005
| Format = [[Digital download]], [[12" maxi single]]
| Recorded = 2005
| Genre = [[Dance pop]], [[dancehall]]
| Length = 4:07 (Album Version) 3:34 (Radio Edit)
| Label = [[Def Jam Records|Def Jam]], SRP
| Writer = Vada Nobles, [[Carl Sturken]], [[Evan Rogers]], Alisha Brooks
| Producer = Vada Nobles, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers
| Certification = Platinum ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]) Gold ([[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]])
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Pon de Replay'''" (2005)
| Next single = "[[If It's Lovin' That You Want]]" (2005)
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"'''Pon de Replay'''" is a song by Barbadian singer [[Rihanna]]. The song was written and produced by [[Vada Nobles]], [[Carl Sturken]], and [[Evan Rogers]] for her [[2005 in music|2005]] debut [[album]], ''[[Music of the Sun]]''. Her debut [[single (song)|single]], the song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]], becoming her first Top 5 single; it also peaked at number 1 in New Zealand, number 2 in the UK and at number 6 and number 7 in Australia and Canada, respectively. The beat for "Pon de Replay" was also used in [[Natasja Saad]]'s hit "Mon De Reggae".

==Chart performance==
In May 2005<ref>http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-20264498-details/Albarn+knocks+Oasis+off+No1/article.do</ref>, the song proved to be a big success, peaking at number two on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]] singles chart and reaching number one on the [[Hot Digital Songs]] chart. "Pon de Replay" was also a major dance hit topping both the [[Hot Dance Club Play]] and the [[Hot Dance Airplay]] chart for two weeks. It also performed well on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart peaking at number 24; most of its chart points had been received from airplay from pop stations and from its digital downloads. In an unusual situation, the track reached number six on the [[Hot Rap Tracks]], an unlikely supporter of the song. On the non-Billboard chart, ARC Top 40, the track hit number one. Pop girl group [[Girl Authority]] covered the song in 2006 for their [[Girl Authority (album)|debut album]]Shoutout to Emma Sutherland.

"Pon de Replay" was first made public in the mainstream media on March 17, 2005 on MTV News.<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1498253/20050317/young_buck.jhtml Index]</ref>

== Music video ==


In the [[music video]], directed by [[Little X]], Rihanna and her friends arrive at the club where everybody is bored and not dancing because of the low music. Rihanna steps up and sings the song, causing the DJ (cameo by [[DJ Cipha Sounds]]) to turn the music up and everybody to start dancing. The music video also features Rihanna doing some [[belly dance|belly dancing]] moves, and an additional cameo appearance from [[Kardinal Offishall]]. The music video was also popular receiving much play from [[MTV]] and [[BET]]. It peaked at #2 on MTV's ''[[Total Request Live]]'' spending 37 days on the countdown; it was not able to retire due to the early introduction of the music video for her second single, "[[If It's Lovin' That You Want]]". The video reached #4 on BET's ''[[106 & Park]]'' and remained on the countdown for over 20 days.

== Track listing ==
*'''CD single (European version)'''
# "Pon de Replay" (Radio edit) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 3:34
# "Pon de Replay" (Remix featuring [[Elephant Man (musician)|Elephant Man]]) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 3:37

*'''CD maxi-single (European version)'''
# "Pon de Replay" (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 3:36
# "Pon de Replay" (Cotto's Replay Dub) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 6:48
# "Pon de Replay" (Instrumental) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 4:05
*Extras:
:"Pon de Replay" (Video) — 3:37

==Covers & Parodies==

[["Weird Al" Yankovic]] covered part of the song in his polka medley Polkarama! from the album [[Straight Outta Lynwood]]

==Charts==

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|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|6
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|align="left"|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|5
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|align="left"|Belgium Singles Chart
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
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|align="left"|[[Danish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|4
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|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40]]
|align="center"|15
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|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|[[French Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|18
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|align="left"|[[German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Italian [[FIMI]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|6
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|align="left"|[[New Zealand Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
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|align="left"|[[Norwegian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Spanish Singles Chart
|align="center"|18
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|align="left"|[[Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|5
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|align="left"|[[Swiss Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Pon+de+replay&cat=s Chart positions @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved June 2009</ref>
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|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|2
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|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]]<ref name="billboard">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=658897&model.vnuAlbumId=933955 Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Rihanna]</ref>
|align="center"|2
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|align="left"|U.S. [[Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="billboard" />
|align="center"|1
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|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Pop 100]]<ref name="billboard" />
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Hot Rap Tracks]]<ref name="billboard" />
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]<ref name="billboard" />
|align="center"|24
|}

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{{start box}}
{{succession box
| before = "Say Hello" by [[Deep Dish]]
| title = [[Hot Dance Club Play|''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play]] number-one single
| years = October 8, 2005
| after = "I Like It (But I Don't Need It)" by [[Vivian Green]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[These Words]]" by [[Natasha Beddingfield]]
| title = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Hot Dance Airplay]] number-one single
| years = September 28, 2005
| after = "And She Said..." by [[Lucas Prata]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Axel F (Crazy Frog song)|Axel F]]" by [[Crazy Frog]]
| title = [[RIANZ|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = October 10, 2005 – October 17, 2005
| after = "[[Popcorn (Crazy Frog song)|Popcorn]]" by [[Crazy Frog]]
}}
{{end box}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rihanna}}

[[Category:2005 singles]]
[[Category:ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Airplay number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one singles]]
[[Category:Instructional dance songs]]
[[Category:Number-one debut singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Portugal]]
[[Category:Rihanna songs]]

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Pon de Replay

2009-06-07T23:24:20Z

Sky Attacker:

{{Infobox Single
| Name = Pon de Replay
| Cover = Pondereplay.jpg
| Artist = [[Rihanna]]
| from Album = [[Music of the Sun]]
| Released = August 22, 2005
| Format = [[Digital download]], [[12" maxi single]]
| Recorded = 2005
| Genre = [[Dance pop]], [[dancehall]]
| Length = 4:07 (Album Version) 3:34 (Radio Edit)
| Label = [[Def Jam Records|Def Jam]], SRP
| Writer = Vada Nobles, [[Carl Sturken]], [[Evan Rogers]], Alisha Brooks
| Producer = Vada Nobles, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers
| Certification = Platinum ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]) Gold ([[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]])
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Pon de Replay'''" (2005)
| Next single = "[[If It's Lovin' That You Want]]" (2005)
{{audiosample
| Upper caption = Audio sample
| Name = Pon de Replay
| Audio file = Rihanna PonDeReplay.ogg
}}
}}

"'''Pon de Replay'''" is a song by Barbadian singer [[Rihanna]]. The song was written and produced by [[Vada Nobles]], [[Carl Sturken]], and [[Evan Rogers]] for her [[2005 in music|2005]] debut [[album]], ''[[Music of the Sun]]''. Her debut [[single (song)|single]], the song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]], becoming her first Top 5 single; it also peaked at number 1 in New Zealand, number 2 in the UK and at number 6 and number 7 in Australia and Canada, respectively. The beat for "Pon de Replay" was also used in [[Natasja Saad]]'s hit "Mon De Reggae".

==Chart performance==
In May 2005<ref>http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-20264498-details/Albarn+knocks+Oasis+off+No1/article.do</ref>, the song proved to be a big success, peaking at number two on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]] singles chart and reaching number one on the [[Hot Digital Songs]] chart. "Pon de Replay" was also a major dance hit topping both the [[Hot Dance Club Play]] and the [[Hot Dance Airplay]] chart for two weeks. It also performed well on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart peaking at number 24; most of its chart points had been received from airplay from pop stations and from its digital downloads. In an unusual situation, the track reached number six on the [[Hot Rap Tracks]], an unlikely supporter of the song. On the non-Billboard chart, ARC Top 40, the track hit number one. Pop girl group [[Girl Authority]] covered the song in 2006 for their [[Girl Authority (album)|debut album]]Shoutout to Emma Sutherland.

"Pon de Replay" was first made public in the mainstream media on March 17, 2005 on MTV News.<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1498253/20050317/young_buck.jhtml Index]</ref>

== Music video ==


In the [[music video]], directed by [[Little X]], Rihanna and her friends arrive at the club where everybody is bored and not dancing because of the low music. Rihanna steps up and sings the song, causing the DJ (cameo by [[DJ Cipha Sounds]]) to turn the music up and everybody to start dancing. The music video also features Rihanna doing some [[belly dance|belly dancing]] moves, and an additional cameo appearance from [[Kardinal Offishall]]. The music video was also popular receiving much play from [[MTV]] and [[BET]]. It peaked at #2 on MTV's ''[[Total Request Live]]'' spending 37 days on the countdown; it was not able to retire due to the early introduction of the music video for her second single, "[[If It's Lovin' That You Want]]". The video reached #4 on BET's ''[[106 & Park]]'' and remained on the countdown for over 20 days.

== Track listing ==
*'''CD single (European version)'''
# "Pon de Replay" (Radio edit) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 3:34
# "Pon de Replay" (Remix featuring [[Elephant Man (musician)|Elephant Man]]) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 3:37

*'''CD maxi-single (European version)'''
# "Pon de Replay" (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 3:36
# "Pon de Replay" (Cotto's Replay Dub) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 6:48
# "Pon de Replay" (Instrumental) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 4:05
*Extras:
:"Pon de Replay" (Video) — 3:37

==Covers & Parodies==

[["Weird Al" Yankovic]] covered part of the song in his polka medley Polkarama! from the album [[Straight Outta Lynwood]]

==Charts==

{{Unreferenced|date=July 2007}}

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!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Austrian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|Belgium Singles Chart
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Danish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40]]
|align="center"|15
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|[[French Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|18
|-
|align="left"|[[German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Italian [[FIMI]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[New Zealand Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Norwegian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Spanish Singles Chart
|align="center"18
|-
|align="left"|[[Swedish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|[[Swiss Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Pon+de+replay&cat=s Chart positions @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved June 2009</ref>
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]]<ref name="billboard">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=658897&model.vnuAlbumId=933955 Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Rihanna]</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="billboard" />
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Pop 100]]<ref name="billboard" />
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Hot Rap Tracks]]<ref name="billboard" />
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]<ref name="billboard" />
|align="center"|24
|}

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{{succession box
| before = "Say Hello" by [[Deep Dish]]
| title = [[Hot Dance Club Play|''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play]] number-one single
| years = October 8, 2005
| after = "I Like It (But I Don't Need It)" by [[Vivian Green]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[These Words]]" by [[Natasha Beddingfield]]
| title = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Hot Dance Airplay]] number-one single
| years = September 28, 2005
| after = "And She Said..." by [[Lucas Prata]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Axel F (Crazy Frog song)|Axel F]]" by [[Crazy Frog]]
| title = [[RIANZ|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = October 10, 2005 – October 17, 2005
| after = "[[Popcorn (Crazy Frog song)|Popcorn]]" by [[Crazy Frog]]
}}
{{end box}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rihanna}}

[[Category:2005 singles]]
[[Category:ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Airplay number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one singles]]
[[Category:Instructional dance songs]]
[[Category:Number-one debut singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Portugal]]
[[Category:Rihanna songs]]

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Pon de Replay

2009-06-07T23:15:55Z

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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Pon de Replay
| Cover = Pondereplay.jpg
| Artist = [[Rihanna]]
| from Album = [[Music of the Sun]]
| Released = August 22, 2005
| Format = [[Digital download]], [[12" maxi single]]
| Recorded = 2005
| Genre = [[Dance pop]], [[dancehall]]
| Length = 4:07 (Album Version) 3:34 (Radio Edit)
| Label = [[Def Jam Records|Def Jam]], SRP
| Writer = Vada Nobles, [[Carl Sturken]], [[Evan Rogers]], Alisha Brooks
| Producer = Vada Nobles, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers
| Certification = Platinum ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]) Gold ([[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]])
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Pon de Replay'''" (2005)
| Next single = "[[If It's Lovin' That You Want]]" (2005)
{{audiosample
| Upper caption = Audio sample
| Name = Pon de Replay
| Audio file = Rihanna PonDeReplay.ogg
}}
}}

"'''Pon de Replay'''" is a song by Barbadian singer [[Rihanna]]. The song was written and produced by [[Vada Nobles]], [[Carl Sturken]], and [[Evan Rogers]] for her [[2005 in music|2005]] debut [[album]], ''[[Music of the Sun]]''. Her debut [[single (song)|single]], the song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]], becoming her first Top 5 single; it also peaked at number 1 in New Zealand, number 2 in the UK and at number 6 and number 7 in Australia and Canada, respectively. The beat for "Pon de Replay" was also used in [[Natasja Saad]]'s hit "Mon De Reggae".

==Chart performance==
In May 2005<ref>http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-20264498-details/Albarn+knocks+Oasis+off+No1/article.do</ref>, the song proved to be a big success, peaking at number two on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]] singles chart and reaching number one on the [[Hot Digital Songs]] chart. "Pon de Replay" was also a major dance hit topping both the [[Hot Dance Club Play]] and the [[Hot Dance Airplay]] chart for two weeks. It also performed well on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart peaking at number 24; most of its chart points had been received from airplay from pop stations and from its digital downloads. In an unusual situation, the track reached number six on the [[Hot Rap Tracks]], an unlikely supporter of the song. On the non-Billboard chart, ARC Top 40, the track hit number one. Pop girl group [[Girl Authority]] covered the song in 2006 for their [[Girl Authority (album)|debut album]]Shoutout to Emma Sutherland.

"Pon de Replay" was first made public in the mainstream media on March 17, 2005 on MTV News.<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1498253/20050317/young_buck.jhtml Index]</ref>

== Music video ==


In the [[music video]], directed by [[Little X]], Rihanna and her friends arrive at the club where everybody is bored and not dancing because of the low music. Rihanna steps up and sings the song, causing the DJ (cameo by [[DJ Cipha Sounds]]) to turn the music up and everybody to start dancing. The music video also features Rihanna doing some [[belly dance|belly dancing]] moves, and an additional cameo appearance from [[Kardinal Offishall]]. The music video was also popular receiving much play from [[MTV]] and [[BET]]. It peaked at #2 on MTV's ''[[Total Request Live]]'' spending 37 days on the countdown; it was not able to retire due to the early introduction of the music video for her second single, "[[If It's Lovin' That You Want]]". The video reached #4 on BET's ''[[106 & Park]]'' and remained on the countdown for over 20 days.

== Track listing ==
*'''CD single (European version)'''
# "Pon de Replay" (Radio edit) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 3:34
# "Pon de Replay" (Remix featuring [[Elephant Man (musician)|Elephant Man]]) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 3:37

*'''CD maxi-single (European version)'''
# "Pon de Replay" (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 3:36
# "Pon de Replay" (Cotto's Replay Dub) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 6:48
# "Pon de Replay" (Instrumental) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 4:05
*Extras:
:"Pon de Replay" (Video) — 3:37

==Covers & Parodies==

[["Weird Al" Yankovic]] covered part of the song in his polka medley Polkarama! from the album [[Straight Outta Lynwood]]

==Charts==

{{Unreferenced|date=July 2007}}

{| width="0%"
|- valign="top"
| width="50%" |
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!|Chart (2005)
!align="center"|Peak position
|-
|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|Belgium Singles Chart
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Top 40]]
|align="center"|18
|-
|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[French Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|18
|-
|align="left"|[[German Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Italian [[FIMI]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[New Zealand Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100]]<ref name="billboard">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=658897&model.vnuAlbumId=933955 Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Rihanna]</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="billboard" />
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Pop 100]]<ref name="billboard" />
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Hot Rap Tracks]]<ref name="billboard" />
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]<ref name="billboard" />
|align="center"|24
|}

{{clr}}

{{start box}}
{{succession box
| before = "Say Hello" by [[Deep Dish]]
| title = [[Hot Dance Club Play|''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play]] number-one single
| years = October 8, 2005
| after = "I Like It (But I Don't Need It)" by [[Vivian Green]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[These Words]]" by [[Natasha Beddingfield]]
| title = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] [[Hot Dance Airplay]] number-one single
| years = September 28, 2005
| after = "And She Said..." by [[Lucas Prata]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Axel F (Crazy Frog song)|Axel F]]" by [[Crazy Frog]]
| title = [[RIANZ|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = October 10, 2005 – October 17, 2005
| after = "[[Popcorn (Crazy Frog song)|Popcorn]]" by [[Crazy Frog]]
}}
{{end box}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rihanna}}

[[Category:2005 singles]]
[[Category:ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Airplay number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one singles]]
[[Category:Instructional dance songs]]
[[Category:Number-one debut singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Portugal]]
[[Category:Rihanna songs]]

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Freestyler

2009-06-07T09:07:44Z

Sky Attacker: in music

{{Infobox Single
| Name = Freestyler
| Cover =
| Artist = [[Bomfunk MC's]]
| from Album = [[In Stereo]]
| Released = [[1999]]
| Format = CD Single, 12"
| Recorded = [[1999]]
| Genre = [[Nu skool breaks]], [[Drum and bass]]
| Length =
| Label = [[Sony]]/Epidrome
| Writer = [[Raymond Ebanks]], [[JS16|Jaakko Salovaara]]
| Producer =
| Certification = Silver ([[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]])
| Chart position = * #1 ([[Australia]], [[New Zealand]])
* #2 ([[United Kingdom]])
* #3([[Turkey]])
|Reviews =
| Last single = B-Boys & Flygirls (1999)
| This single = Freestyler ([[1999]])
| Next single = Other Emcees (1999)
}}

'''"Freestyler"''' is a single by the [[Bomfunk MC's]] released in [[1999 in music|1999]]. It topped the charts in many [[Europe]]an countries, [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Turkey]], and peaked at number two in the [[United Kingdom]], where it was the 23rd biggest-selling single of the year 2000.{{Fact|date=January 2009}}

The song is notable for slipping an expletive past the censors. The line "So who the fuck is Alice, is she from Buckingham Palace?" (a reference to [[Smokie (band)|Smokie]]'s song "[[Living Next Door to Alice]]") was aired unedited on [[MTV]].

Further references in the lyrics are made to the song [[Karma Chameleon]] by [[Culture Club]], singer [[Celine Dion]] and porn film [[Debbie Does Dallas]].

==Music video==
The music video was mainly filmed at the [[Hakaniemi metro station]]<ref>Dr. Giacomo Bottà – [[University of Helsinki]], [http://www.helsinki.fi/iehc2006/papers3/Botta.pdf Popular Culture and Urban Creativity in Helsinki and Berlin], 2006-08.</ref>, an underground station on the [[Helsinki Metro]] line, in [[Finland]] and with platforms 21-metres below sea level. It shows an unnamed youth catching a train while listening to Freestyler on his [[MiniDisc]] player. He soon discovers that the remote control for his player has the ability to control the flow of time for one or a group of individuals. Realising this ability, he spends the duration of the video pausing, rewinding and fast-forwarding dancers and people in the station until coming across the members of Bomfunk MC's, where his remote malfunctions, sending the whole video into a rapid rewind and back to the beginning. The music video may be inspired by and seems to use similar themes as [[Ferry Corsten|System F's]] 1999 "[http://youtube.com/watch?v=hFD3CvGtUYM Out of the blue]" music video.

The video is shown in pseudo [[black-and-white]] with a filter allowing shades of orange (the colour scheme of the Helsinki Metro) to show through. The dancers and [[breakdance]]rs in the video wear garments of orange leading to additional highlighting.

Throughout the music video, a large amount of [[Sony]]-provided [[product placement]] is visible. In particular, headphones, a portable [[MiniDisc]] player and a somewhat out-of-place [[Playstation]] (original) controller. All these consumer items were considered "current", or even futuristic, in the 1999-2000 timeframe when the video was produced.

The principal "home boy" featured in the video is Marlo Snellman, a Finnish model/musician who later released his own single entitled "Dust". The actor was only fifteen at the time of shooting and got the part through his mother, Finnish modelling [[business magnate|magnate]] [[:fi:Laila Snellman]].<ref>Website, [http://www.torbenhoyer.dk/marlo.html Marlo Snellman].</ref> Marlo Snellman appears briefly in another Bomfunk MC music video, "B-Boys & Flygirls".

Near the start, the video features a continuity error, Metro car 178 is seen pulling into the station, and a second later the number has changed to 136.

==In popular culture==
*The song was also featured in the [[video game]] [[Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2]].
*Featured in a film by [[Bam Margera]] [[Haggard: The Movie]]
*A similar song, with the same chorus lyrics and similar melody, called Sidstyler was played by [[Machinae Supremacy]]
*The song is used by professional darts player [[Adrian Gray]] as his walk-on music

==See also==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXnT5NnHYEQ Complete ''Freestyler'' video], on YouTube, including introduction music, filming credits at the end and a running length of 5:44 minutes.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{start box}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Spinning Around]]" by [[Kylie Minogue]]
| title = [[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[July 9]], [[2000]] - [[July 23]], [[2000]]
| after = "[[I'm Outta Love]]" by [[Anastacia]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Rock DJ (song)|Rock DJ]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
| title = [[RIANZ|RIANZ (New Zealand)]] number one single (first run)
| years = [[10 September]] [[2000]]
| after = "[[Rock DJ (song)|Rock DJ]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Rock DJ (song)|Rock DJ]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
| title = [[RIANZ|RIANZ (New Zealand)]] number one single (second run)
| years = [[24 September]] [[2000]]
| after = "[[Music (Madonna song)|Music]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
}}
{{end box}}

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[[Category:Number-one singles in Austria]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]]
[[Category:Eurochart Hot 100 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Italy]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]

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Freestyler

2009-06-07T09:07:07Z

Sky Attacker: Removed links. Redlinked links.

{{Infobox Single
| Name = Freestyler
| Cover =
| Artist = [[Bomfunk MC's]]
| from Album = [[In Stereo]]
| Released = [[1999]]
| Format = CD Single, 12"
| Recorded = [[1999]]
| Genre = [[Nu skool breaks]], [[Drum and bass]]
| Length =
| Label = [[Sony]]/Epidrome
| Writer = [[Raymond Ebanks]], [[JS16|Jaakko Salovaara]]
| Producer =
| Certification = Silver ([[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]])
| Chart position = * #1 ([[Australia]], [[New Zealand]])
* #2 ([[United Kingdom]])
* #3([[Turkey]])
|Reviews =
| Last single = B-Boys & Flygirls (1999)
| This single = Freestyler ([[1999]])
| Next single = Other Emcees (1999)
}}

'''"Freestyler"''' is a single by the [[Bomfunk MC's]] released in [[1999]]. It topped the charts in many [[Europe]]an countries, [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Turkey]], and peaked at number two in the [[United Kingdom]], where it was the 23rd biggest-selling single of the year 2000.{{Fact|date=January 2009}}

The song is notable for slipping an expletive past the censors. The line "So who the fuck is Alice, is she from Buckingham Palace?" (a reference to [[Smokie (band)|Smokie]]'s song "[[Living Next Door to Alice]]") was aired unedited on [[MTV]].

Further references in the lyrics are made to the song [[Karma Chameleon]] by [[Culture Club]], singer [[Celine Dion]] and porn film [[Debbie Does Dallas]].

==Music video==
The music video was mainly filmed at the [[Hakaniemi metro station]]<ref>Dr. Giacomo Bottà – [[University of Helsinki]], [http://www.helsinki.fi/iehc2006/papers3/Botta.pdf Popular Culture and Urban Creativity in Helsinki and Berlin], 2006-08.</ref>, an underground station on the [[Helsinki Metro]] line, in [[Finland]] and with platforms 21-metres below sea level. It shows an unnamed youth catching a train while listening to Freestyler on his [[MiniDisc]] player. He soon discovers that the remote control for his player has the ability to control the flow of time for one or a group of individuals. Realising this ability, he spends the duration of the video pausing, rewinding and fast-forwarding dancers and people in the station until coming across the members of Bomfunk MC's, where his remote malfunctions, sending the whole video into a rapid rewind and back to the beginning. The music video may be inspired by and seems to use similar themes as [[Ferry Corsten|System F's]] 1999 "[http://youtube.com/watch?v=hFD3CvGtUYM Out of the blue]" music video.

The video is shown in pseudo [[black-and-white]] with a filter allowing shades of orange (the colour scheme of the Helsinki Metro) to show through. The dancers and [[breakdance]]rs in the video wear garments of orange leading to additional highlighting.

Throughout the music video, a large amount of [[Sony]]-provided [[product placement]] is visible. In particular, headphones, a portable [[MiniDisc]] player and a somewhat out-of-place [[Playstation]] (original) controller. All these consumer items were considered "current", or even futuristic, in the 1999-2000 timeframe when the video was produced.

The principal "home boy" featured in the video is Marlo Snellman, a Finnish model/musician who later released his own single entitled "Dust". The actor was only fifteen at the time of shooting and got the part through his mother, Finnish modelling [[business magnate|magnate]] [[:fi:Laila Snellman]].<ref>Website, [http://www.torbenhoyer.dk/marlo.html Marlo Snellman].</ref> Marlo Snellman appears briefly in another Bomfunk MC music video, "B-Boys & Flygirls".

Near the start, the video features a continuity error, Metro car 178 is seen pulling into the station, and a second later the number has changed to 136.

==In popular culture==
*The song was also featured in the [[video game]] [[Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2]].
*Featured in a film by [[Bam Margera]] [[Haggard: The Movie]]
*A similar song, with the same chorus lyrics and similar melody, called Sidstyler was played by [[Machinae Supremacy]]
*The song is used by professional darts player [[Adrian Gray]] as his walk-on music

==See also==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXnT5NnHYEQ Complete ''Freestyler'' video], on YouTube, including introduction music, filming credits at the end and a running length of 5:44 minutes.

==References==
{{reflist}}

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| title = [[RIANZ|RIANZ (New Zealand)]] number one single (second run)
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| after = "[[Music (Madonna song)|Music]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
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Freestyler

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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Freestyler
| Cover =
| Artist = [[Bomfunk MC's]]
| from Album = [[In Stereo]]
| Released = [[1999]]
| Format = CD Single, 12"
| Recorded = [[1999]]
| Genre = [[Nu skool breaks]], [[Drum and bass]]
| Length =
| Label = [[Sony]]/Epidrome
| Writer = [[Raymond Ebanks]], [[JS16|Jaakko Salovaara]]
| Producer =
| Certification = Silver ([[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]])
| Chart position = * #1 ([[Australia]], [[New Zealand]])
* #2 ([[United Kingdom]])
* #3([[Turkey]])
|Reviews =
| Last single = [[B-Boys & Flygirls]] (1999)
| This single = Freestyler ([[1999]])
| Next single = [[Other Emcees]] (1999)
}}

'''"Freestyler"''' is a single by the [[Bomfunk MC's]] released in [[1999]]. It topped the charts in many [[Europe]]an countries, [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Turkey]], and peaked at number two in the [[United Kingdom]], where it was the 23rd biggest-selling single of the year 2000.{{Fact|date=January 2009}}

The song is notable for slipping an expletive past the censors. The line "So who the fuck is Alice, is she from Buckingham Palace?" (a reference to [[Smokie (band)|Smokie]]'s song "[[Living Next Door to Alice]]") was aired unedited on [[MTV]].

Further references in the lyrics are made to the song [[Karma Chameleon]] by [[Culture Club]], singer [[Celine Dion]] and porn film [[Debbie Does Dallas]].

==Music video==
The music video was mainly filmed at the [[Hakaniemi metro station]]<ref>Dr. Giacomo Bottà – [[University of Helsinki]], [http://www.helsinki.fi/iehc2006/papers3/Botta.pdf Popular Culture and Urban Creativity in Helsinki and Berlin], 2006-08.</ref>, an underground station on the [[Helsinki Metro]] line, in [[Finland]] and with platforms 21-metres below sea level. It shows an unnamed youth catching a train while listening to Freestyler on his [[MiniDisc]] player. He soon discovers that the remote control for his player has the ability to control the flow of time for one or a group of individuals. Realising this ability, he spends the duration of the video pausing, rewinding and fast-forwarding dancers and people in the station until coming across the members of Bomfunk MC's, where his remote malfunctions, sending the whole video into a rapid rewind and back to the beginning. The music video may be inspired by and seems to use similar themes as [[Ferry Corsten|System F's]] 1999 "[http://youtube.com/watch?v=hFD3CvGtUYM Out of the blue]" music video.

The video is shown in pseudo [[black-and-white]] with a filter allowing shades of orange (the colour scheme of the Helsinki Metro) to show through. The dancers and [[breakdance]]rs in the video wear garments of orange leading to additional highlighting.

Throughout the music video, a large amount of [[Sony]]-provided [[product placement]] is visible. In particular, headphones, a portable [[MiniDisc]] player and a somewhat out-of-place [[Playstation]] (original) controller. All these consumer items were considered "current", or even futuristic, in the 1999-2000 timeframe when the video was produced.

The principal "home boy" featured in the video is Marlo Snellman, a Finnish model/musician who later released his own single entitled "Dust". The actor was only fifteen at the time of shooting and got the part through his mother, Finnish modelling [[business magnate|magnate]] [[:fi:Laila Snellman]].<ref>Website, [http://www.torbenhoyer.dk/marlo.html Marlo Snellman].</ref> Marlo Snellman appears briefly in another Bomfunk MC music video, "B-Boys & Flygirls".

Near the start, the video features a continuity error, Metro car 178 is seen pulling into the station, and a second later the number has changed to 136.

==In popular culture==
*The song was also featured in the [[video game]] [[Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2]].
*Featured in a film by [[Bam Margera]] [[Haggard: The Movie]]
*A similar song, with the same chorus lyrics and similar melody, called Sidstyler was played by [[Machinae Supremacy]]
*The song is used by professional darts player [[Adrian Gray]] as his walk-on music

==See also==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXnT5NnHYEQ Complete ''Freestyler'' video], on YouTube, including introduction music, filming credits at the end and a running length of 5:44 minutes.

==References==
{{reflist}}

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| title = [[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[July 9]], [[2000]] - [[July 23]], [[2000]]
| after = "[[I'm Outta Love]]" by [[Anastacia]]
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| title = [[RIANZ|RIANZ (New Zealand)]] number one single (second run)
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Freestyler

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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Freestyler
| Cover =
| Artist = [[Bomfunk MC's]]
| from Album = [[In Stereo]]
| Released = [[1999]]
| Format = CD Single, 12"
| Recorded = [[1999]]
| Genre = [[Nu skool breaks]], [[Drum and bass]]
| Length =
| Label = [[Sony]]/Epidrome
| Writer = [[Raymond Ebanks]], [[JS16|Jaakko Salovaara]]
| Producer =
| Certification = Silver ([[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]])
| Chart position = * #1 ([[Australia]], [[New Zealand]])
* #2 ([[United Kingdom]])
* #3([[Turkey]])
|Reviews =
| Last single = [[B-Boys & Flygirls]] (1999)
| This single = Freestyler ([[1999]])
| Next single = [[Other Emcees]] (1999)
}}

'''"Freestyler"''' is a single by the [[Bomfunk MC's]] released in [[1999]]. It topped the charts in many [[Europe]]an countries, [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Turkey]], and peaked at number two in the [[United Kingdom]], where it was the 23rd biggest-selling single of the year 2000.{{Fact|date=January 2009}}

The song is notable for slipping an expletive past the censors. The line "So who the fuck is Alice, is she from Buckingham Palace?" (a reference to [[Smokie (band)|Smokie]]'s song "[[Living Next Door to Alice]]") was aired unedited on [[MTV]].

Further references in the lyrics are made to the song [[Karma Chameleon]] by [[Culture Club]], singer [[Celine Dion]] and porn film [[Debbie Does Dallas]].

==Music video==
The music video was mainly filmed at the [[Hakaniemi metro station]]<ref>Dr. Giacomo Bottà – [[University of Helsinki]], [http://www.helsinki.fi/iehc2006/papers3/Botta.pdf Popular Culture and Urban Creativity in Helsinki and Berlin], 2006-08.</ref>, an underground station on the [[Helsinki Metro]] line, in [[Finland]] and with platforms 21-metres below sea level. It shows an unnamed youth catching a train while listening to Freestyler on his [[MiniDisc]] player. He soon discovers that the remote control for his player has the ability to control the flow of time for one or a group of individuals. Realising this ability, he spends the duration of the video pausing, rewinding and fast-forwarding dancers and people in the station until coming across the members of Bomfunk MC's, where his remote malfunctions, sending the whole video into a rapid rewind and back to the beginning. The music video may be inspired by and seems to use similar themes as [[Ferry Corsten|System F's]] 1999 "[http://youtube.com/watch?v=hFD3CvGtUYM Out of the blue]" music video.

The video is shown in pseudo [[black-and-white]] with a filter allowing shades of orange (the colour scheme of the Helsinki Metro) to show through. The dancers and [[breakdance]]rs in the video wear garments of orange leading to additional highlighting.

Throughout the music video, a large amount of [[Sony]]-provided [[product placement]] is visible. In particular, headphones, a portable [[MiniDisc]] player and a somewhat out-of-place [[Playstation]] (original) controller. All these consumer items were considered "current", or even futuristic, in the 1999-2000 timeframe when the video was produced.

The principal "home boy" featured in the video is [[Marlo Snellman]], a Finnish model/musician who later released his own single entitled "Dust". The actor was only fifteen at the time of shooting and got the part through his mother, Finnish modelling [[business magnate|magnate]] [[:fi:Laila Snellman]].<ref>Website, [http://www.torbenhoyer.dk/marlo.html Marlo Snellman].</ref> Marlo Snellman appears briefly in another Bomfunk MC music video, "B-Boys & Flygirls".

Near the start, the video features a continuity error, Metro car 178 is seen pulling into the station, and a second later the number has changed to 136.

==In popular culture==
*The song was also featured in the [[video game]] [[Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2]].
*Featured in a film by [[Bam Margera]] [[Haggard: The Movie]]
*A similar song, with the same chorus lyrics and similar melody, called Sidstyler was played by [[Machinae Supremacy]]
*The song is used by professional darts player [[Adrian Gray]] as his walk-on music

==See also==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXnT5NnHYEQ Complete ''Freestyler'' video], on YouTube, including introduction music, filming credits at the end and a running length of 5:44 minutes.

==References==
{{reflist}}

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| before = "[[Spinning Around]]" by [[Kylie Minogue]]
| title = [[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = [[July 9]], [[2000]] - [[July 23]], [[2000]]
| after = "[[I'm Outta Love]]" by [[Anastacia]]
}}
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| before = "[[Rock DJ (song)|Rock DJ]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
| title = [[RIANZ|RIANZ (New Zealand)]] number one single (first run)
| years = [[10 September]] [[2000]]
| after = "[[Rock DJ (song)|Rock DJ]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
}}
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| before = "[[Rock DJ (song)|Rock DJ]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
| title = [[RIANZ|RIANZ (New Zealand)]] number one single (second run)
| years = [[24 September]] [[2000]]
| after = "[[Music (Madonna song)|Music]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
}}
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[[Category:Number-one singles in the Netherlands]]
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Agares

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{{portalpar|Occult}}
In [[demonology]], according to some authors, '''Agares''' (or '''Agreas'''<ref name="goetia">{{cite web | last =Mathers | first =Samuel | title =The Lesser Key of Solomon: Goetia | work =SHEMHAMPHORASH | url =http://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/lks/lks05.htm | accessdate =2008-02-19}}</ref>) is a Duke (or Grand Duke<ref name="dinf">{{cite web |last = Collin de Plancy | first = Thomas | title = Dictionnaire Infernal | url= http://books.google.com/books?id=ng8JAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=intitle:Dictionnaire+intitle:Infernal&lr=&num=100&as_brr=1&source=gbs_summary_r | accessdate = 2008-02-19 }}</ref>), ruling the eastern zone of [[Hell]], and being served by 31 legions of [[demons]].

He can make runaways come back, and those who run stand still. He can also cause earthquakes and teaches languages, finding pleasure in teaching immoral expressions. He also has the power to destroy dignities, both temporal and supernatural.<ref name="lemegeton">{{cite web | last =Peterson | first =Joseph | title =Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis, or Lesser Key of Solomon | work =Ars Goetia | url =http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/goetia.htm | accessdate =2007-04-15}}</ref><ref name="pseudo">{{cite web | last =Weyer | first =Johann | title =De praestigiis daemonum | work =Pseudomonarchia Daemonum | url =http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/weyer.htm | accessdate =2007-04-15}}</ref>

He is depicted as a pale old man riding a [[crocodile]] and with a [[hawk]] on his fist.<ref name="lemegeton"/><ref name="pseudo"/>

==See also==
*[[The Lesser Key of Solomon]]
*[[Pseudomonarchia Daemonum]]
*[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]
*[[Goetic demons in popular culture]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
**S. L. MacGregor Mathers, A. Crowley, ''[[The Goetia|The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King]]'' (1904). 1995 reprint: ISBN 0-87728-847-X.

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Elgin James

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'''Elgin Nathan James''' was one of the founding members of [[Friends Stand United]] (FSU), a [[Boston, Massachusetts]] area group in the early 1990s. FSU was classified by several law enforcement agencies as a [[gang]], a distinction that James and FSU deny.
== Early life ==
After a short time in orphanages and foster homes, Elgin James (who is of mixed race) was raised by [[civil rights]] activists on a rural farm in the Northeast. <ref> REVOLUTION ON CANVAS, Time/Warner books, 2007 </ref>.

With a crop of marijuana in the backyard and alcohol and drug abuse in the house, Elgin formed strong anti-drinking/drug beliefs. Those beliefs would later lead him to be a pivotal figure in the nineties militant [[straight edge]] movement.

Elgin discovered [[punk rock]] through an older foster brother and saw shows of seminal hardcore bands [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]], [[Agnostic Front]] and [[Millions of Dead Cops]]. He was arrested for the first time at age twelve, and by fourteen he wound end up in [[juvenile hall]]. There, he rejected the [[pacifist]] beliefs of his parents (who had marched with [[Martin Luther King, Jr.|Rev. Martin Luther King]] and the [[Freedom Riders]] movement), and began studying the more violent doctrines of [[Malcolm X]], [[Stokely Carmichael]] and [[Huey P. Newton]] fusing them with aggressive punk ideals. <ref> ENEMY, J and M productions, 2007.</ref>

== Brain damage ==

Elgin left Juvenile hall, and inspired by [[civil rights]] attorneys [[William Kunstler]] and [[Morris Dees]], left for [[Antioch College]] at age seventeen to study pre-law. During a break in his first semester he was involved in a gang fight that left him with left hemispheric brain damage. <ref> ARMED AGGRESSION FANZINE, Issue 1, 1996 </ref>

He could not speak and could not move the right side of his body. After intensive rehabilitation (physical and speech therapy) he eventually recovered his speech and motor skills. But ended up homeless living on the streets and in squats (abandoned buildings) across the country. Eventually he settled in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].

== FSU ==

In Boston he began singing for hardcore punk band Wrecking Crew and befriended a group of kids from the tough Boston neighborhoods [[Brockton]] and [[South Boston]]. They started FSU (sometimes known as Friends Stand United, but began as Fuck Shit Up) in violent response to the number of [[White power|Neo-Nazi]] hate groups on the rise across the country. <ref> Boston Beatdown volume two, Crosscheck records 2004. </ref>

FSU was made up of a handful of Irish, Black and Puerto Rican kids. Since they were usually outnumbered by their 'enemies' (Nazis, other street gangs) they compensated with viciousness. They would use makeshift weapons such as hammers, <ref> WHDH TV, February 18, 2004.</ref> Cue balls in a sock <ref> WHDH TV, February 16, 2005. </ref> and even a human thighbone <ref> Portland Press Herald, Dec. 11 1993. </ref>. Soon racist skinheads, who had been such a common sight at [[Boston hardcore]] and punk rock shows, became obsolete <ref> Metroland paper, March 19 2007. </ref>. FSU's numbers began to grow and they started traveling to tackle the racist problem in surrounding states.

To date there have been FSU chapters in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, and Los Angeles. Despite the group's anti-racist past, critics frequently accuse FSU members of instigating and perpetuating gang violence.

== Straight edge ==

Having successfully eliminated several Nazi groups; Elgin turned his attention to drug dealers <ref> Dark Planet: Visions of America 2005. </ref>. He eschewed the usual passive ideals of [[straight edge]] and instead went, in his own words “right after the heart of the enemy, money”. <ref> Enemy, J&M productions 2007. </ref>. He would rob drug dealers and then use the money to produce music and film that furthered ‘straight edge beliefs’. Reportedly the controversial [[Boston Beatdown]] DVD series,<ref> Dark Planet: Visions of America, 2005. </ref> the film ''Francis and Clara'' and the album ''For Carol'' were funded this way <ref> "Elgin James: Truth and Fiction" by Debbie Catalano, Soundcheck magazine November 2003 pgs14-16 </ref>. Elgin also plays guitar in popular straight edge hardcore band Righteous Jams.

== Animal rights ==

Elgin became a vegetarian/vegan at age eleven after watching the animals he raised on the farm slaughtered <ref> “Sounds from Underground” Lollipop magazine, 1996. </ref>. Later, using a tactic learned from the United States Government <ref> Enemy, J&M productions 2007. </ref>, he and other FSU members set up an "arms for hostages" scenario trading handguns to inner city gang members in exchange for the pit bulls used in dog fighting rings. The dogs would then be nursed back to health and fostered until safe homes were found for them.

== Underground Surgery ==

Elgin was stabbed in the stomach in a melee and sewed up the wound with dental floss and a sewing needle. <ref> Boston Beatdown volume two, Crosscheck records 2004. </ref> That earned him the moniker of "underground surgeon". Since FSU members were often unable to go to the hospital after an incident (where questions would be asked) and were often too poor to have medical insurance, Elgin became the 'in house doctor'. He can be seen in the DVD Boston Beatdown vol. 2 sewing up his own face and another FSU member’s side.

== Music ==

After Elgin had spent time in hardcore bands Wrecking Crew and the infamously violent 454 Big Block, he began experimenting with melody and songwriting in the bands The World is My Fuse (named after a song by DC hardcore band Rites of Spring) and later the Jaded Salingers and [[Righteous Jams]]. His country influenced solo work has been critically acclaimed and described as "Hooligan Folk" by the Boston Phoenix and "Folk-Punk" by Wonkavision magazine.

== Aftermath ==

The founding core of FSU would eventually splinter with a large section moving on to Motorcycle gangs <ref> “Elgin James: Truth and Fiction” by Debbie Catalano Soundcheck magazine November 2003 pgs14-16 </ref>. The split was amicable, but Elgin and other founding members decided to leave a more positive legacy and steer FSU away from the criminal world. They established the "Foundation Fund" setting up scholarships at local universities ([[Berklee College of Music]] and [[Suffolk University Law School]]) in the names of FSU members who had died.<ref> WHDH TV, February 16, 2005. </ref> The Foundation Fund also holds yearly benefit concerts to raise money for charities that reflect "hardcore punk culture" (teen homelessness, anti handgun violence, suicide prevention and local orphanages).[http://foundationfund.net]

Elgin and FSU were featured in profiles on [[National Geographic]], the [[History Channel]]'s Gangland Series and in a feature article in [[Rolling Stone]] Magazine.<ref>"Punk Rock Fight Club" by Mark Binelli Rolling Stone magazine August 23, 2007 issue 1033</ref>

In 2006 Elgin moved to Los Angeles, California to work as a filmmaker. He wrote and directed the short film ''Goodnight Moon'' starring [[Pete Wentz]] ([[Fall Out Boy]]), which was released by [[THINKFilm]].

In December 2008 he was announced as a fellow for the [[Sundance]] Screenwriters lab, who's alumni boast such film luminaries as [[Quentin Tarantino]] ([[Reservoir Dogs]], [[Pulp Fiction]]), [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] ([[Boogie Nights]], [[There Will Be Blood]]), [[Alison Anders]] ([[Mi Vida Loca]]) and [[Darren Aronofsky]] ([[Requiem For A Dream]], [[The Fountain]], [[The Wrestler]].)

According to [[Absolutepunk.net]] Elgin has started a band with [[New Found Glory]]'s [[Chad Gilbert]]. They will be releasing a record in 2009.

== Notes ==
<references/>

== Bibliography ==
# ''Dreamweaver'', Elgin James, REVOLUTION ON CANVAS, Warner books, 2007. ISBN 0446697877

== Filmography ==

# ''Release'' (1998)
# ''Live Thee Fourth'' (2000)
# ''Boston Beatdown vol. 1'' (2002)
# ''Francis and Clara'' (2003)
# ''Boston Beatdown vol. 2'' (2004)
# ''Dark Planet: Visions of America'' (2005)
# ''Enemy'' (2007)

== Writer/director ==

# ''Goodnight Moon'', THINKFilms, (2007)

== Discography ==

1992- Wrecking Crew, single, (vocals) 
1995- 454 Big Block, "Your Jesus," Century Media (vocals)  1996- 454 Big Block, s/t single, Big Wheel Rec (vocals) 
1997- 454 Big Block, "Save Me From Myself," Big Wheel Rec (vocals)  1997- The World is My Fuse, s/t single, Espo records (vocals) 
1998- The World Is My Fuse, "Drunk," Single, Espo Records (vocals, guitars) 
1999- The World Is My Fuse, "Good Intentions," Espo Records (vocals, guitars) 
2002- The Jaded Salingers, "s/t," Espo Records (vocals, guitars) 
2003- Elgin James "For Carol.." Lonesome Recordings (vocals, guitars) 
2004- Elgin James, "Long Way Home," Lonesome Recordings comp (vocals, guitars) 
2004- Righteous Jams "Rage Of Discipline," Broken Sounds (guitars) 
2005- Elgin James, "Tinted Soft Green," Emusic Digital Singles Club (vocals, guitars) 
2006- Righteous Jams "Business As Usual," Abacus Recordings (guitars)

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Wisconsin State Fair Park

2009-06-01T01:16:30Z

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[[Image:Wisconsin State Fair.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Wisconsin State Fair]]

The '''Wisconsin State Fair Park''' is a fairgrounds and exhibition center in the [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]] suburb of [[West Allis, Wisconsin|West Allis]], [[Wisconsin]], [[United States|USA]]. It has been the location of the [[Wisconsin State Fair]] since 1892. It also hosts other venues such as the [[Milwaukee Mile]], the oldest continuously operating motor speedway in the world, and the [[Pettit National Ice Center]], a U.S. Olympic training facility which is owned by the State of Wisconsin.

== History ==
In 1891, the Wisconsin Agricultural Society purchased almost 100 acres (40 [[hectare|ha]]) of farmland from George Stevens, in what was then North Greenfield (Honey Creek settlement), in order to secure a permanent site for the Wisconsin State Fair. The fairgrounds later became a staging ground for [[Camp Harvey]] during the [[Spanish-American War]] and World Wars I and II. Two Wisconsin historical markers, which are positioned at the entrance of the Wisconsin Exposition Center, document this history for visitors.

The grounds of the State Fair, at the [[Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources]] park site, contain one of only two Indian effigy mounds remaining in [[Milwaukee County]]. (The other is located at [[Lake Park]] in Milwaukee.) Four pre-historic mounds originally populated the location, which were built by the Woodlands People from 100 to 1000 CE. They contained artifacts dating to 8000 BCE, some of which can be found at the [[West Allis Historical Museum]].

Wisconsin State Fair Park was also the location of a [[American football|football]] [[stadium]] informally known as the '''Dairy Bowl'''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www3.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=563790|title=Glory Years: Packers' 12 NFL Titles|last=Christl|first=Cliff|publisher=''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''|accessdate=2009-04-27}}</ref> It hosted the [[NFL]]'s [[Green Bay Packers]] from 1934 to 1951 when the team played in Milwaukee. The [[NFL Championship Game, 1939|1939 NFL championship game]] was played here. In 1940 and 1941, the Dairy Bowl also served as the home of the [[Milwaukee Chiefs (AFL)|Milwaukee Chiefs]] of the [[AFL III|third American Football League]].

On the 25-27 July 1969 the [[Midwest Rock Festival]] was held at the State Fair Park.

==Park facilities==
*[[Ag Village]]
*[[Master Spas Pavilion]]
*[[Milwaukee Mile]]
*[[Pettit National Ice Center]]
*[[RV park]]
*[[Special Guest Centers]]
*[[Tommy G. Thompson Youth Center]]
*[[Wisconsin Exposition Center]]
*[[Wisconsin Products Pavilion]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.wistatefair.com Wisconsin State Fair Park]

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Do the Bartman

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Sky Attacker: /* Charts */ Might have English readers confused

{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Do the Bartman
| Cover = DotheBartman.png
| Caption =
| Artist = [[The Simpsons]]
| from Album = [[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]
| Released = November 20, 1990
| Format = [[CD single|CD]], [[Gramophone record|7"]], [[12-inch single|12"]], [[Compact Cassette|Cassette]]
| Recorded = September 1990
| Genre = [[Pop rap]]
| Length = 3:54
| Label = [[Geffen Records]]
| Writer = Bryan Loren, [[Michael Jackson]]
| Producer = [[Michael Jackson]]
| Certification = Gold (United Kingdom)
| Last single = -
| This single = "'''Do the Bartman'''" (1990)
| Next single = "[[Deep, Deep Trouble]]" (1991)
}}
"'''Do the Bartman'''" is a [[pop rap]] song from ''[[The Simpsons]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> 1990 album ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]''. The song was performed by [[Nancy Cartwright]] and it was released on Tuesday [[November 20]], [[1990]]. The song was written by [[Michael Jackson]] and Bryan Loren, although Jackson did not receive any credit because he was under contract to another record label. Jackson was a fan of ''The Simpsons'', especially [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], and had called the producers one night offering to write Bart a number one single and do a guest spot on the show, which is how the song came about.

While the song was never officially released as a single in the United States, it was successful in the United Kingdom. In 1991 it was the number one song in the UK for three weeks from February 16 to March 9 and was the seventh best-selling song of the year. It sold half a million copies and was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] on February 1, 1991.

==Background==
[[Image:Michael Jackson 1984.jpg|left|thumb|[[Michael Jackson]], a huge fan of Bart, wrote the song "Do the Bartman".]] The album ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]'' was released in September 1990. The first single from the album was the [[pop rap]] song "Do the Bartman", performed by [[Bart Simpson]]'s voice actor [[Nancy Cartwright]] and released on November 20, 1990.<ref name="mtvnews"/> Rumors began spreading in the summer of 1990 that [[Michael Jackson]] would write a song for Bart on the album. The song was reported early on to be "Do the Bartman", but executive producer [[James L. Brooks]] issued a press release in September 1990 apologizing for the misunderstanding and stating that song was actually written by one of Jackson's friends, Bryan Loren.<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XiUOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y30DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6902,325497&dq=do-the-bartman 'Simpsons' head to recording studio]</ref> However, ''The Simpsons''<nowiki>'</nowiki> creator [[Matt Groening]] revealed during an appearance at the 1998 World Animation Celebration convention in [[Pasadena, California]] that "Do the Bartman" was actually co-written and produced by Jackson,<ref name="dvd">Season 2 DVD commentary for the special feature "Do the Bartman".</ref><ref name="mtvnews">{{cite news| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430454/19980223/jackson_michael.jhtml |title =Michael Jackson Update: News From Korea, Poland And Groening|publisher=MTV|date=1998-02-23 |accessdate=2008-10-28}}</ref> but he could not receive credit for it because he was under contract to another record label.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2000/12/18/tem_kiesewetter_bart.html |title=Bart Simpson's secrets revealed |publisher=Enquirer.com|date= |accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref> Groening told a crowd at the convention that had gathered for a "''The Simpsons'' tribute" that it had "always [been] amazing to me that no one ever found out that Michael Jackson wrote that song. [...] He was a big fan of the show."<ref>{{cite web|author=By |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117467944.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=%22do+the+bartman%22|title=Gloved one secret 'Simpsons' fan|publisher=Variety |date= |accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref>

Jackson was a fan of ''The Simpsons'', especially Bart,<ref>[[#Cartwright|Cartwright]], pp. 115–117</ref> and had called the producers one night offering to write Bart a number one single and do a guest spot on the show.<ref name="Brooks">Brooks, James L. (2003). Commentary for "Stark Raving Dad", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> Jackson eventually guest starred in the episode "[[Stark Raving Dad]]" ([[The Simpsons (season 3)|season three]], 1991) under the pseudonym John Jay Smith.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season3/page1.shtml|title=Stark Raving Dad|accessdate=2008-10-28|author=Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian |year=2000|publisher=BBC}}</ref> He also wrote a song for that episode called "[[Happy Birthday Lisa]]", which was later included in the album ''[[Songs in the Key of Springfield]]''.<ref name="Jean">Jean, Al. (2003). Commentary for "Stark Raving Dad", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref>

==Reception==
[[Image:AndreaCartwright07.jpg|thumb|160px|Nancy Cartwright provides the voice of Bart Simpson.]]
Critical reviews of the song were mostly positive. Ken Tucker of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' described the song as "not bad", and commented that Bart's high voice "echoes the beats nicely".<ref>{{cite web|last=Tucker |first=Ken |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20205234,00.html|title=The Simpsons Sing the Blues|publisher=Ew.com |date=1990-12-14 |accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref>The Daily Vault's Benny Balneg liked that the song disengaged itself from the album's "[[blues]] tag" and incorporated more "contemporary elements" into its sound. He added that he thought the song had a "catchy beat" and an "infectious chorus".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=4836|title=The Daily Vault Music Reviews : The Simpsons Sing The Blues|publisher=Dailyvault.com |date=2007-05-21 |accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref> Monika Bartyzel of Cinematical called the song a "cheesy number".<ref>{{cite web|last=Bartyzel |first=Monika |url=http://www.cinematical.com/2007/08/10/powder-blue-adds-the-swayze/|title='Powder Blue' Adds The Swayze |publisher=Cinematical |date=2007-08-10 |accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref> ''[[Long Beach Press-Telegram]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Patricia Smith called the song a "surprisingly funky tune".<ref>{{cite news|title=Funky Bart|last=Smith|first=Patricia|date=December 11, 1990 |work=Long Beach Press-Telegram|pages=D7|accessdate=2009-02-26}}</ref>

While the song was never officially released as a single in the United States, it was successful in the United Kingdom. In 1991 it was the number one song in the UK for three weeks from February 16 to March 9 and was the seventh best-selling song of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_songs.php?show=5|title=All the Number 1 Singles–1990s|accessdate=2008-12-01|publisher=Official Charts Company}}</ref> It sold half a million copies and was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] on February 1, 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=18135|title=Certified awards|accessdate=2008-10-28|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]}}</ref> The song's success in the United Kingdom was remarkable, given that at that time ''The Simpsons'' had not yet been shown on British terrestrial television, and was not for a further five years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/602166.stm|title=Simpsons celebrate 10 years|publisher=BBC News|date=|accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz/s/1048193_tellys_first_family|title=Telly's first family|publisher=Manchester Evening News|date=2008-05-05 |accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref> The single performed well in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], where it spent nine weeks at number one on the [[Irish Singles Chart]]. Only six singles have ever managed a longer run at number one in Ireland.<ref name="ugo">{{cite web|url=http://simpsons.ugo.com/?cur=do-the-bartman|title=Do the Bartman - UGO's World of Simpsons|publisher=Simpsons.ugo.com|date=|accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref> "Do the Bartman" was also the highest selling single in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] in 1991, as well as the second highest selling single in [[Holland]].<ref name="soloyears">[http://books.google.com/books?id=yb_ghov9uEMC&pg=PA97&dq=Do+The+Bartman&hl=sv#PPA97,M1 Michael Jackson - The solo years]</ref>

The song and its music video has become study material for sociology courses at [[University of California Berkeley]], where it is used to "examine issues of the production and reception of cultural objects, in this case, a satirical cartoon show", and to figure out what it is "trying to tell audiences about aspects primarily of American society, and, to a lesser extent, about other societies." Some questions asked in the courses include: "What aspects of American society are being addressed in the [video]? What aspects of them are used to make the points? How is the satire conveyed: through language? Drawing? Music? Is the behavior of each character consistent with his/her character as developed over the years? Can we identify elements of the historical/political context that the writers are satirizing? What is the difference between satire and parody?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sociology.berkeley.edu/documents/undergrads/syllabi/Soc190_1.pdf|publisher=University of California Berkeley|title=The Simpsons Global Mirror |year=2008|author=Thomas B. Gold}}</ref>

==Music video==
The music video features the typical plot of Bart rebelling against authority when he decides to put his own spin on a rigidly choreographed dance presentation at Springfield Elementary School. The music video for "Do the Bartman" was directed by [[Brad Bird]], with dance choreography by [[Michael Chambers]]. Nobody from the staff of ''The Simpsons'' wanted to direct it because they were busy doing the show, but Bird finally agreed to do it after having been asked four times. He had an "unbelievably" short amount of time to finish the video because it was supposed to coincide with the release of ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]''. The whole video was storyboarded in only two days in the United States. Bird then got on a plane to [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], where the video was animated by [[Varga Studio]]. They thought the video was going to be animated as simply as the original [[The Simpsons shorts]], so when Bird told them that it was going to be done in full animation with no repeated scenes, they "went into deep shock". The animators added the wraparound at the beginning to set Bart against the crowd and put the video in "some sort of context".<ref name="dvd"/>

The video was nominated for "Best Special Effects" at the 1991 [[MTV Video Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1991/|title=1991 Video Music Awards|accessdate=2008-11-03|publisher=MTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=R.E.M. leads nominations for Video Music Awards|accessdate=2008-11-03|author=Hastings, Deborah|date=[[1991-07-29]]|work=[[The Deseret News]]}}</ref> An MTV retrospective on the worst and best music videos of all time placed "Do the Bartman" high on the list of worst videos.{{Fact|date=November 2008}} "Do the Bartman" was the number one [[music video]] on [[United States|America]]'s [[MTV]] network between January and March 1991.<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/article/the-evolution-of-the-simpsons |title=The evolution of 'The Simpsons'|publisher=PopMatters |date=2007-07-23|accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref>

==Cover versions and meta-references==
{{refimprovesect|date=May 2009}}
[[Shonen Knife]] released a [[Japanese language]] [[Cover version|cover]] of the song as a [[b-side]] on their [[1992]] CD single "Do the Knife". While not initially introduced on ''The Simpsons'' itself, "Do The Bartman" has been referenced a handful of times since.<ref name="ugo"/> On ''The Simpsons'' Season 2 DVD box set, the [[director's cut]] is shown, with shots of the "cool boys" dancing replacing the shots of dance scenes from the Statue of Liberty Harbor, Paris, and the remains of the Berlin Wall. Bart performs the song and dance in the 1998 episode "[[Simpson Tide]]" to prove that he is still cool to his classmates. However, the only response comes from [[Ralph Wiggum|Ralph]], who makes an unimpressed quip of "That is ''so'' 1991". A parody of ''[[Hamlet]]'', called "Do The Bard, Man," is the third segment of the multi-story episode "[[Tales from the Public Domain]]". In "[[Special Edna]]," [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] asks "What happened to the Bart who ''put mothballs in the beef stew''?" This is a line from the song. In "[[The Wandering Juvie]]," Bart asks Gina Vendetti, "Are you looking to ''do'' the Bartman?" when she shows affection for him. In "[[The Heartbroke Kid]]," when Bart has a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and is lying on the floor, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] passionately implores him "Come on Bart, Do The Bartman! Do the Bartman!! Oh, why don't you dance?!! DANCE!!!" In ''[[The Simpsons Hit & Run]]'' Bart said "Everybody do the Bartman!". In ''Simpsons Comics'' #59, in the story "Faking the Band", Homer tries to create his own profitable boy band. As Bart auditions, he does the Bartman. Lisa remarks that she is tired of hearing the song. It is referenced in the song Boombox by [[The Lonely Island]].

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1991)
!Peak position
|-
|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]
|align="center"|17
|-
|Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Dutch Top 40]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|New Zealand [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|Norweigan [[VG-lista]] Singles Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|12
|-
|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Music Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
[http://simpsons.ugo.com/?cur=do-the-bartman "Do the Bartman"] at UGO

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| after = "[[Rhythm of My Heart]]" by [[Rod Stewart]]
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Epping (New South Wales)

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{{Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
| name = Epping
| city = Sydney
| state = New South Wales
| image = Beecroft_road-epping-1w.jpg
| caption = Beecroft Road, from Epping Railway Station
| lga = [[Hornsby Shire]], [[City of Parramatta]]
| postcode = 2121
| pop = {{formatnum:18970}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABSStats">{{Census 2006 AUS|id = SSC11367|name = Epping (State Suburb)|accessdate = 2008-03-15 |quick=on}}</ref>
| est = 1899
| area =
| propval = [http://www.domain.com.au/public/SuburbProfile.aspx?mode=buy&suburb=Epping&postcode=2121#mapanchor $770,000] (2009)
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Epping|Epping]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Bennelong|Bennelong]]
| near-nw = [[Beecroft, New South Wales|Beecroft]]
| near-n = [[Cheltenham, New South Wales|Cheltenham]]
| near-ne = [[North Epping, New South Wales|North Epping]]
| near-w = [[Carlingford, New South Wales|Carlingford]]
| near-e = [[Marsfield, New South Wales|Marsfield]]
| near-sw = [[Dundas Valley, New South Wales|Dundas Valley]]
| near-s = [[Eastwood, New South Wales|Eastwood]]
| near-se = [[Marsfield, New South Wales|Marsfield]]
| dist1 = 18
| dir1 = north-west
| location1= Sydney CBD
}}
'''Epping''' is a [[suburb]] of [[Sydney]], in the state of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. Epping is located 18 kilometres north-west of the [[Sydney central business district]] in the [[Local Government Areas in Australia|local government area]]s of the [[City of Ryde]], the [[City of Parramatta]] and [[Hornsby Shire]] and is considered to be part of the [[Northern Suburbs (Sydney)|Northern Suburbs]].
==History==
Epping is derived from [[Epping Forest]] in [[Essex]], [[England]].

The Wallumedegal [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] tribe lived in the area between the [[Lane Cove River]] and [[Parramatta River]], which was known as Walumetta. {{Fact|date=September 2008}}

In 1792, [[Governor Phillip]] began the granting of parcels of lands to [[royal Marines|marines]], and the area was referred to on Phillip's maps as the [[Field of Mars Reserve|Field of Mars]], named after the [[Rome|Roman]] [[Campus Martius|Field of Mars]] probably because of the military link. It contained the area of what is now Epping, along with the surrounding suburbs of [[Ryde, New South Wales|Ryde]] and [[Marsfield, New South Wales|Marsfield]].

[[Epping railway station, Sydney|Epping railway station]] was originally called 'Field of Mars' and then was changed to Carlingford. The first post office opened as East Carlingford. To avoid confusion, the postal department suggested changing the name of the railway station to East Carlingford but strong opposition led to other names being suggested such as Corella and East Lynne. In 1899 the suburb name of Epping was adopted after suggestion by a local landowner William Midson (1849-1924), after a town near [[Epping Forest]] in [[Essex]], where his father was born. <ref>''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 100</ref>

==Commercial Area==
Epping features a small shopping centre close to [[Epping railway station, Sydney|Epping railway station]]. Other commercial and industrial developments are also located in the surrounding area.

Epping [[Returned and Services League of Australia|RSL]] club is a popular venue, which attracts many people including students from the nearby [[Macquarie University]]. Epping also has a bar (Epping Hotel) with its own nightclub.

Epping features some television production studios owned by the [[Seven Network]] in the south of the suburb, but production of programs has moved to [[Pyrmont, New South Wales|Pyrmont]] and the News & live studios in [[Martin Place, Sydney|Martin Place]] in the centre of the [[Sydney CBD]]. The station's former headquarters are due to close in 2009.
<center><gallery>
Image:Epping Club.JPG|The Epping Club
Image:Channel7Epping1.JPG|[[Seven Network]] studios
Image:Epping Railway Station 1.JPG|Epping Railway Station
</gallery></center>

==Transport==
[[Epping railway station, Sydney|Epping Station]] is on [[Northern railway line, Sydney|Northern railway line]] of Sydney's [[CityRail]] network. Epping is also a junction for the [[Epping to Chatswood Line, Sydney|Epping to Chatswood line]], which became fully operational in early 2009. The second stage of this project which was intended to run west from Epping to [[Parramatta, New South Wales|Parramatta]] has been put on indefinite hold.

Epping is also well-serviced by bus facilities by [[Sydney Buses]] and [[Hillsbus]]. The [[M2 Hills Motorway]] runs along the northern border to the [[Sydney CBD]]. [[Epping Road]] is a major arterial road in the area that runs east from the railway station to the [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]].
[[Image:Epping Anglican Church.JPG|thumb|150px|St Albans Anglican Church]]

==Churches==
* Epping Seventh-day Adventist Church [http://www.eppingsda.org.au]
* Chester St Uniting Church, Oxford St Uniting Church, West Epping Uniting Church
* Emmaus Bible College
* Epping Baptist Church
* Epping Church of Christ
* Epping Gospel Chapel
* Epping Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Reformed Church Epping
* North Side Chinese Alliance Church
* [[Catholic Parish of Epping and Carlingford|Our Lady Help of Christians]] ([[Roman Catholic]]) Church
* St. Albans ([[Anglican]]), St. Aidens - West Epping (Anglican) - part of the Epping Parish

==Schools==
* [[Arden Anglican Secondary School|Arden Anglican School]] (formerly the Catholic girls' school ''Our Lady of Mercy College'')
* [[Epping Boys High School]] (located in Marsfield)
* [[Epping Heights Public School]]
* [[Epping North Public School]]
* [[Epping Public School]]
* [[Epping West Public School]]
* [http://www.olhcepping.dbb.catholic.edu.au/ Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Primary School]
[[Image:Epping NSW from Pennant Hills.jpg|thumb|270px|Epping, view from Pennant Hills]]
==Population==
According to the [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] [[Census_in_Australia#2006|2006 Census]], Epping had a population of 18,970, of which 9,216 (48.6%) were male and 9,754 (51.4%) were female.<ref name="ABSStats"/> Approximately 53.6% of residents living in Epping are Australian born and the majority of its migrant residents hail from China (8.2%), Hong Kong (5.6%), Korea (5.0%), India (3.6%) and Britain (2.6%) respectively.

Epping is also known to be a more affluent suburb in its region, as evidenced by its higher median house prices compared to neighbouring suburbs, and the high proportion of professionals who reside in Epping (nearly double the Sydney average).<ref>[http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?mode=%20$257,000&suburb=Epping&postcode=2121#mapanchor Epping suburb profile @ domain.com.au]</ref>

==Politics==
Epping is primarily under the municipal authority of Ward C in the [[Hornsby Shire]] Council, although the [[City of Parramatta]] also administers a small area within the suburb.

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
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{{Sydney Parramatta suburbs}}

[[Category:Suburbs of Sydney]]

Slave Trade Act 1807

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Sky Attacker: It was 1807

{{main|Atlantic slave trade|Abolitionism}}
[[Image:Slave ship tower bridge 2007.jpg|thumb|A replica of the slave ship ''[[Zong Massacre|Zong]]'', moored by [[Tower Bridge]] in April 2007 to mark 200 years since the Slave Trade Act 1807.]]
[[Image:HMS Northumberland.jpg|thumb|[[HMS Northumberland (F238)|HMS Northumberland]] moored by [[HMS Belfast]] during the same commemoration, marking modern anti-slaving operations.]]
The '''Slave Trade Act''' (citation ''47 Geo III Sess. 1 c. 36'') was an [[Act of Parliament]] of the [[United Kingdom]] passed on [[25 March]], [[1807]], with the long title "An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade". The original act is in the [[Parliamentary Archives]]. The act abolished the [[slave trade]] in the [[British Empire]], but not [[slavery]] itself; that remained legal until the [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833]]. The British trade in slaves began in [[1562]], during the reign of [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]], when [[John Hawkins]] led the first slaving expedition.

The [[Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade]], which led the campaign that pushed the act through, was a group of [[Evangelism|Evangelical]] [[Protestant]]s allied with [[Quakers]] and united in their opposition to slavery and the slave trade. The Quakers had long viewed slavery as immoral, a blight upon humanity. By [[1807]] the [[abolitionist]] groups had a very sizable faction of like-minded members in the [[United Kingdom Parliament]]. They controlled at their height 35-40 seats.

Known as the "saints", this alliance was led by [[Anand]], the most well known of the anti-slave trade campaigners, and is second in importance to Thomas Clarkson.<ref>[http://www.brycchancarey.com/abolition/wilberforce.htm William Wilberforce (1759-1833)]</ref> These parliamentarians had access to the legal draughtsmanship of [[James Stephen (politician)|James Stephen]], Wilberforce's brother-in-law, and were extremely dedicated. They often saw their personal battle against slavery as a divinely ordained crusade. In addition, many who were formerly neutral on the slavery question were swayed to the abolitionist side from security concerns after the successful [[slave revolt]] leading to the [[Haitian Revolution]] in [[1804]].

Their numbers were magnified by the precarious position of the government under [[William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville|Lord Grenville]] (his short term as Prime Minister was known as [[Ministry of All the Talents]]). Grenville himself led the fight to pass the Bill in the [[House of Lords]], while in the Commons the Bill was led by the [[Foreign Secretary]], [[Charles James Fox]], who died before it was finally signed into law. Not long after the act was passed, Grenville's government lost power to [[William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|the Duke of Portland]]. Despite this change, the later British governments continued to support the policy of ending the slave trade.

After the British ended their own slave trade, they pressed other nations to do the same. This reflected both a moral sense that the trade should be stopped everywhere and fear the British colonies would become uncompetitive. The British campaign against the slave trade by other nations was an unprecedented [[foreign policy]] effort. The [[United States]] acted to abolish its [[African slave trade]] the same year, although, like Britain, it did not abolish slavery at that time.

Both the British and American laws were enacted in March 1807, the British law coming into force on [[May 1]], [[1807]] and the American on [[January 1]], [[1808]], as permitted in the [[U.S. Constitution]]. Small trading nations that did not have a great deal to give up, such as [[Sweden]], quickly followed suit, as did the [[Netherlands|Dutch]], also by then a minor player. The [[Royal Navy]] declared that ships transporting slaves were the same as [[pirates]], and so ships carrying slaves were subject to destruction and any men captured were potentially subject to [[capital punishment|execution]]. Enforcement of the US law was less effective, and the US government refused to comply with joint enforcement, partly because of concern over British [[impressment|press gangs]].

Between 1808 and 1860, the [[West Africa Squadron]] seized approximately 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 Africans who were aboard.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2007/03/20/abolition_navy_feature.shtml Sailing against slavery. By Jo Loosemore] BBC</ref> Action was also taken against African leaders who refused to agree to British treaties to outlaw the trade, for example against "the usurping King of [[Lagos]]", deposed in 1851. Anti-slavery treaties were signed with over 50 African rulers.<ref>[http://www.pdavis.nl/Background.htm#WAS The West African Squadron and slave trade]</ref>

In the 1860s, [[David Livingstone]]'s reports of atrocities within the [[Arab slave trade]] in Africa stirred up the interest of the British public, reviving the flagging abolitionist movement. [[History of the Royal Navy|The Royal Navy throughout the 1870s]] attempted to suppress "this abominable Eastern trade", at [[Zanzibar]] in particular. In 1890 Britain handed control of the strategically important island of [[Heligoland]] in the North Sea to Germany in return for control of Zanzibar to help enforce the ban on slave trading. <ref>[http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-24160 Welcome to Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black History]</ref><ref>[http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/africa/tanzania_and_zanzibar/slave_trade.php The Blood of a Nation of Slaves in Stone Town]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.pdavis.nl/Legis_06.htm Text of Act]
*[http://www.parliament.uk/slavetrade Parliamentary Archives Image of the 1807 Act]
*[http://www.parliament.uk/archives The Parliamentary Archives Holds the Original of this Historic Record]
*[http://www.parliament.uk/slavetrade Anti-Slave Trade Petition of 1806 Supporting the Act of Abolition]
*[http://www.blackhistory4schools.com/slavetrade/ Teaching Resources about Slavery and Abolition]
*[http://www.hidden-histories.org.uk/projects/road-freedom-documentary Road to Freedom documentary - Eastside Community Heritage]
*[http://www.brown.edu/Research/Slavery_Justice/documents/SlaveryAndJustice.pdf Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice]

{{UK legislation}}

[[Category:1807 in law]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1807]]
[[Category:Slave trade]]
[[Category:Abolitionism in the United Kingdom]]

[[it:Abolizione della tratta degli schiavi]]
[[pt:Ato contra o Comércio de Escravos de 1807]]

Slave Trade Act 1807

2009-05-26T09:14:13Z

Sky Attacker: NO!

Slave Trade Act 1807

2009-05-26T09:10:14Z

Sky Attacker: Undid revision 292402353 by Mrchano (talk)

{{main|Atlantic slave trade|Abolitionism}}
[[Image:Slave ship tower bridge 2007.jpg|thumb|A replica of the slave ship ''[[Zong Massacre|Zong]]'', moored by [[Tower Bridge]] in April 2007 to mark 200 years since the Slave Trade Act 1807.]]
[[Image:HMS Northumberland.jpg|thumb|[[HMS Northumberland (F238)|HMS Northumberland]] moored by [[HMS Belfast]] during the same commemoration, marking modern anti-slaving operations.]]
The '''Slave Trade Act''' (citation ''47 Geo III Sess. 1 c. 36'') was an [[Act of Parliament]] of the [[United Kingdom]] passed on [[25 March]], [[1807]], with the long title "An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade". The original act is in the [[Parliamentary Archives]]. The act abolished the [[slave trade]] in the [[British Empire]], but not [[slavery]] itself; that remained legal until the [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833]]. The British trade in slaves began in [[1562]], during the reign of [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]], when [[John Hawkins]] led the first slaving expedition.

The [[Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade]], which led the campaign that pushed the act through, was a group of [[Evangelism|Evangelical]] [[Protestant]]s allied with [[Quakers]] and united in their opposition to slavery and the slave trade. The Quakers had long viewed slavery as immoral, a blight upon humanity. By [[1807]] the [[abolitionist]] groups had a very sizable faction of like-minded members in the [[United Kingdom Parliament]]. They controlled at their height 35-40 seats.

Known as the "saints", this alliance was led by [[William Wilberforce]], the most well known of the anti-slave trade campaigners, and is second in importance to Thomas Clarkson.<ref>[http://www.brycchancarey.com/abolition/wilberforce.htm William Wilberforce (1759-1833)]</ref> These parliamentarians had access to the legal draughtsmanship of [[James Stephen (politician)|James Stephen]], Wilberforce's brother-in-law, and were extremely dedicated. They often saw their personal battle against slavery as a divinely ordained crusade. In addition, many who were formerly neutral on the slavery question were swayed to the abolitionist side from security concerns after the successful [[slave revolt]] leading to the [[Haitian Revolution]] in [[1804]].

Their numbers were magnified by the precarious position of the government under [[William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville|Lord Grenville]] (his short term as Prime Minister was known as [[Ministry of All the Talents]]). Grenville himself led the fight to pass the Bill in the [[House of Lords]], while in the Commons the Bill was led by the [[Foreign Secretary]], [[Charles James Fox]], who died before it was finally signed into law. Not long after the act was passed, Grenville's government lost power to [[William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|the Duke of Portland]]. Despite this change, the later British governments continued to support the policy of ending the slave trade.

After the British ended their own slave trade, they pressed other nations to do the same. This reflected both a moral sense that the trade should be stopped everywhere and fear the British colonies would become uncompetitive. The British campaign against the slave trade by other nations was an unprecedented [[foreign policy]] effort. The [[United States]] acted to abolish its [[African slave trade]] the same year, although, like Britain, it did not abolish slavery at that time.

Both the British and American laws were enacted in March 1807, the British law coming into force on [[May 1]], [[1807]] and the American on [[January 1]], [[1808]], as permitted in the [[U.S. Constitution]]. Small trading nations that did not have a great deal to give up, such as [[Sweden]], quickly followed suit, as did the [[Netherlands|Dutch]], also by then a minor player. The [[Royal Navy]] declared that ships transporting slaves were the same as [[pirates]], and so ships carrying slaves were subject to destruction and any men captured were potentially subject to [[capital punishment|execution]]. Enforcement of the US law was less effective, and the US government refused to comply with joint enforcement, partly because of concern over British [[impressment|press gangs]].

Between 1808 and 1860, the [[West Africa Squadron]] seized approximately 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 Africans who were aboard.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2007/03/20/abolition_navy_feature.shtml Sailing against slavery. By Jo Loosemore] BBC</ref> Action was also taken against African leaders who refused to agree to British treaties to outlaw the trade, for example against "the usurping King of [[Lagos]]", deposed in 1851. Anti-slavery treaties were signed with over 50 African rulers.<ref>[http://www.pdavis.nl/Background.htm#WAS The West African Squadron and slave trade]</ref>

In the 1860s, [[David Livingstone]]'s reports of atrocities within the [[Arab slave trade]] in Africa stirred up the interest of the British public, reviving the flagging abolitionist movement. [[History of the Royal Navy|The Royal Navy throughout the 1870s]] attempted to suppress "this abominable Eastern trade", at [[Zanzibar]] in particular. In 1890 Britain handed control of the strategically important island of [[Heligoland]] in the North Sea to Germany in return for control of Zanzibar to help enforce the ban on slave trading. <ref>[http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-24160 Welcome to Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black History]</ref><ref>[http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/africa/tanzania_and_zanzibar/slave_trade.php The Blood of a Nation of Slaves in Stone Town]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.pdavis.nl/Legis_06.htm Text of Act]
*[http://www.parliament.uk/slavetrade Parliamentary Archives Image of the 1807 Act]
*[http://www.parliament.uk/archives The Parliamentary Archives Holds the Original of this Historic Record]
*[http://www.parliament.uk/slavetrade Anti-Slave Trade Petition of 1806 Supporting the Act of Abolition]
*[http://www.blackhistory4schools.com/slavetrade/ Teaching Resources about Slavery and Abolition]
*[http://www.hidden-histories.org.uk/projects/road-freedom-documentary Road to Freedom documentary - Eastside Community Heritage]
*[http://www.brown.edu/Research/Slavery_Justice/documents/SlaveryAndJustice.pdf Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice]

{{UK legislation}}

[[Category:1807 in law]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1807]]
[[Category:Slave trade]]
[[Category:Abolitionism in the United Kingdom]]

[[it:Abolizione della tratta degli schiavi]]
[[pt:Ato contra o Comércio de Escravos de 1807]]

Fields of Fire

2009-05-17T05:06:56Z

Sky Attacker: tidy up a bit

{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Fields of Fire
| Cover = Big Country Fields of Fire.jpg
| Artist = [[Big Country]]
| from Album = [[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]
| Released = 1983
| Recorded = 1982-1983
| Genre = [[Folk rock]]
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| Length = 3:31
| Writer = [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]]
| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]
| Last single = "Harvest Home" (1982)
| This single = "'''Fields of Fire'''" (1983)
| Next single = "[[In a Big Country]]" (1983)
}}

"'''Fields of Fire'''" (album version subtitled "'''400 Miles'''") is one of the biggest hits by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Rock music|rock band]] [[Big Country]]. It was first released as a single in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1983 in music|1983]] and included on the band's debut album ''[[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]''.

== Music video ==

The music video begins with a young boy playing with his toy train set. The members of the band are passengers on a train that has left the railway station and are seen playing their instruments inside their train coach. After going through a tunnel, the train is stopped because a [[Scotsman]] is playing the [[Bagpipes|bagpipes]] on the railway line. The band then leave their carriage and follow the Scotsman to find themselves watching the 1746 [[Battle of Culloden]]. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZizztHQv7jM Version 2 of Music Video @ YouTube.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

== Reception ==

The song was a big hit, introducing the band to mainstream audiences in the [[United States]] in [[1984 in music|1984]] and reaching the top ten in the UK Singles Chart. On their album review of ''The Crossing'', [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] noted that the song was ''"one of the great, resounding anthems of this or any other year"'' and praised the ''"bagpipelike single-string riffs"'' .<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/250904/review/5944030/thecrossing Review @ RollingStone.com] Retrieved May 2009 </ref> Big Country's vocalist and bassist [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]] has also claimed this song to be one of his favorites. <ref>[http://www.bigcountryinfo.com/pages/albums/comp_notw.htm News Of The World @ BigCountryInfo.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1983-1984)
!Peak position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|52<ref>[http://rqsretrouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-country-settlement-years.html Big Country Bio @ RetroUniverse] Retrieved May 2009</ref>
|-
|}

==Credits==
*Music and lyrics: [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]]
*Production: [[Steve Lillywhite]]<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=Fields+Of+Fire+%28400+Miles%29&cat=s Music Credits @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Compilation album usage==
The song has been included on several notable compilation albums since its release. For instance, in 1992, the track was included on the ''[[Time–Life|Time Life:The Rock Collection-Hot Rock]]'' release, <ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?titel=Time+Life%3A+The+Rock+Collection+%2D+Hot+Rock&cat=a Time Life Track Listing @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref> and in 1997, the long-running ''[[The Best... Album in the World...Ever!]]'' compilation album brand included the song on their ''The Best Scottish Album in the World... Ever!'' release.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfwxqqjld6e Compilation Track Listing @ Allmusic.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bigcountry.co.uk Big Country's Official Website] Retrieved May 2009

{{Big Country}}

[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:Big Country songs]]

Fields of Fire

2009-05-17T04:53:13Z

Sky Attacker: /* External links */

{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Fields of Fire
| Cover = Big Country Fields of Fire.jpg
| Artist = [[Big Country]]
| from Album = [[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]
| Released = 1983
| Recorded = 1982-1983
| Genre = [[Folk rock]]
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| Length = 3:31
| Writer = [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]]
| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]
| Last single = "Harvest Home" (1982)
| This single = "'''Fields of Fire'''" (1983)
| Next single = "[[In a Big Country]]" (1983)
}}

"'''Fields of Fire'''" (album version subtitled "'''400 Miles'''") is one of the biggest hits by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Rock music|rock band]] [[Big Country]]. It was first released as a single in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1983 in music|1983]] and included on the band's debut album ''[[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]''. The song was a big hit, introducing the band to mainstream audiences in the [[United States]] in [[1984 in music|1984]] and reaching the top ten in the UK Singles Chart. On their album review of ''The Crossing'', [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] noted that the song was ''"one of the great, resounding anthems of this or any other year"''.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/250904/review/5944030/thecrossing Review @ RollingStone.com] Retrieved May 2009 </ref> Big Country's vocalist and bassist [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]] has also claimed this song to be one of his favorites. <ref>[http://www.bigcountryinfo.com/pages/albums/comp_notw.htm News Of The World @ BigCountryInfo.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

== Music video ==

The music video begins with a young boy playing with his toy train set. The members of the band are passengers on a train that has left the railway station and are seen playing their instruments inside their train coach. After going through a tunnel, the train is stopped because a [[Scotsman]] is playing the [[Bagpipes|bagpipes]] on the railway line. The band then leave their carriage and follow the Scotsman to find themselves watching the 1746 [[Battle of Culloden]]. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZizztHQv7jM Version 2 of Music Video @ YouTube.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1983-1984)
!Peak position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|52<ref>[http://rqsretrouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-country-settlement-years.html Big Country Bio @ RetroUniverse] Retrieved May 2009</ref>
|-
|}

==Credits==
*Music and lyrics: [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]]
*Production: [[Steve Lillywhite]]<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=Fields+Of+Fire+%28400+Miles%29&cat=s Music Credits @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Compilation album usage==
The song has been included on several notable compilation albums since its release. For instance, in 1992, the track was included on the ''[[Time–Life|Time Life:The Rock Collection-Hot Rock]]'' release, <ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?titel=Time+Life%3A+The+Rock+Collection+%2D+Hot+Rock&cat=a Time Life Track Listing @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref> and in 1997, the long-running ''[[The Best... Album in the World...Ever!]]'' compilation album brand included the song on their ''The Best Scottish Album in the World... Ever!'' release.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfwxqqjld6e Compilation Track Listing @ Allmusic.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bigcountry.co.uk Big Country's Official Website] Retrieved May 2009

{{Big Country}}

[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:Big Country songs]]

Fields of Fire

2009-05-17T04:51:13Z

Sky Attacker: /* External Links */ to keep with the lower case theming

{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Fields of Fire
| Cover = Big Country Fields of Fire.jpg
| Artist = [[Big Country]]
| from Album = [[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]
| Released = 1983
| Recorded = 1982-1983
| Genre = [[Folk rock]]
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| Length = 3:31
| Writer = [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]]
| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]
| Last single = "Harvest Home" (1982)
| This single = "'''Fields of Fire'''" (1983)
| Next single = "[[In a Big Country]]" (1983)
}}

"'''Fields of Fire'''" (album version subtitled "'''400 Miles'''") is one of the biggest hits by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Rock music|rock band]] [[Big Country]]. It was first released as a single in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1983 in music|1983]] and included on the band's debut album ''[[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]''. The song was a big hit, introducing the band to mainstream audiences in the [[United States]] in [[1984 in music|1984]] and reaching the top ten in the UK Singles Chart. On their album review of ''The Crossing'', [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] noted that the song was ''"one of the great, resounding anthems of this or any other year"''.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/250904/review/5944030/thecrossing Review @ RollingStone.com] Retrieved May 2009 </ref> Big Country's vocalist and bassist [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]] has also claimed this song to be one of his favorites. <ref>[http://www.bigcountryinfo.com/pages/albums/comp_notw.htm News Of The World @ BigCountryInfo.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

== Music video ==

The music video begins with a young boy playing with his toy train set. The members of the band are passengers on a train that has left the railway station and are seen playing their instruments inside their train coach. After going through a tunnel, the train is stopped because a [[Scotsman]] is playing the [[Bagpipes|bagpipes]] on the railway line. The band then leave their carriage and follow the Scotsman to find themselves watching the 1746 [[Battle of Culloden]]. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZizztHQv7jM Version 2 of Music Video @ YouTube.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1983-1984)
!Peak position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|52<ref>[http://rqsretrouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-country-settlement-years.html Big Country Bio @ RetroUniverse] Retrieved May 2009</ref>
|-
|}

==Credits==
*Music and lyrics: [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]]
*Production: [[Steve Lillywhite]]<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=Fields+Of+Fire+%28400+Miles%29&cat=s Music Credits @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Compilation album usage==
The song has been included on several notable compilation albums since its release. For instance, in 1992, the track was included on the ''[[Time–Life|Time Life:The Rock Collection-Hot Rock]]'' release, <ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?titel=Time+Life%3A+The+Rock+Collection+%2D+Hot+Rock&cat=a Time Life Track Listing @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref> and in 1997, the long-running ''[[The Best... Album in the World...Ever!]]'' compilation album brand included the song on their ''The Best Scottish Album in the World... Ever!'' release.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfwxqqjld6e Compilation Track Listing @ Allmusic.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
[http://www.bigcountry.co.uk Big Country's Official Website] Retrieved May 2009

{{Big Country}}

[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:Big Country songs]]

Fields of Fire

2009-05-17T04:50:27Z

Sky Attacker: /* External Links */

{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Fields of Fire
| Cover = Big Country Fields of Fire.jpg
| Artist = [[Big Country]]
| from Album = [[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]
| Released = 1983
| Recorded = 1982-1983
| Genre = [[Folk rock]]
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| Length = 3:31
| Writer = [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]]
| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]
| Last single = "Harvest Home" (1982)
| This single = "'''Fields of Fire'''" (1983)
| Next single = "[[In a Big Country]]" (1983)
}}

"'''Fields of Fire'''" (album version subtitled "'''400 Miles'''") is one of the biggest hits by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Rock music|rock band]] [[Big Country]]. It was first released as a single in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1983 in music|1983]] and included on the band's debut album ''[[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]''. The song was a big hit, introducing the band to mainstream audiences in the [[United States]] in [[1984 in music|1984]] and reaching the top ten in the UK Singles Chart. On their album review of ''The Crossing'', [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] noted that the song was ''"one of the great, resounding anthems of this or any other year"''.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/250904/review/5944030/thecrossing Review @ RollingStone.com] Retrieved May 2009 </ref> Big Country's vocalist and bassist [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]] has also claimed this song to be one of his favorites. <ref>[http://www.bigcountryinfo.com/pages/albums/comp_notw.htm News Of The World @ BigCountryInfo.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

== Music video ==

The music video begins with a young boy playing with his toy train set. The members of the band are passengers on a train that has left the railway station and are seen playing their instruments inside their train coach. After going through a tunnel, the train is stopped because a [[Scotsman]] is playing the [[Bagpipes|bagpipes]] on the railway line. The band then leave their carriage and follow the Scotsman to find themselves watching the 1746 [[Battle of Culloden]]. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZizztHQv7jM Version 2 of Music Video @ YouTube.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1983-1984)
!Peak position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|52<ref>[http://rqsretrouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-country-settlement-years.html Big Country Bio @ RetroUniverse] Retrieved May 2009</ref>
|-
|}

==Credits==
*Music and lyrics: [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]]
*Production: [[Steve Lillywhite]]<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=Fields+Of+Fire+%28400+Miles%29&cat=s Music Credits @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Compilation album usage==
The song has been included on several notable compilation albums since its release. For instance, in 1992, the track was included on the ''[[Time–Life|Time Life:The Rock Collection-Hot Rock]]'' release, <ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?titel=Time+Life%3A+The+Rock+Collection+%2D+Hot+Rock&cat=a Time Life Track Listing @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref> and in 1997, the long-running ''[[The Best... Album in the World...Ever!]]'' compilation album brand included the song on their ''The Best Scottish Album in the World... Ever!'' release.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfwxqqjld6e Compilation Track Listing @ Allmusic.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
[http://www.bigcountry.co.uk Big Country's Official Website] Retrieved May 2009

{{Big Country}}

[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:Big Country songs]]

Fields of Fire

2009-05-17T04:48:01Z

Sky Attacker: /* External Links */

{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Fields of Fire
| Cover = Big Country Fields of Fire.jpg
| Artist = [[Big Country]]
| from Album = [[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]
| Released = 1983
| Recorded = 1982-1983
| Genre = [[Folk rock]]
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| Length = 3:31
| Writer = [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]]
| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]
| Last single = "Harvest Home" (1982)
| This single = "'''Fields of Fire'''" (1983)
| Next single = "[[In a Big Country]]" (1983)
}}

"'''Fields of Fire'''" (album version subtitled "'''400 Miles'''") is one of the biggest hits by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Rock music|rock band]] [[Big Country]]. It was first released as a single in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1983 in music|1983]] and included on the band's debut album ''[[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]''. The song was a big hit, introducing the band to mainstream audiences in the [[United States]] in [[1984 in music|1984]] and reaching the top ten in the UK Singles Chart. On their album review of ''The Crossing'', [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] noted that the song was ''"one of the great, resounding anthems of this or any other year"''.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/250904/review/5944030/thecrossing Review @ RollingStone.com] Retrieved May 2009 </ref> Big Country's vocalist and bassist [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]] has also claimed this song to be one of his favorites. <ref>[http://www.bigcountryinfo.com/pages/albums/comp_notw.htm News Of The World @ BigCountryInfo.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

== Music video ==

The music video begins with a young boy playing with his toy train set. The members of the band are passengers on a train that has left the railway station and are seen playing their instruments inside their train coach. After going through a tunnel, the train is stopped because a [[Scotsman]] is playing the [[Bagpipes|bagpipes]] on the railway line. The band then leave their carriage and follow the Scotsman to find themselves watching the 1746 [[Battle of Culloden]]. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZizztHQv7jM Version 2 of Music Video @ YouTube.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1983-1984)
!Peak position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|52<ref>[http://rqsretrouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-country-settlement-years.html Big Country Bio @ RetroUniverse] Retrieved May 2009</ref>
|-
|}

==Credits==
*Music and lyrics: [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]]
*Production: [[Steve Lillywhite]]<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=Fields+Of+Fire+%28400+Miles%29&cat=s Music Credits @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Compilation album usage==
The song has been included on several notable compilation albums since its release. For instance, in 1992, the track was included on the ''[[Time–Life|Time Life:The Rock Collection-Hot Rock]]'' release, <ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?titel=Time+Life%3A+The+Rock+Collection+%2D+Hot+Rock&cat=a Time Life Track Listing @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref> and in 1997, the long-running ''[[The Best... Album in the World...Ever!]]'' compilation album brand included the song on their ''The Best Scottish Album in the World... Ever!'' release.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfwxqqjld6e Compilation Track Listing @ Allmusic.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
[[www.bigcountry.co.uk]] Big Country's Official Website

{{Big Country}}

[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:Big Country songs]]

Fields of Fire

2009-05-17T04:47:44Z

Sky Attacker: /* External Links */

{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Fields of Fire
| Cover = Big Country Fields of Fire.jpg
| Artist = [[Big Country]]
| from Album = [[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]
| Released = 1983
| Recorded = 1982-1983
| Genre = [[Folk rock]]
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| Length = 3:31
| Writer = [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]]
| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]
| Last single = "Harvest Home" (1982)
| This single = "'''Fields of Fire'''" (1983)
| Next single = "[[In a Big Country]]" (1983)
}}

"'''Fields of Fire'''" (album version subtitled "'''400 Miles'''") is one of the biggest hits by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Rock music|rock band]] [[Big Country]]. It was first released as a single in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1983 in music|1983]] and included on the band's debut album ''[[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]''. The song was a big hit, introducing the band to mainstream audiences in the [[United States]] in [[1984 in music|1984]] and reaching the top ten in the UK Singles Chart. On their album review of ''The Crossing'', [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] noted that the song was ''"one of the great, resounding anthems of this or any other year"''.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/250904/review/5944030/thecrossing Review @ RollingStone.com] Retrieved May 2009 </ref> Big Country's vocalist and bassist [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]] has also claimed this song to be one of his favorites. <ref>[http://www.bigcountryinfo.com/pages/albums/comp_notw.htm News Of The World @ BigCountryInfo.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

== Music video ==

The music video begins with a young boy playing with his toy train set. The members of the band are passengers on a train that has left the railway station and are seen playing their instruments inside their train coach. After going through a tunnel, the train is stopped because a [[Scotsman]] is playing the [[Bagpipes|bagpipes]] on the railway line. The band then leave their carriage and follow the Scotsman to find themselves watching the 1746 [[Battle of Culloden]]. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZizztHQv7jM Version 2 of Music Video @ YouTube.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1983-1984)
!Peak position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|52<ref>[http://rqsretrouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-country-settlement-years.html Big Country Bio @ RetroUniverse] Retrieved May 2009</ref>
|-
|}

==Credits==
*Music and lyrics: [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]]
*Production: [[Steve Lillywhite]]<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=Fields+Of+Fire+%28400+Miles%29&cat=s Music Credits @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Compilation album usage==
The song has been included on several notable compilation albums since its release. For instance, in 1992, the track was included on the ''[[Time–Life|Time Life:The Rock Collection-Hot Rock]]'' release, <ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?titel=Time+Life%3A+The+Rock+Collection+%2D+Hot+Rock&cat=a Time Life Track Listing @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref> and in 1997, the long-running ''[[The Best... Album in the World...Ever!]]'' compilation album brand included the song on their ''The Best Scottish Album in the World... Ever!'' release.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfwxqqjld6e Compilation Track Listing @ Allmusic.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
www.bigcountry.co.uk Big Country's Official Website

{{Big Country}}

[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:Big Country songs]]

Fields of Fire

2009-05-17T04:47:27Z

Sky Attacker: Big Country

{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Fields of Fire
| Cover = Big Country Fields of Fire.jpg
| Artist = [[Big Country]]
| from Album = [[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]
| Released = 1983
| Recorded = 1982-1983
| Genre = [[Folk rock]]
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| Length = 3:31
| Writer = [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]]
| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]
| Last single = "Harvest Home" (1982)
| This single = "'''Fields of Fire'''" (1983)
| Next single = "[[In a Big Country]]" (1983)
}}

"'''Fields of Fire'''" (album version subtitled "'''400 Miles'''") is one of the biggest hits by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Rock music|rock band]] [[Big Country]]. It was first released as a single in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1983 in music|1983]] and included on the band's debut album ''[[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]''. The song was a big hit, introducing the band to mainstream audiences in the [[United States]] in [[1984 in music|1984]] and reaching the top ten in the UK Singles Chart. On their album review of ''The Crossing'', [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] noted that the song was ''"one of the great, resounding anthems of this or any other year"''.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/250904/review/5944030/thecrossing Review @ RollingStone.com] Retrieved May 2009 </ref> Big Country's vocalist and bassist [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]] has also claimed this song to be one of his favorites. <ref>[http://www.bigcountryinfo.com/pages/albums/comp_notw.htm News Of The World @ BigCountryInfo.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

== Music video ==

The music video begins with a young boy playing with his toy train set. The members of the band are passengers on a train that has left the railway station and are seen playing their instruments inside their train coach. After going through a tunnel, the train is stopped because a [[Scotsman]] is playing the [[Bagpipes|bagpipes]] on the railway line. The band then leave their carriage and follow the Scotsman to find themselves watching the 1746 [[Battle of Culloden]]. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZizztHQv7jM Version 2 of Music Video @ YouTube.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1983-1984)
!Peak position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|52<ref>[http://rqsretrouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-country-settlement-years.html Big Country Bio @ RetroUniverse] Retrieved May 2009</ref>
|-
|}

==Credits==
*Music and lyrics: [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]]
*Production: [[Steve Lillywhite]]<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=Fields+Of+Fire+%28400+Miles%29&cat=s Music Credits @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Compilation album usage==
The song has been included on several notable compilation albums since its release. For instance, in 1992, the track was included on the ''[[Time–Life|Time Life:The Rock Collection-Hot Rock]]'' release, <ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?titel=Time+Life%3A+The+Rock+Collection+%2D+Hot+Rock&cat=a Time Life Track Listing @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref> and in 1997, the long-running ''[[The Best... Album in the World...Ever!]]'' compilation album brand included the song on their ''The Best Scottish Album in the World... Ever!'' release.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfwxqqjld6e Compilation Track Listing @ Allmusic.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
[www.bigcountry.co.uk Big Country's Official Website] Retrieved May 2009

{{Big Country}}

[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:Big Country songs]]

Fields of Fire

2009-05-15T00:22:21Z

Sky Attacker: Removed my tag. I may come back to this later.

{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Fields of Fire
| Cover = Big Country Fields of Fire.jpg
| Artist = [[Big Country]]
| from Album = [[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]
| Released = 1983
| Recorded = 1982-1983
| Genre = [[Folk rock]]
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| Length = 3:31
| Writer = [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]]
| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]
| Last single = "Harvest Home" (1982)
| This single = "'''Fields of Fire'''" (1983)
| Next single = "[[In a Big Country]]" (1983)
}}

"'''Fields of Fire'''" (album version subtitled "'''400 Miles'''") is one of the biggest hits by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Rock music|rock band]] [[Big Country]]. It was first released as a single in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1983 in music|1983]] and included on the band's debut album ''[[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]''. The song was a big hit, introducing the band to mainstream audiences in the [[United States]] in [[1984 in music|1984]] and reaching the top ten in the UK Singles Chart. On their album review of ''The Crossing'', [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] noted that the song was ''"one of the great, resounding anthems of this or any other year"''.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/250904/review/5944030/thecrossing Review @ RollingStone.com] Retrieved May 2009 </ref> Big Country's vocalist and bassist [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]] has also claimed this song to be one of his favorites. <ref>[http://www.bigcountryinfo.com/pages/albums/comp_notw.htm News Of The World @ BigCountryInfo.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

== Music video ==

The music video begins with a young boy playing with his toy train set. The members of the band are passengers on a train that has left the railway station and are seen playing their instruments inside their train coach. After going through a tunnel, the train is stopped because a [[Scotsman]] is playing the [[Bagpipes|bagpipes]] on the railway line. The band then leave their carriage and follow the Scotsman to find themselves watching the 1746 [[Battle of Culloden]]. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZizztHQv7jM Version 2 of Music Video @ YouTube.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1983-1984)
!Peak position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|52<ref>[http://rqsretrouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-country-settlement-years.html Big Country Bio @ RetroUniverse] Retrieved May 2009</ref>
|-
|}

==Credits==
*Music and lyrics: [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]]
*Production: [[Steve Lillywhite]]<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=Fields+Of+Fire+%28400+Miles%29&cat=s Music Credits @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Compilation album usage==
The song has been included on several notable compilation albums since its release. For instance, in 1992, the track was included on the ''[[Time–Life|Time Life:The Rock Collection-Hot Rock]]'' release, <ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?titel=Time+Life%3A+The+Rock+Collection+%2D+Hot+Rock&cat=a Time Life Track Listing @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref> and in 1997, the long-running ''[[The Best... Album in the World...Ever!]]'' compilation album brand included the song on their ''The Best Scottish Album in the World... Ever!'' release.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfwxqqjld6e Compilation Track Listing @ Allmusic.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Big Country}}

[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:Big Country songs]]

Fields of Fire

2009-05-13T20:32:15Z

Sky Attacker: .

{{underconstruction}}
{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Fields of Fire
| Cover = Big Country Fields of Fire.jpg
| Artist = [[Big Country]]
| from Album = [[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]
| Released = 1983
| Recorded = 1982-1983
| Genre = [[Folk rock]]
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| Length = 3:31
| Writer = [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]]
| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]
| Last single = "Harvest Home" (1982)
| This single = "'''Fields of Fire'''" (1983)
| Next single = "[[In a Big Country]]" (1983)
}}

"'''Fields of Fire'''" (album version subtitled "'''400 Miles'''") is one of the biggest hits by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Rock music|rock band]] [[Big Country]]. It was first released as a single in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1983 in music|1983]] and included on the band's debut album ''[[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]''. The song was a big hit, introducing the band to mainstream audiences in the [[United States]] in [[1984 in music|1984]] and reaching the top ten in the UK Singles Chart. On their album review of ''The Crossing'', [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] noted that the song was ''"one of the great, resounding anthems of this or any other year"''.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/250904/review/5944030/thecrossing Review @ RollingStone.com] Retrieved May 2009 </ref> Big Country's vocalist and bassist [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]] has also claimed this song to be one of his favorites. <ref>[http://www.bigcountryinfo.com/pages/albums/comp_notw.htm News Of The World @ BigCountryInfo.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

== Music video ==

The music video begins with a young boy playing with his toy train set. The members of the band are passengers on a train that has left the railway station and are seen playing their instruments inside their train coach. After going through a tunnel, the train is stopped because a [[Scotsman]] is playing the [[Bagpipes|bagpipes]] on the railway line. The band then leave their carriage and follow the Scotsman to find themselves watching the 1746 [[Battle of Culloden]]. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZizztHQv7jM Version 2 of Music Video @ YouTube.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1983-1984)
!Peak position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|52<ref>[http://rqsretrouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-country-settlement-years.html Big Country Bio @ RetroUniverse] Retrieved May 2009</ref>
|-
|}

==Credits==
*Music and lyrics: [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]]
*Production: [[Steve Lillywhite]]<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=Fields+Of+Fire+%28400+Miles%29&cat=s Music Credits @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Compilation album usage==
The song has been included on several notable compilation albums since its release. For instance, in 1992, the track was included on the ''[[Time–Life|Time Life:The Rock Collection-Hot Rock]]'' release, <ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?titel=Time+Life%3A+The+Rock+Collection+%2D+Hot+Rock&cat=a Time Life Track Listing @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref> and in 1997, the long-running ''[[The Best... Album in the World...Ever!]]'' compilation album brand included the song on their ''The Best Scottish Album in the World... Ever!'' release.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfwxqqjld6e Compilation Track Listing @ Allmusic.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Big Country}}

[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:Big Country songs]]

Fields of Fire

2009-05-13T08:03:46Z

Sky Attacker: of

{{underconstruction}}
{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Fields of Fire
| Cover = Big Country Fields of Fire.jpg
| Artist = [[Big Country]]
| from Album = [[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]
| Released = 1983
| Recorded = 1982-1983
| Genre = [[Folk rock]]
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| Length = 3:31
| Writer = [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]]
| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]
| Last single = "Harvest Home" (1982)
| This single = "'''Fields of Fire'''" (1983)
| Next single = "[[In a Big Country]]" (1983)
}}

"'''Fields of Fire'''" (album version subtitled "'''400 Miles'''") is one of the biggest hits by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Rock music|rock band]] [[Big Country]]. It was first released as a single in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1983 in music|1983]] and included on the band's debut album ''[[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]''. The song was a big hit, introducing the band to mainstream audiences in the [[United States]] in [[1984 in music|1984]] and reaching the top ten in the UK Singles Chart. On their album review of ''The Crossing'', [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] noted that the song was ''"one of the great, resounding anthems of this or any other year"''.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/250904/review/5944030/thecrossing Review @ RollingStone.com] Retrieved May 2009 </ref>. Big Country's vocalist and bassist [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]] has also claimed this song to be one of his favorites. <ref>[http://www.bigcountryinfo.com/pages/albums/comp_notw.htm News Of The World @ BigCountryInfo.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

== Music video ==

The music video begins with a young boy playing with his toy train set. The members of the band are passengers on a train that has left the railway station and are seen playing their instruments inside their train coach. After going through a tunnel, the train is stopped because a [[Scotsman]] is playing the [[Bagpipes|bagpipes]] on the railway line. The band then leave their carriage and follow the Scotsman to find themselves watching the 1746 [[Battle of Culloden]]. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZizztHQv7jM Version 2 of Music Video @ YouTube.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1983-1984)
!Peak position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|52<ref>[http://rqsretrouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-country-settlement-years.html Big Country Bio @ RetroUniverse] Retrieved May 2009</ref>
|-
|}

==Credits==
*Music and lyrics: [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]]
*Production: [[Steve Lillywhite]]<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=Fields+Of+Fire+%28400+Miles%29&cat=s Music Credits @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Compilation album usage==
The song has been included on several notable compilation albums since its release. For instance, in 1992, the track was included on the ''[[Time–Life|Time Life:The Rock Collection-Hot Rock]]'' release, <ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?titel=Time+Life%3A+The+Rock+Collection+%2D+Hot+Rock&cat=a Time Life Track Listing @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref> and in 1997, the long-running ''[[The Best... Album in the World...Ever!]]'' compilation album brand included the song on their ''The Best Scottish Album in the World... Ever!'' release.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfwxqqjld6e Compilation Track Listing @ Allmusic.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Big Country}}

[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:Big Country songs]]

Fields of Fire

2009-05-13T08:00:49Z

Sky Attacker: favorites

{{underconstruction}}
{{Infobox Single |
| Name = Fields of Fire
| Cover = Big Country Fields of Fire.jpg
| Artist = [[Big Country]]
| from Album = [[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]
| Released = 1983
| Recorded = 1982-1983
| Genre = [[Folk rock]]
| Label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| Length = 3:31
| Writer = [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]]
| Producer = [[Steve Lillywhite]]
| Last single = "Harvest Home" (1982)
| This single = "'''Fields of Fire'''" (1983)
| Next single = "[[In a Big Country]]" (1983)
}}

"'''Fields of Fire'''" (album version subtitled "'''400 Miles'''") is one of the biggest hits by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Rock music|rock band]] [[Big Country]]. It was first released as a single in the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1983 in music|1983]] and included on the band's debut album ''[[The Crossing (album)|The Crossing]]''. The song was a big hit, introducing the band to mainstream audiences in the [[United States]] in [[1984 in music|1984]] and reaching the top ten in the UK Singles Chart. On their album review of ''The Crossing'', [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] noted that the song was ''"one of the great, resounding anthems of this or any other year"''.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/250904/review/5944030/thecrossing Review @ RollingStone.com] Retrieved May 2009 </ref>. Big Country's vocalist and bassist [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]] has also claimed this song to be one his favorites. <ref>[http://www.bigcountryinfo.com/pages/albums/comp_notw.htm News Of The World @ BigCountryInfo.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

== Music video ==

The music video begins with a young boy playing with his toy train set. The members of the band are passengers on a train that has left the railway station and are seen playing their instruments inside their train coach. After going through a tunnel, the train is stopped because a [[Scotsman]] is playing the [[Bagpipes|bagpipes]] on the railway line. The band then leave their carriage and follow the Scotsman to find themselves watching the 1746 [[Battle of Culloden]]. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZizztHQv7jM Version 2 of Music Video @ YouTube.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1983-1984)
!Peak position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|52<ref>[http://rqsretrouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-country-settlement-years.html Big Country Bio @ RetroUniverse] Retrieved May 2009</ref>
|-
|}

==Credits==
*Music and lyrics: [[Stuart Adamson]], [[Bruce Watson (guitarist)|Bruce Watson]], [[Mark Brzezicki]], [[Tony Butler (musician)|Tony Butler]]
*Production: [[Steve Lillywhite]]<ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=Fields+Of+Fire+%28400+Miles%29&cat=s Music Credits @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==Compilation album usage==
The song has been included on several notable compilation albums since its release. For instance, in 1992, the track was included on the ''[[Time–Life|Time Life:The Rock Collection-Hot Rock]]'' release, <ref>[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?titel=Time+Life%3A+The+Rock+Collection+%2D+Hot+Rock&cat=a Time Life Track Listing @ Australian-charts.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref> and in 1997, the long-running ''[[The Best... Album in the World...Ever!]]'' compilation album brand included the song on their ''The Best Scottish Album in the World... Ever!'' release.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfwxqqjld6e Compilation Track Listing @ Allmusic.com] Retrieved May 2009</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1983 singles]]
[[Category:Big Country songs]]