Pon de Replay

"Pon de Replay" ("Play it again" in Bajan is an dance-pop song written by Vada Nobles, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers, Alisha Brooks for R&B-reggae singer Rihanna's debut album Music of the Sun (2005). Produced by Nobles, Struken, and Rogers, it was released as the album's first single in summer 2005. The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first Top 5 single; it also peaked at number 2 in the UK and at number 6 and number 7 in Australia and Canada, respectively.

Music video

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Rihanna, dancing in the 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 to turn the music up and everybody to start dancing. The music video also features Rihanna doing some belly dancing moves. 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.

Chart performance

The song proved to be a big success, peaking at #2 on the USA Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and reaching #1 on the Hot Digital Songs chart. The song almost topped the Billboard Hot 100 but wasn't able to overcome Mariah Carey's hugely popular single "We Belong Together." Even when "We Belong Together"'s digital sales began to drop, "Pon de Replay" was still not able to overcome it due to "We Belong Together"'s massive airplay.

"Pon de Replay" was also a major dance hit topping both the Hot Dance Music/Club Play and the Dance Radio Airplay chart for 2 weeks. It also performed well on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts peaking at #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 #6 on the Hot Rap Tracks, an unlikely supporter of the song. On the non-Billboard chart, ARC Top 40, the track also hit #1.

Miscellaneous

• Pon de Replay has been used for the "In The Mix" commercial.
• The song has also been used for the "Cheerleader Nation" commercial.
• Many stores and outlets in the Philippines play the song to attract customers. The instrumental of this song was also used to record a song for the popular TV show Pinoy Big Brother
• The song has also been compiled in a Radio Disney CD.
• The movie Bring It On: All or Nothing featured a competition where the winners were featured in a music video (not the one which was released as the official video) for Pon de Replay with Rihanna at the end of the movie
• The music video was played on the TV in an episode of Veronica Mars when Veronica went to a slumber party at Gia's house. In the episode: "Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner".
• Three finalists (Sisely, Anastacia and Melissa R.) in Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll were required to perform the song as a trio.
• The music video was filmed at Republik Nightclub of downtown Toronto.
• The song is used in the movie Are We Done Yet?.
• A polka version of "Pon de Replay" makes up a segment of the polka medley "Polkarama!" on "Weird Al" Yankovic's Straight Outta Lynwood album.
• The song was mentioned in the hit DMX song We in Here but not in a good way as DMX claimed that the beat was jacked from Rapper/Actor Will Smith

Track listing

• CD single (European version)

1. "Pon de Replay" (Radio edit) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 3:34
2. "Pon de Replay" (Remix featuring Elephant Man) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 3:37

• CD maxi-single (European version)

1. "Pon de Replay" (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 3:36
2. "Pon de Replay" (Cotto's Replay Dub) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 6:48
3. "Pon de Replay" (Instrumental) (Brooks, Alisha/Rogers, Evan/Sturken, Carl/Nobles, Vada) — 4:05

• Extras:

"Pon de Replay" (Video) — 3:37

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak New Zealand Singles Chart 1 Portugal Singles Chart 1 China Singles Chart 2 Belgium Singles Chart 5 Irish Singles Chart 2 UK Singles Chart 2 Worldwide Airplay 2 Norwegian Singles Chart 3 Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2 Swiss Singles Chart 3 United World Chart 3 Danish Singles Chart 4 Austria Singles Chart 5 Swedish Singles Chart 5 Tokyo Singles Chart 5 Australian ARIA Singles Chart 6 German Singles Chart 6 Irish Singles Chart 2 Israeli Singles Chart 2 Italy Singles Chart 6 Chart (2005) Peak position Finland Singles Chart 8 Lithuania Chart 1 France Singles Chart 18 South Africa Singles Chart 2 Russia Singles Chart 3 Dutch Top 40 18 México Top 100 Singles Chart 79 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1 U.S. Billboard Dance Radio Airplay 1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 2 U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40 1 U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 2 U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks 6 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 24 Vorlage:Start box Vorlage:Succession box Vorlage:Succession box Vorlage:End box References