Shut up and drive
| Shut up and drive | |
|---|---|
| Rihanna | |
| publication |
 June 12, 2007 August 24, 2007 August 27, 2007
  |
| length | 3:33 |
| Genre (s) | Pop rock |
| text | Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Paul David Morris, Gilian Gilbert |
| music | Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers |
| Award (s) |
platinum
|
| album | Good Girl Gone Bad |
Shut Up and Drive is the second and fourth single of the R & B - singer Rihanna from her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad . The song was written by Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Paul David Morris, and Gilian Gilbert and produced by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers. The song was released on June 12 as the second single from the album in the United States . The song samples the melody of New Orders Blue Monday with a rocking sound. The song became Rihanna's seventh number one hit on the American dance charts.
criticism
The song was received positively by music critics .
Shut Up and Drive won the People's Choice Awards in the Most Popular R&B Song category.
Music video
The music video was directed by Anthony Mandler , the choreography by Tina Landon. At the beginning of the video, Rihanna drives a Ferrari F430 into a garage or workshop.
The music video was shot in the Czech capital, Prague .
Charts
Shut Up and Drive debuted at number 88 on the American Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 15 after a few weeks when their hit Umbrella was at number 1, but Shut Up and Drive could not build on the success of Umbrella . The song became Rihanna's seventh number one hit on the Hot Dance Club Play chart (December 8, 2007). She holds the record for the second most number-one placements in a row, Madonna and Janet Jackson are still ahead of her. To date, over 3.26 million copies of the song have been sold in the United States and the RIAA has awarded it platinum .
In Europe , the song was even more successful and reached the top ten in Germany and the United Kingdom ; there it became Rihanna's fifth consecutive top ten hit. To date, the song has sold over 235,000 copies in the UK.
Placements
| Chart (2007-2008) | Top position |
Awards |
|---|---|---|
 Austria
|
31 (12 weeks) |
|
 Germany
|
6 (14 weeks) |
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 Switzerland
|
14 (19 weeks) |
|
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United Kingdom
|
5 (31 weeks) |
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United States
|
15 (20 weeks) |
Platinum record |
Annual charts
| Chart (2008) | placement |
|---|---|
|
Germany
|
68 |
Web links
- Official music video on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bill Lamb: Rihanna - Shut Up and Drive . In: About.com . Retrieved November 9, 2009.
- ↑ Jay-Z Sued (Twice), Plus Lindsay, Harry Potter, White Stripes, Rihanna, Justin & More, In For The Record . MTV . May 23, 2007. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
- ^ [1] AllMusic.com
- ↑ Good Girl Gone Bad Rihanna at AllMusic . Allmusic . Retrieved January 30, 2011.
- ^ Sal Cinquemani: Music Review: Rihanna: Good Girl Gone Bad . Slant Magazine , May 22, 2007; Retrieved June 12, 2007.
- ↑ Rodney Dugue: Mediocre Girl Gone Good . The Village Voice , June 5, 2007; Retrieved June 12, 2007.
- ↑ Chart Beat ( Memento from December 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Š koda 130 Rapid VR6 'Rabbit' tuned in “Rihanna: Shut Up and Drive, 2007” . IMCDb.org
- ↑ Skoda Rapid Info Page . tuningscene.cz. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Rihanna - 'Shut Up And Drive' The Single: 27th August 2007 .
- ↑ Jonathan Cohen: Rihanna's 'Umbrella' Reigns Again Atop Hot 100 . Billboard.com, June 14, 2007.
- ↑ End of year charts 2008 MTV Germany . MTV . Archived from the original on March 14, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
