Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)
| Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) | |
|---|---|
| Jay-Z feat. Bono , The Edge and Rihanna | |
| publication | January 23, 2010 |
| length | 4:20 |
| Genre (s) | Pop , hip-hop , R&B , rock |
| text | Shawn Carter , Bono , The Edge , Swizz Beatz |
| music | Swizz Beatz, Declan Gaffney |
| album | Hope for Haiti Now |
Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) is a song by Jay-Z , Bono , The Edge and Rihanna . It's a benefit single, the Hope for Haiti Now campaign, and was released on January 23, 2010, a week after the Haiti earthquake .
background
The idea for the song came from producer Swizz Beatz while texting Jay-Z and Bono. Finally, they resolved to work on a song together. Bono wrote part of the lyrics when he was on the phone with Beatz. Beatz said, “The idea of the song is, 'We won't leave you alone and helpless'. then me and Bono kept working on ideas and he thought 'You know this word stranded keeps standing out of me' and I asked if he could sing it, but he said 'he recorded everything on a dictaphone - at least he sang it again on the phone. ”Bono and The Edge then wrote the rest of the song together.
Production took place in many places. Beatz then got Rihanna and later said, “I knew Jay was capable of telling a story and Bono was capable of singing the song exactly as needed. Then I got Rihanna and she fits this song like an angel and brings it all over again in her own way with a wonderful singing. ”In the end the song was produced by Beatz and Declan Gaffney.
In the song Jay-Z raps:
- When the sky falls and the earth quakes
- We gonna put this back together
- We won't break.
Bono and Rihanna sang the hook, while Rihanna took over the lead vocals.
publication
Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) was first presented live in London on January 22nd, 2010 and was later played as part of the Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief Telethon . During the performance, The Edge played guitar and made the song one of the faster ones of the event.
Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) was on January 23 in the UK at iTunes released. All proceeds from the digital and CD sales went to the Hope For Haiti Now campaign. This song is Rihanna's second charity single for this campaign (after Redemption Song ). The Hope for Haiti Now album was also released on the same day the song was released.
Later on, U2 recorded some mixed versions of the song.
reception
The New York Times thought the stars wanted torecord an original songfrom Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) , but they were not satisfied with the complete work: "The musical was only moderate and the concept was left out of sight". Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times compared this song to the1995 U2 project Passengers and praised the modern rap of Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) . The Hartford Courant described the song as the most exciting collaboration of the event, but they criticized Bono for not being part of the team.
Charts
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Austria (Ö3)
|
10 (2 weeks) | 2 |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
41 (2 weeks) | 2 |
 United States (Billboard)
|
16 (2 weeks) | 2 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Hot 100 . Billboard . Week of February 6, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ↑ Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief . Hope for Haiti Now . Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d e f Hiatt, Brian: Inside the Recording of Bono and Jay-Z's Haiti Single 'Stranded' . In: Rolling Stone , January 21, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d e f Reid, Shaheem: Jay-Z, U2, Rihanna Team Up For Haiti Telethon , MTV News . January 22, 2010.
- ↑ 'Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)' raising funds for Haiti , U2.com. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
- ↑ a b Powers, Ann : Shining moments in Haiti telethon . In: Los Angeles Times , January 23, 2010.
- ^ Stars line up for Haiti benefit concert , BBC News . January 22, 2010.
- ↑ Caramanica, Jon: In Song, Trying to Convey the Scope of a Tragedy . In: The New York Times , January 23, 2010.
- ↑ Catlin, Roger: 'Hope for Haiti Now' . In: The Hartford Courant , January 23, 2010. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved on January 23, 2009.
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: AT UK US