Take a bow
| Take a bow | |
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| Rihanna | |
| publication |
 April 15, 2008 June 6, 2008
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| length | 3:47 |
| Genre (s) | Pop , R&B |
| Author (s) | Ne-Yo , TE Hermansen, MS Eriksen |
| album | Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded |
Take A Bow is a song by the American R&B singer Rihanna . It was released on the Def Jam Records label as the fifth single from Rihanna's third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad - or from the new version Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded . The lyrics were written by R&B singer and songwriter Ne-Yo .
background
Take a Bow first appeared in the US on the morning radio show Johnjay and Rich in the Morning on March 14, 2008, before the song was made available to the media later that day. The official release in the US was on April 15, 2008. In the UK, the song was released on May 19, 2008, in the rest of Europe only on June 6, 2008. In France, Take a Bow was released almost two months after its European release date .
Take a Bow has reached number 1 in the singles charts in Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Great Britain and the USA. Take a Bow reached the top 10 in nine other countries .
Commercial win
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In the week of May 24, 2008, Take a Bow jumped from number 52 to number 1 on the US singles chart. This is the ninth-highest jump to number one that a song has ever made in Billboard history . Take a Bow was Rihanna's third number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 , after SOS and Umbrella , which topped the 2006 and 2007 charts. The song stayed in the top 10 for 15 weeks. This is Rihanna's longest stay in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Take a Bow sold 3 million downloads in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan . That was enough for two platinum awards .
In the UK, Take a Bow made it to number 2 on the UK singles chart based on downloads in the first week alone. The following week, the song rose to # 1, where it stayed for two consecutive weeks. It became Rihanna's second number one hit in the UK after Umbrella in 2007 and remained in the charts for 27 weeks. On February 12, 2010, Take a Bow exceeded 400,000 units sold and was given gold status in Great Britain.
The title also became a success in Oceania . Take a Bow debuted at number 30 on the Australian ARIA charts . Eight weeks later, the song reached its top position at number 3. It is the fourth top five hit from Good Girl Gone Bad in Australia. In New Zealand the song debuted at number 4 in the New Zealand RIANZ Singles Charts and then peaked at number 2 for four weeks.
In Germany, Take a Bow first appeared in the charts on June 27, 2008; in Austria and Switzerland as early as mid and end of May 2008. In these countries it reached number 6, in Switzerland number 7, and remained in the single charts there for at least 20 weeks.
criticism
About.com's Bill Lamb explains, “ Def Jam realizes they have a goldmine in the combination of Rihanna and Ne-Yo. He is one of the most gifted, if occasionally uneven, songwriters to emerge in the pop / r & b universe in recent years. His lyrics always get attention even if they veer toward the inane at times. Rihanna has the unique ability to deliver them without batting an eyelash, and this is another success, if a little lifeless, for the duo. "(German:" Def Jam Recordings realized that they found a goldmine with the combination of Rihanna and Ne-Yo. He is one of the most talented [...] songwriters who have appeared in the pop and R&B universe in recent years His lyrics always get attention, even if they turn foolish at times. Rihanna has the unique ability to read them without batting an eyelid, and that's another success for the duo, albeit a little lifeless. " He, the song flaunts Ne-Yo's qualities and is very similar to his megahit Irreplaceable , which he wrote for Beyoncé. In addition, the piece does not shine through the standard use of the keyboard. Take a Bow would score points with Rihanna's brief aside. It is her 'please!' and the dismissive giggles, which are the most memorable elements of this piece.
Music video
The music video for Take a Bow was produced by Anthony Mandler , filmed on April 2, 2008, and released on April 25, 2008. At the MTV Video Music Awards 2008 , the video received a nomination in the categories of “Best Female Video” and “Best Director”. The video was presented to a broader audience on November 30, 2009 via Rihanna's YouTube user account and has since been viewed over 32 million times.
Web links
- Official music video on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Take a Bow by Rihanna. (No longer available online.) In: Ryan.KiisFM.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011 ; Retrieved April 5, 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.
- ^ Rihanna re-releases "Good Girl" With New Ne-Yo Track. In: Billboard . Retrieved April 5, 2011 .
- ↑ a b c d e Rihanna - Take A Bow. In: acharts.us. Retrieved March 29, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Rihanna earns 9th # 1 single in the US. (No longer available online.) In: RihannaDaily.com. November 2010, archived from the original on April 26, 2011 ; Retrieved April 5, 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.
- ↑ bpi, the British Recorded Music Industry. In: British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Rihanna - Take A Bow (song). In: australian-charts.com. Hung Medien, accessed January 30, 2011 .
- ↑ Rihanna - Take A Bow (song). In: charts.org.nz. Retrieved April 5, 2011 .
- ↑ Bill Lamm: Rihanna - "Take a Bow". In: About.com. Retrieved January 30, 2011 .
- ↑ Jocelyn Vena: Rihanna's New Album, Rated R, Drops November 23. In: MTV .com. October 20, 2009, accessed January 30, 2011 .
- ^ MTV Video Music Awards 2008 - Winners. In: MTV.com. Retrieved January 30, 2011 .
- ↑ Rihanna - Take A Bow. In: Youtube . Retrieved January 30, 2011 .
