Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)
January 23, 2010
Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour ) is a song by Jay- Z, Bono, The Edge and Rihanna. It is a charity single, the Hope for Haiti Now campaign and was released on January 23, 2010, a week after the earthquake in Haiti.
Background
The idea for the song came to producer Swizz Beatz, as he sent text messages to Jay -Z and Bono. Finally, they took the right to cooperate in a song. Bono wrote a part of the Liedetextes when he phoned Beatz. Beatz said: "The idea of the song is, ' We leave you not alone and helpless '. I and Bono continued to work 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 had recorded everything on a Dictaphone - at least he sang it again on the phone. " Bono and The Edge wrote the rest of the song together then.
The production took place in many places. Beatz then took Rihanna and later said, "I knew that Jay is capable of telling a story and that Bono is capable of the song just to sing to the requirements. Then I took Rihanna and it fits like an angel to this song and brings it all back on their way over with a wonderful song. " In the end, the song of Beatz and Declan Gaffney was produced.
In the song, Jay- Z raps:
Bono and Rihanna singing the hook, while Rihanna took over the lead vocal.
Publication
Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour ) was presented for the first time Live in London on 22 January 2010 and was later used as part of the Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for playing Earthquake Relief Telethon. During the appearance played The Edge guitar and made sure that the song is one of the faster of the event was.
Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour ) was published on 23 January in the UK on iTunes. All proceeds from the digital and sell the CD went to the Hope For Haiti Now Kamoagne. This song is Rihanna's second charity single for this campaign (after Redemption Song ). On the same day the song publication, the Hope for Haiti Now album was released.
Later, U2 recorded a few mix versions of the song.
Reception
The New York Times covered the Stars wanted to record from Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour ), an original song, but they were not satisfied with the work: " The musical was only moderately and the concept was lost sight of ." Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times Compared with the U2 song of this project Passengers in 1995 and praised the modern rap Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour ). The Hartford Courant described the song as the most exciting collaboration of the event, but she complained that Bono did not fit with the team.
Charts
On January 27, 2010, the song debuted at number 6 in Norway It also debuted at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and # 6 on the Canadian Hot 100 on 28 January 2010 debuted Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour ) is the No. 3 Irish charts. The following day, the song debuted at number three in Sweden. On 31 January 2010, the song debuted at number 41 of the UK Singles Chart. Furthermore, the song reached chart positions in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Spain and in Austria, where the song could reach 10th place. In almost all countries, the title could only hold a few weeks in the charts.