Take a Bow (Rihanna song)

United States April 15, 2008 Europe June 6, 2008

Take A Bow is a song by American R & B singer Rihanna. He was under the label Def Jam Records as the fifth single from Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad - or from the new version of Good Girl Gone Bad: - published Reloaded. The text was written by the R & B singer -songwriter Ne -Yo.

Background

Take A Bow was the first time in the U.S. in the radio morning show Johnjay and Rich in the Morning to hear on 14 March 2008, before the song was made ​​available to the media later that same day. The official release in the U.S. on April 15, 2008. In the UK the song was released on 19 May 2008, in the rest of Europe until 6 June 2008. In France Take A Bow came nearly two months after the European release date in circulation.

To date, Take A Bow has achieved # 1 on the singles charts in Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Great Britain and the United States. In nine other countries Take A Bow reached the Top 10

Commercial success

During the week of May 24, 2008 Take A Bow jumped from number 52 to number 1 on the U.S. singles chart. This is the ninth highest jump to # 1, the one song has ever achieved in the history of Billboard. Take A Bow Rihanna was third number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, according to SOS and Umbrella, who had led the charts in 2006 and 2007. The song stayed 15 weeks in the Top 10 This is Rihanna's longest stay in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 According to Nielsen SoundScan to Take A Bow sold in the U.S. 3 million times on digital downloads. That was enough for two platinum awards.

In the UK it has Take A Bow made ​​based solely on downloads in the first week at # 2 on the UK singles chart. In the following week, the song debuted at # 1, where it remained for two consecutive weeks. He was named after Umbrella in 2007 Rihanna's second number-one hit in the UK and stayed 27 weeks in the charts. On 12 February 2010 Take A Bow exceeded the number of 400,000 units sold, and thus got gold status in the UK.

The title was also a success in Oceania. Take A Bow debuted at number 30 of the Australian ARIA Charts. Eight weeks later, the song reached its peak position at number 3 It is thus the fourth top five hit from Good Girl Gone Bad in Australia. In New Zealand, the song debuted at number four in the New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart and peaked at # 2 for four weeks its peak.

In Germany the Take A Bow was released on 27 June 2008 for the first time on the charts; in Austria and Switzerland in the mid or end of May 2008. In these countries, it reached number 6 in Switzerland, # 7, and remained at least 20 weeks in the local singles charts.

Criticism

Said Bill Lamb from About.com: "Def Jam Realizes theyhave 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 on eyelash, and this is another success, if a little lifeless, for the duo. " ( German: " Def Jam Recordings has recognized that it with the combination of Rihanna and Ne -Yo have a gold mine found. He is one of the most talented [ ... ] songwriter & B universe has emerged in recent years in the pop and R. His lyrics always get attention, even if they occasionally veer into Silly. Rihanna has the unique ability without them recite batting an eyelash, and this is another success for the duo, if a little lifeless. " ) Next, he writes, the song tends to brag about Ne -yo skills and have great resemblance to his mega hit Irreplaceable, the he texted for Beyoncé. In addition, the piece does not shine by the standard use of the keyboard. Points would Take A Bow by Rihanna but brief asides. It was her, please! 'And the repellent giggle, which were the most memorable elements of this piece.

Music Video

The music video for Take A Bow was produced by Anthony Mandler, rotated on 2 April 2008 and 25 April 2008 veröffentlicht.Bei the MTV Video Music Awards 2008 received the video was nominated in the categories "Best Female Video" and " Best Director ". About Rihanna's user account on Youtube the video was presented to a wider audience on 30 November 2009 and called since then over 32 million times.

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