Unfaithful (song)

July 17, 2006

Unfaithful is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her second published in 2006, second album "A Girl Like Me". The song was written by Ne - Yo, Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen and published on 17 July 2006 as the second single from the album. It is an R & B ballad with influences of pop. The piece was very successful commercially. It took in some countries ( eg Switzerland ) the top position. In Germany it reached number two.

Background

After Rihanna's collaboration with Sean Paul Rihanna now worked the singer-songwriter Ne -Yo with their fellow musicians. Ne -Yo wrote the song together with the Norwegian music production team Stargate, for Rihanna's second album, A Girl Like Me Stargate produced the song as well. With Unfaithful Rihanna took unlike their previous songs, the first time a ballad. In an interview, Rihanna said: "It is a ballad, for me it represents a new floor, my previous songs were faster tracks, now I have to prove that I get along well with ballads. I'm so excited. "

There are numerous published editions of the song:

  • Single Version (Radio; download)
  • Album Version ( Album)
  • Nu Soul Remix ( 2 track version of " We Ride " )
  • Video Version (Download)
  • (Video) (download, CD maxi of Unfaithful; bonus disc of "A Girl Like Me" )
  • Live Version (video): ( DVD " Good Girl Gone Bad: Live" )
  • Instrumental Version (CD maxi of Unfaithful; 2 track version of Unfaithful )
  • Tony Moran Radio Mix ( Unfaithful: The Remixes)
  • Hamel - Radio Mix ( Unfaithful: The Remixes)
  • Maurice's - Radio Mix ( Unfaithful: The Remixes)
  • Tony Moran Club Mix ( Unfaithful: The Remixes)
  • Hamel Club Mix ( Unfaithful: The Remixes)
  • Maurice's Club Mix ( Unfaithful: The Remixes)
  • Live AOL Music Sessions ( Unfaithful: The Remixes)

Live performances

Rihanna singing Unfaithful on three of their previous concert tours:

Charts

In the United States Unfaithful reached a few weeks after its release in July 2006, No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 It was Rihanna's third top ten hit in the U.S.. The success was aided by a music video that was played several times a day on American music channels such as MTV.

In a study published by Billboard Magazine list of the " best songs of summer 2006," Unfaithful reached # 8

Even before its release as a single debuted Unfaithful in the British charts and in Australia. In the UK, download sales were so high that Unfaithful debuted at number 16 on the British charts. The following week, July 24, 2006 Unfaithful jumped off the 16 at # 2 and was kept only by Shakira and Wyclef Jeans Hips Do not Lie from the top, thus it was Rihanna's third number - two hit in the United Kingdom, Pon de Replay by (2005) and SOS ( 2006). In Australia, the download sales were so high that Unfaithful debuted at # 2. In the Euro chart 100, where the single and download sales are evaluated from the European countries, Unfaithful reached three weeks at No. 1 Up Today Unfaithful has sold over 4.5 million units worldwide, alone 2,727,000 through download sales alone in the United States.

After a successful duet with British singer Matt Cardle in the British talent show The X Factor in December 2010, Unfaithful rose more than four years after its release, back in the UK charts at number 31. This time the song was only a few weeks in the British charts and left the charts in early January 2011 from space 50.

In German-speaking Unfaithful was also a success, reaching in Germany and in Austria Platz 2, in Switzerland was even Unfaithful Rihanna's first number -one hit and was a total of 11 weeks at number 1 of the Swiss charts at the end of the year, Unfaithful placed number 6 of the Swiss Charts years. In the German charts of the year, the song reached # 14 in the German Decade Charts of the years 2000-2009 reached Unfaithful Place 43 The Decade Charts were recognized in 2010 by the music program, the Ultimate Chart Show in the program presented " The most successful songs of the new millennium ".

Furthermore Unfaithful was still in Portugal, a number -one hit.

Chart positions

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Decade Charts

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