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In Europe, the song debuted on the [[Tracklisten|Danish Singles Chart]] at number 12 on September 30, 2011.<ref name="DanishCharts">{{cite web|url=http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[Tracklisten]]|date=2011-09-30|accessdate=2011-09-30}}</ref> "We Found Love" also debuted on both the [[Flanders]] and [[Wallonia]] regional charts of [[Belgium]] on October 1, 2011, at numbers 14 and 23, respectively.<ref name="FlandersCharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[Ultratop 50]]|date=2011-09-30|accessdate=2011-09-30|language=Flemish}}</ref><ref name="WalloniaCharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[Ultratop 40]]|date=2011-09-30|accessdate=2011-09-30|language=French}}</ref> In it's second week on both charts, the song rose to number three in the Flanders region<ref name="FlandersCharts"/> and number 10 in the Wallonia region.<ref name="WalloniaCharts"/> "We Found Love" also debuted inside the top ten in Norway and The Netherlands, at numbers three and eight, respectively.<ref name="NorwayChart">{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[VG-lista]]|date=2011-10-06|accessdate=2011-10-06|language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="TheNetherlandsChart">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]|date=2011-10-06|accessdate=2011-10-06|language=Dutch}}</ref> In it's second week on the chart, the song rose to number one in Norway.<ref name="NorwayChart"/> In France, the song debuted on the chart on September 29, 2011, at number 15<ref name="FrenchChart">{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|date=2011-10-06|accessdate=2011-10-06|language=French}}</ref> "We Found Love" debuted at number 46 in Spain and leaped to number 15 in it's second week.<ref name="SpanishChart">{{cite web|url=http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|date=2011-10-06|accessdate=2011-10-06|language=}}</ref>
In Europe, the song debuted on the [[Tracklisten|Danish Singles Chart]] at number 12 on September 30, 2011.<ref name="DanishCharts">{{cite web|url=http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[Tracklisten]]|date=2011-09-30|accessdate=2011-09-30}}</ref> "We Found Love" also debuted on both the [[Flanders]] and [[Wallonia]] regional charts of [[Belgium]] on October 1, 2011, at numbers 14 and 23, respectively.<ref name="FlandersCharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[Ultratop 50]]|date=2011-09-30|accessdate=2011-09-30|language=Flemish}}</ref><ref name="WalloniaCharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[Ultratop 40]]|date=2011-09-30|accessdate=2011-09-30|language=French}}</ref> In it's second week on both charts, the song rose to number three in the Flanders region<ref name="FlandersCharts"/> and number 10 in the Wallonia region.<ref name="WalloniaCharts"/> "We Found Love" also debuted inside the top ten in Norway and The Netherlands, at numbers three and eight, respectively.<ref name="NorwayChart">{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[VG-lista]]|date=2011-10-06|accessdate=2011-10-06|language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="TheNetherlandsChart">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]|date=2011-10-06|accessdate=2011-10-06|language=Dutch}}</ref> In it's second week on the chart, the song rose to number one in Norway.<ref name="NorwayChart"/> In France, the song debuted on the chart on September 29, 2011, at number 15<ref name="FrenchChart">{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|date=2011-10-06|accessdate=2011-10-06|language=French}}</ref> "We Found Love" debuted at number 46 in Spain and leaped to number 15 in it's second week.<ref name="SpanishChart">{{cite web|url=http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris - We Found Love (Song)|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|date=2011-10-06|accessdate=2011-10-06|language=}}</ref>


In the United Kingdom, "We Found Love" debuted at number one with 87,000 copies<ref name="WFL#1Record"/> sold on the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref name="UKSinglesDebut">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/11-10-15|title=Official UK Singles Top 100 – 15th October 2011|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]|date=2011-10-09|accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref> [[UK Dance Chart]]<ref name="UKDanceDebut">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/18/11-10-15|title=Official UK Dance Top 40 – 15th October 2011|publisher=The Official Charts Company|date=2011-10-09|accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref> and [[UK Official Download Chart|UK Digital Download Chart]]<ref name="UKDigitalDebut">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/6/2011-10-15/|title=Official UK Dance Top 40 – 15th October 2011|publisher=The Official Charts Company|date=2011-10-09|accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref> on October 9, 2011, despite only having been released for four days.<ref name="UKDanceDebut"/> With "We Found Love" debuting atop the UK Singles Chart, the singer has set a record for becoming the first female solo artist to top the chart six times in five consecutive years, "having previously held pole position with 'Umbrella', 'Take A Bow', 'Run This Town', 'Only Girl (In The World)' and 'What's My Name' between 2007 and January this year [2011]", according to [[Digital Spy]].<ref name="WFL#1Record">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a344659/rihanna-scores-record-breaking-singles-no1-with-we-found-love.html|title=Rihanna scores record-breaking singles No.1 with 'We Found Love'|work=''[[Digital Spy]]''|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias|Hachette Filipacchi UK]]|date=2011-10-09|accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15233919|title=Rihanna claims sixth UK number one|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=2011-10-09|accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref> "We Found Love" stayed atop the chart for a second consecutive week on both the Singles Chart<ref name="UKSingles2">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/2011-10-22/|title=Official UK Singles Top 100 – 22nd October 2011|publisher=The Official Charts Company|date=2011-10-16|accessdate=2011-10-16}}</ref> and Dance Chart.<ref name="UKDance2">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/dance-charts/|title=Official UK Dance Top 40 – 22nd October 2011|publisher=The Official Charts Company|date=2011-10-16|accessdate=2011-10-16}}</ref> The song also debuted at number one in Scotland on October 15, 2011.<ref name="ScottishDebut">{{cite web|last=Sperling|first=Daniel|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/22/11-10-15|title=Official UK Scottish Top 40 – 9th October 2011|publisher=The Official Charts Company|date=2011-10-09|accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref>
In the United Kingdom, "We Found Love" debuted at number one with 87,000 copies<ref name="WFL#1Record"/> sold on the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref name="UKSinglesDebut">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/11-10-15|title=Official UK Singles Top 100 – 15th October 2011|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]|date=2011-10-09|accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref> [[UK Dance Chart]]<ref name="UKDanceDebut">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/18/11-10-15|title=Official UK Dance Top 40 – 15th October 2011|publisher=The Official Charts Company|date=2011-10-09|accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref> and [[UK Official Download Chart|UK Digital Download Chart]]<ref name="UKDigitalDebut">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/6/2011-10-15/|title=Official UK Dance Top 40 – 15th October 2011|publisher=The Official Charts Company|date=2011-10-09|accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref> on October 9, 2011, despite only having been released for four days.<ref name="UKDanceDebut"/> With "We Found Love" debuting atop the UK Singles Chart, the singer has set a record for becoming the first female solo artist to top the chart six times in five consecutive years, "having previously held pole position with 'Umbrella', 'Take A Bow', 'Run This Town', 'Only Girl (In The World)' and 'What's My Name' between 2007 and January this year [2011]", according to [[Digital Spy]].<ref name="WFL#1Record">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a344659/rihanna-scores-record-breaking-singles-no1-with-we-found-love.html|title=Rihanna scores record-breaking singles No.1 with 'We Found Love'|work=''[[Digital Spy]]''|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias|Hachette Filipacchi UK]]|date=2011-10-09|accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15233919|title=Rihanna claims sixth UK number one|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=2011-10-09|accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref> "We Found Love" stayed atop the chart for a second consecutive week on both the Singles Chart<ref name="UKSingles2">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/2011-10-22/|title=Official UK Singles Top 100 – 22nd October 2011|publisher=The Official Charts Company|date=2011-10-16|accessdate=2011-10-16}}</ref> and Dance Chart,<ref name="UKDance2">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/dance-charts/|title=Official UK Dance Top 40 – 22nd October 2011|publisher=The Official Charts Company|date=2011-10-16|accessdate=2011-10-16}}</ref> selling 106,553 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1047045&c=1|title=UK Singles Chart Analysis: Rihanna and Calvin Harris sell another 106k|work=[[Music Week]]|publisher=Joe Hosken|date=2011-10-16|accessdate=2011-10-17}}</ref> The song also debuted at number one in Scotland on October 15, 2011.<ref name="ScottishDebut">{{cite web|last=Sperling|first=Daniel|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/22/11-10-15|title=Official UK Scottish Top 40 – 9th October 2011|publisher=The Official Charts Company|date=2011-10-09|accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref>


==Music video==
==Music video==

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"We Found Love"
Song

"We Found Love" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, from her sixth studio album Talk That Talk (2011). The song features Scottish singer-songwriter Calvin Harris. "We Found Love" was released as the lead single from the album and premiered on September 22, 2011, in the United Kingdom on the Capital FM radio station and was made available to download on the same day. The song has met with mixed reviews from music critics, who praised the song's composition and Rihanna's vocal performance, however, some critics felt that the lyrical content was sparse and came second to Harris' production.

Background

Following the release and success of Rihanna's previous studio album, Loud (2010), the singer revealed via Twitter that the album would be re-issued with new songs and released in Fall 2011, writing that "[t]he [Loud era] continues with more new music to add to [your] collection".[1][2] In September 2011, Rihanna took to Twitter to confirm that plans for a re-issue of Loud had been scrapped, with the singer tweeting "I [thought about] a RihRelease, but LOUD is its own body of work! Plus [you] guys work so [fucking] hard that [you] deserve to act brand new".[3] On September 19, 2011, Rihanna further provoked excitement amongst her followers on twitter when the singer posted that she was listening to the song, only to be re-tweeted by Harris, who replied "Sometimes it feels like we find love in the most hopeless place", suggesting that his response contained possible lyrics from the song.[4] In an interview with Capital FM radio, Harris explained that followers of Rihanna on twitter had sent messages to him regarding their expectations of the song, saying "The song better not be rubbish", which Harris interpreted as slightly threatening, but went on to say that "it's all part of the fun".[5] "We Found Love" premiered in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2011, on Capital FM radio,[6] and will be sent for mainstream adds on October 11, 2011.[4][7][8] The song was released via iTunes on September 22, 2011.[9] The song was produced by Scottish singer-songwriter Calvin Harris.[10][11]

Artwork

The artwork for "We Found Love" was released by Rihanna's official Facebook page on September 22, 2011.[12] Grady Smith of Entertainment Weekly's The Music Mix criticized the songs artwork, writing "'We found love in a hopeless place,' Rihanna repeats over a David Guetta-ish synth beat. But judging by the single cover, her place doesn’t look too hopeless, does it? Maybe there’s a building on fire outside the frame, and that fire hydrant doesn’t work. I guess that would be hopeless."[13] A reviewer for Sugar Magazine wrote that "On anyone else this would be a pretty odd look but Rihanna somehow makes a denim overload look good".[14] A reviewer for Neon Limelight commented that Rihanna appears to be adopting a tomboy image for the new project, writing "She really is going for that sexy tomboy look this album era it seems; remember the laid back look she rocked on the single’s cover art?".[15]

Composition

"We Found Love" is a mid-tempo electro house and dance-pop song.[18][19] Amanda Dobbins of New York magazine praised the composition of the song, writing "Harris's electro fingerprints are all over this one — it plays like a straight house track, with some dreamy Rihanna vocals added in over the beat."[20] Robbie Daw of Idolator commented on the song’s lyrics, with particular emphasis on the line "We found love in a hopeless place", writing that it is possibly the best lyric in pop music so far in 2011.[21] Glen Gamboa of Newsday criticized the lack of lyrics in the song, but praised the songs composition, writing that it is a "club anthem song" which consists of Rihanna chanting "We found love in a hopeless place" throughout most of the song, which Gamboa described as “poignant and sweetly triumphant”.[22] Gamboa went on to write that "'We Found Love' is a more streamlined, mainstream version of dubstep, though it does keep some unique electronic loops and complicated rhythms."[22] Leah Collins of The Vancouver Sun praised Rihanna's vocal performance in the song, writing that the singer "smoothes out her vocals for this cut — dropping a 'Fly' coo instead of an 'Only Girl (In the World)' crow."[23] However, Amos Barshad of Grantland criticized the singer's vocal performance, calling it "a complete afterthought".[17] Scott Shelter of PopCrush commented on the songs composition, writing "The celebratory song boasts a light, breezy melody and lyrics about a couple who make love out of nothing at all."[24] Scott went on to write about the instrumentation of "We Found Love", writing that the song incorporates electronic synths throughout the song, and that it "is danceable but feels much brighter than a typical club banger".[24] Priya Elan of NME also praised the songs composition and Rihanna's vocal performance, writing that Harris appears to be "channelling" production team Stargate's "trancey keyboard work", which is apparent on one of Rihanna previous singles, "Only Girl (In the World)", but noted that the composition of "We Found Love" is in a different key.[16] With regard to Rihanna's vocal performance, Elan noted that the singer sounds "extremely relaxed" and that her vocals are "luxurious", and compared Rihanna's vocal performance to that of a non-single track from Loud, "Complicated".[16]

Critical reception

The song was met with a mixed response by music critics, with the simplified lyrical content generally polarizing critics. A reviewer for Instinct magazine praised the song, writing "[it] boasts a higher-energy, peak-hour vibe."[25] Michael Cragg of The Guardian commented that the song is in the same vein as one of Rihanna's previous singles, "Only Girl (In the World)", with regard to its dance beat.[26] Cragg also likened the song to Leona Lewis's recent single, "Collide", but criticized the song's structure, writing "the song structure is slightly odd, with the first chorus almost being sidelined in favour of a large chunk of Harris's riff (that would explain the 'feat'), before they join on the second chorus."[26] Glen Gamboa of Newsday also compared "We Found Love" to material by Kylie Minogue, whom Harris is known for collaborating with frequently.[22] A reviewer for GlobalGrind commented about "We Found Love"'s lyrics, suggesting that there is perhaps an underlying message in the song for ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, in the line "We found love in a hopeless place".[27] This further raised suspicion when Brown re-tweeted one of Rihanna's tweets, which read "Sometimes it feels like we found love in the most hopeless place".[27][28] Priya Elan of NME commented on "We Found Love" with regard to it being chosen as the lead single from the album, writing that it "breaks the mould" from previous lead singles from Rihanna's albums, because of the songs lack of shock factor that the singers previous lead singles have had, writing "By now it's pretty customary to have a jaw-on-the-floor reaction to the first single from a Rihanna album. 'Pon de Replay', 'SOS', 'Umbrella', 'Russian Roulette', 'Only Girl (In the World)' ... is 'We Found Love' the first one to break the spell?".[16] Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone was critical of the song, writing it is the "worst single of Rihanna's career", but noted that it would probably still do well commercially.[29]

Chart performance

"We Found Love" made its chart debut on the New Zealand Singles Charts on September 26, 2011, at number 14.[30] The following week, the song rose to number two on the chart.[30] In Australia, "We Found Love" debuted on the Australian Singles Chart on October 9, 2011, at number three.[31]

In the United States, the song debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 28, 2011, at number 16.[32] "We Found Love" became the singer's second highest debut on the chart out of her thirty-one Hot 100 chart entries,[32] with the highest being Rihanna's collaboration with Eminem, "Love the Way You Lie", which debuted at number two on July 10, 2010.[32] The following week, "We Found Love" rose to number nine, giving Rihanna the record for a solo artist to have amassed twenty top ten singles in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the shortest amount of time, in a time span of six years and four months, surpassing the record previously held by Madonna, who managed to ascertain twenty top ten singles in a time span of six years and nine months.[33] In it's third week on the chart, "We Found Love" rose from number nine to number seven on the Hot 100.[34] The song also debuted at number seven on the US Hot Digital Songs chart, with digital download sales of 117,000 after only four days according to Nielsen SoundScan,[32] and debuted at number 75 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, with fourteen million radio impressions and rose to thirty-nine the following week with thirty-three million impressions and being the greatest gainer.[32] On October 12, 2011, the song debuted at number 39 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs and also debuted at number 21 on the Pop Songs chart.[35] The same day, the song debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart at number 10 and rose to four the next week.[36]

In Europe, the song debuted on the Danish Singles Chart at number 12 on September 30, 2011.[37] "We Found Love" also debuted on both the Flanders and Wallonia regional charts of Belgium on October 1, 2011, at numbers 14 and 23, respectively.[38][39] In it's second week on both charts, the song rose to number three in the Flanders region[38] and number 10 in the Wallonia region.[39] "We Found Love" also debuted inside the top ten in Norway and The Netherlands, at numbers three and eight, respectively.[40][41] In it's second week on the chart, the song rose to number one in Norway.[40] In France, the song debuted on the chart on September 29, 2011, at number 15[42] "We Found Love" debuted at number 46 in Spain and leaped to number 15 in it's second week.[43]

In the United Kingdom, "We Found Love" debuted at number one with 87,000 copies[44] sold on the UK Singles Chart,[45] UK Dance Chart[46] and UK Digital Download Chart[47] on October 9, 2011, despite only having been released for four days.[46] With "We Found Love" debuting atop the UK Singles Chart, the singer has set a record for becoming the first female solo artist to top the chart six times in five consecutive years, "having previously held pole position with 'Umbrella', 'Take A Bow', 'Run This Town', 'Only Girl (In The World)' and 'What's My Name' between 2007 and January this year [2011]", according to Digital Spy.[44][48] "We Found Love" stayed atop the chart for a second consecutive week on both the Singles Chart[49] and Dance Chart,[50] selling 106,553 copies.[51] The song also debuted at number one in Scotland on October 15, 2011.[52]

Music video

The music video for "We Found Love" was shot on September 26, 27 and 28, 2011, in Bangor, Northern Ireland.[53] The video was shot in a field in the town of County Down, ahead of Rihanna embarking on the European leg of the Loud Tour[53] and was directed by Melina Matsoukas,[54] who had previously directed the videos for "Rude Boy" (2010), and the controversial "S&M" (2011).[55][56] During filming, a number of residents driving around the location of the set called the BBC to inform them that traffic in the area was congested, due to drivers trying to catch a glimpse of the singer.[53] Pictures of Rihanna leaked onto the internet the same day, which featured Rihanna wearing "a red bandana top, long flannel shirt, and dirty denim", reminiscent of the song's artwork,[57] with additional scenes of the singer wearing "an American flag bikini, denim vest, and ripped jeans".[57] The owner of the field, Alan Graham, expressed distaste with regard to Rihanna exposing her breasts on his field, and asked the crew to stop filming, saying "When the filming did become to my mind unacceptable I requested the filming to stop ... it became apparent to me that the situation was becoming inappropriate and I requested them to stop and they did".[58] As the farmer requested that shooting of the video be halted, the shoot location was moved to a closed set in Titanic Quarter, Belfast, on September 28, 2011, where the video's filming was continued, without photographers or fans being allowed to see any of what was being shot.[59] It was also reported that not even extras were told about what was expected of them until a very short time period beforehand, in order to keep the content of the video as secret as possible.[59] Rap-Up reported that the video was reminiscent of the lead single from Rihanna's previous album Loud, "Only Girl (In the World)", which also featured Rihanna in the state of nature in a number of scenes including fields and hillsides.[60][61] With regard to the video's content, Rihanna posted a message on her twitter account writing "I really can't stop thinking about this video we just shot! EASILY [sic] the BEST [sic] video I've done thus far!"[62] Rihanna further elaborated upon the concept of the video, saying "We’ve never done a video like this before. This is probably one of the deepest videos I’ve ever done ... its all about love and love being like a drug, you definitely get that from this."[63]

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[31] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[38] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[39] 10
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[36] 4
Denmark (Tracklisten)[37] 1
Finland (Finland's Official List)[64] 4
France (SNEP)[42] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[65] 1
Italy (FIMI)[66] 7
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[67] 16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[41] 3
New Zealand (RIANZ)[30] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[40] 1
Scotland (The Official Charts Company)[52] 1
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[68] 2
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[43] 15
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[69] 37
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[70] 3
UK Dance (The Official Charts Company)[46] 1
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[45] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[34] 7
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[35] 39
US Pop Songs (Billboard)[35] 21

Radio and release history

Country Date Format Label
United Kingdom[6] September 22, 2011 Radio premiere Mercury Records
United States[7][9] Digital download Def Jam Recordings
Italy[9] Universal Music
Australia[9]
France[9]
Belgium[71]
Canada[72]
Denmark[73]
Mexico[74]
New Zealand[75]
Norway[76]
Netherlands[77]
Spain[78]
Sweden[79]
Switzerland[80]
Brazil[81] September 23, 2011
United States[82] October 4, 2011 Urban radio Def Jam Recordings
United Kingdom[83] October 5, 2011 Digital download Mercury Records
Ireland[84] Universal Music
United States[8] October 11, 2011 Mainstream and rhythmic radio Def Jam Recordings
Germany[85] October 21, 2011 CD single Universal Music

See also

References

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