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"Don't Stop the Music"
Song


"Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). It was the third single from the album in most of Europe, and the fourth single in the rest of the world. On December 6 2007, "Don't Stop the Music" received a Grammy nomination in the category of "Best Dance Recording" at the 50th Grammy Awards. Rihanna performed this song, along with "Umbrella", at the 50th Grammy Awards.

The single "Hate That I Love You" was the third single in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. "Don't Stop the Music" was released as the fourth single, opposite to the rest of Europe and Australia.

Single release

The song was originally intended to be the third main U.S. single from Good Girl Gone Bad, but "Hate That I Love You" was suddenly chosen as a replacement for the song as the third main single from Good Girl Gone Bad,[4] while "Don't Stop the Music" was instead earmarked only for dance club play and dance radio outlets in the U.S. and released in several European countries as the third single. Following "Hate That I Love You"'s release, "Breakin' Dishes" was then planned to follow as the fourth single in the U.S. from the album. However, a sudden resurgence on Top 40 radio stations and in digital downloads of the song, led to the song charting and climbing to number three on the Billboard Hot 100, before Def Jam had yet engaged in any American promotion for a single release. Perhaps in response, it was released in the U.S. as the fourth main single from the album on January 15 2008. Following its official U.S. release, the song has achieved top five success in the United States. It has become Rihanna's third top ten single from Good Girl Gone Bad, her second top five hit from the album, and her fourth top five hit since her debut single Pon De Replay. It is also a top ten success in over twenty other countries, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Greece, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. It has reached number one in Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, The Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.

The song was also used in the audition episodes of the Australian series of So You Think You Can Dance for Matt Lee's second round choreography .

Music and structure

"Don't Stop the Music" is a moderately fast dance groove composed in the key of F-sharp minor.[5] The tempo is set in common time.[5] The song samples the Michael Jackson 1983 single "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", which also sampled the Manu Dibango 1972 single "Soul Makossa", hence the "Mama-say, mama-sa, mama-ko-sa" that is interpolated in the bridge of the song. The Bloodhound Gang also used the lyrics in their song "Mama Say".

Music video

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Rihanna singing in the disco club.

The music video for "Don't Stop the Music" was premiered on BET's 106 & Park on July 20 2007. The video was filmed the day after the "Shut Up and Drive" video in Prague.

The video opens with Rihanna and two of her friends coming out of a taxi, and they walk into a candy store telling a boy to be quiet. They sneak into the back of the candy store where there is a disco going on. The verse begins with Rihanna singing in the bathroom while checking herself out and putting on makeup. After this she walks out of the bathroom and walks into the club where everyone is dancing, and the chorus begins. The second verse just shows Rihanna singing on a table in the club, singing around her friends and her dancing in the club. The video ends with Rihanna dancing, singing and on a table. Nolan Padilla from the Jennifer Lopez reality television show DanceLife also appears. The video was choreographed by Tina Landon.

The soundtrack to the video is an otherwise unreleased edit which also features an alternate vocal take of the final, partially acapella "Please don't stop the music..."

As of February 10, 2008, the music video for "Don't Stop the Music" has been viewed over 35 million times on popular video-sharing website YouTube, making it Rihanna's most viewed video on the site, as well as the sites eighth most viewed music video of all time.

Chart performance

"Don't Stop the Music" has achieved considerable success in several European countries. It reached a peak of number one in Austria, Belgium, France (where it was the artist's first number one single), Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Switzerland and on the Euro Billboard Chart, which is a composite of the different European markets. In Italy, it is Rihanna's highest charting song to date, having reached number two. It has also reached number nine in Ireland, despite not being released there until February 2008. In addition, it has been successful in Canada, where it has reached number two on the Canadian Hot 100, becoming her second top five single from Good Girl Gone Bad.

Although at the time it had not been released as a promotional single in the U.S., it did reach number one on the U.S. Dance Club Play chart. Several weeks after its peak atop the Billboard Dance Airplay chart, the single began to see a resurgence on radio, particularly on Top 40 stations. This lead to the song debuting at number eight on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. The following week, the song jumped fourteen spots to officially debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, despite the fact that a single release in the U.S. for the song had still not yet been announced. Furthermore, the song's fast-rising airplay has propelled its popularity, leading to a surge of digital downloads on iTunes from the digital album. Total downloads to date for "Don't Stop The Music" stand at 549,000. The song, which entered the iTunes Top 100 Songs chart at number ninety-five on December 7, 2007 has climbed to number two as of January 21 2008. This digital component has further helped the song on the Hot 100, where it has so far reached number three, becoming her seventh top ten and fourth top five single in the United States. The song was finally officially released in the U.S. on January 15 2008.[6]

On 30 December 2007, the song entered the UK Singles Chart based upon digital sales alone and has peaked at number four so far. The single's popularity in the UK has exceeded that of the third Good Girl Gone Bad single Hate That I Love You, which only managed a peak of number fifteen upon its physical release. "Don't Stop the Music" was officially released in the UK on 4 February 2008 and is currently receiving heavy airplay across the country. It climbed back up to number four after its physical release.

As of January 14 2008 the song has reached 2.218.000 points on the United World Chart and has been certified platinum. The single has sold over 150.000 copies in Germany and has been certified gold. On January 27, 2008 it was added to the Australian radio station. The song reached a peak of number two on the ARIA Charts, based solely upon digital downloads. It had an early entry peaking number fifty-three.

The song is her second most successful single off of the Good Girl Gone Bad album, with less sales and radio airplay only to the lead single "Umbrella". However, the song has received over five million more views than "Umbrella" on YouTube, with nearly 32.5 million views, as of February 8, 2008.

On February 11 "Don't Stop The Music" became the highest chart peaking digital single on the ARIA Singles Chart, soaring 7-2 with a massive boost in downloads, despite the fact that the single will not be released for until the end of February there. "Apologize" by Timbaland had firstly set this record by peaking at number nine on the tally thanks to digital sales alone; however Rihanna's song itself had already broken it by landing at number 7. "Don't Stop The Music" has similarly charted highly in the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart prior to its physical release.

Formats and versions

In UK, the AJ remix of the song can be heard on some radio stations. The AJ remix has replaced the drums in the song with the reggaeton beat, which can be heard especially at 2:10 in the song.

Germany and UK 2-Track
  1. "Don't Stop the Music" (Album Version)
  2. "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Club Mix)
Australian and Germany Maxi
  1. "Don't Stop the Music" (Album Version)
  2. "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Club Mix)
  3. "Don't Stop the Music" (Instrumental)
  4. "Don't Stop the Music" (Video)
Other remixes
  1. "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Remix)
  2. "Don't Stop the Music" (Jody den Broeder Big Room Mix)
  3. "Don't Stop the Soca" (Jus Bus Walshy Killa Remix) - Rihanna & Mr. Slaughter

Chart

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[7] 2
Ö3 Austria Top 40[8] 1
Belgian Singles Chart[8] 1
Brazilian Dance Club Play[9] 1
Brazil Hot 100 Singles 85
Bulgarian Top 40 Chart[8] 3
Canadian Billboard Hot 100[8] 2
Chile Los 40 Chart[citation needed] 3
Czech IFPI Chart[10] 2
Dutch Top 40[8] 1
Danish Singles Chart[8] 4
Euro 200 (European Union)[11] 1
Finnish Singles Top 20[8] 3
French Singles Chart[8] 1
German Singles Chart[8] 1
Greek Airplay Chart 4
Greek IFPI Singles Chart[12] 8
Irish Singles Chart[8] 6
Israeli Airplay Chart[8] 2
Italian Singles Chart 2
Latin America Top 40 5
Luxembourg Airplay Chart[13] 1
Macedonian Airplay Chart[14] 1
Malta Singles Airplay Chart[15] 1
México Los 40 Chart 1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[8] 3
Norway Singles Top 20[8] 7
Panamá Los 40 Chart 4
Polish National Top 50[16] 2
Portugal National TOP 50[8] 2
Romanian Top 100 8
Slovak IFPI Chart[17] 2
Spanish Los 40 Chart 1
Swedish Singles Chart[8] 7
Swiss Singles Chart[8] 1
UK Singles Chart[8] 4
Billboard European Hot 100[18] 1
Billboard Euro Digital Tracks[19] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[20] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 3
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 2
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[21] 92
United World Chart[8] 2
Preceded by Billboard Hot Dance Airplay number-one single
October 6, 2007 - October 13, 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Hamma!" by Culcha Candela
 German Singles Chart number-one single
October 6, 2007 - October 13, 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Estrella Polar" by Pereza
 Spain Los 40 Singles Chart number-one single
February 16, 2008 - incumbent, 2007 		Succeeded by
"incumbent"
Preceded by Austrian Singles Chart number-one single
October 10, 2007 - November 9, 2007 		Succeeded by
"Du hast den schönsten Arsch der Welt" by Alex C. featuring Y-ass
Preceded by
"Elle" by Mélissa M
 French Singles Chart number-one single
October 27, 2007 - November 3, 2007 		Succeeded by
"Quelque Part" by Sheryfa Luna
Preceded by
"1973" by James Blunt
 Swiss Singles Chart number-one single (first run)
October 28, 2007 - November 4, 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Spanish PROMUSICAE download Chart number-one single
January 10, 2008 - incumbent, 2008 		Succeeded by
"incumbent"
Preceded by
"Don't Look Down" by Ira Losco
 Malta Singles Airplay Chart number-one single
January 13, 2008 - incumbent, 2008 		Succeeded by
"incumbent"
Preceded by
"No One" by Alicia Keys
 Swiss Singles Chart number-one single (second run)
November 18, 2007 - December 2, 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Kom dans met mij" by Laura Lynn & Frans Bauer
 Belgian Singles Chart number-one single
December 15, 2007 - 9 February, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Euro 200 (European Union)
February 3, 2008 - incumbent 		Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by Euro Digital Tracks
January 26, 2008 - incumbent 		Succeeded by
incumbent

References

  1. ^ [1]. FMQB.com. Retrieved January 5, 2008.
  2. ^ [2]. UK release date for physical single from HMV.com. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
  3. ^ [3]. Eil.com. Retrieved February 10, 2008
  4. ^ "Rihanna Won't Stop the Music". Billboard. Retrieved August 22 2007.
  5. ^ a b http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/scorch.asp?ppn=SC0046698
  6. ^ [4]. FMQB.com. Retrieved January 5 2008.
  7. ^ Top 50 Singles Chart. ariacharts.com.au. Retrieved January 27 2008.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved December 28 2007.
  9. ^ Brazilian Top 30 Dance Club Play. Hot100Brasil.com. Retrieved August 26 2007.
  10. ^ "Don´t Stop The Music" in the Czech IFPI Chart. Czech IFPI Chart. Retrieved November 3 2007.
  11. ^ [5] Euro200.eu
  12. ^ Greek Top 50 Singles
  13. ^ ELDORADIO, LUXEMBOURG'S HITRADIO – 105.0 & 107.2 MHz FM - Music / Chartbreaker
  14. ^ Antenna 5 Hit Parade
  15. ^ 89.7 BAY
  16. ^ Poland Singles Chart
  17. ^ Slovak IFPI Chart
  18. ^ U.S. Billboard European Hot 100
  19. ^ Euro Digital Tracks
  20. ^ Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. Billboard. Retrieved August 16 2007.
  21. ^ Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
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