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Rihanna umbrella music video3/28/2024 ![]() ![]() Neither laidback and fuzzy nor upbeat and exuberant, it's more like a rock power ballad stripped down to drums, voice, and thundercloud synths. It's such an improbable R&B summer smash. I wouldn't object too strongly if something (specifically Amerie's Gotta Work, though I'm open to suggestions) dislodged it in the near future, but until then, here are nine reasons to celebrate the song of the summer.ġ. They are both bona fide, the-nation-has-spoken hits which still sound fresh and unpredictable. I've never met anyone who owns a copy of Bryan Adams' Everything I Do (I Do It For You) (16 weeks, 1991), Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You (10 weeks, 1992) or Wet Wet Wet's version of Love Is All Around (15 weeks, 1994), but someone must have been buying the buggers.īut last year, Gnarls Barkley's curiously addictive Crazy deserved every one of its nine weeks at the top and I reckon the same is true of Umbrella. Traditionally, the long-running number one is a blight on the airwaves. Photograph: David LeveneĪnd so we enter the ninth week of the long and glorious reign of Rihanna's Umbrella, the undisputed song of the summer - indeed, the year. ![]()
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