Rihanna opened the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards immediately following Britney Spears' introduction with Disturbia. The format of the music video was partially preserved with a 'thriller-esque' theme, with the zombie dancers present with lightstaffs. The performance was mixed with samples from 'Sweet Dreams' by the Eurythmics, and contained a rock solo break from the White Stripes song Seven Nation Army. Deleted scenes from the video were projected behind the singer.
Subsequently, Rihanna was interviewed on GMTV and performed the song again, as well as on "For One Night Only", "This Morning", and "Star Academy France". Following her performance on Star academy Fance, the album soared from #43 to #11 having a sales increase of 211%, peaking at #8 the following week, becoming Rihanna's first album to reach the top 10 in France.
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Critical reception : Disturbia
The song has received positive reviews: Billboard magazine critic Jonathon Newan describes "Disturbia" as "a collaboration of lyrical genius with upbeat rhythmic cadence. By far it is Rihanna's most intuitive and self-honest song off Good Girl Gone Bad. More discotech and enjoyable than "Umbrella", and more extroverted than "S.O.S". It's a sure summer-topping hit."
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Friday, November 14, 2008
Song information: Disturbia
The song was originally written by Chris Brown and his team known as the Graffiti Artizts and was considered for the re-release of his album Exclusive. However, Brown felt that the song would be better suited for a female singer; he then forwarded the song to Rihanna. Def Jam had considered saving the track for Rihanna's next album in 2009, because she had already recorded "Take a Bow" for the re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad. However, Rihanna and her team felt that the song was a summer single and needed to be recorded and released as soon as possible. The decision was finally made to release the song as the follow up to "Take a Bow".
The song follows in the footsteps of Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music" by being a fast and upbeat pop/dance-rhythmic song. However, in contrast to the upbeat music of "Don't Stop the Music", it is lyrically dark in tone, and is about being in a confused state of mind, such as in schizophrenia and other pervasive mental illnesses.
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The song follows in the footsteps of Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music" by being a fast and upbeat pop/dance-rhythmic song. However, in contrast to the upbeat music of "Don't Stop the Music", it is lyrically dark in tone, and is about being in a confused state of mind, such as in schizophrenia and other pervasive mental illnesses.
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
On June 26, 2008, "Disturbia" debuted at number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Rihanna's highest debut on the chart to date, as well as her sixth top twenty from Good Girl Gone Bad. The next week, the song rose to the eleventh position, but experienced a drop to fifteen the week after, staying there for two additional weeks. However, the next week after the release of the video and a massive increase in sales and radio, the song jumped to number four, making Rihanna the sixth female singer (Madonna, Whitney Houston, Donna Summer, Mariah Carey and Ashanti being the other five) to have two songs in the top five concurrently, as her previous single, "Take a Bow", was at number two that same week. It is also her sixth Top 5 single on the Billboard Hot 100. The following week, the song reached number three, surpassing her other hit single, "Take a Bow". For the chart week of August 23, 2008, "Disturbia" knocked out Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" to become Rihanna's fourth number one hit on the Hot 100 and held on the top spot for the week ending 30th August. It is her third number one from Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded, following "Umbrella" and "Take a Bow", staying at number one for two weeks so far. On July 29, 2008, "Disturbia" jumped to number two on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart, topping it in the following week. "Disturbia" then jumped to number one on Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart. Coincidentally, on both charts "Disturbia" has peaked on, it knocked off Katy Perry's single "I Kissed a Girl" from number one. On the issue date September 6, 2008 the song was knocked off by "Whatever You Like" by T.I.. It has also topped the Pop 100 chart knocking off Chris Brown's "Forever" from the top spot. It again reclaimed the top spot after being moved to number 2 by "Forever" for a week. For the Billboard issue dated 13th September, "Disturbia" topped both the Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts. Rihanna ties with Madonna for the most number of Dance Airplay hits, with a total of six.
In the United Kingdom, "Disturbia" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number forty-seven due to digital sales. After the release of the music video, the song re-entered the chart at number forty-seven again and climbed to number thirty-four and number nine in the proceeding weeks. The song peaked at number three, from digital only sales giving Rihanna her eighth British top ten single. Although "Disturbia" hasn't and will not recieve a physical release the song rose back up the charts from number 5 to number 3. It spent 11 weeks in the UK Top 10 singles chart and holds the record for the biggest selling download only single selling over 300,000 downloads.
The song also debuted at number forty-five in Ireland, rising to number seven after the release of the music video. It has since peaked at number four for six consecutive weeks so far. In Switzerland, the song peaked at number eight on downloads alone, and in Croatia, the single topped the chart for 5 consecutive weeks. On the Canadian Hot 100, the song has peaked at number two.
In New Zealand, "Disturbia" became Rihanna's third number one single, and her first since "Umbrella". It is her fourth top five hit, and fifth top ten hit there from Good Girl Gone Bad, since "Hate That I Love You" peaked at number six and was certified Gold in its eleventh week with sales of 7,500+.[citation needed] In Australia, it has climbed to number six. The song was the most added song to Australian radio in its first week of major radio release. It was certified Gold on downloads alone before the physical release several weeks later, when it was subsequently certified Platinum. Disturbia topped the Turkey Top 20 chart for nine consecutive weeks, the longest runing number one in 2008 on the chart.
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In the United Kingdom, "Disturbia" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number forty-seven due to digital sales. After the release of the music video, the song re-entered the chart at number forty-seven again and climbed to number thirty-four and number nine in the proceeding weeks. The song peaked at number three, from digital only sales giving Rihanna her eighth British top ten single. Although "Disturbia" hasn't and will not recieve a physical release the song rose back up the charts from number 5 to number 3. It spent 11 weeks in the UK Top 10 singles chart and holds the record for the biggest selling download only single selling over 300,000 downloads.
The song also debuted at number forty-five in Ireland, rising to number seven after the release of the music video. It has since peaked at number four for six consecutive weeks so far. In Switzerland, the song peaked at number eight on downloads alone, and in Croatia, the single topped the chart for 5 consecutive weeks. On the Canadian Hot 100, the song has peaked at number two.
In New Zealand, "Disturbia" became Rihanna's third number one single, and her first since "Umbrella". It is her fourth top five hit, and fifth top ten hit there from Good Girl Gone Bad, since "Hate That I Love You" peaked at number six and was certified Gold in its eleventh week with sales of 7,500+.[citation needed] In Australia, it has climbed to number six. The song was the most added song to Australian radio in its first week of major radio release. It was certified Gold on downloads alone before the physical release several weeks later, when it was subsequently certified Platinum. Disturbia topped the Turkey Top 20 chart for nine consecutive weeks, the longest runing number one in 2008 on the chart.
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