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Rihanna - Only Girl Song : Only Girl Artist : Rihanna Album : Loud Recorded : 2010 Released : September 10, 2010 Genre : Europop, Dance-pop Length : 3:55 Label : Def Jam SongWriter(s) : Crystal Johnson, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm Producer : Stargate, Sandy Vee "Only Girl" was released as the lead single from Rihanna's fifth studio album, Loud, and premiered on Ryan Seacrest's radio show, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, on September 7, 2010. During a webchat with her fansite Rihanna Daily, Rihanna stated that she wanted to take the next step in the evolution of herself with regard to "Only Girl" and Loud, and not do a re-make of her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). In February 2011, the production team StarGate's Tor Erik Hermansen, who co-wrote and produced the song, spoke of how the concept came about, stating "Rihanna came to us before we started recording this record and said 'I feel great about myself. I...

Rihanna - Whats My Name Song : Whats My Name Artist : Rihanna Album : Loud Recorded : 2010 Released : October 26, 2010 Genre : Electro-R&B Length : 4:23 Label : Def Jam SongWriter(s) : Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Ester Dean, Traci Hale, Aubrey Graham Producer : StarGate "What's My Name?" is mid-tempo electro-R&B song, produced by Norwegian producers, StarGate, who return Rihanna to the "Island-pop" of her early career with a backing track consisting of "heavy reggae" and ska beats with synthesised organs. Bill Lamb from About.com noted that before Rihanna's vocals start, there is an internal build up of "dreamy drum machine rhythms". Overall he described the backing track as "simple" and "atmospheric". The song was written by Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Ester Dean, Traci Hale and Aubrey Graham and incorporates themes of "sex and romance". Jocelyn Vena from MTV described ...

Rihanna - Rude Boy Song : Rude Boy Artist : Rihanna Album : Rated R Recorded : 2009 Released : February 19, 2010 Genre : R&B, Pop Length : 3:43 Label : DefJam SongWriter(s) : Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Ester Dean, Makeba Riddick, Rob Swire, Robyn Fenty Producer : Stargate, Rob Swire "Rude Boy" is an up-tempo dance song that incorporates elements of the dancehall, ragamuffin, pop, and contemporary R&B genres. The song is written in the key of E? minor with a time signature in common time, and a tempo of 96 beats per minute. Rihanna's vocal range spans from the low note of E3 to the high note of D,5 and the song follows a sequence of Am�Em�F�Dm as its chord progression. Alexis Petridis of The Guardian commented that "Rude Boy", and the album's previous single "Hard", were the highlights of Rated R, praised the singer's vocal performance in the song, "both of which exploit Rihanna's most appealing vocal style,...