Genius Lyrics
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Rihanna – Skin
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“Skin” serves as the tenth track from Rihanna’s fifth studio album, Loud. The song is of dance-pop and dubstep origin and lyrically speaks of intimacy and sex through the imagery
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Rihanna – Diamonds
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“Diamonds” was released as the lead single from Rihanna’s seventh studio album, Unapologetic. It became her twelfth number-one in the US. During the tracking week ending February
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Rihanna – Love on the Brain
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“Love on the Brain” has a 1950’s doo-wop sound that is similar to other contemporary songs like Amy Winehouse’s “Wake Up Alone” and Beyoncé’s “Superpower.” The chord progression
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Rihanna (Ft. Drake) – What's My Name?
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On “What’s My Name?” Drake and Rihanna trade romantic bars about their lovers. In the music video, they play the love interests for each other.
The collaboration was originally
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Rihanna (Ft. Mikky Ekko) – Stay
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“Stay” is the second single off of Rihanna’s seventh studio album Unapologetic. It features guest vocals from Mikky Ekko and was written by Ekko and Justin Parker.
With this
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Rihanna – Close to You
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Album-closer “Close to You” is a haunting piano ballad reminiscent of Rihanna’s 2012 stand-out track “Stay.” Lyrically, the song deals with the singer’s struggle to move on from a
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Rihanna (Ft. Drake) – Work
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On “Work,” Rihanna seeks a deep, meaningful connection, however, the male character she sings to (played by Drake) is only interested in sex. This narrative is similar to Rihanna
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Rihanna – Russian Roulette
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This song compares a relationship with someone to playing Russian Roulette. In the end, as can be seen in the video, she wins the battle at the expense of the other. This song may
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Rihanna – Complicated
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One of the dance, club smashers of Rihanna’s album Loud, all about a relationship where she doesn’t know what to do.
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Rihanna – Is This Love
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[Verse] / I want to love you and treat you right / I want to love you every day and every night / We'll be together with a roof right over our heads / We'll share the shelter of my
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Rihanna – Cheers (Drink To That)
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“Cheers” is the third song on Rihanna’s 5th album Loud. Released August 2, 2011.
Filled with a soundboard of lazy, reggae pop cadence, meant for the ‘semi-alcoholics’. It opens
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Rihanna – Don't Stop the Music
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“Don’t Stop the Music” is an energetic dance-pop track about leaving the stress of life and dancing to the music. It was the fourth single off Good Girl Gone Bad and was promoted
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Rihanna (Ft. JAY-Z) – Talk That Talk
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Another collab from Rihanna and Jay-Z, “Talk That Talk” is the title track of Rihanna’s sixth studio album.
With Rihanna and Jay on a track you can be sure this record will get
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Eminem (Ft. Rihanna) – Love the Way You Lie
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This smash hit saw Eminem and Rihanna reflect on their ambivalent and abusive relationships with their respective ex-partners Kim & Chris Brown.
Skylar Grey wrote the track’s
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Rihanna (Ft. will.i.am) – Photographs
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[Intro: Rihanna] / Here's a little story I've gotta tell / 'Bout this boy I know so well / Back in the day was cool and all / Fell in love, I fell in love / Thought he was the one
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Rihanna – Red Lipstick
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In this song Rihanna draws an analogy between drugs and sex, two things she both finds very addictive and satisfying. Here she says she’ll do whatever she wants (drugs, sex
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Rihanna – Lift Me Up
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Rihanna returns from a music hiatus with “Lift Me Up,” the lead single from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever movie soundtrack, titled Wakanda Forever: The Album released in 2022
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Rihanna (Ft. Kevin Cossom) – Jump
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“Jump” is the seventh and last single from Unapologetic released on January 24, 2014. It samples lyrics from the 1996 hit song “Pony” by Ginuwine and is about Rihanna wanting sex
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Rihanna – Towards the Sun
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“Towards The Sun” is the lead single from the soundtrack of the upcoming computer-animated film Home, based on Adam Rex’s acclaimed children’s book The True Meaning of Smekday
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Rihanna – Farewell
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An anguished ballad, “Farewell” is the closing original track on Rihanna’s standard edition of Talk That Talk.
Lyrically, the song finds Rihanna saying goodbye to a lover.
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Rihanna (Ft. Calvin Harris) – We Found Love
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This is a single off Rihanna’s sixth studio album Talk that Talk. It was also included on 18 Months, the third album from Scottish electronic artist and this song’s producer Calvin
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Rihanna – Answer
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Rihanna originally recorded “Answer” for her 2011 sixth studio album Talk That Talk, but it didn’t make the final cut for the album. It was rumored that Rihanna has recorded the
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Rihanna – Yeah, I Said It
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Timbaland’s only credit on the album, “Yeah, I Said It” finds Rihanna in full blown sex mode, detailing her desire for an aggressive romp in the bedroom.
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Rihanna – Answer
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Rihanna originally recorded “Answer” for her 2011 sixth studio album Talk That Talk, but it didn’t make the final cut for the album. It was rumored that Rihanna has recorded the
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Rihanna – Yeah, I Said It
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Timbaland’s only credit on the album, “Yeah, I Said It” finds Rihanna in full blown sex mode, detailing her desire for an aggressive romp in the bedroom.
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Rihanna – Don't Stop the Music
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“Don’t Stop the Music” is an energetic dance-pop track about leaving the stress of life and dancing to the music. It was the fourth single off Good Girl Gone Bad and was promoted
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Rihanna – Get It Over With
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[Verse 1] / It's dark in the day / I'll say now don't complain / Look up, the sun is just a cloud away / You're so afraid to cry / But your heart be feeling dry / It's time to
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Powder Black – Rihanna
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Intro - / You live your life in the public eye / And I dont, so just who the fuck am i / Just a dude trying to get you and love you right / And Whoever has you right now’s a lucky
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Rihanna – G4L
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[Verse 1] / I lick the gun when I'm done / 'Cause I know that revenge is sweet / So sweet / This is a gang, ladies thang / Baby bang, tell me what you need, oh / Any motherfucker
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Rihanna – Where Have You Been
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In “Where Have You Been”, Rihanna desperately wonders where her lover has been before they met. In fact, she repeats the phrase “where have you been” 14 times in the song, so you
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Rihanna (Ft. JAY-Z) – Umbrella
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Rihanna comforts her lover by telling him she will be there for him, in good times and bad. The umbrella is a metaphor for her support.
“Umbrella” stayed on top of the UK Singles
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Clean Bandit (Ft. Noonie Bao) – Rihanna
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Noonie Bao teams up with Clean Bandit to create this very good feeling track producing memories of the past.
The refrain:
We tried but the feeling’s gone
establishes the idea
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Rihanna – Happy
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“Happy”, also known as “Just Be Happy”, is a song by Rihanna, released in late 2006 to promote the fragrance ‘Clinique Happy’.
Singer-songwriter Ne-Yo, who wrote the track with
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Rihanna – Same Old Love
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“Same Old Love” was recorded by Rihanna in 2014 for her eight studio album, Anti. The song was later scrapped from the album, and it was eventually recorded and released by Selena
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Rihanna – Man Down
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“Man Down” is a reggae influenced song which details the murder of a man who was behaving abusively towards Rihanna, as is depicted in the song’s accompanying music video.
The
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Rihanna – Cry
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[Verse 1] / I'm not the type to get my heart broken / I'm not the type to get upset and cry / 'Cause I never leave my heart open / Never hurts me to say goodbye / Relationships don
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Rihanna – Pour It Up
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[Chorus] / Throw it up, throw it up / Watch it all fall out / Pour it up, pour it up / That's how we ball out / Throw it up, throw it up / Watch it all fall out / Pour it up, pour
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Rihanna – Never Ending
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“Never Ending” includes writing credits for Dido and Paul Herman: the melody in the final two lines of the verse is reminiscent of Dido’s 2000 hit “Thank You,” which Dido and
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Rihanna – Watch n' Learn
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Watch N Learn, off of Rihanna’s “Talk That Talk” album, basically explains how she want to turn one of her sex sessions with her man, into a sex lesson. While not trying to
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Rihanna – Disturbia
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“Disturbia” was co-written by Rihanna’s then-boyfriend and fellow recording artist, Chris Brown (alongside his team, the Graffiti Artizts), and was originally intended for his re-
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Rihanna – If It's Lovin' That You Want
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“If It’s Lovin' that You Want” is the flirtatious third track on Rihanna’s Music Of The Sun. The song’s narrative follows RiRi trying to convince a guy to be with her; at least
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Rihanna – Fading
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“Fading” is the fourth track from Rihanna’s fifth studio album, Loud. The song is of the pop/R&B genre and musically samples Irish new-age singer/songwriter Enya’s “One by One
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Rihanna – SOS
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“SOS” is the danceable lead single from Rihanna’s A Girl Like Me, and contains more than meets the eye.
The song’s narrative is simply about falling deeply in love, but a sample
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Rihanna (Ft. David Guetta) – Right Now
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“Right Now” is the fifth single from Unapologetic released on May 28, 2013. The song is about Rihanna wanting to live life to the fullest. Despite no music video and no televised
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Rihanna (Ft. Jeezy) – Hard
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“Hard” is the second single from Rated R released on November 10, 2009. The song was a success, peaking at #8 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Rihanna’s thirteenth top ten
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Rihanna – Te Amo
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Musically, “Te Amo” draws influence from Latin American music genres and is set in common time with a tempo of 172 beats per minute. The song is written in the key of G-sharp minor
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Rihanna – Fool in Love
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[Verse 1] / Mama, I found a man / Who loves me and understands / Papa, he's quite a man / He adores me, he's my biggest fan / And don't get me wrong / I know he's not perfect in
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