Plus, Biffy Clyro performed a version in the Radio 1 Live Lounge.The singer made her debut with island-flavored dance groove "Pon de Replay" in 2005, from her debut album, "Music of the Sun." Less than a year later, she released "A Girl Like Me," a platinum success that broadened her mainstream appeal.Īrtists usually don't release another album so quickly, especially when they're having success with their current one. It was used in a version of reality show ‘The Hills’. Chris Brown (eurgh) did a version as a tribute to Rih: ‘You can be my Cinderella.’ Manic Street Preachers recorded a cover for an NME compilation album.
Mandy Moore recorded a coverĪs in Mandy Moore from ‘A Walk to Remember’. And from a songwriter’s standpoint, he just really made it more about the song, with the metaphors about umbrellas and about the weather versus what he had before.’ 4. But now, when I go back every once in a while and listen to the old rap, what he wrote makes so much better sense. At the time when he did, I didn’t really understand. And nobody even knew he changed his verse. And right before they were about to press it up, he went and changed his verse. Tricky said in an MTV interview: ‘There was actually another version before that one that he did. Just before ‘Umbrella’ was released Jay Z sent over a remix with a verse from himself at the start. And turns out the version we all know is actually a redraft. I was so glad that she caught it and knocked it out of the park.’ 3. I love this song.” And it was like, “It's yours.” She’s such a beautiful lady, and I love her to death. And it was during the Grammy time and I was really, really busy, and I heard it, and I was like, “Oh my goodness, that’s a smash. She said in an interview: ‘They did the song for me. It was sent to Mary J Blige at the same time as Rihanna They were told Britney already had enough material for the album. Tricky Stewart’s Redzone production team, who wrote ‘Umbrella’, sent the song to Britney Spears’ label Jive as she was recording her ‘Blackout’ album. 1. The song was originally recorded for Britney. ah, simpler times.) Here are five things you might not know about the song that kicked Rih’s career up a gear.
(The newspaper ran a story that suggested clubbers were unintentionally rain-dancing to the track. The Sun even blamed the song for the exceptionally rainy summer we had that year. The track, with its ’ella-ella-ellas’ and umbrella-twirling video, stayed at number one in the UK chart for ten weeks in 2007. On Wednesday it will be ten years since Rihanna released pop anthem ’Umbrella’.
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