I want you to love me Rihanna

Q: What was Rihannas first big hit?

Rihannas debut single, Pon de Replay,” was released 15 years ago.

Q: What was Rihanna first music video?

The video for Rihannas debut single, Pon de Replay,” was shot in a Toronto restaurant called Avocado when the singer was only 17. In the video, she has a blue dress on and its a solo cutaway performance shot,” he recalled, to Vulture. We shot that at the end of the night.

[Intro]
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la (Uh, yeah)
La-la-la-la

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[Verse 1]
I want you to love me
Like I'm a hot ride (Uh, yeah)
Be thinking of me (Uh)
Doing what you like (Haha)
So, boy, forget about the world
'Cause it's gon' be me and you tonight (Yeah)
I wanna make you beg for it
Then I'ma make you swallow your pride, oh (Uh, uh)

[Chorus]
Want you to make me feel
Like I'm the only girl in the world
Like I'm the only one that you'll ever love
Like I'm the only one who knows your heart
Only girl in the world
Like I'm the only one that's in command
'Cause I'm the only one who understands
How to make you feel like a man, yeah
Want you to make me feel
Like I'm the only girl in the world
Like I'm the only one that you'll ever love
Like I'm the only one who knows your heart
Only one

[Verse 2]
Want you to take it (Uh)
Like a thief in the night (Uh)
Hold me like a pillow
Make me feel right (Uh)
Baby, I'll tell you all my secrets that I'm keeping
You can come inside (Yeah)
And when you enter, you ain't leaving
Be my prisoner for the night, oh

[Bridge]
Take me for a ride, ride
Oh, baby, take me high, high
Let me make you rise, rise
Oh, make it last all night, night
Take me for a ride, ride
Oh, baby, take me high, high
Let me make you rise, rise
Make it last all night

[Chorus]
Want you to make me feel
Like I'm the only girl in the world
Like I'm the only one that you'll ever love
Like I'm the only one who knows your heart
Only girl in the world
Like I'm the only one that's in command
'Cause I'm the only one who understands
How to make you feel like a man
Only girl in the world
Girl in the world
Only girl in the world
Girl in the world

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This song is reminiscent of S&M, where she seemingly sings of love and romance, yet the song is actually about being dominant in the bedroom.

Only Girl (In The World) is part of Rihanna’s fifth album, Loud.

An alternate take on this song is that she is saying she wants to be like Eve in the Garden of Eden. In the Book of Genesis the story goes that Adam and then Eve were the first two humans created by God, and that God had originally intended for the two to live together in Eden for eternity.

The “only one” Adam could have “ever loved” in that setting was Eve, who was literally “the only girl in the world” at that time. Also, Eve is said to have been made out of one of Adam’s ribs; hence she’s “the only one who knows [his] heart.” The visuals of the music video for the song seem to support this interpretation of it, with color filters and abstract imagery combining to depict a surreal natural paradise of grassy, flowery plains suggestive of the Garden of Eden.

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What have the artists said about the song?

“Only Girl (In The World)” was also a fun one to record and we won a Grammy for it [for Best Dance Recording]. She was on tour when we cut this album so we were all over the place. I think we were in Miami when we cut that record. It was special because we both had listened to it separately for a couple of days and knew there was a high-energy magic we had to capture in her vocals."

Kuk Harrell via Billboard

What have the co-writers said about the song?

Tor Erik Hermansen:

We had a meeting with L.A. Reid, who said, “Okay, Rated R was great, but now it’s back to the good times.” Those were his exact words. So we were like, “Okay, let’s go make some good times!” We wrote this song with Crystal Nicole and [“Firework” co-producer] Sandy Vee. Rihanna walks in and says, “I want that song.” Katy Perry was in the room and heard it and was like, “I want that song.” We knew just from those two reactions that we had something special, but obviously it was a Rihanna song first, so she got it. It was the easiest process ever with that song because it was brief. Rihanna recorded the song and put it out super fast. I think the secret to that one is the statement it makes in the chorus. This is as close to a diva moment as you’ll get. It’s modern in its sound, but it has that classic diva moment, where she’s really belting and singing it out. You don’t get a lot of those records.

Mikkel Storleer Eriksen:

She killed it. And not to be too technical, but what makes the song a little bit different is the key change: The verse is in one key, and then it goes into a different key in the chorus. That’s not a usual thing to do in dance music or pop music in general.

Via EW

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Only Girl (In the World)

Credits

Assistant Recording Engineers

Recorded At

Roc The Mic Studios, NYC; Westlake Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; The Bunker Studios, Paris

Release Date

September 10, 2010

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What was Rihanna's first big hit?

Rihanna's debut single, “Pon de Replay,” was released 15 years ago.

What was Rihanna first music video?

The video for Rihanna's debut single, “Pon de Replay,” was shot in a Toronto restaurant called Avocado when the singer was only 17. “In the video, she has a blue dress on and it's a solo cutaway performance shot,” he recalled, to Vulture. “We shot that at the end of the night.

What was Rihanna's second song?

In 2006, Rihanna was still a teen pop starlet finding her footing. Her first two singles – “Pon de Replay” and “If It's Lovin' That You Want” – along with debut album Music of the Sun were a strong but not explosive introduction to the star who would go on to break chart records for more than a decade.