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Underground Dub
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Posted: 21 August 2008 at 10:05am \| IP Logged

In a span of just 3 years, Rihanna has accumulated 11 top 40 hits, 9 of which made top 10, 6 top 3 and 4 #1's. Spending her second week at #1 with her fourth chart topper ("Disturbia"), I thought it was time for a look back.

Here's a list of her top 40 hits, their peaks, hit versions and actual lengths.

UMBRELLA feat. Jay-Z
Peak: #1 (7 weeks)
Actual: 4:15
Version: "Radio" (early fade of LP)

SOS
Peak: #1 (3 weeks)
Actual: 4:00
Version: LP (listed as "Radio")

DISTURBIA
Peak: #1 (2 weeks)
Actual: 3:58
Version: LP (listed as "Main")

TAKE A BOW
Peak: #1 (1 week)
Actual: 3:49
Version: LP (listed as "Main")

PON DE REPLAY
Peak: #2 (3 weeks)
Actual: 3:35
Version: "Radio" (early fade of LP Version)

DON’T STOP THE MUSIC
Peak: #3 (4 weeks)
Actual: 4:10
Version: "Radio Edit" (early fade of LP Version)

UNFAITHFUL
Peak: #6 (2 weeks)
Actual: 3:47
Version: LP (listed as "Radio")

HATE THAT I LOVE YOU feat. Ne-Yo
Peak: #7 (1 week)
Actual: 3:40
Version: LP (listed as "Radio")

BREAK IT OFF feat. Sean Paul
Peak: #9 (1 week)
Actual: 3:34
Version: LP (no promo CD issued)

SHUT UP AND DRIVE
Peak: #15 (1 week)
Actual: 3:33
Version: LP (listed as "Radio")

IF IT’S LOVIN’ THAT YOU WANT
Peak: #36 (2 weeks)
Actual: 3:28
Version: LP (listed as "Radio")

Edited by Underground Dub on 21 August 2008 at 10:09am

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Underground Dub
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Posted: 21 July 2012 at 12:35pm \| IP Logged

Another 4 years... another 22 hits.

Here's what I've been able to work out as an update:

LIVE YOUR LIFE with T.I.
Peak: #1
Actual: 4:01
Version: Radio Edit (specially mixed edit)

REHAB
Peak: #18
Actual: 4:04
Version: Radio Edit (Edit of LP Version)

RUN THIS TOWN with Jay-Z and Kanye West
Peak: #2
Actual: 4:34
Version: Clean LP Version

RUSSIAN ROULETTE
Peak: #1
Actual: 3:48
Version: LP Version

HARD feat. Jeezy
Peak: #8
Actual: 4:10
Version: Clean LP Version

RUDE BOY
Peak: #1
Actual: 4:24
Version: Clean LP Version

STRANDED wth Jay-Z, Bono and The Edge
Peak: #16
Actual: 4:19
Version: digital-only Haiti charity single

LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE with Eminem
Peak: #1
Actual: 4:24
Version: Clean LP Version

ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD)
Peak: #1
Actual: 3:55
Version: LP Version

WHAT’S MY NAME feat. Drake
Peak: #1
Actual: 4:24
Version: Clean LP Version

S&M
Peak: #1
Actual: 4:02
Version: Clean LP Version

ALL OF THE LIGHTS with Kanye West
Peak: #18
Actual: 4:19
Version: Radio

CALIFORNIA KING BED
Peak: #37
Actual: 3:48
Version: Radio (specially mixed edit)

CHEERS (DRINK TO THAT)
Peak: #7
Actual: 4:00
Version: Radio Edit (Unique "Super Clean" Edit with Fade. Drops the word "bastards".)

WE FOUND LOVE feat. Calvin Harris
Peak: #1
Actual: 3:35
Version: LP Version

PRINCESS OF CHINA with Coldplay
Peak: #20
Actual: 3:35
Version: Radio Edit (Edit of LP Version)

YOU DA ONE
Peak: #14
Actual: 3:19
Version: Clean LP Version

TALK THAT TALK feat. Jay-Z
Peak: #31
Actual: 3:33
Version: Clean LP Version

FLY with Nicki Minaj
Peak: #14
Actual: 3:19
Version: Super Clean Version

TAKE CARE with Drake
Peak: #7
Actual: 4:37
Version: Clean LP Version

BIRTHDAY CAKE
Peak: #14
Actual: 1:20
Version: Clean LP Version

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN
Peak: #5
Actual: 4:02
Version: LP Version

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Let me know if I missed any or made any mistakes... having trouble sorting out "Birthday Cake"... has the Chris Brown version appears on CD anywhere?

Edited by Underground Dub on 21 July 2012 at 12:38pm

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Posted: 21 July 2012 at 2:10pm \| IP Logged

Hmm, I didn't know Rihanna had joined the exclusive club of artists with 20 or more top ten hits. Beyonce has not achieved that yet.

Off the top of my head, the only other female solo artists to amass 20 or more top ten singles (using only the Billboard singles sales charts prior to the Hot 100) are Madonna, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, and, believe it or not, Dinah Shore! For female groups, I think it's the Supremes and The Andrews Sisters, and that's it.

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Posted: 21 July 2012 at 3:26pm \| IP Logged

I know, it's pretty crazy.

Also, she is in extremely good chart company having secured 11 #1 singles. She's just surpassed Stevie Wonder and Janet Jackson and is currently "tied" with Whitney Houston. Once she achieves her next chart topper, she'll match The Supremes and Madonna's total of 12. Then it's off to Michael Jackson's 13.

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Posted: 23 November 2012 at 1:52pm \| IP Logged

Rihanna just secured her 12th #1 single with "Diamonds"!

She just released her 7th album as well.

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Posted: 23 November 2012 at 2:52pm \| IP Logged

Underground Dub wrote:

...having trouble sorting out "Birthday Cake"... has the Chris Brown version appears on CD anywhere?

Not sure if it has appeared on CD, but the actual run time for this version, simply labeled as "Remix," runs 3:39. I'm pretty sure this is the only version that was released to radio, and I can't imagine them playing the 1:20 LP version. My copy comes from TM Studios Prime Cuts series, and it is clearly an mp3 source (lossy).

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Posted: 24 November 2012 at 7:55am \| IP Logged

Underground Dub wrote:

having trouble sorting out "Birthday Cake"... has the Chris Brown version appears on CD anywhere?

The only version of "Birthday Cake" that has been commercially released (either physically or digitally) is the 1:18 version on the Talk That Talk album. This is not the hit version. (Chris Brown does not appear on it.)

Earlier this year, her label started to promote to radio stations and clubs the much longer "Remix" featuring Chris Brown to which Aaron refers. Because of the history between the two artists, however, there was a considerable negative reaction to it. As a result, Rihanna's label decided not to commercially release it in any form. Many radio stations, however, did play it. I doubt that more than a handful of stations, if any, played the original 1:18 version.

For the first few weeks of its chart run, the Hot 100 showed the artist as "Rihanna". Starting with the chart of April 7, however, the artist credit was shown as "Rihanna Featuring Chris Brown". If you look on iTunes, you'll see a lot of angry comments from people who mistakenly purchased the 1:18 version, believing they were actually purchasing the version with Chris Brown they were hearing on the radio (which is almost three times as long).

So what we have here is the unusual situation of a hit song of which only a 1:18 snippet has ever been commercially released.

The odd thing is that Rihanna's new album, released five days ago, does contain another track featuring Chris Brown.

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CALIFORNIA KING BED
Peak: #37
Actual: 3:48
Version: Radio (specially mixed edit)

who did the remix on this?

also....i found on-line a 3:19 radio edit version of the
song.....

Edited by edtop40 on 16 January 2015 at 8:54am

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Posted: 16 January 2015 at 8:58am \| IP Logged

CHEERS (DRINK TO THAT)
Peak: #7
Actual: 4:00
Version: Radio Edit (Unique "Super Clean" Edit with Fade.
Drops the word "bastards".)

is this the version that's of the now series in the db
running 3:58?

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FLY with Nicki Minaj
Peak: #14
Actual: 3:19
Version: Super Clean Version

does anyone have this version that i could get an mp3 file
of to compare to the lp version i have.....thx edtop40

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Posted: 18 January 2015 at 8:53am \| IP Logged

For the longest time I thought Rhapsody messed up with "Birthday Cake" fading out in the middle of the song! I could see why people were upset if they paid money for that. So I guess no long dirty version exists?

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Posted: 07 February 2018 at 5:37am \| IP Logged

Just stumbled on this thread...

There is a long dirty version of Birthday Cake (Remix) featuring Chris
Brown. it is called the "Main" version and I believe it was serviced to radio
stations on the same promo CD as the censored version. The censored
version is called the "Clean" version.

I think this has been gone over many times, but when we refer to the hit
versions of songs post-2000, what does that mean here? Are those the
lead cuts on the dj promo cds?

Does anybody have the fade details for the radio versions of Umbrella and
Don't Stop the Music? Looking for beginning and end points of the fades,
please.

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Posted: 15 July 2018 at 12:54pm \| IP Logged

JL328,

Due to the emergence of digital downloads numerous post 2010 hits can only be found digitally and not on CD.

From about 2000-2008 there was a CD single generally that was released, until those eventually stopped. You have some Itunes downloads which were the only way to get certain songs. I would refer to anything post 2010 as available digitally and the hit version.

The physical CD lossless single is gone, in its place is 7Digital, Tidal Store and Onkyo Store and Amazon or Itunes (for lossy). Girls Like You by Maroon 5 (with Cardi B) is a perfect example of a song right now only available through a digital download. The hit version is the one that charts and is available commercially.

So the hit version of a song generally before 2008 had a CD single release. After 2008, some CD singles are around but generally the radio edits can also be found digitally. Not saying you can't find them on CD's (Grammy series, NOW series etc) just that digital downloads this past decade are now the hit versions you see chart.

Edited by PopArchivist on 15 July 2018 at 12:56pm

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Posted: 25 April 2020 at 2:18am \| IP Logged

edtop40 wrote:

CALIFORNIA KING BED
Peak: #37
Actual: 3:48
Version: Radio (specially mixed edit)

who did the remix on this?

also....i found on-line a 3:19 radio edit version of the
song.....

The 3:19 is a legitimate edit. Comes up lossy on the promo.

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