"Umbrella" is a Grammy Award-winning song performed by Barbadan singer Rihanna. It was written by Terius "The Dream" Nash, Christopher Stewart, Kuk Harrell and Jay-Z for Rihanna's third album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). Featuring vocals by Jay-Z, it was released as the album's lead single during the second quarter of 2007. It has, in the short time since its original release, been covered by other artists in one form or another.
Following a highly successful chart run around the world and a positive reception from music critics, the song achieved number one on Entertainment Weekly magazine's list of the Ten Best Singles of 2007, as well as number three on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. ... In 2008 "Umbrella" won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in addition to receiving nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_(song)
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Kruposays...Every once in a while you wonder, "gee, how is it that this wasn't sifted up yet?"
Also, I'm impressed by how the heck Foo Fighters got identified as a related video:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Foo-Fighters-The-Pretender
And this video is worthy of some fluffy pop attention:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Foo-Fighters-The-Pretender
kageninsays...Well... its one of the worst songs ever written. Hearing it makes me want to jab knitting needles into my ear drums.
kulpimssays...upvote - what can I say, it's catchy even if it sucks in every other way
siftbotsays...Moving this video to Krupo's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.
Ekleksays...*art
*promote!
siftbotsays...Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued - promote requested by Eklek.
Adding video to channels (Art) - requested by Eklek.
Abductedsays...We're sorry, this video is no longer available.
but when you go to youtube:
This video is not available in your country.
Lametube is lame.
kulpimssays...* blocked?
dooglesays...Interesting the song was originally written for Britney Spears to perform.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_(song)#Background_and_writing
Kruposays...Abducted, where'd they abduct you to? Works in Canada.
Abductedsays...>> ^Krupo:
Abducted, where'd they abduct you to? Works in Canada.
I see trees, a moose and drunken people.. Could be Finland.
deedub81says...My opinion of this song: Pop music has a place in the world and fulfills a certain demand. Although it might not be the most well written, most complex song ever, it is VERY catchy. The chorus is very good stylistically, but the lyrics are lacking.
Come to think of it, other than the chorus the rest of the song is basically worthless.
***My roommate and I got quite a few laughs when I performed this acoustically while he improvised an interpretive tap dance at an open mic.
siftbotsays...Moving this video to Krupo's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.
djsunkidsays...This music is so utterly terrible. And yet somehow.. I dunno- I like the sound of her voice. I heard this song a few times, but never looked into it. I'm just glad that this was only the 4th time I've heard it. I think that it would become unbearable after about twice more.
dictionsays...>> ^Kagenin:
Well... its one of the worst songs ever written. Hearing it makes me want to jab knitting needles into my ear drums.
Pretty much how I feel about it.
Kruposays...>> ^deedub81:
My opinion of this song: Pop music has a place in the world and fulfills a certain demand. Although it might not be the most well written, most complex song ever, it is VERY catchy. The chorus is very good stylistically, but the lyrics are lacking.
Come to think of it, other than the chorus the rest of the song is basically worthless.
My roommate and I got quite a few laughs when I performed this acoustically while he improvised an interpretive tap dance at an open mic.
Get a recording of that on the Sift!
gwiz665says...*dead
siftbotsays...This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by gwiz665.
Kruposays...The video was NOT dead, but it was definitely region-blocked. Region-free embed up!
Abductedsays...>> ^Krupo:
The video was NOT dead, but it was definitely region-blocked. Region-free embed up!
Yey, now I can finally upvote it.
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