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“Don't Stop the Music” Single by Rihanna from the album Good Girl Gone Bad Released September 7, 2007 (2007-09-07) (see release history) Format CD single, digital download Recorded 2006 Genre Dance-pop, electronic dance, electropop Length 4:27 (album version) 3:40 (radio edit) 3:52 (video/edit version) Label SRP, Def Jam Writer(s) Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Tawanna Dabney, Michael Jackson Producer Stargate Certification Silver (BPI) Gold (France) Platinum (IFPI Belgium, ARIA) 2x platinum (United States) Rihanna singles chronology "Hate That I Love You" (2007) "Don't Stop the Music" (2007) "Take a Bow" (2008) Good Girl Gone Bad track listing "Push Up On Me" (2) "Don't Stop the Music" (3) "Breakin' Dishes" (4) "Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Barbadian pop singer Rihanna from her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad. It was the third single from the album in most of Europe, the second single in Germany and Spain and the fourth single in the rest of the world. On December 6, 2007, "Don't Stop the Music" received a Grammy nomination in the category of "Best Dance Recording" at the 50th Grammy Awards. Rihanna performed this song, along with "Umbrella", at the 50th Grammy Awards. The single also made Australian ARIA Chart history when it became the first single to top the charts solely on download sales.




The single "Hate That I Love You" was the third single in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. "Don't Stop the Music" was released as the fourth single, opposite to the rest of Europe and Australia. 1 Music and structure 2 Chart performance 3 Music video 4 Release history 5 Track listing and formats 6 Charts 7 References Music and structure "Don't Stop the Music" is a moderately fast dance groove composed in the key of F-sharp minor.[1] The tempo is set in common time.[1] The song samples Michael Jackson's 1983 single "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", which in turn was derived from the Manu Dibango 1972 single "Soul Makossa", hence the "Mama say mama sa ma-makossa" that is interpolated in the bridge of the song. Jackson's trademark yells can be heard during the chorus and bridge. [edit] Chart performance "Don't Stop the Music" has achieved considerable success in several European countries. It reached a peak of number-one in Austria, Belgium, France (where it was Rihanna's first number one single), Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Switzerland and also reached number-one on the Euro Billboard Chart, which is a composite of the different European markets. In Italy, it is Rihanna's highest charting song to date, having reached number-two. It had also reached number-nine in Ireland, before its official release in February 2008. It was a massive hit in Spain where it reached number-one in Spain's top 40 (Los 40) and enjoyed heavy club and radio play. In addition, it has been successful in Canada, where it has reached number-two on the Canadian Hot 100, becoming her

second top five single from Good Girl Gone Bad, while in Greece it peaked at number-three in Greek IFPI Singles Chart and it is her most successful single to date. Although at the time it had not been released as a promotional single in the U.S., it did reach number one on the U.S. Dance Club Play chart. Several weeks after its peak atop the Billboard Dance Airplay chart, the single began to see a resurgence on radio, particularly on Top 40 stations. This lead to the song debuting at number eight on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. The following week, the song jumped fourteen spots to officially debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, despite the fact that a single release in the U.S. for the song had still not yet been announced. Furthermore, the song's fast-rising airplay has propelled its popularity, leading to a surge of digital downloads on iTunes from the digital album. Total downloads to date on Billboard's charts for "Don't Stop The Music" stand at 2,129,931.[2] The song, which entered the iTunes Top 100 Songs chart at number ninety-five on December 7, 2007 has climbed to number two as of January 21, 2008. This digital component has further helped the song on the Hot 100, where it has so far reached number three, becoming her seventh top ten and fourth top five single in the United States. The song was finally officially released in the U.S. in late 2007.[3] On December 30, 2007, the song entered the UK Singles Chart based upon digital sales alone and has peaked at number four. The single's popularity in the UK has exceeded that of the third Good Girl Gone Bad single "Hate That I Love You", which only managed a peak of number fifteen upon its physical release. "Don't Stop the Music" was officially released in the UK on February 4, 2008 It spend 8 weeks inside the UK Top 10. The single has sold over 150,000 copies in Germany and has been certified gold. On January 27, 2008 it was added to Australian radio playlists. It had an early entry peaking number fifty-three. On February 11, "Don't Stop the Music" became the highest peaking digital single on the ARIA Singles Chart, soaring 7-2 with a massive boost in downloads, despite the fact that the single was not released until the end of February there. On February 18, the song reached number one, becoming the first number one song in ARIA Singles Chart history based on digital downloads alone, and her third Australian number one along with "Umbrella" and "SOS". It is widely believed the song's chart success in Australia (it held the pole position for four non-consecutive weeks, dethroning Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love" twice and was certified Platinum) was due to its use on the high-rating local version of So You Think You Can Dance and its popularity in clubs. "Don't Stop the Music" had similarly charted highly in the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart prior to its physical release. "Don't Stop the Music" became Rihanna's first number-one song on the Latin America Top 40 Airplay Chart, and her second top-two song, after "Umbrella" which peaked at number-two for 10 consecutive weeks. The song is also the first English song to reach the top position since "Beautiful Liar" by Beyoncé and Shakira in May 2007. Rihanna has also the distinction of being the fourth international artist to reach the top position, after Madonna, James Blunt and Beyoncé. In Mexico, Rihanna scored her second top ten hit and first number-one single, it also became the first non-Spanish number-one hit in over a year.[4] The song is her second most successful single off of the Good Girl Gone Bad album, with less sales and radio airplay only to the lead single "Umbrella". However, the song has received over 25 million more views than "Umbrella" on YouTube, with over 71.5 million views, as of October 9, 2008. It sold 7,495,000 units and peaked at number one on the United World Chart for four weeks, when it was succeeded by Leona Lewis's

"Bleeding Love", which sold 162,680 units. It is the 17th best selling single worldwide of the decade. The song also hit number one on the ARIA charts, was knocked off on March 23, 2008 by Flo Rida's "Low". It was the opening song on Idol Gives Back on April 9, 2008, sung by the remaining contestants of American Idol as past So You Think You Can Dance finalists performed various dance routines. It was also featured on the D&G fashion show, on the Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2007. [edit] Music video The music video for "Don't Stop the Music" was premiered on BET's 106 & Park on July 20, 2007. The video was filmed the day after the "Shut Up and Drive" video in Prague. The video reached #2 on MTV's TRL and #1 on Yahoo! music Top 100 videos. The video opens with Rihanna and two of her friends coming out of a taxi, and they walk into a candy store telling a boy resembling Michael Jackson (a reference to the song's prominent sample) to be quiet. They sneak into the back of the candy store where there is a secret club. The verse begins with Rihanna singing in the bathroom while checking herself out and putting on makeup. After this she walks out of the bathroom and walks into the club where everyone is dancing, and the chorus begins. The second verse just shows Rihanna singing on a table in the club, singing around her friends and her dancing in the club. The video ends with Rihanna dancing, singing and on a table. Nolan Padilla from the Jennifer Lopez reality television show DanceLife also appears. The video was choreographed by Tina Landon. The soundtrack to the video is an otherwise unreleased edit which also features an alternate vocal take of the final, partially acapella "Please don't stop the music..." As of October 20, 2008, the music video for "Don't Stop the Music" has been viewed 71,579,957 times on popular video-sharing website YouTube, making it Rihanna's most viewed video on the site, as well as the site's fourth most viewed music video of all time, and the site's sixth most viewed video of all time.[5] Just behind Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis with 71,737,133 views. [edit] Release history Region Date Germany September 7, 2007[citation needed] France October 27, 2007[citation needed] Chile Europe November 30, 2007[citation needed] United States August 7, 2007 (dance radio)[citation needed] late 2007 (contemporary hit radio)[citation needed] Spain January 15, 2008[citation needed] United Kingdom February 4, 2008[citation needed] Australia February 23, 2008[citation needed] [edit] Track listing and formats Germany and UK 2-Track "Don't Stop the Music" (Album Version) "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Club Mix) EU and Australian Maxi "Don't Stop the Music" (Album Version) "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Club Mix) "Don't Stop the Music" (Instrumental) "Don't Stop the Music" (Video) Promotional Only 1-Track "Don't Stop the Music" (Radio Edit) - 3:40 'The Wideboys Club Mix' Single "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Club Mix) - 6:39 "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Radio Edit)- 3:11 "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys Dub Mix) - 6:44 'Solitaire's More Drama Remix' Single "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Remix) - 8:08 "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Radio Edit) - 4:08 "Don't Stop the Music" (Solitaire's More Drama Dub) - 7:38 'Jody Den Broeder Big Room Mix' Single "Don't Stop the Music" (Jody Den Broeder Big Room Mix) - 10:34 "Don't Stop the Music" (Jody Den Broeder Radio Edit) - 4:22 "Don't Stop the Music" (Jody Den Broeder Big Room Dub) - 8:35 [edit] Charts Chart (2007/2008) Peak position Australian

ARIA Singles Chart[6] 1 Austrian Singles Chart[7] 1 Belgian Singles Chart[8] 1 Canadian Hot 100[8] 2 Croatian Singles Chart[9] 2 Dutch Top 40[10] 1 European Hot 100[11] 1 Finnish Singles Top 20[12] 3 French Singles Chart[13] 1 German Singles Chart[14] 1 Irish Singles Chart[8] 6 Italian Singles Chart[15] 2 México Top 100 Singles Chart[16] 1 New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[8] 3 Norwegian Singles Top 20[17] 7 Peru Singles Chart[18] 1 Polish National Top 50[19] 2 Russian Airplay Chart[20] 3 Swedish Singles Chart[21] 6 Swiss Singles Chart[22] 1 Turkey Top 20 Chart[23] 1 UK Singles Chart[8] 4 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 3 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay 1 U.S. Billboard Pop 100 2 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[24] 83 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1 United World Chart 1 Preceded by "Hamma!" by Culcha Candela German number-one single October 6, 2007 - October 13, 2007 Succeeded by "Junge" by Die Ärzte Preceded by "1973" by James Blunt Ö3 Austria Top 40 number-one single October 10, 2007 - November 9, 2007 Succeeded by "Du hast den schönsten Arsch der Welt" by Alex C. featuring Y-ass Preceded by "Elle" by Melissa M French SNEP number-one single October 27, 2007 - November 3, 2007 Succeeded by "Quelque part" by Sheryfa Luna Preceded by "1973" by James Blunt Swiss number-one single October 28, 2007 - November 4, 2007 Succeeded by "No One" by Alicia Keys Preceded by "No One" by Alicia Keys Swiss number-one single (second run) November 18, 2007 - December 2, 2007 Succeeded by "Apologize" by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic Preceded by "Kom dans met mij" by Laura Lynn & Frans Bauer Belgian Flemish Ultratop 50 number-one single December 15, 2007 - 9 February 2008 Succeeded by "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis Preceded by "Garçon" by Koxie Belgian Walloon Ultratop 40 number-one single December 22, 2007 - 9 February 2008 Succeeded by "New Soul" by Yael Naim Preceded by No One by Alicia Keys European Union 200 Tracks number-one single February 3, 2008 - February 24, 2008 Succeeded by "Apologize" by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic Preceded by "Estrella Polar" by Pereza "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado Spain Los 40 number-one single February 16, 2008 - February 30, 2008 March 22, 2008 - March 29, 2008 Succeeded by "Cuando me vaya" by Melocos "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse Preceded by "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis Australian ARIA number-one single February 18, 2008 - February 25, 2008 Succeeded by "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis Preceded by "Me Enamora" by Juanes Latin America Top 40 number-one single February 24, 2008 Succeeded by "Gotas de Agua Dulce" by Juanes Preceded by "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis Australian ARIA number-one single (second run) March 3, 2008 - March 24, 2008 Succeeded by "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain Preceded by "Me Enamora" by Juanes México Top 100 number-one single February 17, 2008- February 24, 2008 Succeeded by "Cada Que..." by Belanova [edit] References ^ a b Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music Sheet Music (Print Instantly) ^ USA d/load singles chart - ChCmedia Forums ^ [1]. FMQB.com. Retrieved January 5, 2008. ^ Rihanna's Number one in Mexico ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself ^ Top 50 Singles Chart. ariacharts.com.au. Retrieved January 27, 2008. ^ Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music - austriancharts.at ^ a b c d e f "Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved December 28, 2007. ^ Croatian Singles Chart ^ dutchcharts.nl - Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music ^ U.S. Billboard European Hot 100 ^ finnishcharts.com - Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music ^ lescharts.com - Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music ^ lescharts.com - Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music ^ Italiancharts.com ^ Mexican Singles Chart ^ norwegiancharts.com - Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music ^ Peru Singles Chart ^ [2] ^ Russian Airplay Chart Retrieved August 21, 2008 ^ swedishcharts.com - Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music ^ Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music - swisscharts.com ^ Turkey Top 20 Chart Retrieved May 6, 2008 ^ Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles [hide]v • d • eRihanna Studio albums Music of the Sun (2005) • A Girl Like Me (2006) • Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) Singles "Pon de Replay" • "If It's Lovin' That You Want" • "SOS" • "Unfaithful" • "We Ride" • "Break It Off" • "Umbrella" • "Shut Up and Drive" • "Hate That I Love You" • "Don't Stop the Music" • "Take a Bow" • "Disturbia" • "Rehab" Guest singles "Roll It" • "If I Never See Your Face Again" • "Just Stand Up!" • "Live Your Life" DVDs Good Girl Gone Bad Live • Barbadian Superstardom Tours "Rock tha Block Tour" • "Good Girl Gone Bad Tour" • "Glow in the Dark Tour" Related articles Discography • Awards • Bring It On: All or Nothing Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Stop_the_Music_(Rihanna_song)" Categories: 2007 singles | 2008 singles | Billboard Hot Dance Airplay number-one singles | Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one singles | Dance-pop songs | Number-one singles in Australia | Number-one singles in Austria | Number-one singles in Belgium | Number-one singles in France | Number-one singles in Germany | Number-one singles in Mexico | Number-one singles in the Netherlands | Number-one singles in Spain | Number-one singles in Switzerland | Number-one singles in Turkey | Rihanna songs | Songs produced by Stargate | Songs that sample previously recorded songs | Techno dance songs