Rihanna - Take a BowTake A Bow is one of a set of new songs that features on the deluxe Good Girl Gone Bad album, out 26th May on Def Jam.
"Take a Bow" is a song written by R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo and production-team StarGate for the re-release of Rihanna's third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad. It is the first single from the re-release edition of the album. The single was produced by StarGate
"Take a Bow" is a pop and R&B song written by Rihanna's label mate Ne-Yo, Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel Eriksen (StarGate), with whom she previously worked on "Unfaithful" and "Hate That I Love You". The premise of the song is based around a female's point of view as her boyfriend is attempting to apologize after being unfaithful. She sarcastically informs him that his performance is "very entertaining", and instructs him to "take a bow". Although there is a gentle tone to the lyrics, at the heart of it they convey a tone of bitterness and even disgust ("trying to apologize, you're so ugly when you cry"). It is the second single with the same name to top the Billboard Hot 100 after Madonna's 1995 ballad "Take a Bow."
In the issue dated May 24, 2008, "Take a Bow" jumped up 52 spots from 53 to 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. This was the second-best leap in the chart's history behind Maroon 5's "Makes Me Wonder", which jumped from 64 to 1 in May 2007.
The song also opened with the third highest digital sales tally in Billboard Chart history amassing 267,000 units sold in one week after being available only on radio. The song has become Rihanna's second number-one single from her album Good Girl Gone Bad after "Umbrella" topped the charts around the same time in 2007 and her third number 1 overall. The song was dethroned by Lil Wayne ft Static Major with Lollipop on the date issued 22 May 2008.
The song also shoot-up from number 70 to 1 to top the Canadian Billboard charts in the same week, making it the biggest jump in the chart's history.
Rihanna - Take a Bow
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