SONG TITLE: UNFAITHFUL ALBUM: A GIRL LIKE ME RELEASED: 2006 LABEL: DEF AM, SRP GENRE: POP/RB VOCALS: RIHANNA PIANO: CARL STURKEN STRING ARRANGEMENT: ROBERT MOUNCEY PERCUSSION: TED HEMBERGER WRITTEN BY: SHAFFER SMITH, MIKKEL S. ERIKSEN, TOR ERIK HERMANSEN PRODUCED BY: STARGATE, MAKEBA UK CHART PEAK: 2 RIDDICK This as the second single from Rihanna s second album, A Girl Like Me. Songriter Shaffer Smith is better knon as Ne-Yo, ho has also had a string of hits both as songriter and artist. The track encountered some controversy because of the lyrics, although they are supposed to express regret. In an intervie, Rihanna stated that finally someone put it in perspective: girls cheat too. In response, a critic stated they ere concerned that the lyrics could be interpreted as devoid of remorse. The singer said of the song that she anted to speak about personal experiences: hat it s like to be a girl like me. The song is a Pop/RB ballad. The riters created the song around the piano part as they orked. Rihanna said that singing a ballad as ne ground for her but this turned out to be one of her favourite songs from the album. Rihanna Unfaithful [9] Sto - ry of my life, Rihanna is currently one of the biggest selling artists of all time, ith sales of over 1 million albums and 150 million songs orldide. During her career she has on to BRIT aards and eight Grammys. After the success of Better Have My Money in uly 2015, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced that Rihanna had become the first artist to surpass more than 100 million digital singles. Rihanna is originally from Bridgeton, Barbados. Producer Evan Rogers noticed her and helped her put together a demo that gained the attention of Def am records. The president at the time, ay-z signed her immediately on the night she auditioned. 7
Unfaithful Rihanna q = 1. Fm/ ma 7 G 7 sus G 7 n [5] Sto - ry of my life, search - ing for the right. But it keeps a - void - ing me. [9] Fm/ [12]. Sor - ro in my soul, cause it seems that rong 8 Words Music by Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen Shaffer Smith Copyright 2006 Zomba Songs/Super Sayin Publishing. Sony/ATV Music Publishing/EMI Music Publishing Limited/Imagem Music. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.
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