“Disturbia” was positioned at number two of Time Magazine’s “10 Best Songs of the Summer” list. 'Haffi' means 'have to' 'Ah guh' means 'is going to.' 'Meh nuh cyar' means I don't care.
It was ranked number nine on Billboard’s “Songs of the Summer of 2008” list. Work, work, work, work, work, work When you ah guh Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting The hook features some words sung by Rihanna in Patois, a Jamaican dialect that is common throughout much of the Caribbean.
The full writing credits for “Disturbia” are listed below:ĭisturbia‘s production was handled by co-writer Kennedy alongside Makeba Riddick. The song was actually co-written by her former boyfriend, Chris Brown. Interesting to note is that despite being one of her biggest hits, Rihanna played no role in the composing of “Disturbia”. It came out in the capacity of a single from the Barbadian singer’s “Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded”. On June 17th, 2008, Rihanna released “Disturbia”. So even though it may be a bit ‘scary’, the vocalist has taken it upon herself to sort of officially notify such individuals that yes, your mind has in fact been negatively “altered” by the pressure, loneliness or what have you. And a further implication made during the chorus is that Rihanna may be trying to warn against being seduced by “the city of wonder” or, as also arguably implied by the title, those seduced by an urban lifestyle being most prone to be thrown into a state of “disturbia”. In the second verse, she comes off as someone who is spending too much time alone for her own good.Īnd what Rihanna appears to be saying through the choruses is that basically anyone can fall victim to such psychological maladies as those mentioned above. In fact considering that many people are in fact heavily indebted and/or socially isolated, then there are a lot more currently in a state of “disturbia” than they even realize. 'Pull Me Down' is out now.In the first verse, it reads as if the source of the vocalist’s stress is finance related. It would be easy for Rihanna to rest on her laurels or her music royalties but she continued to work hard. The money means that I can facilitate the businesses that I want to. It was cool to see that - and see what it really looks like when people are busting their asses off. The money means that I can take care of my family.
"I wanted to work harder than everyone, for things to do well and for no one to question how hard i'm working. "There is a buddy of mine who is in the military and one of his commanding officers told him that you always act the job of the person ahead of you, so that if it is ever given to you, nobody ever questions it. "I want to work harder than everyone else. "It had put a drive in me to really push myself to work harder," he continues. He also reveals that working on such a project served as inspiration to push himself to hit similar a similar work ethic of the 'We Found Love' chart topper with his solo material. It was like nothing I had ever experienced before." There were people constantly coming in and out, in and out, and it was so crazy to be in that room and that headspace. "They had the studios we were working in booked out for three months, on a cycle. Watch Rihanna perform Mikky Ekko's 'Stay' belowĮkko, who is tipped as one of the big names of 2013 and has recently released his own track 'Pull Me Down', also reveals how working on a project such as Rihanna's Unapologetic album, was an eye-opener for a rising artist still working on his debut album. She came out, we met, we hugged and talked for a minute about the song, she said 'oh, just so you know I've cut the vocal,' and I was like 'WHOA!' and of course I said 'that's no problem' - even though I was a little freaking out." "It speaks to such an intimate side of her that is so rare and so far removed from what people think of her.
"The track had become so special to me as well, and knowing what the track means to me and what I think it means to her too, it really worked," Ekko tells Gigwise.