"Umbrella" is a Grammy-winning pop song written by Terius "The Dream" Nash, Christopher Stewart, Kuk Harrell and Jay-Z for pop singer Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). Featuring vocals by co-writer Jay-Z, it was released as the album's lead single during the second quarter of 2007 (see 2007 in music). "Umbrella" is recognized as the most successful song of 2007 on the United World Chart, gaining more than 8,160,000 points.^[1] It has been announced as the 6th most successful song of the last decade with 8.614.000 points.^[2] Look up umbrella, umbrella corporation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Not to be confused with Rhianna or Rayhana. ... 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Following a highly successful chart run around the world and a warm reception from music critics, the song achieved #1 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the "Ten Best Singles of 2007",^[3] as well as #3 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007;^[4] it was also named Song of the Year in Blender Magazine's Readers' Poll 2007.^[5] "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. Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Blender is an American magazine that bills itself as the ultimate guide to music and more. ... The 50th Annual Grammy Awards will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA of February 10, 2008. ... The Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration has been awarded since 2002. ... For the UK music award, see The Record of the Year. ... The Song of the Year is one of the two most prestigious awards in the Grammies, if not in all of the American music industry. ...

Background and writing

The music was written by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell and the lyrics and melody were written by Terius "The Dream" Nash with the rap intro written and performed by Jay-Z. The song was produced by Stewart with vocal production by Harrell.^[6] Christopher Tricky Stewart is an American rap artist and music producer best known for his work with Blu Cantrell, for whom he produced much of the songs from her first two albums and who is signed to his label, RedZone Entertainment. ... The Dream was a sports/comedy talk show, broadcast every night during the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, presented by Australian comedic duo Roy and HG. Their telecasts became one of the most popular events of the Games, with Olympians from all nations queueing up to appear. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ...

"Umbrella" was not originally written for Rihanna. Christopher "Tricky" Stewart composed the song in 2007, with American pop singer Britney Spears in mind. Her label rejected the song, claiming to have a suitable amount of songs to work with for her future album Blackout, while also Spears having professional difficulties at the time.^[7] Christopher Tricky Stewart is an American rap artist and music producer best known for his work with Blu Cantrell, for whom he produced much of the songs from her first two albums and who is signed to his label, RedZone Entertainment. ... Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... Blackout is the fifth studio album by American pop singer Britney Spears. ...

Concurrent to the event was the Grammy season of 2007. Stewart and Terius "The Dream" Nash decided to pass the song onto Mary J. Blige, and also L.A. Reid, the then-CEO of Island Def Jam, Rihanna's label.^[7] Blige however, was unable to hear the song in full due to her obligations to the Grammys at the time. ^[8][7] Def Jam representatives remained eager to secure the song for Rihanna, the writers themselves still awaiting a response from Blige.^[7] Reid and his team incessantly called them in the entire Grammy weekend to the extent they finally gave them the record.^[7] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Terius Youngdell Nash better known by his stage name The-Dream, is an American singer and songwriter. ... Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971) is an American R&B, soul, and hip hop soul singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, record producer, actress, and hip hop icon who has sold more than 40 million records and over 10 million singles worldwide. ... Antonio L.A. Reid is the co-founder of LaFace Records. ... The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label formed in 1999, when Universal Music Group merged its two daughters, Island Records and Def Jam Recordings to form a super label. ...

Stewart confessed he was still reluctant as to whether Rihanna was the right artist to record the song, but following the addition of the "ella, ella" refrain into the track, he felt they were onto "something".^[7] Christopher Tricky Stewart is an American rap artist and music producer best known for his work with Blu Cantrell, for whom he produced much of the songs from her first two albums and who is signed to his label, RedZone Entertainment. ... It has been suggested that Billboard be merged into this article or section. ... A refrain (from the Old French refraindre to repeat, likely from Vulgar Latin refringere) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the chorus of a song. ...

Following Rihanna's recording, Def Jam CEO-rapper Jay-Z added his rap, and then a different verse. Before Stewart and Nash settled on the original rap composed by Jay-Z, he changed it without informing the songwriters. Stewart, however, noted that "from a songwriter's standpoint, he just really made it more about the song, with the metaphors about umbrellas and about the weather versus what he had before."^[7] Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Rap redirects here. ...

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Single release and promotion

In many parts of the United States, the single was released on March 28, 2007,^[9] although its official release date was the following day.^[10] The song premiered on the New York radio station Hot 97 and on Rihanna's official website on March 29 at 5:00pm EST. is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... WQHT, more commonly known as Hot 97, is a high-profile Rhythmic Contemporary radio station in New York City under the corporate ownership of Emmis Communications. ... is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Metronome, a public art installation showing the time in New York City The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ...

"Umbrella" premiered on UK radio station BBC Radio 1 on the Scott Mills show and was released digitally in Britain on May 14, 2007, its physical release following two weeks later by which point the song was already #1. It is claimed though that the song was released first on Radio Kado FM on May 11, 2007 although this is still disputed whether it was legal to do so. BBC Radio 1 (commonly referred to as just Radio 1) is a British national radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in popular music and speech and is aimed primarily at the 14-29[1] age group. ... Scott Robert Mills, born in Southampton, Hampshire in 1974, is an English radio DJ. Mills currently presents the drive time show on BBC Radio 1, a national United Kingdom station with over 10 million listeners,[2] between 4pm and 7pm every weekday, which is called The Scott Mills Show. ...

Rihanna made formal appearances all over the United Kingdom prior and following the release of the single. She also debuted three new tracks in Preston at the BBC Radio One One Big Weekend event. At another promotional concert, she performed "Umbrella", "Shut Up and Drive" and "Breakin' Dishes". Rihanna performed "Umbrella" at the MTV Movie Awards 2007. In Germany, she performed the song exclusively at Viva Live, and at the 42nd edition of the chart show The Dome. "Umbrella" was also performed on Live Earth, GMTV, Loose Women, Blue Peter, Kiss Concert 2007, Sprint Concert, Zootopia Show, Stripped Show, Canadian Idol, 106 & Park and The View. This article is about Preston, Lancashire. ... Radio 1s Big Weekend (sometimes refered to as One Big Weekend) is an music festival run by BBC Radio 1. ... For Chely Wright song, see Shut Up and Drive (Chely Wright song). ... The 2007 MTV Movie Awards will broadcast the 16th annual movie awards show on Sunday, June 3, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California and will be the first time the event will be broadcast live. ... The Dome can refer to: A dome Pengrowth Saddledome Millennium Dome Telstra Dome, Melbourne This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Live Earth was a series of worldwide concerts held on 7 July 2007, that initiated a three-year campaign to combat climate change. ... GMTV (Good Morning Television) is a national British breakfast television station owned by ITV plc (75%) and The Walt Disney Company (25%). It has held the license for the breakfast Channel 3 franchise since 1993, when it outbid the previous 6am-9. ... Loose Women is a an ITV afternoon programme, in which a panel of four women discuss topical issues and interview celebrity guests before a studio audience. ... For other uses, see Blue Peter (disambiguation). ... Canadian Idol is a reality television show on the Canadian television network CTV, based on the popular British show Pop Idol and its American counterpart American Idol. ... 106 & Park: BETs Top 10 Live is a top-ten video countdown that has airs weekdays on BET. It is the networks #1 rated show. ... This article is about the talk show. ...

Reception

Andy Kellman of All Music Guide commented: "'Umbrella,' is her best to date, delivering mammoth if spacious drums, a towering backdrop during the chorus, and vocals that are somehow totally convincing without sounding all that impassioned — an ideal spot between trying too hard and boredom, like she might've been on her 20th take, which only adds to the song's charm."^[11] The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ...

Chart performance

The popularity and positive critical reception to "Umbrella" ensured the song was a commercial success. Coupled with relentlessly strong airplay of both the promotional video and indeed the song itself for the time surrounding its impressive chart run around the world, "Umbrella" was to become Rihanna's biggest hit.

Prior to its physical release, "Umbrella" achieved the biggest debut in the six-year history of the iTunes Music Store, breaking a previous record held by Shakira and Wyclef Jean’s "Hips Don't Lie". As a digital single, "Umbrella" topped the iTunes Store singles chart in more than 16 different countries around the world. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into ITunes. ... This article is about the musician. ... Nelust Wyclef Jean (IPA: ) (born October 17, 1972) is a Haitian-American rapper, guitarist, producer, and member of the hip hop trio The Fugees. ... Hips Dont Lie is a Grammy Award-nominated Latin Pop song based in a Salsa and Cumbia mix and fused with Reggaeton beat (Reggaeton Pop) performed by Colombian singer Shakira and Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean. ... The iTunes Store is an online business run by Apple Inc. ...

On the issue dated June 9, 2007, "Umbrella" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart after a rising from the #41 position to the top, a jump of forty places, going on to spend a total of seven consecutive weeks at the top of the chart. The track was downloaded a total of 277,000 times in the United States alone, the highest debut-week sum since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking downloads in 2003. On the Billboard year end chart, "Umbrella" was ranked at #2, only behind Beyonce's "Irreplaceable".^[12] Furthermore, total digital sales of the song stand at a reputable 2.7 million.^[13] "Umbrella" was Rihanna’s second number-one single (after "SOS"), and both songs have records for two of the biggest jumps to number one on the Hot 100 chart. In correspondence with this, the song spent a total of four weeks at #1 in Canada, where it became the first song to top the recently debuted Canadian Hot 100 chart. “Hot 100” redirects here. ... Nielsen SoundScan is an information system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett that tracks sales data for singles, albums, and music video products in Canada and the United States for Billboard and other music industry companies. ... Billboard can refer to: Billboard magazine Billboard (advertising) Billboard antenna In 3D computer graphics, to billboard is to rotate an object so that it faces the viewer. ... Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981) is a popular American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and fashion designer, and is most widely known by the name Beyoncé. Knowles rose to stardom as a founding member and the lead singer of Destinys Child, musics most successful... Audio sample Info Irreplaceable (help· info) Alternate covers Maxi cover Irreplaceable is a song written by American singer-songwriters Beyonce Knowles and Ne-Yo, and Norwegian songwriters Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Espen Lind, and Amund Bjørklund for Knowles second studio album, BDay (2006). ... The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. ...

Perhaps the song's greatest success came in the United Kingdom. The song debuted at number one on 20 May, 2007, becoming Rihanna's first chart-topper in the country and the third song to reach the top on downloads alone, after Gnarls Barkley's Crazy and Mika's Grace Kelly. The song spent another week at number one on just downloads, before the physical release saw the song raise its sales to 60,650, the highest figure for a single in nine weeks, and easily enough for a third week at number one.^[14] Ultimately, the song eventually spent ten weeks in total at number one, just the seventh song in history to reach the benchmark and making it the longest-running chart-topper of the 21st century, as well as the longest since "Love Is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet in 1994. However, it should be noted that sales near the top of the chart were very poor for a lot of the song's run; "Umbrella" sold less than 30,000 copies in four of its weeks at number one, and in its final week, it defeated Kate Nash's Foundations by just 131 sales. Its reign was finally ended on 29 July, 2007, when it was overtaken by Timbaland's The Way I Are and Nash. By the end of 2007, "Umbrella" had sold 512,730, making it by far her biggest selling single to date and the second biggest selling song of 2007, trailing only Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love". Gnarls Barkley is an American musical collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) from New York, and rapper/vocalist Cee-Lo Green (Thomas Callaway), from Atlanta. ... Alternate covers Promotional CD and digital download single cover Crazy is the first single from Gnarls Barkley, a musical collaboration between Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo, and is taken from their 2006 debut album St. ... // Mika can refer to: Mika (singer) (born 1983), Lebanon-born singer-songwriter based in London FC MIKA, Armenian football team Mika Stadium The namesake singer of the Sadistic Mika Band Mika Aaltonen (born 1965), Finnish football player Mika Antić (1932-1986), Serbian poet Michaël Mika Goossens, Belgian football player... Grace Kelly is a song by Mika released for download on 9 January 2007. ... Love Is All Around is a song composed by Reg Presley and performed by the Troggs. ... Wet Wet Wet are a successful Scottish pop band of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. ... Kate Marie Nash[2] (born July 6, 1987) is a BRIT Award and NME Award winning English[3] singer songwriter best known for her UK number 2 hit Foundations in 2007, followed by the platinum selling UK number 1 album Made of Bricks. ... Foundations is a song by English singer-songwriter Kate Nash, released as a single on 25 June 2007. ... Timothy Z. Mosley, who works under the performing name Timbaland (born March 10, 1971), is a Grammy Award-winning American record producer, composer, rapper, and singer. ... The Way I Are[sic] is a song by Timbaland, released as the second single from his second album, Timbaland Presents Shock Value. ... Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British singer and winner of the third series of The X Factor UK television talent show. ... Bleeding Love is a pop–R&B ballad written by Ryan Tedder and Jesse McCartney[1] and produced by Tedder for Leona Lewis debut album, Spirit,[2] on which it is the opening track. ...

As well as topping the charts in the UK, "Umbrella" was a similar success throughout Europe, also reaching #1 in Ireland, Spain, Poland, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Norway, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Germany and Spain.

In Australia "Umbrella" entered the Australian ARIA singles chart at #1, spent six consecutive weeks at the top, and was certified Platinum by ARIA. It re-entered the top 50 in its 26th week at the position of #46, ending the year as 2007's 3rd biggest seller.^[15][16] In New Zealand, "Umbrella" reached #1 on the New Zealand RIANZ singles chart and remained there for six consecutive weeks, ending 2007 as the years biggest seller. An aria (Italian for air; plural: arie or arias in common usage) in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. ... The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists in New Zealand. ...

"Umbrella" is considered Rihanna's breakthrough single in many worldwide markets due to the fact it achieved considerable success in countries where her previous singles had not even charted. It did, for example, become a #1 hit in most of the Hispanic American countries, and in some Eastern European territories. Ibero-America is a term used to refer collectively to the countries in the Americas which were formerly colonies of Spain or Portugal. ... Statistical regions of Europe as delineated by the United Nations (UN definition of Eastern Europe marked red):  Northern Europe  Western Europe  Eastern Europe  Southern Europe Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current borders: Russia (dark orange), other countries formerly part of the USSR...

Due to its success in worldwide markets, "Umbrella" reached #1 on the United World Chart, remaining for 10 consecutive weeks and gaining 8.3 million points thus far. It ended the year as the most successful song of 2007, beating close competition from similar success story "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado. Audio sample Info Say It Right (help· info) Say It Right is a pop/R&B song written by Nelly Furtado, Timothy Timbaland Mosley and Nate Danja Hills for Furtados third album, Loose (2006). ... Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Grammy, Juno Award, ECHO and BRIT Award winning Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist, who also holds a Portuguese citizenship. ...

Music video

Rihanna in the music video for "Umbrella"

While working on the album, ideas had already began to circulate concerning Rihanna's image, extending into her music videos. She asked American music video director Chris Applebaum, who had previously worked with artists such as Kid Rock and Madonna, to send her "something" to work with. Def Jam representatives were expecting Applebaum to the treatment.^[17] A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Chris Applebaum is an American music video director, who previously directed music videos for many pop singers including Hilary Duff, Mandy Moore, Willa Ford, Jessica Simpson, Natasha Bedingfield, Ashley Tisdale, Britney Spears and Rihanna. ... Robert James Ritchie (born January 17, 1971 in Romeo, Michigan), better known as Kid Rock, is an American musician. ... This article is about the American entertainer. ...

In response, Applebaum hurriedly conceptualized the video, one of his first ideas being the silver body paint that Rihanna is seen in. Applebaum was doubtful whether Rihanna would embrace the idea, but her positive response following a letter the director sent to the artist ensured its approval. Makeup artist Pamela Neal mixed a paint that would give Rihanna such a look. During the session, the paint was re-applied between takes to ensure she was completely covered. The set was closed to Rihanna, Applebaum and a camera assistant.^[17] Rihanna also contributed her own ideas towards the video shoot, suggesting to Applebaum that she dance en pointe, an idea which he accepted.^[17] One foot shown en pointe. ...

The final cut of the video premiered at on April 26, 2007 at Thisisrihanna.com. Downloads were made available for those in the U.S. only from the website for a limited time. Rihanna and her dancers were choreographed by Tina Landon and the video was officially released on the iTunes Store on May 11, 2007, peaking at #1 for a period 8 weeks. On May 14, 2007, the "Umbrella" video debuted on BET’s 106 & Park at #9 before achieving its peak of #4. It was Rihanna’s first video to chart on the countdown since her debut single "Pon de Replay" in 2005. On May 1, 2007, "Umbrella" debuted on MTV’s Total Request Live at #10, before reaching #1 on May 9 where it remained for fifteen days, making it the longest running #1 of 2007. "Umbrella" has been announced as being the most played video ever on Polish music channel MTV Poland, beating previous record holder Madonna’s "Hung Up". Such was the success of the promotional video that it was also nominated for five awards at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, including "Female Artist of the Year", "Video of the Year" and "Monster Single of the Year", going on to win the latter two.^[18] As of April 22, 2008, the music video for "Umbrella" has been viewed over 53,700,000 times on popular video-sharing website YouTube, including video duplicates. The iTunes Store is an online business run by Apple Inc. ... BET redirects here. ... 106 & Park: BETs Top 10 Live is a top-ten video countdown that has airs weekdays on BET. It is the networks #1 rated show. ... Pon de Replay (Play it again in Bajan) is an dance-pop song written by Vada Nobles, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers, Alisha Brooks for R&B-reggae singer Rihannas debut album Music of the Sun (2005). ... TRL redirects here. ... This article is about the American entertainer. ... Audio sample Info (help· info) Hung Up is a pop-dance song written by American singer-songwriter Madonna, Stuart Price, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and produced by Madonna and Price. ... The 2007 MTV Video Music Awards took place September 9, in Las Vegas at The Palms. ... is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... YouTube is a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. ...

Other versions

Acoustic version

Rihanna recorded an acoustic version of the song with a new arrangement and some added lyrics^[19] and later released the song as a bonus track to Good Girl Gone Bad on the iTunes Music Store. In terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. ... Singles from Good Girl Gone Bad Released: March 29, 2007 Released: June 12, 2007 Released: August 21, 2007 Released: January 15, 2008 (Spanish) Released: (Latin America and Spain) Released: April 15, 2008[1] Released: May 13, 2008 [2] Good Girl Gone Bad is the third studio album by pop singer... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into ITunes. ...

Official remix

• "Cinderella/Umbrella" (Remix) by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z and Chris Brown

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Notable remixes

• Travis Barker Remix (rock version)
• Zax Extended Mix^[20]
• Remix featuring Lil' Mama
• The Lindbergh Palace Remix
• Dancehall Remix featuring Elephant Man
• Seamus Haji and Paul Emanuel Remix
• Spanglish version featuring Jay-Z & Ana Velasco^[21]
• Will Mellor, parody by Comedy Dave and Chris Moyles
• "Forever" (Umbrella Remix) by Justin Garner
• Vandalism Remix
• Klaxons and Rihanna performed a remix of "Umbrella," which featured interpolations of their song "Golden Skans", at the 2008 BRIT Awards
• "Together Here" (Umbrella Remix) by Kado Damball
• The Notorious B.I.G. remix (sampling "The World Is Filled")
• Reggae remixes featuring Vybz Kartel & Collie Buddz

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Cover versions

Marié Digby version

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Then-upcoming singer Digby released an acoustic version of "Umbrella" through iTunes under Hollywood Records on August 3, 2007. The single was previously released on the Los Angeles based radio station STAR 98.7 as a "You Oughta Hear" feature. Canadian ska punk band illScarlett and Terra Naomi (a singer who was discovered on YouTube), have also recorded acoustic versions. This article is about the iTunes application. ... Hollywood Records is a record label owned by Disney Music Group. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... KYSR is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California, covering the Los Angeles-Orange County-Riverside-San Bernardino, California area on 98. ... illScarlett is a four-member band from Clarkson, located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. ... Terra Naomi is an Alternative, rock, and pop, artist, who rose to fame through a performance of her song Say Its Possible on the video sharing site YouTube. ...

Track listing

1. "Umbrella" – 3:46
2. "Umbrella" (Acoustic) – 3:48

Manic Street Preachers EP

The Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers released their cover version of "Umbrella" to radio stations on 17th February 2008. A video for the cover is available on the band's official website [1]. The song was included on a CD album titled NME Awards 2008 given away free with a special souvenir box set of the magazine NME on 27th February, produced in celebration of the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 and Big Gig. The Manics were the recipients of the 2008 God Like Geniuses Award. The 14-track album also features covers performed by The Kooks, Wombats, Kate Nash, Lightspeed Champion, Kaiser Chiefs, Cribs, Bloc Party, CSS and others.^[22] // Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single but are too short to qualify as albums. ... Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as the Manics) are a Welsh rock band, consisting of James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, guitar), Nicky Wire (bass guitar, vocals) and Sean Moore (drums, vocals). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the day. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the genre of popular music. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Dave Eringa is a British record producer who has engineered, mixed, produced, and played on albums by such bands as Manic Street Preachers, Ocean Colour Scene, Idlewild, 3 Colours Red, and South. ... Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as the Manics) are a Welsh rock band, consisting of James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, guitar), Nicky Wire (bass guitar, vocals) and Sean Moore (drums, vocals). ... This article is about the country. ... Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as the Manics) are a Welsh rock band, consisting of James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, guitar), Nicky Wire (bass guitar, vocals) and Sean Moore (drums, vocals). ... // In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ... The NME Awards are an annual music awards show, founded by the music magazine NME (New Musical Express). ... For the book, see Donna Kossy. ... Binomial name Vombatus ursinus Shaw, 1800 The wombat is an Australian marsupial in appearance rather like a small, very short-legged and muscular bear approximately 1 metre in length, and with a mere nubbin of a tail. ... Kate Marie Nash[2] (born July 6, 1987) is a BRIT Award and NME Award winning English[3] singer songwriter best known for her UK number 2 hit Foundations in 2007, followed by the platinum selling UK number 1 album Made of Bricks. ... Lightspeed Champion is ex Test Icicle Devonte Haynes, are is currently signed to Domino Records. ... This article is about the band. ... MTV Cribs is a program on MTV that features the houses of celebrities, often young actors and musicians. ... This article is about the English alternative rock band. ... The acronym CSS may mean: Cansei de Ser Sexy a Brazilian musical group Cascading Style Sheets, a stylesheet language Central Security Service, an agency of the United States government, created to promote partnership between the NSA and the SCE Content Scramble System, a Digital Rights Management method used on some...

When made available for purchase on iTunes, the song reached #47 in the UK Singles Chart [2]. Despite being chart eligible, the release was not intended as an official single. As bassist Nicky Wire commented, "The Umbrella thing is an odd situation, especially for me with my insane marketing head on. Part of me thinks we should have given it a massive push as it’s selling loads on download, maybe we should have had a physical format and made it an official Manics single. I’m really perturbed that if it’s perceived that way, we’ll have had 33 consecutive Top 40 singles since Stay Beautiful, back when we signed to Sony. I don’t want our record ruined. I can take it as a happy accident as long as the sales don’t push it to Number 42 or something but it is definitely not an official Manics single" [3]. This articles trivia section has too much trivia. ... Stay Beautiful was released by the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers on July 29 1991 and was the first single to be released from the debut album Generation Terrorists February 10, 1992. ... The Sony BMG Music Entertainment logo. ...

Nicky Wire said of the song, "This was my favourite track of 2007. It's just so razor-sharp. And who'd have thought a song called 'Umbrella' would be Number One all over the world? It's such an un-pop word. I love it when a record seems to come from another universe. I just wanted us to have a stab at it!"^[23]

Two further versions were later made available on iTunes and now comprise a three-track Umbrella EP.

Track listing

1. "Umbrella" – 3:38
2. "Umbrella" (Acoustic) – 3:27
3. "Umbrella" (Grand Slam Mix) – 5:10

Other covers and parodies

• McFly recorded a rock cover, released as a B-Side on their 2007 single "The Heart Never Lies". They also performed it on their Greatest Hits Tour in 2007.

• The Dresden Dolls have performed "Umbrella" at their concerts.

• Winner of Australian Idol 2007 Natalie Gauci also performed "Umbrella".

• X Factor finalist Hope performed "Umbrella" on the first live show of The X Factor 2007.

• Indie singer-songwriter Scott Simons released a version of "Umbrella" on Myspace and his website which soon became an internet favorite and received radio play on several stations in the U.S. and overseas.^[24]

• Singer songwriter Mechanical Bride released a her version on Transgressive Records at the end on 2007 on 7" vinyl.

• Pop singer and actress Mandy Moore performed her own version of the song in a slower, more ballad-like arrangement. Moore stated that while she is not the biggest fan of pop music, "...you just can't deny how melodic this song is."^[25]

• "Umbrella" has been covered by Biffy Clyro during an appearance on BBC Radio One's Live Lounge.^[26]

• The Italian pop punk band Vanilla Sky recorded "Umbrella" for an exclusive on their MySpace in September 2007, receiving over 30,000 plays in its first week online.^[27] The music video has also been shown on VH1e.

• Indie pop group Tegan and Sara performed a cover of the song during shows in Kelowna, British Columbia, Calgary, Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, London, Ontario, Tucson, Arizona, Boston, Massachusetts, Washington DC, Boulder, Colorado and Brisbane, Australia.

• Swedish metal band Lillasyster made a hard metal version of Umbrella and also a video for their version of the song under Gain Music Entertainment. This version of the song has received a lot of attention in Sweden, Norway, Germany and even in Thailand, and went on Swedish national radio in September 2007 and received radio play on several stations in Sweden. The video is due to be released on October 10th on Myspace, Lillasyster's website and MTV and Swedish MTV did a piece on the making of the video which was aired October 3 and October 7.^[28]

• Irish/English Freakfolk artist Patrick Wolf performed a cover version of the song at the Lowlands festival in the Netherlands in 2007.

• "Umbrella" was parodied by Irish radio presenters Colm and Jimjim to talk about Salmonella.^[29]

• Starsailor covered the song while playing their song "Fidelity" on their Latin American tour.

• The Mint Chicks performed covered this song on New Zealand television show.

• The Axis of Awesome parodied this song in two videos for the 2007 Australian Federal Election, presented by the Sydney Morning Herald. In both videos, ex-federal treasurer Peter Costello is seen playing piano and rhyming to "Peter Costello" instead of "Umbrella"

• The Brazilian singer Pitty also covered it in a few live concerts.

• New York Group Push Play covered the song at their CD Release Party on December 22,2007 at Irving Plaza.^[30]

• Pop punk band All Time Low has covered this song live. A recorded version of their cover will appear on the compilation Punk Goes Crunk.

• Taylor Swift performed this acoustic, which is for download on itunes.

• The song was parodied in a 2007 episode of the sketch comedy series MADtv, in which Nicole Parker and Keegan-Michael Key impersonated 2008 U.S. Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, in a video called "Under Barack Obama", which was sung to the tune of "Umbrella".

• Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park performed a section of the song at The O2 Arena in London on 28th January 2008.

• My Chemical Romance performed a short snippet of Umbrella at several live shows. This may be, perhaps, to do with Gerard Way's release of comic book The Umbrella Academy.

• Canadian Band Parking By Permit Only performed a cover of this song at Harnival in November 2007.^[31]

• Grammy Award winners Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood performed this song as a duet in 2008 during the Love, Pain and the whole crazy Carnival Ride tour.

• OneRepublic covered this song while on tour.

• Nerdcore artist Shael Riley did an acoustic cover of the song which was posted on his Myspace.

• Song was used on LivinSick.com for a skateboard montage titled Umbrella Montage which was edited by Matt Swinsky.

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Reported coincidence with weather

The song's reign at number-one in the United Kingdom and Ireland occurred as the region was hit by extreme rainfall and flooding, which led some people to jokingly suggest the two events were related, the media referring to it as the "Rihanna Curse". Interestingly, the precise day the song was knocked from the #1 position by Timbaland, the weather seemed to improve. A similar situation occurred in New Zealand, where the song hit #1 in the early winter of 2007 as the country was experiencing some of the worst storms in its history.^[32] In Greece, "Umbrella" was released at a time when people were suffering through a summer of several major heatwaves topping 47C/117F, and the worst forest fires of modern history, killing 60 people. When the song peaked at #4 in the Greek singles chart in October 2007, the country experienced significant rainfall. Spain also experienced one of its wettest summers in decades, and the coldest August since the beginning of the 20th century during "Umbrella"'s chart run. Widespread flooding occurred throughout the United Kingdom in June and July 2007, killing 11 people. ... Timothy Z. Mosley, who works under the performing name Timbaland (born March 10, 1971), is a Grammy Award-winning American record producer, composer, rapper, and singer. ...

Charts

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