birthday cake song birthday cake song recording artist rihanna sixth studio album talk talk leaked internet fans expressed interest track included talk talk later revealed minute seconds length leaked fact final cut considered inclusion album high level fan interest song included album interlude length version known official remix track featuring rihanna boyfriend premiered online february coincide rihanna 24th birthday song peaked lyrics birthday cake express desire spontaneous sex music critics divided birthday cake majority praising criticising song sexual lyrical content critics compared song previous track album love consists sexually explicit lyrics release talk talk song debuted lower regions singles charts south_korea united_kingdom united_states background development birthday cake written rihanna production helmed interlude recorded room copenhagen denmark interview boom box producer answered question fans disappointed birthday cake featured talk talk leaked online album november release producer explained interlude produced length version song released point talk talk era saying talking rihanna originally interlude like fans going mad soon said got guess released piece saw long man tore twitter hit phone like fans going crazy right like birthday cake going turn song fans don want murdered composition lyrics birthday cake interlude lasts minute seconds appearing sixth track album instrumentation birthday cake consists heavy bass engine sounds electro beats track consists synths synth eastern inspired tone chants song rihanna adopts sensual tone vocals chants song provocative sexually explicit lyrics majority interlude rihanna reviewer flavour described singer vocal performance birthday cake sultry concurred rihanna sounds sultry playful song lyrical content interlude spare largely revolves rihanna chanting cake cake cake cake cake cake aside repetitive chant cake interlude consists multiple sexual metaphors lyric know wanna bite like bitch birthday wanna metaphor referring rihanna sings desire spontaneous sex rihanna promises lover singing bitch montreal gazette described lyric promise rihanna intending act desires interlude ends mid verse mid lyric fade described fade writing makes track appear finished fade rihanna puts forward line wanna fuck right critical final line blatant noting makes obvious critical reception birthday cake garnered mixed reviews music critics billboard praised interlude writing birthday themed pop music form seconds birthday cake celebration continued compare song lyrical message birthday sex complimentary birthday cake writing album amazing seconds long birthday cake rihanna time courtesy sensual master dream members hour long mix need bump grind going night entertainment focus noted birthday cake love leave misunderstanding rihanna sexual career entertainment weekly wrote birthday cake love provocative songs album describing like rough tracks criticized album designed listener bedroom dance floor daily_mail wrote listening love birthday cake double grown having listening expressed birthday cake calling track referred minimal waste time short length bbc_music equally critical writing birthday cake wholly pointless minute company star producer wasted boring birthday cake reviewer flavour mixed reaction lyrical content writing exactly bad song fact probably singing weeks point like like sex sing education younger fans need substance sic booth noted song resembles real life continuing write overtly sexual lyrics song earned talk talk parental advisory los_angeles_times commented lyrics birthday cake wouldn place roberts continued note birthday cake appeared writing hottest lines album come nearly brief birthday cake produced know wanna bite like bitch sings network let song run realizing mistake little minute music fades getting dirty leaving wondering rihanna believes selling talk talk chart performance release talk talk birthday cake debuted world charts song entered south korea international chart number november sales digital downloads united_kingdom birthday cake debuted number december united_states song charted number bubbling hot singles chart represents songs failed chart billboard hot march birthday cake appearance digital songs chart number following release official remix featuring brown peaked number strong airplay spins interlude birthday cake peaked number chart birthday cake certified gold recording_industry_association_of_america riaa denoting shipments units live performance rihanna performed song time saturday night live medley talk talk performance started original interlude version birthday cake featured rihanna black outfit giant spiders web backdrop performed short section song transitioned talk talk performed song rap vocal remix song included diamonds world tour act track listing album version birthday cake credits personnel recording recorded room copenhagen denmark personnel credits adapted liner notes talk talk jam recordings charts certifications remix featuring birthday cake remixed vocals american recording artist length version interlude originally included talk talk sent radio fourth single album march rumored christina_aguilera feature remix version rihanna posted message twitter saying wanted recording supposed reference song singer later tweeted wanted male vocalist female vocalist accompany remix twitter reading girls allowed cake later revealed brown featured artist length version despite receiving negative attention rihanna choice collaborator media fans alike singer defended decision saying simply music remix birthday cake lyrics similar interlude new lyrics provided brown critical reception collaboration met mixed response music critics shocked fact rihanna brown collaborated song despite relationship history cited remix improvement original interlude remix peaked number billboard hot chart number hip hop songs chart american rappers appeared additional remixes song background high level demand singer fans release length birthday cake rihanna posted message official twitter account promising agenda record release despite fans wanting hear updated version criticized notion writing honestly point rihanna better calling birthday cake interlude incomplete version saying album released essentially unfinished idolator noted release length song doubtful writing song dirty current minute second version single sic radio days february speculated christina_aguilera appear featured artist release rihanna posted message twitter saying need somebody sic birthday cake sic supposed reference song contains lyrical content relating sexual activities singer later confirmed want female artist feature collaboration stating girls allowed cake sic february produced interlude revealed featured collaborator shock world length version premiere february february development february speculated boyfriend featured artist length version reports surfaced pair photographed leaving los_angeles separate times brown invited rihanna birthday party rumors fueled rihanna brown spent time grammy awards february reports gained worldwide media controversy brown rihanna involved physical altercation evening grammy awards length version eventually revealed feature brown released rihanna birthday february interview billboard stated believed rihanna brown past judged birthday cake simply song saying music talented people record records wasn incident happened true thing forgive want believe people birthday cake impacted urban contemporary radio march serving fourth single talk talk march rihanna explained collaboration brown morning song came birthday cake mean ended recording time executing reached birthday cake person sense record musician despite going person know thought rappers times hottest artist right wanted track turn like don remix track trade records fans fans way fans come shouldn divide know music innocent march american rapper released verse birthday cake remix following month released track featuring added rap verse previously incorporated verses rhymes released freestyle song rapper composition brown verse begins lyric girl wanna fuck right rihanna concludes original interlude sing wanna fuck right brown verse continues long time missing body turn lights private party brown delivers vocals aggressive manipulative manner sings worst way wait blow candles end song rihanna performs new lyrics included original minute second interlude remember wanna kiss come according instrumentation birthday cake consists bass beats song lyrics revolve sexuality dominance men consists mainly oral sex metaphors including lyric want critical reception daily_mirror wrote remix came shock brown beat virtually car years ago noted rihanna face harsh criticism journalists fans alike setting good example younger girls continued state collaboration came surprise admit pretty amazing stroke genius terms publicity people minds collaboration remix daily_mirror compared collaboration physical altercation rihanna brown grammy awards writing case living cave years controversial brown convicted assaulting rihanna order issued complimentary remix writing improvement original interlude unfinished written pseudo pornography pop charts jon new_york_times commented remix birthday cake original good song critical collaboration rihanna brown history writing want forget fine don forgive continued explain writing displays advanced understanding marketing understanding moral obligations ethics rudimentary woman publicly accepting huffington_post labelled song regard song explicit lyrics provided explanation thought reason rihanna asking brown collaborate birthday cake writing know collaborations like commercial motivation like imagine artist choice creative partner gives kind access private emotional world collaboration suggests personal relationship feeling intimacy audience artist powerful feel like know going rihanna virtually present studio thing meant know problem strategy won work infamous leaked photograph virtually present car night years ago brown beat rihanna till face bruised kind terrifying intimacy easily forgotten live performance rihanna performed birthday cake remix radio fifth song set list performed remix entirety sang brown lyrics song later included diamonds world tour act chart performance remix version birthday cake debuted number chart chart issue dated march received airplay honours following week ascended number week chart song ascended number seven received honor song ascended number following week awarded airplay honor far reached peak number debuted number billboard hot chart issue dated march fourth week chart song climbed number fourth single talk talk birthday cake remix reached peaked number remix birthday cake debuted number chart generating increase spins chart issue dated march reached peak number charts year end charts premiere radio history
Birthday Cake (song)