If It's Lovin' That You Want

Infobox Single
Name = If It's Lovin' That You Want


Artist = Rihanna
from Album = Music of the Sun
Released = November 28 2005
Format = CD single, digital download, airplay
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Pop, reggae
Length = 3:28
Label = Def Jam, SRP
Writer = Samuel Barnes, Scott La Rock, Mosely Makeba, Jean-Claude Alexsander, Lawrence Parker Oliver
Producer = Poke & Tone
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Rihanna
Type = singles
Last single = "Pon de Replay"
(2005)
This single = "'If It's Lovin' That You Want"
(2005)
Next single = "Let Me"
(2006)Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single


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"If It's Lovin' That You Want" is a pop–reggae song written by Samuel Barnes, Scott La Rock, Makeba, Jean Claude Oliver, Alaxsander Mosely and Lawrence Parker for pop singer Rihanna's debut album, "Music of the Sun" (2005). Produced by Poke & Tone, the mid-tempo song is—according to Rihanna—an instruction to a man: "If it's lovin' that you want, you should make me your girl because I've got what you need".cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author=Tecson, Brandee J. |coauthors=Richard, Yasmine |title=Rihanna Insists She's Got What You Need In 'Pon De Replay' Follow-Up |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1508016/20050819/rihanna.jhtml |work=MTV News |publisher=MTV Networks |date=August 19 2005 |accessdate=2008-06-21 ]

It was released as the album's second single after "Pon de Replay" and peaked at number thirty-six on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100. It had more success on a worldwide scale, reaching the top five in Poland and Slovakia, the top ten in Australia and New Zealand and number eleven on the UK Singles Chart; it also became her first number-one crossover hit in the Philippines. "If It's Lovin That You Want" was the second and last single released single from "Music of the Sun" in the U.S.; a third single, "Let Me", was released in Japan.

A sequel, "If It's Lovin' That You Want - Part 2" (featuring Corey Gunz), was included on Rihanna's second album, "A Girl like Me" (2006). That version was featured on an episode of the television series "Gossip Girl".

Music video

The music video for the song was shot on a stretch of beach on the coast of California by director Marcus Raboy, and the dancing was choreographed by Fatima Robinson. Rihanna said that the video "is about having fun, giving off the vibe of the Caribbean", and that "I'm just [performing] to the camera as if it were my boyfriend. [...] It's going to be incredible." Scenes of the video show a bonfire, belly dancing and Rihanna on a jet ski, which she had to learn how to ride. On "TRL" Poland, it was retired from the countdown after fifty days.

Charts

The song also her debut on the ECD:UK at no.20

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