Thomas created a beat which was dancehall-influenced he later played it for Boi-1da to which he positively responded, "We're both Jamaican-Canadian. Thomas described the time spent at the home as a "beat factory, everyone was sitting there working and collaborating with each other." In the summer of 2015, Thomas, Ritter, Boi-1da, and Martin Mason, among others, stayed at Drake's house in Los Angeles for a mid-week period. "Work" was written by PartyNextDoor, Drake, Rihanna, Monte Moir, Rupert "Sevn" Thomas, Allen Ritter and Matthew Samuels, and was produced by Boi-1da, Sevn Thomas, Ritter, Kuk Harrell and Noah "40" Shebib.
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Subsequently, it was made available for digital download in most countries worldwide via the iTunes Store and was added for streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal.
That same day, "Work" premiered on several radio stations worldwide including the BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom. Following the release of three singles in 2015-" FourFiveSeconds" (with Kanye West and Paul McCartney), " Bitch Better Have My Money" and " American Oxygen"- Billboard announced that Rihanna was set to premiere a new single on January 27, 2016, at 8 am EST. Rihanna aimed to take a hiatus from recording music stating "I wanted to have a year to just do whatever I want artistically, creatively," Rihanna went on to state that this hiatus lasted a week and she had returned to the recording studio. 3 Composition and lyrical interpretationįollowing the release of Rihanna's seventh studio album, Unapologetic, and its accompanying tour, Rihanna took a step back from music."Work" became the first dancehall song to top the Billboard Hot 100 since Sean Paul's " Temperature" (2006) and was succeeded three weeks later by another dancehall song, Drake's " One Dance". The song was further promoted with live performance's at the 2016 BRIT Awards which featured guest appearances from Drake and SZA, the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards, as well as being performed on the Anti World Tour. The first of the two versions was directed by Rihanna's previous collaborator Director X, while the second was directed by Tim Erem.
The song was accompanied by two music videos, which both premiered on February 22, 2016. It has also since sold 32.5 million units worldwide, making it one of the best-selling digital singles of all-time. The song also peaked at number one in nine additional countries and is certified Platinum or higher in thirteen countries, including 8x Platinum in the US, 3x Platinum in the UK and Diamond in France. The song remained at the top for nine weeks. The song reached number one on the United States' Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Rihanna's fourteenth number-one single and making her the act with the fourth-most number-one songs on the chart (after The Beatles, Mariah Carey and Elvis Presley). Critical opinion improved over time the song was included on several year-end lists and nominated for two awards at the 59th Grammy Awards: Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Ĭritical response to "Work" was mixed upon release critics praised its composition and Rihanna's decision to return to her earlier themes of dancehall music, while others were more skeptical of the song's potential as a comeback for the singer. The song is in the Jamaican Patois language and three of its writer-producers: Rupert "Sevn" Thomas, Matthew "Boi-1da" Samuels, and Jahron "PartyNextDoor" Brathwaite, are Jamaican-Canadians. Lyrically, the song incorporates themes of working for money, as well as discussing fragile relationships. The dancehall, reggae-pop and R&B song, contains an interpolation of " If You Were Here Tonight" (1985) performed by Alexander O'Neal. The song was written by PartyNextDoor, Rihanna, Drake, Monte Moir, Rupert "Sevn" Thomas, Allen Ritter and Matthew Samuels, and was produced by Boi-1da, Kuk Harrell and Noah "40" Shebib. The song was released as the lead single on January 27, 2016, through Westbury Road and Roc Nation. " Work" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her eighth studio album, Anti (2016), featuring Canadian rapper Drake.
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