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"Rude Boy" yang diambil dari album terakhir Rihanna, Rated R menjadi single kedua yang dirilis secara Internasional, namun untuk pangsa pasar US sendiri, "Rude Boy" ini dirilis menjadi single ketiga. Apa saja yang menjadi kelebihan single ini? Berdurasi 3.42 dengan mengandalkan nuansa r&b pop dibalut dengan sedikit irama reggae dan sedikit beat-beat musik club, memang meiliki nada yang berbeda dengan beberapa single sebelumnya, mudah menancap di telinga. Dari segi vokal, Rihanna sangat terlihat sangat matang membawakan single yang satu ini.
Ditulis oleh Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Ester Dean, Makeba Riddick, Rob Swire dan Rihanna sendiri, di produseri oleh Stargate yang memang sebelumnya telah membantu Rihanna memproduseri beberapa lagu, tidak ketinggalan Rob Swire juga turut membantu Stargate dalam memproduseri single ini, dan tidak mengherankan dalam waktu yang cukup singkat, "Rude Boy" berhasil menembus posisi 10 di Hot 100 Billboard.
Apa sih makna single ini menurut Rihanna? "about the kind of street, bad boy that girls sometimes like" papar Rihanna dalam suatu majalah. Benarkah demikian? Mari kita simak liriknya, "Tonight I'mma let you be the captain, Tonight, I'mma let you do your thing, yeah
Tonight, I'mma let you be a rider, Giddy up, Giddy up, Giddy up, babe" Tampaknya Rihanna benar-benar ingin menyenangkan pasangannya pada saat sedang berduaan... hemm mengasyikan sekali.
Selain itu pada bagian chorus "Come here rude boy, boy Can you get it up, Come here rude boy, boy, Is you big enough, Take it, take it, Baby, baby, Take it, take it, Love me, love me" yang dinyanyikan berulang-ulang, dapat menjadi anthem baru bagi single ini dan tidak membosankan. Lalu bagaimana dengan konsep videonya? Maih disutradarai oleh Melina Matsoukas yang sebelumnya juga menyutradarai video klip "Hard". "Completely different from any other video I've shot before, pretty freakin' cool". Rihanna juga menambahkan "A lot of my videos are really dark and edgy and tough. 'Rude Boy' is more playing along the lines from my roots. We used a lot of color, but also the costumes were very Jamaican dance-hall queen type". Selain tampil dengan bergoyang, Rihanna juga terlihat menggoda seorang pria pada video "Rude Boy" ini. Cukup unik bukan?
Tanpa banyak tanya dan omong, mari kita bergoyang sambil menyanyikan berulang-ulang pada bagian "want, want, want", "boom boom boom"..."want, want, want", "boom boom boom"... yang juga tampil pada video klip tersebut.
(Joe Ari Shasta / CreativeDisc Contributors)
Lyrics:
Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Tonight
I'mma let you be the captain
Tonight
I'mma let you do your thing, yeah
Tonight
I'mma let you be a rider
Giddy up
Giddy up
Giddy up, babe
Tonight
I'mma let it be fire
Tonight
I'mma let you take me higher
Tonight
Baby we can get it on, yeah
We can get it on, yeah
Do you like it boy
I wa-wa-want
What you wa-wa-want
Give it to me baby
Like boom, boom, boom
What I wa-wa-want
Is what you wa-wa-want
Na, na-aaaah
Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Tonight
I'mma give it to you harder
Tonight
I'mma turn your body out
Relax
Let me do it how I wanna
If you got it
I need it
And I'mma put it down
Buckle up
I'mma give it to you stronger
Hands up
We can go a little longer
Tonight
I'mma get a little crazy
Get a little crazy, baby
Do you like it boy
I wa-wa-want
What you wa-wa-want
Give it to me baby
Like boom, boom, boom
What I wa-wa-want
Is what you wa-wa-want
Na, na-aaaah
Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
I like the way you touch me there
I like the way you pull my hair
Babe, if I don't feel it I ain't faking
No, no
I like when you tell me kiss it there
I like when you tell me move it there
So giddy up
Time to get it up
You say you're a rude boy
Show me what you got now
Come here right now
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Come here rude boy, boy
Can you get it up
Come here rude boy, boy
Is you big enough
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Love me
Love me
Love me
Love me
Love me
Love me
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Love me
Love me
Love me
Love me
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
