Amy Winehouse, Etta James and Sam Cooke were also perceived as influences by critics, with Michigan Daily 's Christian Kennedy citing Winehouse's song "Wake Up Alone" as the song that Rihanna had borrowed from "stylistically." She even does a few seconds of what sounds like Frankie Valli's falsetto." Jordan Bassett of NME compared her high notes to those of Mariah Carey, while Vibe magazine and USA Today noted similarities with the work of Erykah Badu. Forrest Wickman of Slate magazine commented that the song "seems designed as a showcase for Rihanna’s vocal versatility: She starts out singing high and sweet, then drops into her chest to show off the lower part of her range and finally gets into powerful belting. Rihanna's vocals were noted as being acrobatic ranging from her "trademark snarl", to high notes, complemented by all- tenor backing vocals. The song follows a chord progression of G–Am–Em–D, and Rihanna's vocals span from D 3 to G 5. Written in the key of G major, it has a tempo of 57 beats per minute in compound quadruple ( 12Ĩ) time. Its instrumentation consists of a "guitar arpeggio," "swirling organ", a "simple chord progression", syncopated strings, and "a wave of an orchestra". "Love on the Brain" is a mid-tempo '50s and '60s inspired doo-wop and soul ballad, with a " rock edge". Īccording to some reviewers, Rihanna channels Amy Winehouse ( pictured) on the track. It was sent to rhythmic contemporary and urban contemporary radios on 27 September, impacted contemporary hit radio on 11 October, and the hot adult contemporary stations on 14 November. In early August 2016, Philadelphia radio personality Mike Adam stated that "Love on the Brain" would be the album's fourth single, later confirmed by Rihanna herself on 21 August 2016. "Love on the Brain" was first announced as a recorded track in 2015, and was to be debuted at the 2015 Brit Awards, however Rihanna allegedly pulled out. The song was finally mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios in North Hollywood, along with mixing assistants Chris Galland, Jeff Jackson and Ike Schultz, before being mastered by Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound, in New York City. The vocal recording was carried out by Marcos Tovar for Allfadersup and Harrell. "Love on the Brain" was recorded at Westlake Studios in Los Angeles. Ball and Angel also supplied the song's keyboards and drums. Īmerican producer Kuk Harrell handled the song's vocal production. Brown sent it to Rihanna and she also reacted similarly, writing additional lyrics. However, his manager at Roc Nation, Jay Brown, heard the song and loved it. That's why Amy Winehouse was never pastiche or retro even though her music has an old soul sound." Ball also stated that they did not write the song with Rihanna in mind. Ball recalled, "We wanted it to have that juxtaposition of an old school soul feel with modern lyrics. Written by Norwegian songwriter and producer Fred Ball and American songwriter Joseph Angel in late 2013, inspiration for the song came from Prince and Al Green. "Love on the Brain" was the first song commissioned for Rihanna's album Anti. Norwegian producer Fred Ball co-wrote and produced the song. "Love on the Brain" was covered by various artists including Kelly Clarkson, Ava Max, Little Mix and S'22kile from Idols SA season 17. Rihanna performed the track during her Anti World Tour, as well as at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards and the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. It was certified 5× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song reached number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart it became Rihanna's 22nd top-five single breaking her tie with Elvis Presley as the artist with the 5th most top-five singles, and it was also her 30th top-ten single tying her with Madonna and The Beatles.
"Love on the Brain" reached number one on the Polish Singles Chart, as well as the top-twenty in France and New Zealand, and top-forty in Austria, Canada, and Germany. Lyrically, the song has themes of swinging back and forth between the highs and lows of toxic love. Its instrumentation consists of a guitar arpeggio, swirling organ, a simple chord progression, syncopated strings, and orchestra.
"Love on the Brain" is a doo-wop and soul ballad inspired by 1950s and 1960s music. The song was sent to the US rhythmic contemporary and urban contemporary radio stations on 27 September 2016 as the album's fourth and final single. It was written by Joseph Angel and produced by Fred Ball, with additional writing by Rihanna. " Love on the Brain" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her eighth studio album, Anti (2016).
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