Apparently Sex With Me is looking likely to be the next single from ANTI as it was recently added to US Rhythmic Radio and is currently at #67! This definitely is not a favourite but it could do ok commercially I suppose? It's one of the most cherrypicked tracks of the album iirc
Love On The Brain NEEDS to be a single tho
I think whatever else she releases from ANTI will have a similar impact as Kiss It Better did. Sex with Me would be a nice urban single to close the era with in the US and then we get a brand new smash single in November from R9 (in a perfect world).
'Desoerado' should be the next single, don't think this will have much impact at all.
Sex With Me sounds like a great choice. Could get a few extra sales from people who only bought the standard edition, it's urban enough to get good streams, and the song definitely leans itself towards a controversial video which always gets people talking.
Just gave this another listen, and I do kinda like it, just need more time for this to grow on me, I think the reason why it didn't grow on me sooner is because I only own the standard edition of 'Anti', which was the only one available in my local HMV on the first week of it's release. I do however think that this is an interesting choice and could maybe boost album sales, more in the UK than USA, I think the dodgy release really affected it's peak.
I remember when everyone (including me) thought that between 'Kiss It Better & 'Needed Me'' the former would have been the bigger hit, but we were all wrong and 'NM' became much more successful, more in the USA with a top 10 peak, and UK it barely scrapped the top 40, but still a lot more successful than the more commercial sounding 'KIB' which basically tanked everywhere.
As for 'Sex With Me', I think again that it will do better in the USA, (maybe top 20 or 30), and for the UK, I'm actually really hoping that it will do better considering it's only on the Deluxe Version and may become a surprise hit, maybe top 40, if at least it gets a decent video ('KIB' vid was lame) or at least drive more album sales, cause she definitely needs it here in the UK, where it seems that people were only interested in the lead single and her collaborations, which are all doing well, but still the album's currently floundering.
However I'm still hoping that there will be more singles, 'Desperado', 'Love On The Brain' or maybe a re-recorded version of 'Higher' to make it full length and maybe get a guest feature on it.
Should be LOTB or nothing really...
So Popjustice just posted an article saying that a DJ in the Phillipines has found out that 'Love On The Brain' will be the new single!
Really hope it's true! Easily my fave on the album
Here is that said article! http://www.popjustice.com/thenews/apparently-rihannas-next-single-will-be-love-on-the-brain/
This has to be true I'd much prefer this to Sex With Me which was the other rumoured single!
To be honest I think everything released from this album will flop now so I had hoped she would've come back with the first single from her new album already instead of another Anti single.
But LOTB is amazing, although after hearing the live version the album version doesn't really satisfy me anymore. I hope we get a good video for it.
(And I also hope she'll still release 'Sex with Me' as a single in the US).
Best choice!
Yes best choice, then Desperado!
By far and away the best thing on the album.
'Love On The Brain' is confirmed as the next single by Rihanna on Instagram!
She tagged a performance of this song with #NextSingle !
YAY.
Fantastic! Really the best choice and I can't wait to see the video.
Finally! Can't wait for this to smash *.*
This is BY FAR the best song on ANTI and she does it live fantastically - I'm still shocked when some people say Rihanna is poor live, even after constantly sensational performances of Diamonds and Stay. She's grown into a top notch singer over the years and can be just as good live vocally as the likes of Gaga when she wants to be and has the material to prove it. I imagine this will need a big promo slot to take off here and X Factor might be too far away but we'll see.
I'm really liking this! Gorgeous vocals and it gives me Duffy/Amy Winehouse vibes at parts of the song.
I've grown into this so much since Dancing Wth The Stars
'Love on the Brain' is in the Dutch tipparade (which functions as a bubbling under chart) and was there last week as well, but I didn't notice. I hope it'll enter the official top 40 sometime in the next few weeks!
Although I don't want to get my hopes up as 'Kiss It Better' stalled there as well and I haven't heard it on radio yet, it's not in the iTunes top 100 or in the Spotify chart
Artwork
Love the cover.
Apparently they are waiting for 'Needed Me' to die (it's still slaying) on US radio before sending it to radio. Here's hoping for a good music video and fingers crossed the GP will take to it (I have some serious doubts about that).
love the song but any live performance I've seen of it has been SHOCKING. she rly can't sing this song live...
i just hear goat rih during every performance??? too many inflections too little time
But the vocal mannerisms fit the songgg
help me
you need jesus
I think the performances of this have been her best vocal performances like...ever? Ha.
In terms of all out performances, the BBHMM one from the iHeart Radio awards was off the SCALE amazing.
what am I listening to??!
It has entered the US iTunes top 200 and Spotify top 200. It's coming for our weaves y'all!!!!
A Remix EP has been released on streaming sites!
TIDAL: http://smarturl.it/tLOTBrmx
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/sLOTBrmx
Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/aLOTBrmx
Is the video still coming for this?
(Also I've just noticed, is it not actually the 4th single?)
Added to Radio 1's playlist!
Finally a sign that they are actually going ahead with this!
omgg the smash is coming!!
Up to #212 on UK iTunes after being played on Radio One
US POP Airplay
87 - RIHANNA -Love On The Brain: 16.819 (+1.068)
I'm not sure how it works but that seems good I guess
It had a good update today. It had good updates on rhythmic radio last week and good updates on pop radio this week (especially today). I hope it can smash.
Also up to #96 in US iTunes.
Re-entered the Hot 100 at a new peak position of #80. SMASH. (Previous peak was #83).
It's also #8 on the Polish chart, its first top 10 position.
A clean version of Sex With Me will be sent to US Urban Radio through the HitDisc compilation on Friday apparently!
This doesn't mean it's definitely a single but if it is I guess it'll be released with LOTB like Needed Me was with Kiss it Better?
(If the rumour turns out to be false I'll merge this with the LOTB thread)
'Sex with Me' has been played on Urban US Radio for quite some time now. I think it just kind of took off on its own, like 'Loveeeeeee Song' did too.
Up to B-List on Radio One!
EDIT: And now up to #178 on iTunes! Millon seller coming through
#81 on iTunes, it wasn't even top 150 yesterday Get that hit.
And it's also #64 on US iTunes.
It's coming everybody
I'm in love with this again.
I'm really starting to have faith that this is going to be become an actual hit now. I read it's also charted in Sweden and Austria. Sure, they're low positions for now but it's hopeful.
Dutch radio hasn't played it yet but I can't imagine that they won't soon.
#51 in the US now and #59 on UK iTunes.
It's definitely outperforming 'Kiss It Better' in the US but I just remembered KIB did pretty well on UK iTunes (peaked around top 20 for a while) and only peaked at #46 in the chart. I hope LOTB will do better. I think Spotify is going to be a real problem for LOTB though, and not just in the UK but anywhere.
Here's hoping for some Spotify payola from her team
Any update on a video?
The Gigamesh remix of this is excellent, one of my favourite remixes of the year, very Tears for Fears.
I really need this to smash, one of her all time best.
totally on board with this now
mø just covered it in the live lounge hope it gives it a boost
POP
18 17 RIHANNA Love On The Brain 4309 3378 931 19.106
+220 Spins
+111 Bullet
+1.871 Audience
RHYTHMIC
18 17 RIHANNA Love On The Brain 2063 1945 118 7.623
+26 Spins
+6 Bullet
+0.180 Audience
URBAN
26 23 RIHANNA Love On The Brain 1247 1135 112 6.596
+28 Spins
-2 Bullet
+0.345 Audience
Great radio update today! This is about to be blow up in the US. I hope it will cross over to Europe.
Taken off the Radio 1 playlist this week
I think it's too premature, but whatevs.
Removed from the Radio 2 playlist as well, GAH
I wonder if the label are cancelling it? Maybe they wanna push it in the awards season?
Up to #34 on the Billboard! It's such a shame this isn't doing much in the UK (it pretty much has no chance now after Radio 1 dropping it). RELEASE A VIDEO
I know I keep going on about it but the ANTI era could've been so much bigger in Europe if she had just recorded 'Cheap Thrills' and had released it over the Summer. I'm 95% certain radios would have absolutely no problem picking LOTB up following such a huge hit.
Maybe it can still happen though once the video drops or the song smashes in US. LOTB already hit #1 in Poland (which is based on airplay only). Dutch radio played it only once and that was a remix in the middle of the night... It's so frustrating because this song has the potential to be one of her career defining songs. I'm starting to think she should've released this as the lead.
Became her 40th top 20 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
So this is still happening in America it seems. Just reached the top 10 on US iTunes *.*
If this eventually goes top 10 on Billboard Hot 100, it'll be her millionth top 10 or something!
G'won *.* I wish something would make it happen here in the UK.
Joseph pointed out to me the other day that it's being released on CD single in Germany (in fact it's out today). https://www.amazon.de/Love-Brain-2-Track-Rihanna/dp/B01NALNKIN/ It includes the Don Diablo Remix. The last time she had a CD format there was with FourFiveSeconds!
Rihanna is one of the few artists where I still do buy the physical product, although I hate inconsistencies with physical releases!
This really needs a video to push it a bit more in Europe. I'm secretly hoping they're planning a Grammy performance + a video release and iTunes discount that same night. Also Spotify playlist adds would help as its Spotify position is holding it back.
None of this will happen but a girl can dream.
Dutch radio is playing this song! Praise the lord. It took them long enough but it seems like they have finally forgiven Rihanna for inflicting urban songs on them last year.
(OK so far only one station is playing but I hope the others are not too far behind).
Rihanna has released a remixes ep for Sex With Me on iTunes, could this mean it's the next single?
This is a great song and probably the most commercial left on ANTI but LOTB is still doing well in America so she should wait a few months. An ANTI tour video would be brilliant *.*
I don't think they're gonna invest much in another single at this stage, although maybe with 'Love On The Brain' doing so well in the US they think it's worth following it up.
Personally I hate this song, but I do hear it referenced a lot IRL and in popular culture.
Is there much point in releasing a fifth single though especially as, Love On The Brain hasn't really done anything outside of the US?
It's officially become her THIRTIETH top 10 on the billboard hot 100, charting at 8 this week.
She now has the third highest number of top 10s behind the Beatles (34) and Madonna (38).
Won't be long until she has the most ever, surely?
GET IT, RIH.
Can't believe it. So thoroughly deserved too.
It's even projected to go to #5 this week
Also #7 (+16) in Austria this week.
MK Remix is really clicking with me rn.
Made it to #5! Means it's her 22nd top 5 now, which is the fourth most of any artist ever, after The Beatles, Madonna, Mariah and Janet 🙌🏼 She only needs 8 more to have the most ever 😏
Her best single in eras tbh, very well deserved.
If only it translated into being a UK smash!!
She seems to have abandoned us completely this era! :/
The success in America is from radio airplay isn't it? It's only #35 on iTunes and #37 Spotify in the US.
Incredible *.* I have no clue why this didn't even make the top 150 here, it received decent enough airplay and a good reception from fans/critics? It's sold around 100k though which isn't bad.
Incredible.
Performed on the voice tonight! Hopefully that'll make it re-enter the top 100 on UK iTunes.
It's looking highly unlikely this'll be released as a single so I'll merge it back into the 'Love On The Brain' thread.
US rly stannin this era 🙌🏼
I'm absolutely baffled as to how this got Top 5 in the US. Has she done any promotion for it at all?! There's not even a video!
I really think this could've gone top 20 if she'd went on X Factor/Brit Awards and done a BBMA style performance. Can't believe her only promo in the UK during the whole ANTI era has been one Brit Awards performance though 😫
Didn't know if this deserved a topic or not in here, so I'll just put it in here...
Don Diablo Remix now has an official video
idk where else to put this but Love On The Brain is being performed on X-Factor tomorrow (Sunday)!!
Let's hope it's a good one. Could actually get it a new peak because the original peak is so awful, haha
Here's for hoping the performance is so amazing it'll do wonders for the song. Is X-factor still popular?
The cover itself was good but not that special lmao but LOTB is up to #44 on iTunes, the highest it's ever been iirc! *.* 900k seller coming through
is that really the highest it's been :/ :/ :/
It'd be lovely to see this finally chart, if it does. It's magnificent.
The performance was all over the place but she's got so much potential, regardless of that it is MAD the original hadn't gone top 40 on iTunes prior to this performance :/ It's one of her best songs for me and everyone seems to love it.
"Love on the Brain" reenters the UK sales chart at a new peak of #65
Omg fab *.* It's a shame it took someone covering on X Factor but at least it finally charted a bit better
Silver seller coming through
New peak
Still top 200 on iTunes
Ridiculous that it took that to get a new peak, as Liam says, but still good to see it benefitting!
Definitely could've been a big hit with a performance or video </3
Fell in love with this all over again, I think this might be my favourite Rihanna vocals ever if I had to present a song in a any song AFSC or anything like that I think it'd be this purely because it shows more than anything how damn TALENTED she is, I dare y'all to make someone who thinks Rihanna can't sing listen to this. Queen <3
And this has now gone silver in the UK one of my fave Rihanna songs nowadays so fab to see this certified!
Brilliant! One of my ANTI faves, reminds me of an old relationship I had...💔
How can a song that only went to #145/#175 go silver? It sounds like a certification that's not too hard to get then..
Some glimmer of justice for this song at last <3
I always wish we got a proper single treatment for this.
It’s UK peak is so low from what I’d probably say is the best vocals Rihanna has ever done on a track. It’s sales are pretty strong though but this deserved at least top ten! I’d love more throwback tracks like this what show off her natural vocals.
At least it went top ten in the US.
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