Numb (Rihanna song)

"Numb"
Song by Rihanna featuring Eminem from the album Unapologetic
Recorded 2012
Genre
Length 3:25
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • @Oakwud
  • Ronald "Flippa" Colson
  • @PopWansel
Unapologetic track listing
"Diamonds"
(2)		 "Numb"
(3)		 "Pour It Up"
(4)

"Numb" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her seventh studio album Unapologetic (2012). It features guest vocals by American rapper Eminem, making it the pair's third collaboration since the two official versions of "Love the Way You Lie". Following the album's release, "Numb" charted on multiple charts worldwide including in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Composition and lyrical interpretation

"Numb" lasts for a duration of 3:25.[2] The song's instrumentation consists of an Egyptian flute riff and "a crashing bombastic beat." "Numb" contains a sample of Kanye West's song "Can't Tell Me Nothing", written by West and Aldrin Davis. The lyric "Let the champagne smash/ Let that man get cash" from "Can't Tell Me Nothing" is the sample used in "Numb". The song's lyrical content is "controversial" as it is about feeling "numb after taking drugs." and a "homage to getting high." Rihanna performs the lines

"Ecstasy in the air

I don't care Can't tell me nothing I'm impaired

The worst for wear"

in the first Verse. Eminem "spits" his verse, performing the lines

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, come here dear

Trying to get closer to you I'm motioning you to pull over boo I'm the siren that you hear

I'm the butt police, and I'm looking at your rear, rear, rear."

Chart performance

Upon the release of Unapologetic, "Numb" charted in several territories due to strong digital downloads. On November 25, 2012, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 92,[3] and the UK R&B Chart at number 13.[4] It also debuted at number 99 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart.[5] In the United States, the song debuted at number 42 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[6] It also debuted at number 14 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart,[7] and at number 16 on the US R&B Songs chart.[8]

Credits and personnel

Recording
Sample
Personnel

  • Lead vocals – Rihanna
  • Featured artist – Eminem
  • Songwriting – Sam Dew, Robyn Fenty, Warren Felder, Ronald "Flippa" Colson, Marshall Mathers, Andrew Wensel, Kanye West, Aldrin Davis, Connie Mitchell
  • Production – @Oakwud, "Ronald Flippa" Colson @Flippa123, @PopWansel
  • Production coordination – Donnie Meadows, Tanisha Broadwater
  • Vocal recording – Marcos Tovar, Kuk Harrell
  • Additional vocal recording – Xavier Stephenson
  • Vocal production – Kuk Harrell
  • Assistant engineering – Blake Mares, Robert Cohen, Aamir Yaqub, Liam Nolan
  • Mixing – Manny Marroquin
  • Background vocals – Sam Dew

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Unapologetic, Def Jam Recordings, SRP Records.[9]

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5] 99
France (SNEP)[10] 128
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] 92
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[4] 13
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6] 42

References

  1. ↑ Ritchie, Kevin (November 22, 2012). "Rihanna — Unapologetic". Now. 32 (12). Toronto. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ "iTunes — Music — Unapologetic by Rihanna". iTunes Store (GB). Apple. November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Rihanna: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Archive Chart: 2012-12-01" UK R&B Chart. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Rihanna – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Rihanna. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Rihanna – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Rihanna. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  7. ↑ "US R&B/Hip-hop Digital Songs — Week of December 8, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 8, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  8. ↑ "US R&B Songs — Week of December 8, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 8, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  9. ↑ Unapologetic (inlay cover). Rihanna. Def Jam Recordings, SRP. 2012. p. 19.
  10. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Rihanna feat. Eminem – Numb" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
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