Lyrics:
Yellow diamonds in the light
And we're standing side by side
As your shadow crosses mine
What it takes to come alive
It's the way I'm feeling I just can't deny
But I've gotta let it go
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
Shine a light through an open door
Love and life I will divide
Turn away cause I need you more
Feel the heartbeat in my mind
It's the way I'm feeling I just can't deny
But I've gotta let it go
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
Bio:
Rihanna established her dance-pop
credentials in summer 2005 with her debut smash hit, "Pon de Replay,"
and continued to demonstrate such hit potential in subsequent years
(e.g., "S.O.S." in 2006; "Umbrella" in 2007; "Disturbia" in 2008).
However, it was the singer's third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, that made
her a full-fledged international pop star with a regular presence atop
the charts. Born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988, in Saint
Michael, Barbados, she exhibited a certain star quality as a young
child, often winning beauty and talent contests. Because she lived on
the fairly remote island of Barbados in the West Indies, however, she
never foresaw the sort of stardom that would later befall her.
That stardom came courtesy of a fateful meeting with Evan Rogers. The
New Yorker was vacationing in Barbados with his wife, a native of the
island, when he was introduced to Rihanna. Rogers had spent years
producing pop hits for such superstars as *NSYNC, Christina Aguilera,
Jessica Simpson, Kelly Clarkson, Laura Pausini, and Rod Stewart, and he
offered the talented Rihanna a chance to record. Along with Rogers'
production partner, Carl Sturken (the other half of Syndicated Rhythm
Productions), Rihanna recorded several demos that sparked the interest
of the Carter Administration -- that is, the newly appointed Def Jam
president Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter. This led to an audition, and Rihanna
both received and accepted an on-the-spot offer to sign with Def Jam.
Come summer 2005, Def Jam timely rolled out "Pon de Replay," the lively
leadoff single from Music of the Sun. Produced almost entirely by
Rogers and Sturken, the song synthesized Caribbean rhythms with
urban-pop songwriting. "Pon de Replay" caught fire almost immediately,
climbing all the way to number two on The Billboard Hot 100 and
contesting the half-summer reign of Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together"
atop the chart. The debut album spawned one other hit, "If It's Lovin'
That You Want," which also broke the Top 40. Rihanna's follow-up effort,
A Girl Like Me, saw even greater success and spawned three sizeable
singles: a chart-topper ("S.O.S.") and two Top Ten hits ("Unfaithful,"
"Break It Off").
Rihanna's third album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), continued her success
while signaling a change of direction. Whereas her past two albums had
been imbalanced -- often weighed down by faceless balladry and canned
Caribbean-isms -- Good Girl Gone Bad was a first-rate dance-pop album,
stacked with several chart-topping singles and boasting collaborations
with Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, Timbaland, and StarGate. The lead single, "Umbrella,"
shot to number one, as did "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia." Its success
turned Rihanna into one of the planet's biggest pop stars. Rated R
(2009) was released in the wake of a physical altercation with romantic
interest Chris Brown, who pled guilty to felony assault. The album's
lead single, "Russian Roulette" -- written with Ne-Yo -- was one of the
year's most controversial singles.
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