

According to the digital sheet music published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, it is written in the key of G minor and set in common time, with a moderately slow groove. "Rehab" is a mid- tempo R&B ballad with a subtle backbeat. "Rehab" was the first song remixed for the project, and this version was released in Canada and the US on May 19, 2009, via iTunes.
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He was contracted to work with various artists and remix their songs, which would be available for Verizon customers to download at no extra cost. In early 2009, Timbaland signed a contract with Verizon Communications, under which he would create music exclusively for BlackBerry Storm mobile phone owners. In January 2009, it was released as a CD single in Germany, with the same material as in the UK release. On December 12, 2008, the song and its instrumental version were released on iTunes and 7digital in ten countries, including Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Spain and Switzerland. The performance was featured on Rihanna's DVD Good Girl Gone Bad Live. A live performance of the song, recorded in Manchester during Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2007–09), was released for download on the UK and Ireland iTunes Stores. On the same date, it was released as a digital download in Ireland. The single was released in the UK by Mercury Records on December 8, 2008, as a CD single containing both the album version and an instrumental version of "Rehab". On November 3, 2008, it was released to rhythmic contemporary and urban contemporary radio stations. Def Jam Recordings released the song for airplay on contemporary hit radio in the United States on October 6, 2008. According to American music magazine Rap-Up, both "Breakin' Dishes" and "Rehab" were potential single releases, but "Rehab" was chosen. "Rehab" was the eighth and final single to be released from Rihanna's third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). He's also such a genius when it comes to lyrics." He's a fun guy and likes to make all the sessions enjoyable. She said, "Working with Justin in the studio is just great. Rihanna told Robert Copsey of Digital Spy that she enjoyed working with Timberlake, and learned much from the sessions. Timberlake told Entertainment Weekly that he believed "Rehab" to be "the bridge for to be accepted as an adult in the music industry". Rihanna's stint with Timbaland also resulted in "Sell Me Candy" and "Lemme Get That", produced for Good Girl Gone Bad. Hannon Lane co-wrote and co-produced the song, and Demacio Castellon recorded and mixed it in 2007 at Roc The Mic Studios in New York City. Timbaland, who wanted to compose a song called "Rehab" for Rihanna, was producing a beat, when Timberlake came in and improvised the song over it. Weeks later, the three got together in New York City, where Timberlake had already conceptualized a song for Rihanna. After completing a show in Chicago, they joined Rihanna in the studio, where Timberlake experimented with beats and melodies. Timbaland was on tour with Justin Timberlake to promote Timberlake's 2006 album FutureSex/LoveSounds, which Timbaland had also produced. "Rehab" is one of the three songs composed and produced by Timbaland for Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad. Rihanna performed "Rehab" on the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2007–09), and occasionally on the Last Girl on Earth (2010–11).Īccording to Rihanna, Timberlake wrote the song's lyrics "in his head. It won the Urban Music Award for Best Music Video. Anthony Mandler directed the accompanying music video, which was shot in Vasquez Rocks Park, near Los Angeles. It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart and number 18 on the US Billboard magazine's Hot 100. "Rehab" reached top-ten positions on the singles charts in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Norway. "Rehab" is a mid-paced R&B song with an emotional, melancholy chorus the lyrics are about the protagonist's painful memories of her former lover, who is portrayed metaphorically as a disease. Timberlake wrote the song in collaboration with his producers, Hannon Lane and Timbaland, and provided additional vocals. It was released in the United Kingdom as a CD single on December 8, 2008.ĭevelopment of "Rehab" began while Rihanna was accompanying Timbaland on Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveShow tour in 2007. Def Jam Recordings serviced the song to contemporary hit radio in the United States on October 6, 2008, as the eighth and final single from the album.

" Rehab" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007).
