Take a Bow (Rihanna song)

"Take a Bow"
"Take a Bow"
Single by Rihanna
from the album Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
Released	April 15, 2008
Recorded	2008
Studio	Roc the Mic Studios (New York City), Westlake Studios (Los Angeles), Parr Street Studios (Liverpool)
Genre	R&B
Length	3:48
Label	Def Jam; SRP;
Songwriter(s)	Mikkel S. Eriksen; Tor Erik Hermansen; Shaffer Smith;
Producer(s)	StarGate; Ne-Yo;
Rihanna singles chronology
Music video
	"Take A Bow" on YouTube

"Take a Bow" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (2008), the re-release of her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). The song was written and produced by Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen, and Shaffer Smith under their stage names StarGate and Ne-Yo. "Take a Bow" was released as the first single on April 15, 2008, from the re-release and the fifth single overall from the two releases. It is an R&B song that contains elements of dance-pop. Critical reception of "Take a Bow" was mixed, with some critics praising the song's lyrics and powerful balladry, while others criticized StarGate's production as unoriginal.

"Take a Bow" peaked at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Rihanna's third song to do so. "Take a Bow" also peaked at the top of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and US Pop Songs chart, and has been certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Outside of the United States, "Take a Bow" topped the charts in Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, and Switzerland. Its accompanying music video was directed by Anthony Mandler and presents Rihanna as the female protagonist who leaves her boyfriend because of his infidelity. Rihanna performed "Take a Bow" on "AOL Music Sessions" and was included on the set lists of the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2008–09), Last Girl on Earth (2010–11), Loud Tour (2011) and Diamonds World Tour (2013).