"Where Have You Been" was written by Ester Dean, Geoff Mack, Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Henry "Cirkut" Walter, and Calvin Harris, with production handled by the latter three. The song features a "monstrous bass", which according to Mark Graham "will make you want to trade in your factory-installed car speakers for a top-of-the-line sound system". "Where Have You Been" was released as the third international single from "Talk That Talk" (5th US single) . The song's lyrics interpolate Geoff Mack's 1959 song "I've Been Everywhere" .The video received 4.93 million hits in its first 24 hours and broke VEVO record. By getting almost 5 million views, Riri surpassed Nicki Minaj who previously held the record with her “Stupid Hoe” video. WHYB video is Rihanna's only video where she pulls out a full choreography. She said about the video :
“I was never going to shoot this video if I couldn’t do choreography, ’cause it would be pretty pointless. It would be disappointing.”
The song was a WW hit although I believe that they should keep it for Unapologetic. As a lead single it could smash.
Peak Positions :
Australia : 6
Canada : 5
France : 2
UK : 6
US : 5
Estimated WW sales : 3,400,000
Estimated US sales : 1,000,000
All Of The Lights ft Kanye West [R2] Bad ft Wale [R1] Birthday Cake ft Chris Brown [R4] Break It Off ft Sean Paul [R2] California King Bed [R3] Can't Remember To Forget You ft Shakira [R4] Cheers (Drink To That) [R5] Cockiness (I Love It) [R1]
Diamonds Disturbia [R12] Don't Stop The Music [R13] Fly ft Nicki Minaj [R2] Hard ft Jeezy [R11] Hate That I Love You ft Ne-Yo [R4] If I Never See Your Face Again ft Maroon 5 [R2] If It's Lovin That You Want [R3] Jump [R8] Live Your Life ft T.I [R3] Love The Way You Lie ft Eminem [R7] Man Down [R14]
Only Girl (In The World) Pon De Replay [R6] Pour It Up [R6] Princess Of China ft Coldplay [R4] Rehab [R7] Right Now [R1] Rockstar 101 [R5] Rude Boy [R12] Run This Town ft Jay Z [R3]
Russian Rulette S&M [R11] Shut Up And Drive [R10] SOS [R9]
Stay ft Mikky Ekko Take A Bow [R10] Take Care ft Drake [R3] Talk That Talk ft Jay Z [R5] Te Amo [R8] The Monster ft Eminem [R4] Turn Up The Music ft Chris Brown [R1]
Umbrella ft Jay Z Unfaithful [R9] Wait Your Turn [R7]
We Found Love We Ride [R1]
What's My Name ft Drake What Now [R6] Where Have You Been [R15] Who's That Chick ? [R2] You Da One [R5]
IMMUNE :
- - - No more Immunities - - -
ROUND 13 : We Found Love
ROUND 12 : What's my name ft Drake
ROUND 11 : We Found Love
ROUND 10 : What's my name ft Drake
ROUND 9 : We Found Love
ROUND 8 : Russian Rulette
ROUND 7 : Only Girl (In The World) , Man Down
ROUND 6 : Russian Rulette , Hard
ROUND 5 : Man Down , Diamonds
ROUND 4 : Russian Rulette , Stay
ROUND 3 : Only Girl (In The World) , Where Have You Been
ROUND 2 : Russian Rulette , Man Down , Hard
ROUND 1 : We Found Love , Diamonds
DANGER ZONE:
ROUND 15 : Stay
ROUND 14 : What's My Name , Stay
ROUND 13 : Where Have You Been , Umbrella
ROUND 12 : Man Down
ROUND 11 : Stay , Disturbia
ROUND 10 : - - - - - - -
ROUND 9 : Shut Up And Drive , Hard
ROUND 8 : Shut Up And Drive , S&M , SOS
ROUND 7 : Te Amo , Jump , Shut Up And Drive
ROUND 6 : Wait Your Turn , Shut Up And Drive , Rehab
ROUND 5 : Pour It Up , Shut Up And Drive
ROUND 4 : Pour It Up , Rockstar 101 , You Da One
ROUND 3 : The Monster , Hate That I Love You , Cheers (Drink To That) , Talk That Talk
ROUND 2 : If It's Lovin That You Want , Live Your Life , Cheers (Drink To That)
ROUND 1 : Fly, All Of The Lights, Break It Off, Rockstar 101, The Monster, Birthday Cake
ELIMINATED:
8. Where Have You Been
9. Man Down
10. Don't Stop The Music
11. Rude Boy
12. Disturbia
13. Hard ft Jeezy
14. S&M
15. Take A Bow
16. Shut Up And Drive
17. Unfaithful
18. SOS
19. Jump
20. Te Amo
21. Love The Way You Lie ft Eminem
22. Wait Your Turn
23. Rehab
24. What Now
25. Pon De Replay
26. Pour It Up
27. Rockstar 101
28. Cheers (Drink To That)
29. Talk That Talk ft Jay Z
30. You Da One
31. Princess Of China ft Coldplay
32. The Monster ft Eminem
33. Birthday Cake ft Chris Brown
34. Hate That I Love You ft Ne-Yo
35. Can't Remember To Forget You ft Shakira
36. California King Bed
37. Take Care ft Drake
38. Run This Town ft Jay Z
39. Live Your Life ft T.I.
40. If It's Lovin That You Want
41. Who's That Chick?
42. Fly ft Nicki Minaj
43. If I Never See Your Face Again ft Marron 5
44. Break It Off ft Sean Paul
45. All Of The Lights ft Kanye West
46. Cockiness (I Love It)
47. Right Now
48. We Ride
49. Bad ft Wale
50.Turn Up The Music ft Chris Brown