Shut Up And Drive (Rihanna Song)
"Shut Up and Drive" is a song recorded by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna for her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). Released as album's second single, the song was solicited to the US radios on June 12, 2007 and was physically released on August 27, 2007, in the UK. It was written by Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert, while the production was handled by Sturken and Rogers. "Shut Up and Drive" is a pop rock, R&B and New Wave song, which heavily incorporates the 1970s and 1980s musical styles. Lyrically, it contains multiple references to cars and car parts including the 57' Cadillac.
"Shut Up and Drive" was received with mixed reviews from music critics, who labeled its lyrics as fluffy and goofy. The song peaked at number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and at number one on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. On the UK Singles Chart, it reached number five, becoming Rihanna's fifth top-five single. "Shut Up and Drive" peaked within the top 10 in nine other countries, including in Australia, Canada, Germany and Italy. Its accompanying music video was directed by Anthony Mandler and was shot in Prague, Czech Republic. It features Rihanna in a makeshift junkyard. The song was a part of the set list on her three major world tours. The song is also featured in the 2012 animated film Wreck-It Ralph and its soundtrack, when Vanellope Von Schweetz rides with her cart around the "unfinished bonus level".
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