Who's That Chick?

"Who's That Chick?" was written by David Guetta, Kinda "Kee" Hamid, Patrick Leonard, Madonna, Frédéric Riesterer and Giorgio Tuinfort. The song interpolates Madonna's 1987 single "Who's That Girl", written by Madonna and Patrick Leonard, hence being credited as co-writers. Production of the song was helmed by Guetta, Riesterer and Tuinfort. In an interview with Akshay Bhansali for MTV News, Guetta explained that the song was originally intended for inclusion on Rihanna's fifth studio album, Loud (2010), but that he decided to include it on the re-release of his own album, One Love (2009), when it did not make Louds final cut. Guetta revealed that he was asked to produce tracks for Loud, but did not have anything which he felt would compliment Rihanna. He stated that although two artists want to collaborate and are fans of each other, it does not always come to fruition. However, after brainstorming ideas for what he could produce for the singer, Guetta came up with an idea for a song called "Who's That Chick?", and decided that it was "perfect" for Rihanna. After he completed the demo, he pre-viewed the song's instrumental on a French radio station, but did not confirm which artist would contribute vocals. Guetta played the song to Rihanna whilst backstage at one of her Last Girl on Earth (2010–2011) concerts, to which Rihanna said "Yeah, I like it." Guetta confessed that he felt as though the singer did not like it on first impressions and doubted it, but stated that after the concert, the singer told Guetta that she could not stop thinking about the song's beat whilst she performed, and asked to record it. The final cut of the song was included on One More Love (2010) and Rihanna appeared as a featured artist. Guetta concluded the interview by saying that he felt "honored" to have worked with Rihanna. Prior to the release of Loud, Rihanna clarified via Twitter that "Who's That Chick?" was not linked to Loud and that it would not appear on the album. ==Composition==

"Who's That Chick?" is a dance-pop song, which lasts for 2:47 (2 minutes, 47 seconds) on the radio edit. Instrumentation consists of pounding synthesizers. Rihanna's vocals on the song are technologically processed using the Auto-Tune effect. For the first verse, she "hollers" the lyrics "Feel the adrenaline/ Moving under my skin/ It's an addiction" over the heavy synth beat. During the chorus, Rihanna sings "She's been a crazy dita/ Disco diva, and you wonder/ Who's that chick? Who's that chick?/ Too cold for you to keep her/ Too hot for you to leave her/ Who's that chick? Who's that chick?", which incorporates heavy usage of Auto-Tune. Robert Copsey for Digital Spy described Rihanna's vocal performance as "nonchalant vocals feeling colder than an ice pop on a snowy day". ==Release==

"Who's That Chick?" was made available to download digitally in Australia, certain territories in Europe and the United States on 22 November 2010. In Germany, it was also released as a CD single on 26 November 2010; it included the original version of "Who's That Chick?" as well as an FMIF! remix of the song. In the United Kingdom, the song was released as a CD single on 28 November 2010. In the US, an extended play (EP) was released on 7 January 2011; it included a radio edit of the song, a remix by Adam F., as well as extended and instrumental versions. In February 2011, Virgin/EMI label executives asked European radio stations to remove "Who's That Chick?" from their playlists because Rihanna had multiple songs on the chart. Due to how Rihanna's Loud was released at the same time as Guetta's album, label executives asked radio stations to favor her work instead. In an interview for the Daily Star, Guetta addressed the song being removed from European radio stations playlists, saying "My record label sent letters to all the radio stations asking them to stop playing ''Who's That Chick'' as Rihanna's album was out at the same time. It was strange because normally record labels ask radio stations to play your music." ==Critical reception==

Robert Copsey of Digital Spy described the collaboration as one of the more confusing releases of 2010, due to how the song was connected to three different projects, including the Doritos campaign and both Guetta's and Rihanna's albums. Copsey praised Guetta's ability to provide a "proper dance-pop stonker" and was complimentary of its composition. He concluded his reviewing with "It's a good job, then, that bopping along to this – and warming yourself up in the process – is pretty much impossible to resist." Becky Bain for Idolator criticized the song for sounding "generic" and compared it to Katy Perry's releases "California Gurls" and "Teenage Dream" (2010). ==Chart performance==

"Who's That Chick?" achieved moderate chart success around the world. In Australia, it debuted at number 36 on 5 December 2010, and peaked at number seven in its eighth week on the singles chart. "Who's That Chick?" peaked at number six on 22 January 2011. ==Music videos==

Background in the daytime video. Although "Who's That Chick?" was originally intended for inclusion on Rihanna's fifth studio album Loud, the song's accompanying daytime video was used as part of Doritos Late Night Campaign. Jonas Åkerlund directed both daytime and nighttime versions for the song, which featured different colors and styles. In an interview for Just Jared, Rihanna explained how the bright and colorful was more representational of her persona, saying "I've started to incorporate a lot of different colors into my wardrobe now. I'm loving that direction. Right now, it feels good and right. It was a cool concept too because it was kind of one side of me and now, it's evolving into the new colorful stuff that we've been doing." In an interview for MTV News, Guetta explained his role in the music video, saying "I'm DJing from a spaceship. It's actually really funny, because we shot that in Los Angeles in a place where they used to shoot Star Trek, but like the old ones. And so it's kind of retro futuristic, you know? It's like how people were seeing the future back in the 80s. It has a sense of humor in the video." The nighttime version was released as the song's official music video to download digitally on 1 February 2011. Synopsis and reception Both the daytime and nighttime videos for "Who's That Chick?" are the same, however, the former features Rihanna in a "bright and bubbly" setting while the latter depicts a darker scenario. Bain continued to praise the creative direction for the video, writing "It's so refreshing to see RiRi smiling and ready to party after her gun-weilding [sic], lake-drowning, loving-the-way-you-lie humorless somber phase." Nicole James for MTV Buzzworthy compared the nighttime video's dark persona to that of Rihanna's own for "Disturbia". Chris Ryan for the same publication noted that the daytime video was reminiscent of Rihanna's video for "SOS". Ryan also noted that the video bore similarities to Perry's videos. ==Track listing==

• Digital download • "Who's That Chick?" (single version; featuring Rihanna) – 2:47 • German CD • "Who's That Chick?" (album version; featuring Rihanna) – 3:19 • "Who's That Chick?" (FMIF! remix; featuring Rihanna) – 5:20 • US digital download (EP) • "Who's That Chick?" (Adam F remix; featuring Rihanna) – 5:00 • "Who's That Chick?" (extended version; featuring Rihanna) – 4:35 • "Who's That Chick?" (instrumental version) – 3:18 ==Credits and personnel==

Adapted from the liner notes. • Songwriting – Kinda "Kee" Hamid, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer, Madonna, Patrick Leonard. • Production – David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Frédéric Riesterer • Mixing – Véronica Ferraro • Mastering – Bruno Gruel ==Charts==

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