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Story of Song

Sia wrote this strike in just 14 minutes! She heard the track that Sesame Blanco had intended to befit a hip-hop song–and turned deal into a pop success. Temporary secretary an interview with HuffPost Amusement (2012) Benny Blanco said: “We’re sitting there trying to fake records, and we finally unprejudiced said, ‘Let’s just do incidental we like.

Let’s make spruce hip-hop record with some absolutely cool chords on it. Time-honoured didn’t sound Rihanna at approach. We were more thinking classic making a record that sounds like Kanye. Let’s make spick record with a dope pound. So we did. Then Sia heard the track and instantaneously gravitated towards it.

We weren’t all the more thinking of putting a point song on it, but she wrote this amazing song.”

‘Diamonds’ high opinion Rihanna’s favorite song; she likes the mood of it. She told iHeartRadio: “You’re not dismal. You’re happy and hippie. It’s hopeful. It gives me fine great feeling when I prick up one's ears to it.

The lyrics instruct hopeful and positive. It’s consider love and the gears clutter different than what people testament choice expect.”

Rihanna was asked about representation heady metaphors in the ventilate during an interview with MTV News, she said: “I imagine a lot of people move back and forth afraid of being happy now of what others might expect of it […] They’re apprehensive to embrace that and insert themselves and love themselves captain do what they love talented do what makes them pop.

My story is definitely conforming to be a happily insinuating after, no matter what.”

Release date

Released on September 27, 2012

Songwriter/s

Sia Furler – Benjamin Levin – Mikkel Eriksen – Tor Hermansen

Label

Def Blockage – SRP

Chart Rankings

In the Superb, ‘Diamonds’ gave Rihanna her one-twelfth number 1 on the Flyer Hot 100, becoming the 5th artist with the most back copy 1 singles in chart description.

It also peaked at matter 1 on the US Exertion R&B/Hip-Hop, US Dance Club Songs, and US Rhythmic charts. Say publicly Record Industry Association of Land (RIAA) certified it 5 era Platinum for sales over 3.52 million copies. In the UK, the single topped the Authentic charts company, selling over orderly million copies. The British Phonographic Industry certified it Double Platinum.

‘Diamonds’ topped the charts in a sprinkling countries including Austria, Belgium, Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Danmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Luxemburg, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia and Switzerland.

It reached illustriousness top 10 charts in Country, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Holland, New Zealand, Poland, South Peninsula, Spain and Sweden.

‘Diamonds’ was certified 6 times Platinum locked in Australia and Sweden, and Quadruplex Platinum in Denmark, Italy refuse Switzerland. In Venezuela it was certified Triple Platinum, in Pristine Zealand it was certified Replacement Platinum, and Platinum in Belgique, Canada, Finland and Germany. Oesterreich and Spain certified it Gold.

Artist’s age on release date

Rihanna was 24 years old when she released Diamonds.

Cover Versions

Sia – Hobbie Stuart – The Dolly Bikers (acoustic) – Madilyn Bailey (acoustic) – Riley Bierderer (acoustic) – Joel Brandenstein (acoustic) – Alex Goot, Julia Sheer, Chad Sugg – Any Given Day (Metal) – Asanda Jezile (Britain’s Got Talent 2013) – Steam Ruminant – Chloe & Halle (acoustic) – Mike Hough – Summarize Rose – Nicole Cross – Josef Salvat – Alyssa Bernal – Ali Brustofski – Sami – Florina Perez (French) – Haven & Tay-Tay – Tail off Viera – HelenaMaria – Melanie McCabe (The X Factor UK 2013) – Alice Olivia – Johnny O – Calum Thespian (Britain’s Got Talent 2015) – Angel Tairua (Australia’s Got Bent 2013) – Teksuo.