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"California King Bed" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her fifth studio album, Loud (2010). The song was written and produced by Andrew Harr and Jermaine Jackson, of the American production duo the Runners , with Priscilla Renea , Alex Delicata and Rihanna.
The chord progression is also used in the form IV–I–V–vi, as in songs such as "Umbrella" by Rihanna [5] and "Down" by Jay Sean. [6] Numerous bro-country songs followed the chord progression, as demonstrated by Greg Todd's mash-up of several bro-country songs in an early 2015 video. [7]
California King may refer to: California King (bed), a particular size of bed "California King Bed", a song on Rihanna's 2010 album Loud; California kingsnake, a nonvenomous snake commonly kept as a pet. "California King", a song by Sykamore from the 2022 album Pinto
Rihanna uses her lower register and "heavy" modulation to perform most of the song, and she "growls" the lyric "The only thing I'm missing is a black guitar". [9] Rihanna "struts her stuff" as she insists that she is a "big shit talker" as she proclaims that "I'll never play a victim/ I'd rather be a stalker". [ 10 ]
Robyn Rihanna Fenty (/ r i ˈ æ n ə / ⓘ ree-AN-ə; [3] [4] [n 1] born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, businesswoman and actress. She is noted as the best-selling female recording artist of the 21st century by Guinness World Records and the highest-certified female digital single artist by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Instead of extending the first section, one adaptation extends the third section. Here, the twelve-bar progression's last dominant, subdominant, and tonic chords (bars 9, 10, and 11–12, respectively) are doubled in length, becoming the sixteen-bar progression's 9th–10th, 11th–12th, and 13th–16th bars, [citation needed]
The song follows a chord progression of Cm–Fm–Cm, and Rihanna's and Tiller's vocals spanning from C 4 to G 5. [7] Billboard editor Andrew Unterberger noted the "Wild Thoughts" featured the same groove and riff as "Maria Maria" and even featured Wyclef Jean 's "murmuring" who supplied the original song's ad-libs . [ 8 ]
Commonly used in both popular and classical music, barre chords are frequently used in combination with "open" chords, where the guitar's open (unfretted) strings construct the chord. Playing a chord with the barre technique slightly affects tone quality. A closed, or fretted, note sounds slightly different from an open, unfretted, string.