Take a Bow
Rihanna
2008
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 2008
Release: 2008Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original single is documented in 2008 before its later Reloaded association. It was not on the original 2007 Good Girl Gone Bad album.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2008.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Take a Bow - Def Jam original recording metadata
The original song-release metadata gives 2008, before the later Reloaded package. The original 2007 album year is not substituted.
Good Girl Gone Bad - official original album and credits
Original 2007 album contains Umbrella featuring Jay-Z, Don't Stop the Music and Hate That I Love You featuring Ne-Yo. The original program excludes the later Take a Bow and Disturbia additions.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The song was written about the end of a relationship and moving on.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2008.html, position 12
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
External chart association; scope is limited to the cited chart, not full discographic verification
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 2008 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription: title, artist and annual association only. Not a complete recording or songwriting review.
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