Work
Rihanna featuring Drake
2016
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: 2016
Release: 2016Source 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 recording is documented in the 2016 release history of ANTI. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.
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 2016.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
ANTI - official original album, release date and full personnel
The explicit January 2016 release header and original track list identify Work featuring Drake, Consideration featuring SZA, Needed Me, Kiss It Better and Love on the Brain. The 2015 copyright line is not a public-release date. Other instrumentalists and additional-vocal personnel are distinguished from featured recording credits.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The song draws from Caribbean dancehall music, reflecting Rihanna's Barbadian roots.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2016.html, position 2
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
Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open
Editorial artist-repertoire classification; Style term found in imported, unverified source annotation
Owner-supplied 2016.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
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