Hate That I Love You
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"Hate That I Love You" is a song by Barbadian
Barbadian people
Barbadians are people originating on the Caribbean island of Barbados whether they live there or in the Barbadian diaspora.Rihanna is by far the most popular Barbadian on the planet.-Diaspora:...

 R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 singer Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...

, released as the third single from her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad
Good Girl Gone Bad
Good Girl Gone Bad is the third studio album by Barbadian R&B singer Rihanna, released May 30, 2007, on Def Jam Recordings. Recording sessions for the album took place during October 2006 to April 2007 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles. Rihanna worked with producers Christopher "Tricky"...

 on August 21, 2007. It features R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 singer Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...

, who had worked with Rihanna previously, contributing to her 2006
2006 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....

 hit "Unfaithful
Unfaithful (song)
"Unfaithful" is a ballad written by Ne-Yo, Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen for R&B singer Rihanna's second album, A Girl like Me. It was produced by Stargate and released as the album's second single in mid-2006. The music also featured, with Tamil lyrics, as the song, "Unakenna Naan" in...

". The song was produced by Stargate
Stargate (production team)
This is a list of songs written and produced by the Norwegian production team Stargate.-Produced singles:-1999:5ive - Invincible*05. "Two Sides to Every Story"*06. "You Make Me a Better Man"Noora Noor - Curious*01. "Curious"...

, who also produced Rihanna's 2006 song "Unfaithful" and "Sexy Love
Sexy Love
"Sexy Love" is the fourth and final U.S. single and the second and final international single released from R&B and pop artist Ne-Yo's debut album, In My Own Words. It has reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, the single charted at number twenty-one on downloads alone...

" by Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...

. It is noted, along with another Stargate production on the album, for having a similar structure and melody to their other works.

The song was nominated for Best R&B Song
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song
The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song has been awarded since 1959. From 1969 to 2000 it was known as the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Song, from 1962 to 1968 it was known as Best Rhythm & Blues Recording, and from 1959-1961 as Best Rhythm & Blues Performance...

 and Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded between 1970 and 2011. From 1967 to 1969 and in 1971 the award included instrumental performances...

 at the 50th Grammy Awards
50th Grammy Awards
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on February 10, 2008. Kanye West received the most nominations, with eight. Amy Winehouse was the big winner, winning a total of five awards. Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters won Album of the Year,...

.

Writing and music structure

"Hate That I Love You" is a duet by Rihanna and American singer-songwriter Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...

, who also wrote the album's title track. In an interview, Rihanna said "That song [Hate That I Love You], when it first starts off, you think it's a sexy
Sexual attraction
Sexual attractiveness or sex appeal refers to an individual's ability to attract the sexual or erotic interest of another person, and is a factor in sexual selection or mate choice. The attraction can be to the physical or other qualities or traits of a person, or to such qualities in the context...

 song, but you have to listen to the lyrics. It's a really deep song."

"Hate That I Love You" is a moderate groove song set in the key of A♭. It is set in common time
Common Time
"Common Time" is a science fiction short story written by James Blish. It first appeared in the August 1953 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and has been reprinted several times: in the 1959 short-story collection Galactic Cluster; in The Testament of Andros ; in The Penguin Science Fiction...

. The song highlights a strummed guitar which is mostly set in a suspended chord
Suspended chord
A suspended chord is a chord in which the third is omitted, replaced usually with either a perfect fourth or a major second , although the fourth is far more common...

, and features a sing-along chorus.

Reception

MSN
MSN
MSN is a collection of Internet sites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an online service and Internet service provider on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of the Windows 95 operating system.The range of services offered by MSN has changed since its...

 remarked "Hate That I Love You" for being "nowhere near as poppy" compared to the song's predecessor Umbrella
Umbrella (song)
"Umbrella" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna, featuring a rap verse by Jay-Z. The song was written by The-Dream, Christopher Stewart, Kuk Harrell and Jay-Z, and was produced by Stewart and The-Dream for Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad...

, "but is a classy R&B song with a strong melody," with "[good] vocal performances from the pair and lyrics which tell a familiar tale in a refreshingly uncliched manner." Stylus Magazine
Stylus Magazine
Stylus Magazine was an online music and film magazine launched in 2002. It featured long-form music journalism, four daily music reviews, movie reviews, a number of different podcasts, an MP3 blog, and a text blog....

 was unimpressed with the song quoting the song's structure as a mix of Ne-Yo and Stargate's previous works saying, "Here you’ve got the 'Sexy Love
Sexy Love
"Sexy Love" is the fourth and final U.S. single and the second and final international single released from R&B and pop artist Ne-Yo's debut album, In My Own Words. It has reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, the single charted at number twenty-one on downloads alone...

' drums, the 'Irreplaceable
Irreplaceable
"Irreplaceable" is a song recorded by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles for her second studio album, B'Day . The song was written by Knowles, Shaffer "Ne-Yo" Smith, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund, and produced by Stargate and Knowles...

' strum, and a bit of the synth and chorus melody
Melody
A melody , also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones which is perceived as a single entity...

 from 'So Sick
So Sick
"So Sick" is an R&B–pop song by American singer-songwriter Ne-Yo. The track was produced by Norwegian production team Stargate for Ne-Yo's debut album In My Own Words....

'... is hardly the new twist all these old bits need to sound fresh," rating the song two stars out of ten. Digital Spy
Digital Spy
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 called the song a "folky, midtempo R&B mushfest."

Chart performance

"Hate That I Love You" debuted at number twenty-four on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...

 on August 30, 2007, subsequently debuting at number eighty-five on the Billboard Pop 100
Pop 100
The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009...

 and at number six on the Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, all on the same day. The song debuted at number ninety-eight on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 and has peaked at number seven after spending five weeks locked at number nine, becoming her sixth top ten single in the United States and her first since "Umbrella
Umbrella (song)
"Umbrella" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna, featuring a rap verse by Jay-Z. The song was written by The-Dream, Christopher Stewart, Kuk Harrell and Jay-Z, and was produced by Stewart and The-Dream for Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad...

". It rose to number twelve on the Billboard Pop 100 in the same week. Downloads to date on Billboards Digital Download charts stand at 1.04 million.The song has sold 2,087,000 paid digital downloads in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan It also became a Top 20 hit in Canada, it peaked at number 17 on the Canadian Hot 100.

In the UK, the single peaked at number fifteen upon its physical release. In Australia, "Hate that I Love You" debuted at number forty-eight on the Australian ARIA singles chart, and descended to number forty-nine the following week. However in its third week, the song ascended to number eighteen, jumping thirty-one spots to become one of the biggest jumps in ARIA charts history. It eventually peaked at number 14 on the Australian charts. In Spain, the Spanish version featuring David Bisbal debuted at number five in the digital track chart, and it peaked at number three for three consecutive weeks. This single has sold over 3.8 million copies worldwide.

Music video

Rihanna, with director Anthony Mandler
Anthony Mandler
Anthony Mandler is a commercial and music video director, who has written and directed music videos for several artists. His most notable and frequent collaborator is Rihanna...

 shot the music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for "Hate That I Love You" in Los Angeles on August 13, 2007. The video was premiered on her official website on September 24, 2007. The video also debuted on TRL
Total Request Live
Total Request Live is a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests...

 on October 1, 2007 for a First Look and debuted at number nine the next day for the first time. The video features Rihanna and Ne-Yo singing in two different locations as if they are missing each other but at the end its shown that both of them were only star-crossed but were singing for their own lovers, not about each other.

It only had been on TRL
Total Request Live
Total Request Live is a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests...

 for twelve days and has been number one twice. The video peaked at number two on its ninth day on BET's 106 & Park
106 & Park
106 & Park is a Top Ten Hip-Hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that airs weekdays at 6:00 PM on BET . Since its inception, it was the network's #1 rated show...

, and was her most successful video on 106 & Park, until "Take a Bow
Take a Bow (Rihanna song)
"Take a Bow" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, taken from the re-release, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded , of her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad . The song was written and produced by Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen and Shaffer Smith, under their stage names Stargate and Ne-Yo...

" became her first song to reach the number one position.

As of August 11, 2010 the video has been seen on YouTube more than 67.5 million times, including view counts pre-VEVO.

Track listing

Digital Download
  1. Hate That I Love You - 3:39


German Maxi CD single (602517537866)
  1. "Hate That I Love You"
  2. "Hate That I Love You" (K-Klassic Remix)
  3. "Hate That I Love You" (Instrumental)
  4. "Hate That I Love You" (Video)


EU CD single (602517513693)
  1. "Hate That I Love You"
  2. "Hate That I Love You" (K-Klassic Remix)


Other Versions
  • "Hate That I Love You" (K-Klassic Radio Edit)
  • "Hate That I Love You" - Rihanna (Solo)

Chart

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Chart (2007/2008) Peak
position


Year-end charts

Chart (2008) Rank
German Singles Chart
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...

87

Certifications

{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Country
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Provider
! scope="col"| Certification
|-
|align="left"|Australia
|align="center"|ARIA
Aria
An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment...


|align="center"|Gold
|-
|align="left"|Brazil
|align="center"|ABPD
|align="center"|Platinum
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand
|align="center"|RIANZ
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...


|align="center"| Gold
|-
|align="left"|Spain
|align="center"|PROMUSICAE
PROMUSICAE
Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry...


|align="center"|3× Platinum
|-
|align="left"|United States
|align="center"|RIAA
|align="center"|Platinum
|-
|}

Release history

Country Date Label(s) Format
United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

July 27, 2007 Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, focused primarily on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group...

Airplay
Airplay
* Airplay is the amount of time a song is played on the radio.It may also refer to:* AirPlay, an audio & video streaming technology from Apple Inc.* Airplay , Foster & Graydon music project from 1980* Citroën C1, Citroën C1 Airplay...

August 21, 2007 Digital download
Digital distribution
Online distribution, digital distribution, or electronic software distribution is the practice of delivering content without the use of physical media, typically by downloading via the internet directly to a consumer's device. Online distribution bypasses conventional physical distribution media,...

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

November 12, 2007 CD single
CD single
A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...

, digital download
Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

November 16, 2007
France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

January 7, 2008 CD single
Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

February 29, 2008
Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

April 16, 2008 Airplay

Hate That I Love You (Odio Amarte)

A new Spanglish
Spanglish
.Spanglish refers to the blend of Spanish and English, in the speech of people who speak parts of two languages, or whose normal language is different from that of the country where they live. The Hispanic population of the United States and the British population in Argentina use varieties of...

 version of the song, titled "Cómo Odio Amarte", leaked online on December 2, 2007. Spanish singer David Bisbal
David Bisbal
David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....

 sings Ne-Yo's part in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, however, Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...

's parts are still in English, so David's vocals are just edited in the original version of the song, and Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...

's vocals are removed. This version was written by songwriter Cris Zalles and is included in a bonus disc on Bisbal's Premonición DVD in the Premonición Live
Premonición Live
Premonición Live is a live album of Spanish pop singer David Bisbal released in 2007. This is the second live album of the singer, the first being Todo Por Ustedes.-Tracklist:It was released in 3CDs:CD1All renditions on CD1 are live...

 in CD3 of a three-album set release as a bonus, as on the re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad
Good Girl Gone Bad
Good Girl Gone Bad is the third studio album by Barbadian R&B singer Rihanna, released May 30, 2007, on Def Jam Recordings. Recording sessions for the album took place during October 2006 to April 2007 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles. Rihanna worked with producers Christopher "Tricky"...

.Two more versions of the song have been released on the Asian edition of Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded.

Live on Operación Triunfo
Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...

 and David Bisbal
David Bisbal
David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....

 sang “Hate That I Love You” on July 8, 2008 at Operación Triunfo
Operación Triunfo
Operación Triunfo is a reality-show talent contest which first aired on Spain's TVE network in 2001. A kind of cross between Pop Idol, Voces en Función, Star Search, and Big Brother, the show aimed to find the country's next solo singing sensation, putting a selection of hopefuls through their...

 (a reality-show talent contest) in Spain.

Music video
The video for "Hate That I Love You" featuring David Bisbal
David Bisbal
David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....

 is the same as the original video, but with David's scenes edited in the original video and Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...

's parts removed.

Charts
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Spain Hot 100 2
Argentinean Singles Chart 2
Chile Top 100 11
Ibero America Hot 100 Airplay 13
Mexico Hot 100 Airplay 26

Cantonese version

Hong Kong singer Hins Cheung
Hins Cheung
Hins Cheung is a Cantopop singer and songwriter in Hong Kong. He studied and graduated from the Guangzhou City 7th Secondary School. He is now under contract with Universal Records.He is 175 cm tall. In 2008, he performed at the S.U.C.C.E.S.S...

 (Cheung King Hin), replaces Ne-Yo's vocals in Cantonese
Standard Cantonese
Cantonese, or Standard Cantonese, is a language that originated in the vicinity of Canton in southern China, and is often regarded as the prestige dialect of Yue Chinese....

 and Mandarin, with Rihanna's part remaining the same English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 lyrics in both versions.

Josh Santana version

Filipino singer Josh Santana
Josh Santana
John Smith Alvarez Cooper Knoll, better known by his stage name Josh Santana, the 2nd is a Filipino television announcer and singer. Santana was born on 18 June in Metro Manila, Philippines to Spanish-Filipino parents Ramón Delgado Cooper Knoll and Sonia Magno Álvarez Cooper Knoll. He rose to...

released a bilingual English/Spanish version with the distinction from David Bisbal being that both English and Spanish are predomoinantly sung in almost all entirety by Josh Santana himself, with only brief use of Rihanna's vocal in the refrain. The song is taken from Josh Santana's album Eres Tu.
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