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Critics praised the song as some of Rihanna's best vocal work to date, for the romantic nature of the song and its sexual tones. There was some negative criticism towards Drake's lyrics which included a sexual innuendo about the square root of 69. The single was a commercial success, topping the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 giving Rihanna her fourth number one single of 2010, as well as her eighth of nine Hot 100 chart topper. It also became Drake's first ever number one single. "What's My Name?" was also particularly successful reaching the top five in France, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland and the United Kingdom.
An accompanying music video, directed by Philip Andelman, incorporates a romantic encounter between Rihanna and Drake in a grocery store along with romantic scenes between the pair and Rihanna walking through downtown Manhattan. "What's My Name?" was also promoted with live performances across both sides of the Atlantic, including Saturday Night Live in America and the series seven finale of The X Factor in the United Kingdom, though the latter performance resulted in an investigation from the British media regulator (Ofcom) for the raunchy nature of Rihanna's outfit.
Background and composition
"What's My Name?" is mid-tempo[1] electro-R&B song,[2] produced by Norwegian producers, StarGate, who return Rihanna to the "Island-pop" of her early career with a backing track consisting of of "heavy reggae"[3] and ska beats[4] with synthesised organs.[3] Bill Lamb noted that prior to Rihanna's vocals, there is a build up from with "dreamy drum machine rhythms". Overall he described the backing track as "simple" and "atmospheric".[1] It was written by Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Ester Dean, Traci Hale & Aubrey Graham and incorporates themes of "sex and romance".[5] In an interview with HitQuarters, Hale revealed that Dean was the one who invited her to get involved in writing "What's My Name?" and Loud. In the interview Hale said "my contribution was mostly lyrical, Ester did most of the melody. It’s really group effort though - so it’s hard to say the formula on some songs because Stargate does their part, Ester does her part, I put in what I put in - no one does just one thing." When asked what the inspiration behind the song was, she said "Oh love, love, love! And it’s sexy — it started as a real sexy track and then y
ou put something sexy over it." Hale went on to credit the song's success as reigniting her career as a songwriter.[6] Jocelyn Vena from MTV described the vocal delivery and lyrical content of the song as "sassy".[5] Lamb as said that "lyrically, [What's My Name?] amounts to romantic, sexual sweet nothings".[1] This song runs at tempo of 99 BPM.
Hermansen said that the collaboration with Drake came about after Rihanna played him the finished record back stage somewhere. Rihanna told Billboard, in an interview, that she had been "attempting to team up for a while and that she wanted Drake's signature swagger for the track." She said "Drake is the hottest rapper out right now and we've always been trying to work together. He's the only person I thought could really understand the melody of the song, and the minute he heard it he said, 'I know exactly what I'm going to do. I love it.' And he did it like three days later." Rihanna called the collaboration "young and playful",[7] something which Stacy Anderson from Spin and Nick Levine ofDigital Spy both picked up, when commenting on the sexual innuendos in the lyrics. In particular Anderson and Levine noted an algebra-based joke during Drake's guest vocal, where he says "The square root of 69 is 8 something, right / 'Cuz I been trying to work it out".[2][8] Megan Vick from Billboard noted that "Rihanna's lush vocal turn denotes a startling leap in maturity from previous singles".[3]
Critical reception
"What's My Name?" received mainly positive reviews for its romantic tone and sentiments. Thomas Conner from the Chicago Sun-Times neither praised nor criticised the song, but instead focussed on the steamy nature of the song. "[Rihanna] and panting duet partner Drake steam the recording studio windows as he raps a helpless play-by-play".[9] Bill Lamb from gave the song a positive review, saying that "There it is, the chorus opens the track with "Oh na na...what's my name?" and the hook is firmly implanted. It's not long before Drake's added on rap kicks in with clever, sexy and romantic rhyming. Then the dreamy drum machine rhythms and Rihanna's vocals kick in again. This is a hit... "What's My Name?" is a good addition to that romantic evening playlist."[1] Jocelyn Vena from MTV praised the "song's chorus" and "Drake's verse".[5] Molly Lambert ofPitchfork Media praised Rihanna's performance saying that "On "What's My Name", Rihanna doesn't have to tell us how desirable she is – it is a given. There is never any doubt in her delivery that Rihanna really might as well be the only girl in the world".[10] Nick Levine from Digital Spy said " 'What's My Name?' is essentially the long, luxuriant lovemaking session to 'Rude Boy's hard'n'fast rut... it manages to stay classy even when Drake makes a dodgy joke about the 'square root of 69' and Rihanna delivers a not-so-coy reference to oral sex."[2] Megan Vick from Billboard said "As much as 'What's My Name' is a joint effort, Rihanna owns the s
ong by delivering a more polished version of her pop persona."[3]
Chart performance
The song debuted at number 67 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for the chart week of October 30, 2010 and has steadily risen,[11] peaking in the top ten of the chart at number three.[12] The song debuted at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 after being sent to mainstream radio.[13] and in the third week it jumped to number one, after being released digitally, becoming Rihanna's eighth number-one single on the chart and Drake's first.[14] It became the second consecutive single to reach number one from her fifth album, Loud although it reached the top spot before the first single, Only Girl (In the World).[15] In the same week, it entered the US Hot Digital Songs chart at number one with first week sales of 235,000. Rihanna became the first artist in Billboard Hot 100 history to have their first single go to number one after their second single ("Whats My Name" then "Only Girl"). Also, Rihanna became the first artist to score a trio of Hot 100 leaders in a year since she 2008, when she achieved the same feat with "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia" and featured vocals on T.I.'s "Live Your Life."[16] By its seventh week of digital release, the single crossed the one million mark.[17] It has now sold over 2,000,000 downloads.[18]
On November 21, 2010, following the release of Loud, "What's My Name?" deubted at number eighteen on the UK Singles Chart. It continued to rise in the coming weeks. Notably, on December 5, 2010 "What's My Name?" reached a new peak of number eight and during the same week, Rihanna posted two other top-ten singles with "Only Girl (In the World)" sitting at number seven and "Who's That Chick" (by David Guetta featuring Rihanna) sitting at number nine. Rihanna became the fourth artist in UK chart history to make this achievement.[19] On December 19, 2010, the song reached a new peak of number two, where it remained for three weeks[20] before reaching number one on January 9, 2011. As a result, Rihanna becamethe first female artist in UK chart history to have a number one single in five consecutive years. She is only the second artist to achieve this feat behind the late Elvis Presley who posted number one singles from 1959–1963. It is also Rihanna's fifth number one single in the UK,[21] and in comes a week when "What's My Name?" and Loud, respectively, remain at the top of the UK R&B Chart and UK Albums Chart.[22][23] Additionally its the second time in her career that Rihanna has simultaneously topped the singles and albums charts in the UK, the first time being in May 2007 when "Umbrella" and Good Girl Gone Bad topped the UK Singles and UK Album chart, respectively.[24] To date, it is Drake's highest charting UK single and first number one single.[25]
Music video
Rihanna shot the video for the song on September 26, 2010 in New York City with director Philip Andelman.[26] Parts of the video shot with Drake were filmed on October
27, 2010.[27] The music video premiered on November 12, 2010 on Rihanna's VEVO channel on YouTube.[28]
The video starts with different views from the city, then shifts to a store where Drake is speaking to the cashier. Rihanna enters, grabbing his attention. She smiles at him and walks towards a fridge and grabs a milk package. Drake follows her and his verse begins. He holds her hand as he raps his verse, the milk package falls from her hand as she holds his, thus spilling milk on the floor. When Drake's verse is over, Rihanna pushes him and walks away with a smile.
When Rihanna's verse starts, she is shown walking on the street and dancing. Views of people holding instruments and walking on the street are shown, in addition to scenes where Rihanna and Drake are in a bedroom together, flirting, talking and drinking champagne. The final scene shows Rihanna in an outdoor Reggae-inspired night party with the people previously shown are now playing instruments as Rihanna sings and dances. The video ends with Drake kissing Rihanna on her cheek in the bedroom. Some of the performers walking with instruments and seen later in the video performing with Rihanna while she sings were Seth Faulk, NYC sideman and drummer in The Nightmare River Band, who carried and later played the maple snare drum; LeeAnet Noble, of the hit show "STOMP" NYC, who carried and later played the djembe; and William B Johnson, of "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk!," who played buckets.