Rihanna - Where Have You Been (Video clip)

"Where Have You Been" is a tune by Barbadian vocalist Rihanna, from her 6th studio collection, Talk That Talk (2011) serving as the fifth single. The tune was composed by Ester Dean, Geoff Mack,

Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Henry "Cirkut" Walter, and Calvin Harris, with creation took care of by the last three. "Where Have You Been" was discharged as the third universal single from the collection on May 8, 2012. The track is a move pop and techno house melody that draws impact from daze, R&B and hip jump. It is upheld by "hard, crisp synths" and contains an electro-enlivened breakdown arrangement. The melody's verses interject Geoff Mack's 1959 tune "I've Been Everywhere" and talk about a lady who is looking for an accomplice who will sexually satisfy her.

"Where Have You Been" was met with positive surveys from most music pundits, who compared the melody to Talk That Talk's lead single, "We Found Love". The track performed well on significant worldwide graphs. In the United States, "Where Have You Been" achieved number five on the Billboard Hot 100, denoting Rihanna's twenty-second main ten single on the diagram. It additionally crested at number one on both the US Hot Dance Club Songs and UK Dance Chart, and at number three on the US Pop Songs diagram. Furthermore, it achieved main five positions in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Israel, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, while topping in the main ten of graphs in twenty nations overall including Australia, Belgium and Norway.

The tune's going with music video, coordinated by Dave Meyers delineates the vocalist in an arrangement of ensembles and areas, referencing the tune's verses. Rihanna is seen as a semi-bare water reptilian, in an Egyptian abandon, an African themed cottage, and diverting Hindu god Shiva with different appendages. The video got a positive reaction from faultfinders, who adulated Rihanna's new way to deal with more profound choreography. Rihanna has played out the melody on both Saturday Night Live and the finale of the eleventh period of American Idol. The melody was named for a 2013 Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance.