From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)
Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)
"Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" The recording was done over diverse geographic lo-
cations and melded together, with The Edge helping out
Jay-Z, Bono, Edge,
Single by Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge, and Rihanna with extra production work.[3] Beatz then added Rihanna
from the album Hope for Haiti Now into the effort, later saying, "I knew that Jay would be
able to tell a story, and that Bono would be able to sing
Released 23 January 2010
and bring it home. The last component that I added was
(see release history)
Rihanna, and she’s kinda like the angel that’s on the
Format Digital download track, softening it up and giving it that caring feeling,
Recorded January 2010 because this hook is so powerful."[3] The final recording
was produced by Beatz and Declan Gaffney.[4][5]
Genre Hip hop, R&B, rock In the song, Jay-Z narrates the tale, invoking ques-
Length 4:20 tions of religion and government while urging action and
resolve:[4]
Writer(s) Shawn Carter, Bono, The Edge, Swizz Beatz, R.
When the sky falls and the earth quakes
Fenty
Producer Swizz Beatz, Declan Gaffney We gonna put this back together
Jay-Z singles chronology We won’t break.
"Young "Stranded (Haiti Mon "Monster" Bono and Rihanna sing the vocal hook, with Rihanna tak-
Forever" Amour)" (2010)
ing the lead.[4][6]
(2009) (2010)
Rihanna singles chronology Promotion and release
"Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" was debuted and first per-
"Redemption "Stranded (Haiti Mon "Rude
Song" Amour)" Boy" formed live in London on 22 January 2010, and was shown
(2010) (2010) (2010) hours later as part of the Hope for Haiti Now: A Global
Benefit for Earthquake Relief telethon.[3][7] The perfor-
mance also featured The Edge on guitar and was one of
"Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) is a song performed by
Stranded Amour)" the more upbeat ones of the event.[4]
Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge, and Rihanna.[1] It is a charity sin- "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" was released to the UK
gle for the Hope for Haiti Now campaign[2] and was re- iTunes Store on 23 January 2010. All profits from the sales
leased on 23 January 2010, in the wake of the devastating will go towards the Hope For Haiti Now campaign. It is
2010 Haiti earthquake. Rihanna’s second charity single for the Haiti campaign (a
take on "Redemption Song" being the first). Also, an al-
bum Hope for Haiti Now, including the live performance
Background and the studio version, was released to iTunes on the
The genesis of the song came with Jay-Z collaborator same date.[4]
Swizz Beatz sending simultaneous text messages to Jay-Z A hybrid mix of the song was also included on the U2
and Bono.[3] They agreed to collaborate on a single, and Duals compilation album in 2011.
Bono wrote the hook for "Stranded" while on the phone
with Beatz.[3] The latter said, "The idea of the song is
’We’re not gonna leave you stranded’ and that’s what the
Reception
chorus is. So me and Bono started going back and forth The New York Times felt that the artists behind "Stranded
with ideas, and he was like, ’You know this word strand- (Haiti Mon Amour)" deserved credit for creating an orig-
ed keeps standing out to me’ and I asked him to sing it, inal song for the occasion but that the results were of
and he put me on hold ’cause he’s recording the ideas mixed quality: "The sound was muddy, and the concept
on a Dictaphone — so he did it there and then on the undercooked, but it was an implicit acknowledgment
phone."[3] Bono and The Edge then did further writing that a situation this dire demanded something more than
work on it together.[4] squeezing meaning out of a pre-existing song that lacks
it."[8] Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times said the song’s
1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[10] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 39
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] 6
Denmark (Tracklisten)[13] 36
European Hot 100 Singles[14] 26
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[15] 14
Ireland (IRMA)[16] 3
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Italy (FIMI)[17] 10
Norway (VG-lista)[18] 6
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[19] 30
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 3
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[21] 41
US Billboard Hot 100[22] 16
Country Date Format
Worldwide 23 January 2010 Digital download
performance was the most newsworthy of the event, and
described its musical flavoring as partly derived from the
Release history
1995 U2 side project Passengers and partly derived from
modern rap.[6] The Hartford Courant described it as the References
most high-powered combination of the telethon, but said
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that Bono did not seem fully integrated into the perfor-
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Mon Amour)’ debuted on the Irish Singles Chart at Num- Bono and Jay-Z’s Haiti Single ’Stranded’". Rolling
ber 3. The following day, the song made yet another ap- Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/
pearance, this time on the Swedish Singles Chart at Num- index.php/2010/01/21/inside-the-recording-of-
ber 3. On 31 January 2010, the song entered the UK Sin- bono-and-jay-zs-haiti-single-stranded/.
gles Chart at Number 41 and UK Indie Chart at Number [4] ^ Reid, Shaheem (2010-01-22). "Jay-Z, U2, Rihanna
3. It has also made appearances on the Belgian Singles Team Up For Haiti Telethon". MTV News.
Charts, Danish Singles Chart, Finnish Singles Chart and http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630343/
Spanish Singles Chart with all of the positions currently 20100122/jay_z.jhtml.
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Haiti". U2.com. http://www.u2.com/news/title/
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haiti-. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
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Haiti telethon". Los Angeles Times.
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