Disturbia

"Disturbia" is a song written by Andre Merritt, Chris Brown and Robert Allen for the re-release of Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad, and is the third single from the re-release, following "Take a Bow" and "If I Never See Your Face Again" and the seventh single from the original album. The song was produced by Brian Kennedy with background vocals by Chris Brown and Andre Merritt. Contrary to popular belief, Rihanna uses an Auto-Tune, not a vocoder throughout the song. It was featured in a Circuit City commercial. The song was originally written by Chris Brown and his team known as the Graffiti Artizts and was considered for the re-release of his album Exclusive. However, Brown felt that the song would be better suited for a female singer. He then forwarded the song to Rihanna. Def Jam had considered saving the track for Rihanna's next album in 2009, because she had already recorded "Take a Bow" for the re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad. However, Rihanna and her team felt that the song was a summer single and needed to be recorded and released as soon as possible. The decision was finally made to release the song as the follow up to "Take a Bow". The song follows in the footsteps of Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music" by being a fast and upbeat pop/dance-rhythmic song. However, in contrast to the upbeat music of "Don't Stop the Music", it is lyrically dark in tone, being about a state of mental anguish, delusional feelings and confusion. In the UK, although not yet released as a single, "Disturbia" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number forty-seven and was expected to chart higher on the 27th July due to high downloads and the release of the video, but managed to re-enter at #47 again and then climbed to #34. It also debuted at number forty-five in Ireland and then rose to #7 and became its new peak.

[Intro] Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum (What's wrong with me?) Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum (Why do I feel like this?) Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum (I'm goin' crazy now) Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum [Verse 1] No more gas, in the red (Can't even get it started) Nothin' heard, nothin' said (Can't even speak about it) All my life on my head (Don't wanna think about it) Feels like I'm goin' insane, yeah [Pre-Chorus] It's a thief in the night to come and grab you (Ah) It can creep up inside you and consume you (Ah) A disease of the mind, it can control you (Ah) It's too close for comfort, ah [Chorus] Put on your brake lights You're in the city of wonder Ain't gon' play nice Watch out, you might just go under Better think twice Your train of thought will be altered So if you must falter, be wise [Post-Chorus] Your mind's in disturbia, it's like the darkness is the light Disturbia, am I scarin' you tonight? Your mind's in disturbia, ain't used to what you like Disturbia, disturbia [Refrain] Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum [Verse 2] Faded pictures on the wall (It's like they talkin' to me) Disconnected, no one calls (The phone don't even ring) I gotta get out or figure this **** out It's too close for comfort, oh [Pre-Chorus] It's a thief in the night to come and grab you (Ooh) It can creep up inside you and consume you (Ooh) A disease of the mind, it can control you (Ooh) I feel like a monster, oh [Chorus] Put on your brake lights You're in the city of wonder (City lights) Ain't gon' play nice (Oh) Watch out, you might just go under Better think twice (Think twice) Your train of thought will be altered So if you must falter, be wise (Be wise) [Post-Chorus] Your mind's in disturbia, it's like the darkness is the light Disturbia, am I scarin' you tonight? (Oh) Disturbia, ain't used to what you like (Oh, what you like) Disturbia, disturbia (Ah) [Refrain] Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum (Ba-da-da-da-de-da) Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum (Ba-da-da-da-de-da) Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum (Disturbia) Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum (Oh, oh) [Bridge] Release me from this curse I'm in Tryin' to remain tame, but I'm strugglin' If you can't go, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh I think I'm gonna ah-ah-ah-ah-ah [Chorus] Put on your brake lights You're in the city of wonder (Woo, yeah) Ain't gon' play nice Watch out, you might just go under (Better think twice) Better think twice Your train of thought will be altered So if you must falter, be wise (If you must falter, be wise) [Post-Chorus] Your mind's in disturbia, it's like the darkness is the light (Ah, yeah, disturbia) Disturbia, am I scarin' you tonight? (Ah, yeah, disturbia) Disturbia, ain't used to what you like (Disturbia, ah) Disturbia, disturbia (Oh woah) [Refrain] Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum (Bum-ba-de-da-da) Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum (Bum-ba-de-da-da) Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum (Oh) Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum (Oh)