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key confidence high · relative F# major · tempo confidence high · half-time 64.0 · low end 52% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
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Why it is here
- Ester Dean wrote the song's suggestive lyrics after recalling the phrase 'sticks and stones may break my bones' and twisting it into 'but chains and whips excite me.' source
- The song's music video, directed by Melina Matsoukas, was banned in eleven countries and restricted from daytime broadcast in France due to its sadomasochistic and sexual content. source
- A remix featuring Britney Spears helped push the song to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Rihanna's tenth number-one single and Spears' fifth. source
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