From The Vault: Maroon 5 & Rihanna – ‘If I Never See Your Face Again’

Published: Sunday 9th Oct 2016 by Joe

Today, From The Vault journeys back to a time when Rihanna was only beginning to embrace her “bad gyal” persona. This week’s pick is her joint single with Maroon 5 ‘If I Never See Your Face Again.’

Originally sung solely by M5’s frontman Adam Levine and included on the band’s second LP ‘It Won’t Be Soon Before Long,’ ‘Face’ received quite the facelift when chart Queen RiRi was added to the mix.

The collaborative remix was dually serviced as a single from the re-release of Levine and co’s album as well as from Ms. Fenty’s ‘Good Girl Gone Bad.’

Produced by Tricky Stewart and Mike Elizondo, it was first intended as a duet with Janet Jackson which couldn’t materialize because of label issues.

A moderate hit for its headlining acts, it cracked the US Top 40 during Summer 2008 and climbed to number 28 in the UK; still, it managed to peak at #11 and #12 in Australia and Canada respectively.

RiRi’s frequent collaborator Anthony Mandler directed the song’s visual which focused heavily on editorial shots of sexy Rihanna, dapper Adam, and their titillating (yet understated) teasing.

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Some, at the time, christened this collaboration random, yet it still “worked.”

Evidence, ladies and gents, of how Team Rih have successfully managed to broaden her brand and secure her place as the resident crossover crusader.

We wish more artists would follow that route and mix and match up for diversity. The results, as highlighted here, can be bliss.

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  1. The kpop guy, Matt ~ October 9, 2016

    Another one i’d bottom for. So that’s

    1)Chris Brown
    2)Trey Songs
    3)Justin Bieber
    4)Oli Sykes
    5)Adam Levine

    • mr.m October 9, 2016

      no one want ur ugly ass
      even ur kpop flops ….

    • Bish in Africa October 9, 2016

      U wish…. No one wants ur s******* infected butthole

    • ? October 9, 2016

      This song is trash like the song she did with Shakira

      • BEY>RIH October 10, 2016

        Who do you stan for?

  2. 1mcluver October 9, 2016

    omg so much substance

  3. ???????Chile, take this “Itty Bitty Piggy” to the market and make sure you hold her hand while crossing the street!??????? October 9, 2016

    I used to love watching the music video for thus track. The way Rih walked across that table all the way to him like a true seductress sealed the deal for me that she was never gonna be that good girl anymore. I think the song flopped because of all the singles she had out at the time, though.

  4. mr.m October 9, 2016

    THAT SONG FLOPPED HARDER THAN PERFECT ILLUSION.
    I DON’T EVEN REMEMBER IT .. flophanna

    • Rima October 9, 2016

      Do you stan for floptina? Don’t come for Gaga.

  5. mr.m October 9, 2016

    Goathanna is a mess
    still releasing 1014 songs a year smdh
    desperate.

  6. mr.m October 9, 2016

    M*****-hanna is tired AF. just sayin’

  7. mr.m October 9, 2016

    forehead-hanna keep realesing songs and albums nonstop hoping for a career longer than her forehead. smdh

  8. Bish in Africa October 9, 2016

    The song flopped but hell yeah she took a risk.. Every artist floo at one point ya know..

  9. Meteorite October 9, 2016

    Sorry but this “Remix” was horrible

  10. FASHION_ICON ~ Anti&Lemonade October 9, 2016

    In the GGGB era alone she scored 4 number 1 song (umbrella,take a bow and disturbia, live your life) 3 top ten hit (shut up and drive,rehab, don’t stop the music and hate that i love you [i hate this song])
    GGGB sold at the end of the era 7 or 8 million World Wide and was certified 2× platinum in the us at this time, it was 3× plat in the us by 2013 if i dont mistaken.
    It’s the biggest album sold by Rihanna if i am right
    And you are here calling her a flop because of one single ?

    Calling Rih, Queen Bey, Bruno Mars, Katy perry a flop won’t help the sales of Gaga nor saving her from flopping hard heifers

    • Rima October 9, 2016

      Navy always over exaggerating. Shut up

      • FASHION_ICON ~ Anti&Lemonade October 9, 2016

        Lol keep creating fake twitter accounts to save gaga’s career she needs you in this hard times…don’t waste your time here you have some serious jobs to do on twitter.

    • JOHNVIDAL October 10, 2016

      Girl double platinum (or triple platinum years later) is the absolute peak of her commercial success and you are bragging about that? How is taht anything special? Especially with the support of all those hits you mentioned (as usual)? Around that time any other big name would have sold 5-6 million albums in the USA with so many songs on radio. Just move on, Rihanna´s success has never been huge. She´s definitely not a flop, but don´t exaggerate. Rihanna has never been album to do Artpop first week numbers in her entire career 🙂

    • BEY>RIH October 10, 2016

      Hate that i love you is one of my favs from her, although its a irreplaceable copy.

  11. The kpop guy, Matt ~ October 9, 2016

    This song was trash though.

  12. Queen Barb October 9, 2016

    Like Gagas Career?

  13. La Perra October 9, 2016

    This Song suffered the same fate as You Da One… the single before it was doing so good that it never gave it a chance to take off as the previous single was still dominanting.

  14. e Nowqd Redv dibut it ash trjoan ivy blobukz Need UK timely Ukuno eremixi October 9, 2016

    Nice song and music video even tho it is old

  15. Coolness October 10, 2016

    They were both s*** af in this video.

  16. JOHNVIDAL October 10, 2016

    I had never heard about this song in my life. Rihanna rivals some rappers for the title of queen of features.

    • Datredd23 October 10, 2016

      Are you mad her voice and style is versatile allowing her to work with different artists of every genre? Lol Gaga could never

      • JOHNVIDAL October 10, 2016

        LOL Keep dreamming. You mean Rihanna has to cling to every producer songwriter out tehre cause she is only a nocalist? Gaga not versatile but Rihanna is? Leave the buble you live in Rihanna can only sing pop (barely). Gaga has released a PURE Jazz album with real acclaim, apart from pop , she can also sing rock and musicals like when she left people with a jaw-dropping moment at the oscars a couple of years ago. She has real acclaim. Leave teh buble. Rihanna can only sing easy pop songs. Absolutely nothing else.

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