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“Cheers” is the third song on Rihanna’s 5th album Loud. Released August 2, 2011.
Filled with a soundboard of lazy, reggae pop cadence, meant for the ‘semi-alcoholics’. It opens the world of Rihanna as she brushes off the haters and indulges in the weekend. Hitting #4 in the UK, #5 in New Zealand, a...
[Intro: Robert Campbell]
(One, two) We takin' shots in here, you want one?
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Chorus]
Cheers to the freakin' weekend
I drink to that, yeah, yeah
Oh, let the Jameson sink in
I drink to that, yeah, yeah
Don't let the bastards get you down
Turn it around with another round
There's a party at the bar
Everybody, put your glasses up and I drink to that
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I drink to that
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Verse 1]
Life's too short to be sitting 'round miserable
And people gon' talk whether you doing bad or good, yeah
Got a drink on my mind and my mind on my money, yeah
Looking so bomb, gonna find me a honey
[Pre-Chorus]
Got my Ray-Bans on and I'm feeling hella cool tonight, yeah
Everybody's vibing, so don't nobody start a fight, yeah
[Chorus]
Cheers to the freakin' weekend
I drink to that, yeah, yeah
Oh, let the Jameson sink in
I drink to that, yeah, yeah
Don't let the bastards get you down
Turn it around with another round
There's a party at the bar
Everybody, put your glasses up and I drink to that
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I drink to that
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Verse 2]
'Bout to hop on the bar, put it all on my card tonight, yeah
Might be mad in the morning, but you know we goin' hard tonight
It's getting Coyote Ugly up in here, no Tyra
It's only up from here, no downward spiral
[Pre-Chorus]
Got my Ray-Bans on and I'm feeling hella cool tonight, yeah
Everybody's vibing, so don't nobody start a fight, yeah
[Chorus]
Cheers to the freakin' weekend
I drink to that, yeah, yeah
Oh, let the Jameson sink in
I drink to that, yeah, yeah
Don't let the bastards get you down
Turn it around with another round
There's a party at the bar
Everybody, put your glasses up and I drink to that
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I drink to that
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
And I drink to that
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I drink to that
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Chorus]
Cheers to the freaking weekend
I drink to that, yeah, yeah
Oh, let the Jameson sink in
I drink to that, yeah, yeah
Don't let the bastards get you down
Turn it around with another round
There's a party at the bar
Everybody, put your glasses up and I drink to that
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I drink to that
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
And I drink to that
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I drink to that
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And I drink to that
Cheers (Drink To That) was written by Mayne Zane & Corey Gibson & LP & Stacy Barthe & Andrew Harr.
Cheers (Drink To That) was produced by The Runners.
Rihanna released Cheers (Drink To That) on Fri Nov 12 2010.
I asked whether she could appear [on the song], but when I heard the track it was already embedded in the music, so the producers already had it that way. But it would have sounded the same. I’m just glad that we could use her sample, because it became such a huge part of the instrumental that if it...
According to Songfacts, Rihanna told Spin magazine:
It’s a song you would hear in a bar but I think you could also hear it all over pop radio. It’s really grungy and melodic and catchy. And the way the producers sampled Avril — it’s like she’s an instrument. It’s really cool how they combined [the...
LA Reid was working with Rihanna, and they just put like my song “I’m With You”, they sampled it and put it in her song “Cheers”. And that happened.
–Avril Lavigne via Kevan Kenney Radio (November 10, 2021)