query: who wrote the song friday by rebecca black

pos: Friday (Rebecca Black song) Friday (Rebecca Black song) "Friday" is a song by American singer Rebecca Black, written and produced by Los Angeles record producers Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson. It was released by ARK Music Factory as Black's debut single on March 14, 2011. The song features a rap verse from Wilson, which was uncredited on the single. Its music video caught a sudden surge of hits after "Mystery Science Theater 3000" and Rifftrax comedian Michael J. Nelson called it "the worst video ever made" on Twitter and the song was featured on the "Tosh.0" blog. The song's original reception was highly negative,

pos: Friday (Rebecca Black song) Suncorp Place, Sydney as a part of Telstra's 4G LTE network launch. She also sang "Friday" live on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". On May 5, 2017 Norwegian metal vocalist and YouTuber Leo Moracchioli uploaded a metal cover of "Friday" to his popular YouTube channel. On National French Fry Day 2018, YouTube personality Miranda Sings in collaboration with Dunkin Donuts, released an adapted version of Friday, as part of the Donut Fries marketing strategy. Friday (Rebecca Black song) "Friday" is a song by American singer Rebecca Black, written and produced by Los Angeles record producers Clarence Jey and Patrice

pos: Friday (Rebecca Black song) ability to create "overnight sensations." "Friday" co-writer Patrice Wilson, a worker at Ark Music Factory, explained that he wrote the lyrics "on a Thursday night going into a Friday. I was writing different songs all night and was like, 'Wow, I've been up a long time and it's Friday.' And I was like, wow, it is Friday!" An Ark Music Factory client told Black's mother about the company's production services in late 2010; Black was 13 at the time, and living in the Anaheim Hills planned community in Anaheim, California. Black's mother, Georgina Kelly, paid Ark Music $4,000 for a

pos: Friday (Rebecca Black song) blame the excesses of the party (which had subsequently moved to her own house) on Black, only for her parents (Corey Feldman and Debbie Gibson) to disbelieve her. ARK Music Factory launched its "Ark's TGI Friday Covers" project, showcasing cover versions of "Friday" by well-known artists alongside other user-submitted tributes, re-works, and parodies of the song/video and inviting users to submit their versions for relaying through Ark Music Factory's site. In November 2012, multiple outlets suggested that Nicole Westbrook was "the new Rebecca Black", on release of Patrice Wilson's "It's Thanksgiving". Kohl's Department Stores used a modified version of the

pos: Rebecca Black with Ark Music over rights to the song. In a letter from Kelly's lawyer to Ark Music on March 29, 2011, it was alleged that Ark Music failed to fulfill the terms of their November 2010 agreement by not giving her the song and video's master recordings, by claiming Black as exclusively signed to the label, and by exploiting the song without permission – for example, selling a "Friday" ringtone. While Ark founder (and "Friday" co-writer) Patrice Wilson stated that Kelly "will get the masters and the song [...] [t]hey can have it all", and agreed that Black was not

pos: Clarence Jey relocation to Los Angeles, California. He has since composed music for television shows including "Common Law", "America's Got Talent", "Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew" and "The Newsroom". Jey's music has been used on commercials including the US retailer, Kohls and Vodafone. In 2011, Jey was part of ARK Music Factory and in association with Patrice Wilson was instrumental in one of the largest internet viral sensations in history, "Friday", by Rebecca Black, which had over 200 million YouTube hits. He co-wrote and produced/engineered the controversial song, which reached the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and iTunes Top 20 in

pos: Friday (Rebecca Black song) In" reviewer concluded. The song has received almost universally negative reviews from music critics, for its songwriting, instrumentation, Black's singing voice, and the video choreography. Lyndsey Parker of "Yahoo! Music" asked if it could be "the worst song ever." On March 29, 2011, it surpassed Justin Bieber's "Baby" as the most disliked YouTube video, with 1.17 million dislikes, and once had over 3 million "dislikes", accounting for 88% of the total ratings of the video. The video was later removed, although it has since been officially re-uploaded. The co-writer and producer of "Friday", Clarence Jey, said about the song that

pos: Friday (Rebecca Black song) you. It reminds me of 'Saturday Night'... It's what we call a 'hair-dryer song,' a song girls sing into their hair dryers as they're getting ready to go out. But the fact that it's making people so angry is "brilliant"." Cowell advised Black not to "listen to anyone over the age of 18. I'm being deadly serious. Whatever she's done has worked. Whether you like her or not, she's the most talked-about artist in America right now. Nobody over the age of 18 should understand her or like her. So she should just do it her way." Patrice Wilson released

pos: Patrice Wilson for various brands. He worked for a while trying to promote his own musical career before deciding to produce for other potential artists instead. He got married in 2008 to a Spokane-native woman who moved with him to California. In 2010 he co-founded ARK Music Factory in partnership with Clarence Jey, an Australian record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist musician. He chose the name "Ark" because of his Christian background. Jey left ARK Music Factory in May 2011 with Wilson remaining the CEO of the company. Wilson and Jey co-authored and co-produced the song "Friday" sung by Rebecca Black. He was

pos: Friday (Rebecca Black song) 7:45 pm. Patrice Wilson appears near the end of the song to deliver a short rap. The video was shot on January 6, 2011 at Black's father's house with friends and family as extras, and requiring multiple takes over 12 hours. Some of those extras became stars in their own right; her friends Benni Cinkle, Amanda Cooper and Hayley Grodt. Ark Music, according to Black's parents, cautioned them and her that they should not expect her to become famous. Black hoped that her friends and family would enjoy watching the video on YouTube and that it would perhaps help her

pos: Chinese Food (song) one million times within 24 hours of being uploaded to the video sharing site YouTube, attaining an estimated 4:1 ratio of dislikes to likes and drawing comparisons to another poorly received Patrice Wilson production, "Friday" (2011) by Rebecca Black. Wilson himself appears in the "Chinese Food" video wearing a panda suit. The video attracted controversy for its alleged overuse of Asian stereotypes, including scenes of Japanese geisha imagery in a Chinese-themed song. Another scene singled out by media outlets depicts Gold and Wilson playing the board game "Monopoly", after which the camera zooms in on Wilson placing the dog-figure on

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) song as its 2011 Black Friday advertising jingle. The hook "It's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday" was changed to "It's Black Friday, Black Friday, Gotta go to Kohl's on Black Friday". Black made her national television debut by performing a mash-up of the song along with her second single, "My Moment", during "America's Got Talent"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s result night for the YouTube Special round on August 10, 2011. The round featured various acts who have auditioned via YouTube. Rebecca Black sang an acoustic version of the song on "Good Morning America". Rebecca performed Friday along with "My Moment", live in

neg: My Moment (Rebecca Black song) My Moment (Rebecca Black song) "My Moment" is a song by American recording artist Rebecca Black. It is a self-empowerment follow-up song to her first single "Friday", addressed to the "haters" who criticized her previous release. The song was written and produced by Brandon "Blue" Hamilton and Quinton Tolbert, and co-produced by Charlton Pettus. It was released on the iTunes Store under the label RB Records as Black's second single on July 19, 2011. RB Records was established by Black herself, after disputes over ownership and distribution of her previous single, "Friday". "My Moment" received mostly negative reviews from music

neg: Rebecca Black Rebecca Black Rebecca Renee Black (born June 21, 1997) is an American YouTuber and singer who gained extensive media coverage when the music video for her 2011 single "Friday" went viral on YouTube and other social media sites. "Friday" was derided by many music critics and viewers, who dubbed it "the worst song ever". Black went on to release other songs including her Dave Days collaboration "Saturday". She currently uploads videos on her YouTube channel about various topics. Black was born in Irvine, California. She is the daughter of John Jeffery Black and Georgina Marquez Kelly, both veterinarians. Her mother

neg: My Moment (Rebecca Black song) music video, Black is "definitely a little sassier than the "Friday" singer we once knew", while Mike Hale of "The New York Times" noted that "a lot of people will rip “My Moment” for its relentless self-celebration." Black made her national television debut by performing a mash-up of the song along with her infamous debut single, "Friday", during "America's Got Talent"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s result night for the YouTube Special round in August 2011. The round featured various acts who had auditioned via YouTube. Credits for "My Moment" adapted from MTV and CNN. My Moment (Rebecca Black song) "My Moment" is a song

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) song and the November agreement is invalid. In June 2011, Ark Music Factory started charging $2.99 to watch the music video on YouTube. Black's initial response was through a message through her Twitter account saying: "Thanks for all the messages regarding the $2.99 fee added to Friday video, I have "nothing" to do with this!!" On June 16, 2011, YouTube took down the official video for "Friday". Instead a message in place of the video read: "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Rebecca Black. Sorry about that." A spokesman for Rebecca Black said her

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) his sequel to the song "Friday" on May 6, 2012, titled "Happy", focusing on Saturdays. Rebecca Black released her own sequel, entitled "Saturday", in December 2013. By March 21, 2011, the "Friday" music video had been viewed more than 30 million times on YouTube. "Forbes" estimated that as of that date, Black and ARK Music had earned $20,000 from YouTube's revenue-sharing program, and "Billboard" estimated iTunes sales of approximately 43,000 copies, roughly equivalent to $26,700 in royalties. Within a week after being released on iTunes, it had jumped to 19 on their sales chart, on March 19, 2011. "Friday" debuted

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) singer Chris Brown said: "Honest opinion? It was great. I'll be jammin' to it on "Friday", "Friday"." Fellow teenage singer Miley Cyrus denied that she had criticized Black, saying "I "am" a fan" and that she sang "Friday" while driving. Simon Cowell praised Black, saying "I love her [and] the fact that she's got so much publicity. People are so upset about the song, but I think it's hysterical. [...] Anyone who can create this much controversy within a week, I want to meet. I love people like that." He observed that "any song to do with the weekend annoys

neg: Saturday (Rebecca Black and Dave Days song) last song named after a day of the week. "Saturday" debuted and peaked at number 55 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, selling 3,000 downloads in its first week of sales. Rebecca Black performed "Saturday" live at DigiFest New York City on June 8, 2014. Saturday (Rebecca Black and Dave Days song) "Saturday" is a song by American singer Rebecca Black and American musician and YouTube personality Dave Days. The single was released on December 3, 2013, with its accompanying music video released the following Saturday, December 7. It is the sequel to her first single "Friday". The video received

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) "the concept we feel seems to have crossed a lot of boundaries, for the better or worse." Observers have called it "bizarre," "inept," and "hilariously dreadful." The song and Black herself were "savaged" on social networks across the Internet, while being seen as a "YouTube laughing stock." On YouTube, the video was met with negative comments and video responses, including comments interpreted as "violent". Kevin Rutherford, a columnist for Billboard magazine, wrote, "Black's video for 'Friday' is one of those rare occurrences where even the most seasoned critics of Internet culture don't know where to begin. From the singing straight

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) as they wrote it, Mom." "Friday" uses the 50s progression, a I-VI-IV-V chord progression that many popular songs have used such as "Heart and Soul" and "Unchained Melody". It is performed in the key of B major at a tempo of 112 beats per minute. According to Randy Lewis of "Los Angeles Times", the familiar structure contributes to the song's catchiness, making it what others have called an earworm. The song also sees Black on a harmony track. In a review for "Rolling Stone", writer Matthew Perpetua described the vocals as having "a peculiar tonality that inadvertently highlights the absurdity

neg: Saturday (Rebecca Black and Dave Days song) Saturday (Rebecca Black and Dave Days song) "Saturday" is a song by American singer Rebecca Black and American musician and YouTube personality Dave Days. The single was released on December 3, 2013, with its accompanying music video released the following Saturday, December 7. It is the sequel to her first single "Friday". The video received mixed reviews. James Montgomery from MTV said that "Saturday" is "everything you'd imagine", but cited her mature side poking through. Lauren Ziegler from "The Sydney Morning Herald" called it a "bold move" for Black to make "Saturday". Drew Grant from "The New York Observer" called

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) Richard Cheese, and live in concerts by Todd Rundgren, Odd Future, Nick Jonas, and Justin Bieber. Singer Katy Perry performed the song on selected dates during her "California Dreams Tour", including at the Rod Laver Arena, Newcastle Entertainment Centre, TD Garden, Air Canada Centre and the 1stBank Center. During the August 5 concert at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Rebecca Black joined Perry onstage, performing the song as a duet. Numerous parodies of "Friday" have been uploaded to YouTube and become viral in their own right. Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter also made a joint parody entitled "Thursday" on the

neg: The X Factor (Australia season 3) wrote titled, "Introvert Extrovert", which made him an overnight internet sensation. The song entered the iTunes' Top 100 chart overnight and landed O'Dell thousands of fans on social media and his official YouTube channel. The song title also became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter for more than two hours, following his television performance of the song. Overnight commentary on Twitter and Facebook quickly labelled O'Dell as the Australian version of Rebecca Black, who found fame with her song, "Friday". However, O'Dell failed to move through to the next round of the competition. Both Kelly and O'Dell returned to perform

neg: My Moment (Rebecca Black song) critics. Though reviewers considered it an improvement from Black's previous single, they also found it less enjoyable. Unlike its predecessor, the song failed to chart on international music markets. The song's music video, which premiered a day before the single was released, portrays Black's "sudden rise to fame" and her "moments". The video garnered more than a million views within 24 hours of its release. Rebecca Black became famous in early 2011 for her song "Friday" and its viral music video, whose reception was heavily negative from commentators and YouTube users. Black said that, after "Friday", she needed "to find

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Benni Cinkle, who became known as "that girl in pink" and appears during the second verse of the video, released her own song entitled "Can You See Me Now" and created an anti-bullying organization (That Girl In Pink Foundation) due to the negative response she got from "Friday". The video for "Friday" was later placed at number one in the "NME" list of "50 Worst Music Videos". Not long after the "Friday" video went viral on YouTube, Black and her mother, Georgina Kelly, got into legal issues with Ark Music over rights to

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) the song. In a March 29, 2011 letter from Kelly's lawyer to Ark Music, it was alleged that Ark Music failed to fulfill the terms of their November 2010 agreement by not giving her the song and video's master recordings, by claiming Black as exclusively signed to the label, and by exploiting the song without permission – for example, selling a "Friday" ringtone. While Wilson stated that Kelly "will get the masters and the song ... [t]hey can have it all", and agreed that Black was not exclusive to Ark, his attorney claimed that Ark owns the copyright for the

neg: Rebecca Black 2011. As an homage to "Friday", Black appeared in the music video for Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", in which Black plays alongside Perry as the hostess of a party Perry attends. A cover of "Friday" was performed on "Glee" in the second-season episode, "Prom Queen". When asked about why the song was covered on "Glee", show creator Ryan Murphy replied, "The show pays tribute to pop culture and, love it or hate it, that song is pop culture." Not long after the "Friday" video went viral on YouTube, Black and her mother, Georgina Kelly, got into legal issues

neg: Rebecca Black listed Black as "#1 Most Searched – Google". The searches for the teen singer topped even those of pop icons Lady Gaga and Adele. In late 2013, Black released the song "Saturday". For her sequel to "Friday", she collaborated with Dave Days. It became Black's second song to chart on the "Billboard" Hot 100, peaking at number 55. While it reached a higher position than "Friday" (number 58), "Saturday" was on the chart only one week, compared to six for "Friday". Aside from her original music, Black has been posting videos regularly on her YouTube channel, which include blogs (sometimes

neg: My Moment (Rebecca Black song) twenty-five seconds. It is composed in the key of E major, simply using three major chords (E, B, and A, respectively). According to Jocelyn Vena of MTV, the song "is addressing all those haters who didn't necessarily get her last viral smash, "Friday". Black starts singing the lyrics "Weren't you the one who said that I would be nothing?/ Well, I'm about to prove you wrong/ I'm not the only one who believes in something/ My one wish is about to come true." As the song goes, Black addresses her negative reception even more, singing, "Haters, said I'll see you

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) song and accompanying video that included a choice of two pre-written songs. According to Kelly, the payment covered one half or less of the production costs of the music video, and Black's family could have paid nothing in exchange for giving up all rights to the song. Black chose "Friday", as "the other song was about adult love – I haven't experienced that yet. I felt like it was my personality in that song." Ark Music extensively used the pitch-correcting software Auto-Tune. Although Kelly had some doubts over the quality of the lyrics, Black assured her that "I sang it

neg: My Moment (Rebecca Black song) they were previously, but said that the tuning had "been done much more artfully", meaning Black sounded "more like a human being." A reviewer for "The Huffington Post" said, "if you were hoping for "Friday" part two, this certainly isn't it. Gone is the weird nasal, overly auto-tuned voice that made 'Friday' sound like she was saying 'fried egg.'" Black herself was called "sweet but very self empowered" by Stransky, and Adrian Chen of Gawker called the track "a 'look-at-me-now' love letter" to all [Black's] haters". Jason Lipshutz of "Billboard" saw the song in a similar light; for him, Black

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) 160 million-plus viewings without objection) by both Ms. Black and the copyright holder. Regardless, we are going to continue to take the high road and work out the complaint as soon as possible, so that the million-plus people who watch Friday for free each day can continue to enjoy the video." On September 16, 2011, the video was restored to YouTube, on Black's official channel. A cover version was released by the cast of season two of the television series "Glee". The cast performed it on the show as well. The official release features cast members Puck (Mark Salling), Artie

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) for other 17-year-olds: "The show pays tribute to pop culture and, love it or hate it, that song is pop culture." On April 1, 2011, "Friday" was performed by Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Taylor Hicks and The Roots on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon". The New York Knicks City Dancers joined in. Jimmy Fallon released "Friday" as part of his 2012 Warner Records album, "Blow Your Pants Off", which featured high-profile acts such as Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen. The album won Best Comedy Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards. The song has also been covered in a recording by

neg: Rebecca Black working on the album since releasing her song "Friday"; however, but it took her a while to be free from Ark Music Factory and find producers with whom she was comfortable. However, no album or new original songs were released. Towards the end of 2015, Black performed a cover of "Wild" by Troye Sivan. Black created a web video in January 2016 on Go90 called "Life After Friday". In the show, Black graduates from high school, tells her parents she is not going to college and follows her adventures after moving to Los Angeles. On August 26, 2016, Black released

neg: Saturday (Rebecca Black and Dave Days song) "Friday" references. While praised for her maturity, Black also stirred racial controversy by having a black male arrested at the end of the music video. Nardine Saad of the "Los Angeles Times" cited the racism: "At the end, the only prominent African-American in the video gets arrested, which has drawn accusations of racism against Black. It's unclear who it is or why he's getting arrested, and, unlike Ms. Black, we just want it all to end." Despite jokes about a possible "Sunday" in the future, Black herself has said that she is "done with weekdays" and that "Saturday" is her

neg: Patrice Wilson the Rhythm" co-written for the show by Wilson and Steve Sulikowski and produced by Wilson. A music video was made in one day and was launched on the GMA program on 30 June 2011. In 2011, he established Pato Music World (PMW) later relabeled as PMW Live. On 6 May 2012, Wilson released an "official sequel" to the infamous Rebecca Black song "Friday". The "sequel" called "Happy" (alternatively "Happy (The Official Sequel to Friday)" or "The H.A.P.P.Y. Song"), that features Antoine Dodson and Lela Brown and focuses on Saturdays, with plenty of remarks to Friday and self-deprecating music video to

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) "Hot 100" song. Despite the song's strong performance elsewhere, Georgina Kelly claimed in late March 2011 that her daughter had not received any money from the song's sales to that point in time, saying "We haven't received a dime from anywhere." The concept for the music video is based on the lyrics and presented as a typical Friday for Black. She wakes up and goes to school, meeting her friends on the way. In the evening, after debating whether to sit in the front or back of a convertible, Black and her friends ride the car to a party at

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) of boilerplate pop lyrics," adding that the tone in the refrain "sounds unlike anything else in pop music." He noted the sound as being not entirely agreeable to listen to, but stated that Black ultimately ends up "sounding like a distinct singer with an alluring sort of anti-charisma." The lyrics of the song speak about "hanging out with friends and having fun." The lyrics reflect the happenings of a day, in the life of a teenager like Black, like eating breakfast and going to school. "She's excited 'cause it's Friday. Which means a weekend full of possibility awaits," a "Plugged

neg: Rebecca Black site Twitter, and garnering mostly negative media coverage. The single was released on March 14, with first-week sales estimated to be around 40,000 by "Billboard." On March 22, Black appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," during which she performed the song and discussed the negative reaction to it. The song peaked on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and the New Zealand Singles Chart at numbers 58 and 33, respectively. In the UK, the song debuted at number 61 on the UK Singles Chart. In response to the YouTube video of "Friday", Black began to receive phone and email death

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) removed. By June 15, 2011, the video had more than 166 million views, and 3.2 million "dislikes" from YouTube users against just 454,000 "likes". It also peaked in the top 20 most watched YouTube videos of all time. After reading the harsh reviews of "Friday", Black said that "those hurtful comments really shocked me." Ark Music offered to take the video down from YouTube, but Black refused the offer, saying that she did not wish "to give the haters the satisfaction that they got me so bad I gave up." Black's father has accompanied her in public to guard against

neg: Rebecca Black the boy band Stereo Kicks as her opponent. Graham performed "A Song for You", followed by Black singing Ednaswap's "Torn". The audience voted on the two performances, preferring to save Graham, with Black being eliminated from the show. After her appearance, she tweeted: "I am just blown away reading your comments and seeing so much support online,” she wrote. “Sending all of my love right back to you. Thank you for hearing me, for seeing me. This is just the beginning. Also I don’t think I’m gonna sleep at all tonight I’m way too excited." Rebecca Black Rebecca Renee Black

neg: Benni Cinkle released in July of the same year. Benni Cinkle Benni Cinkle is an American pop musician from Anaheim, California. Cinkle first appeared in the music video for the song "Friday" by Rebecca Black, who attended the same school in Anaheim as she did. The song became viral within a few days, gaining mostly negative media attention. Cinkle herself was the target of many malicious comments by YouTube viewers. She became a widely recognised internet meme (particularly after GIFs were made of her dancing in the music video), and soon she had entries in Urban Dictionary and the Internet Meme Museum.

neg: Benni Cinkle Benni Cinkle Benni Cinkle is an American pop musician from Anaheim, California. Cinkle first appeared in the music video for the song "Friday" by Rebecca Black, who attended the same school in Anaheim as she did. The song became viral within a few days, gaining mostly negative media attention. Cinkle herself was the target of many malicious comments by YouTube viewers. She became a widely recognised internet meme (particularly after GIFs were made of her dancing in the music video), and soon she had entries in Urban Dictionary and the Internet Meme Museum. Cinkle used her online attention to benefit

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) "Conan" show on TBS. The YouTube phenomenon Bad Lip Reading was launched when an anonymous music and video producer replaced the audio to the "Friday" video with new music and lyrics about gang fighting. "Gang Fight", released in March 2011, earned Bad Lip Reading a million hits and thousands of subscribers, with many spoofs soon following. Black appears as herself in the music video of Katy Perry's single "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". She appears as the host of a party in the house next door to that of "Kathy Beth Terry". At the end of the video, "Terry" attempts to

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) but it has since become a cult classic, covered by numerous artists and comedians. The original video was removed from YouTube on June 16, 2011, due to legal disputes between ARK Music and Black herself. By then, it had already amassed more than 166 million views.. The video was uploaded to YouTube again on September 16, 2011. Since the growth in popularity of the song and video, there have been numerous parody videos and remixes. "Forbes" stated that the notoriety of the song is another sign of the power of social media—specifically Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr, in this instance—in the

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) on the US Hot Digital Songs chart at number 57 and went on to peak at number 38. "Friday" debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 33 on March 21, 2011. The song entered the "Billboard" Hot 100 at number 72 and rose to 58 the next week. It sold 87,000 copies in the United States over its first two weeks and has gone on to sell 442,000 copies, as of December 2013. The song also received airplay in Sweden. In the United States, it was played 12 times from March 16 to 22, considered low for a

neg: Rebecca Black exclusive to Ark, his attorney claimed that Ark owns the copyright for the song and the November agreement is invalid. In June 2011, Ark Music Factory started charging $2.99 to watch the music video on YouTube. Later that month, "Friday" was removed as a result of the legal dispute; it was restored to YouTube on September 16, 2011, on Black's official channel. "Friday" was revealed as YouTube's No. 1 video of 2011, with Black hosting a short video called "YouTube Rewind" in the year-end recap. The video received more than 167 million views and more than 3,190,000 "dislikes" during its

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) Bieber, her idol, to perform a duet with her. Although Bieber has not released an official announcement regarding the offer, he posted on Twitter "sunday comes after saturday? weird." Bieber later sang part of the chorus at one of his concerts. "Rolling Stone's" Perpetua again praised Black after the interview and said, "She is actually a pretty decent singer. [...] She is a total sweetheart. [...] Black comes off as a well-adjusted, happy and grateful kid." He also pointed out Black's intention to donate part of the profits from the song to school arts programs and relief efforts in Japan

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) potential accosters. In response to criticism over the song's significant use of Auto-Tune, Black performed an acoustic version during an interview with ABC News, which earned over 180,000 dislikes on YouTube (84% of total ratings) by November 2011. Later in the interview Black's mother, Kelly, stated that she was "angry and upset" after Black was brought to tears by comments, such as "I hope you go cut yourself and die" and "'I hope you cut yourself and get an eating disorder so you'll look pretty." Black said, however, that soon she was able to ignore such comments, and asked Justin

neg: Baby (Justin Bieber song) website YouTube, making it the 29th most viewed video of all time on the site. It was also the most disliked video of all time (briefly surpassed by Friday by Rebecca Black upon that video's release in 2011) until it was surpassed in December 2018 by . Bieber premiered an acoustic version of the song on MuchMusic. He sang the song on VH1's Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam, along with other performers Rihanna, JoJo and Timbaland, and on CBS' "The Early Show" as a part of their "Super Bowl" programming. He performed the song the first time with Ludacris on

neg: My Moment (Rebecca Black song) later/Can't talk to you right now/I'm getting my paper". "My Moment" features a simple mid-tempo melody with a prominent uses of garish keyboards on its background. Uses of pitch-correcting software Auto-Tune on Black's vocals were also noticed. Tanner Stransky of "Entertainment Weekly" said that, unlike Black's previous song, "My Moment" was not so bad it's good, and Michelle Woo of "OC Weekly" described "My Moment" as "a lot less terrible" than "Friday", making it "less awesome". Many compared the production to that of "Friday". Mike Hale of "The New York Times" criticized Black's vocals for being "as heavily processed" as

neg: Brooklyn Girls (Catey Shaw song) undeniably catchy". NYMag described Brooklyn Girls as "the anthem nobody wanted" and predicted that it would be "a huge hit among suburban teenage girls and people who have never been to Brooklyn". "Entertainment Weekly" described it as "the most hated song on the internet". Dan Ozzi of Noisey described Brooklyn Girls as "the Rebecca Black 'Friday' video of Brooklyn gentrification" and that "every fucking thing in this video is an ugly stereotype of the worst elements of Brooklyn". According to Lily Rothman of "Time" magazine, Shaw "isn't actually singing about Brooklyn the "place". She's singing about Brooklyn the "adjective"". Shaw

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) out of Auto-Tuned hell to lyrics such as 'Tomorrow is Saturday / And Sunday comes afterwards / I don't want this weekend to end' and a hilariously bad rap about passing school buses, 'Friday' is something that simply must be seen and heard to be fully appreciated." Many other reviewers also singled out the lyrics in particular for criticism, which were described as "overly simple and repetitive" by "TNT Magazine". Jim Edwards of BNET and Doug Gross of CNN both noted that the rap break from the considerably older rapper was "creepy."" "Time" "ranked it number two on a list

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) (Kevin McHale) and Sam (Chord Overstreet) on vocals, as part of the prom festivities on the "Prom Queen" episode that aired on May 10, 2011. Series co-creator Ryan Murphy explained to "The Hollywood Reporter" the use of the viral hit as a tribute to popular culture. He said: "There’s a rule for it that's explained in the show. The Glee Club is hired to perform songs for the prom and they were told by the principal to please do popular songs that the kids know." Murphy noted that "Glee"s "Friday" cover offers a different take since it's sung by males

neg: Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) ogles Terry from afar and fantasizes about being with her. However, Kathy is more interested in Steve Johnson aka "The Jock" (model Richie Nuzzolese), an attractive football player, who turns her down because of her appearance. To cheer her up, Black gives Kathy a makeover, ripping off her headgear with pliers, waxing her upper lip, dressing her in tight-fitting neon clothes, and teasing her hair out. Steve becomes enamored with her, and everyone starts dancing. Kathy and Rebecca are also seen playing the song "Hot Stuff" on "Just Dance 2" by Ubisoft (a game that features Perry as DLC). Musician

neg: Prom Queen (Glee) a row "is a tad boring". While most reviewers disliked "Friday" in the original, Rebecca Black version, the commentary for the prom incarnation sung by Puck, Sam and Artie was generally positive despite this—Gonzalez said she hated herself "for giving this horrendously addictive version of a horrendous song a B." VanDerWerff said the song was "way, way, way too long, though it was more fun than [he] expected it to be", Raymund Flandez of "The Wall Street Journal" called it "darn good and infectious", and Mullins said it was "much catchier than the original". Benigno gave the song an "A−",

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) legal team had asked YouTube to take the video down because of an ongoing legal dispute with the song's producers Ark Music Factory. Ark Music Factory responded by saying it was disappointed that Black decided to have the video pulled from YouTube despite the two parties being in "good faith negotiations". It added: "There's been an ongoing, open dialogue with our company. So we were blindsided to get a 'Take Down Notice' alleging copyright infringement instead of a call or e-mail from Rebecca's representatives. Our use of the video has fully been authorized (as evidenced by four uninterrupted months and

neg: In Your Words November 9, 2012, and the video was officially released the same day as the single. Black said about the video: The song was performed live by Rebecca Black for her debut concert at the House of Blues on December 24, 2012. In Your Words "In Your Words" is a song by American singer Rebecca Black. The single was released on November 23, 2012, and the music video was released the same day. "In Your Words" is an emotional midtempo acoustic guitar-driven country pop song, where Rebecca Black sings that she is "moving on/Cause you set me free/And I'm trying to

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) of "Top 10 Songs with Silly Lyrics.""" Despite the overwhelmingly negative reviews, a few reviewers had positive things to say about the song and video. "Entertainment Weekly" writer Joseph Lynch noted that there was "something sickeningly catchy about this tune that keeps you coming back for more." "Rolling Stone"'s Perpetua stated, "When you see this video, you immediately notice everything that it does 'wrong', but it actually gets a lot of things about pop music right, if just by accident." "OK!" Magazine also noted that "some are calling the 13-year-old signed singer the next Justin Bieber." After watching the video,

neg: Rebecca West Yorker". Robert D. Kaplan's influential book "Balkan Ghosts" (1994) is an homage to West's "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon" (1941), which he calls "this century's greatest travel book" A 1990s female Canadian rock group headed by Alison Outhit called itself "Rebecca West." In February 2006, BBC broadcast a radio version of West's novel "The Fountain Overflows", dramatized by Robin Brook, in six 55-minute installments. Rebecca West Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield DBE (21 December 1892 – 15 March 1983), known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. An author who wrote

neg: Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) the "best party ever." Puzzled as to what happened, she goes online, only to find pictures of herself in various compromising positions, including one picture of her licking the stomach of the boy in bed next to her. The video then goes into a flashback of the events that occurred the night before. While doing a Sudoku puzzle, Kathy hears loud music from the house next door, and goes over to complain. She is greeted by Rebecca Black (who appears as a homage to Black's viral video "Friday"), who invites her in. A nerdy Everett McDonald ("Glee" star Kevin McHale)

neg: Rebecca Black threats, which were investigated by the Anaheim Police Department. Black teamed up with Funny or Die on April Fool's Day 2011 (when the comedy site was renamed Friday or Die) for a series of videos, including one about the underage teens driving a car in her "Friday" video. She signed to manager Debra Baum's DB Entertainment, reportedly with Ryan Seacrest's help. Black also stated that she is a fan of Justin Bieber, and expressed interest in performing a duet with him. MTV selected Black to host its first online awards show, the O Music Awards Fan Army Party, in April

neg: My Moment (Rebecca Black song) "does offer a bit of vitriol to those who wrote her off as a one-hit Internet wonder." The song was compared to Radio Disney songs and the music of Justin Bieber. While Chen called it "inoffensive" and "mildly catchy", other reviewers were less sympathetic. Jenni Dunning, of the "Toronto Star", said that while "you might find it possible to listen to the whole song without flinching as much at her nasally voice [...] that doesn’t make it good." Daniel Kreps, of Yahoo! Music, was even more critical, saying that nobody could like "My Moment", not even ironically. The music video,

neg: Friday (Rebecca Black song) to later begin a singing career. The video was posted on February 10, 2011 and received 4,000 views, enough to please Black, before comedian Michael J. Nelson's Twitter account and a "Tosh.0" blog post, "Songwriting Isn’t for Everyone", drew attention to it on March 11, 2011, turning the video into a viral hit. Criticism of the song's lyrics, the use of Auto-Tune on Black's vocals, as well as the content of the video also caused it to become viral. On May 9, 2011, comments became subject to prior approval for posting. Two days later, commenting was disabled altogether and archives

neg: Teenage Dream (Katy Perry album) (T.G.I.F.)" was released on June 6, 2011 on US Top 40/Mainstream radio as the fifth single from the album. The song received generally mixed reviews from music critics. The song also received commercial success, peaking at number one in Canada, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the US, topping the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart for two consecutive weeks. The music video was released worldwide on June 14, 2011. It guest stars Darren Criss, Rebecca Black, Kevin McHale, Kenny G, Hanson, Corey Feldman and Debbie Gibson. A remixed version of "Last Friday Night" was released on August 8, 2011, featuring American rapper

neg: Bad Lip Reading from Texas.) The first Bad Lip Reading video released was a spoof of Rebecca Black's song "Friday", entitled "Gang Fight". New music and lyrics were matched to Black's video to make it appear as though she were singing about gang warfare. The "Gang Fight" YouTube video, released in March 2011, earned BLR a million hits and thousands of subscribers. More spoof videos followed, including interpretations of The Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" (a viral video called "Everybody Poops"); Taylor Swift's "Our Song"; and Michael Bublé's "Haven't Met You Yet". The latter was transformed into the "electronica-inspired" "Russian Unicorn", which

neg: ARK Music Factory directors. In March 2011, Ark gained notoriety through a viral video when one of their songs, Rebecca Black's "Friday" (which also includes raps by Wilson) unexpectedly became an Internet meme. According to the British newspaper "The Independent", Black trended high on Twitter, after the release. As of 2016 the song has been viewed over 100 million times on YouTube. The original video, which at the time of its takedown in June 2011 had 167 million views, was removed from YouTube for due to copyright claims from Black's family. It has since been reinstated on Black's personal YouTube channel. Mirrors of

neg: In Your Words In Your Words "In Your Words" is a song by American singer Rebecca Black. The single was released on November 23, 2012, and the music video was released the same day. "In Your Words" is an emotional midtempo acoustic guitar-driven country pop song, where Rebecca Black sings that she is "moving on/Cause you set me free/And I'm trying to be as much of myself as if you were here with me...", after breaking up with somebody. Black explained the song in a 2012 interview: Black has also said that her manager "likes to use a term, which is a pretty

neg: It's All About You (album) to 2002 Rebecca F. was contracted to a development deal by R. Kelly for his vanity label Rockland Records during which time she recorded and produced her own songs. The song "Juda," released on this album, was written by Rebecca F. and copyrighted in 1999. In August 2011, Rebecca F., born Rebecca Francescatti, filed a lawsuit in Illinois Northern District Court's Chicago Office known as "Francescatti v. Germanotta et al." The complaint alleges: "Lady Gaga, her music labels, and one of the musicians who allegedly wrote 17 of Gaga's songs for her 'Born This Way' album are sued for copyright

neg: Mike Lamond job will ever limit me when it comes to gaming." On 26 September 2012 Genna Bain announced the creation of Axiom ESports, with TotalBiscuit and Husky as the team's sponsors and CranK, now AxCrank, as their first player. Throughout his career of gaming and casting he has also produced and co-produced music video parodies and originals with Kurt Hugo Schneider under the name of Nerd Alert such as Banelings (Justin Bieber - Baby Parody), Nerdy and I know it (LMFAO - Sexy and I know it Parody), Void Rays (Rebecca Black - Friday Parody) and Dear Peach (Luigi Love Song).

neg: Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) displayed on the screens. Credits adapted from "Teenage Dream" album liner notes. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" is a song by American singer Katy Perry from her third studio album, "Teenage Dream". The song was written and produced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin, who also co-wrote the song with Perry and Bonnie McKee. Perry stated that she was inspired to write the track after a night of wild partying and streaking. It was released as the album's fifth single on June 6, 2011, by Capitol Records, with a remix featuring American rapper Missy Elliott released to

neg: Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" is a song by American singer Katy Perry from her third studio album, "Teenage Dream". The song was written and produced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin, who also co-wrote the song with Perry and Bonnie McKee. Perry stated that she was inspired to write the track after a night of wild partying and streaking. It was released as the album's fifth single on June 6, 2011, by Capitol Records, with a remix featuring American rapper Missy Elliott released to US radio stations and digital retailers on August 8, 2011; this version

neg: Rebecca West Rebecca West Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield DBE (21 December 1892 – 15 March 1983), known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. An author who wrote in many genres, West reviewed books for "The Times", the "New York Herald Tribune", the "Sunday Telegraph", and "The New Republic", and she was a correspondent for "The Bookman". Her major works include "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon" (1941), on the history and culture of Yugoslavia; "A Train of Powder" (1955), her coverage of the Nuremberg trials, published originally in "The New Yorker"; "The

neg: Black Friday (Lil' Kim mixtape) by "Rap-Up". Black Friday (Lil' Kim mixtape) Black Friday is the second mixtape by American rapper Lil' Kim, released on February 14, 2011 through PayPal, for $7.99. The title track is a response to Nicki Minaj's song "Roman's Revenge". The mixtape also contains the track "Grindin' Makin' Money", a collaboration which features rappers Birdman and Nicki Minaj, which Kim claims ignited the feud between her and Minaj, as well as another diss song towards Minaj titled "Pissin' on 'Em". The cover of the mixtape, featuring a decapitated Nicki Minaj, was a fan's idea. The mixtape's title is a play on

neg: Andrea Corr released on 19 February 2008 and was performed by a number of famous Irish musicians. This included members of U2, Sinéad O'Connor Christy Dignam of Aslan, Robert Hunter of the Grateful Dead, who wrote the song, Kíla, Christy Moore, Moya Brennan, Shane MacGowan, Bob Geldof, Damien Dempsey, Gavin Friday, Iona Green, Jerry Fish, Paul Brady, Paddy Casey, Mick Pyro, Mundy, Chris de Burgh, Ronan Keating, Jack L, Eleanor Shanley, Mary Black, Declan O'Rourke, Mary Coughlan, Joe Elliott of Def Leppard The Dubliners themselves and The Chieftains. The single was written to originally include Ronnie himself but was changed to be

neg: Black Friday (Lil' Kim mixtape) Black Friday (Lil' Kim mixtape) Black Friday is the second mixtape by American rapper Lil' Kim, released on February 14, 2011 through PayPal, for $7.99. The title track is a response to Nicki Minaj's song "Roman's Revenge". The mixtape also contains the track "Grindin' Makin' Money", a collaboration which features rappers Birdman and Nicki Minaj, which Kim claims ignited the feud between her and Minaj, as well as another diss song towards Minaj titled "Pissin' on 'Em". The cover of the mixtape, featuring a decapitated Nicki Minaj, was a fan's idea. The mixtape's title is a play on Minaj's debut

neg: Rebecca Black French Fry Day 2018, YouTube personality Miranda Sings in collaboration with Dunkin Donuts, released an adapted version of Friday, as part of the Donut Fries marketing strategy. On June 7, 2018, Black appeared as a contestant in of the reality television musical competition series "", broadcast on Fox. The series is hosted by Fergie and judged by Sean Combs, Meghan Trainor and DJ Khaled. Black sang "Bye Bye Bye" from NSYNC for her audition, and received the go-ahead for the next round with "three blue rings" from all three judges. In the next round, she picked contestant James Graham from

neg: Hot Problems Hot Problems "Hot Problems" is a song released by the musical group Double Take which consists of Drew Garrett and Lauren Willey. On April 17, 2012, the "Hot Problems" music video was featured on several news sites, and received negative reviews. The song has been called "the worst song ever", with some YouTubers claiming that the song is worse than Rebecca Black's "Friday". "We don't think that we're that hot," the teens told ABC regarding their lyrics. Garrett and Willey also told ABC that they are "open" to careers as songwriters. The teens stated that they made the song because

neg: Transform (Rebecca St. James album) Transform (Rebecca St. James album) Transform is the sixth studio album by Christian pop and rock singer Rebecca St. James. It was released on 24 October 2000 and debuted at No. 166 on the "Billboard" 200. The album spawned two singles, "Wait for Me" and "Reborn". Like her previous albums, Rebecca co-wrote the majority of the album, with the exception of "One" and "In Me". "For the Love of God" was written after Rebecca attended a missions trip to Romania, while the song "Reborn" was written about a friend coming to know Christ. Rebecca stated that "To see the joy

neg: Coon song Berlin. Even one of John Philip Sousa's assistants, Arthur Pryor, composed coon songs. (This was meant to ensure a steady supply to Sousa's band, which performed the songs and popularized several coon song melodies.) Many coon songs were written by whites, but some were written by blacks. Important black composers of coon songs include Ernest Hogan (who wrote "All Coons Look Alike to Me", the most famous coon song); Sam Lucas (who wrote the most racist early coon songs by modern standards); minstrel and songwriter Sidney L. Perrin (who wrote "Black Annie," "Dat's De Way to Spell Chicken," "Mamma's Little

neg: Rebecca (raccoon) a leash outdoors. As First Lady Grace wrote: When the Coolidges took a vacation in the Black Hills, they brought Rebecca along in a basket, together with two of their dogs, Rob Roy and Prudence Prim as well as five canaries. As a companion for Rebecca, Reuben, a male racoon was acquired by a White House police officer. Reuben frequently escaped, being recovered by White House staff; but, ultimately disappeared without a trace. In preparation for leaving the White House at the end of the president's term in 1929, the Coolidges donated Rebecca to the zoological quarters in Rock Creek

neg: Paper Doll (song) until 1930) by Johnny S. Black, whose greatest success would come with his song "Dardanella", which sold 5,000,000 copies in a recording by bandleader Ben Selvin in 1920, and a further 2,000,000 copies of sheet music. Black died in 1936, six years before his second greatest success, "Paper Doll", swept the country. Black was apparently inspired to write the song after he was jilted by a girlfriend. The author Jack London Riehl wrote that Black was "a pianist, who augmented his income by boxing. His girlfriend ran off with another boxer, and he wrote this song, which began, 'I'd like

neg: Rebecca Riots the car carrying Liberal candidate John Hinds for a meeting at Bethania Chapel, Talog. The Rebecca Riots were the setting for the novel "Hosts of Rebecca" by Alexander Cordell. One of the earliest novels about the Rebecca Riots was written by Welsh author Amy Dillwyn, who wrote "The Rebecca Rioter", first published in 1880. A more recent novel is "Children of Rebecca" by Vivien Annis Bailey, published by Honno (press) in 1995. In 1948 Dylan Thomas wrote the screenplay for a film, "Rebecca's Daughters", which was published as a novel of the same name in 1965. The film was not

neg: Forgive (song) Forgive (song) "Forgive" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Rebecca Lynn Howard. It was released in May 2002 as the only single and title track from her album "Forgive", and the only Top 40 country hit of her career. The song peaked at number 12 on "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song is also featured on the soundtrack to NBC drama series "Providence". Howard wrote the song with Trey Bruce, who co-produced it with Mark Wright. The music video was directed by Morgan Lawley and premiered in mid-2002. Maria Konicki Dinoia of

neg: Come Along with Me (Adventure Time) at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con, she joked that she wrote it "Because she can't stay away [from "Adventure Time"]." DiMaggio said that "The last day we recorded we had to do the final song that Rebecca Sugar wrote. I was a wreck when I first had to sing [... it was] like, 'Thank you, Rebecca Sugar, for your beautiful music.'" Willow Smith guest stars in the special, providing the voice of Beth. She also recorded a cover version of the show's opening theme for the episode. Smith, a fan of the series, previously wrote the song "Marceline" based on

neg: Black Friday (1869) run by "Boss" Tweed was broken by New York reformers including Edwards Pierrepont, Grant's future Attorney General, and prominent member of the Committee of Seventy. Henry Adams believed that President Ulysses S. Grant was much too tolerant of his corrupt associates. In 1870, Adams wrote an article, "The New York Gold Conspiracy," that detailed Gould and Fisk's scheme to corner the gold market, and hinted that Grant had participated in or at least known of the scheme. Web cite sources Further reading Black Friday (1869) The Black Friday, September 24, 1869, gold panic was caused by the efforts of two

neg: Pink Friday Tour wanted to literally kill someone. She followed that statement with saying "But instead I wrote a song." which lead into "Fire Burns" with an Autumn themed background. She followed the song by then performing "Save Me" with Barbie's house as a backdrop. After "Save Me" she left the stage which ended her softer, more emotional segment of the show. Another DJ interlude played while she made her final costume change of the concert. For the last segment Minaj is dressed with graffiti leggings, a striped shirt, black panties, with a pink hat and some necklaces. She had also changed her

neg: Rebecca Zadig French lyrics in addition to English and Persian. Rebecca Zadig also sang in the song "Bombay Dreams" with Aneela in 2004 and has been featured in "Mitarsam" (also called "Suddenly") - singles from Arash. In live performances of Arash, for example the one he did on "Live in Sopot" at the Polish television, and in others, Rebecca Zadig sang the song with Arash, although the recorded version of the song "Arash" is normally sung by Helena (who does not appear in public). She also works in fashion and underwear design. Rebecca Zadig Rebecca Zadig (born July 27, 1982) is a

neg: I'm a Fool to Want You Mannie Green, Harry Katzman, Tom Lassoff, Milton Lomask, Rebecca Lynch, Julius Schachter (vn), Harold Furmansky, Isadore Zirr (vl), Frank Miller, George Polikian (vc), Frank Sinatra (v), The Ray Charles Singers (bkv). The song has become a pop and jazz standard that has been recorded by other performers. Among the artists who have recorded the song are: I'm a Fool to Want You "I'm a Fool to Want You" is a 1951 song composed by Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, and Joel Herron. Frank Sinatra co-wrote the lyrics and released the song as a Columbia Records single. The ballad is considered a

neg: Pretty Girl Rock was included on their mixtape "Fall in Love with RichGirl" in February 2011. American rapper Lil' Kim also remixed "Pretty Girl Rock" and renamed it "Kimmy Girl" for her mixtape "Black Friday" in March 2011. American rock band Parachute covered the song during their Mashup Mondays session for "Billboard" magazine in September 2011. Jessica Letkemann of "Billboard" magazine wrote that the band transformed "the super self-assured R&B strut of Keri Hilson's 'Pretty Girl Rock' into a sweet, poppy acoustic rock bounce." Source: Pretty Girl Rock "Pretty Girl Rock" is a song by American R&B recording artist Keri Hilson, taken from

neg: Rebecca Black Black and music-video client of Los Angeles record label ARK Music Factory told her about the company. Black's mother paid $4,000 for Ark Music to produce the music video while the Blacks retained ownership of both the master and the video. The single, "Friday", written entirely by Ark, was released on YouTube and iTunes. The song's video was uploaded to YouTube on February 10, 2011, and received approximately 1,000 views in the first month. The video went viral on March 11, acquiring millions of views on YouTube in a matter of days, becoming the most discussed topic on social networking

neg: Person of Interest (song) Person of Interest (song) "Person of Interest" is a song by American recording artist Rebecca Black. It was released on the iTunes Store under the label RB Records, as Black's third single on November 15, 2011. The accompanying music video was also released on that day. The song received mixed reviews from critics, though they were not as critical as for her previous singles. On October 25, 2011, Black announced via Twitter that she was in the filming process of her music video for her upcoming single. Five days later Black confirmed that the title of the upcoming single was

neg: Person of Interest (song) Person of Interest (song) "Person of Interest" is a song by American recording artist Rebecca Black. It was released on the iTunes Store under the label RB Records, as Black's third single on November 15, 2011. The accompanying music video was also released on that day. The song received mixed reviews from critics, though they were not as critical as for her previous singles. On October 25, 2011, Black announced via Twitter that she was in the filming process of her music video for her upcoming single. Five days later Black confirmed that the title of the upcoming single was

neg: Black Star (rap duo) a new song, "Born & Raised", to the movie's soundtrack. The first new Black Star song was leaked via DJ J Rocc from Stones Throw Records. The song is produced by Madlib and is titled "Fix Up". On October 5, 2011 Black Star appeared on the Colbert Report and publicly performed the song for the first time. On November 25, Black Friday "Fix Up" was released on iTunes followed by another song titled "You Already Knew". In August 2017, they announced an international tour, though with no word on whether this would promote an upcoming album. In February 2018, Yasiin

neg: Rebekah Johnson Rebekah Johnson Rebecca Johnson, also credited as Rebekah and Rebecca Jordan (born September 3, 1976), is an American singer-songwriter and actress from Ohio. She wrote the song "Beautiful Disaster" for Kelly Clarkson. Rebecca's own music is a mix of pop, jazz, soul, and americana. Rebecca composes on both piano and guitar. Johnson grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She got her start singing in church. In 1998, Rebecca recorded "Remember to Breathe" for Elektra, the radio singles were "Sin So Well" (No. 80 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart) and "Hey Genius". Rebecca sought and was eventually granted a release

neg: Black Friday (South Park) Black Friday (South Park) "Black Friday" is the seventh episode in the seventeenth season of the American animated television series "South Park". The 244th episode of the series overall, it premiered on Comedy Central in the United States on November 13, 2013. The episode is the first of a three-episode story arc, which continues with "A Song of Ass and Fire", and concludes with "Titties and Dragons". The plot, which employs themes and motifs from the TV series "Game of Thrones", concerns the characters' anticipation of a Black Friday sale, with Randy Marsh taking a temporary job as a mall

neg: Belinda Heggen Belinda Heggen Belinda Heggen is an Australian journalist and news presenter. She worked at ADS10 in Adelaide as a general assignment reporter, and also wrote occasional columns for the newspaper "Messenger". She moved to Sydney in 2008 and was a finance reporter for "Ten Early News", who filled in for Kathryn Robinson. She was also a "Ten Late News" reporter on Friday nights. She has also worked on Adelaide's radio station, FiveAA as a talk back host between 1pm-4pm on weekdays. In 2008, Heggen presented the Adelaide news alongside George Donikian while Rebecca Morse was on maternity leave. On 2

neg: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938 film) breakfast cereal's jingle Crackly Grain Flakes (Pollack and Mitchell) is sung by a male quartet. "Variety" wrote, "The national No. 1 box office star has seldom shone so brilliantly in her singing, dancing and repartee. That means she is going right ahead to bigger and better grosses." The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: In 2009, the film was available on videocassette and DVD in the black and white original and computer-colorized versions. Some editions had special features and theatrical trailers. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938 film) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1938 American musical

neg: Cringe pop Cringe pop Cringe pop is a genre of pop music. The music and music videos are described as being "so bad that you cannot stop watching them". Rebecca Black's song "Friday" is usually credited as giving birth to the genre. The song, which was released in 2011, has over 122 million views and 3.2 million dislikes on YouTube as of July 2018. She was soon followed by Taher Shah, a Pakistani musician and businessman. His music video "Angel" went viral. His first music video, "Eye to Eye", was released in 2013, and "Angel" was released in 2016. Jacintha Morris, an