That same year, dancehall ensemble, Bad Royale also released a remake of this single. In 2016, American DJ duo, Lost Kings performed a remix version of this tune. In 2017, “Work” received awards for Best Collaboration and R&B Song of the Year at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. It failed to win both awards, losing the former to Adele’s “ Hello” and the latter to “ Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots. On their list of 100 Best Pop Songs of 2016, Billboard magazine ranked this track at #26.Īt the 59th edition of the Grammy Awards, this single was honored with nominations for Record of the Year as well as Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. “Work” was named the best song of 2016 by both The Guardian and NME magazines. Notably, are the likes of English singer, Conor Maynard (in 2016), American pop singer, Macy Kate (in 2016), and Australian singer, William Singe (in 2016). Since it came out, several musicians have released various cover versions of “Work”. This track contains an interpolation of the 1985 classic hit “If You Were Here Tonight”, which was performed by the American R&B artist, Alexander O’Neal. Interpolates Alexander O’Neal’s “If You Were Here Tonight” Unfortunately we couldn’t include both videos here due to their explicit nature. Both videos were released on 22nd February 2016. Swedish director, Tim Erem was responsible for directing the second version of the video clip for “Work”. Experienced Canadian video director, Little X (Director X) directed the first version of this song’s visual. There are actually two official music videos for this track. Production was done by co-writers Boi-1da and 40 along with Kuk Harrell. Songwriters and ProducersĪs many as eight songwriters (including Rihanna and Drake) worked on this tune.
Rihanna released “Work” on 27th January 2016. This dancehall/R&B tune was released as a lead single from her Anti album of 2016. Rihanna has said that the song truly represents her culture thanks to its dancehall vibe and broken language.