This article is about the Rihanna song. Birthday Cake” was recorded in Room 1306 at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Copenhagen 21st birthday cake Denmark. Birthday Cake” was written by The-Dream, Rihanna, Marcos Palacios, and Earnest Clark, with production helmed by Da Internz and The-Dream. I was just talking to Rihanna about that, because she made an interlude.
I was like, ‘Your fans are going to be so mad at you. As soon as I said that, I got back, and I guess she released a piece of it, and they saw how long it is. Man, they tore me up on Twitter! So I hit her on the phone.
I was like, ‘Yo, your fans, they’re going crazy on me right now, like I could make you do something. So ‘Birthday Cake’ is on there. B interlude which lasts for one minute and 18 seconds, appearing as the sixth track on the album. An eight second sample of “Birthday Cake”. Rihanna can be heard chanting “cake” repetitively.
The lyrical content of the interlude is spare and largely revolves around Rihanna chanting, “cake cake cake cake cake cake. Aside from the repetitive chant of “cake”, the interlude consists of multiple sexual metaphors. Birthday Cake” garnered mixed reviews from music critics. Jayson Lipshutz of Billboard praised the interlude, writing “We’re all for birthday-themed naughtiness in pop music form, but only 78 seconds of ‘Birthday Cake’ is just not enough of a celebration! The hottest lines on the album come nearly as an afterthought on the all-too-brief ‘Birthday Cake,’ produced by The-Dream. I’mma make you my bitch,’ she sings.
Upon the release of Talk That Talk, “Birthday Cake” debuted on several world charts. The song entered the South Korea Gaon International Chart at number 67 on November 26, 2011, with sales of 6,661 digital downloads. In the United Kingdom, “Birthday Cake” debuted at number 172 on December 3, 2011. Rihanna performed the song for the first time on May 5, 2012, on Saturday Night Live, as part of a medley with “Talk That Talk”. Recording Recorded at Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Room 1306, Copenhagen, Denmark. Credits adapted from the liner notes of Talk That Talk, Def Jam Recordings, SRP Records.