This grungy party anthem dedicated to a night on the town is part of Rihanna's fifth studio album, Loud. The song had a working title of "Drink It Up."
Bet you didn't think Avril Lavigne would be sampled anytime soon, but this track samples Lavigne's 2002 ballad "I'm With You," using her "yeah, yeah" vocals as the hook. Because of the sample, Lavigne gets a writing credit on "Cheers" along with the other three writers of "I'm With You" - Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards, and Scott Spock (all members of the song's production team, The Matrix). Another Lavigne connection, another song on the album is called "Complicated," the same title of Avril's first hit.
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 song] with her vocals."
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