Remix of the Week: Umbrella (Plain White T's and Chris Brown)

This weeks Remix of the Week is the infamous song Umbrella by Rihanna, covered by none other than the Plain White T's. For those of you that don't know much about the band, here is some info. Plain White T's is a pop-punk/pop rock band from Villa Park, Illinois. They currently have 4 studio albums: Come on Over (2001), Stop (2002), All That We Needed (2005) and Every Second Counts (2006), as well as their EP: Hey There Delilah (2006). Their best known song is Hey There Delilah which was released in 2005 on All That We Needed and re-released on Every Second Counts, but for some reason took over two years for it to become a hit. Now you can hear the song all over the radio.

Umbrella is the first single on Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad, and features the one and the only Jay-Z. The song was written by Terius "The Dream" Nash, and there have been rumors that the song was offered to Britney Spears and Mary J. Blige before actually being recorded by Rihanna. But who cares, its a solid song. But enough about the originals, onto the remixxx.

This is a great remix. The acoustic guitar meshing with the vocals of the Plain White T's is just great. I really enjoy listening to acoustic covers on YouTube and Unplugged versions of songs because you really get to feel the song more at its roots. Otherwise you just hear synthesized sounds, that make the song sound cheesy. The MUSIC is where its at, sounds out of an instrument, not out of a computer. These are somewhat official remixes so I am sorry but I cannot post the download. I can however post the music video. I also found another remix of the song called Cinderella featuring Chris Brown which is great because I love Chris Brown and his voice really compliments the song. He also adds in some other words to the song which are cool too.

Enjoy!!!

Umbrella (Plain White T's):



Umbrella (Cinderella ft. Chris Brown)

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