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Love on the Brain is a House act. Their sound grew out of Prince, Al Green, Amy Winehouse, Etta James and Sam Cooke. Those roots explain a lot about how Love on the Brain arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dancing with a Stranger, Something Just Like This and Don't Be So Shy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Marilyn Manson, Kelly Clarkson, mgk, Ava Max and Little Mix, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Love on the Brain, reaching back through Prince and forward to Marilyn Manson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Love on the Brain" is a song by the Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on 27 September 2016 by Westbury Road and Roc Nation as the fourth single from her eighth album, Anti (2016). Written by Joseph Angel and producer Fred Ball, "Love on the Brain" is a 1950s-and-1960s-inspired doo-wop and soul ballad. The production incorporates an orchestra consisting of guitar arpeggio, organ, and syncopated strings. The lyrics are about the highs and lows of a toxic love.
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Love on the Brain connections
Love on the Brain grew out of Prince, Al Green, Amy Winehouse and Etta James, shares an orbit with Dancing with a Stranger, Something Just Like This and Don't Be So Shy, went on to shape Marilyn Manson, Kelly Clarkson, mgk and Ava Max. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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