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Where Have You Been is a Dance-pop and Techno act. Their sound grew out of Adele and Siouxsie Sioux. Those roots explain a lot about how Where Have You Been arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dreaming of You, Affection, Take Me to Church, Love on the Brain and Say It Right, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Beyoncé, David Guetta, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Madonna, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Where Have You Been, reaching back through Adele and forward to Beyoncé. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Where Have You Been" is a song by the Barbadian singer Rihanna from her sixth album Talk That Talk (2011). It was released as the third international single from the album on April 17, 2012. The song was written by Ester Dean, Geoff Mack, Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Henry "Cirkut" Walter, and Calvin Harris, with production handled by the latter three. The track is a dance-pop song that draws influence from trance, R&B and hip hop. It is backed by "hard, chilly synths" and contains an electro-inspired breakdown sequence. The song's lyrics interpolate Geoff Mack's 1959 song "I've Been Everywhere" and speak of a woman who is searching for a lover who will sexually please her.
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Where Have You Been connections
Where Have You Been grew out of Adele and Siouxsie Sioux, shares an orbit with Dreaming of You, Affection, Take Me to Church and Love on the Brain, went on to shape Beyoncé, David Guetta, Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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