Don’t Stop the Music Lyrics
Please don't stop the music (Music, music, music, music)
Please don't stop the music (Music, music, music, music)
Please don't stop the music (Music, music, music, music)
Please don't stop the music (Music, music, music, music)
[Verse 1: Rihanna]
It's gettin' late, I'm makin' my way over to my favorite place
I gotta get my body moving, shake the stress away
I wasn't looking for nobody when you looked my way
Possible candidate, yeah
Who knew that you'd be up in here lookin' like you do?
You're making stayin' over here impossible
Baby, I'ma say your aura is incredible
If you don't have to go, don't
[Pre-Chorus: Rihanna]
Do you know what you started? I just came here to party
But now we're rockin' on the dance floor, actin' naughty
Your hands around my waist, just let the music play
We're hand in hand, chest to chest, and now, we're face to face
[Chorus: Rihanna]
I wanna take you away
Let's escape into the music, DJ, let it play
I just can't refuse it, like the way you do this, keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the, please don't stop the music
I wanna take you away (Ah, ah, ah, ah-ah)
Let's escape into the music, DJ, let it play
I just can't refuse it (Ah, ah, ah, ah-ah)
Like the way you do this, keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the, please don't stop the, please don't stop the music
Baby, are you ready? 'Cause it's gettin' close
Don't you feel the passion ready to explode?
What goes on between us, no one has to know
This is a private show, oh
[Pre-Chorus: Rihanna]
Do you know what you started? I just came here to party
But now we're rockin' on the dance floor, actin' naughty
Your hands around my waist, just let the music play
We're hand in hand, chest to chest, and now, we're face to face
[Chorus: Rihanna]
I wanna take you away (Ah, ah, ah, ah-ah)
Let's escape into the music, DJ, let it play
I just can't refuse it (Ah, ah, ah, ah-ah)
Like the way you do this, keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the, please don't stop the music
I wanna take you away
Let's escape into the music, DJ, let it play
I just can't refuse it, like the way you do this, keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the, please don't stop the, please don't stop the music
[Post-Chorus: Michael Jackson & Rihanna, Rihanna]
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (Please don't stop the music)
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (Please don't stop the music)
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (Please don't stop the music)
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
[Chorus: Rihanna]
I wanna take you away (Ah, ah, ah, ah-ah)
Let's escape into the music, DJ, let it play
I just can't refuse it (Ah, ah, ah, ah-ah)
Like the way you do this, keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the, please don't stop the music
I wanna take you away (Ah, ah, ah, ah-ah)
Let's escape into the music, DJ, let it play
I just can't refuse it (Ah, ah, ah, ah-ah)
Like the way you do this, keep on rockin' to it
Please don't stop the, please don't stop the, please don't stop the music
[Post-Chorus: Michael Jackson & Rihanna, Rihanna]
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (Please don't stop the music)
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa
Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (Please don't stop the music)
About
“Don’t Stop the Music” is an energetic dance-pop track about leaving the stress of life and dancing to the music. It was the fourth single off Good Girl Gone Bad and was promoted by two dance remixes, released on August 7, 2007.
The single peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and sold over four million copies in the US.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Mikkel Storleer Eriksen:
Before we met her, before we even saw a picture of her, we could tell Rihanna was going places just by listening to her voice on “Pon de Replay.” We just knew, like, “We have to work with this girl!” There’s something very special about her voice. I remember when we finished “Don’t Stop the Music,” we were like, “Oh my God, this must be the first single! This is the best thing ever!” And then coming out of the studio room next to us was “Umbrella” and when we heard that, we were like, “Oh God, no!”
Tor Erik Hermansen:
It was a seminal record in the sense that, prior to that song and Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack,” dance music was basically non-existent in American pop. People would always say, “That four-to-the-floor kick-drum pattern doesn’t work in America, it’s not going to work on radio.” And up until that point, they would’ve been right. But for this particular song, which started with the “mama-say mama-sah” sample that Michael Jackson used on “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” it was the right thing to do. That was our first time making a dance beat, but we tried to keep the melody soulful and the bassline funky and not too cold and techno-y.
Via EW
On May 31, 2022, “Don’t Stop the Music” was certified 6x multi-platinum by the RIAA.
Rihanna performed “Don’t Stop The Music” as part of a medley during the 2016 VMAs.
