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Who doesn't love Rhianna's hit "Umbrella" ? It's easily the biggest hit of 2007. Even though Rhianna is interestingly classified as an R&B singer (due to her race, no doubt - I'll save that for another post) her hits have had CRAZY crossover appeal. Her song "SOS" was the hit of Summer 2006. I don't know anyone who doesn't start bobbing their head or finds themselves "steering wheel dancing" when her songs come on the radio. Click directly below to view the video for Umbrella (if you can patiently endure the first 20 seconds of Jay Z's rapping). This post continues after the video below.




This brings me to the point of this post. One of my favorite shows is called "The Hills". Stop laughing. I love that show! (Also good for another intriguing post) During a club scene in Episode 2 of the new season last week, "Umbrella" began playing to set the mood of a night at the club. Later, as the show was ending, the mood was much more somber and reflective and the song playing was..."Umbrella". But it was a different version. The voice singing it was NOT Rhianna's. It was a more soft, "breathy" version. I loved it! The singer was Marie Digby. Her version sounds amazing, and I honestly can't choose which version I like more! Check out her version of the song on Youtube:



Then I visited one of the best gossip blogs in existence, ConcreteLoop.com this afternoon. I found out that they also discovered this cover of Rhianna's "Umbrella" after watching "The Hills". See, I'm not the only one! :-) It turns out that Mandy Moore, one of my favorites, actually has a cover of this song out right now as well. Good stuff!!

Interesting discussion about this on ConcreteLoop - especially in the comments section.