I have read and heard more about today’s song, Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella,’ than I have about any other modern song I can think of. When it was released a year or so ago, it was constantly mentioned in the magazines and Web sites I read. It’s been remixed a dozen times and covered by a host of professional and amateur artists. It is the most copiously analyzed and appreciated song of the past several years.

And I had never heard it all the way through until today.

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