“Jay-Z! Cover me!”

The last thing anyone wants to think about during summer is rain. Bring on the hazy, hot and humid days! Yet, with Rihanna’s “Umbrella” topping the Billboard Hot 100 for a third week in a row, the song is being named the song of the summer by many media outlets. New York Newsday has declared it is:

standing under Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella.’

Admit it, the song is catchy, the video is hot and is inspiring women to put on their sexiest outfits and make it a girl’s night out at the club. It’s one of those songs that you just can’t help but go, “Ohhhh yea, that’s my song!” when it comes on. Girls, you know what I am talking about.

This is not the first time that the Barbados born singer claimed the song of the summer. If you think back to summer ’05 you will remember that Rihanna’s debut single, “Pon de Replay” was replaying everywhere. MTV was playing it at least twice an hour, which is not unusual since MTV is the king of repeats and reruns. The song also got massive radio play. Like “Umbrella,” “Pon de Replay,” which means “play it again” in Spanish, (which was clearly played again… and again) peaked at number one on the Billboard Dance Radio airplay and Hot Digital songs. It also hit the number two slot on the Pop 100 and Billboard Hot 100 charts.

One thing that “Pon de Replay” didn’t have was Jay-Z. HOVA raps the opening of “Umbrella” and makes countless references to precipitation. Rihanna ends the song with the lyrics, “It’s raining, Oh baby it’s raining.”

I’ll stand under Rihanna’s Umbrella with Newsday, the rain makes my hair frizz.