"Russian Roulette" (CD single) (by Rihanna, R&B)

I stop listening to this song at the beginning because it was so boring. I expected better from Rihanna.

i only listened to this song because i was curious! I didnt know! I had forgotten what russian roulette is. The lyrics make me think about death and are definitley not for ppl's under 16. ;_;

"Parents need to know that RUSSIAN ROULETTE is about a girl holding a gun, deciding whether or not to shoot herself. The song ends with a gun going off." No offense to the author, but this is an extremely inaccurate and ignorant review. First of all, the whole game of "Russian Roulette" mentioned in the song is a metaphor for Rihanna being stuck in a tough relationship that she wants to continue being in. She DOESN'T want to kill herself; she keeps playing this "game" of chance and risks her heart being broken for the man she loves. Second, in the highly-metaphorical music video, the Grey's Anatomy doctor (Rihanna's boyfriend in the video) is the one that gets killed. That's symbolic of his heart being broken instead of Rihanna's and it has nothing to do with actual violence or suicide. When I first heard this song back when its video premiered on 20/20, I found the main "heartbeat" in the background of the song to be very reminiscent of the House theme song ("Teardrop" by Massive Attack). Anyway, this is one of Rihanna's most powerful and dramatic songs.

I love this song and its not about sucide its saying somebody's gonna kill her ang she wants th guy to do it fast and get it over with

This song is about bad relationships and the chances are that you may lose that game, but there are a few violent metaphors that may be taken seriously: "If you play, you play for keeps. Take a gun and count to 3" and "So just pull the trigger". Russian Roulette is also slow and slightly boring, so it may not appeal to kids and teens anyway.

I have been a huge Rihanna fan for several years now, but as soon as I heard this song I was heavily offended. I love the melody of this song, so that's why I gave it 3 stars. The talk about suicide though... that goes against everything I stand for. Life is to precious to end with your own hand, and i prefer to live mine to the fullest.

This song technically isn't about suicide, Rihanna has actually clarified that. She says it's about falling in love again after a bad relationship. I simply don't like the song, it's too slow for me.

Sucide and violence are not the answers!

Xactly how i feel, i just want 2 die, dis song helps me calm down.