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{{infobox song
| written-by      = [[Fred Ball]], [[Joseph Angel]], [[Robyn Fenty]] ([[Rihanna]])
| original-artist = Rihanna
| original-date   = 2016-09-27
| original-genre  = [[doo-wop]] / [[soul]]<ref name="wp" />
| y-lyrics-vid    = <!-- YouTube video ID for official lyrics (overrides the search) -->
| lyrics-url      = <!-- overrides Google and YouTube lyrics (for verified official lyrics) -->
| lyrics-site     = <!-- name of website (unlinked) -->
| jazzstandards   = <!-- filename at that website without .htm (if relevant) -->

}}

'''"Love on the Brain"''' is a song written by producer [[Fred Ball]], "with additional writing by"<ref name="wp">{{w|Love on the Brain|accessed=2021-04-04}}</ref> [[Joseph Angel]] and [[Robyn Fenty]] (Rihanna). It was first released by [[Rihanna]] on her 2016 album, ''Anti''. Angelina has covered it several times, including in [[live concerts]] in 2022 and on ''[[Germany's Next Top Model]]'' in 2023.

== Original recording ==

== Performances by other artists ==

== Performances by Angelina ==

Angelina's public performances of this song feature some of the [[highest note]]s that we have heard her sing.

=== Short Instagram clip ===
{{Performance|nodisp=1|song=Love on the Brain|event=Unknown studio session|context=Non-live#Cover##Unknown studio session|date=2019|id=1}}

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{{cytv|pid=1|DzpAx0186kM|Angelina Jordan - Love On The Brain Rehearsal (short clip from Insta) 2020|length=0:41|v_alt=WJ_kaHvD_lk|duration=fragment}} was uploaded to YouTube on {{du|2020-01-13}} by [[Rusty Shackleford]], the same day Angelina uploaded it to Instagram.<ref>{{Video|pid=1|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B7QfnpDng6l/ |title=All I want is to spread love through music 🥰🤍💫|duration=fragment}} - angelinajordana on Instagram, accessed 2025-10-20</ref> The video is 41 seconds long and shows her recording (mostly) the pre-chorus and chorus parts of the song in a studio setting. There are no super-high notes in this performance.

=== At the piano ===
{{Performance|nodisp=1|song=Love on the Brain|event=Home recording 2019|context=Non-live#Cover##Home recording#with piano|date=2019|type=rehearsal|id=2}}

{{cytv|pid=2|O4UT0q0FD8s|Angelina Jordan (13) - Love On The Brain (Rihanna) - Full song (with lyrics) (practice session)}} was uploaded to YouTube on {{du|2021-04-02}} by [[Rusty Shackleford]]. According to him, it was "originally posted" in January 2021 ({{uncertain|where is uncertain}}), but was "[l]ikely recorded" in 2019 in "her music corner" ({{assumption|presumably in her home}}).<ref>{{ytv|O4UT0q0FD8s|Angelina Jordan (13) - Love On The Brain (Rihanna) - Full song (with lyrics) (practice session)|accessed=2021-04-04}}</ref> The tempo of this cover is slightly faster than the previous one posted to Instagram. She sings the full song (except for the [[changed lyrics|explicit parts]]), getting up to perhaps a {{pitch|G♯|5}} very briefly in a "woo".

Although she appears to be [[playing the piano]] as she sings, she is actually singing over a piano [[karaoke track]] — specifically, {{ytv|Prv8xOLGjGw|Love On The Brain (Piano Karaoke Instrumental) Rihanna}}, posted to the [[Sing2Piano]] YouTube channel on 2017-02-03. It is not known {{open question|why she appears to be mimicking the physicality of playing the piano|ask=Angelina}} in the video, even though she is not actually playing it. She did the same thing with Adele's "[[When We Were Young]]", in two short clips posted to Instagram at around the same time;<ref>{{ytv|Ocllwo-jXu4|Angelina Jordan - When We Were Young - Parts 1 & 2 - 2019|channel-name=Clark Destry}} [upload date uncertain; now deleted]</ref><ref>{{ytv|Q8jCMi5gJXk|Angelina Jordan Singing and Playing "When We Were Young" on the Piano 2019|channel-name=John Samuels|accessed=2020-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{igl|p/B1B-wAAnq2n/|Angelina Jordan on Instagram: “With this song I wish you a beautiful Sunday. #Adele #whenwewereyoung #sunday”|channel-name=angelinajordana|date=2019-08-11|accessed=2021-04-04}}</ref> in that case she also used a Sing2Piano karaoke track.<ref>{{ytv|qY1OBblkrO0|** BEST KARAOKE ** When We Were Young - Adele (FULL VERSION)|channel-name=Best Karaoke|accessed=2021-04-04}} [originally a Sing2Piano video, but no longer available on that channel]</ref><!-- move most of these refs to WWWY article once it exists -->

=== At a public piano ===
* {{Performance|song=Love on the Brain|event=Socials|context=Snippet#Cover##Public piano in park|date=2021|comment=practicing at a public piano|id=3}}
*: {{Video|pid=3|url=https://www.tiktok.com/@angelinajordana/video/6995840753033383174 |duration=fragment}}

=== Live at Kurbadhagen 2022-07-01 ===
{{Performance|nodisp=1|song=Love on the Brain|event=Kurbadhagen, Sandefjord|context=Concert##Summer concert tour#2022#July 1st - Sandjeford|date=2022-07-01|type=live|pos=16|id=5}}

In this performance at [[Kurbadhagen]], her first [[live concert]] after the [[COVID pandemic]], she gets up to around an {{pitch|A|5}}.
* {{cytv|pid=5|kCpGErK8dbk|Angelina Jordan Love On The Brain Kurbadhagen 1 July 2022|length=4:44|cn=Elin Men}} (some sound problems)

=== Live at Kurbadhagen 2022-07-10 ===
{{Performance|nodisp=1|song=Love on the Brain|event=Kurbadhagen, Sandefjord|context=Concert##Summer concert tour#2022#July 10th - Sandjeford|date=2022-07-10|type=live|pos=14|id=6}}

In this performance in her second full-length [[live concert]] after the [[COVID pandemic]], also at [[Kurbadhagen]], she gets up to around {{pitch|B|5}}–{{pitch|C|6}} (perhaps closer to {{pitch|B|5|nolink=y}}) in a run near the end of the song.
* {{cytv|pid=6|4aUHPcT-IRU|Angelina Jordan - Love on the Brain (Rihanna) Kurbadhagen, July 10, 2022|cn=senilsen68}} — vertical video; starts midway through first line; post-song "[[takk]]"
* {{cytv|pid=6|zY9qBq58NaI|Angelina Jordan - "Love on the brain", Live at Kurbadhagen,Sandefjord July 10th 2022.|cn=Geir Stian Aaslund}} — left-channel audio only; some pre- and post-song banter
* {{cytv|pid=6|KNcNxGN0NIM|Angelina Jordan (16 yrs) “Love on the brain” live at Kurbadhagen July 10, 2022|cn=Kathrine Angeltveit}} — full song introduction
* {{cytv|pid=6|UY4csdsf00k|Angelina Jordan (16) "Love on the Brain" live at Kurbadhagen 10th of July 2022|cn=Vidar Enerud}} — nice audio quality but relatively poor video quality; full intro and post-song banter
* {{cytv|pid=6|CCTe7qaNtME|Angelina Jordan (16) - Love on the Brain [4K UHD] Live at Kurbadhagen - July 10th, 2022, Norway|cn=Mattias Axelsson}} — best overall audio and video quality, but somewhat less prominent vocals; less pre-song banter and more post-song
* {{cytv|pid=6|wyfGv0L5qH0|Angelina Jordan singing "Love On The Brain" (Rihanna) at Kurbadhagen, Sandefjord, Norway 10.7.2022|cn=Alexander Holthoer}} — vibration artifacts in video; post-song "takk" + English banter
* {{cytv|pid=6|ckFwsuCt20U|Angelina Jordan (16) - Love On The Brain (Live at Sandefjord/Norway, 10th of July 2022)|cn=Just Another ANGEL...}} — missing beginning of music; more prominent vocals
* {{cytv|pid=6|bpr3q0EKl7I|Angelina Jordan - Love On The Brain - Kurbadhagen - 2022.07.10 #angelinajordan #loveonthebrain|cn=Ron Crans}} — missing beginning of music; more prominent vocals
* {{cytv|pid=6|72a-jfPKOuU|Angelina Jordan "Love On The Brain" (Live) Kurbadhagen. July 10,2022. Please enjoy|cn=joeyfarr1}} — some bass sound artifacts; on-screen text and images, including musician names

=== Parking garage ===
{{Performance|nodisp=1|song=Love on the Brain|event=Socials|context=Snippet#Cover##Parking garage|date=2022|comment=parking garage|id=4}}

There are no super-high notes in this informal performance, walking through a [[parking garage]].
* {{cytv|pid=4|eV7ydK9Pa7Y|Angelina Jordan - New TikTok! "Love On The Brain" in the garage Sept 1, 2022 #angelinajordan|length=|cn=Angelina Jordan Archives|duration=fragment}}

=== ''Germany's Next Top Model'' ===
{{Performance|nodisp=1|song=Love on the Brain|event=Germany's Next Top Model 2023|context=TV#Guest appearance##Germany's Next Top Model#2023|date=2023-02|type=live|id=7}}
{{Video|nodisp=1|pid=7|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0r_r81bbt0&end=92 |duration=fragment}}<!-- Note: So far I only linkded this video in Cargo, as I would like to clarify which videos were cut together before linking them. Certain videos are blocked in my area, so I cannot assess them ~most2dot0 -->

This episode aired on {{d|2023-05-11}}, but {{uncertain|seems to have been}} recorded in late {{d|2023-01}} (based on {{uncertain|a social media post|reason=which one?}} by [[Heidi Klum]]). Here she gets up to around {{pitch|B|5}}–{{pitch|C|6}} (perhaps closer to {{pitch|C|6|nolink=y}}) in a very high run to end the song. This {{uncertain|seems to be}} the [[Vocal range|highest "pure-tone" note]] she had hit in any performance up until this time. (She went to a {{pitch|D|6}} the following year singing "[[Mercy]]" in [[Las Vegas]].)
* {{ytv|SjVOw6y_oR8|Angelina Jordan(17) on GNTM - Love On The Brain 2023 - version 1|length=3:06|cn=Yves}} — last half of video is repeat of first half
* {{ytv|DmoSjdGTpaQ|Angelina Jordan(17) on GNTM - Love On The Brain 2023 - version 2|length=1:17|cn=Yves}} — different visuals and audio from Heidi and Sofia, but Angelina's vocal from 0:50 to 1:13 [end of song] is identical to version 1 vocal, 1:08–1:32 and 2:42–3:05
* {{ytv|lCE3Du1CQbg|Angelina Jordan - Love on the Brain - GNTM Germanys next Topmodel (engl. subs)|length=3:50|cn=Müsic}} — more pre-song stuff
* {{ytv|qvAVV_UDJ64|{{(}}4K{{)}} Angelina Jordan (17) performs at Germany's Next TopModel 2023 S18 E13 May 11th 2023.|length=5:55|cn=Boris Palenovski}} — includes "[[Valerie]]" and "[[One Moment in Time]]"

== References ==

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[[Category:Songs]]