<P> `` California King Bed '' was written by its producers The Runners ( Andrew Harr and Jermaine Jackson ) with additional writing by Priscilla Renea and Alex Delicata , and vocal production by Kuk Harrell . Renea also provided background vocals , while Delicata played the electric and acoustic guitar . Its recording took place in 2010 in the studios We The Best in Miami and Burst HQ in Wisconsin . The song is a rock and R&B power ballad with `` acoustic guitar ( complete with audible string scrapes ) , soft piano keys and intimate melancholy , building into a massive power - balladish chorus '' , as noted by NME 's Emily Mackay . According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Publishing Co. , Inc. , `` California King Bed '' is set in common time in the key of G major with a moderately slow tempo of 85 beats per minute . The song follows a chord progression of G / B -- C2 for the verses , and G -- D -- Em -- C in the chorus . Rihanna 's vocal range in the song spans from the low note of E to the high note of C. Both Ryan Burlenson of the website Consequence of Sound and James Reed of The Boston Globe compared the song with Taylor Swift 's material . Mackay compared it with Beyoncé 's `` If I Were a Boy '' ( 2008 ) . </P>
<P> `` California King Bed '' was written by its producers The Runners ( Andrew Harr and Jermaine Jackson ) with additional writing by Priscilla Renea and Alex Delicata , and vocal production by Kuk Harrell . Renea also provided background vocals , while Delicata played the electric and acoustic guitar . Its recording took place in 2010 in the studios We The Best in Miami and Burst HQ in Wisconsin . The song is a rock and R&B power ballad with `` acoustic guitar ( complete with audible string scrapes ) , soft piano keys and intimate melancholy , building into a massive power - balladish chorus '' , as noted by NME 's Emily Mackay . According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Publishing Co. , Inc. , `` California King Bed '' is set in common time in the key of G major with a moderately slow tempo of 85 beats per minute . The song follows a chord progression of G / B -- C2 for the verses , and G -- D -- Em -- C in the chorus . Rihanna 's vocal range in the song spans from the low note of E to the high note of C. Both Ryan Burlenson of the website Consequence of Sound and James Reed of The Boston Globe compared the song with Taylor Swift 's material . Mackay compared it with Beyoncé 's `` If I Were a Boy '' ( 2008 ) . </P>
who plays guitar on rihanna california king bed
who plays guitar on rihanna california king bed
Delicata
Delicata