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"The producers behind Rihanna&amp;#039;s new single &amp;#039;Man Down&amp;#039; have defended the track&amp;#039;s violent narrative, insisting that it is open to interpretation. Production duo Rock City, who consist of brothers Theron and Timothy Thomas, co-wrote the song with Shama Joseph and R&amp;amp;B star Shontelle for Rihanna&amp;#039;s latest album Loud. The Anthony Mandler-directed video that accompanies the single has been heavily criticised for &amp;#039;accepting murder&amp;#039; by parenting groups, but the Thomas brothers insisted that &amp;#039;Man Down&amp;#039; is meant to be open to interpretation. &amp;quot;We wanted the song to be something where everybody had an opinion,&amp;quot; Theron told MTV. &amp;quot;Some people felt it was literal, some people felt it was a metaphor.&amp;quot; Timothy added: &amp;quot;When we wrote the song, me and my brother were trying to recreate in the best way possible, you know, like, Bob Marley &amp;#039;I Shot the Sherriff&amp;#039;, the female version of what that would be.&amp;quot; Responding to &amp;#039;Man Down&amp;#039;s video, Theron explained: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s like somebody wrote a script for a movie and she delivered it perfectly &amp;quot;I just think sometimes people need something to talk about, and this is a thing to talk about... &amp;#039;Cause when you listen to the song word-for-word-for-word, if she shot it theatrically how [the lyrics are], it probably would have been a little [more graphic], if you ask me.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Rihanna: &amp;#039;Man Down murder video is art with message&amp;#039; Watch Rihanna&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Man Down&amp;#039; video below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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