 " If I Never See Your Face Again " was originally intended to be a duet with Janet Jackson and appear on her Discipline album , although label problems interfered . The collaboration with Rihanna later came to fruition when Levine asked her to add her vocal to the remix version , which she accepted . " If I Never See Your Face Again " is a pop and R & B song featuring instrumentation provided by synthesizers and a guitar . The song received a mixed response from music critics , who praised the song 's composition but criticized Levine and Rihanna 's vocal performance . The song 's accompanying music video was directed by Anthony Mandler and shot on an indoor soundstage in Castaic , California . The concept for the video was " high @-@ end erotica " . 
 " If I Never See Your Face Again " was originally intended to be a duet with Janet Jackson and appear on her Discipline album , although label problems interfered . The collaboration with Rihanna later came to fruition when Levine asked her to add her vocal to the remix version , which she accepted . " If I Never See Your Face Again " <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a pop and R & B song featuring instrumentation provided by synthesizers and a guitar . The song received a mixed response from music critics , <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>praised the song <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>composition but criticized Levine and Rihanna <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>vocal performance . The song <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>accompanying music video was directed by Anthony Mandler and shot on an indoor soundstage in Castaic , California . The concept for the video was " high @-@ end erotica " . 
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