Ian Wade of BBC Online wrote that the song 'channels the avenging rock'n'roll soul of Wanda Jackson.' Tom Townshend of MSN Music found a 'similar primal stomp' to ' Rolling in the Deep' (2010) which made a 'pacey, hypnotic, funk, interrupted by sublime symphonic blues.' According to the sheet music published by Universal Music Publishing Group at the website, 'Rumour Has It' is written in the key of D minor. Club found a 'persuasive backbeat', comparing the song to Adele's earlier material during her first studio album 19 (2008) due to their similar instrumentation consisting of piano and guitars. Club as 'a soul-strutter' while AllMusic as being a 'blues-inflected' song while Adele described as a 'bluesy pop stomping song'. 'Rumour Has It' was described by The A.V. It's a better plan to go with 'Fire' over 'Rumour' at pop and adult radio.' After the 54th Grammy Awards, held on 12 February 2012, 'Rumour Has It' was then released as the fourth single. Both 'Rumour' and 'Fire' came back strong, but 'Fire' was a bit stronger. Columbia explained: 'Our research found more programmer preference for ' Set Fire to the Rain'. However, the release of the song was scrapped and ' Set Fire to the Rain' was released instead on 21 November 2011. On 28 October 2011, during an interview with Billboard, Columbia Records revealed that 'Rumour Has It' would be released as the third US single from the album and serviced to pop and adult contemporary radio. She said that she wrote ' Someone like You' after she was tired of 'being such a bitch' with ' Rolling in the Deep' or 'Rumour Has It.' It's about my own friends believing stuff that they hear about me, which is pretty mortifying really.' Adele said that 'Rumour Has It' and ' Rolling in the Deep' were lyrically opposite of ' Someone like You'. Talking about the collaboration with Tedder on 'Rumour Has It', Adele revealed: 'You can really tell when you hear a Ryan Tedder song, which I liked, but I wanted to come out with something that would surprise everyone when it was us two put together, so we came out with this sort of bluesy-pop stomping song really.' Adele explained that the song was not inspired by the media, but was aimed at her own friends, who frequently spread rumours about her break-up with her boyfriend: 'People might think it's about blogs and magazines and papers, but it's not. 'Rumour Has It' was written by Adele and Ryan Tedder and produced by Tedder. Adele added the song to the set list on her second worldwide tour Adele Live.

It was featured in the television shows Ringer and The Lying Game. The single is certified 2Г— Platinum by the RIAA for sales of over 2 million copies in the US. Even without having been released as a single, the song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 16 and topped the Adult album alternative chart. 'Rumour Has It' garnered critical acclaim, with reviewers praising the lyrics, its catchiness, production, and Adele's vocal performance. It was released on 5 November 2011 as the fourth single from the album in the United Kingdom.

Adele has stated that the song was not inspired by the media but it was aimed at her friends who believed things they heard about her in tabloids. The song was written by Adele and Ryan Tedder the latter is also the producer. ' Rumour Has It' is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele for her second studio album, 21 (2011).

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