Rihanna pertama kali mengumumkan bahwa "Cheers (Drink to That)" akan menjadi singel selanjutnya untuk dirilis dari album ''Loud'' melalui akun [[Twitter]]-nya, ketika dia me-[[Twitter|tweeted]] untuk blog selbritis internet [[Perez Hilton]] bahwa lagu favoritnya dari akan menjadi singel selanjutnya.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/rihanna/news/rihanna-confirms-new-single/|title=Rihanna Confirms New Single|work=''[[The Capital FM Network]]''|publisher=[[Global Radio]]|date=2011-07-25|accessdate=2011-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Renshaw|first=David|url=http://popdash.com/news/6055/rihanna-to-release-cheers-as-sixth-single|title=Rihanna To Release 'Cheers' As Sixth Single|publisher=''Popdash''|date=2011-07-25|accessdate=2011-07-25}}</ref><ref name="Cheers (Drink to That)">{{cite news|last=Corner|first=Lewis|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a331476/rihanna-announces-new-single-cheers.html|title=Rihanna announces new single 'Cheers'|work=''DigitalSpy''|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias|Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd]]|date=2011-07-25|accessdate=2011-07-25}}</ref> Lagu tersebut dikirim untuk radio tambahan di Amerika pada 2 Agustus 2011.<ref name="Cheers Radio">{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|work=Allaccess.com|title=Future Releases|publisher=All Access Music Group|date=2011-07-25|accessdate=2011-07-25|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allaccess.com%2Ftop40-mainstream%2Ffuture-releases&date=2011-07-25|archivedate=2011-07-25}}</ref> "Cheers (Drink to That)" ditulis oleh duo produksi hip-hop The Runners, Stacey Barthe, Laura Pergolizzi, Corey Gibson, Chris Ivery, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards, [[Avril Lavigne]] dan Scott Spock,<ref name="Cheers (Drink to That)"/> dan diproduseri oleh The Runners.<ref name="Savage">{{cite news|last=Savage|first=Mark|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11483033|title=Rihanna premieres fifth album, Loud, in London|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=2010-10-06|accessdate=2011-07-21}}</ref> Lagu tersebut juga menambah dari lagu [[Avril Lavigne]] yang berjudul "[[I'm with You (lagu)|I'm with You]]", yang terdapat pada album ''[[Let Go]]'' (2002), dan menggabungkan dasar musik [[dancehall]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/node/297277/loud-and-|title='Loud' and sloshed 'Like A G6'|publisher=Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation|date=2011-01-08|accessdate=2011-08-14}}</ref> dan [[pop rock]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mackay|first=Emily|url=http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=140&p=9345&more=1&c=1|title=Rihanna, 'Loud' – Album First Listen|last=Mackay|first=Emily|work=[[New Music Express]] (NME)|publisher=[[IPC Media]] ([[Time Inc.]])|date=2010-11-03|accessdate=2011-08-02}}</ref>
