When Love Takes Over

April 21, 2009

When Love Takes Over (Eng. When love takes over control ) is a song by French DJ and producer David Guetta, he has recorded with the U.S. singer Kelly Rowland. The song was released as the first single from the album One Love on April 21, 2009. When Love Takes Over was produced by David Guetta and Frédéric Riesterer.

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Background

Kelly Rowland has stated on several occasions that dance music is not the kind of music is actually which could accommodate them. In 2008, however, she met Guetta in southern France during one of his DJ performances. Guetta played the instrumental version of " When Love Takes Over"; then she cried:

" I felt so much emotion from the track; something happened the first time I heard it, and it was just beautiful. And I remember thinking ' Why is this touching me like this? ' You know, it was like there was a kinda soul -tie to it! "

"This title was so close to me! When I heard him the first time, something happened that was just beautiful. And I remember that I thought: Why touched me like that? You know, it was kind of as if my soul connected with this song. "

After meeting with Guetta Rowland asked if she could write the text for the song.

"So I met David and asked him for the track ... He gave it to me, and I Brought it back here to London, UK and wrote the actual song. "

"So I met him and asked him for the title ... He gave it to me, and I brought him back to London and wrote the text. "

Rowland met Guetta later in the recording studio to record the song.

Recording and production

The recording and mixing of the song took place in the summer and fall of 2008. After Kelly Rowland had received a demo of instrumental piano version of " When Love Takes Over" with drums, she wrote a text about it and took on the piece in London within a day. They got support from the Australian songwriter Miriam Nervo and Olivia Nervo (The Nervo Twins ). The song was at the time of Guetta is not pursued, until he started to record his album One Love. After the song for the studio album One Love was selected Guetta Frédéric Riesterer responsible for the final mix of the song.

Composition

When Love Takes Over is a synth pop dance " uplifting floor -filler " song produced by David Guetta and Frédéric Riesterer. Jason Lipshutz from Billboard magazine described the song as a pop number built with a piano loop and throbbing drums, with disco beats and trance elements.

Music Video

Background and concept

The music video was filmed on May 19, 2009 in Venice in Los Angeles by Jonas Åkerlund. Guetta said that the video should reflect the history of the song, the concept and creation:

" You see Kelly doing her thing and then me on the other side doing mine. Eventually we come together just like how we recorded the song. It's all about sharing the love from this record and making a big party. "

" You see how Kelly does her thing and I mine. Eventually we come together, as we have also included the song. The point is to share the love that emanates from this plate and about celebrating that. "

The music video was premiered on June 8, 2009 to David Guetta's Youtube channel.

Content

In the video you can see Kelly Rowland, as she goes to the beach on foot in Venice Beach. David Guetta runs concurrently with his DJ equipment to the beach. At the end of the video you can see David Guetta and Kelly Rowland together on a Late Night Party.

Charts

Chart positions

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Contributors

  • David Guetta - songwriter, producer
  • Kelly Rowland - songwriter, vocals
  • Miriam Nervo - songwriter
  • Olivia Nervo - songwriter
  • Frédéric Riesterer - songwriter, producer
  • Véronica Ferraro - Abmischer
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