Producer, hit-maker and worldwide ambassador of club culture David Guetta has premiered the video for his new single "When Love Takes Over" featuring main vocals by American R&B singer Kelly Rowland on Yahoo! Music. With three chart-topping albums to date, "When Love Takes Over" is the first single from French DJ's latest fourth studio album, "One Love," released on August 25 by Astralwerks.Guetta is a name synonymous with the world's greatest house and dance music, and has sold over 2 million albums worldwide and over 3.2 million singles since 1992. Rowland demonstrates that she has the classic diva vocal pipes to be a major star and that "When Love Takes Over" is just the push she needs. Fusing classic dance beats with a heady, emotionally-charged vocal, it's a world away from the midtempo R&B numbers with which she started her solo career. With its exhilarating pop melody and uplifting, powerful beats supporting a ringing vocal performance of impeccable clarity and rousing emotion by Rowland, "When Love Takes Over" became a No.1 smash, topping charts in 10 European countries, as well as top on U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs charts, and is slowly crawling up the Hot 100, mainly due to heavy-airplay at radio-stations. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category for Best Dance Recording for the 52nd Grammy Awards.
The ex-Destiny's Child Rowland met Guetta while attending one of his shows in Southern France during the summer of 2008. She later met up with him and asked him to show her one of his tracks and what he showed her was a "pop number built around a lush piano loop and throbbing percussion" which was the early works of "When Love Takes Over". The beat moved Rowland to tears. "I felt so much emotion from the track; something happened the first time I heard it, and it was just beautiful", she said. Guetta, meanwhile, is banking on the single to garner a stronger stateside following. The piano part is noted for being similar to that of "Clocks" by Coldplay. "The track with Kelly has made me experiment with a more American urban influence", Guetta says. "Musically, it's opened a new world for me. It's pure pop with a lot of detail, and Kelly had this Whitney Houston vibe and nailed it."
The beach party themed video which was shot at Venice Beach, CA on May 19 is the latest video by ground-breaking director Jonas Akerlund, who perfectly captured the essence of the track. In the clip you can see Rowland walking alone down a road, and singing on the beach as the sun is setting. Guetta is seen pushing his DJ equipment around town until they meet at a party. "They share that love and share it with the other people to make that big party", said Guetta. In the end Rowland and Guetta meet up and finish the song at the party.
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