Rihanna’s We Found Love (featuring Calvin Harris) turns five today.
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"We Found Love" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her sixth studio album, Talk That Talk (2011). It was written, produced by, and features Scottish DJ Calvin Harris; the song was also featured on his third album 18 Months (2012). "We Found Love" premiered on September 22, 2011, on the Capital FM radio station in the United Kingdom, and was made available to download on the same day as the lead single from Talk That Talk. "We Found Love" is an uptempo electro house song, with elements of techno and Europop.
The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for ten non-consecutive weeks, becoming the longest running number-one single of 2011. The single also surpassed "Umbrella" and became Rihanna's longest running number one single. It was the singer's eleventh song to top the Hot 100, placing her in third place among female recording artists amassing the most number one singles. "We Found Love" topped the charts in twenty-five other countries including Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. "We Found Love" became one of the most successful songs in 2011 and 2012 as well becoming the 24th most successful single of all time in the US.
A truly iconic song. I don't like the song but the single cover is her best!
Edit: WAIT. I just listened to that audio video after not hearing WFL for like a year and I love it it sounds so much better here than on the video/TTT.
I remember how massive it was.
I remember how I thought it sounded like a demo at the time And then, I couldn't get it out of my head. A true tune.
I'm not sure it aged very well but it's still so euphoric.
Such a special moment in muh life. I remember listening to it on the radio station when it premiered with my phone out the window because I didn't have good reception in my building at work..and was slayed with her vocals, the lyrics, and Calvin's production.