<P> According to Rowland, the song inspired her to pursue a more dance - oriented sound for her album Here I Am (2011), while Guetta noted "When Love Takes Over" for providing the framework for his future musical explorations and inspiring him to experiment with more urban sounds . Guetta and Frédéric Riesterer produced the song with piano riffs and a melodic backing track . Veronica Ferraro mixed the song, focussing primarily on giving Rowland's vocals a magical and inspiring tone . Critics would later state that Rowland's vocals on "When Love Take Over" helped to establish herself as a solo vocalist . The song's lyrics carry a message of the euphoria one feels when in love with a significant other, while the production bears some similarities to Coldplay's 2002 hit single "Clocks ." </P> <P> "When Love Takes Over" received universal acclaim . Most noted the addition of Rowland's powerful and emotionally charged vocals which made the single the most memorable song from One Love . The song was praised for its lush production and euphoric sentiments . It achieved worldwide success by topping the charts in ten countries, including in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Italy and Switzerland . At the time of release, it became Guetta's highest charting single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Rowland's second number one single in the United Kingdom . "When Love Takes Over" ranked at number one on Billboard's Best of 2009 Dance Club Songs chart . In 2013, Billboard named "When Love Takes Over" its number one dance - pop collaboration of all time, in addition to noting the lasting cultural impact that the collaboration would have on dance music and its indication of the emerging electronic dance music trend in America at its time of release . </P> <P> In the song's accompanying music video, Rowland and Guetta reminisce of how the song came together . It follows the duo as they prepare for a party before coming together for the final result . "When Love Takes Over" was promoted mainly at award shows, including the MTV Latin Music Video Awards, NRJ Music Awards and the World Music Awards . Guetta and Rowland reunited in late 2009 to perform "When Love Takes Over" for the annual Miss Universe competition . The single earned seven Platinum certifications as well as five Gold certificates, selling over 5.5 million copies worldwide . Additionally, it earned Guetta two Grammy Award nominations for "Best Dance Recording" and "Best Non-Classical, Remixed Recording", the latter of which Guetta won for his "Electro Extended Mix" of "When Love Takes Over". </P> <P> Rowland has acknowledged on several occasions that although she loved dance music, it was not really the type of music she would record . While in Europe in 2008, she met Guetta at one of his DJ shows in Southern France and commented that "Listening to him was just crazy ." Guetta was playing the instrumental version of "When Love Takes Over". Recalling that it brought tears to her eyes, Rowland remarked, "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!" Upon meeting Guetta, she asked him for the song so she could write its lyrics . "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". At a writing session in a London hotel room, Rowland and songwriting duo Nervo wrote the lyrics and melody over Guetta's backing track . Rowland later joined Guetta and Julie Terry Lefèvre - Han in the recording studio to finish off the song . </P>

When love takes over - david guetta ft. kelly rowland