David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland “When Love Takes Over”
The transition from Destiny’s Child contributor to solo star hasn’t really been all that smooth for Kelly Rowland State-side (leaving one to wonder why she even still bothers), but when you check her stats overseas, a different story is told: In the UK alone, she’s managed to produce 6 Top Twenty singles as a solo lead! With that knowledge, it’s not all that surprising that Kelly would take a break from the traditional (and quite overcrowded) female R&B/ hip hop scheme and hedge her bets in the continued pursuing of a more international-friendly pop sound.
Her latest single “When Love Takes Over”, a collaboration with French DJ David Guetta, shows that to be a smart decision, as, for probably the first time in her post-DC career, Kelly actually sounds like a true superstar.
Some will likely be immediately turned off by either the song’s epic-sized, Euro-dance template, blatant theft of the piano melody from Coldplay’s “Clocks” or majorly corny script about the power of love (“Under water/ Now i can breathe/ It never felt so good/ ‘Cause i can feel it coming over me/ I wouldn’t stop it if I could”), but those that do stick with the tune for it’s full length will be rewarded with a masterful Rowland vocal performance, one that exudes the kind of assured, top-diva confidence often lacking in her previous solo outings.
Peep the Cascada-y original, below, followed by a nice live acoustic performance.
Kelly clearly needs to milk this gay Euro vibe! I’ve been hearing this in clubs, and I really think she could cross over to pop radio with the right song.
I love kelly rowland I wanna marry her. oh by the way i love her remix in the dance house version its sick.. and this guy goes Eruo vibe music stinks? actualy moron its called house music and its good to place music like this because its in and will always be in. dance music is the future and its part of how this music relates to life and fashion. dance music is being mixed in reagee latin and so on. god bless house and tribal. and god bless kelly rowland your awsome and i love her voice.