What I Did for Love (David Guetta song)

For the popular song from the Broadway Musical A Chorus Line, see What I Did for Love (A Chorus Line).
"What I Did for Love"
Single by David Guetta featuring Emeli Sandé
from the album Listen
Released 22 February 2015
Format Digital download
Genre EDM
Length 3:27
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • David Guetta
  • Giorgio Tuinfort
David Guetta singles chronology
"Dangerous"
(2014)		 "What I Did for Love"
(2015)		 "Hey Mama"
(2015)
Emeli Sandé singles chronology
"Free"
(2013)		 "What I Did for Love"
(2015)

"What I Did for Love" is a song by French music producer David Guetta. It was released as the third single from his sixth studio album Listen (2014). It features vocals by Scottish recording artist Emeli Sandé. It was released officially on 22 February 2015 in the United Kingdom.[1] The song was written by Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Breyan Stanley Isaac, Jason Evigan, Sam Martin, and Sean Douglas.

A new version featuring Japanese singer Namie Amuro was included in Amuro's album Genic.

Promotion

Guetta and Sandé performed "What I Did for Love" on The X Factor UK on 22 November 2014.[2] BBC soap EastEnders also used the song as part of their live episode on 20 February 2015.[3]

Track listing

Digital download[4]
No. Title Length
1. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) 3:27
Digital download — remix[5]
No. Title Length
1. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (VINAI remix) 4:38
Digital download — Remixes EP[6]
No. Title Length
1. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (VINAI remix) 4:38
2. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (Morten remix) 5:05
3. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (Quentin Mosimann remix) 6:00
4. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (TEEMID remix) 3:26
5. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (PANG! remix) 5:38
6. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (extended) 5:30
CD single[7]
No. Title Length
1. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (VINAI remix) 4:38
2. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (Morten remix) 5:05
3. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (Quentin Mosimann remix) 6:00
4. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (TEEMID remix) 3:26
5. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (PANG! remix) 5:38
6. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (extended) 5:30
7. "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) (radio edit) 3:13

Charts

Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 20
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 24
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[11] 35
France (SNEP)[12] 30
Germany (Media Control Charts)[13] 16
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[14] 11
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[15] 4
Hungary (Single Top 40)[16] 12
Ireland (IRMA)[17] 12
Israel (Media Forest)[18] 1
Italy (FIMI)[19] 37
Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[20] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[21] 34
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22] 56
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[23] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 58
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 37
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[26] 6
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[27] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[28] Silver 200,000double-dagger

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom[4] 22 November 2014 Digital download
Worldwide[5] 19 January 2015 Digital download — VINAI remix
France[6] 2 February 2015 Digital download — Remixes EP
Germany[29] 20 February 2015
United Kingdom[30] 22 February 2015
Germany[7] 20 February 2015 CD single

References

  1. ↑ "David Guetta talks X Factor performance - KISS". Kiss.
  2. ↑ "A big thank you to David Guetta and Emeli Sandé". itv.com.
  3. ↑ "EastEnders live episode boosts David Guetta track up iTunes chart". February 21, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "What I Did for Love (feat. Emeli Sandé) - Single". iTunes.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "VINAI,David Guetta — What I Did For Love [What A Music] :: Beatport". beatport.com.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "iTunes - Musique - What I did for Love (feat. Emeli Sandé) [Remixes] - EP par David Guetta". iTunes.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "What I Did for Love: Amazon.de: Musik". amazon.de.
  8. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé – What I Did For Love". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé – What I Did For Love" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé – What I Did For Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé – What I Did For Love" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Lescharts.com – David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé – What I Did For Love" (in French). Les classement single.
  13. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé – What I Did For Love". GfK Entertainment.
  14. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  15. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  16. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  17. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 9, 2015". Irish Singles Chart.
  18. ↑ "David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé – What I Did For Love Media Forest". Israeli Airplay Chart. Media Forest.
  19. ↑ "Top Digital - WK 12 (dal 2015-03-16 al 2015-03-22)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "The Official Lebanese Top 20 - David Guetta". Olt20.com. March 20, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – David Guetta search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  22. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé – What I Did For Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  23. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-03-07". Scottish Singles Top 40.
  24. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé – What I Did For Love". Singles Top 60.
  25. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé – What I Did For Love". Swiss Singles Chart.
  26. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-03-07" UK Singles Chart.
  27. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-03-07" UK Dance Chart.
  28. ↑ "British single certifications – David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé – What I Did for Love". British Phonographic Industry. Enter What I Did for Love in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  29. ↑ "iTunes – Musik – „What I did for Love (feat. Emeli Sandé) [Remixes] – EP“ von David Guetta". iTunes.
  30. ↑ "iTunes – Music – What I did for Love (feat. Emeli Sandé) [Remixes] – EP by David Guetta". iTunes.