''One Love'' is the fourth studio album by French DJ

David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...

, first released in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2009 through

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. Guetta's first major international release, the album received generally favourable reviews from music critics, and was a commercial success, selling over 3 million copies globally. It spawned a total of six worldwide hit singles throughout 2009 and 2010, most notably "

When Love Takes Over "When Love Takes Over" is a song by French record producer David Guetta with vocals by American singer Kelly Rowland, from Guetta's fourth studio album, '' One Love''. It was released as the lead single from the album on 21 April 2009 by Virgin R ...

", featuring American recording artist

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, "

Sexy Bitch "Sexy Bitch" (also known as "Sexy Chick" in clean versions) is a song by French DJ David Guetta recorded for his fourth studio album '' One Love'' (2009). The song features vocals from Senegalese-American recording artist Akon. It was released ...

", featuring Senegalese-American R&B singer

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, and "

Who's That Chick? "Who's That Chick?" is a song by French DJ David Guetta from the reissue of his fourth studio album ''One Love'' (2009), entitled '' One More Love'' (2010). The song features guest vocals by Barbadian singer Rihanna and was written by Guetta, ...

", featuring Barbadian recording artist Rihanna and "

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", featuring British recording artist Estelle. ''One Love'' is also Guetta's last studio album to feature his long-time collaborator, Chris Willis, on vocals. Since the album's initial release it has since been reissued several times to include previously unreleased tracks and other bonus material. The album received a nomination for the

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in the category

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. The album's lead single, "When Love Takes Over" was nominated in the categories

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and

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, and won the latter.

Critical reception

''One Love'' received generally favourable reviews from most music critics. According to

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an

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score of 66, based on ten reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Entertainment website Digital Spy gave the album a very positive review and rewarded it four out of five stars. The ''

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'' gave the album 3/5, saying "Guetta is at his best (and his most commercial) when he's equipped with a melody as chewy as his beats." Ginger Clemens of ''Billboard'' calls it an effortless integration off catchy dance beats with expressive vocals, turning out Top 40-friendly songs while remaining true to dance club culture.

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: Even if everything seems built for the 12" format and then landed on an album anyway, Guetta's fans get all the well-done house music they desire, and then some. ''musicOMH'': He can doubtless get a party started every bit as effectively as either of those two aul van Dyk & Diplobut, on this record at least, in dance terms he finds himself rather falling between two stools as he enlarges the walls of his big tent. Caroline Sullivan of ''

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'' gave One Love 3 out of 5 stars calling many of the songs enjoyable while favoring "Estelle's tender performance of the title track deserves special mention" and mentioning that "It feels like a series of tracks rather than a fully realised long-player." ''NOW Magazine'' calls "One Love" surprisingly deep. ''

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'' calls it "the sound of the summer! If summer for you means a fake tan and drinking WKD for a week in the Med with the likes of Kelly Rowland and Will.i.am popping up as guests with your fave."

Singles

" was released as the first single and featured

. The song was a worldwide hit and peaked at number one in the UK and won the

Grammy Award, selling over 5.5 million copies worldwide. "

" was the second single from the album and featured

. The song has become a worldwide hit, reaching the top spot on thirteen different charts. It peaked at number one in the UK as well as many other countries. " I Wanna Go Crazy" was the album's only promotional single, released on 24 August 2009. "

" was released as the third worldwide single from the album and featured Estelle. It topped the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs chart. "

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" was released as the fourth single on 15 March 2010 and features Kid Cudi. The song peaked at number one in Belgium, Czech Republic and Netherlands. The extended version of the song "How Soon Is Now" (with Sebastian Ingrosso and Dirty South, featuring Julie McKnight) was a single released exclusively on

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on 12 August 2009 through Guetta's own label, F*** Me I'm Famous Records (a subdivision of Gum Productions). The song has reached number 52 on the Swedish charts.

''One More Love'' singles

Gettin' Over You "Gettin' Over You" (originally titled "Gettin' Over") is a song by French DJ David Guetta and American singer Chris Willis, from Guetta's fourth studio album, '' One Love''. "Gettin' Over You" features additional vocals by Fergie and hip hop ...

", is the lead single from ''One More Love'' with vocals of

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, Fergie and

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. It topped the charts in the

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and

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. "

" is the second single from ''One More Love''. It features Rihanna.Who's That Chick (feat.Rihanna ) [Single version] – Single: David Guetta: MP3 Downloads
Amazon.com. Retrieved 8 November 2011. The song's music video was used as part of a promotional ad campaign for Doritos. Two music videos were created, a day and a night one. They were released on 22 November 2010.

Track listing

*All songs written and produced by David Guetta. Additional producers and lyricists listed.

''One Love''

''One More Love''

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

Standard edition ''One More Love''

References

External links

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