What I Did for Love (David Guetta song)

"What I Did for Love"
Single by David Guetta featuring Emeli Sandé or Namie Amuro
from the album Listen and Genic
Released	22 February 2015
Format	Digital download
Length	3:27
Label	What A Music Parlophone
Writer(s)	David Guetta Giorgio Tuinfort Breyan Stanley Isaac Jason Evigan Alicia Keys Sam Martin Sean Douglas
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) Namie Amuro singles chronology "Red Carpet" (2015) "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 and released as a single on July 1, 2015.

Promotion

Guetta and Sandé performed "What I Did for Love" on The X Factor UK on 22 November 2014.^[2] BBC soap opera 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

Weekly 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 (Official German Charts)[13]	16
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[14]	11
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[15]	4
Hungary (Single Top 40)[16]	12
Indonesia (Creative Disc Top 50)[17]	4
Ireland (IRMA)[18]	12
Israel (Media Forest)[19]	1
Italy (FIMI)[20]	37
Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[21]	8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[22]	34
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23]	56
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[24]	4
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[25]	31
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[26]	58
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[27]	37
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[28]	6
UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[29]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)	Position
Germany (Official German Charts)[30]	83
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)[31]	66

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Italy (FIMI)[32]	Gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[33]	Gold	400,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales/streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom[4]	22 November 2014	Digital download	What A Music Parlophone
Worldwide[5]	19 January 2015	Digital download — VINAI remix
France[6]	2 February 2015	Digital download — Remixes EP
Germany[34]	20 February 2015
United Kingdom[35]	22 February 2015
Germany[7]	20 February 2015	CD single

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