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"'''We Found Love'''" is a song by Barbadian singer [[Rihanna]] from her sixth studio album, ''[[Talk That Talk]]'' (2011). The song features (and was written and produced by) Scottish DJ [[Calvin Harris]], whose 2012 album ''[[18 Months]]'' also includes the track. Rihanna also wrote the song. "We Found Love" premiered on September 22, 2011, on the [[The Capital FM Network|Capital FM]] radio station in the United Kingdom, and was made available to download on the same day as the lead single from ''Talk That Talk''. "We Found Love" is an uptempo [[electro house]] song, with elements of [[dance-pop]], [[techno]] and [[Europop]]. The song's lyrics speak of a couple who "found love in a hopeless place".<ref name="Gamboa1"/>
 
The song was a major worldwide success. It topped the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] for ten non-consecutive weeks, becoming the longest running number-one single of 2011. The single also surpassed "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]" and became Rihanna's longest running number one single. It was the singer's eleventh song to top the Hot 100, placing her in third place among female recording artists amassing the most number one singles. Outside of the United States, "We Found Love" topped the charts in 25 other countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Russia, Scotland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. According to Billboard it is the 29th most successful single of all time in the US. As of 2015, the single has sold 10.5 million copies worldwide,<ref name="wwsales"/> thus being one of the [[List of best-selling singles|best selling singles]] of all time.