Preview – When love takes over (David Guetta)

Featuring Kelly Rowland. This song is really uplifting and cheerful, like the experience of being in love.

This song is by French DJ David Guetta, featuring main vocals by American R&B singer Kelly Rowland.

Guetta said to Billboard of this ode to the excitement of being in love: "The track with Kelly has made me experiment with a more American urban influence. Musically, it's opened a new world for me. It's pure pop with a lot of detail, and Kelly had this Whitney Houston vibe and nailed it."

You can sing to the karaoke video here.

It’s complicated, it always is
That’s just the way it goes
Feels like the way it is so long for this
I wonder if it shows
And under water now I can breathe
It never felt so good
Cause I can feel it comin’ over me
I wouldn’t stop it if I could

When love takes over yeaaah
You know you can’t deny
When love takes over yeaaah
‘Cause something’s here tonight

Give me a reason I gotta know
Do you feel it too?
Can’t you see me here on overload
And this time I blame you
Hmm... looking out for you to hold my hand
It feels like I could fall
Now love me right, like I know you can
We could lose it all

When love takes over yeaaah
You know you can’t deny
When love takes over yeaaah
Cause something’s here tonight

(tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight ....)

I'll be loving you all the time, it's true
Cause I want to make it right with you

When love takes over, when love takes over
When love takes over, when love takes over
When love takes over, when love takes over
When love takes over, over, over
Over, over, over ....

When love takes over yeaaah
You know you can’t deny
When love takes over yeaaah
Cause something’s here tonight

THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT GOES= That’s simply how it is.

I WONDER IF IT SHOWS= I don’t know if my face reveals how I feel.

BREATHE= /bri:ð/ Take air in and out (if you stop breathing you die). The noun is BREATH /breθ/ . Your breath is the air you take in and out.

CAUSE= Because.

I CAN FEEL IT COMING OVER ME= I can feel this sensation growing inside of me.

I WOULDN’T STOP IT IF I COULD= I can’t stop this feeling, it’s too strong, and it’s so good that even if I could stop it I wouldn’t do it because I don’t want to stop it.

TAKE OVER= Assume control of the situation.

DENY= Say no; reject, refuse; contradict.

I GOTTA KNOW= I got to know = I’ve got to know = I have to know = I must know = I really want to know.

ON OVERLOAD= If an electrical device is on overload it means that it is receiving more energy than it can support so there is a risk of explosion or catching fire. In this song, she is feeling so much energy from love that she feels she may explode any minute.

I BLAME YOU= I think it’s your fault, you are responsible for it.

LOOK OUT= Be careful, be watchful. But in this song the sentence means “wishing you held my hand” (WISH is followed by past tense but has a future meaning: I want you to hold my hand)

LOVE ME RIGHT= Love me properly, love me correctly, love me well.

LIKE I KNOW YOU CAN (coll.)= [Love me] the way I know you can love me.

I’LL BE LOVING YOU ALL THE TIME= We use the future continuous tense to say how we will spend our time in the future.
- Sorry, I can’t go with you, I’m working.
- Sorry, I can’t go with you tomorrow, I’ll be working all the day.
“I’ll be loving you all the time” gives a stronger feeling of continuity, of duration than just saying “I’ll love you all the time”.

I WANT TO MAKE IT RIGHT WITH YOU= I want to do the right things when I’m with you, to make you feel good when you are with me.

CAUSE SOMETHING’S HERE TONIGHT= Because something important is happening tonight.