Leona: 'I Recorded We Found Love First'
 

Leona Lewis has revealed that she recorded 'We Found Love' before Rihanna.

The X Factor winner told the Daily Star that she provided vocals for the Calvin Harris-penned hit before relinquishing the song to the Bajan singer.

Lewis said: "I worked with Calvin and we recorded 'We Found Love' but he went touring with Rihanna and she ended up releasing it.

"I didn't commit to it because I wanted 'Trouble' to be my first single, so I think that was another reason they went with Rihanna.

"It was the same version and production but mine's better."

'We Found Love' has sold 6.5m copies worldwide and reached the number one spot in 25 countries, making it one of the most successful tracks in recent years.

Lewis added: "I still have the recording but I'd never leak it. That's so unprofessional.

"There are so many songs I've recorded, only to hear other people singing them. It happens all the time. It was a bit annoying to see how big a hit it was around the world but if I'd released it maybe it wouldn't have done as well."

Lewis's third studio album Glassheart is released today. Last night, she performed a selection of tracks from the record as part of a promotional set at London's G-A-Y.



Yeah, so unprofessional to leak it, but very professional of you so say that you recorded a 'much better' version and could release it at any time. Bit bitter?

lol leaking it is unprofessional but saying I did it first and mine was better isn't it? Right then Leona :pat:

It is the Faily Star.

I didn't even write Faily but that is one appropriate autocorrect:joker:

rest of the world: uninterested

I didn't know MeMyselfandI had become a journalist at the Daily Star.

:joker:

was just gonna say :joker:

The song isn't very suited for Leona anyway :/ unless she was making it a ballad or something..

The report says is was the same version and production.

Think Leona's version would've been better actually

I'm sensing sour grapes

She actually recorded Halo before Beyonce too.

i was made for loveing you by kiss,
go enjoy!

Ha Ha:joker:.

I am glad that it never happened. That song now totally suited RiRi!

I heard she once farted but decided against releasing it despite her fart being the best

It's the Daily Star, they talk a load of ****.

Not so sure. We found love is a song that needs to be sung with a simple voice. Leona's voice isn't simple.

We found love in a hopeless place aka a stable.

:joker:

We found love in a stack of hay

Erm I think it's very dumb to think thats how it was said, It's obvious she was being sarcastic, You shouldn't make assumptions It only makes you look bad.
Omfg they obviously are it's all over the US,UK & US tabloids, hehe you're wrong.
Omfg hilar
Erm, you shouldn't talk about things you don't know.. You obviously haven't listened to ANY of Leonas album coming from that statement, She has plenty of up tempo's & Mid tempos: Forgive Me, Outta My Head, Glassheart, Favourite Scar, Sugar. Also Scene of The Crime/Danger Made Me
Obviously, Leona can actually sing:D
I don't think shes at all jealous of Rihanna tbh, She has class & can actually sing. She said you're not an artist if you can't sing what you made on the record to people on tour, shes right.
Omfg you should be a comedian, the joke is so Ollllddddd now.
Omfg, you're even funnier. SO original I mean like, you didn't copy that from someone around 2 posts above :conf:

I hope you're not calling me dumb MM&I, Insulting FMs is against the rules, insulting pop stars however is not.

Well if Leona had released it then the promotion would've been horribly generic so I'm glad Rihanna got it. At least she made a good video for the song.

I didn't call you dumb. The order of the words are different than that, I'm still annoyed that mods miscalculated my infractions/break the rules & gave me a longer ban. When I wasn't even breaking the rules I just needed to PM someone for the Pub Quiz, I never had a chance to explain.

Ok, well take it to the appeals section if you have a question about that MM&I :)

I cba nothing can be done about it now, When I went on another account to try & explain you banned it straight away. There was no way I could get my point across as I couldn't PM or do anything. The banning strategy needs changing.