"Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" was released as a mash-up of DJ Tocadisco's remix of The Egg's single "Walking Away" with the vocals of

Chris Willis Christopher Kevin Willis (born February 26, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Although initially a gospel singer, he later received international attention for his collaborations with house music artist David Guetta ...

from

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 ...

's 2002 single "

Love Don't Let Me Go "Love Don't Let Me Go" is a song performed by French DJ and producer David Guetta, featuring vocals from singer and long-time collaborator Chris Willis. The track was released as the second single from his debut studio album, '' Just a Little M ...

". The mash-up was first performed live by French DJ and Guetta's production partner

Joachim Garraud Joachim André Garraud (; born 27 September 1968) is a French DJ, remixer and record producer from Nantes. He is a producer of artists such as Paul Johnson, Deep Dish, David Bowie, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Kylie Minogue, Mylè ...

, though several people claimed to have done it before. It was featured in an advert for the Citroën C4, and peaked at number three on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

, Guetta's first top ten hit in that country. It was released as the single of Guetta's 2006 compilation album '' Fuck Me I'm Famous - Ibiza Mix 06'' and also features on the 2007 Reissue Edition of ''

Guetta Blaster ''Guetta Blaster'' is the second studio album by French DJ and producer David Guetta. It was released on 7 June 2004 by Virgin Records Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British ind ...

'' and as the bonus track of Guetta's third studio album '' Pop Life''.

Music video

The music video, shot at

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, is choreographed around

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and

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with a comedic aspect. The clip starts with two boys playing basketball while two girls walk past. One of each of the two notice each other and are obviously infatuated. They walk up to the cage between them and when their hands touch they begin to dance intensely. They continue to dance energetically and spontaneously until they touched someone else, at which time the "energy" would transfer to them and that person would start to dance while the person who touched them stopped.

Track listing

# "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" (UK radio edit) – 3:13 # "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" (Famous radio edit) – 3:08 # "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" (Joachim Garraud & David Guetta's F*** Me I'm Famous Mix) – 6:23 # "Walking Away" (Tocadisco Remix) – 6:53

Charts

External links

*, Original Version.

References

{{authority control 2006 singles Number-one singles in Spain David Guetta songs Songs written by David Guetta Mashup songs 2006 songs Songs written by Chris Willis Songs written by Joachim Garraud Song recordings produced by David Guetta