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Cover for the Ciara version
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Single by Enrique Iglesias featuring Ciara or Sarah Connor or Tyssem | ||||||||||||||||||||
from the album Greatest Hits | ||||||||||||||||||||
Released | 12 January 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
Format | CD single, maxi single, digital download | |||||||||||||||||||
Recorded | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
Genre | Europop, R&B | |||||||||||||||||||
Length | 3:51 | |||||||||||||||||||
Label | Interscope | |||||||||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Enrique M Iglesias, Frankie Storm, Nadir Khayat | |||||||||||||||||||
Producer(s) | RedOne | |||||||||||||||||||
Enrique Iglesias singles chronology | ||||||||||||||||||||
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"Takin' Back My Love" is a song by singers Enrique Iglesias and Ciara. It is the second single from his English greatest hits album Greatest Hits. The song was produced by RedOne who was a co-writer of the song alongside Iglesias and Frankie Storm.
The original version of the song features R&B singer Ciara and is being released internationally. A second version which features pop singer Sarah Connor in place of Ciara was released in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Russia, Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic. In France, the song was re-recorded with the French R&B singer Tyssem singing her portion of the song in French and re-titled "Takin' Back My Love (Sans l'ombre d'un remord)".
Iglesias first performed the song in on the French TV show Star Academy as a duet with one of the contestants, Gaultier. The performance was enthusiastically received by the show's audience and the judges who gave the pair a standing ovation. This performance propelled the Ciara version of the song debut at #3 in France.
Iglesias and Ciara both performed the single for the first time at the 2009 Pro Bowl Half-time Show in Hawaii.
Due to studio commitments Ciara had to pull out of promotion for the single and Australian singer Gabriella Cilmi was asked to lend her vocals to most of the European promo. So far they have performed the song on Dutch TV show "Life & Cooking", the Paul O'Grady Show, Loose Women and The Alan Titchmarsh Show in the UK as well as the Meteor Music Awards in Ireland.
Iglesias has performed the song with Sarah Connor on the German show "Nur die Liebe zählt".
Ciara performed the single alone in London, as a part of her set during the European leg of Britney Spears' worldwide tour The Circus Starring Britney Spears.