This Is What You Came For
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| Single by Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna | |||||||||||||||||
| Released | 29 April 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| Format | Digital download | ||||||||||||||||
| Genre | EDM | ||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:41 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Producer(s) | Calvin Harris | ||||||||||||||||
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"This Is What You Came For" is a song by Scottish DJ and record producer Calvin Harris, featuring Barbadian singer Rihanna. The song was released on 29 April 2016 through Sony Music and Westbury Road. Featuring influences of house music, Harris produced the song and co-wrote it with Taylor Swift. Rihanna and Harris had previously collaborated on her sixth studio album, Talk That Talk, which included the international chart-topper "We Found Love" and US top five single "Where Have You Been", the former of which was written and produced by Harris. He played the final version for Rihanna at the 2016 Coachella Music Festival.
The single debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Rihanna's 21st top-five song and Harris's second; the song is currently Harris's highest peaking single as a lead artist. It also reached number one on the US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, became the 12th number one for Rihanna and Harris's tenth on sister chart Dance/Mix Show Airplay. and became Rihanna's 25th and Harris's fourth chart-topper on the Dance Club Songs. It topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and the Republic of Ireland and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Germany, New Zealand and Switzerland.
"This Is What You Came For" received mixed reviews from critics; while some praised them for creating a catchy track, others labeled it as boring, and cited Rihanna's vocals as overprocessed. A music video for the song premiered on 17 June 2016 and features Rihanna in an open cube with images projected on the inside walls.
Calvin Harris presented the final recording to Rihanna, two weeks prior to its release. During his performance at Coachella, Harris shared the song with Rihanna and her manager in her trailer. Harris stated that he was "nervous" to play her the song because he had "changed so many bits from when she first heard it." The song was released on 29 April 2016. The song marks the pair's third collaboration, following the global chart-topper "We Found Love" and the Billboard Hot 100 top-five single "Where Have You Been", which are both featured on Rihanna's sixth studio album, Talk That Talk (2011).
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