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We Found Love Lyrics by Rihanna
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We Found Love quick summary
- Recording: “We Found Love” is credited to Rihanna.
- Released: Dec 13, 2012 on “LOUD Tour: Live at the O2”.
- Length: The recording runs 3:54.
- Genre: Filed under R&B.
- Lyrics: This page has 31 lyric lines and 35 timed cues.
- Chart: No dated chart rank is attached yet.
- Karaoke: Timed playback is ready on this page.
- Written by: Calvin Harris.
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Who performs “We Found Love”?
The recording on this page is credited to Rihanna.
Can I follow the lyrics in time with the song?
Yes. This page has 35 timed cues connected to its selected video, so the active lyric line can follow playback.
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The stored release association is “LOUD Tour: Live at the O2”, dated 2012-12-13, with a duration of 3:54.
We Found Love lyrics by Rihanna
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0:07Yellow diamonds in the light
0:11Now we're standing side by side
0:15As your shadow crosses mine
0:19What it takes to come alive
0:26It's the way I'm feeling I just can't deny
0:32But I've gotta let it go
0:37We found love in a hopeless place
0:41We found love in a hopeless place
0:44We found love in a hopeless place
0:49We found love in a hopeless place
0:55♪
1:22Shine a light through an open door
1:26Love and life I will divide
1:30Turn away 'cause I need you more
1:34Feel the heartbeat in my mind
1:40It's the way I'm feeling I just can't deny
1:48But I've gotta let it go
1:52We found love in a hopeless place
1:56We found love in a hopeless place
2:00We found love in a hopeless place
2:03We found love in a hopeless place
2:09♪
2:15Yellow diamonds in the light
2:18Now we're standing side by side
2:22As your shadow crosses mine (mine, mine, mine)
2:30We found love in a hopeless place
2:33We found love in a hopeless place
2:37We found love in a hopeless place
2:41We found love in a hopeless place
2:47♪
3:15We found love in a hopeless place
3:18We found love in a hopeless place
3:22We found love in a hopeless place
3:26We found love in a hopeless place
3:30♪
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We Found Love song profile
“We Found Love” is a recording credited to Rihanna. This record joins its available release fields, dated chart position and lyric timing. Continue with more Rihanna lyrics and songs, or compare this recording with other R&B song lyrics.
- Dec 13, 2012Released
- 3:54Length
- 31Lyric lines
- 35Timed cues
- 202sTimed span
- Lyric record matched as “We Found Love” by Rihanna
- 35 ordered lyric timestamps verified
- Karaoke follow-along playback enabled
Full recording & lyric breakdown
Release record
The release record places this version on “LOUD Tour: Live at the O2.” The earliest source-linked release date stored for this version is 2012-12-13. The duration attached to the recording is 3:54. The available writing credit lists Calvin Harris.
Lyric structure
AskLyrics counted 31 lyric lines in 9 visible text sections. Its 35 lyric timestamps cover roughly 202 seconds of the matched recording. The text repeats 5 line patterns; those returns are tracked as structure, not padded with an invented interpretation. The YouTube player reads those timestamps continuously, while the saved offset aligns video time with the matched recording.
Source and version check
The matched lyric entry names “We Found Love” and credits Rihanna. The synchronization check found 35 ordered lyric timestamps. Karaoke mode is enabled after the video and timed lyric both pass their checks.
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- Album / release
- LOUD Tour: Live at the O2
- Released
- 2012-12-13
- Length
- 3:54
- Written by
- Calvin Harris
- Recording source
- MusicBrainz record ↗
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