Kelly and David’s second collaboration was a highly anticipated affair following the success of 2009’s When Love Takes Over. We had a chat with them all about it in 2018. The re-swizz sparked a bright-but-brief trend in pop with singles by everyone from Beyonce to Kylie and Whitney Houston getting the Freemasons treatment.

Originally a slick R&B-funk number, the song became a Top 5 hit on the Official Chart thanks to a bhangra-infused dance-pop makeover by Brighton production duo The Freemasons.

“Put it in!” Kelly declares more than once on the second single from her Ms. Despite the mixed reviews it was a big hit, reaching Number 2 on the Official Singles Chart. Stole, with its social commentary on gun violence, bullying, depression, suicide and teen pregnancy - combined with an unusual blend of R&B-rock - certainly made people sit up and take notice of her. If Kelly was aiming for a clear separation between Destiny’s Child and her solo career, she certainly achieved it with her first proper solo single. It’s easy to see why they hesitated: in truth this R&B torch song is probably one of the weaker songs on his otherwise forward-looking, futuristic hip-hop debut Disc-Overy. The story goes that Tinie – a huge Destiny’s Child fan as a teen – insisted this collaboration was released as a single, much to the reluctance of his label. Co-produced by RedOne, it’s probably the most frenetic of her dance releases, but, as ever, she pulls it off… just. The release of Kelly’s third album Here I Am was delayed to November that year in the UK (compared to July elsewhere) to coincide with her judging duties on The X Factor, making Down For Whatever the record’s trailer single. MORE: View Kelly Rowland's Official UK Chart history in full 7. It’s one of the few songs in Kelly’s singles catalogue that could easily be mistaken for a Destiny’s Child song – something that probably helped it become one of her highest-charting hits. Kelly had some heavyweight R&B talent behind it, co-written and produced by Sean Garrett and Polow da Don (Beyoncé, Usher, Nicki Minaj). The lead single from Kelly’s second album Ms. While it wasn’t pushed in the UK and thus failed to chart, that didn’t stop it gaining a following - it’s Kelly’s third most-streamed song with 10.5 million plays. Released just a month after What A Feeling, Motivation – a seriously sultry R&B number - was aimed more at the US market, where it became her highest-charting single in nine years and was nominated for a Grammy. This collaboration with Italian DJ Alex Gaudino is essentially a re-tread of the vibrant house-pop she’d been releasing ad-hoc since 2009, but given it’s a sound that suits her so well, it’s no bad thing. Back in 2011, Kelly's music was swerving between US-friendly R&B and dance, having recently been appointed the queen of club 18-30 Euro-pop.

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