Is What I Did for Love a good place to start with David Guetta?

Yes, What I Did for Love is recommended as a starting point for new David Guetta listeners. A bruised pop vocal becomes the emotional center of a dance-floor production stretched and reshaped for different sets. This remix collection draws on David Guetta’s collaboration with Emeli Sandé from his sixth studio album, Listen, released in 2014. It arrived after the international success of his 2011 album Nothing but the Beat, as Guetta continued pairing guest singers with club-oriented production.

Who is What I Did for Love for?

What I Did for Love works well if you're into steady dance floor energy, short bursts of excitement and remixes that keep evolving.

How many songs are on What I Did for Love?

What I Did for Love has 6 tracks, running approximately 30 minutes.

Released 12 years ago this November

What I Did for Love

David Guetta · 2014

30 min · 6 tracks · electronic music

A bruised pop vocal becomes the emotional center of a dance-floor production stretched and reshaped for different sets.

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Top tracks — play these first

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What I Did for Love (VINAI remix) Start here — The Italian duo’s version offers a compact remix alongside the longer club cuts, making it a useful entry point into the collection’s reworking of Sandé’s vocal.
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What I Did for Love (Quentin Mosimann remix) — At six minutes, Mosimann’s remix is the longest version here, giving the single’s material room to unfold on a club-length scale.
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What I Did for Love (TEEMID remix) — The shortest remix in the set offers a contrasting, more concise listen to the extended treatments surrounding it.
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What I Did for Love (extended) — The extended version provides a baseline for hearing Guetta’s original production expanded beyond single length, before comparing the guest producers’ remixes.

Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

54 /100

Lowland

Higher than 3% of albums we've rated

The album features multiple remixes that explore variations on a single theme, showcasing solid production but limited depth.

What we noticed

The album consists entirely of remixes of a single track, each offering a different interpretation of the original.
Each remix maintains a consistent tempo and structure, emphasizing dance beats and electronic elements.
The extended version adds additional layers and variations to the original melody, creating a more immersive experience.

Composition 25% of the score: 6/10
Craft 20% of the score: 7/10
Durability 25% of the score: 5/10
Distinctiveness 18% of the score: 5/10
Sequencing 12% of the score: 4/10

Influence 4/10

Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

steady dance floor energy
short bursts of excitement
remixes that keep evolving
for late-night parties

Maybe skip if you

prefer slow, introspective music
dislike repetitive club beats

Where this album fits

In the catalog: Breakthrough — This single solidified Guetta's influence in the EDM scene after prior successes.
Themes: club-ready anthems· neon-lit nightlife· dance floor devotion
Career context: This remix collection draws on David Guetta’s collaboration with Emeli Sandé from his sixth studio album, Listen, released in 2014. It arrived after the international success of his 2011 album Nothing but the Beat, as Guetta continued pairing guest singers with club-oriented production.
Stylistic neighbors: Calvin Harris· Zedd· Avicii