YouTube Cover Song Face-Off: Rihannas We Found Love

Each week, Mashable picks a popular song, finds 10 covers of it and asks you to vote for your favorite.


Rihannas We Found Love moves into the top spot on Billboards Hot Digital Songs chart this week on the heels of the Oct. 19 release of the tracks edgy music video.

The lead single off of Rihannas forthcoming Talk That Talk album also helped her become the fastest solo artist ever to earn 20 top 10 singles on Billboards Hot 100 chart.

Weve found 10 of the best! We Foun d Love covers as well as one from Coldplay (see video number 11). Vote for your favorite rendition in the poll.


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To listen to more covers used in past YouTube Cover Song Face-Offs, click here.


Which We Found Love Cover Is Your Favorite?
**The winner of this poll will be selected Nov. 4 at 9 a.m. ET.

Last Weeks Face-Off Winner: Kina Grannis and Imaginary Friend

The Pumped Up Kicks duet from Kina Grannis and Imaginary Friend snagged more than 20,000 votes in last weeks Face-off, beating out their closest competitor by 6,500 votes. In their cover of the Foster the People song, they changed a few chords, added harmonies and brought in a banjo.

It was one of those songs that spoke to me for whatever reason even before I had any idea what it was about, Grannis told Mashable. By the time I actually stopped to think about the lyrics and internalize them, it hit me what a sad song it was. It lets you into the mind of an outcast, someone who really has no one at all to go to, and you realize what a desperate and tragic situation that is.

Grannis embarks on a European tour in February 2012, where shell perform original songs such as The One You Say Goodnight To (see ! video tw o) and Little Worrier (see video four). Imaginary Friend plans to start recording his first full-length album, which will include Chasing Ghosts (see video number three).

Heres a collection of original songs and covers from Grannis and Imaginary Friend.


"Pumped Up Kicks" Cover by Kina Grannis and Imaginary Friend


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