After the release of "When Love Takes Over" she would go on to fire Mathew Knowles as her manager. However in a 2010 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Rowland stated the decision to leave was not hers: the label ended their contract because singles from the previous record Ms. In 2009, before Rowland and Guetta collaborated for "When Love Takes Over", the media reported that Columbia Records and Rowland were to part ways by mutual agreement. The Extended Dance Mix, also produced by Guetta, was released alongside the main single worldwide, whereas the urban remix with American rapper Nelly was released in the United Kingdom and the United States. Promotion for the release included performing the song live on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge and The Graham Norton Show. An accompanying music video was directed by Masashi Muto, and portrays Rowland facing herself in various dance-off scenes. The song was nominated at the International Dance Music Awards for Best R&B/Urban Dance Track. Entertainment Weekly named "Commander" the number-one summer jam of 2010 and named by Fitness Magazine as one of The Top 100 Workout Songs of 2010. Just over a month after release, it topped the US Hot Dance Club Songs and later peaked within the top-ten in the United Kingdom and top-twenty in Ireland and New Zealand. The song was premiered at the 2010 Winter Music Conference and subsequently garnered acclaim from contemporary critics for Rowland's vocal performance as well as Guetta's musical production. Guetta and Vee produced "Commander" with synthesized dance beats that blend R&B with electronica and house music, with Love providing backing vocals and vocal production. Rowland and Guetta co-wrote the song with French DJ Sandy Vee and American songwriter Rico Love, who described the song as a "fun and aggressive club record" with themes of female empowerment and lyrics with deliberate grammatical errors. It was the pair's second collaboration, having previously topped charts around the world with a similar dance production, " When Love Takes Over", in 2009. It serves as the project's international lead single and her debut release with Universal Motown. " Commander" is a song performed and co-written by American recording artist Kelly Rowland and French disc jockey and producer David Guetta from Rowland's third studio album, Here I Am (2011). Single by Kelly Rowland featuring David Guetta
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