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I Found You (The Wanted song)

"I Found You"
Single by The Wanted
from the album Word of Mouth
Released4 November 2012 (2012-11-04)
Recorded2012
Genre
Length4:00
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Steve Mac
The Wanted singles chronology
"Chasing the Sun"
(2012) 		"I Found You"
(2012) 		"Walks Like Rihanna"
(2013)
Music video
"I Found You (PARENTAL ADVISORY)" on YouTube
"I Found You (Fan version)" on YouTube

"I Found You" is a song by British-Irish boy band The Wanted. The single was released on 6 November 2012 as the second single from their third studio album, Word of Mouth (2013). The track received its first radio play on 7 September 2012, but was previewed on the band's official website the day before.[1]

Background

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Nathan Sykes told Digital Spy about the song: "We're doing a video for it in a couple of weeks as well in LA, which is really exciting. We are just trying to lock down all the ideas for it now." Max George added: "We've been working on our next album for, like, the last six months, but it's still not ready yet. We're still working away on that and we've got plenty more travelling to do yet, so I'm not actually sure when the album is going to be ready."

The music video for the track was filmed on the week beginning 27 August in Los Angeles. In a preview shot from the video, Nathan is chased by a group of mental fans. Later, a new video was filmed due to undisclosed reasons, and that one was shot in London. This video became the official "I Found You" video. The video was released on 15 October 2012. The video is directed by Chris Marrs Piliero, who also directed Kesha's "Blow", and Britney Spears's "Criminal" and "I Wanna Go".[2] The video filmed in LA was later posted on YouTube on 23 January 2013. The song is written in the key of A minor.[3]

Music videos

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The video features Storm model Chloe Lloyd.[4] It starts with a shot of a woman, played by Lloyd, who has been tied up and gagged. The Wanted are seen walking somewhere while singing their parts. Max is seen holding a boxer. Scenes of them at a party are shown, where Nathan is seen talking to the same woman as an unknown man watches them. They reach a house which is later revealed to be the location where the woman has been kidnapped and the kidnapper is the same man from the party. They enter the house and fight the man's henchmen. They manage to take out all of them as Nathan approaches the woman who has been kidnapped and kisses her passionately. He steals a key from the woman's belt, gets up, winks, then leaves. The woman realizes that he is the man she talked to at the party. Nathan hands Tom the key and the guys depart the house, leaving the woman still tied up. In the end, they fish out a box from the sea, and open it with the key. The video ends as they open the box containing diamonds. They are satisfied with the box and its contents and close it.

On 21 January 2013, a second version of the video was released on The Wanted's YouTube page.[5] The video starts with an older gentleman introducing The Wanted in a black and white screen. As the entire audience (of females) go completely crazy over the band. Soon after the video goes to full colour as the screaming fans get louder. Right around the middle of the music video, the fans start invading the stage, forcing The Wanted to escape through the back door, as Nathan sings the bridge on a ladder. Soon after the boys are able to runaway safely to their limousine. Two hours later the band starts looking through photos of their performance in their limo and notice that Nathan is missing, and then Nathan is seen running away from many screaming females.

Track listing

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CD single / digital EP[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Found You"
Steve Mac3:59
2."I Found You" (Extended Mix)
Steve Mac6:31
3."Mad Man"
  • Fabian Torsson
  • Nina Woodford
  • Britt Burton
  • Tom Parker
  • Max George
  • Jay McGuiness
  • Siva Kaneswaran
  • Nathan Sykes
Phat Fabe3:09
4."I Found You" (Steve Pitron and Max Sanna Club Edit)
  • Steve Mac
  • Wayne Hector
  • Ina Wroldsen
  • Steve Mac
  • Pitron
  • Sanna*
4:40
5."I Found You" (DC Breaks Remix)
  • Steve Mac
  • Wayne Hector
  • Ina Wroldsen
  • Steve Mac
  • DC Breaks*
4:30
CD single / digital EP[7]
No.TitleLength
1."I Found You" (Bob Sinclar Remix)4:59
2."I Found You" (Moto Blanco Remix)7:23
  1. "I Found You" (Bob Sinclar Remix) - 4:58
  2. "I Found You" (Bob Sinclar Edit) - 3:07
  3. "I Found You" (Moto Blanco Club Mix) - 7:22
  4. "I Found You" (Moto Blanco Edit) - 4:02
  5. "I Found You" (Joe Gauthreaux & Warren Rigg Club Mix) - 7:47
  6. "I Found You" (Joe Gauthreaux & Warren Rigg Radio Mix) - 4:05
  7. "I Found You" (Joe Gauthreaux & Warren Rigg Dub Mix) - 7:34
  8. "I Found You" (Steve Pitron & Max Sanna Remix) - 3:40
  9. "I Found You" (Steve Pitron & Max Sanna Club Mix) - 6:35

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[21] Gold 30,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[22] Gold 40,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Wanted Confirm New Single 'I Found You'". MTV. 6 September 2012. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  2. ^ "The new The Wanted single is called 'I Found You'". Maximum Pop!. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. ^ "The Wanted "I Found You" Sheet Music – Download & Print". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Chloe Lloyd – Storm Models". Storm Model Management. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  5. ^ "The Wanted – I Found You (Fan Version)". YouTube. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  6. ^ "I Found You – EP by The Wanted – Preorder I Found You – EP on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  7. ^ "I Found You – I Found You (The Remixes) – I Found You – EP on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  8. ^ [1] ARIA Report 1191. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  9. ^ "The Wanted – I Found You" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  10. ^ "The Wanted – I Found You" (in French). Ultratip.
  11. ^ "The Wanted Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography The Wanted". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Media Forest Week 49, 2012". Israeli Airplay Chart. Media Forest.
  14. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  15. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 20131 into search.
  16. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  17. ^ "The Wanted Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  18. ^ "The Wanted Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard.
  19. ^ "End of Year 2012" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  20. ^ "Dance Club Songs – Year-End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  21. ^ "Brazilian single certifications – The Wanted – I Found You" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  22. ^ "Canadian single certifications – The Wanted – I Found You". Music Canada. Retrieved 13 January 2023.