I Can Only Imagine

Album: Nothing But The Beat (2011)
Charted: 18 44
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Songfacts®:

  • This track from David Guetta's fifth studio album Nothing But The Beat features the American R&B singer Chris Brown and rapper Lil Wayne. The trio performed the song for the first time at the 54th Grammy Awards on February 12, 2012. It was released as the sixth single from the album on May 4, 2012.
  • The Colin Tilley directed music video was filmed on May 29, 2012. "It looks very surreal from a whole other planet," Tilley revealed in a behind-the-scenes clip. "It kinda feels like Minority Report. It's just got a really crazy vibe and [Guetta's] controlling everything that's happening in his world. He's controlling these dancers that are going crazy, he's controlling Chris Brown in this room with this mask on."

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