We Got Love (Teyana Taylor song)

"We Got Love"
Single by Teyana Taylor (solo or featuring Ms. Lauryn Hill)
from the album The Album
Released	December 6, 2019 March 12, 2020 (rerelease)
Recorded	2018
Studio	West Lake Ranch, Jackson Hole, Wyoming[1]
Label	GOOD Def Jam
Songwriter(s)	Teyana Taylor Brittany Coney Denisia Andrews Kanye West Mike Dean Jahmal Gwin Evan Mast Stephen Feigenbaum Marcus Vest Ronald Preyer Vernon Bullock Charles Ingersoll Robert Solomon Lauryn Hill (remix)
Producer(s)	Kanye West Mike Dean Seven Aurelius E*vax BoogzDaBeast Johan Lenox
Teyana Taylor singles chronology
"Morning" (2019) "We Got Love" (2019) "Made It / Bare Wit Me" (2020)
Lauryn Hill singles chronology
"Coming Home" (2019) "We Got Love" (2020) "Save the Day" (2020)
Music video
"We Got Love" on YouTube

"We Got Love" is a song by American singer-songwriter Teyana Taylor released as a single on December 6, 2019. A version featuring Lauryn Hill was released on March 13, 2020.[2]

Background

"We Got Love" was originally intended for Taylor's second studio album K.T.S.E.. The track leaked online in June 2018 with a spoken word outro performed by Lauryn Hill.[3] "We Got Love" was later intended to be included on Kanye West's ninth studio album Yandhi.[4] Taylor and West performed the song as a duet during the season 44 premiere of Saturday Night Live to promote Yandhi; the album failed to ever be released.[5] West and Taylor then recorded a music video for "We Got Love" in the TMZ parking lot, but the music video was never released.[6]

On December 5, 2019, Taylor announced through Instagram that "We Got Love" would be released on streaming services at midnight.[7]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal

• Kanye West – production
• BoogzDaBeast – co-production
• E. Vax – co-production
• Mike Dean – production
• Johan Lenox – additional production, string arrangement, programming
• Seven Aurelius – production, keyboards
• Yasmeen Al-Mazeedi – violin

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[8]	33

References

1. Jonah Engel Bromwich (February 23, 2020). "Kanye, Out West". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
2. "We Got Love (feat. Lauryn Hill) – Single by Teyana Taylor". Apple Music. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
3. Zidel, Alex (June 11, 2018). "Teyana Taylor's "We Got Love" Leaks With Vocals From Lauryn Hill". HotNewHipHop. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
4. "Kourtney's Choice". Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Season 16. Episode 2. April 7, 2019.
5. Kim, Michelle (September 30, 2018). "Kanye Storms "SNL" With 3 Wild Performances, Political Speech: Watch". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
6. "Kanye West's 'Yandhi' Album Release Pushed Back, Recording in Africa". TMZ. October 1, 2018. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
7. "Jimmy Neutch- Shumpert on Instagram: "Love is the new money 💕 #WeGotLove avail on all platforms at midnight 📸 by The Legend @danielsannwald"". Instagram. December 5, 2019. Archived from the original on December 25, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
8. "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.