Nicole Scherzinger has revealed that she passed up the chance to record the hit track 'We Found Love'.

The song was released by Rihanna and Calvin Harris in 2011 and proved to be a massive hit, with its number of YouTube plays particularly strong.

Speaking to Notion, Scherzinger admitted that she was given a demo of the track but decided against working with the song because she was too busy and wanted to stray away from dance. The X Factor judge said:

"I passed on 'We Found Love'. I've got the demo of that song and I was busy at the time."

She continued: "They'd sent me a few dance tracks and I wasn't able to get to them and I was like 'Oh there's so much dance and I want to take a break from it'. That was my fault. I slept on it."

Scherzinger meanwhile is due to release her second solo album later this year, with the record preceded by single 'Boomerang'.