I Want to Know What Love Is
1984 song by Foreigner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"I Want to Know What Love Is" is a power ballad[4] by the British-American rock band Foreigner. It was released in November 1984 as the love theme and lead single from their fifth album, Agent Provocateur. The song hit number one in both the United Kingdom and the United States and is the group's biggest hit to date. It remains one of the band's best-known songs and most enduring radio hits, charting in the top 25 in 2000, 2001, and 2002 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents chart. "I Want to Know What Love Is" has continued to garner critical acclaim, and is listed as one of Rolling Stone magazine's greatest songs of all time at number 476 in 2004 and at number 479 in 2010.[5] The song is also featured in a number of films.
"I Want to Know What Love Is" | ||||
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Single by Foreigner | ||||
from the album Agent Provocateur | ||||
B-side | "Street Thunder (Marathon Theme)" | |||
Released | November 30, 1984 (1984-11-30)[1] | |||
Recorded | December 1983[2] | |||
Genre | Soft rock[3] | |||
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Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Mick Jones, Lou Gramm (uncredited) | |||
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Foreigner singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"I Want to Know What Love Is" on YouTube | ||||