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I Want to Know What Love Is
Foreigner
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- Album
- 40
- Released
- 2017
- Genres
- aor, classic rock
- Length
- 5:02
- Tempo
- 81 BPM
- Label
- Rhino Atlantic
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About this song
"I Want to Know What Love Is" is a power ballad by the rock group Foreigner and the lead single from their album Agent Provocateur. It became the band's biggest hit to date, reaching number one in both the UK and the US. The song also appeared in the top 25 of Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents chart in 2000, 2001 and 2002, and is ranked number 479 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
What it's about
The song is about wanting to understand what love truly is. The choir featured on the track comes from the Gospel Music Workshop of America, and they also appear in the music video.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 15 other songs, like “In My Life by Epidemic (rapper)”.
- Covered 47 times, including “I Wanna Know What Love Is by Donny Osmond”.
- Written by Mick Jones (Foreigner).
- Produced by Mick Jones (Foreigner) and Alex Sadkin.
- Recorded at The Hit Factory and Right Track Recording (New York.