I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
ForeignER
SONGWRITERES: JONES LESLY &
JONES MICHAEL LESLIE
COUNTRY: U. K. & U.S.A.
ALBUM: AGENT PROVOCATER
LABEL: ATLANTIC
GNRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1984
Foreigner
is a British–American rock band, originally formed in New York City & London
in 1976 by veteran English musician and ex–Spooky Tooth member Mick Jones, and
fellow Briton and ex–King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American
vocalist Lou Gramm.
Jones
came up with the band's name as he, McDonald and Dennis Elliott were British,
while Gramm, Al Greenwood and Ed Gagliardi were American. Their biggest hit
single, "I Want to Know What Love Is", topped the United Kingdom and
United States charts among others. Another one of their hit singles, "Waiting
for a Girl Like You", peaked at number two on the US chart for a
record-setting 10 weeks. They are one of the world's best-selling bands of all
time with worldwide sales of more than 80 million records, including 37.5
million records in the US.
Current
band members are Kelly Hansen(lead vocals and percussion); Mick Jones (lead and
rhythm guitar, keyboard, backing and lead vocals); Thom Gimbel (rhythm guitar,
keyboard, backing vocals, saxophone, and flute); Jeff Pilson(bass and backing
vocals); Michael Bluestein (keyboard and backing vocals); Bruce Watson (lead
and rhythm guitar, backing vocals); and Chris Frazier (drums and percussion).
"I
Want to Know What Love Is" is a power ballad by the British-American rock
band Foreigner. It was released in November 1984 as the 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 479. The song is also featured in a number
of films.
Written
and composed by Mick Jones, with an uncredited portion (somewhere between 5%
according to Jones and 40% according to Gramm) by Lou Gramm, and produced by
Jones and Alex Sadkin, "I Want to Know What Love Is" was the first single
released from Foreigner's album Agent Provocateur(1984). The song features
backing vocals from the New Jersey Mass Choir affiliated with the Gospel Music
Workshop of America, Dreamgirls star Jennifer Holliday, and featured keyboard
work by Thompson Twins frontman Tom Bailey. The choir also appears in the song's
music video.
"I
Want to Know What Love Is" reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on
January 15, 1985, displacing Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?",
staying there for three weeks, and knocked Madonna's long-running "Like a
Virgin" out of number one on the Billboard Hot 100on February 2, 1985. It
was Foreigner's first and only pop chart topper in either country, although the
band had four number one Mainstream Rock hits and a number one Adult
Contemporary radio hit in the US. This was the band's third of four number one singles on
the Mainstream Rock chart. The song spent five weeks at number one in Australia
and also hit the top of the charts in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, and
Sweden, peaking at number two in Switzerland and South Africa.
We did a few takes, and it was good, but it was still a
bit tentative. So then they all got round in a circle, held hands and said The
Lord's Prayer. And it seemed to inspire them, because after that they did it in
one take. I was in tears, because my mum and dad were in the studio too, and it
was so emotional.
— Mick
Jones on recording with the choir.
The song
has received positive retrospective reviews from critics, with Bret Adams of AllMusic
writing: "It's not hard to see why it became Foreigner's first number one
single. Its dreamy, hypnotic feel is due in part to Lou Gramm's soulful lead
vocals and the New Jersey Mass Choir's background vocals."
The song was also issued as a 12-inch single with a
longer time length of 6:23. This version contains a slightly longer intro and
an extended vocal chorus/fadeout ending. The
single's B-side "Street Thunder (Marathon Theme)" is an instrumental
track originally appearing on The Official Music of the XXIII Olympiad –
Los Angeles 1984 and later on the band's 2-CD compilation Jukebox Heroes: The
Foreigner Anthology (2000).
Soon
after Foreigner's single topped the charts, the New Jersey Mass Choir released
its own similar-sounding version of the song on an album that it also
titled I Want to Know What Love Is. The choir's single peaked at number 37
on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 12 on the Hot Dance
Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart.
The
Foreigner song was ranked by Billboard as the number four Billboard Hot
100 single of 1985. It was the band's third Platinum single in the U.S. and
their first and only Gold single in the UK.
Originally
consisting of three verses, a pre-chorus and a chorus, the song was extended
with a bridge written by original songwriter Mick Jones specifically for Tina
Arena's cover in 1998.
A little time to think things over
I better read between the lines
In case I need it when I'm older
Now this mountain I must climb
Feels like a world upon my shoulders
Through the clouds I see love shine
It keeps me warm as life grows colder
In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
I'm gonna take a little time
A little time to look around me
I've got nowhere left to hide
It looks like love has finally found me
In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
I can't stop now, I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
And I wanna feel, I want to feel what love is
And I know, I know you can show me
Let's talk about love
I wanna know what love is, the love that you feel
inside
I want you to show me, and I'm feeling so much love
I wanna feel what love is, no, you just cannot hide
I know you can show me, yeah
I wanna know what love is, let's talk about love
I want you to show me, I wanna feel it too
I wanna feel what love is, I want to feel it too
And I know and I know, I know you can show me
Show me love is real, yeah
I wanna know what love is...
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