I Want To Know What Love Is
original song written and composed by Mick Jones; first recorded by Foreigner in 1983 and released in 1984
"I Want To Know What Love Is" is a 1984 power ballad by British American band Foreigner and is the leading single from their fifth album Agent Provocateur. It topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1986. It has been covered by Tina Arena, Wynonna Judd and Mariah Carey. The Mariah Carey version topped the single charts in Brazil.
| "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 13, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | December 1983[1] | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[2] | |||
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| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mick Jones | |||
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| "I Want to Know What Love Is" at YouTube | ||||
References change
- ↑ "The Top 100: 54. 'I Want To Know What Love Is'". 4eigner.net. Archived from the original on November 21, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Best of Love: 16 Great Soft Rock Hits". AllMusic.
