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"Waiting for a Girl Like You" is a 1981 power ballad [2] by the British-American rock band Foreigner released as the second single from the album 4 (1981) and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. The opening motif was written by Ian McDonald [4] and the distinctive synthesizer theme was performed by the then-little-known Thomas Dolby.
"I Want to Know What Love Is" is a power ballad [6] 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 reached number one on both the United Kingdom singles chart and the United States Billboard Hot 100 and is the group's biggest hit.
"Feels Like the First Time" is also a top-rated music video by the band. 2. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS (1984) "I Want to Know What Love Is" is the No. 1 song by the band as counted in number of ...
"Down on Love" reached #54 on the Billboard Hot 100. [11] It reached #59 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart. [12] Fort Worth Star-Telegram pop music writer Roger Kaye stated that the song was a hit in the Dallas, Texas area even though it did not perform very well on the national charts. [13]
Foreigner's next album, Agent Provocateur, co-produced by Alex Sadkin, was released in December 1984 and, in 1985, gave them their first and only No. 1 hit song in the US and several other countries (except for Canada, where "Urgent" had reached No. 1) when "I Want to Know What Love Is", a ballad backed by Jennifer Holliday and the New Jersey ...
A music video was created for "That Was Yesterday," directed by Jim Yukich. [17] As with "I Want to Know What Love Is", the music video for "That Was Yesterday" is based on a live performance of the song. [18] The video was filmed at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
On the Billboard adult contemporary chart, the song became Foreigner's only #1 hit, spending one week atop the tally the week of May 14, 1988. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The band had previously reached the Top 5 on the AC chart twice, with the songs " Waiting for a Girl Like You " (#5 in 1981) and " I Want to Know What Love Is " (#3 in 1985).
4, also known as Foreigner 4, is the fourth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on July 3, 1981, by Atlantic Records.The album's name signifies that it is the band's fourth studio album and also the fact that the band's membership had reduced from six to four members.