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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.
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 also titled I Want to Know What Love Is. The choir's single peaked at number 37 on the then- Hot Black Singles chart and number 12 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart.
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 ...
"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 in San Francisco, 2009 The discography of Foreigner , a British - American rock band, consists of 9 studio albums , 7 live albums , 20 compilation albums , and 47 singles . The band was formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran English musicians Mick Jones and Ian McDonald , and American vocalist Lou Gramm .
Power pop is a music genre which is a more aggressive form of pop rock. [1] Although its mainstream success peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the genre continues to influence new artists. [2] The following list is divided in two sections.
Ballad & Pop Hits – The Complete Video Collection is the fourth music video compilation by Swedish pop music duo Roxette, released on 17 November 2003 on DVD by Roxette Recordings and EMI. It features all of the music videos the duo recorded from 1987 to 2003 on one DVD, split into Ballad Hits and Pop Hits .