I Want To Know What Love Is

"I Want to Know What Love Is"
"I Want to Know What Love Is"
Single by Foreigner
from the album Agent Provocateur
B-side	"Street Thunder (Marathon Theme)"
Released	November 13, 1984
Recorded	December 1983
Genre	Soft rock
Length	5:04 (album version); 6:23 (12-inch extended);
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Mick Jones
Producer(s)	Mick Jones; Alex Sadkin;
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Music video
	"I Want to Know What Love Is" on YouTube

"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.

References

↑ "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.

[1] "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.

[2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Best of Love: 16 Great Soft Rock Hits". AllMusic.

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Foreigner
Mick Jones Thom Gimbel Jeff Pilson Kelly Hansen Michael Bluestein Chris Frazier Bruce Watson Dennis Elliott Lou Gramm Al Greenwood Ian McDonald Ed Gagliardi Rick Wills Johnny Edwards Bruce Turgon Brian Tichy Denny Carmassi Jason Bonham Paul Mirkovich Jason Sutter
Studio albums	Foreigner Double Vision Head Games 4 Agent Provocateur Inside Information Unusual Heat Mr. Moonlight Can't Slow Down
Compilations	Records The Very Best ... and Beyond Complete Greatest Hits The Definitive Collection No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner 40
Live albums	Classic Hits Live/Best of Live Extended Versions Can't Slow Down ... When It's Live!
Singles	"Feels Like the First Time" "Cold as Ice" "Long, Long Way from Home" "Hot Blooded" "Double Vision" "Blue Morning, Blue Day" "Dirty White Boy" "Head Games" "Love on the Telephone" "Women" "Urgent" "Juke Box Hero" "Waiting for a Girl Like You" "Break It Up" "Luanne" "I Want To Know What Love Is" "That Was Yesterday" "Reaction to Action" "Growing Up the Hard Way" "Down on Love" "Say You Will" "I Don't Want to Live Without You"
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Tina Arena songs
Strong as Steel	"I Need Your Body" "The Machine's Breaking Down" "Strong as Steel" "Woman's Work"
Don't Ask	"Chains" "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)" "Heaven Help My Heart" "Wasn't It Good" "Show Me Heaven"
In Deep	"Burn" "If I Didn't Love You" "Now I Can Dance" "Whistle Down the Wind" "I Want To Know What Love Is" "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" "If I Was a River" "Aller plus haut" "Les Trois Cloches"
Just Me	"Soul Mate #9" "Dare You to Be Happy" "Tu es toujours là" "Symphony of Life"
Vous êtes toujours là	"Je te retrouve un peu"
Greatest Hits 1994–2004	"Italian Love Song"
Un autre univers	"Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible" "Je m'appelle Bagdad" "Tu aurais dû me dire (Oser parler d'amour)"
Songs of Love & Loss	"To Sir with Love"
7 vies	"Entends-tu le monde?"
Songs of Love & Loss 2	"Oh Me, Oh My"
Reset	"You Set Fire to My Life"
Eleven	"I Want to Love You"
Quand tout Recommence	"Tant que tu es là"
Other releases	"Turn Up the Beat" "Ti Voglio Qui" "Live for the One I Love" "Never (Past Tense)" "Voici les clés" "Only Lonely" "The Things We Do For Love" "A Foreign Affair"
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Wynonna Judd
Discography The Judds discography
Studio albums	Wynonna Tell Me Why Revelations The Other Side New Day Dawning What the World Needs Now Is Love A Classic Christmas Sing: Chapter 1 Wynonna & the Big Noise
Compilation albums	Collection Love Heals
Live albums	Her Story: Scenes from a Lifetime
Songs	"She Is His Only Need" "I Saw the Light" "No One Else on Earth" "My Strongest Weakness" "Tell Me Why" "Only Love" "Is It Over Yet" "A Bad Goodbye" (with Clint Black) "Rock Bottom" "Girls with Guitars" "To Be Loved by You" "Heaven Help My Heart" "When Love Starts Talkin'" "Come Some Rainy Day" "Can't Nobody Love You (Like I Do)" "What the World Needs" "Sing"
Television	Dancing with the Stars The Judds (TV series) Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge
Related people and acts	The Judds Ashley Judd Naomi Judd Don Potter

Mariah Carey songs
Singles discography Songs recorded
1990s songs	"Vision of Love" "There's Got to Be a Way" "I Don't Wanna Cry" "Someday" "Love Takes Time" "Emotions" "Can't Let Go" "Make It Happen" "If It's Over" "I'll Be There" "Dreamlover" "Hero" "Anytime You Need a Friend" "Without You" "Never Forget You" "Endless Love" "All I Want for Christmas Is You" "O Holy Night" "Joy to the World" "Fantasy" "Underneath the Stars" "One Sweet Day" "Open Arms" "Always Be My Baby" "Forever" "Honey" "My All" "Butterfly" "The Roof" "Breakdown" "Close My Eyes" "The Beautiful Ones" "Sweetheart" "When You Believe" "I Still Believe" "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" "Heartbreaker" "Thank God I Found You" "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" "Crybaby"
2000s songs	"Loverboy" "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)" "Reflections (Care Enough)" "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" "Never Too Far" "Never Too Far/Hero Medley" "Through the Rain" "Boy (I Need You)" "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" "I Know What You Want" "It's Like That" "We Belong Together" "Shake It Off" "Mine Again" "Say Somethin'" "Get Your Number" "Fly Like a Bird" "Don't Forget About Us" "So Lonely" "Migrate" "Touch My Body" "I Stay in Love" "Side Effects" "I'm That Chick" "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" "Bye Bye" "Hero" (2008 version) "Betcha Gon' Know (The Prologue)" "Obsessed" "I Want to Know What Love Is" "H.A.T.E.U."
2010s songs	"Up Out My Face" "Angels Cry" "Oh Santa!" "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" "When Christmas Comes" "One Child" "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" "#Beautiful" "Thirsty" "You're Mine (Eternal)" "You Don't Know What to Do" "Meteorite" "The Art of Letting Go" "Infinity" "I Don't"
Other releases	"100%" "Almost Home" "Everybody Hurts" "Every Time I Close My Eyes" "Just Stand Up!" "Lil' L.O.V.E." "My Love" "Right to Dream" "So Lonely" "Things That U Do" "Triumphant (Get 'Em)" "U Make Me Wanna" "What More Can I Give"
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