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“I Want to Know What Love Is” is an overwrought power ballad by British-American rock group Foreigner. It was the lead single off Agent Provocateur and is their biggest hit to date. The song reached #1 in both the UK and the US, and continued to be been a fixture on the charts nearly two decades after its release. The song landed in the top 25 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents chart in 2000, 2001 & 2002. It’s also listed at #479 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Read more on Last.fm.

Foreigner is a British-American rock band, originally formed in 1976 by the veteran English musician Mick Jones and fellow Briton and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American vocalist Lou Gramm. The current incarnation of the band includes Jones, lead vocalist Kelly Hansen, bass guitarist Jeff Pilson and multi-instrumentalist Tom Gimbel. With ten multi-platinum albums and sixteen Top 30 hits, Foreigner is universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world with a formidable musical arsenal that continues to propel sold-out tours and album sales, now exceeding 75 million. Responsible for some of rock and roll’s most enduring anthems including Juke Box Hero, Feels Like The First Time, Urgent, Head Games, Say You Will, Cold as Ice, Hot Blooded, and the worldwide #1 hit, I Want To Know What Love Is, Foreigner continues to rock the charts more than thirty years into the game. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.