“Ahmet Ertegün, the late president of Atlantic, had always been my mentor,” Jones recalls. (Classic Rock) 04 March 2019, How Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones wrote a transatlantic hit that he believed came from "a higher force", The story behind the song: I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner. The choir featured is part of the Gospel Music Workshop Of America—they also appear in the song’s music video. It keeps me warm as life grows colder. “I Want to Know What Love Is” is an overwrought power ballad by British-American rock group Foreigner. © Receive mail from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors? As night fell on the circus his life had become since Foreigner released their all-conquering album, 4, in 1981, the guitarist found himself with room to breathe and time to write. The song landed in the top 25 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents chart in 2000, 2001 & 2002. I don't know if I can face it again. (Love that you feel inside) I want you to show me. I’d just come back to England from New York and was happy to be in touch with my roots. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, “I always worked late at night, when everybody left and the phone stopped ringing,” Jones recalls. In my life there's been heartache and pain; I've gotta take a little time, I want you to show me. You always know when you’ve got something strong, and this song definitely moved me.”. (And I'm feeling so much love) I wanna feel what love is. If we’d gone with a different first single it would have been interpreted differently. “It was No.1 worldwide,” Jones says, “and I doubt there are many people who haven’t heard it. I wanna know what love is. It sounds good in a church auditorium and the lyrics are something jesus freaks think are broad and unassuming enough to claim and they go for it. I don't know if I can face it again. “The truth is, there were softer songs on past albums. You will receive a verification email shortly. In case I need it when I'm older. The story behind the song: I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner. I’ve done it!’ He was away with the music’.”. You sound like a self-righteous prick. But through the clouds I see love shine - Insomnia had its benefits for Mick Jones in the 80s. It was released in November 1984 as the lead single from their fifth album, Agent Provocateur. (Let's talk about love) I want you to show me. I decided to read the lyrics again and it still doesn’t make sense why anyone would think this was about finding Jesus. The release of I Want To Know What Love Is, at the end of 1984. confirmed that, for better or worse, this most personal of late-night confessionals had struck a universal chord. Even the number-crunchers at Atlantic Records couldn’t resist the emotional power of I Want To Know What Love Is. Its not. Henry Yates Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer, (Image credit: Getty Images/Ebet Roberts). By And it seemed to inspire them, because after that they did it in one take. (And I know, and I know) I know you can show me. It was the lead single off Agent Provocateur and is their biggest hit to date. Indeed the only dissent came from within Foreigner, with Gramm bemoaning the band’s new public perception as balladeers, and publicly disowning the song that earned them it. BA1 1UA. The song hit number one in both the United Kingdom and the United States and is the group's biggest hit to date. He sent me a bunch of albums, and one was by the New Jersey Mass Choir. Took on a whole new meaning. It’s also listed at #479 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Its as simple as the lyrics suggest. All rights reserved. Visit our corporate site. I'm gonna take a little time, They were fresh; they’d never recorded a mainstream album before.”, It would take one more divine intervention to get I Want To Know What Love Is down on tape. In my life there's been heartache and pain, “I Want to Know What Love Is” is an overwrought power ballad by British-American rock group Foreigner. Jones was happy enough with the song to hand it over to Gramm, bassist Rick Wills and drummer Dennis Elliott for Foreigner’s forthcoming Agent Provocateur album. "I Want to Know What Love Is" is a power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner. (Hold me back if I'm wrong). If I had not read Mick Jones reasoning for writing the song then I’d say what I normally say about music being subjective but if the claim that this song is hands down about finding sweet baby jesus then its not correct. I think there was something bigger than me behind it. I wanna know what love is. “He started to say that later,” Jones recalls. (I wanna feel) Copyright: Writer(s): Michael L. Jones Lyrics Terms of Use. I better read between the lines, Feels like the world upon my shoulders. “I’d been through a divorce, and met someone else who I was going to marry. Watch Mick Jagger play a dodgy art dealer in new thriller The Burnt Orange Heresy, Jimmy Page launches affordable ‘Open Edition’ of The Anthology, Elton John’s trippy 1968 Beatles rip-off makes us want a full psych-rock album from the Rocket Man, David Crosby’s classy response to Eddie Van Halen’s death? “I’d even considered approaching Aretha Franklin. I've got nowhere left to hide - She just fixed me with this strange look and said [offended]: ‘What do you mean? People can believe it’s about Jesus if they want, Christopher. So we sat there and listened, and after the first chorus I looked over in his direction and tears were rolling down his cheeks. I never heard of people claiming this song is about Jesus. I thought: ‘My God! Receive news and offers from our other brands? (Let's talk about love) I wanna know what love is. (Oh no you just cannot hide) I know you can show me. I dragged her into the studio to hear it, which must say something. “Meh”, The story behind Search And Destroy by Iggy & The Stooges. (Let's talk about love) I want you to show me. (I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know) So then they all got round in a circle, held hands and said The Lord’s Prayer. “I Want to Know What Love Is” is an overwrought power ballad by British-American rock group Foreigner. (Oh no you just cannot hide) I know you can show me. (And I wanna feel) I wanna feel what love is. Thank you for signing up to Classic Rock. I believe in God and everything regarding him. It was the lead single off Agent Provocateur and is their biggest hit to date. Who cares what the song is about? Bath Last.fm Music | Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. / All rights reserved. Don’t you already know what love is?’. I wanna know what love is. “We got about 30 of the choir into the Right Track studio in New York,” explains Jones. Love it! Quite interesting! Now this mountain I must climb - As night fell on the circus his life had become since Foreigner released their all-conquering album, 4, in 1981, the guitarist found himself with room to breathe and time to write. “I think it was to do with him wanting to break away from the band, and he chose that as something to talk about. “But I was still looking for ways to enhance it in a spiritual way,” he remembers. (And I'm feeling so much love) I wanna feel what love is. “In the end I was having lunch with a guy who ran a gospel music label. Please refresh the page and try again. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. The other poster is a dildo. 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. It was played on the radio all around the world. (I wanna feel it) I wanna feel what love is. I wanna know what love is. (And I know) I know you can show me. I know you can show me. So I drove out to New Jersey and watched them in rehearsals, and it sounded fantastic. Everybody took their own meaning from it. It was the lead single off Agent Provocateur and is their biggest hit to…, I Want To Know What Love Is (The Voice Performance). A little time to look around me. There was a problem. "I Want to Know What Love Is… I don’t know where it came from. I know you can show me. “I Want To Know What Love Is came up at three in the morning sometime in 1984. I’d say it was probably written entirely by a higher force.”. There’d been turmoil in the band through the huge pressure of selling millions of albums, and me and Lou [Gramm, vocals] were entering a cold-war situation. In my life there's been heartache and pain; I wanna feel what love is. Insomnia had its benefits for Mick Jones in the 80s. And I started getting letters from people who weren’t necessarily fans but had found comfort in that song at times of suffering and sadness. Our Praise Band at church sang this Foreigner song.

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