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Who sang Growing up the Hardway?

Foreigner released the song Growing up the Hardway. Date of release: 1984.

Release date: 1984

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🎶 Growing up the Hardway song analysis

The song is about a man who has a hard life and does not try to change it. He is always getting into trouble and wandering the streets alone. Even though people tell him to be good, he keeps growing up the hard way.

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Foreigner - Short Biography

- Foreigner is a British-American rock band formed in 1976 by Mick Jones, Ian McDonald and Lou Gramm.
- Their self-titled debut album went five times platinum in the U.S. and reached the top 10 in Canada, Australia and North America.
- Double Vision was even more successful, reaching #3 in North America with two hit singles.
- Head Games (1979) reached number five in North America, with two top 20 singles.
- 4 (1981) reached #1 (for 10 weeks) in the U.S. and #2 in Canada, becoming Foreigner's most popular album outside North America.
- 1982: Release of the album Records, which sold 7 million copies in the United States.
- 1984: The single "I Want to Know What Love Is" topped the charts in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
- Inside Information (1987) saw a sharp decline in sales, reaching the Top 10 in only a few European countries.
- Unusual Heat (1991), Mr. Moonlight (1994) and Can't Slow Down (2009) were not big commercial successes.
- Foreigner is one of the best-selling bands of all time, with worldwide sales of over 80 million records.

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The song "Growing Up the Hard Way" is the fifth and last single from the album Agent Provocateur by the band Foreigner. It was only released in Europe in September 1985. The song was written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. On the American single "Reaction to Action", which was also on the album, the B-side was a rock song in the style of Elvis Presley, called "She's Too Tough".

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