Discover the story of the song > I Want To Know What Love Is – Foreigner

- I Want to Know What Love Is is a slow rock song recorded in 1984 by the British-American rock band Foreigner.
- The song reached number one in the UK and US charts and is the band's most successful single.
- Written by Mick Jones, sung by Lou Gramm and produced by Jones and Alex Sadkin, the song was the first single to be released from the band's 1984 album Agent Provocateur.
The video for the song, directed by Hype Williams, shows the band performing in a church with a choir consisting of the New Jersey Mass Choir, African-American singer Jennifer Holliday and Tom Bailey of the British new wave band The Thompson Twins.
The song entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at #45 and became the top selling single eight weeks later.
- The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1986.
- The song has been used in a number of films, including Fucking Åmål (1998), Shopping for Fucking Åmål (2001), The Biological Clock (2005), Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), Rock of Ages (2012), Bad Moms (2016), The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) and Good Boys (2019).
- The song has also been used in commercials for KFC and Miko Cornetto.