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"I Want to Know What Love Is" is a 1984 power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner. Released as the lead single from their fifth studio album, Agent Provocateur , it became the band's most successful hit, reaching number one in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Production and Creative Background

: The recording also features backing vocals from R&B star Jennifer Holliday and keyboard work by Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins. Chart Performance and Accolades foreigner_i_want_to_know_what_love_is_official_...

: Jones envisioned a spiritual dimension for the song and featured the New Jersey Mass Choir for backing vocals. It was the first song featuring a gospel choir to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. "I Want to Know What Love Is" is

: The single topped charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, and Sweden. Chart Performance and Accolades : Jones envisioned a

: Lead singer Lou Gramm initially had reservations that the ballad might shift the band too far into adult contemporary territory, but ultimately delivered what many consider a career-defining performance.

: The track was written solely by guitarist Mick Jones , inspired by his relationship with his future wife, Ann Dexter-Jones.

: It spent two weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1985 and was ranked as the fourth-biggest single of that year.