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Foreigner lead singer4/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Margaret Josephs dropped a bombshell in her new book, Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget. It was Foreigner's first and only chart topper in either country, and it was also a big hit in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, and Sweden.Margaret Josephs attends the Republic Records VMA After-Party at Catch on Augin New York City. It also knocked Madonna's long-running 'Like a Virgin' off number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US in February 1985. The song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in January 1985, dethroning Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', and staying there for three weeks. But I can never really think that having a worldwide #1 song would be detrimental to a band." I think that Lou aired his opinion about it at the time, and that's what led to people jumping on it as a reason for our differences. Jones told Billboard: "If you look at our whole history, each album had a couple of ballads on it. Gramm felt it might send the band into an adult contemporary sound and away from their rock background. Up to that point, most of Foreigner's songs were co-written by Jones and Gramm, but this was largely a solo composition for Jones. Lou Gramm wasn't happy with the song at first.I was in tears, because my mum and dad were in the studio too, and it was so emotional." "And it seemed to inspire them, because after that they did it in one take. So then they all got round in a circle, held hands and said The Lord's Prayer. Jones said of the choir: "We did a few takes, and it was good, but it was still a bit tentative. There are also backing vocals from Dreamgirls star Jennifer Holliday, and keyboard work by Thompson Twins frontman Tom Bailey. The song also features backing vocals from the New Jersey Mass Choir affiliated with the Gospel Music Workshop of America. You're just putting it down on paper, or coming up with a melody that will bring the meaning of the song out, bring the emotion out in the song."įoreigner lead singer Lou Gramm sang lead vocals on the song. ![]() "Sometimes, you feel like you had nothing to do with it, really. And you know, realized suddenly that I'd written almost a spiritual song, almost a gospel song. "I adjusted that during the recording of it, and ended up putting a gospel choir on it. And that sort of took a life of its own as well. I'd been through a lot of relationships that eventually failed, and still searching for something that could really endure. He told Songfacts: "'I Want To Know What Love Is' started off on more of a personal level. ![]() Like the lyrics suggest, the song was born out of Mick Jones's frustration with not finding a perfect relationship. The song also has an uncredited portion (between 5% according to Jones and 40% according to Gramm) by Lou Gramm. Mick is married to socialite and writer Ann Dexter-Jones, who is the mother of producer Mark Ronson and his sisters Samantha and Charlotte.
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