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Foreigner in San Francisco, 2009 The discography of Foreigner , a British - American rock band, consists of 9 studio albums , 7 live albums , 20 compilation albums , and 47 singles . The band was formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran English musicians Mick Jones and Ian McDonald , and American vocalist Lou Gramm .
Foreigner's next album, Agent Provocateur, co-produced by Alex Sadkin, was released in December 1984 and, in 1985, gave them their first and only No. 1 hit song in the US and several other countries (except for Canada, where "Urgent" had reached No. 1) when "I Want to Know What Love Is", a ballad backed by Jennifer Holliday and the New Jersey ...
A classic rock station in Philly, 102.9, agrees with us on the top song for our rough list: "As far as debut singles go, 'Feels Like the First Time' is one of the best.
American singer Shannon recorded a version of the song for her 1985 album Do You Wanna Get Away. Foreigner's label, Atlantic Records, distributed Mirage, the label for the Shannon release. [31] The song was the album's fourth single, peaking at No. 68 for two weeks on the Billboard R&B singles chart in November and December 1985. [32]
Soon after Foreigner's single topped the charts, the New Jersey Mass Choir released its own similar-sounding version of the song on an album also titled I Want to Know What Love Is. The choir's single peaked at number 37 on the then- Hot Black Singles chart and number 12 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart.
On the Billboard adult contemporary chart, the song became Foreigner's only #1 hit, spending one week atop the tally the week of May 14, 1988. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The band had previously reached the Top 5 on the AC chart twice, with the songs " Waiting for a Girl Like You " (#5 in 1981) and " I Want to Know What Love Is " (#3 in 1985).
Complete Greatest Hits or The Definitive, as it is known outside the US, is a 2002 compilation album by the British-American hard rock band Foreigner.Both Complete Greatest Hits and The Definitive have 20 tracks but The Definitive has a completely different track order and some different songs to better suit the International market.
The song ranked at number 80 on Billboard's "Greatest Songs of All Time". [14] Classic Rock History critic Brian Kachejian rated it as Foreigner's 7th best song, particularly praising the "great keyboard line played at the song’s intro and in between verses." [15]