Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | I want to know what love is |
| Artist | Foreigner |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Agent Provocateur |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 5:04 |
| Dur Grp | 5:00-5:29 |
| Year | 1984 |
| Decade | 1980-1989 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 81 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 080-084 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | F# |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
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| Rec Tag 1 | Irregular measure |
| Rec Tag 2 | Ending Fade out |
| Rec Tag 3 | Add Measure |
| Rec Tag 4 | Without a Bridge |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Voc Info 3 | SAT |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | SYNTH |
| Instr 2 | EG |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | Juno - Single of the Year |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/foreigner/iwanttoknowwhatloveis.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Michael Jones |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A heavy mountain |
| Explanation | ✱ The quest for love is portrayed as a heavy climb over a mountain of past pain and disappointment. |
| MTag 1 | Nature:Land:Mountain |
| MTag 2 | Resilience |
| MTag 3 | Longing |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | vi-V-I-I |
| Ch Prog PC | ii-V/II-ii, IV-I/III-ii-I |
| Ch Prog C | I-vi-V-ii-vi-V |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Used Chords# Fam | 5 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, ii, IV, V, vi |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 28 |
| Mel Cmplx | 45 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 24 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 47 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 59 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 20-29 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 20-29 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 50-59 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 48 |
| Spot-Energy | 47 |
| Spot-Valance | 42 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 40-49 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 40-49 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 40-49 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | 100 Great Pop Songs (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTknWctgVfijFo4xnslfSBDeKNYfbmgR/view?usp=drive_link |
| Songbook 2 | Classic Rock 73 songs Budget Books (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 2) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u1rLW4nW9ftKjrC8v6ecpuF5zj6282Gj/view?usp=drive_link |
| Songbook 3 | Best of Foreigner (Foreigner) |
| SB Page 1 | 162 (100 Great Pop Songs) |
| SB Page 2 | 190 (Classic Rock 73 songs Budget Books) |
| SB Page 3 | 70 (Best of Foreigner) |
| Genre ▾ | |
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| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Soft Rock |