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The Definitive Collection (Foreigner Album)
The Definitive Collection is a double-disc compilation album by the band Foreigner, released in 2006 on Atlantic/Rhino Records. Track listing All songs are written by Mick Jones and Lou Gramm and performed by Foreigner, except where noted. Disc 1 # "Feels Like the First Time" (Jones) # "Long, Long Way from Home" (Jones, Gramm, Ian McDonald) # " Cold as Ice" # "Headknocker" # "Starrider" ( Al Greenwood, Jones) # "At War with the World" (Jones) # "Double Vision" # "Blue Morning, Blue Day" # "Hot Blooded" # "I Have Waited So Long" (Jones) # " Dirty White Boy" # " Head Games" # "Women" (Jones) # "Rev on the Red Line" (Gramm, Greenwood) # " Break It Up" (Jones) # "Juke Box Hero" Disc 2 # " Urgent" (Jones) # "Waiting for a Girl Like You" # "I Want to Know What Love Is" (Jones) # " Down on Love" # " Reaction to Action" # " That Was Yesterday" # "Midnight Blue" (by Lou Gramm) (Gramm, Bruce Turgon) # "Heart Turns to Stone" # " I Don't Want to Live Without You" (Jones) # " Say You Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreigner (band)
Foreigner is a British-American rock band, originally formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran British guitarist and songwriter Mick Jones and fellow Briton and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald, along with American vocalist Lou Gramm. Jones came up with the band's name as he, McDonald and Dennis Elliott were British, whereas Gramm, Al Greenwood and Ed Gagliardi were American. In 1977 Foreigner released its self-titled debut album, the first of four straight albums to be certified at least 5× platinum in the US. '' Foreigner'' peaked at No. 4 on the US album chart and in the Top 10 in Canada and Australia, while yielding two Top 10 hits in North America, "Feels Like the First Time" and " Cold as Ice". Their 1978 follow-up, ''Double Vision'', was even more successful peaking at No. 3 in North America with two hit singles, "Hot Blooded" a No. 3 hit in both countries, and the title track, a US No. 2 and a Canadian No. 7. Foreigner's third album, '' Head Games'' (1979), went t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty White Boy (song)
"Dirty White Boy" is a song recorded by British-American rock band Foreigner, written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, and produced by Roy Thomas Baker, Jones, and Ian McDonald. It was the first single taken from the band's third studio album, '' Head Games'' (1979). The B-side, "Rev on the Red Line" has also proven to be very popular among fans, but was never released as an A-side. Lou Gramm's trademark scream at the end of the song is missing from this abbreviated version of "Dirty White Boy". The song spent nine weeks in the Top 40. Background Jones has claimed that the song was about Elvis Presley, adding that "he always was that dirty white boy who changed the shape of music completely. It was talking about the kind of heritage that he left, and I think that had an effect on all the musicians that came after, like Mick Jagger - he was also a dirty white boy. Elvis paved the way for all that." However, some listeners misinterpreted the song as a "crypto-racist statement." Gramm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Don't Want To Live Without You
"I Don't Want to Live Without You" is a song written by Mick Jones that was first released by the pop rock band Foreigner on their 1987 album ''Inside Information''. Jones has rated it as one of his favorite Foreigner songs. Released as the follow-up single to the song " Say You Will," "I Don't Want to Live Without You" peaked at #5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in May 1988. It was the band's ninth and final Top 10 hit, and its sixteenth and final entry in the Top 40 portion of the ''Billboard'' pop singles 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.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications) 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). '' Cash Box'' said that "Mick Jones has fashione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Turgon
Bruce Turgon (born April 25, 1952) is an American bass guitarist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer. Bruce has played in several bands throughout his career including: Foreigner, The Lou Gramm Band, Shadow King, Steve Stevens, Warrior, Black Sheep and Showcase. Biography Turgon was born and raised in North Chili, New York, a suburb of Rochester, and near the hometown of future bandmate and singer Lou Gramm. Turgon began playing as a multi-instrumentalist in elementary school. In high school, he joined the Rochester-based cover band Showcase, competing in the same market as the Gramm-fronted band Poor Heart. Turgon and Gramm started the band Black Sheep in late 1971, which built a strong regional following over the next two years. The Gramm-Turgon EP ''Stick Around'', which led the group to be signed to Capitol, was released on Chrysalis in 1974. The band released two albums in 1974, and was poised for continued success when a highway accident in 1975 damaged their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Blue (Lou Gramm Song)
"Midnight Blue" is a song by American rock singer-songwriter Lou Gramm, issued as a 7" single in the United States in January 1987 by Atlantic Records. It was the lead-off single from Gramm's debut album, '' Ready or Not'', released in February 1987. An extended remix of the song was available as a 12" single. Reception In a contemporary review, '' Cash Box'' praised the single as being "riveting" and "triumphant." Bret Adams has described "Midnight Blue" as "a terrific pop/rock song" on AllMusic. He has claimed that "despite its hit status, it's one of the decade's truly underappreciated singles". Stephen Thomas Erlewine, while reviewing the Foreigner retrospective collection ''Jukebox Heroes: The Foreigner Anthology'' (2000), has called the song "the last great single of the album-rock era". The single peaked at number 5 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and spent five weeks on the top of the Mainstream Rock chart, starting on 14 February 1987. "Midnight Blue" has remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Was Yesterday (Foreigner Song)
"That Was Yesterday" is the second single taken from the album ''Agent Provocateur'' by the band Foreigner. This song was available in four versions, as a remixed single, an extended remix, an orchestral version, and the original mix. The song was written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, and the B-side "Two Different Worlds" is also of note for being the first solo-written Lou Gramm song to appear on a single. The extended remix added additional lyrics to the intro, and these lyrics can also be heard in the live version from the DVD ''All Access Tonight - 25 - Live In Concert''. Composition Mick Jones explained that he draws a lot of songwriting material from subconscious emotions from past relationships. He said 'That Was Yesterday' "...is a song about a relationship that failed, which you're still clinging onto. You still feel that there's a chance to resurrect it. Some of these songs require really digging down deep, and sometimes they bring out very painful moments that you've ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reaction To Action
"Reaction to Action" is the third single taken from the album ''Agent Provocateur'' by the band Foreigner. It was written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. Single release Foreigner bassist Rick Wills thought that "Reaction to Action" should have been the 2nd single from ''Agent Provocateur'' following up on "I Want to Know What Love Is" rather than " That Was Yesterday." The song was remixed for the single release. The B-side, "She's Too Tough", a rockin' Elvis Presley-type song, is also featured on the European single release of " Growing Up the Hard Way". Reception '' Cash Box'' said of the single that it "sounds like a winner for CHR and AOR," saying that "this hard-edged latest single amply displays Foreigner’s remarkable musical range and variety." '' Billboard'' said that after the band had released two ballads from ''Agent Provocateur'' ("I Want to Know What Love Is" and " That Was Yesterday"), Foreigner "now reclaims its alternate identity as ultimate headbangers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down On Love
"Down on Love" is the fourth single taken from the album ''Agent Provocateur'' by the band Foreigner, and released in August 1985. The song was written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, and the B-side, " Growing Up the Hard Way", was itself released as an A-side single in Europe. Reception '' Billboard'' said that the single "returns the group to the massive power ballad sound that's propelled their biggest pop hits." '' Cash Box'' said that "heart tugging sentimentality meets slickly professional rock" and predicted a "fast rise up the pop singles chart" based on Foreigner's "knack for slow rocking love tunes." ''Pitssburgh Press'' critic Pete Bishop described it as an "'I-can-heal-your-heartache' ballad" that he compared to the lead single from ''Agent Provocateur'', "I Want to Know What Love Is." ''Daily Record'' critic Jim Bohen described it as "synthesizer-orchestrated pop alladof towering melodrama." Marquee music critic Alan Schmidt noted that while two other ballads from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Want To Know What Love Is
"I Want to Know What Love Is" is a power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner. It was released in November 1984 as the lead single from their fifth album, ''Agent Provocateur''. The song hit number one in both the United Kingdom and the United States and is the group's biggest hit to date. It remains one of the band's best-known songs and most enduring radio hits, charting in the top 25 in 2000, 2001, and 2002 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents chart. "I Want to Know What Love Is" has continued to garner critical acclaim, and is listed as one of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's greatest songs of all time at number 476 in 2004 and at number 479 in 2010. The song is also featured in a number of films. Song information "I Want to Know What Love Is" was the first single released from Foreigner's album ''Agent Provocateur'' (1984). It is credited to Mick Jones, although an uncredited portion (somewhere between 5% according to Jones and 35% according ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waiting For A Girl Like You
"Waiting for a Girl Like You" is a 1981 power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner released as the second single from the album '' 4'' (1981) and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. The opening motif was written by Ian McDonald and the distinctive synthesizer theme was performed by the then-little-known Thomas Dolby. It has become one of the band's most successful songs worldwide, peaking at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 1 on ''Billboards Rock Tracks chart, and number 1 on the ''Radio & Records'' (R&R) Top 40/CHR chart. On both the ''Billboard'' and ''R&R'' Adult Contemporary chart, the song reached number 5. The song peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. "Waiting for a Girl Like You" achieved a chart distinction by spending its record-setting 10 weeks in the number 2 position of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, without ever reaching the top. It debuted on the Hot 100 chart dated October 10, 1981. It reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urgent (song)
"Urgent" is a song by the British-American rock band Foreigner, and the first single from their album '' 4'' in 1981. Background Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange wanted to hear every music idea singer Mick Jones had recorded on tape, no matter how embarrassing. One of these ideas was the opening riff for what would become "Urgent". “I had the riff starting out," Jones recalled. "And I said, 'That’s like an experimental instrumental thing that I’m working on.’ He said, ‘No, it isn’t anymore -– let’s take that one, because that’s got a lot of potential.’ There wasn’t even a song with it.” He also said, “‘Urgent’ … was a bit of a hybrid. It was a soul song, really – a quirky kind of rock and soul combination. That album had a bunch of different departures on it from the album that preceded it, '' Head Games''. … It was just like a musical journey.” In fact, "Urgent" was recorded with Mick Jones playing lead and rhythm guitar, including a line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juke Box Hero
"Juke Box Hero" is a song by British-American rock band Foreigner written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones from their 1981 album '' 4''. It first entered the ''Billboard'' Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in July 1981 and eventually reached #3 on that chart. Released as the album's third single in early 1982, it subsequently went to #26 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart Background The song focuses on a boy unable to purchase a ticket to a sold-out rock concert. Listening from outside, he hears "one guitar" and has an epiphany, leading him to buy a guitar and learn to play it. He realizes that with the guitar he has a chance to achieve musical stardom. The song then goes on to describe the struggle he has to stay on top of the music charts, which makes him a "Juke Box Hero". He eventually encounters another fan outside the stage door at one of his concerts, who reminds him of himself and how it all began. Mick Jones told Songfacts that the song was inspired by an actual fan who s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
