Premium Only Content

David Phelps with, "I WANNA KNOW WHAT LOVE IS" from his 2008 album, "THE VOICE". (with lyrics)
This video was made using MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX Plus.
This is a cover by David Phelps of Foreigner's song of the same name.
Foreigner member Mick Jones wrote this song for the band's 1984 album Agent Provocateur. It was sung by their frontman, Lou, Gramm. This is a cover of their song sung by David Phelps
The Story of, "I want to know what love is", by Foreigner:
What inspired the song?
Like the lyrics suggest, the song was born out of Mick Jones's frustration with not finding a perfect relationship.
He told Songfacts: "'I Want To Know What Love Is' started off on more of a personal level. I'd been through a lot of relationships that eventually failed, and still searching for something that could really endure. And that sort of took a life of its own as well. It became more of a universal feeling.
"I adjusted that during the recording of it, and ended up putting a gospel choir on it. And you know, realized suddenly that I'd written almost a spiritual song, almost a gospel song.
"Sometimes, you feel like you had nothing to do with it, really. 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."
The song by Foreigner also features backing vocals from the New Jersey Mass Choir affiliated with the Gospel Music Workshop of America.
There are also backing vocals from Dreamgirls star Jennifer Holliday, and keyboard work by Thompson Twins frontman Tom Bailey.
Jones said of the choir: "We did a few takes, and it was good, but it was still a bit tentative. So then they all got round in a circle, held hands and said The Lord's Prayer.
"And it seemed to inspire them, because after that they did it in one take. I was in tears, because my mum and dad were in the studio too, and it was so emotional."
Lou Gramm wasn't happy with the song at first.
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.
Gramm felt it might send the band into an adult contemporary sound and away from their rock background.
Jones told Billboard: "If you look at our whole history, each album had a couple of ballads on it. 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. But I can never really think that having a worldwide #1 song would be detrimental to a band."
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.
It also knocked Madonna's long-running 'Like a Virgin' off number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US in February 1985.
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.
To read more on David Phelps himself, please see his Wikipedia page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Phelps_(musician)
-
1:24:40
Kim Iversen
11 hours agoJeffrey Sachs Just Exposed the Truth They Don’t Want You to Hear
33.4K79 -
2:11:32
Glenn Greenwald
9 hours agoGlenn From Moscow: Russia Reacts to Trump; Michael Tracey Debates Ukraine War | SYSTEM UPDATE #413
133K48 -
2:19:23
Slightly Offensive
9 hours ago $12.11 earnedGOV. RAMASWAMY? Vivek to import 1 BILLION INDIANS to OHIO | Nightly Offensive
27.5K48 -
4:51:08
Wahzdee
12 hours agoSniper Elite Then Extraction Games—No Rage Challenge! 🎮🔥 - Tuesday Solos
64.5K3 -
2:12:58
Robert Gouveia
12 hours agoSenator's Wife EXPOSED! Special Counsel ATTACKS; AP News BLOWN OUT
101K65 -
55:07
LFA TV
1 day agoDefending the Indefensible | TRUMPET DAILY 2.25.25 7PM
54.2K14 -
6:09:26
Barry Cunningham
18 hours agoTRUMP DAILY BRIEFING - WATCH WHITE HOUSE PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE! EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND MORE!
155K50 -
1:46:37
Game On!
13 hours ago $0.51 earnedPUMP THE BRAKES! Checking Today's Sports Betting Lines!
87.6K4 -
1:27:21
Redacted News
12 hours agoBREAKING! SOMETHING BIG IS HAPPENING AT THE CIA AND FBI RIGHT NOW, AS KASH PATEL CLEANS HOUSE
198K245 -
1:08:28
In The Litter Box w/ Jewels & Catturd
1 day agoCrenshaw Threatens Tucker | In the Litter Box w/ Jewels & Catturd – Ep. 749 – 2/25/2025
137K57