"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 BillboardHot 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 479. The song is also featured in a number of films.
Lyrics
I've gotta take a little time
A little time to think things over
I better read between the lines
In case I need it when I'm older
Now this mountain I must climb
Feels like the world upon my shoulders
Through the clouds I see love shine
It keeps me warm as life grows colder
In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
I'm gonna take a little time
A little time to look around me
I've got nowhere left to hide
It looks like love has finally found me
In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
(And I wanna feel) I wanna feel what love is
(I know) I know you can show me
I wanna know what love is
(Love that you feel inside) I want you to show me
(And I'm feelin' so much love) I wanna feel what love is
(No, you just can't hide) I know you can show me
I wanna know what love is (Let's talk about love) I want you to show me (I wanna feel it) I wanna feel what love is (I wanna feel it, too) (And I know, and I know) I know you can show me I wanna know what love is (I wanna know) I want you to show me (I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know) I want to feel what love is
Songwriters: Michael L. Jones / MICHAEL L JONES
I Want To Know What Love Is lyrics © SOMERSET SONGS PUBLISHING INC., SOMERSET SONGS PUBLISHING INC
