What power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner was also in the Agent Provocateur album?
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Agent Provocateur (album) Agent Provocateur is the fifth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on December 7, 1984. The album was the band's first and only number one album in the United Kingdom, and it reached the top 5 in the United States. Although album sales were lower than their previous work in the U.S., it contains the band's biggest hit single, "I Want to Know What Love Is", which is their only #1 single in the UK and the U.S., staying at the top spot for three and two weeks respectively. The follow-up single, "That Was Yesterday", also proved to be a sizeable hit, peaking at #12 in the U.S. The album was certified Platinum in the UK by the BPI, and triple Platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA.
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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 #479. The song is also featured in a number of films.
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Hail to England Hail to England is Manowar's third album which was released in 1984. The album title is a tribute to the country that the American band members met and formed the band in, and in particular the predominantly British NWOBHM that had emerged in the early 1980s. The album was also reported to have been recorded in its entirety in only six days. The album peaked at No. 83 on the UK charts.
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Ballad of Easy Rider "Ballad of Easy Rider" is a song written by Roger McGuinn with input from Bob Dylan (although Dylan is not credited as a co-writer) for the 1969 film, "Easy Rider". The song was initially released in August 1969 on the "Easy Rider" soundtrack album as a Roger McGuinn solo performance. It was later issued in an alternate version as a single by McGuinn's band The Byrds on October 1, 1969. The Byrds' single reached #65 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and was issued in most international territories, although it was not released in the United Kingdom. Senior editor for "Rolling Stone" magazine David Fricke has described the song as perfectly capturing the social mood of late 1969 and highlighting "the weary blues and dashed expectations of a decade's worth of social insurrection."
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Love Is Easy (Badfinger song) "Love Is Easy" is a song by the British power pop band, Badfinger. Released on their album, "Badfinger", the song was written by one of the band's guitarists, Joey Molland.
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Powerslave Powerslave is the fifth studio album by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 3 September 1984 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in North America. It was re-released by Sanctuary/Columbia Records in the US in 2002.
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Can't Slow Down (Foreigner album) Can't Slow Down is the ninth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner. It was the band's first studio release with lead singer Kelly Hansen & bassist Jeff Pilson and the group's first new studio album since 1994's "Mr. Moonlight". In the U.S. the album was first available exclusively through Wal-Mart retailers. As of May 28, 2010 it is available anywhere CDs are sold.
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Locked In (song) "Locked In" is a song by British heavy metal band Judas Priest, from the album "Turbo". It was released in May 1986 as the second single off the album.
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Indiscreet (FM album) Indiscreet is the debut album from British hard rock band FM. "Indiscreet" was originally released in 1986 on the Portrait Records label, a sister label of Epic Records. The song "Frozen Heart" became a moderately successful single. The song "That Girl" was covered by Iron Maiden as a B-side to their single "Stranger in a Strange Land" following its inclusion in a live set by The Entire Population of Hackney (featuring Andy Barnett, erstwhile and future FM member and friend of Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith). Written by Merv Goldsworthy, Pete Jupp and Andy Barnett in an early FM line-up, it was one of the demo songs which secured FM their record contract with Portrait/Epic in 1984. By the time "Indiscreet" was released FM had re-written parts of their song, while Iron Maiden's release three weeks later covered the original arrangement.
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Reaction to Action "Reaction to Action" was the third single taken from the album "Agent Provocateur" by the band Foreigner, in the U.S. only. This song was remixed for this release. The song was written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, and 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".
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Going to California "Going to California" is a ballad written and performed by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released from the band's untitled fourth album in 1971.
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Night Ranger Night Ranger is an American rock band from San Francisco that gained popularity during the 1980s with a series of albums and singles. The band's first five albums sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and have sold 17 million albums total. The quintet is perhaps best known for the power ballad "Sister Christian", which peaked at No. 5 in June 1984.
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The British Are Coming (song) "The British Are Coming" is a song by the American rock band Weezer from their ninth studio album "Everything Will Be Alright in the End". While the song has not been released as a single, it was the third song from the album to be publicly available on stream prior to release, after "Back to the Shack" and "Cleopatra", and was made available to download with album pre-orders.
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Electric Eye (song) "Electric Eye" is a song by British heavy metal band Judas Priest, from their 1982 album "Screaming for Vengeance", and released as a single later that year. It has become a staple at concerts, usually played as the first song.
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Whitesnake (album) Whitesnake is the self-titled seventh studio album by British rock band of the same name, released in 1987. The album produced a major power ballad hit, "Is This Love", along with the number one hit "Here I Go Again". The album was a major crossover hit eventually selling over eight million copies in the US (and thus going eight times platinum). The album peaked at No. 2 on the US "Billboard" 200 and No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart. Its success in the US boosted its predecessor, "Slide It In", from gold to double platinum status. Its success would see the band receive a nomination for the Brit Award for Best British Group in 1988.
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Hello America (song) "Hello America" is a 1980 song by British rock band Def Leppard from their debut album, "On Through the Night". The lyrics and title of the songs are about the fantasies the band had about touring in America.
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Lou Gramm Lou Gramm (born Louis Andrew Grammatico; May 2, 1950) is an American rock singer, and songwriter, best known for being the original lead singer of the British-American rock band Foreigner.
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When I Look Into Your Eyes "When I Look Into Your Eyes" is the sixth single released by American rock band FireHouse. The song became the band's second hit ballad, reaching No. 8 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 for the week ending October 17, 1992. The song peaked at number 65 on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending December 19, 1992.
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The Waiting One "The Waiting One" is a power ballad by American Heavy Metal band All That Remains. The song was released as the third and final single from the band's fifth studio album "For We Are Many". No music video was produced for the song.
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Generals and Majors (song) "Generals and Majors" is a song by the British rock band XTC and the first single from their album "Black Sea". The song charted in the UK single chart at No. 32 and No. 104 on the US singles chart, while reaching No. 28 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart. It was the first XTC single to chart in the U.S., and it also had chart success in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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The Beatles Ballads The Beatles Ballads is a compilation album featuring a selection of ballad songs by The Beatles. The album was not released in the United States, but in Mexico, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, Italy, India, Japan, South Korea and Australia. In Australia, the album was a big success, spending 7 weeks at #1. It reached #40 in the UK.
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Be the One (Poison song) "Be the One" is a power ballad by American rock band Poison. The song was released as the second single from their 2000 "Crack a Smile...and More!" album. The single/sampler was released in February 2000 and featured five b-sides including the first single from the album "Shut Up, Make Love" and the four unplugged bonus tracks from the album: "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", "Talk Dirty to Me", "Your Mama Don't Dance" and "Something to Believe In".