Waiting for a Girl Like You
~ Recording by Foreigner
Annotation
USAT20802339 is 2008 remaster
Annotation last modified on 2020-06-15 03:45 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 (Specialty Pressing) | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | SD 16999 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | SD 16999 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | ATL 50 796, ATL 50796, SD 16999 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | K 50796 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 (Club Edition) | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | R 134225, SD 16999 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album | Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 16999-2, 250 796 | |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 (West German Target CD for Japan) | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 32XP-129 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | CD 16999 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 20P2-2021 |
| 1.2 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | Atlantic Records: Hit Singles 1980–1988 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81910-2 |
| 1.2 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | Atlantic Records: Hit Singles 1980–1988 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | CD 81921 |
| 1.2 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | All By Myself | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dover Records | CCD 12 |
| 2.1 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | The Final Countdown: The Very Best of Soft Metal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2431 |
| 3.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | Foreigner: 30 Track 3 CD Set | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-80484-2 |
| 1.11 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | The Very Best of Foreigner | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-80505-2 XV |
| 1.8 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | The Very Best…and Beyond | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-899992 |
| 1.8 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | The Very Best…and Beyond | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 89999-2, CD 89999 |
| 1.8 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | The Very Best…and Beyond (BMG club edition, label at back lower right corner) | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 7 89999-2, D 124722 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-81486-2 |
| 2.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:46 | Foreigner | The Power of Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Quality Television | QTVCD 015 |
| 1.11 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | The Very Best of Foreigner | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music (global imprint of Warner Music Group, ‘W’ logo either with “Warner Music” or no text), Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-80505-2, CD 0065 |
| 1.8 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | The Very Best…and Beyond (Columbia House) | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | A2 89999 |
| 1.8 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | The Very Best…and Beyond | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567899992 |
| 1.8 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | The Very Best…and Beyond | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-89999-2 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 (Gold CD) | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 82545-2 |
| 1.11 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:50 | Foreigner | Juke Box Hero: Best | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Zounds | CD 27200569 B |
| 10.6 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | Moments of Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SR International | 37 666 5 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-82795-2 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 82795-2 |
| 1.6 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | Rock Ballads 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Magnum (Dutch joint venture from 1990–1997) | 9548-33711-2 |
| 1.8 | Waiting For A Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | Body Talk: Moonlit Nights | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Warner Special Projects | R834-03, OPCD-2750A |
| 1.7 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | Body Talk: Moonlit Nights | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R836-03 |
| 2.3 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:48 | Foreigner | The Power of Love: Breathless | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time‐Life Books B.V. | |
| 2.3 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:48 | Foreigner | The Power of Love: Breathless | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL629/2 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| EastWest Japan, Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | AMCY-4062 |
| 1.1 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | Billboard Top Album Rock Hits 1981 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 72594 |
| 1.7 | ガール・ライク・ユー | 4:47 | Foreigner | 80's Alive 2 YELLOW | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| WEA Japan (Japanese artists' imprint - used to be the "main" manufacturer of Warner Music Japan) | WPCR-1180 |
| 1.12 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | Footloose (15th Anniversary Collector's Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 65781 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 / Agent Provocateur | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| EastWest Japan, Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | AMCY-3931, AMCY-3932 |
| 1.6 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | Chart Toppers: Romantic Hits of the 80's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products, Priority Records (US hip hop) | A33458, P2 51052 |
| 1.12 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:47 | Foreigner | Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (15th anniversary collector’s edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.2 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | The Best of Ballads | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), EastWest | 7567-80891-2, EW 851 |
| 1.12 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | Footloose (15th Anniversary Collectors' Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | COL 493007 2 |
| 2.16 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | Monster Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.12 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 493007 2 |
| 1.12 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | Footloose: 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 4930072 |
| 1.12 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | Forever | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | |
| 1.16 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | Guitar Rock: Power Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-1852, R968-27 |
| 4.15 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:54 | Foreigner | Las 101 mejores canciones del planeta Tierra | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| DRO EastWest (use only for releases with the “DRO East West” logo) | 9548379622 |
| 1.2 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | The Platinum Collection | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.6 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | Singers and Songwriters: 1980-1982 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2788, R812-07 |
| 2.16 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | Monster Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.9 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | Simply the Best Super Stars | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Warner Strategic Marketing | WPCR-10990/1 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | R9 74366 |
| 1.12 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | Footloose (15th Anniversary Collector's Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CS 65781 |
| 1.12 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | Footloose: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (15th anniversary collector’s edition, BMG club edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | CK 65781, D126725 |
| 2.3 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:48 | Foreigner | The Power of Love: Breathless | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL629/2 |
| 1.10 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | Don’t Stop the 80’s, Vol. 03: The Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Marketing (Germany) | 5050466-2006-2-4 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label), Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Warner Strategic Marketing | 8122 78275 2 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | 4 (Reissue, Remastered, Repress) | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | R2 78275 |
| 1.10 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:50 | Foreigner | Sentimental Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | |
| 3.10 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | The Power of Love II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | 74321917002 | |
| 2.12 | Waiting for A Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | Love Together | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Hong Kong | |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | 4 (remastered) | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-82795-2 |
| 1.87 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | 100 Hits Give Me Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RMG Records | RMG 1349 MP3 |
| 1.3 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | 1980s Radio Hits: The Pure Gold Collection (2004 release) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations), Sony Music Custom Marketing Group | A30675 |
| 1.1 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | Ultimate Love Songs Collection: All My Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Warner Special Products | 19686-2, OPCD-1194 |
| 2.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | Trilogy (three classic albums) | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 8122733132 |
| 2.2 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | The Definitive Collection | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | 8122 73385 2, R2 73385 |
| 2.2 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | The Definitive Collection | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.8 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:49 | Foreigner | The Very Best…and Beyond | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | CD 89999 |
| 1.7 | Waiting for a Girl Like You (single version) | 4:47 | Foreigner | Les plus grands: slows | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | WPCR-12564 |
| 1.3 | Waiting for a Girl Like You (remastered) | 4:51 | Foreigner | Top 10: Rock‐Pop Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | Forever Young: Awesome 80's Slow Dance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations), Rhino Custom Products (retail, mail order and premium use compilations for WMG catalog) | OPCD-8082M |
| 8.16 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | The Ultimate Rock Ballads Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 21868-1 |
| 1.14 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | The Ultimate Rock Ballads Collection: These Dreams | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL URB/02 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | 4 (expanded version) | Foreigner | Album |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 1.16 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:50 | Foreigner | No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | R2 512130 |
| 1.16 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:50 | Foreigner | No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 512130 |
| 1.16 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:50 | Foreigner | No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-79917-7 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | WPCR-13263 |
| 1.16 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:48 | Foreigner | No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner (Expanded) | Foreigner | Album + Compilation | Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | ||
| 1.14 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:48 | Foreigner | Love 101: 101 Ways to Say I Love You | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 5051865279624 |
| 1.8 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:48 | Foreigner | Love 101: 101 Ways to Say I Love You | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Singapore | |
| 1.15 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | Summer Breeze: Soft Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Special Products | |
| 4.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:53 | Foreigner | Original Album Series (Foreigner / Double Vision / Head Games / 4 / Agent Provocateur) | Foreigner | Album + Compilation | Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-79828-3 | |
| 1.32 | Waiting for a Girl Like You (2008 remastered LP version) | 4:48 | Foreigner | My Perfect List: 40 titres: Slows | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music France | |
| 6.3 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | Love Stories | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 2.13 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | Easy ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 25719-D |
| 2.2 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:50 | Foreigner | Juke Box Heroes: The Very Best of Foreigner | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Music Club Deluxe | MCDLX516 |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album | Rhino (reissue label) | [none] | |
| 1.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | WPCR-14173 |
| 2.4 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | WPCR-14173 |
| 2.1 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:46 | Foreigner | Die Hit-Giganten: Best of Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697942162 |
| 2.10 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:50 | Foreigner | Acoustique & More | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| earMUSIC (German label, “a project of Edel …”) | 0206954ERE |
| 1.4 | Waiting For A Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | 4 (remastered) | Foreigner | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label) | [none] |
| 1.15 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:51 | Foreigner | Summer Breeze: Soft Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations), Rhino Custom Products (retail, mail order and premium use compilations for WMG catalog) | 53368, OPCD-8362 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.8 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:50 | Foreigner | Romantic Collection Golden, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.11 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | 4:52 | Foreigner | Greatest Hits | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| 7567805112 | |
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Edwin Hobgood (engineer) Michael Sauvage |
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| engineer: | Tony Platt (UK engineer and producer) Brad Samuelsohn Dave Wittman |
| producer: | Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange) |
| bass guitar: | Rick Wills |
| drums (drum set): | Dennis Elliott |
| electric guitar [lead guitar]: | Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) |
| keyboard: | Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) Bob Mayo (US session keyboardist & guitarist) |
| synthesizer: | Thomas Dolby |
| background vocals: | Dennis Elliott Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) Robert John “Mutt” Lange (Robert John Lange) Ian Lloyd (of Stories) Mark Rivera Rick Wills |
| lead vocals: | Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1981, in 2002) WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1981) Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2009) |
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| recorded at: | Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States |
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| has remixes: | Waiting for a Girl Like You (single remix) |
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| recording of: | Waiting for a Girl Like You |
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Related works
Waiting for a Girl Like You
| writer: | Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King) Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) |
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| publisher: | Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) フジパシフィック音楽出版 (Fujipacific Music inc.) (until 2014-12-31) Evansongs Ltd. (publisher) (in 1981) Somerset Songs Publishing Inc. (in 1981) フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) (from 2015-01-01 to present) |
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| later translated versions: | Eu espero por alguém assim |
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