Julia from Knoxville, TnI like this song, too, so much so that I would get awfully mean and fiesty if I were to sing this at karaoke.Joe from Chicago, IlI've said it once, and I will say it 1,000 times - Foreigner's best songs are (without question) Hot Blooded and Cold As Ice!.Blake from Tahlequah, OkBest Foreigner song ever!!!!!!.After a single listening, he amazed the group by cutting one of the most memorable sax solos in rock history in one take. They played the raw track for him and asked him to improvise a solo. As he told me in a 1982 interview, he had never heard of Foreigner, but the group had promised a pretty good payday for one song, so he agreed to fly to the studio and cut the record. ![]() Being Motown fans, they contacted Walker to fly to the studio to cut the piece. Dan from Chiago, IlWalker's career received an unexpected boost in 1981 when the rock group Foreigner was recording a jumpy tune called "Urgent" and wanted to have a saxophone solo in the refrain.Jg from Joppa, MdYet another great song from Foreigner.Their significance to rock & pop music is important. Check out Foreigner on Facebook & their website. Now, in 2014, I am still a Foreigner fan & overjoyed with the recent release of their new package combining their first four LPs remastered. Rocky from Fort Smith, ArBack in '81, I was a kid & loved Foreigner hits, especially "Urgent." The sax solo by Jr.They just missed having three #1s when both "Double Vision" in 1978 and "Waiting For A Girl Like You" in 1981 peaked at #2.Īnd "Waiting For A Girl Like You" spent 10 weeks at #2! Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 28th 1981, "Urgent" by Foreigner entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #51 and August 30th, 1981 it peaked at #4 (for 4 weeks) and spent 23 weeks on the Top 100 (and for 7 of those 23 weeks it was on the Top 10).Īnd on September 12th, 1981 it reached #1 (for 2 weeks) on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart.īetween 19 the group had twenty-two Top 100 records nine made the Top 10 with "I Want to Know What Love Is" being their biggest hit, it peaked at #1 (for 2 weeks) on January 27th, 1985.George from Vancouver, CanadaBest use of sax in a song abou the joy of booty calls ever!.Seventhmist from 7th HeavenFirst he was hot blooded, but now it's urgent!.
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