Agent Provocateur cover

I Want to Know What Love Is

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Foreigner

Agent Provocateur (1984)rockTop 5%4:36SpotifyYouTubeApple MusicTidal
Key: D# minorestTempo: 81 BPMestTime signature: 4/4

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100%9 tracks · 3,359 notes · D# minor · 81 BPM· 4:36Recommended
Practice Play
Intro
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus until fade-out
Drums
Bass
Strings 1
Strings 2
Organ
Mallets
Strings 3
Lead Vocals
Brass
100%10 tracks · 3,751 notes · D# minor · 81 BPM· 5:10
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bass
synth
strings
organ
bells
strings2
vocals
brass
Hand Clap
Drumkit
100%9 tracks · 3,764 notes · D# minor · 81 BPM· 5:11
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drummix
Fretless bass
Synth strings 1
String Ensemble 1 1
Percussive organ
Tubular bells
String Ensemble 2
String ensemble 1 2
Synth brass 1
100%8 tracks · 3,675 notes · F# minor · 81 BPM· 4:59
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Acoustic bass
Electric Grand Piano 1
Pad 2 (warm)
Acoustic Guitar (steel) 1
FX 5 (brightness)
Electric grand piano 2
Acoustic guitar (steel) 2
Drums

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —9 tracks · 4:36

About this song

I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner is in D# minor (estimated), around 81 BPM, 4/4 time. This 9-track arrangement runs 4:36 (Tubular bells, Percussive organ, Fretless bass, String ensemble 1, String ensemble 2, Synth strings 1, and Drums), with an intro and alternating verses and choruses. 4 versions available to play and practice.

Difficulty by instrument

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DrumsIntermediate
4.61 notes/sec
OtherIntermediate
0.45 notes/sec
BassBeginner
1.67 notes/sec
KeysBeginner
1.3 notes/sec
OtherBeginner
1.46 notes/sec
VocalsBeginner
1.2 notes/sec

Song structure

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0:001:002:003:004:36
Intro0:00Verse0:15Pre-chorus1:11Chorus1:35Verse2:07Pre-chorus2:28Chorus2:52

Vocal range

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C4C5C6C♯4B5

C♯4 – B5 · 22 semitones (~1.8 octaves)

About the key of D# minor

D# minor is the 14th most common key in our catalog. Its three core chords are D♯m, G♯m, and A♯m.

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I Want to Know What Love Is appears on the soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories: Emotion 98.3, Music from the Motion Picture Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, Rock of Ages (2009 original Broadway cast), The Best of Miami Vice, The Foreigner Story: I Want to Know What Love Is, Wednesday (Unofficial Soundtrack, Season 2).