"Waiting for a Girl Like You" | ||||
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Single by Foreigner | ||||
from the album 4 | ||||
B-side | "I'm Gonna Win" | |||
Released | October 2, 1981 (U.S.)
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Recorded | 1981 | |||
Genre | Soft rock[2] | |||
Length | 4:35 (single) 4:49 (album) | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Mick Jones, Lou Gramm | |||
Producer(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Mick Jones | |||
Foreigner singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Waiting for a Girl Like You" on YouTube |
"Waiting for a Girl Like You" is a 1981 power ballad[2] by the British-American rock band Foreigner released as the second single from the album 4 (1981) and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. The opening motif was written by Ian McDonald[3] and the distinctive synthesizer theme was performed by the then-little-known Thomas Dolby.