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"Waiting for a Girl Like You"
Single cover
Single by Foreigner
from the album 4
B-side"I'm Gonna Win"
ReleasedOctober 2, 1981 (U.S.)
  • December 4, 1981 (UK) [1]
Recorded1981
GenreSoft rock[2]
Length4:35 (single)
4:49 (album)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Mick Jones, Lou Gramm
Producer(s)Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Mick Jones
Foreigner singles chronology
"Urgent"
(1981)
"Waiting for a Girl Like You"
(1981)
"Juke Box Hero"
(1982)
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.

  1. ^ "Foreigner singles".
  2. ^ a b "Gig review: Journey/Foreigner/Styx". The Scotsman. June 10, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  3. ^ "Interview with Ian McDonald". Dmme.net. Retrieved April 25, 2021.

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