Down on Love
"Down On Love" | ||||
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Single by Foreigner | ||||
from the album Agent Provocateur | ||||
B-side | "Growing Up the Hard Way" | |||
Released | August 1985 (US) [1] | |||
Recorded | 1984 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 4:08 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
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"Down on Love" is the fourth single taken from the album Agent Provocateur by the band Foreigner, and released in August 1985.
The song was written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, and the B-side, "Growing Up the Hard Way", was itself released as an A-side single in Europe.
Billboard said that the single "returns the group to the massive power ballad sound that's propelled their biggest pop hits."[2] Cash Box said that "heart tugging sentimentality meets slickly professional rock" and predicted a "fast rise up the pop singles chart" based on Foreigner's "knack for slow rocking love tunes."[3] Pitssburgh Press critic Pete Bishop described it as an "'I-can-heal-your-heartache' ballad" that he compared to the lead single from Agent Provocateur, "I Want to Know What Love Is."[4] Daily Record critic Jim Bohen described it as "synthesizer-orchestrated pop [ballad] of towering melodrama."[5] Allmusic critic Bret Adams later praised the song's "pleasant chorus" and "warm keyboard melody."[6]
"Down on Love" reached #54 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7] Fort Worth Star-Telegram pop music writer Roger Kaye stated that the song was a hit in the Dallas, Texas area even though it did not perform very well on the national charts.[8]
References
- ^ "Foreigner singles".
- ^ "Reviews". Billboard. August 10, 1985. p. 67. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. August 17, 1985. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- ^ Bishop, Pete (January 27, 1985). "Foreigner is solid as ever after 3 1/2-year studio layoff". Pittsburgh Press. p. F6. Retrieved 2022-07-29 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Bohen, Jim (March 31, 1985). "Collins captures musical moment in 'No Jacket'". Daily Record. p. D11. Retrieved 2022-07-29 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Adams, B. "Agent Provocateur". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ "Foreigner Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ Kaye, Roger (November 10, 1985). "Foreigner shines with greatest hits in exciting show". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 37A. Retrieved 2022-08-01 – via newspapers.com.