I do want to know what love is and I immediately fell in love with this song when I first heard the lyrics that are vulnerable and open. This is a song that I've listened to over decades now and it still makes me want to turn it up when the first chords are struck. Foreigner is a popular British-American rock band that released, "I Want To Know What Love Is " in 1984, two years after I was born. FUN FACT : T he song features backing vocals from the New Jersey Mass Choir affiliated with the Gospel Music Workshop of America , Dreamgirls star Jennifer Holliday , and featured keyboard work by Thompson Twins frontman Tom Bailey . [10] The choir also appears in the song's music video . I was watching an episode of Modern Family and one of the main characters, Phil Dumphy wanted to surprise his wife with a song at the school's fundraiser. However, he begins to have second thoughts after having to follow up a great performa...